Epson's SureColor SC-S30600 wide format printer has won the European Digital Press Award 2012 for ‘Best Wide Format Roll to Roll Printer up to 1.6m’.  The Award recognises innovative new digital products launched over the last year and the SureColor SC-S30600 was chosen as the best in its class by the judges because: “The price/performance ratio is a breakthrough with such high quality output.”

The Epson SureColor SC-S30600 64-inch printer combines fast, precision, large-scale signage and display printing on a wide range of media with low power consumption and a very low total cost of ownership.

Epson's Richard Barrow receives the EDP Award from Chris Cooke, EDP president and technical committee director, at drupa

“This printer has been designed from the ground up to combine Epson’s renowned engineering with our latest TFP micro-piezo printheads, new Epson UltraChrome GS2 ink and new ease of use features,” says Richard Barrow, Senior Product Manager, Epson Europe. “The result is a perfect all-round production printer for a wide range of long-life signage and display applications, including posters, signs, banners, back-lit panels, vehicle wraps and interior decoration.”

Richard Barrow was presented with the prestigious EDP Trophy at the award ceremony at drupa.  The EDP Association comprises 14 magazines devoted to digital printing and reaching over 1 million readers across Europe. Each year the Association comes together to debate, discuss and award the best in innovative technology within the digital printing market.

“The EDP Award winners show that by listening to their customers and focusing investment in R&D they continue to bring products to market that truly make a difference to their customers’ businesses and the market as a whole,” says Chris Cooke, President and Technical Committee Director, EDP Association.