New Epson Professional Printers

Frederic

Hello friends and welcome to our newsletter! Today I want to bring to you three new products from Epson with incredible features that you cannot miss. It was only a matter of time before Epson engineers found a way to push ink jet technology to the next level. 

By incorporating the most advanced technologies Epson has to offer, this could possibly be the most advanced photographic printers ever developed.

The models I’m talking about are the Epson Stylus Pro 4900, Epson Stylus Pro 7890 and 9890 printers which cover a wide printing spectrum from standard photo printing to signage and color proofing projects.

Epson Stylus Pro 4900

New Epson Stylus Pro 4900 printer

Designed to redefine the standard for photographic print quality, the 17” Epson Stylus Pro 4900 incorporates the latest achievements in professional-level ink jet technology. By combining the precision of the exclusive MicroPiezo® TFP® print head with the extraordinary performance of Epson UltraChrome® HDR Ink, the newest generation of Epson Stylus Pro printers continue to represent a level of technology unprecedented in Epson's history.
Handling virtually any media type, in both roll and cut-sheet up to 17-inch wide, the Epson Stylus Pro 4900 continues to set the standard for professional media use.  And for the first time, you can have both the front paper tray and roll feeder loaded with different media types and automatically switch between them as you print.
The advanced Epson MicroPiezo TFP print head is capable of producing higher quality prints, at speeds up to twice as fast as the previous generation. And, with the latest ink-repelling coating and auto nozzle verification technologies, clogged nozzles are virtually eliminated.

Epson Stylus Pro 7890

New Epson Stylus Pro 7890 and 9890 printers

Representing a new standard of excellence, the Epson Stylus Pro 890 series incorporates the latest achievements in photographic ink jet technology. By combining the precision of the MicroPiezo® TFP® print head with the proven performance of the eight-color Epson UltraChrome K3® with Vivid Magenta, the newest generation of Epson Stylus Pro printers continue to represent a level of technology. The Stylus Pro 7890 has a maximum width of 24" while the Stylus Pro 9890 is 44" wide.

Let me explain a bit about the Epson UltraChrome K3 with Vivid Magenta. It utilizes eight colors - including auto-switching Photo and Matte Black inks - while setting the benchmark standard for the industry.

Epson Stylus Pro 9890

This 890 series also incorporates the new AccuPhoto™ HD screening technology as the 4900 series. And remember that like the other higher-end Stylus Pro 900 series printers, Epson has developed, in partnership with X-Rite®, a high performance, in-line spectrophotometer for commercial proofing applications. When driven by the latest Front-end RIPs, the SpectroProofer® can automate virtually any color management process in your workflow.

Well, this has been a very short list of features and would probably take me a few more pages to describe these new printers so, as I usually say,  call us or visit our showroom for more details.

It’s been my pleasure to share all this with you, thank you for reading!

Frederic Friedmann

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Colorburst's Overdrive RIP Software

Frederic

Hello Friends and welcome to this newsletter. Today's subject is a great software tool that can increase your productivity by boosting your print driver with award-winning color management technology from ColorBurst : Overdrive.

Overdrive is a PostScript RIP that delivers high-end color, accurate proofing and Pantone matching. Overdrive can use any paper manufacturer's RGB ICC profiles and is available for Mac OS X only.

Raster Image Processor
RIP stands for Raster Image Processor, which is the way of converting your images into a format that the printer understands. The RIP software executes many operations in the process: it converts the RGB images into CMYK, it applies color profiles, scales the image to the desired size and resolution, etc. A pre-release version of Overdrive named "ColorBurst RGB XProof" has been deemed the winner in the RIP category in the 2010 DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out.

MAC OS Ready

This early version of Overdrive made the winning prints in six categories even before reaching the market! I keep telling my customers: "Why waste valuable time manually configuring your print driver with every single print?" There's no need to risk wasted ink and paper "accidents" due to forgotten or mismatched menu selections. Overdrive lets you build print environments so there's only one selection needed at print time. Page format and color errors are minimized by merging all of your printing parameters into a single click.

Job Management
Overdrive offers Job Management normally only seen in much more expensive RIP applications, files and folders can be dropped directly into the Job Manager, opened from the File Open menu, placed or saved to the optional Hot Folder, or even dropped on the Overdrive application icon. Jobs can be reordered, deleted, or placed on hold to be processed later so you are in full control of the workflow.

Great File Support
Overdrive provides full PostScript and Raster File support including EPS, PS, and PDF files and is so flexible that can even handle Camera RAW and Adobe's Photoshop PSD images. Just imagine how handy it could be to retouch an image in Photoshop and send it directly to the printer knowing it will produce outstanding results. Furthermore, it has Adobe black point compensation built-in so the output matches Adobe Photoshop exactly, so users can get the expected results from Overdrive. Other file formats processed by this program include RGB, CMYK, and grayscale 8-bit and 16-bit support for TIFF (LZW compression is supported), JPEG, J2K, BMP, PICT and PNG.

PANTONE Library

Available Printer's Widths
Overdrive doesn't replace your printer's driver entirely but rather works together with it while handling the color profiles. Presently Overdrive is available for 17" wide, 24" wide, 44" wide and 64" wide printers so make sure you order the one specific for your printer.

PANTONE Library
Your proofing jobs are also covered as Overdrive includes a full licensed PANTONE Color Library together with proprietary AutoSpot technology that greatly improves the accuracy of Pantone colors.

Overdrive provides you with peace of mind when printing because all colors are handled automatically during processing.

And I could carry on naming features but why don't you call us today or visit us for more details?

Thank you for reading.

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