drupa news: Epson launches Stylus Pro 7900 and 9900

Two new Epson printers expand the company's offering in the large format market.

The Epson Stylus Pro 7900 (24-inch) and Stylus Pro 9900 (44-inch) were unveiled at drupa as Epson's first ten-colour printers equipped with new pigment ink technology: Epson UltraChrome HDR (High Dynamic Range).

Brightening up the colour gamut by incorporating orange and green into the ink set, both printers increase digital printing opportunities within the package and remote proofing market segments.

Craig Heckenberg, (pictured) Epson's business solutions manager, Australia, believes the 7900 and 9900 will be well received by the local market.

"The Epson Stylus Pro 7900 and the Epson Stylus Pro 9900 machines will set even higher benchmarks for photographic image quality and colour accuracy," he said.

"These ten-colour large format printers are a completely new design, engineered to offer faster speeds and include the new Epson UltraChrome HDR ten-colour ink set as well as an optional onboard spectrophotometer."

The Spectrophotometer works with both Epson colour management software and third party RIPs. For customers using the Epson printer driver, the software performs the complete process from print to measure and can calibrate all resolutions at the same time.

Designed to compliment Epson's Stylus Pro 450 and Stylus Pro 880 series, the 7900 and 9900 are aimed at those who require high-quality colour prints including prepress and printing companies, reprographic companies, quick printers, professional photographers, photo labs, fine artists, museums and galleries and graphic design studios.