August 17, 2004

EPSON Middle East has introduced the Stylus PRO 4000, an advanced large-format printer that ensures highest quality output for everything from exhibition graphics, POS displays, fine art, photographs and printing proofs, without compromising on speed or reliability.

The new wide-format printer produces photo-quality output at high speed, courtesy of a large colour gamut, excellent colour stability and flexible media handling. Featuring EPSON MicroPiezo technology, EPSON UltraChrome ink and A2 format capability, the Stylus PRO 4000 offers professional printers, POS, artists, designers and photographers cutting-edge EPSON quality and reliability.

"With the rising demand for effective visual communications, there is a greater need for high quality wide format printers. In the Middle East, there has been a huge growth in outdoor media, because of conferences and trade events. Further, in the field of professional photography users are demanding better reproduction at lower costs," said Khalil El-Dalu, General Manager EPSON Middle East. "The EPSON Stylus PRO 4000, incorporating some major breakthroughs in printing technology, is designed to deliver a complete solution to the region's visual communications and photography sectors."

Replacing the popular Stylus PRO 5000 and 5500, 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 Stylus PRO 4000 comes with large individual EPSON UltraChrome ink cartridges for ease of use and maximum 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.

EPSON Stylus PRO 4000-C8. (Stylus Pro 4000 standard unit).

Ideal for the professional photographer, fine artist and proofing market. Created to enable designers to see accurate proofs before printing the final version, the device's wide colour gamut and light inks allow reproduction of delicate and vivid colours increasing the quality of output. Users can now produce colour-critical proofing and short-run printing, with a price-per-page that's economical enough to output at every step of the process. Simulating industry-standard proofs, the colour seen at the beginning of the process matches the colour printed at the end.

The EPSON Stylus PRO 4000-PS. (Stylus Pro 4000 plus PostScript).
Designed with the professional photographer, fine art production facility or design agency, (from Macintosh or PC) in mind that have a need for a PostScript RIP. The Stylus PRO 4000-PS offers both colour and monochrome edge-to-edge prints up to A2. EPSON UltraChrome ink and EPSON MicroPiezo print technology ensures output is photo realistic matching high-street processing quality. The Stylus PRO 4000-PS uses large ink cartridges to ensure lengthy, high-quality production runs that can be left overnight without the need to replace the ink half way through. And by printing on roll and cut sheet media up to 43cm in width, unlike most large format printers, the Stylus PRO 4000-PS is one of the most compact professional printing solutions on the market, making it suitable for businesses with small offices and studios.

EPSON Stylus Pro 4000-Promo. (Stylus Pro 4000 plus Gretag EyeOne)

With the same specification as the Stylus PRO 4000-C8 but with the addition of a Gretag EyeOne monitor added as a bundle for twelve months from the launch date. In addition the Promo comes with entry to colour management software for semi-pro photographers and fine artists to ensure colours are 100% accurate to the original source.

EPSON Stylus PRO 4000-C4. (Stylus Pro 4000, four colour unit)

For POS displays, posters, exhibition graphics and signage up to A2, the Stylus PRO 4000-C4 ensures a quick turnaround, output is vibrant and accurate, and the printer's ease of use ensures it can be easily operated by anyone. And for 3D-CAD and GIS applications the printer's high print speed, low cost per print, sharp lines and crisp characters make it the optimum choice for designers, architects and engineers.

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About the Epson Group
The Epson Group increases its corporate value through its innovative and creative culture. Dedicated to providing its customers with digital image innovation, its main product lines comprise information-related equipment such as printers and projectors, electronic devices including displays, liquid crystal panels for projectors, semiconductors and quartz devices, and precision products such as watches. Epson products are known throughout the world for their superior quality, functionality, compactness and energy efficiency.

The Epson Group is a network of 84,899 employees in 110 companies around the world, and is proud of its ongoing contributions to the global environment and to the communities in which it is located. Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corp., which is listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Group had consolidated sales of 1,413 billion yen in fiscal 2003.

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