Epson® Printer Series Guide: Which One Is Right for Your Business?

Choosing a new printer can quickly become a comparison of widths, ink configurations, speeds, and specifications. But before comparing individual models, there’s a more useful question to ask:

What Do You Want to Print?

The Epson professional printer family covers everything from technical drawings and professional photography to signage, apparel, décor, direct-to-film transfers, and rigid graphics. Understanding what each series is designed to do can make it much easier to narrow down your options.

Here’s a look at the Epson printer series available from LexJet and where each one fits.

Which Epson Printer Series Is Right for You?

A good place to start is with your primary applications.

The applications you produce most often can point you toward a series, but production volume, print width, media requirements, color needs, finishing workflow, available space, and plans for growth can help determine which model within that series makes sense.

Once you’ve narrowed down the technology that fits your applications, the next step is understanding the models and capabilities available within each Epson series.

SureLab® D-Series: Professional Photo Printing in a Compact Footprint

For businesses that need professional photo output without a large-format production footprint, the Epson® SureLab® D-Series is designed for high-quality, small-format photo production.

LexJet offers options ranging from the compact D570 to the higher-production D1070, including a duplex configuration for double-sided applications. That makes the series useful for event photographers, photo labs, schools, universities, retail environments, and businesses offering on-site photo printing.

Applications can include event and portrait photography, photo packages, cards and invitations, photo books, and double-sided products, and on-site event printing.

Consider the D-Series if: fast, professional photo production is the primary need, and you want a compact system that can fit into a studio, lab, retail, or event workflow.

SureColor® F-Series: Turn Designs into Décor, Apparel, and More

The SureColor® F-Series moves Epson into dye-sublimation and garment decoration.

Dye-sublimation models give businesses options for producing everything from apparel and soft signage to décor and promotional products. LexJet’s current Epson lineup includes models ranging from desktop dye-sublimation solutions to 44- and 64-inch production systems, allowing businesses to choose based on the scale of their operation.

Depending on the model and workflow, applications can include apparel and textiles, soft signage, home décor, promotional products, metal photo panels, and customized merchandise.

Epson also offers F-Series models designed for direct-to-garment and DTFilm production, giving apparel decorators additional ways to approach garment customization.

Consider the F-Series if: textile, sublimation, or garment decoration is central to your business.

SureColor® G-Series: Built Around Direct-to-Film Production

If DTF is the application you want to pursue, the SureColor® G-Series gives you a much more focused starting point.

The SureColor® G6070 provides a 35.4-inch platform for DTFilm production, while the newer G9070 moves into 64-inch production with features designed for higher-volume environments, including twin-roll printing.

That gives shops a progression based on production needs rather than requiring every DTF operation to start with the same system. Common applications include T-shirts, hoodies, jackets, uniforms, branded apparel, and custom merchandise.

Consider the G-Series if: DTF is a major part of your apparel workflow and you want a purpose-built Epson DTFilm platform.

SureColor® P-Series: When Image Quality and Color Are the Priority

Photographers, fine art reproduction businesses, proofers, and graphic arts professionals have different requirements than a sign shop- and that’s where the SureColor® P-Series fits.

The family includes multiple widths and configurations for professional photographic and graphic production. Epson positions the P-Series for applications including photography, fine art, graphic design, and proofing, with models ranging from compact 13-inch professional photo printers to 64-inch production systems.

Consider the P-Series if: image quality, tonal reproduction, color, and professional photographic or fine art output are at the center of what you produce.

SureColor® R-Series: Resin Printing for Signage and Graphics

The SureColor® R-Series provides another option for shops producing roll-to-roll signage and graphics.

LexJet currently offers the 64-inch SureColor® R5070 and R5070L, with the R5070L providing a bulk-ink configuration. The platform uses resin ink technology and is designed for applications where shops want printed output that can move quickly into the next stage of production, including immediate lamination.

Popular applications include signage, wall graphics, decals, retail graphics, displays, and other roll-fed graphics.

Consider the R-Series if: you're evaluating resin technology for a roll-to-roll signage and graphics workflow.

SureColor® S-Series: Solvent Printing for High-Impact Graphics

For vehicle graphics, signage, decals, banners, and other commercial graphics, the 64” SureColor® S-Series provides several levels of solvent production.

The current family gives buyers meaningful choices. The S7170 provides an entry point into the platform, the S8170 moves toward greater production performance, and the S9170 puts a stronger emphasis on expanded color with an 11-color ink set.

That means choosing an S-Series printer isn't just about selecting a solvent printer. It's about deciding where your priorities fall between investment, production demand, and color requirements.

Applications include vehicle graphics, decals, window graphics, banners, signage, retail, and display graphics.

Consider the S-Series if: your business produces a broad mix of roll-fed commercial graphics, and solvent technology fits your applications and workflow.

SureColor® T-Series: Technical Printing That Can Do More

The SureColor® T-Series may be known for CAD and technical printing, but that doesn't tell the whole story.

Depending on the model, the T-Series can support architectural drawings, engineering plans, construction documents, maps, presentations, posters, signage, and other business and educational graphics. Epson offers different print widths as well as single-roll, dual-roll, and multifunction configurations with integrated scanning.

That versatility makes the series worth considering beyond traditional AEC environments. Schools and universities, corporate print departments, beverage industries, and print providers can also use T-Series printers to support a broader mix of visual communications.

Consider the T-Series if: technical documents are part of your workload, but you also want the flexibility to produce color graphics, posters, presentations, and other wide-format projects.

SureColor® V-Series: Bring UV Printing Into the Mix

For businesses looking beyond roll-fed graphics, the SureColor® V-Series introduces UV printing and the ability to print on rigid materials.

That opens up a different category of applications, including rigid signage, display graphics, and specialty projects. Epson positions its V-Series UV printers around producing graphics directly on a variety of media, including rigid substrates.

Consider the V-Series if: rigid and specialty applications are an important part of the work you want to produce.

How Do You Choose Between Epson Printer Models?

Once you've identified the series that fits your applications, start comparing the models within it.

Ask:

• What are we printing today?
• What applications do we want to add?
• How much do we produce now- and where is that volume headed?
• What print width do we actually need?
• Which media and substrates do our jobs require?
• How important are expanded color, white ink, scanning, dual rolls, or bulk ink to our workflow?
• What happens after printing- cutting, laminating, transferring, mounting, or finishing?

Those questions often tell you more about the right printer than comparing specification sheets alone.

Find Your Place in the Epson Family

There isn't one Epson printer that's right for every print business- and that's the advantage of having so many different technologies within the family.

A photographer and a vehicle wrap shop shouldn't need the same printer. Neither should an architecture firm, apparel decorator, school print department, sign shop, or high-volume DTF operation.

The goal is to find the technology, model, and workflow that match the work you want to produce now while giving you room to pursue what's next.

Explore the Epson printer family or contact a Customer Specialist at 800-453-9538 to talk through your applications, production needs, and options.