At Fespa 2024, Epson has taken the opportunity to showcase a range of its new printers.
The company’s Fespa theme is personalisation through micro-production. Its stand includes colourful bespoke printed items. Chris Davies from Epson Europe’s commercial & industrial printing division “Fespa this year is all about demonstrating how Epson’s micro production digital printing technology can support businesses producing beautiful, bespoke products that enhance our lives.
“The variety of printing techniques on display demonstrates the many advanced flexible applications of Epson’s digital printer range including the latest dye sublimation, Direct-to-Garment (DTG) and Ultra-Violet (UV) signage printers.”
On stand this year, Epson is showing its new SureColor-V1000 A4 flatbed UV printer and its entry-level SureColor-F1000 DTG printer.
Epson has designed the SureColor-V1000 A4 UV flatbed printer to serve the needs of businesses in the promotional goods industry. Highly compact, the SC-V1000 prints on a range of substrates with thicknesses up to 70mm, including acrylics, polycarbonates, PVC, aluminium, metal, polyester, foamboard, styrene, wood and stone.
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Epson says its SureColor-F1000 DTG printer is the first entry-level DTG printer that can print directly onto dark and light fabrics.
Completing Epson’s industry-leading range of hybrid DTG and DTF (Direct-to-Film) printers, the SC-F1000 will be of particular interest to businesses that require a cost-effective solution with the flexibility to print on a wide range of fabric types.
The SC-F1000 is the only printer in its category to include white ink, according to Epson. It prints directly onto dark garments and on film. Applications include t-shirts, hoodies, bags, sweatshirts and cushions.
Also on the stand, Epson’s recently launched DTG hybrid SureColor F2200 targets businesses requiring high levels of flexibility, accuracy and rapid turnaround.
Designed to produce complex designs on a variety of garments, the SureColor F2200 uses Epson’s advanced PrecisionCore MicroTFP printhead technology to provide faster printing and data processing speeds, resulting in a productivity increase of up to 25 per cent over its predecessor, while maintaining extremely high print quality.
Another feature on the stand at Fespa this year is Epson’s recently launched 43cm photo and fine-art production printer. The new SureColor-P5300 combines the advanced technology of the Epson SC-P700/P900 with the flexibility and production capability of the Epson SC-P5000. Epson has aimed it at professional photographers, fine-art users, design agencies and photo retail stores.
The SC-P5300 uses Epson’s Micro Piezo printhead technology, coupled with an optimised colour gamut and UltraChrome Pro10 ink with violet as standard. The printer also offers black enhanced overcoat (BEO) and a carbon black mode for delivering black density. Other features include improved contrast, better tonality and reduced bronzing in dark areas on glossy media.
Additional production printers on stand this year include:
• Epson’s compact SC-F100 A4 dye sublimation printer designed to expand business opportunities with high-quality printing on a wide range of gifts and promotional goods. The quality and consistency levels are achieved through Epson’s PrecisionCore MicroTFP printhead and a look up table designed for promotional goods and gifts, as well as rigid substrates.
• Epson’s first 24-inch dye sublimation printer – SC-F500 – developed to help promotional houses, photo labs, clothing producers and copy shops increase customer choice through flexible, high-quality printing.
• The recently launched SC-F6400H 44-inch, 6 colour dye-sublimation printer allowing businesses to expand into new markets, as the extended ink sets can achieve a wider colour gamut with Orange and Violet, reduce graininess with Light Cyan and Magenta or print true fluorescents with Fluorescent Pink and Yellow.
