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Seiko Epson Co., Ltd. was established in May 1942, and its headquarters is located in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture. It is a global leader in the field of digital imaging. Epson Group promotes enterprise value through innovation and culture creation, and is committed to providing customers with innovative digital imaging technologies and solutions. At present, there are production and R&D institutions in 32 countries and regions on five continents, and business and service outlets in 57 countries and regions. By March 2004, Seiko Epson Group had developed 1 10 companies worldwide, with 84,899 employees. Seiko Epson Corporation of Japan is the core enterprise of Epson Group and has been listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange. Epson Group's sales in fiscal year 2003 reached 14,1320 million yen (1285 million US dollars).
Watch manufacturing is the foundation of Seiko Epson's career. With its unique technology research and development capabilities, the company has formed information-related products such as printers and projectors. Electronic components, such as semiconductors, liquid crystals and time oscillators; And the three business foundations of precision instruments represented by watches. According to the ranking of world market share in 2002, needle printers, micro printers and LCD projectors all ranked first, and inkjet printers ranked second; Liquid crystal module for mobile phone, liquid crystal driver chip for mobile phone and high temperature P-Si TFT for liquid crystal projector all ranked first. Epson products are world-renowned for their excellent quality, performance, exquisite design and energy saving.
Seiko Epson attaches great importance to environmental protection and pursues the harmony between enterprise activities and the natural environment. From research and development, production, sales, after-sales service and enterprise operation, we are actively carrying out activities conducive to environmental protection.
It is our long-cherished wish to become a trustworthy and excellent enterprise; It is our belief to be brave in innovation and challenge the future. The company pursues the purpose of "customer satisfaction" and is committed to developing, researching and producing high-quality products to create a high-level working and living environment for the public.
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Epson (China) Co., Ltd. was established in April, 1998. Is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seiko Epson Co., Ltd. in China, responsible for the investment and business development of Seiko Epson Group in China. In May 2004, Epson (China) Co., Ltd. was approved by the Ministry of Commerce of China and became the first wholly foreign-owned enterprise in China to obtain the qualification of "regional headquarters".
The company adopts the advanced technology and management experience of Seiko Epson, and its business in China mainly includes: printers, scanners, projectors and other input and output information products; Electronic components include liquid crystal display, integrated circuit, time crystal, etc. And system equipment including POS terminal equipment and printer core. As of March 2004, Epson (China) Co., Ltd. has 14 branches in China with 456 employees. At present, Seiko Epson Group has 65,438+08 factories and R&D institutions in China with more than 30,000 employees. In fiscal year 2003, it achieved sales of 7.67 billion yuan (US$ 926 million).
Since 1985 entered the China market, Epson has made continuous contributions to China society in investment, employment, foreign exchange earning through export, tax payment and industrial progress. Epson actively participates in the local community's cultural, educational, sports, environmental protection and other public welfare undertakings, and insists on being an outstanding corporate citizen in China.
At the same time, the company is an excellent executor of the environmental protection concept of Seiko Epson Group, and advocates the * * * life between human beings and nature. All the branches of Epson in China have obtained ISO 1400 1 International Environmental Management System certification, and actively carry out various environmental protection activities.
Epson's acupuncture history
First, the history of acupuncture:
Foundation-1964, Olympic World Games held in Tokyo. At that time, Epson Company, which was responsible for providing timing products, specially developed a crystal precision chronograph 95 1 and a printed chronograph. These two products not only shined brilliantly at that time, but also brought a profound research and development foundation and opportunity for the company's future transformation and diversification.
Pregnancy-the world's first small electronic printer;
In the 1960s, the electronic computer industry rose rapidly. Combined with the experience and resources of precision machining technology in watch research and development, Epson Company officially launched the world's first small electronic printer EP- 10 1 in September, 1968 after four and a half years of research, which brought considerable influence and shock to the global electronic computer industry. Epson has taken a big step towards the field of printers, and this product also gave birth to the origin of Epson's name.
Development-the world's first mainstream stylus printer for PC;
1978, epson company released the stylus printer (7-pin) TP-80, and the product was well received.
1980, MP-80(9 stitches) appeared, which also caused a sensation in the world. In the second year, the market share of MP-80 in Japan was as high as 60%, and it was well received in the American market, and gradually developed into the world's first mainstream stylus printer suitable for PC products.
Second, the history of LQ- 1600K series
Epson needles were introduced to China in 1980s (most of them were Indonesians at that time). After 200 1, China became the origin of Epson needles. Since its own IDC data, as of 2003, the sales volume of Epson acupuncture products ranked first for seven consecutive years.
Product history:
LQ- 1600k—LQ- 1600 kiii—LQ- 1600 kiiii—LQ- 1600 kiiii+—LQ 1600 kiiih
LQ- 1600 k4-LQ- 1600 k4+
List history:
LQ- 1600k 1988- 1998
LQ- 1600 kii 1995- 1997
LQ- 1600 iii 1997-200 1
LQ- 1600 iii+200 1- till now.
LQ- 1600 k4 1999-200 1
LQ- 1600K4+ 200 1- till now.
LQ- 1600。
Sales history (as of 2003):
LQ- 1600k 1.2 million units (1998 is a legendary product with sales exceeding one million units).
LQ-1600 kii200,000 units.
LQ-1600kiii * * 65438+500,000 units.
LQ- 1600 iii+
LQ- 1600 k4 * * * 65438+ 10,000 units
LQ- 1600K4+
Up to 2003, the cumulative sales volume of LQ- 1600K series products has reached 3 million units since the data were available. According to the data of IDC IDC 2003, the sales volume of China LQ- 1600K series products accounted for 63. 1 1% of the general acupuncture market.
Historical significance:
LQ- 1600K: It established Epson's pivotal position in acupuncture industry.
High speed and high efficiency
According to the specification of the international standard ESC/P (Epson standard code for printer), the basic control code group -ESC/P-PRC for Chinese character printers is developed in cooperation with domestic PC manufacturers and software development companies in China, which enables China users to give full play to the functions of printers by 65,438+0,000%.
The Chinese national standard Chinese character code table GB23 12 is matched with the personal computer * * *, so it has the function of printing 16 decimal data.
In design, it is a 100% multifunctional powerful gear machine specially designed for China users.
1986165438+10, epson signed an agency maintenance service contract with China computer technology service company (CCTS), enabling all branches of China computer technology service company in China to provide maintenance services for epson users.
LQ- 1600KII: Inherit the tradition of LQ- 1600K and carry forward the functions of LQ- 1600K.
Compared with LQ- 1600K, it has the following changes:
New: multi-font, multi-font; It has the function of feeding paper in four directions.
Reduced: noise, realized 46.5 dB printing, price and weight.
* * * Yes: software compatibility, durability, reliability and color ribbon.
LQ- 1600 iii: a high-performance acupuncture product suitable for modern users, successfully replacing LQ- 1600K products.
The application of the improved new print head greatly improves the printing speed. The highest printing speed of Chinese characters can reach 184 words/second, and that of western languages can reach 300 words/second.
Strong copying ability, can print 1+4.
Six paper feeding methods, paper processing is convenient and fast.
There are drivers corresponding to Chinese windows 3.2 and windows 95.
It has powerful interface function, standard IEEE- 1284 bidirectional parallel interface and B-type interface option.
Better after-sales service, the warranty period of printers and print heads is two years.
LQ- 1600 iii+: It is a follow-up classic model that successfully replaced LQ- 1600K products, and set off the second sales peak of Epson needle-punched products in China market after LQ- 1600K.
Chinese printing speed reaches 184 words per second.
The life of the print head is 200 million times per needle.
The 27000-character font library of GB 18030-2000 national standard is adopted.
The average time between failures reaches 6000 hours.
The whole machine and print head are guaranteed for two years.
It is the best-selling model among all printers, accounting for 57% of the market share of similar products in 2003, with a sales volume of 222,882 sets and a sales volume of 562,340 158 yuan.
LQ- 1600K4: Adhering to the fine tradition of stability and durability of Epson acupuncture products.
LQ- 1600K4+: Better quality and performance improvement.
Chinese printing speed reaches 20 1 word/second.
The life of the print head is 200 million times per needle.
The 27000-character font library of GB 18030-2000 national standard is adopted.
The mean time between failures reaches 10000 hours.
The warranty period of the whole machine and print head is three years.
The brand of this enterprise ranks 2 19 in the top 500 world brands in 2006 compiled by the World Brand Lab.