VISUAL IMPACT: EPSON – Print21

By Wayne Robinson | 24 July 2024

Epson launched a lot of print techniques to the ANZ market at Visible Impression, together with a desktop DTG/DTF printer, a desktop UV printer, and had the worldwide launch of the F9560 64 inch dye-sub printer.

New to ANZ was the F1060 compact desktop hybrid DTG DTF printer, which prints on clothes and movie. It doesn’t substitute an current machine, and is a part of Epson’s drive to deliver a number of new income alternatives to print companies for comparatively low funding. Gordon Kerr,  enterprise advertising and marketing supervisor, Massive Format, stated, “The F1060 will price lower than $11,000, and has opened up an entire new phase, not solely due to its worth level and its profitability, but additionally due to its compact measurement.”

Desktop revenue: DTG/DTF printing with the F1060 and UV printing with the V1060 from Epson
Desktop income: DTG/DTF printing with the F1060 and UV printing with the V1060 from Epson

Epson additionally had the V1060, its new compact UV desktop machine. Kerr stated, “This machine opens up alternatives once more for merchandise.” The truth is the primary half of the Epson stand was totally centered on merchandise, highlighting what the corporate believes are actual alternatives for desktop UV printing.

Kerr stated, “So right here with the V1060 we’re exhibiting manufacturing of USB keys, pens, canvas prints, iPhone covers. One of many incredible issues with this compact machine is that it is  versatile. It might take care of gadgets as much as 70 millimetres in peak. And rounded gadgets. So we are able to we are able to print instantly on all golf name and different curved surfaces.”

To optimise the brand new printers Epson additionally launched Epson Studio for a small store or merchandise supplier. Kerr stated, “This software program permits the shopper to stroll up with a USB key, the iPhone, their picture, kind it straight into the iPad, add the textual content that they need then say I wish to produce that on a t shirt, golf ball or no matter.”

The second half of the Epson stand hosed a trio of roll-to-roll printers; the SureColor 80660L, described by Kerr because the workhorse, and the brand new P20560, a 64 inch aqueous printer. Kerr stated, “Now what this machine brings to the market is color, it has largest gamut on the market. And it additionally combines that with print velocity.”

The P20560 has a big 2.64 inch precisioncore print heads and inking system. It has 12 massive 1.6 litre pouches, which Epson says allow cost-effective manufacturing of nice artwork and enormous format inside POS.

Easy operation: Gordon Kerr with the new Epson dye sub Sure Color F 9560
Simple operation: Gordon Kerr with the brand new Epson dye sub Certain Coloration F 9560

The brand new F9560 is the brand new 64 inch dye sub printer, proven at Visible Impression as a world first. Kerr stated, “This printer replaces our earlier 64 inch machine. What does it replaces it with is an especially compact, totally built-in answer. The flat high and sq. sides are designed to create an entire work surroundings for operators. It has built-in heating system.”

Epson says the SC-F9560 is straightforward to function with a big contact panel show full with built-in assist and comes equipped with Edge Print software program that exhibits customers on-screen what they’ll count on to get on paper.

It additionally presents customers excessive productiveness ranges with heavy obligation motors and a big 2.64” PrecisionCore printhead that delivers manufacturing output at low go charges. There are additional manufacturing efficiencies too with assist for a variety of media sorts, widths and thicknesses on rolls as much as 45 kg and a bulk ink system that makes use of handy pouch-based ink with twin units and sizzling swap.

The six-colour SC-F9560H mannequin may be configured with Lc Lm ink for nice gradation and an prolonged gamut, or Orange and Violet for max gamut, or Fy and Fp fluorescent ink for max brightness. The fluorescent ink may be utilized as spot color and course of color.

Epson says customers of the SC-F9560 will even take pleasure in decrease operating prices with low energy consumption, assist for cost-effective media and a excessive diploma of self-maintenance.

Kerr stated, “It is designed so that you can print a full roll or partial roll. This machine will probably be transport late October. We’re very pleased with this one, and from the response of the individuals who’ve come round this morning and checked out it, I believe Epson has hit the mark.”

In response to Kerr the brand new printer has two goal audiences, he stated, “It is two forms of companies, first it is cloth manufacturing. So people who find themselves concerned in clothes or garment manufacturing. We had a few individuals who by this morning who had been taking a look at going wow, you possibly can produce how a lot how briskly and at what worth. That is choice primary. Choice quantity two is gentle signage. There may be enormous progress in gentle signage. Simply trying across the present right here in the present day. Now we have so many examples of soppy signage. Now we have banners we’ve got pull ups, we’ve got constructions. Smooth signage is very large. So premium, prime quality, correct, price efficient printing obtainable by the F9560 will meet that market..