Epson America Introduces 'Artisan' -- New Flagship Line of Premium ...

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``The Artisan series basically gives users everything but thekitchen sink in terms of features and performance,'' said SteveSemos, product manager, consumer ink jets, Epson America Inc.``More importantly, these benefits enable users to express theircreative side in ways never before imagined. At Epson we've builtour reputation on giving our customers the industry's best imagequality, and this flagship line is a key milestone in thattradition.''
Beyond its creative applications, the premium Artisan 800 featuresWi-Fi(r), Fax, an Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), and UltraHi-Definition photos. Its elegant 7.8`` smart touch panel and 3.5''LCD lights up only the buttons necessary that brings essentialcontrols to users' fingertips for easy selecting, copying,enlarging, rotating, cropping, and printing photos all without acomputer. The Artisan 800 also has the exclusive ability to turnphotos or drawings into personalized coloring book pages and makepersonal notepaper with a photo as a background.
Epson provides additional value to Artisan customers with its newEpson Preferred(sm) program, which includes a two-year limitedwarranty, toll-free telephone support, access to the exclusiveMyEpson.com Web site that features a series of online tutorialvideos, and more(1). Registered Artisan owners also receive freelifetime phone support with no additional charges, even beyond thewarranty.
Both the Artisan 800 and 700 feature six-color Ultra Hi-DefinitionClaria ink to create vivid, true-to-life photos with smudge,scratch and water resistance(2), as well as fade resistance up tofour times longer than photo lab prints(3). Working in tandem withClaria ink, the ``smart nozzles'' in Epson's exclusiveMicroPiezo(r) print head with DX5(tm) technology deliver up to fiveink droplet sizes, as small as 1.5 picoliters, producing smoothgradations, accurate skin tones and sharp, grain-free prints.
Both models feature Epson's auto photo correction technology. Thisintuitive feature allows users to preview corrections on thebuilt-in LCD to ensure the very best prints, rescuing photos thatthey might have otherwise passed over or discarded. Users can alsoremove red eye from their photos automatically.
Other useful features on the Artisan 800 and 700 include turningplain paper into college-ruled, wide-ruled and graph school paper,and creating photo layouts with various size photos on a singlesheet of paper. Users can even print and copy images directly ontoink jet printable CDs and DVDs.
Both Artisan models complete printing tasks faster than competitiveprinters in their class, producing prints and copies in black andcolor in up to 38 pages per minute (ppm), 4`` x 6'' photos in asfast as 10 seconds, and an 8`` x 10'' in as fast as 50 seconds(4).The Artisan 800 adds full-featured, high-speed fax with a 30-pageAutomatic Document Feeder for copying, scanning and faxing stacksof documents effortlessly.
Standing a mere 5.9`` tall in a sleek, compact design with aneasy-to-view tilt 2.5'' LCD, the Artisan 700 offers outstandingfeatures and functionality inherent in the series for everydayprinting, copying and scanning, making it the ideal solution for arange of personal and creative needs that don't require faxing.Additional features and performance in the Artisan series include:
Artisan Series Pricing and Availability
With an estimated street price of $299.99 (Artisan 800) and $199.99(Artisan 700), these products offer an array of features, benefitsand services that consumers have never before experienced. TheArtisan 800 and 700 are currently available for ``pre-order'' for alimited time online through Amazon.com, BestBuy.com andOfficeMax.com. In addition, both all-in-ones will be available inSeptember 2008 through major computer, office and electronicsuperstores, a variety of retail stores nationwide, mail order, PCmanufacturers, the Internet, and Epson's own retail site, http://www.epsonstore.com .
About Epson America Inc.
Epson offers an extensive array of award-winning image capture andimage output products for the consumer, business, photography, andgraphic arts markets. The company is also a leading supplier ofvalue-added point-of-sale (POS) printers and transaction terminalsfor the retail market. Founded in 1975, Epson America Inc. is theU.S. affiliate of Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, a globalmanufacturer and supplier of high-quality technology products thatmeet customer demands for increased functionality, compactness,systems integration and energy efficiency. Epson America Inc. isheadquartered in Long Beach, Calif.
Note: Specifications are subject to change. Epson, MicroPiezo andBorderFree are registered trademarks and Claria is a trademark ofSeiko Epson Corporation. Artisan is a trademark and Epson Preferredis a service mark of Epson America, Inc. All other product andbrand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of theirrespective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in thesemarks.
(1) One-year limited warranty to all purchasers; toll-free supportand second-year warranty require registration within 60 days ofpurchase. With registration, Epson provides phone support withoutcharge for the life of the product. Telephone toll charges mayapply. Offer valid only in the United States.
(2) Water resistance on Epson Glossy Papers, Epson Matte Papers andplain papers, when using genuine Epson inks.
(3) Ink fade resistance ratings based on accelerated testing ofunframed color prints on plain paper in indoor display conditions;claim that documents resist fading up to four times longer is basedon accelerated testing of unframed color prints on plain paper inindoor display conditions. Actual print stability will varyaccording to light intensity, temperature, humidity, and otherfactors. Epson does not guarantee the longevity of prints. See http://www.wilhelm-research.com .
(4) PPM/CPM speeds measured after first page, based on black andcolor text patterns in Draft Mode on plain paper. Color photo inDraft Mode on Premium Photo Paper Glossy measured from start ofpaper feed. Additional print time will vary based on systemconfiguration, software application and page complexity. See http://www.epson.com/printspeed for more information about print speeds.
(5) Adapter required for MiniSD(tm), MicroSD(tm), Mini DHC(tm),MicroSDHC(tm), Memory Stick Duo(tm), Memory Stick PRO Duo(tm),Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo(tm), Memory Stick Micro (M2)(tm),MMCmobile(tm), and MMCmicro(tm).
(6) Two-sided printing available on the Macintosh(r) only with theoptional duplexer.