ConeColor inks

ConeColor K3This is another industry unique formulation concept. Responsibility for color management of the ink was taken by Vermont PhotoInkjet during formulation by matching the characteristics of Epson Ultrachrome inks during printing through the Epson recommended workflow.

The alternative was to try and match the proprietary pigments that Epson utilizes. These pigments have differing mas-tone and under-tone making an exact match impossible without access to the same pigments which are unavailable outside the OEM.

The Epson printer driver does not utilize the mass tone of the pigment when printing and the color gamut can be recreated. Customers of ConeColor comment that it is the only ink that faithfully recreates the Epson color gamut when used with Epson ICC profiles.

An interesting result of this approach is our K3 Vivid formulation does not use a vivid version of magenta and light magenta as does the OEM. Rather, we had only adjust our magenta and a light cyan from ConeColor K3 to faithfully replicate the Epson K3 Vivid color gamut. For HDR, we have had to increase our glossiness level to match that of the OEM as well as create new color positions.

  • ConeColor K2 for Epson 2200, 4000, 7600, 9600
  • ConeColor K3 for Epson 2400, 3800, 4800, 7800, 9800
  • ConeColor K3 Vivid for Epson 2880, 3880m 4880, 7880, 9880
  • ConeColor HDR for Epson 7900, 9900