Epson Announces Two High-Volume Business Color Ink Jet Printers for Workgroups and Network Printing Environments

Epson B-310N and B-510DN Provide Powerful Productivity and Affordable Color Printing

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Mar 09, 2010, 03:01 ET

LONG BEACH, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson America today announced a pair of powerful, compact business color ink jet printers – the Epson B-310N and B-510DN. Designed for workgroups and small to medium size businesses, the B-310N and B-510DN provide high-volume color network printing with exceptional performance, reliability and productivity. Easy to own and operate, the B-310N and B-510DN printers offer high-yield ink cartridges, a high-capacity front loading paper cassette and an affordable ink cost per color page.

"There is a big demand for fast, economical color network printing in a variety of business environments ranging from real estate offices to medical clinics and the Epson B-510DN and B-310N more than fill this gap," said Anna Jen, director of new business development, Epson America, Inc. "Businesses that print a lot of color documents or wishing to print more in color will benefit most from the new Epson B-Series printers."

Both models feature high-capacity front paper cassettes that hold up to 500 sheets to facilitate high-volume, uninterrupted printing; the B-510DN holds letter or legal-size paper and the B-310N holds letter-size paper with an optional legal-size paper cassette. In addition, both the B-310N and B-510DN provide networkability, fast print speeds and high yield ink cartridges. They also offer hassle-free operation and maintenance to help users get back to the business of producing printed color documents that help enhance productivity and communication.

About the Epson B-310N

The Epson B-310N is the economical color network printer to own and operate offering speeds of 19 black/18 color ISO pages per minute (1) and ink costs as low as 6¢ per color page (2) (based on cartridge MSRP divided by ISO page yield). Other key features include:

High-capacity paper cassette to boost productivity by holding up to 500 letter-size sheets (legal-size paper cassette optional)
Four individual, high-yield ink cartridges which allow about 3,000 pages (black) and 3,500 pages (color) to be printed before replacement (ISO page yield) (2)
Versatile rear sheet feeder to support specialty media like envelopes, sheet labels, and Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte
Monthly duty cycle of 10,000 pages (2,000 recommended) to support busy workgroups (3)
Easy maintenance with intelligent nozzle verification system which checks and cleans the print head on a regular basis to ensure premium print quality
ENERGY STAR® qualified
MSRP: $399

About the Epson B-510DN

The Epson B-510DN delivers high operational cost savings with ink costs as low as 4¢ per color page (2), when using the highest capacity ink cartridges available for the printer (based on cartridge MSRP divided by ISO page yield). Other key features include:

High print productivity with speeds of 19 black/18 color ISO ppm (1)
Easy to replace, high yield ink cartridges to reduce downtime and increase productivity
Highest yield ink cartridges which print about 8,000 pages (black) and 7,000 pages (color) before replacement (2)
High-capacity front loading paper cassette to facilitate high volume printing by holding up to 500 letter or legal-size sheets
Paper saving built-in duplexer for double-sided printing to help stretch budgets
Versatile rear sheet feeder for specialty media such as labels, envelopes and Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte
High color print productivity with monthly duty cycle of 20,000 pages (4,000 pages recommended) (3)
Easy maintenance with intelligent nozzle verification system which checks and cleans the print head on a regular basis to ensure premium print quality
ENERGY STAR® qualified
MSRP: $599

Availability and Support

The Epson B-310N and B-510DN are currently available through distribution, direct market resellers, online resellers, and Epson's retail site www.epsonstore.com. Epson business color ink jet printers come with a one-year limited warranty. For more information about the Epson B-510DN and B-310N business color ink jet printers, visit www.epson.com.

About Epson America, Inc.

Epson America, Inc. is a leading provider of an extensive range of printers, 3LCD projectors, scanners and point-of-service printers that are renowned for their high quality, functionality, innovation and energy efficiency. Epson America is a U.S. affiliate of Seiko Epson Corporation, which employs more than 70,000 people in 106 companies around the world. Seiko Epson is committed to its ongoing contributions to the global environment and for the second year in a row has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, an indicator for leading companies in economic, environmental and social criteria.

Note: Specifications subject to change. Epson is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. All other products and brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks.

(1) ISO ppm is based on the new print international standard for measuring print speed. Black and color print speeds are determined in default, single-sided mode, in accordance with ISO/IEC 24734. Actual print times will vary based on system configuration, software, and page complexity. See www.epson.com/printspeed for details, including complete ISO reports.

(2) Cost per page is the combined cost of black and three colors, derived from the ink cartridge MSRP divided by cartridge yield. Cartridge yields are based on continuous printing of a suite of five black and color pages as required by ISO/IEC 24712. Actual yields will vary considerably for reasons including images printed, print settings, temperature and humidity. Yields may be lower when printing infrequently or predominantly with one ink color. A variable amount of ink remains in the cartridges after the "Replace cartridge" signal. Part of the ink from the first cartridges is used for priming the printer. Ink is used for both printing and print head maintenance. All inks are used for both black and color printing. Both the B-510DN and B-310N ship with standard-capacity ink cartridges. For more information about yields, see www.epson.com/cartridgeinfo

(3) Monthly duty cycle is the highest duty a user could expect in a month, based on near-constant operation of a device of this kind. It is not recommended that the device be run at this duty. For best device performance, run the device at the recommended duty.

SOURCE Epson America, Inc.