Four Epson products have been honored with Professional Photographer magazine’s 2010 Hot One Awards, which recognizing the photography industry’s best and most innovative products for professional applications. The award-winning lineup includes: the Epson Stylus® Pro 3880 printer, Epson Perfection® V600 Photo scanner, P-7000 Multimedia Photo Viewer, and Artisan® 810 all-in-one.

"For the past 11 years, the Hot One Awards have provided Professional Photographer magazine’s readership with a resource of the newest, most innovative products. This year's judging panel was made up of 52 independent, practicing professional photographers selected for their expertise and knowledge. Those judges made selections based on overall quality, innovation, design, performance, and value for the price," said Jeff Kent, editor at large, Professional Photographer magazine.

“Epson is very excited to see so many of its products named the best in their respective markets,” said Richard Day, product manager, Epson America. “We’re honored the publication recognized two incredible printing products like the Epson Stylus Pro 3880 and Artisan 810 all-in-one, and it’s even more gratifying to see other Epson technologies being recognized such as the Epson Perfection V600 scanner and P-7000 Multimedia Photo Viewer.  Epson is renowned for its unique ability to engineer and manufacture a wide and diverse range of technologies that are best-in-class and we’re grateful for awards such as these since they help validate and deepen that reputation even further.”

The Epson Stylus Pro 3880 was given kudos for its Epson UltraChrome K3® with Vivid Magenta ink technology and MicroPiezo® AMC™ print head. The P-7000 impressed judges with its new tethering functionality that allows photographers to view and save images as they’re captured, and to control basic camera functions remotely. Epson’s Perfection V600 Photo scanner landed the prize in its category for its 6,400 x 9,600 ppi resolution with 3.4 D-max and its ability to create enlargements up to 17 x 22 inches. Epson’s Artisan 810 all-in-one scored a victory for its 7.8-inch smart touch panel, 3.5-inch color LCD, with Wi-Fi and Ethernet networking.

All winning products can be seen in the February 2010 issue of Professional Photographer magazine and at www.ppmag.com/hotones.

Epson P-7000

Epson P-7000:
The Epson P-7000 impressed our judges with its new tethering functionality to allow photographers to view and save images as they’re captured, and to control basic camera functions remotely. The P-7000 employs Epson Photo Fine Premia technology, which encompasses 94 percent of the Adobe RGB color space to display more than 16.7 million colors on a 4-inch LCD. With hard drive capacity of 160GB, the unit can hold thousands of images. Compatible with UDMA CompactFlash cards, and its lithium-ion battery lasts up to three hours.

Epson Stylus Pro 3880

Epson Stylus Pro 3880:
Epson calls the Stylus Pro 3880 its most sophisticated 17-inch printer to date, and our judges give it kudos. Featuring the Epson UltraChrome K3 with Vivid Magenta ink set and a MicroPiezo AMC print head, the Stylus Pro 3880 yields gallery-quality prints up to 17x22 inches. The ink set’s advanced magenta pigments yield deeper blues and violets, and the three-level black ink technology yields a better tonal range and gray balance. The MicroPiezo AMC print head produces maximum resolution of 2,880x1,440 dpi with variable-sized droplets as small as 3.5 picoliters. Epson’s new AccuPhoto HD2 image technology amplifies the printer’s credentials with smooth color transitions and excellent highlight and shadow detail.

Epson Artisan 810:
Epson scored a victory with the Artisan 810. This all-in-one printing solution has a 7.8-inch smart touch panel and a 3.5-inch color LCD that displays only the buttons needed, making it easy to select, copy, enlarge, rotate, crop, restore, and print photos without a computer. Epson six-color, Ultra Hi Definition Claria inks combined with Epson MicroPiezo print heads and DX5 technology create archival prints with estimated longevity up to 200 years in an album, 98 years under glass. The unit also affords 4,800-ppi scanning, both color and black-and-white copying, and built-in Wi-Fi and Ethernet networking

Epson Perfection V600 Photo Scanner:
The Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner landed the prize in this category as our pro’s pick. The Perfection V600 features 6,400x9,600 ppi resolution with 3.4 D-max to create enlargements up to 17x22 inches. It includes Epson Digital Ice technology for removing the appearance of damage and fading on both prints and film. Epson ReadyScan LED technology provides an energy-efficient light source, no warm-up required. Included with the Perfection V600 are Adobe Photoshop Elements for photo editing and OCR software for converting scanned documents into editable text