Epson America has expanded its business printing solutions with a new product line-up -- the Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4540 and WorkForce Pro WP-4530 all-in-ones and WorkForce Pro WP-4020 ink jet printer.

Designed for small offices, departmental workgroups and vertical markets such as real estate, the WorkForce Pro series purportedly delivers ink cost savings of up to 50% compared to color lasers, while providing the world's fastest auto two-sided print speeds and extra-large ink cartridges.

Both printers deliver single- and double-sided print speeds of 16 ISO ppm (pages per minute) black and 11 ISO ppm color single-sided; 9.2 ISO ppm black and 7.1 ISO ppm color two-sided. Epson's new extra large ink capacity cartridges are capable of printing up to 2,400 pages black and 1,200 pages color, as well as a robust monthly duty cycle of up to 20,000 pages.

Additional productivity features for the WorkForce Pro all-in-ones include:built-in 30-page automatic document feeder to copy, fax and scan two-sided originals; copy features; PC-Fax for direct fax from your computer; Scan-to-PDF for archiving documents and images digitally; built-in Wi-Fi n networking; and the ability to upload files straight to a computer via the printer's USB port,

The Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4540 (US$399.99), WorkForce Pro WP-4530 ($299.99) and WorkForce Pro WP-4020 ($179.99), will be available in September through major computer, office and electronic superstores, mail order, and the Epson Store (http://www.epsonstore.com). For more info go to http://www.epson.com .