SureColor F2260 printer

Epson printer and scanner models have been named winners of an iF Design Award 2024, one of the world’s most celebrated design awards. Epson was awarded for its Garment Printers: SureColor SC-F2200 Series (SureColor F2260 in Australia and New Zealand) and descktop document scanners.

Established in 1954 and organised by iF International Forum Design GmbH Hannover the iF Design Award focuses on innovative industrial product designs. Today, it is recognised worldwide as one of the most prestigious of all design awards, honouring only designs that have met certain selection criteria.

The criteria range from consideration of practicality and workmanship to innovativeness, sustainability, functionality, usability, safety, aesthetics and universal design.

This year, there were some 10,800 entries from 72 countries and regions ad judging was performed by a panel of 132 experts.

Epson’s award-winning designs

The award-winning garment printers print directly onto t-shirts and other textiles. They are compact and easy to install, expand, and transport. The judges acknowledged Epson’s increased productivity with the new model’s improved ease of operation, as well as other alterations, such as a new operating unit design to solve an issue with textile attachment. Epson hopes that the product helps contribute to the digitalisation of the textile printing industry.

Epson also won for its desktop document scanners DS-C480W (DS-C380W in Australia and New Zealand) and DS-C420W (DS-C320W in Australia) They were awarded for their compact, space-saving attributes, including frontal operation and flattened backs, as well as U-turn paper feeding vertical layout, all of which contribute to user-friendly operation.

ES-C380W scanner

ES-C320W scanner

For more information on the Epson SureColor F2260 click HERE

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