Why?

[4getmenot]

Do they have printer cartridges called Cyan and Magenta, why not just blue and pink?

[legend006]

Class.

[joggerjayne]

Same reason blue cars are called "Mediterranean Sky" and silver ones are called "Diamond Lustre"

[legend006]

Its a specific shade of blue and red .
Used in conjunction with each other they actually make what we call blue and red but on their own they are far darker .

DID THIS HELP ?

[4getmenot]

but its still blue I can understand the cars as different shades but light magenta light cyan just call it light blue and blue

[mccfluff]

its sounds more impressive so they can charge you more ;-)

[DarkMajes71c]

because some other car manufacturer patented blue and pink ages ago before they went out of business?

[4getmenot]

I'm talking printer cartridges here

[~spaced~]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMYK

[jno]

cyan isn't really blue, is it, it looks more like a pale turquoise to me.

[~spaced~]

turquoise is a blue. Its a Blue to Blue/green

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turquoise

[Octavius]

As more or less said in the links above, it�s a technical requirement/process for printing documents and photographs.

What we perceive as colour on a surface actually is the result of ink absorbing some of the frequencies of the light that is striking it. When using Cyan and Magenta in the colour mix, you get a better range of colour output than if you would if you just used �red� and �blue�.

This is because cyan ink absorbs red light and reflects green and blue (remember green + blue light = cyan). If we want a printed surface to appear blue, we need both cyan ink (to absorb red), and magenta ink (to absorb green) so the only additive colour left to be reflected is blue.

You may think its all daft, but there are usually very well-established reasons.

[cazzz1975]

I use an inking system which makes the purchasing of cartridges redundant

[Octavius]

A Bic biro?

[cazzz1975]

http://www.outac.com/help-with-faq/what-are-co ntinuous-inking-system.html

[4getmenot]

and not just any old bic biro one of those ones with Blue, Green, Red & Black

[legend006]

Cazz uses a pirate ink printing system.

Go cazz .

Im minor league i use compatibles for my epson.
4 quid a set instead of 30


yayyy epson kiss my arse you robbing gets.