How many inks should your printer have for great prints? How do papers, ink types and colours work

How many inks should your printer have to produce great photo and art prints. How do pigment and dye inks affect printing and why do different papers work with different printers?

I've another look at how different inks work in an earlier video
How many inks do you really need:    • How many inks do you really need for ...  

00:00 Start
00:30 Dyes and pigment inks
02:20 Inks on paper
05:05 Mixing pigment and dye inks
06:15 The wrong paper
07:40 A basic range of inks
08:20 How few inks can you get away with
09:55 The grey ink
12:40 Adding extra colours
15:20 If your printer gives you a choice
16:50 Benefits of lots of inks
19:05 Getting the right paper

Some of my printer reviews [most have links to all the videos for a particular printer]

G550/650 https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/c...
ET-8550 https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/e...
WF-8690 https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/e...
XP-15000 https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/e...
PRO-200 https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/c...
PRO-300 https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/c...
PRO-1000 https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/c...
PRO-2000 https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/c...
P700 https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/e...
P900 https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/e...
P5000 https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/r...
P7500 https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/e...
P20000 https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/e...

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