At this year’s PrintEx Epson will be pulling out all the stops with a wide range of products and demonstrations that cover industrial digital labelling and point of sale, document imaging, textile and soft signage production, durable sign and display, pre-press, posters and commercial photography.
In its first Australian appearance and representing label and point of sale printing will be the highly efficient Epson ColorWorksTM-C7500 with its super fast line inkjet and 300mm per second print speed, high image quality powered by PrecisionCore™ inkjet technology, precise barcodes and ultra sharp text. Also in this pace will be the ColorWorksTM-C3500 Epson's compact, four-colour inkjet printer that features fast printing speeds up to103 mm/second a banding reduction mode and a nozzle check system that produces a reliable output of high volume labels with excellent image quality. For higher volume industrial labelling there will also be a static label display from Epson's first linehead, inkjet label digital press with LED UV curing ink, the SurePress L-6034, an industrial press that enables high-speed printing for short-to mid-run jobs, producing labels with outstanding scratch and weather resistance. The SurePress L-6034 also boasts the world’s first inline multi-varnish technology for sport and full varnish finish.
In the document imaging section will be the new WorkForce Pro WF-R8590TC and WF-R5690 multi-function printers and WF-R5190 single function printer using the new Epson Replaceable Ink Pack System (RIPS), an entirely new way for small to medium sized businesses to cut costs and improve efficiencies when it comes to office colour printing. Utilising this revolutionary system, Epson's new WorkForce® Pro R5000 Series and R8000 Series multi-function printers can deliver up to 75,000 printed pages in both black and colour before the ink needs to be replaced. Alongside the RIPS printers will be the ultra-fast DS-70000 scanner with its two-sided scanning of critical business documents in just one pass, scanning everything from 2.7" x 4.7" up to 11.7" x 100".
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| Epson's SureColor F-7100 printer |
Textile, soft-signage and merchandise production will be demonstrated with the SureColor Fabric Series including the SC-F6000 and SC-F7100, printers that represents a new dawn in dye sub printing; full turnkey solutions complete with hardware, software, ink and (optional) media. Also in the textile area will be Epson’s SureColor SC-F2000 Direct To Garment (DTG) printing platform for work involving cotton based shirts, caps, bags, and promotional items.
In the sign and display area will be the extremely fast and flexible 64” SureColor SC-S50600 solvent printer that has been designed for medium-high volume production of durable display material. The SC-S50600 can be used with a wide range of media and is suitable for many applications including the production of advertising and POS displays, window decals, vehicle wraps, labels, furniture decals and interior or exterior surface finishes. Also in sign and display will be the SureColor SC-S70600 which like the SC-S50600 features dual Epson’s patented Thin Film MicroPiezo™ print heads and UltraChrome Eco-Solvent ink technology. The SC-S70600 also incorporates dual print heads and an eight colour ink supply with optional white and metallic ink and features adjustable multi-stage media heating and a super-rigid chassis with advanced media management.
If your interest is in pre-press then you’ll need look no further than Epson’s Stylus Pro SP9890, a 44" (1118mm) large format printer that is designed for colour accurate proofs and mock ups. The SP-9890 supports a wide range of roll and sheet based media and features an ultra-fine MicroPiezo® Thin Film (TFP) print head with Variable Sized Droplet Technology™ (VSDT) for output with superior resolution, gradations and colour density. It uses Epson UltraChrome® all-pigment aqueous ink with a nine cartridge configuration for high quality colour output that is consistent, predictable and durable.
For poster and board printing Epson will be demonstrating its SureColor® Technical Series SC-T7200 large format printer which is ideal for technical drawings including CAD, GIS and point of sale posters. The SC-T7200 already known for its exceptional reliability with low running costs, has been enhanced in several key areas and now boasts superior imaging thanks to the company’s latest PrecisionCore™ TFP print head technology. The new SC-T7200 features improved operational flexibility, enhanced network security and optional Postscript® functionality with high-speed hardware processing using a simple and flexible drag-n-drop interface.
Finally in the commercial photography area will be the SureLab SL-D700 Dry Film Mini Lab that has been specifically designed for retail, event and professional photographic production. The SL-D700 is the latest addition to the SureLab range that includes the highly acclaimed SL-D3000 and offers many of the same features but in a new versatile, cost-effective and easy to operate desktop format. The SL-D700 can be used for the commercial production of quality photo prints as well as passport and ID images, photo albums, greeting cards, calendars, menus, fliers and many other printed material that requires a high quality finish.
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