The ideal solution for small photo lab owners

wanting to scale up their business and profits

Chandigarh, October 16, 2014 – Building on the company’s success in professional photo printing, Epson India, today announced the launch of its new SureLab D700 photo printer, a mini desktop version of its highly acclaimed SureLab D3000. Simple to operate with a lightweight design, the SureLab D700 is Epson’s first six-colour compact photo production printer with inkjet technology, offering a wide range of media and format options. Combining vibrant colour output with reliability and cost-efficiency, it is ideally suited for small and medium sized commercial photo labs in India.

NewZNew ( Chandigarh ) : The outstanding flexibility of Epson’s Micro Piezo print head technology used within the Epson SureLab D700 guarantees crisp and vivid image quality. The printed images are sharp and defined thanks to its high 1440dpi x 720dpi (max) resolution, variable sized ink droplets and precise droplet placement. The Epson SL-D700 has been manufactured to easily provide print durable colour and black and white images on gloss, lustre and matte media and can produce prints sized from 102mm x 152mm to 205mm x 305mm. It is capable of producing up to 360 6″ x 4″ production quality photos per hour. Users are able to print directly from common photo applications and also available as an optional Epson proprietary OrderController V3.0 software at additional cost, that has integrated job estimation, scheduling, image editing and colour control to easily manage print jobs.

Epsons SureLab D700 will be offered in a package as part of Epson’s Pro Lab Imaging solutions. The Epson Pro Lab Imaging solutions for Commercial Photographers and Photo labs are unique, customized, and scalable and are very clearly focused on enhancing the business potential of those engaged in the output business of photography. They have been designed in such a way that there are  distinct profit models for the potential customer to choose from depending on his current business, his planned growth, his market and his investment capability. The first of the Epson Pro Lab Imaging Solutions packages is meant for Commercial Photographers who can invest Rs.5.0 Lakhs. The Epson Micro Photo Lab Solution will offer a business opportunity for the smallest of lab owners and people looking to start off in the business.  Epson India’s first Micro Photo Lab was inaugurated in the month of September at Mumbai by Worldwide President of Seiko Epson Corporation Mr. Minoru Usui

The products in the package are the mini Digital Dry-Photo Lab – Epson SureLab SL-D700 and the A2 Size Professional Printer Pro 4900. Along with these two great printers the package also includes Free Media & Inks to print 12000 4R Prints + 2 Years Warranty on both the Printers. All of these come with an initial investment of just Rs.5 Lakhs and with the support of in-shop branding elements as well. This package is ideal for providing print services like Coffee Table Books, Greeting Cards, Wedding Albums, Photo Diaries, A3/A2 Color Photo enlargement/Portraits, Instant Photo Prints from 10×12 cms (4R) upto 20×99 cms (8×39”) and many more across a variety of media like Photo Glossy/Matte/Luster papers.

Announcing the launch, Mr. Samba Moorthy, Vice President-Sales & Marketing, Epson India, said, “We have been industry leaders in the photo printer segment offering our customers a diverse range of product offerings. Our SL-D700 is the latest addition to our photo printer portfolio. It is an incredible solution for small photo lab owners wanting to scale up their business and profits. We believe Epson will be changing the commercial photo printing landscape in India yet again with this fantastic product.”

Key Features:

• 6-colour, compact inkjet for high-quality photo production
• Prints on glossy, lustre and paper-based matte media
• 4/5/6/8-inches/A4 (102mm~210mm) width and a length of 8.9mm – 1000mm
• Print speed (6×4 inches) of 360 sheets/h (at standard print quality)
• Print speed (6×4 inches) of 180 sheets/h (at maximum print quality)
• Paper roll length 65m
• Long service interval
• Resolution 720dpi/1440dpi (Fast 720x360dpi; Standard 720x720dpi; High-quality 1440x720dpi)
• USB connection
• UltraChrome D6-S ink with 200ml individual ink cartridges

The SureLab D700 offers long service intervals and low maintenance requirements. A durable, long-lasting cutter blade reduces downtime and maintenance costs, boosting productivity and ensuring that users can offer their customers a consistent and reliable service. The SureLab D700 is also available as standard offering, priced at Rs.300000 (Rupees Three Lacs) and  comes with a standard one year on-site warranty.

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