Pigment ink is the preferred ink type for commercial photo and fine art printing it maintains high contrast levels clarity and colour saturation over extended periods of time pigment inks add a solid layer of colour that prints extremely well on both smooth photo papers and fine art papers combined with canons high performance fine full photolithography inkjet nozzle engineering print head these inks produces crisp a3 prints up to a maximum resolution of 4800x2400dpi microscopic 3pl dro