Epson launches new EcoTank Monochrome series printers

Malaysia, 21 June 2019 – Epson, a global leader in printing technologies and market leader for ink tank printers, announced the launch of the latest additions to its EcoTank Monochrome series that offer one of the lowest total costs of ownership in the market, the M3170 and M1140 printer.

EcoTank Monochrome M1140 (up) and M3170 (down) printers

Both these new printers now incorporate the PrecisionCore printhead, bringing improved nozzle technology with increased print resolutions at 1200 x 2400 dpi, and fast speeds of 20ipm, bringing enhanced value and improved productivity to the workplace.

The multi-function 4-in-1 M3170 EcoTank Monochrome printer comes with auto-duplex printing, scan, copy and fax functions, and is equipped with an automatic document feeder (ADF), as well as Ethernet connectivity while the M1140 printer comes only with printing functions.

The M3170 printer comes with a host of connectivity solutions, enabling printing directly from mobile devices via Epson iPrint. Other connectivity solutions include scanning to cloud, Apple Airprint, Google Cloud print, Mopria Print Service and others.

The EcoTank Monochrome printers offer one of the lowest total cost of ownership, rivalling laser printers in terms of overall total cost of ownership and energy consumption, with the printers having 24 times lower power consumption[1], and bringing 24 times lower overall cost of ownership compared to laser printers in Malaysia.

The EcoTank Monochrome series printers now come with 4 years or 50,000 pages of warranty, whichever comes first.

Epson launched the first ink tank printer model in Indonesia in 2010, and subsequently in Southeast Asia and globally. The ink tank printer has sold more than cumulative 30 million units worldwide as of July 2017.

[1] Figures based on average power consumption, when in operation, of the top 3 single function laser printers within a similar speed category found in the market. Results obtained by comparing published specifications of the laser printer brands.