The new Epson Stylus Pro GS6000, 1626mm wide-format digital printer for outdoor or interior signage will get its first public showing at Perth’s Image Expo on August 28-29. Epson says the new model offers unprecedented colour gamut, image quality, productivity and safety in a solvent printer.
The company says the key is Epson’s new UltraChrome GS eco-solvent inks, which contain no nickel compounds, have reduced volatile organic compounds and are virtually odorless, eliminating the need for expensive ventilation and air-scrubbing units.
Gary Smith, director of Starleaton, Epson’s Australian distributer says, “We are rapt to be the first company to publicly show the Epson Stylus Pro GS6000 in Australia.”
Smith adds, “It’s due for release in spring but we will be printing away with it, via the ColorGate Production Server Rip, at the Image Expo in Perth at the end of August. Signage production has never before been as clean, high-resolution or colourful.”
Epson claims that at 1440 x1440dpi and a minimum ink droplet size of 3.7 picoliters, sign printers using the GS6000 will be able to offer their clients photographic-quality results at anything up to 25 square metres per hour throughput.
The company continues the eight-colour UltraChrome GS inkset comes in recyclable 950ml cartridges and will produce images on a variety of solvent-compatible vinyls, plastics, films, textiles and papers.
