You can't get something for nothing. Pigmented inks cost more to make
than dye-based inks, so they cost more. Check our pricing for details.
"Special Pigmented" inks are significantly more expensive than regular pigmented inks, since they have to blend very well with the other colors.
Usability
- Canon BC-23, BCI-3BK, BCI-3EBK, BCI-5BK, and PGI-5BK cartridges use pigmented ink.
All other Canon cartridges normally use dye-based ink.
- Compaq Black cartridges all use pigmented black ink. Color cartridges use dye-based ink.
- Dell Black cartridges all use pigmented black ink. Color cartridges use dye-based ink.
- HP Black cartridges #21, #27, #56, #92, #94, #96,
51629, C6614, C6615, and 51645 can be filled with either dye-based or pigmented ink, although they originally use pigmented inks.
#88, #10, #11, #12, #13, and #14 black cartridges use only pigmented black inks.
HP Black cartridge 51626A and some other older HP Black cartridges are only available
with dye-based inks.
Generally speaking, HP desktop printers use dye-based colors. Only a limited number of Designjet machines use pigmented (UV) colors.
- Most older Epson cartridges only have a single ink available.
The WJ-190 ink we suggest using in most 6-color Epson cartridges is a dye-based black ink, like the original.
Most of the new Epson 4-ink printers originally use Special Pigmented black inks, but can also use the cheaper WJ-190 dye-based black ink.
- Old Lexmark cartridges of the xxxx620 part numbers use a dye-based ink.
All newer Lexmark cartridges use a pigmented black ink and dye-based colors.
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