19 Facts About Epson

Seiko Epson Corporation, or simply known as Epson, is a Japanese multinational electronics company and one of the world's largest manufacturers of computer printers and information- and imaging-related equipment.

Seiko Epson was one of the major companies in the Seiko Group, but is neither a subsidiary nor an affiliate of Seiko Group Corporation.

Roots of Seiko Epson Corporation go back to a company called Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd.

Epson started operation in a 230-square-metre renovated miso storehouse with 22 employees.

In June 1975, the name Epson was coined for the next generation of printers based on the EP-101 which was released to the public.

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Shortly after in 1994, Epson released the first high resolution color inkjet printer, the Epson Stylus Color utilizing the Micro Piezo head technology.

In 1994 Epson started outsourcing sales reps to help sell their products in retail stores in the United States.

Epson started the Weekend Warrior program with TMG Marketing, later with Keystone Marketing Inc, then to Mosaic, and now with Campaigners INC.

Epson makes some of the Seiko's highest grade watches at the Micro Artist Studio inside its Shiojiri Plant in Shiojiri, Nagano.

Beside the Seiko timepieces, Epson develops, designs, manufactures, markets, and sells watches under its own brands such as Trume, Orient, and Orient Star.

In 2004, Epson introduced their R-D1 digital RangeFinder Camera, which supports Leica M mount and Leica screw mount M39 lenses with an adapter ring.

Epson 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.

In September 2012, Epson introduced a printer called the Epson Expression Premium XP-800 Small-in-One.

In September 2015 Epson debuted a printer, the Epson ET-4550 which instead of print cartridges, enables the user to pour the ink into separate inkwells from ink bottles.

Epson 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.

Epson Robots is the robotics design and manufacturing department of Epson.

The Netherlands-based organisation alleged that Epson customers were unfairly charged for ink they could never use.

Epson designed ink to be left in the cartridges due to the way the capping mechanism worked.

The reason that the Dutch consumer association retracted their statement was that, as pointed out, Epson had made a statement regarding how many pages each cartridge could sustain for printing.