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BUSINESS INKJETS
Key features:
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100ppm/75ppm print
speed
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60ppm/110ipm duplex
scanner
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Low power consumption
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Print resolution up to 600
x 2400dpi
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Paper sizes up to SRA3
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Epson Open Platform
ready
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High-capacity ink
cartridges: K: 2 x 50,000,
CMY: 50,000
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DuraBrite pigment inks
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9-inch colour TP display
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Paper capacity: up to
5,350 sheets, with
optional paper feed
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4,000-sheet finisher unit with
stacking and stapling
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PDL (PCL 5/6, PostScript
3,PDF),ESC/P-Raster
At CeBIT on March 20, Epson
significantly strengthened its
business inkjet offering with the
launch of two high speed colour
A3 inkjet MFPs designed for busy
enterprises and small and medium-
sized businesses that have regular
spikes in print volume.
Underlining its growing reputation
as a provider of enterprise print
solutions, Epson was also showing
a new RIPS device with an expanded
ink capacity of 84,000 pages,
compared to 75,000 pages on
previous RIPS models, and its
extraordinary PaperLab paper-making
machine, shown in Europe for the
first time.
New printhead
When business inkjets were
introduced much was made of their
potential for very high speed colour
printing.
Epson has delivered on this
promise by replacing the serial
printhead used on its existing
devices with one that covers the
entire width of a page. Like HP’s
PageWide technology, this has
enabled Epson to increase print
speed significantly, to 100 pages
per minute on the WorkForce
Enterprise WF-C20590 and to
75ppm on the WF-C17590.
Epson’s existing serial business
inkjet devices have a top speed of
34ppm draft and 24ppm ISO.
By meeting the productivity
needs of larger organisations, the
company’s new, faster MFPs have
the potential to extend the appeal
of business inkjets to markets in
which productivity will always trump
considerations such as energy
efficiency and sustainability.
Speaking to
PrintIT
last
December, Peter Silcock, Epson
UK business manager for business
imaging, said that in relation to
business inkjets, Epson’s main goal
for 2017 was to develop the range
to address the productivity needs of
customers.
He said: “Productivity is a real
challenge for a lot of businesses
and the fact that the time to first
page on business inkjets is so quick,
because there is no heat involved,
makes businesses so much more
productive. That is a real benefit,
which is why we’re constantly
pushing business inkjet into areas
that would traditionally be the
domain of laser-type devices.”
In the case of Epson’s new
Workforce Enterprise series, the area
in question is currently occupied
by 55ppm colour toner copiers that
consume significantly more power
and generate much more waste than
inkjet devices.
Darren Phelps, Epson Europe
director of business imaging, said:
“The WorkForce Enterprise cuts
the environmental impact of print
by providing a low power solution,
with fewer supplies, while delivering
remarkably fast print speeds at high
quality. Having far fewer parts than
equivalent laser-based MFDs, this
series promises to deliver higher
reliability and significantly increase
printer uptime.”
He added: “We knew we had
something special as soon as we
saw the WorkForce Enterprise in
the lab, but it has been the reaction
from resellers across Europe that
has really confirmed the ground-
breaking nature of this new range.”
The new MFPs will be available
in June and are compatible with a
wide range of solutions, such as
Email Print for Enterprise, Epson
Print Admin and Document Capture
Pro. Options include a WorkFlow
Enterprise Finisher unit and a
4,000-sheet stapler and stacker.
RIPS expansion
Epson was also showing its
latest RIPS model, the 35ppm A3
Epson takes business inkjets to next level with
100ppm colour MFP
Strength
in width
We knew
we had
something
special as
soon as we
saw the
WorkForce
Enterprise in
the lab
Epson WorkForce
Enterprise WF-C20590/
WF-C17590
Continued...
EPSON
WorkForce Enterprise
Spring
2017
