Mustek, an EPSON authorised reseller, is moving EPSON Stylus Color 440 and EPSON Stylus Color 740 inkjet printers and 24-pin impact printer, EPSON LQ 2080, into the central government head offices, after it won the government tender using the EPSON products.
Willem Viviers Senior, Mustek`s corporate project manager, explains that EPSON and other printing brand products went through stringent technical testing, technological offerings and price on performance evaluation. According to him the tender board awarded the tender for installation of printers to Mustek, using EPSON, due to affordability and technical ease of use of the EPSON products.
He says that the printers suit the government`s office requirements as it provides an affordable alternative to competitive printers with out compromising on reliability or quality. "Additionally the products are all user-friendly, which is vital to adapting quickly to the environment it operates in," he comments.
Hans Dummer, general manager of EPSON SA, describes the product capabilities, "The EPSON Stylus Color 440 and 740 are affordable, reliable and speedy inkjet printers that include all the latest technology available from EPSON, namely EPSON`s PerfectPicture Imaging System, featuring Micro Piezo ink jet technology, smooth AcuPhoto Halftoning." He adds that the convenient, quick drying inks and photo quality, laser sharp rich black text make the products more than suitable for delivering resumes, letterheads, reports, envelopes and presentations on all varieties and sizes of paper, as well as transparent media.
In terms of printing ability the Windows `98 compatible Stylus Color 440 brings 720 x 720 dots per inch, whereas the Stylus Color 740 prints at 1440 dpi, and is both PC and Macintosh compatible, offering the advantages of USB connectivity.
"The EPSON LQ-2080 24-pin printer impact printer is designed for the more active demands in the office," specifies Dummer. He claims that the EPSON LQ-2080 lasts for years with trouble-free use and can be depended on for any printing job, from continuous and multipart forms, to envelopes, labels and invoices with its speedy 400 characters per second (cps) in high-speed draft mode.
"Its mean time between failures (MTBF) rating is an impressive 10,000 power-on-hours (POH) with a print head life rated at 200 million strokes/wire and a ribbon life rated at 8 million characters," he continues and adds that it can print up to 5-part (original + 4) forms, has a user-selectable front, rear, top and bottom paper paths that allow users to load a variety of forms and quickly switch between them.
"Moreover its zero-tear-off paper handling saves time and money by eliminating wasted pre-numbered and standard forms," says Dummer, who believes that the EPSON LQ-2080 impact printer is the ideal choice for busy offices with a variety of printing tasks.
He concludes that the affordable combination of the versatility and volume capability of the LQ-2080, together with the speed and technological advances in the EPSON Stylus Color 440 and EPSON Stylus Color 740 inkjet printers, now equips central government head offices with quality printing requirements.
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