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www.wilhelm-research.com Category: Desktop All-in-One Inkjet Printers Updated June 5, 2010 (page 1 of 6) Lexmark Interpret S405 Printer – Print Permanence Ratings1 Ink System: Four Lexmark Vizix Series 100 inks in individual ink cartridges. Dye-based cyan, magenta, and yellow inks, and pigment-based black ink. High-capacity Vizix Se- ries 100XL ink cartridges are available for more economical document and photo print- ing. When printing on photo papers, the image is composed on only cyan, magenta, and yellow inks – the pigment black ink is not used. The thermal inkjet head is intended to last the life of the printer, but in the event of a head malfunction an user-installable replace- ment head is available from Lexmark. Print resolution up to 4800 x 1200 dpi. Maximum Paper Width: Single sheet: 8.5 inches. Paper sizes: U.S. letter; legal; A4; 3.5”x5” to 8.5”x14”; borderless photo sizes: 3.5”x5”; 4”x6”; 4”x8”; 4”x12”; 5”x7”; 6”x9”; 8”x10”; 8.5”x11”; 8.5”x14”;A; A4. Operating Systems: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7; Mac OSX 10.4.4-10.6.x (Intel); 10.4.4- 10.5.x (PowerPC). PC-free copying. Compared with dye- or pigment-based Connectivity: Wi-Fi; USB 2.0. PC-free printing from common types of camera memory inks currently supplied by other major ©2010 Henry Wilhelm cards. Built-in fax capability. inkjet printer manufacturers, including Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Canon, Brother, The Wi-Fi enabled Lexmark Interpret S405 Special Features: Wi-Fi enabled for wireless printing. Built-in 8.5”x14” scanner with 35- and Kodak, the new Lexmark Vizix dye- was one of eight Lexmark printers an- page automatic document feeder. Scan over network with Wi-Fi. Document and photo based cyan, magenta, and yellow inks nounced in September 2009 that feature copying for sizes up to 8.5”x14”. Built-in fax capability. have very poor light stability and resis- semipermanent inkjet heads installed in the tance to airborne ozone. The overall per- printer and use four separate ink cartridges. Price: Lexmark Interpret S405 Printer: $129.99 (USA) Lexmark No. 90T4005. The Lexmark manence of Lexmark Vizix inks is also Previous Lexmark printers employed car- Interpret S405 printer was one of new eight Lexmark printers announced on September greatly inferior to that of Lexmark’s pre- tridges with integrated inkjet heads. 1, 2009 that use four separate Lexmark Vizix Series 100 ink cartridges. vious Evercolor2 pigment-based inks. Display Permanence Ratings and Album/Dark Storage Permanence Ratings (Years Before Noticeable Fading and/or Changes in Color Balance Occur)2 .wilhelm-research.com> File name: <WIR_Lexmark_S405_2010_06_05.pdf> Displayed Displayed Displayed Prints Album/Dark Storage Unprotected Resistance Are UV Paper Printed With Prints Framed Prints Framed Not Framed Rating at 73°F & 50% RH Resistance to High Resistance Brighteners Lexmark Vizix Dye-Based Color Inks Under Glass(3) With UV Filter(4) (Bare-Bulb)(5) (incl. Paper Yellowing)(6) to Ozone(7) Humidity(8) to Water(9) Present?(10) Lexmark Perfectfinish Photo Paper, High Gloss 12 years 12 years 6 years now in test 1 year now in test high yes Lexmark Photo Paper 3 years 4 years 2 years now in test 0.6 year now in test moderate(11) yes Hammermill Ultra Premium Inkjet (“plain paper”) 2 years 2 years 2 years now in test >100 years now in test low yes Additional papers are currently being tested. 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Address e-mail inquiries to: <[email protected]> Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc., Box 775, Grinnell, Iowa 50112 U.S.A. continues next page www.wilhelm-research.com Category: Desktop All-in-One Inkjet Printers Updated June 5, 2010 (page 2 of 6) Lexmark Interpret S405 Printer – Print Permanence Ratings1 Notes on These Tests: Table 1. “Standard” Home Display Illumination Levels 1) The image permanence data presented here are based on tests conducted with Used by Printer, Ink, and Photo Paper Manufacturers a Lexmark Interpret S405 printer and Lexmark Vizix inks purchased by WIR at a retail office supply store in September 2009. The Lexmark photo papers used in these tests was purchased both at local retail outlets and from the Lexmark.com 120 lux/12 hrs/day 450 lux or 500 lux/10 hrs/day or 12 hrs/day web-based retail store – they were the latest Lexmark photo papers available in the United States as of June 5, 2010. New versions of these photo papers have Hewlett-Packard been introduced in Europe and will be tested as soon as they become available Epson in the U.S. retail market. Canon Lexmark 2) There are currently no ISO or ANSI standards which provide a means of evaluat- Fuji ing the permanence of inkjet or other digitally-printed photographs. As a mem- Ilford ber of ISO WG-5/TG-3 permanence standards group, WIR is actively involved in Canson the development of a new series of ISO standards for testing digital prints. How- DNP Konica ever, as of January 2010, no dates have been announced for the completion and Kodak Kodak (for Kodak consumer inkjet prints) publication of these new ISO standards. The WIR Display Permanence Ratings (for Kodak silver- Ferrania halide papers and InteliCoat (DPR) given here are based on accelerated light stability tests conducted at 35 Kodak dye-sub prints) klux with glass-filtered cool white fluorescent illumination with the sample plane Somerset air temperature maintained at 24°C and 60% relative humidity. Data were ex- Harman trapolated to a display condition of 450 lux for 12 hours per day using the Wilhelm LexJet Imaging Research, Inc. “Visually-Weighted Endpoint Criteria Set v3.0.” and rep- Lyson resent the years of display for easily noticeable fading, changes in color balance, Luminos and/or staining to occur. See: Henry Wilhelm, “How Long Will They Last? An Hahnemuhle Overview of the Light-Fading Stability of Inkjet Prints and Traditional Color Photo- Premier Imaging Products graphs,” IS&T’s 12th International Symposium on Photofinishing Technologies, American Inkjet sponsored by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology,Orlando, Florida, MediaStreet .wilhelm-research.com> File name: <WIR_Lexmark_S405_2010_06_05.pdf> February 2002. This paper may be downloaded in PDF form at no charge from: <http://www.wilhelm-research.com/pdf/ist/WIR_ISTpaper_2002_02_HW.pdf>. For a study of endpoint criteria correlation with human observers, see: conditions in homes, offices, museums, and galleries do vary, however, and color Yoshihiko Shibahara, Makoto Machida, Hideyasu Ishibashi, and Hiroshi Ishizuka, images will last longer when displayed under lower light levels; likewise, the life “Endpoint Criteria for Print Life Estimation,” Final Program and Proceedings: IS&T’s of prints will be shortened when displayed under illumination that is more in- NIP20 International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies, pp. 673–679, tense than 450 lux. Ink and paper combinations that have not reached a fading sponsored by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Salt Lake City, or color balance failure point after the equivalent of 100 years of display are Utah, November 2004. given a rating of “more than 100 years” until such time as meaningful dark stabil- See also: Henry Wilhelm, “A Review of Accelerated Test Methods for Predict- ity data are available (see discussion in No. 5 below). ing the Image Life of Digitally-Printed Photographs – Part II,” Final Program and Eastman Kodak has licensed WIR image permanence data for the Kodak line Proceedings: IS&T’s NIP20 International Conference on Digital Printing Technolo- of consumer inkjet printers, and WIR data for these printers are posted on the gies, pp. 664–669, sponsored by the Society for Imaging Science and Technol- WIR website (see, for example, <http://www.wilhelm-research.com/kodak/ This document originated at <www ogy, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2004. Also available, with color illustrations: esp9.html> WIR’s tests with the Kodak consumer inkjet printers are performed <www.wilhelm-research.com> <WIR_IST_2004_11_HW.pdf>. High-intensity light using the exact same methodologies employed for all other inkjet printers and fading reciprocity failures in these tests are assumed to be zero. Illumination other print products posted on the WIR website. continues next page www.wilhelm-research.com Category: Desktop All-in-One Inkjet Printers Updated June 5, 2010 (page 3 of 6) Lexmark Interpret S405 Printer – Print Permanence Ratings1 Notes on These Tests (continued from previous page): Table 2. Filtration Conditions Used by Printer, Ink, and the now-obsolete Kodak Ultima Picture Paper (a swellable inkjet paper designed Paper Manufacturers with CW Fluorescent Illumination for dye-based inks) were almost 15X longer than the predictions obtained in the more conservative tests conducted by WIR for this ink/media combination, and UV Filter Glass Filter can be accounted for by differences in the two test methodologies. For example, Kodak uses 80 klux UV-filtered cool white fluorescent illumination; WIR uses 35 klux glass-filtered cool white fluorescent illumination. Hewlett-Packard Kodak uses a starting density for fading measurements of only 1.0; WIR uses Epson starting densities of both 0.6 and 1.0. Kodak uses the “ISO Illustrative” endpoint Canon criteria set; WIR uses the visually-weighted WIR Endpoint Criteria Set v3.0. Kodak’s Lexmark display environment light exposure assumption for calculating display life is 120 Fuji lux for 12 hours per day (UV filtered); WIR uses 450 lux for 12 hours per day Ilford (glass filtered).