CHICAGO—Oct. 29, 2012—Epson America announced that Ben Franklin Press & Label, an award-winning Napa, CA-based printer and converter (including packagePRINTING’s 2012 Excellence Awards Best of Show), has selected the Epson SurePress L-4033A printer to install in its center of operations. The company will be using the inkjet digital label press to produce vibrant, high-quality wine labels for numerous wineries.

“The wine label market brings together an extremely creative design community and an equally talented wine making group that pushes the envelope on printing processes,” noted Dennis Patterson, president and general manager, Ben Franklin Press. “We strive to achieve balance between art and technology, while bringing cutting-edge solutions to our clients.

“We spent over a year investigating the digital press market and our research took us to Labelexpo 2011 in Brussels and then to drupa 2012 in Germany. We performed follow-up tests with a number of manufacturers and found Epson’s SurePress inkjet technology excels over other digital technologies. The Epson SurePress gives us the quality required for the evolving wine label industry at a competitive price,” added Patterson.

Designed for prime label converters and commercial printers, the Epson SurePress L-4033A, as well as the recently introduced Epson SurePress L-4033AW with white ink, delivers innovative printing features that expand printing capabilities, making it a cost-effective and reliable solution. The inkjet printer supports short-runs for easier and more efficient label printing, as well as variable data printing for maximum label customization.

“The Epson SurePress inkjet label press was engineered to boost the profits of label converters and commercial printers around the globe,” said Mark Elsbernd, North America region sales manager, Epson America. “We are excited to provide a superior label printing solution for Ben Franklin’s wine label printing needs in the heart of California’s wine country.”

About Epson
Epson is a global imaging and innovation leader whose product lineup ranges from inkjet printers and 3LCD projectors to sensors and other microdevices. Dedicated to exceeding the vision of its customers worldwide, Epson delivers customer value based on compact, energy-saving, and high-precision technologies in markets spanning enterprise and the home to commerce and industry. Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 75,000 employees in 97 companies around the world.

About Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin Press & Label is a locally-owned premier printing company in Napa Valley focused on servicing the wine and food industry, providing printing options for glue-applied and pressure-sensitive labels, as well as a wide variety commercial projects including brochures, newsletters, business systems, presentation folders and more. All printing, foil-stamping, embossing, and diecutting is executed in-house. For nearly 30 years, it has employed experts in their trade—from estimating and customer service to press operators and detailed quality control employees—all dedicated to providing clients with printing solutions that exceed expectations and the needs of today’s ever-changing markets.