Frederic
Hello again! Many of you are asking about the wide format Epson Stylus Pro 7900/9900 series of professional printers and this week I'm answering some of your questions. Both printers share the same technical specifications the only difference being the maximum widths they can handle: 24" and 44" respectively. Epson introduced a range of innovations on this series that make the printers top of the line.
The image quality together with the wide range of media makes them highly versatile. From fine art and photography to signage and color proofing, you can benefit with the new technologies put into the 7900/9900 printers. They are simply amazing. Take the 11-color inks for instance. With the introduction of UltraChrome® HDR ink you have one of the widest color gamut ever at your disposition. There are three different ink container sizes to choose from depending on your printing requirements. The UltraChrome® HDR T642 have 150ml of ink per color, while the UltraChrome® HDR T596 have 350ml and the UltraChrome® HDR T636 offer 700ml, ideal for intensive overnight printing.
There's also the right media for your application, no compromises here. The
Fine Art papers and canvas bring you the possibilities of choosing between
Gloss,
Matte,
Velvet,
Satin,
Textured and more. Same for
Photographic and
Coated papers and media. The
signage industry can obtain great results with the
transparent backlight,
clear film or
adhesive synthetic paper. And when it comes to
color proofing, Epson offers you more than 40 different types of media like, Standard Proofing Paper, CrystalClear Film and Publication.
Even if you need to print black and white images you can select from Normal, Cool and Warm tones to suit your project as it simultaneously uses Black, Light Black, and Light Light Black inks which significantly improves the gray balance while eliminating color casts. The results of this new smooth contrast range are just impressive. Together with the new inks comes a new print head, the MicroPiezo TFP™ with its automatic nozzle checking and cleaning making clogged nozzles part of the past. No more wasting ink and media before realizing that the printer is not performing at its peak.
I deal with professional photographers daily and they share their experiences about working with these printers with me. They love the idea of being able to print their work themselves and get astonishing results print after print. Rich, accurate color, high quality output and the variety of certified media available both in cut sheets and rolls are some of the reasons of their higher productivity and shorter turnaround times.
And if you are in the commercial proofing business I have good news for you too. Developed in partnership with X-Rite, Epson has incorporated an optional, high performance, in-line spectrophotometer. When driven by the latest front-end RIPs, Epson SpectroProofer™ can automate any color management process in your commercial proofing workflow. This invaluable tool can be installed in minutes to increase the color accuracy of the printer. But that’s not the only advantage for your proofing needs, just consider the fact that Epson achieves 98% PANTONE color coverage, quite possibly the best proofing system available today!
This is just a brief description of all the resources of these two printers. If you are a professional photographer wishing to have an in-house printing solution or if you are in the photo printing and/or color proofing business you’ll love the Epson 7900/9900 series. And your customers too…
This is all for today folks, thank you very much for reading.
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