At the South China International Label Exhibition in December 2024, Epson showcased its full ecological label products, closely adhering to the five core concepts of "special machine, special material, special color, special ink, and special control", showcasing its innovative technological achievements in the field of label printing from all aspects and perspectives, as well as outstanding technological achievements co created with partners. At the same time, Epson has always adhered to the technological concept of "saving, small, and precision", fully empowering the digital revolution of labels, leading and promoting the development of new quality productivity.

Epson booth site

Epson's full range of color label products, from desktop color label printers to large industrial digital label printers, meet the printing needs of various industries and provide support for the "special machine" concept, helping customers effectively improve productivity and production flexibility while ensuring high-quality and professional printing. Epson's new product, the Epson ColorWorks-C8030 (hereinafter referred to as "CW-C8030"), is a high-speed line style color label and hang tag printer that excels in both label printing and hang tag printing, achieving efficient integration of multiple uses on one machine. The CW-C8030 supports multiple media and provides high-quality, high-speed, and low-cost color label and hang tag application solutions for industries such as clothing and food, fully meeting the diverse application needs of the retail industry. Compared with the common problems of low added value, low barcode accuracy, and difficulty in reading for black and white label printers, CW-C8030 can ensure high-quality color output with precise "spot color" matching and ICC color management curve, providing richer colors and visual experience to quickly catch the public's attention. It successfully attracts consumers' attention in practical purchasing scenarios in multiple fields, effectively improves the market competitiveness of products, and effectively empowers customers' product value.

CW-C8030 New Product Release Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

New Epson CW-C8030

In addition, the CW-C8030 not only inherits the high printing speed advantage of the Epson TM-C7520, but also achieves a comprehensive upgrade in printing quality, adopting PrecisionCORE ® Line printing technology, with a speed of up to 300mm/s * 1, can perfectly meet the massive production needs of high-volume customers. At the same time, the CW-C8030 has upgraded its paper feeding structure and adopted a new suction paper path design, significantly improving the printing quality, making the printed label and tag images clearer and more delicate, with sharp text, high barcode accuracy level, and easy readability, solving the pain points of black and white label printers. In addition to its own performance improvement, the Epson CW-C8030 is equipped with Epson pigment ink, which has waterproof, light resistant, and scratch resistant characteristics. At the same time, the printed labels can achieve fast drying and can be stored for a long time. By leveraging "specialized ink" to assist customers in achieving zero downtime and maximizing business value.

CW-C8030 printed clothing tags

CW-C8030 printed food labels

Epson has demonstrated a direct spray color washed label solution for the important component of clothing accessories - washed labels. Epson has developed a water washed label integrated output solution based on the "special machine" concept. The Epson desktop color label printer is the core unit, using four-color environmentally friendly water-based ink to achieve flexible printing and on-demand printing. It can accurately match the unwinding and rewinding systems, ensuring stable tension during the printing process, no deformation, accurate color matching, clear fonts, and meeting the testing standards of the clothing industry. The dry wet friction and water washing reach level 4 or above * 2, opening up a new industry field for Epson outside of labels.

Color washed label printing scheme display

Display of washed label samples

Adhering to the concept of "specialized control", Epson empowers the digital revolution of tags with intelligence and showcases for the first time a color RFID printing and coding solution. This solution closely follows the development trend of the tag industry and can print and output color, black and white, variable information and RFID chips in one step. It also has the high-speed recognition, writing and information verification capabilities of processing 2 tags per second. In the clothing accessories industry, this solution is widely used in the production of washed labels and tags. By embedding RFID chips on washed labels and clothing tags, and using a scanning gun to scan and inventory in batches, it is possible to achieve the connection of product lifecycle data flow. In the food industry, RFID solutions print the production and circulation information of food on the outer packaging of food, improving the traceability of food and greatly enhancing food safety. The RFID solution not only meets the brand's demand for tag traceability, but also provides efficient and intelligent warehouse inventory management and store management solutions, further empowering communication between brands and consumers, and improving the level of intelligent production through "specialized control".

Demonstration of Color RFID Printing and Coding Scheme

Sample display of color RFID printing and coding scheme

The fully automatic industrial color labeling solution and color high-definition digital integrated label production line located on both sides of the Epson booth also provide solid support for the intelligent production of the assembly line through "specialized control". The fully automatic industrial color labeling solution has the advantages of "high production capacity, full-color, and high adaptability". It adopts high-speed line printing and can complete fully automatic labeling in one step. The use of color printing enhances product added value and is compatible with different media to adapt to various industry applications. The color high-definition digital integrated label production line is an intelligent and low TCO efficient short order solution. It adopts intelligent integrated machines for printing, laminating, die-cutting, waste discharge, slitting, and winding, with strong production and delivery timeliness and simple operation, helping enterprises effectively save labor costs. At the same time, while ensuring high-quality printing at 1200 * 1200dpi, it has achieved less consumable loss and reduced overall usage costs.

Display of fully automatic industrial color labeling solution

Sample display of fully automatic industrial color labeling solution

Display of Color High Definition Digital Integrated Label Production Line

In the new materials exhibition area, a variety of professional materials developed by partners were showcased, fully demonstrating Epson's "specialized materials" product concept and advantages. Three materials, namely clothing accessories, water labels, and chemical GHS color labels, are used in conjunction with ColorWorks series products to achieve specialized materials and ensure the best presentation of output quality to the greatest extent possible. For example, clothing accessories have strong wear resistance, are not easy to fade, and have durability; The viscosity of the water label adhesive is moderate, and it has good waterproof properties; The chemical GHS color label is super wear-resistant and weather resistant, meeting the specifications of GHS standard (BS5609) for pressure-sensitive adhesive labels and label substrates for sea transportation, and can easily cope with the harsh storage and transportation environment of the chemical industry.

Chemical GHS color label display

In response to the problem of unstable color output caused by traditional printing methods during the printing process, Epson has carefully developed a color management solution that fully utilizes Epson's "spot color" advantage. This solution is based on Epson devices for integrated color services, supporting comprehensive services such as color measurement, color matching, and color management. Whether it is different media, different devices, or long-term printing, users can maintain the consistency of printing colors through color management schemes, ensuring the basic output capability of the same product and quality. Among them, the new portable automatic color measurement workbench used in the plan has expanded the types of media that can be used for color management, and textile fabrics can also be color managed; The SD-10 uses a circular light source and a large-sized sensor to accurately measure color values, supporting up to 1485 color blocks for ICC production, ensuring highly restored printing quality. For users with higher color management needs, the portable automatic color measurement workbench can further expand its application scenarios through the external Epson Spectrometer APP. At the same time, users can freely choose between automatic and manual scanning, providing strong support for color stability and accuracy in the label printing field through digital color management methods.

Epson Color Management Solution Display

In addition, in response to the massive demand for label printing in food delivery, tea cup stickers, and other industries, Epson has launched the Epson TM-L100 bottomless thermal label solution, which covers specialized materials and machines. It does not require backing paper peeling, reduces cumbersome processes, supports multiple media, including high, medium, and low viscosity paper, and supports cloud printing function. It fully connects with orders from major food delivery platforms and meets the largest market demand with the smallest equipment footprint; With leading technological support, Epson has launched an intelligent distributed production system that uses small devices connected in a matrix to replace large devices. The printing speed can achieve 180 meters per minute * 3, making zero downtime possible through "dedicated control"; At the same time, Epson's booth also showcased industrial grade label printing solutions - SurePress industrial label samples printed by the high-speed UV line digital inkjet label printer Epson SurePress L-6534VW (hereinafter referred to as "SP L-6534VW") and the wide color gamut AQ environmentally friendly digital label printer Epson SurePress L-4733AW (hereinafter referred to as "SP L-4733AW"). SP L-6534VW adopts UV inkjet printing, which can significantly improve post press efficiency, complete one-step output of printing and post press efficiency, achieve coverage of glossy oil, grating and other effects, and effectively enhance the added value of the product. SP L-4733AW uses 7-color water-based pigment ink, which has rich color expression, PANTONE ® The spot color coverage rate is as high as 96% * 4, providing an environmentally friendly and efficient solution for the personalized and diversified business needs of label printing enterprises.

Epson SurePress L-6534VW high-speed UV line print head digital inkjet label printing machine

Intelligent distributed production system display

SurePress Industrial Label Sample Display

In the wave of global industrial upgrading and digital transformation, Epson adheres to the core theme of "Five Specialization, New Quality, and Flexible Allocation of Productivity" and always upholds the technological concept of "saving, small, and precision". With innovative technology and comprehensive industry solutions, Epson redefines its production mode and is committed to promoting the realization of "light asset flexible allocation" of productivity, enabling enterprises to maintain competitiveness in a rapidly changing environment. In the future, Epson will work with more partners to deepen cooperation in multiple fields and empower the development of new quality productivity with innovative technology as the engine.

remarks:

1. The data is sourced from Epson laboratory data and may differ from actual usage data. Technical specifications are subject to change without prior notice.

2. Based on ISO 6330 textile washing standard.

3. This data is the printing speed (4-inch capacity) when 10 Epson TM-C7520G machines are running together, sourced from Epson laboratory data and may differ from actual usage data.

4. The data source and Epson laboratory may differ from the actual usage data.