Epson Expands Designer Edition Stylus Pro Printer & RIP Bundles

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Long Beach, CA—The Epson Stylus Pro line of printing solutions was expanding with a wider selection of Designer edition bundles that combine Epson Stylus Pro printers with an EFI eXpress for Epson software RIP. The bundles are engineered to deliver “powerful yet easy-to-use solutions” for professional photographers and graphic designers.

The Epson Stylus Pro 4900 Designer edition is now joined by the Epson Stylus Pro 3880, 7890 and 9890 Designer editions. The combination of these printers and the EFI eXpress for Epson RIP helps give users the ability to create color-accurate CMYK comps, proofs and mockups, alongside RGB photographs.

“The new Epson Designer Editions leverage the underlying professional software technology of EFI Colorproof XF and bring to the design studio a solution that’s easy to use, yet powerful and affordable,” said Larry Kauffman, product manager, Professional Imaging, Epson America.

The software includes spot color support with embedded libraries for DIC, HKS, PANTONE and Toyo, to aid in ensuring accurate color production out of the box. True Adobe interpreters allow for compatibility with the latest design suites on a Mac or PC.

In addition, users can work the way that suits them best by printing directly from the application, importing or dragging and dropping onto the RIP interface, or by sending files from a single PC or in a networked group to hot folders.

Support is included for all Epson proofing, packaging, photographic and fine art media, with the ability for the user to add new CMYK or RGB profiles for additional media types.

All four Epson Stylus Pro Designer edition bundles are now available at the following MSRPs with additional mail-in rebate offers: Epson Stylus Pro 3880 (17 inch) Designer, $1,495 ($1,195 after $300 mail-in rebate); Epson Stylus Pro 4900 (17 inch) Designer, $2,995 ($2,495 after $500 mail-in rebate); Epson Stylus Pro 7890 (24 inch) Designer, $3,495 ($2,745 after $750 mail-in rebate); and Epson Stylus Pro 9890 (44 inch) Designer, $5,495 ($4,745 after $750 mail-in rebate).

Epson Stylus Pro printers are supported with a standard Epson Preferred limited warranty, a one-year program that includes toll-free advanced telephone access and usually next-business-day on-site service. Epson Preferred Plus service plans are available and cover both the hardware and software for up to two additional years. epson.com