Epson launches 2 new wide-format printers

Epson Philippines Corp. launched last week its new Epson Stylus Pro 9800 and Epson Stylus Pro 7800, the company’s latest professional wide-format printers with a breakthrough new eight-color ink technology.

Targeted at industry professionals in the fields of photography, graphic arts and pre-press, the Epson Stylus Pro 9800 and Epson Stylus Pro 7800 are the first 44" and 24" printers powered by the revolutionary Epson UltraChrome K3 pigment inks for permanent, consistent, and vivid colors as well as advanced black-and-white prints.

Epson’s UltraChrome K3 ink features higher density pigments designed to increase quality for both professional color and black-and-white prints.

It utilizes a unique, three-level black ink system that simultaneously uses black, light black and light-light black inks.

This technology creates neutral and toned black prints and white prints without color crossover or color contrast, allowing users to achieve a more stable and accurate gray balance.

Users can also utilize the Advanced Black and White Photo mode to produce an expanded tonal scale never before achieved with a digital printer.

"The demanding work environments of the photography, printing and pre-press industries mean that professionals need to have accurate and consistent prints in the shortest possible time in order to maximize efficiency," said John Titan, assistant general manager for corporate sales.

"The features of the Epson Stylus Pro 9800 and Epson Stylus Pro 7800, coupled with the use of Epson’s revolutionary UltraChrome K3 ink, will allow users to go beyond their boundaries, achieving levels of detail and vivid colors that will exceed their expectations," Titan added.

Professionals in the pre-press proofing and photography industries work under demanding environments where quality, consistency, color stability and permanence are vital.

Epson’s UltraChrome K3 ink gives them a wider gamut for color printing and powerful control over black-and-white prints with smooth gradation of highlights and shadows, reducing bronzing and metamerism for accurate, high-quality prints that would last over 300 years.

Epson’s UltraChrome K3 ink utilizes the Epson Microcrystal Encapsulation technology, enclosing each pigment particle in a transparent resin to protect it from fading and discoloration as well as giving it excellent scratch- and water-resistance.

Its quick-dry capability means colors stabilize within a short time and do not change after drying, creating consistent prints which are long-lasting and durable.

Ink cartridges are available in two sizes: 110 ml and 220 ml.

Both new offerings from Epson contain a high-performance, eight-channel print head with 180 nozzles for improved printing speed and high resolutions of up to 2880 x 1440 dpi.

The Micro Piezo Head used in Epson Stylus Pro printers incorporates the Variable Sized Droplet Technology to produce differently sized ink droplets as small as 3.5 picoliters, depending on the image and type of media used.

This improves not only the evenness of the ink relative to the surface of the print, but also reduces ink consumption.

Cut sheets up to 17 inches wide and 1.5mm thick can be loaded from the manual feeder while the roll paper spindle handles both 2" and 3" paper cores.

The precise paper-feeding mechanism assures high-quality, perfectly aligned output, while finished prints are delivered to a handy paper basket which keeps prints flat after printing.

The new Epson Stylus Pro 9800 and Epson Stylus Pro 7800 have suggested retail prices of P314,995 and P189,995, respectively.