How many colors of ink in the cartridges does the average photo printer or ink jet printer use?
May 30, 2010 by Inkjet Printer Reviews
Filed under Photo Printers
Can you answer vancouver_2010’s question about Inkjets?:
I am just wondering how many different color cartridges the average ink jet uses and how many the average photo printer uses, because I see one that is a pack of 4 different colors and I am not sure??
I am just wondering how many different color cartridges the average ink jet uses and how many the average photo printer uses, because I see one that is a pack of 4 different colors and I am not sure??
Inkjets Feedback: Hi vancouver_2010,
They use from 3 to seven and even more but the most common is three plus black.
Norm
Inkjets Feedback: yes,4,that is the base colors,white isnt in there because paper is white.
Inkjets Feedback: the four colors are usually black, cyan, yellow, and magenta
Inkjets Feedback: All photos and all the colors can be made with the 3 basic Cyan, Magenta and Yellow colors.
Some photo printers have more colors like Light Cyan, Light Magenta, Grey, etc. These typically just give more gamut and a slightly wider range of colors so that you see less graininess as the color transitions.
An example would be using just the black cartridge to print grey. You’d print less and less ink and the color looks more greyish. But if you had a grey cartridge, then your color transition would look smoother as you can mix more color combinations.