With the doors of Visual Impact Brisbane well and truly open, early visitors have a chance to see Epson's new 1.6 metre dye-sub printer before anyone elase in the world. Here is a run-down of why this printer is not 'just another inkjet launch.'
Epson's new 1.6 metre SC-F9560 dye sub printer at Visual Impact is its first showing anywhere in the world
Epson's new dyesub in action at Visual ImpactIt's a world first - Epson Australia has unveiled the company’s new SureColor F9560 dye sublimation printer at Visual Impact 2024, which opened at 9am Wednesday 17th July in Brisbane. This exciting new model replaces the previous SC-F9460 and SC-F9460H with a more compact package that offers outstanding image quality with significant speed improvements, extended colour support and more convenient consumables management.
Epson’s Visual Impact show theme is “Beauty in Every Dimension”, represented squarely by the SC-F9560 on a stand that highlights the print market’s current trends and opportunities for future growth into the key areas of merchandise production and signage and fabric production.
The SC-F9560 key features include:
- Produces quality output at up to 80 m2/hr and sellable output at up to 147 m2/hr
- User replaceable PrecisionCore printhead features 6400 micro-fine nozzles on the 4-colour model and 9,600 nozzles on the 6-colour
- Variable dot sizing enables optimal colour expression with minimum grain and reduced ink consumption
- Ink-less nozzle status monitoring, user adjustable nozzle replacement and auto head cleaning for reliable and consistent operation with minimal wastage
- Supports media as thin as 0.04 mm thick in widths up to 1625 mm wide in rolls up to 250 mm diameter
- Quiet at only 59 dB when operating
Ease of use with high productivity
Epson claims that the SC-F9560 is easy to operate with a large touch panel display complete with integrated help and comes 
The double-pouch-based bulk ink system, shown here with the Fluorescent Y and Psupplied with Edge Print software that shows users on-screen what they can expect to get on paper.
It also offers users high productivity levels with heavy duty motors and a large 2.64” PrecisionCore printhead that delivers production output at low pass rates. There are further production efficiencies too with support for a wide range of media types, widths and thicknesses on rolls up to 45 kg and a bulk ink system that uses convenient pouch-based ink with dual sets and hot swap-ability.
The SC-F9560’s new compact design features include a low profile with flat top, integrated heater and high precision auto take-up, and it is supplied with a roll loader to enable single operator management.
The 6c SC-F9560H model can be configured with Lc+Lm ink for fine gradation and an extended gamut, Orange & Violet for maximum gamut or Fy/Fp fluorescent ink for maximum brightness. The fluorescent Yello and Purple inks can be applied as both spot and process mixed colours.
Users of the SC-F9560 will also enjoy lower running costs with low power consumption, support for cost-effective media and a high degree of self-maintenance. This in turn leads to an overall low total cost of ownership, which is made even lower by a durable printhead covered under a comprehensive 12-month warranty which includes the printhead and is extendable up to five years via Epson’s CoverPlus.
As with all of Epson’s latest LFP models the SC-F9560 integrates with the company’s free Cloud Solution PORT service. This advanced management platform provides web-based access from any desktop, app-based access for mobile devices and includes a range of reporting, tracking and costing tools. It enables users to optimise productivity and profit while ensuring maximum uptime with enhanced Epson support. With this model it even facilitates the option of user self-replacement of the printhead. It also works seamlessly with the optional Epson SD-10 ultra-compact high-precision spectrophotometer, which enables easy spot colour matching with an additional Auto Table for enhanced work including profiling.
Epson's SC-F9560 conforms to the company's corporate environmental goals with reduced packaging, incorporation of recycled content and use of consumables that contain less plastic and produce less waste.
Other Epson products at Visual Impact
- First Australian showing of the new SureColor F1060 compact desktop DTG and DTFilm printer purpose-built for in store and in-house fabric customisation
- First Australian showing of the new SureColor V1060 compact desktop UV printer purpose built for customising consumer goods, merchandise and making small signs
- First Australian showing of the new SureColor P20560 64” aqueous printer that combines an enhanced gamut with a new bulk ink system to enable cost-effective production of fine art and large format interior POS
- SureColor F160 compact dye sublimation printer designed to enable production of fabric goods, customised accessories and merchandise
- SureColor S80660L 64” eco-solvent printer that continues to lead the market when it comes to image brightness, print quality, colour gamut and colour accuracy
- Epson SD-10 spectrophotometer with new Auto Table which determines the exact colour of a test item and compares it with another or with a known standard such as Pantone
If you are at the show, make a bee-line for stand G11 and see Epson's new dye-sub and other new products close-up!
Visual Impact Brisbane runs for 3 days 17th-19th July at Southbank Convention & Exhibition Centre.
