Epson has announced the Middle East launch of two premium quality photo all-in-ones - Stylus Photo RX690 and Stylus Photo RX610 – for printing, scanning and copying photos, documents, CDs and DVD faces.
They feature Epson Claria photographic ink, a high-definition, six-colour dye-based ink, giving better quality photos that last longer than those from the photo lab. A new print head mechanism has been designed to deliver fast print speeds and the ‘Realoid’ micro-processor greatly enhances processing power when using the Stylus Photo RX690 or RX610 in stand-alone mode. Both use individual ink cartridges for cost efficient printing. The Stylus Photo RX690 and Stylus Photo RX610 are ideal partners for the D-SLR or mega-pixel camera user.
The Stylus Photo RX690 delivers premium quality borderless prints in just 23 seconds, draft photo prints in approximately 12 seconds and A4 documents at a speed of up to 40 ppm. It has two A4 paper trays for advanced media handling - the first is a cassette style, to protect photo paper from dust, and is positioned at the front of the printer, while the second is positioned at the back allowing users to select between different sizes or paper types. An optional ‘Auto Duplexer’ is also available for double-sided printing.
The Stylus Photo RX610 offers premium quality borderless prints in just 27 seconds, draft photo prints in approximately 12 seconds, and A4 documents at a speed of up to 37 ppm.
Both models feature Epson’s advanced variable-sized droplet technology. With five different droplet sizes, the smallest droplet of 1.5 pl is used for areas where fine colour gradation detail is required and bigger droplets where larger blocks of colour are needed.
A new high-speed Epson Micro Piezo print head mechanism has also been developed to further enhance the print speeds. The new mechanism inside the print head increases the rate at which ink droplets can be ejected from the nozzles resulting in faster print speeds.
When selected, Epson‘s PhotoEnhance technology automatically detects images featuring skin tones, landscapes and skylines and reproduces these with enhanced colour settings to improve the overall tones and contrasts. A new night scene mode improves the quality of darker images. Exclusive to the Epson Stylus Photo RX690 is the option to preview the changes created by PhotoEnhance when in stand-alone mode. Users can then choose to accept the enhancements prior to printing.
The versatility of the Stylus Photo RX690 and RX610 enables direct printing onto printable CDs or DVDs to customise the look of digital photo albums, and copying is also enhanced with a new CD copy feature.
