EPSON AMERICA NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH RICOH AMERICA

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Epson America Partners with Ricoh
Americas Corporation in Exclusive Agreement
LONG BEACH, Calif. and WEST CALDWELL, N.J., Epson America, Inc.
is introducing a new line of Epson Stylus® Pro printers that will
further expand the company’s industry-leading printing technology to a
new and broader range of professional imaging markets. The Epson Stylus
Pro 7700 and 9700 printers are specially engineered to exceed the
expectations of CAD, GIS mapping, and corporate graphics professionals
for applications such as high-resolution architectural plans,
highly-precise engineering drawings, extremely detailed photographic GIS
mapping, brilliant indoor signage, and more.

Epson America is
also announcing it has joined forces with Ricoh Americas Corporation to
sell these printers exclusively in North America. The combination of
Epson’s latest advancements in commercial printing technology with
Ricoh’s outstanding reputation and expertise in these markets will
enable both companies to elevate the overall quality and range of
product offerings in these markets that will be beneficial to customers
in more ways than ever before.

“The Epson Stylus Pro 7700 and
9700 offer unprecedented accuracy, speed, precision, and extreme quality
that has never been available to the CAD, GIS and corporate graphics
markets,” said Reed Hecht, product manager, Epson America. “The
advancements our engineers have made with our technology in conjunction
with the exciting agreement we’ve entered with Ricoh Americas
Corporation will really make this a win-win for the industry and
especially for our customers.””This new line builds on the strength of
Ricoh’s exceptional wide format LED products and will provide choices
that support a variety of customers,” said Michael Hunter, director,
product marketing, Ricoh Americas Corporation. “We value the high
quality of Epson products and believe by adding these printers to our
product portfolio, we are providing solutions that exceed what is
currently available on the market.”

The Epson Stylus Pro 7700
(24-inch) and Epson Stylus Pro 9700 (44-inch) incorporate the company’s
latest achievements in high-performance ink jet printing. The extreme
precision, speed and image quality achieved by MicroPiezo® TFP™ print
heads and the benefits of Epson UltraChrome® Vivid Magenta Inks
position these printers to deliver a level of printing technology
unprecedented within the engineering scientific and display signage
markets.

Epson’s advanced MicroPiezo TFP print head is capable of
producing extremely precise text and line-art, along with brilliant
photographic quality prints, at speeds almost twice as fast as the
previous generation. This advanced print head combined with a four-color
Epson UltraChrome Vivid Magenta pigment-based ink with dual black
technology produces prints with brilliant color, accuracy, and true
archival capability. Line-art precision and overall image quality and
color accuracy are further elevated through the advancements of
AccuPhotoâ„¢ HD screening technology.The Epson Stylus Pro 7700 and 9700
are currently available at a suggested retail price of $2,995 and
$4,995, respectively.

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March 8, 2010 at 1:41 PM