Epson and GMG strengthen ties in proofing market

September 2007

Epson and GMG strengthen ties in proofing market

Sydney 13 September 2007: Epson will keep working closely with its partners in the proofing industry to greatly enhance the functionality and productivity of its new range of wide format printers with Epson's newly developed UltraChrome K3 ink with Vivid Magenta, according to Epson's Business Solutions, Business Unit Manager, Craig Heckenberg.

"Our new 64 inch wide format printer is a revolutionary combination of a cost effective, 8 colour ink set with expanded colour gamut. The Stylus Pro 11880 is now getting even better with strong support from the leaders in the proofing industry," Mr Heckenberg said.

Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson") has been working with GMG to create a means for printing various levels of proofs with accurate, consistent, and wide colour gamut using the Epson Stylus Pro 880 series printers. The result is the new GMG ColorProof 4.5.

This feature dramatically extends colour gamut as well as accuracy and consistency by taking full advantage of Epson's newly developed UltraChrome K3 ink with Vivid Magenta technology.

Epson Stylus Pro printers have long been supported by GMG ColorProof. Now the new GMG ColorProof 4.5 brings this support to a new level with the following features:

• First time calibrated spot colours in GMG ColorProof. If the user decides to save a spot colour as a calibrated set, it will reproduce very closely on any calibrated printer of the same printer family.
• Sharpening for proofing profiles, with a number of options including unsharp masking for amount, radius, and threshold.
• Missing dot simulation of gravure printing processes. Press profile parameters of frequency, intensity (size), and start and end of dot percent can be edited.
• Support for new printers, Vivid Magenta ink Epson printers (SP 4880-7880-9880), updated four-color Epson printers with matte black (4450-7450-9450), and the new 64" Epson large format printer (SP 11880).
• Support of new HKS and Pantone Goe spot colour sets with new spot colour databases for Epson printers.

Robert Gatto, Sales and Marketing Director of Kayell Australia said: "We are very much looking forward to installing the new Epson printers with GMG ColorProof 4.5. We already have the best proofing solutions based on Epson technology, and the next generation of product offers real improvements for our customers.

"Kayell Australia is proud of its leading partnership with Epson Australia, and this has been achieved by offering our customers the best available service with their printer purchase. We remain a leading Epson authorised large format partner and we are pleased to bring additional products to the market for our customers. The addition of the 64 inch Stylus Pro 11880 printer offers Kayell Australia and GMG exciting growth opportunities."

Epson Stylus Pro printers are known for their ability to provide outstanding print quality that satisfies real professional's needs. Demanding users in the proofing community, as well as those in industries such as photography, fine art, and print production, have come to expect the superior quality that Stylus Pro printers provide.

The GMG ColorProof 4.5 supports the Epson Stylus Pro 4880, 7880, 9880, and 11880 printers, which use the new Epson UltraChrome K3 ink with Vivid Magenta technology for excellent image quality and colour gamut, along with Epson's original Micro Piezo print heads.

"GMG is proud of the productive and successful relationship with Epson to the benefit of the graphic arts industry," comments Jawdatt Mawassii, VP Strategy and Business Development of GMG. "The new Epson printers with Vivid Magenta ink technology will be supported in our new version released at GraphExpo and the certification for all kinds of standard are available for proofing customers."

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