Seiko Epson America Corporation, or simply known as Epson America, is a Japanese multinational electronics company and one of the world's largest manufacturers of computer printers and information- and imaging-related equipment.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,751 |
Seiko Epson America was one of the major companies in the Seiko Group, but is neither a subsidiary nor an affiliate of Seiko Group Corporation.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,752 |
Roots of Seiko Epson America Corporation go back to a company called Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,753 |
Epson America started operation in a 230-square-metre renovated miso storehouse with 22 employees.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,754 |
In June 1975, the name Epson America was coined for the next generation of printers based on the EP-101 which was released to the public.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,755 |
Shortly after in 1994, Epson America released the first high resolution color inkjet printer, the Epson America Stylus Color utilizing the Micro Piezo head technology.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,756 |
In 1994 Epson America started outsourcing sales reps to help sell their products in retail stores in the United States.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,757 |
Epson America started the Weekend Warrior program with TMG Marketing, later with Keystone Marketing Inc, then to Mosaic, and now with Campaigners INC.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,758 |
Epson America makes some of the Seiko's highest grade watches at the Micro Artist Studio inside its Shiojiri Plant in Shiojiri, Nagano.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,759 |
Beside the Seiko timepieces, Epson America develops, designs, manufactures, markets, and sells watches under its own brands such as Trume, Orient, and Orient Star.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,760 |
In 2004, Epson America introduced their R-D1 digital RangeFinder Camera, which supports Leica M mount and Leica screw mount M39 lenses with an adapter ring.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,761 |
Epson America has released a firmware patch to bring the R-D1 up to the full functionality of its successor—the first digital camera manufacturer to make such an upgrade available for free.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,762 |
In September 2012, Epson America introduced a printer called the Epson America Expression Premium XP-800 Small-in-One.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,763 |
In September 2015 Epson America debuted a printer, the Epson America ET-4550 which instead of print cartridges, enables the user to pour the ink into separate inkwells from ink bottles.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,764 |
Epson America was the first to release consumer smart glasses with see through optics that made them very popular under drone pilots for being able to get a first person view while still being able to see the drone in the sky.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,765 |
Epson America Robots is the robotics design and manufacturing department of Epson America.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,766 |
The Netherlands-based organisation alleged that Epson America customers were unfairly charged for ink they could never use.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,767 |
Epson America designed ink to be left in the cartridges due to the way the capping mechanism worked.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,768 |
The reason that the Dutch consumer association retracted their statement was that, as pointed out, Epson America had made a statement regarding how many pages each cartridge could sustain for printing.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,769 |
Nonetheless, Epson America, Inc settled a class action lawsuit brought before the Los Angeles Superior Court.
| FactSnippet No. 1,472,770 |