Epson has released two fast, reliable, high volume, full colour business printers aimed at small to medium businesses that require high quality and high speed printing with low operating costs.

These printers can dramatically cut cost per page to less than half that of comparable colour laser printers1, and with lower power consumption significantly reduce operating costs and shrink the office carbon footprint.

Epson’s Director of Marketing Communications, Mike Pleasants, said Epson’s B-310N and B-510DN will set a new standard in business printing.

“With the B-310N or B-510DN businesses get a marked improvement in the quality of all office printing at speeds that rival the fastest alternatives on the market for at least 50 percent less than the per page costs of comparable colour laser printers,” Mr Pleasants said.

“These business printers accept many different paper types and sizes up to 256 g/m2 thick, including letterheads, plain and recycled envelopes, so high quality colour print work that may have been outsourced, such as brochures, direct mail, asset information sheets, and newsletters, can now be produced in the office on demand, delivering significant time and cost savings.”

The Epson B-510DN will deliver sharp full colour2 image and text prints for less than 5 cents per page, including GST, on plain paper – less than half the cost per page of comparable colour laser printers.

The Epson B-310N and B-510DN business printers will also produce mono or colour prints at up to 37 pages per minute in draft quality, and colour text and image at up to 18 pages per minute in office quality. With virtually no warm up time and first page out in less than 3 seconds, the B-310N and B-510DN are capable of improving office productivity in even the most demanding working environments. Prints dry very quickly and are durable, water and smudge resistant thanks to the special resin coating on the renowned pigment-based Epson DURABrite™ Ultra inks.

Epson business printers are renowned for their reliability and the B-310N and B-510DN are designed to further enhance productivity and reduce maintenance in the office by handling a print volume up to 20,000 pages per month.

The Epson B-310N and B-510DN also provide superior media handling flexibility for a diverse range of intelligent and creative office applications, and will produce high quality printing on pre-gummed papers, window face envelopes and labels, as well as outstanding quality printing on thicker media such as art papers, fabric and card, and photo quality prints for display on glossy paper.

Both the B-310N and B-510DN have a total input paper capacity of 650 sheets in two trays enhancing productivity further by minimising paper top ups and changes when switching between media.

With as little as one eighth of the operating power consumption and 68% lower CO2 emissions of comparable laser printers, the B-310N and B-510DN can reduce office power bills and shrink the carbon footprint of small to medium businesses.

Epson B-510DN and B-310N key features summary:

Reduced costs

·         Cost per page less than 5 cents on plain paper with the B-510DN – at least 50 percent lower than comparable laser printers
·         As little as one eighth of the operating power consumption of comparable laser printers and 68% lower CO2 emissions, reducing office power bills and carbon footprint.

Fast

·         Colour prints at 37ppm in draft mode and up to 18ppm in office quality mode
·         No warm-up time, first page out time below 3 sec
·         Automatic duplexing unit on the B-510DN
·         High Speed USB connection
·         High Speed Ethernet network connection on the B-510DN

Reliable and productive:

·         Up to 20,000 pages per month printing capacity
·         Two paper trays, up to 650 sheets paper capacity

The Epson B-310N and B-510DN are available from Epson retailers and office suppliers at RRP $440 inc GST for the B-310N and RRP $660 inc GST for the B-510DN. 

1: Most industry leading colour laser printers cost more than $700 RRP as at Feb 2010. CPP comparisons are based on published specifications of manufacturers’ highest capacity cartridge yields and published maximum retail price of the cartridge.

2: Full colour prints as defined by the ISO colour printing standard.