"By expanding Epson's portfolio to incorporate monochrome printing solutions, we are able to provide a portfolio to resellers and IT managers to meet a full range of their office printing needs at an affordable operating cost," said Larry Trevarthen, director, Business Imaging, Epson America, Inc. "The WorkForce Pro monochrome printer family is another step in our commitment to provide businesses with printing alternatives that can provide dramatic savings against alternative options, including laser printers."

The WorkForce Pro M5000-Series allows users to save money  and quickly produce professional-quality documents that can be printed at fast speeds of 20 ISO ppm (black)(**). The monochrome printers support easy network setup and security features to provide seamless integration and administration into wired and wireless environments, via Universal drivers, PCL(4) and PostScript(®). They also include standard security-related features such as PIN-based confidential job release and user access control. Additionally, the WF-M5694 supports auto two-sided printing, copying, scanning, and faxing.

Additional M5000-Series features include:


    --  Security features -- secure PIN printing, user access control, Web
        Config, and more
    --  Professional-quality results -- laser-sharp text on a wide variety of
        media with DURABrite(®) Ultra Ink
    --  Built-in networking -- wired and wireless connectivity plus Wi-Fi
        Direct(®5); print from smartphones, tablets and the cloud(6)
    --  Performance Beyond Laser(TM) -- powered by PrecisionCore, the next
        generation of inkjet printing technology for performance beyond a laser
Pricing and Availability
The WorkForce Pro WF-M5194 single function monochrome printer ($209.99 MSRP) will be available in late March, and the WorkForce Pro WF-M5694 multifunction monochrome printer ($399.99 MSRP) will be available in late April on epson.com and through IT and specialty dealers, VARs, contract office suppliers and other authorized Epson commercial resellers.