EPSON introduces 8 colour wide format professional A2 colour printer
Johannesburg, September 2004 - Epson has launched the Stylus PRO 4000 wide format colour printer capable of printing A2. It is designed to produce quality output for everything from exhibition graphics, POS displays, fine art, photographs and printing proofs, without compromising on speed or reliability. It creates exhibit-quality images up to 17 inches in width at speeds that nearly double that of previous Epson Stylus Pro printers.
This latest addition to EPSON's pro-graphics range of large format inkjet printers incorporates a range of innovative new technologies. It introduces an eight-colour ink system, has a print resolution of 2880 x 1440 dpi, high-speed productivity, A2 format capability and offers users unrivalled cost efficiency. The seven-colour Epson UltraChrome pigmented ink system automatically switches between matte black and photo black inks for optimum print quality on different media surfaces.
The Stylus PRO 4000 comes with large individual EPSON UltraChrome ink cartridges for ease of use and cost efficiency. The new ink-set includes photo black, matt black, light black, cyan, magenta, yellow, light cyan, and light magenta, to give the widest possible colour gamut. Boasting a larger colour gamut than previous models, the Stylus PRO 4000 produces bright, vivid prints with accurate colours and smooth gradients.
Due to its unique ink cartridge set-up, the Stylus PRO 4000 is able to print at a higher speed across a wide range of media. Depending on the image content, a maximum screen ruling of 100dpi is achievable with the Stylus PRO 4000-C4.
In addition, the Stylus PRO 4000's improved colour stability, enhanced greyscale imaging and EPSON MicroPiezo technology enables professional designers to create optimal photographic quality output suitable for display and proofing. The Stylus PRO 4000's colour gamut easily covers EuroScale proofing requirements, whilst providing high colour stability, media flexibility, and high productivity. As a result the device is ideal for layout and contract proofing, where users need accurate prints with a high turnaround, eliminating the need to outsource.
The Stylus PRO 4000 is ideal as either a standalone-printing device or as part of a bigger printing solution with other large format printers. Designed to address the needs of a range of businesses, the Stylus PRO 4000 comes in four varied models to ensure users obtain the best quality output whatever the requirement.
Further technical information available at http://www.epson.co.uk/graphicart/printers/inkjet/stypro4000/
EPSON introduces PRINT Image Matching III for Improved Digital Images
Johannesburg, 21st September 2004 -EPSON is announcing its future strategy to release PRINT Image Matching III-compatible printers, allowing printing from cameras, video cameras and camera phones currently supporting PRINT Image Matching.
As digital cameras and camera-equipped mobile phones deliver increasing image quality and resolution, the desire to create attractive, faithful reproductions and prints of digital photographs, is also growing. To respond to this demand, EPSON has developed PRINT Image Matching III, with improved colour-correction functionality.
Backward compatible with PRINT Image Matching and PRINT Image Matching II, PRINT Image Matching III enables the user to correct colour, contrast and saturation, resulting in more realistic photographic prints. There is also new monochrome print command that enables black and white printing with rich gradations.
In 2001, EPSON developed the introduction of PRINT Image Matching, a technology to help ensure faithful output of the colours captured by digital cameras. Many digital camera manufacturers agreed to support the new technology, and EPSON succeeded in driving further expansion of the digital photography market. Over one hundred models of cameras equipped with PRINT Image Matching have arrived on the market, including digital still cameras and digital video cameras.
* The following manufacturers have agreed to support “PRINT Image Matching”:
Casio Computer Co., Ltd.; Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Corporation; Kyocera Corporation; Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd.; NEC Corporation; Nikon Corporation; Olympus Corporation; PENTAX Corporation; Ricoh Company, Ltd.; Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.; Sharp Corporation; Sony Corporation; Toshiba Corporation; and, Victor Company of Japan, Limited. (Alphabetical, as of July 30, 2004)
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