Epson has large format covered
From A2-sized prints up to 1.6 metre wide banners and signs, Epson has the entire range of large format printing requirements covered at PrintEx11, with all machines displaying Epson’s legendary reputation for high quality prints with smooth tones, wide colour gamut and exceptional accuracy.
Epson Australia will be using PrintEx11 to display a full range of its large format printers for the proofing, photographic and display markets, including its ground-breaking white ink Stylus Pro WT7900 printer and the low-solvent Stylus Pro GS6000 for the signage sector. Epson’s range of large format printers are renowned for their high quality output, flexible media handling and productivity across a wide range of applications. The combination of Epson’s unique printhead and proprietary ink technology sets the industry standard in terms of print quality, image stability and colour accuracy to deliver the highest possible results on print media widths ranging from 43cm up to 1.62 metres.
Printer models on display at PrintEx include:
• Epson Stylus Pro 4900: An A2 (17 inch/432mm) printer designed for high quality and high volume print production, the Epson Stylus Pro 4900 features print speeds more than twice as fast as its predecessor. With automatic switching between matte and photo black inks, users can quickly change between black inks to match the appropriate media. Ten UltraChrome HDR ink colours, including orange and green and three levels of black, deliver the widest colour gamut of any Epson Stylus Pro printer, making it ideal for graphics arts professionals for whom colour accuracy is critical.
• Epson Stylus Pro 7890: This 24-inch (610mm) printer is ideal for colour critical printing applications such as eye-catching retail point-of-sale displays, contract and imposition proofs, photography, limited edition fine art print making and detailed colour maps. The combination of Epson’s revolutionary Thin Film Piezo (TFP) print head and UltraChrome K3 ink with Vivid Magenta delivers superior print quality and productivity gains across a wide range of print media. With double the nozzle count of previous models, the Epson Stylus Pro 7890 can print twice as fast as its predecessor.
• Epson Stylus Pro 7700: The 24-inch (610mm) Epson Stylus Pro 7700 (and the larger 44-inch Pro 9700) is a four-colour large format printer that is designed to deliver enhanced productivity and image quality for accurate reproduction of architectural drawings and colour presentations, engineering plans, spatial data maps, and attention-grabbing point-of-sale displays.
• Epson Stylus Pro 9900: The combination of Epson’s MicroPiezo TFP print head technology together with 10-color UltraChrome HDR (high dynamic range) inkset in the 44-inch (1,118mm) Epson Stylus Pro 9900 printer provides the outstanding performance required by graphic designers and print professionals. The printer’s ability to achieve the widest colour gamut, including matching 98 per cent of Pantone colours, produces high-quality images with great subtlety and exceptionally smooth gradations.
• Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 (pictured): This ground-breaking printer with its unique white ink capability offers an affordable, low maintenance means of producing high quality, colour accurate package proofs on both clear and opaque substrates. Along with the Epson UltraChrome HDR with White Ink, the printer has nine colours including Orange and Green. Using a water-based pigment ink formulation, it is capable of producing high quality package proofs for environmentally conscious users in both office and factory locations. Using a uni-direction 720x1440dpi print mode, it is capable of rapidly producing an A2 package proof in less than 16 minutes.
• Epson Stylus Pro GS6000: This 64-inch (1,625mm) wide photo-quality printer is equipped with Epson’s UltraChrome GS eight colour inkset, a ground breaking solvent-based ink that is nickel-free and has fewer harmful VOC (volatile organic compounds) than other solvent-based inks. Prints made with UltraChrome GS ink are virtually odourless, eliminating the need for expensive ventilation and air purification systems to protect the operators. The Epson Stylus Pro GS6000 sets new quality and performance standards for the sign and display market, and comes with an included three-year onsite vendor-supported premium warranty and maintenance program. With a maximum print resolution of 1440 x 1440dpi, the Pro GS6000 delivers the same high quality photo and display graphics as Epson’s proven aqueous printer technologies.