Epson brings colour to Food & Hospitality show

With the fashion industry well and truly in its sights, next week will see Epson tackle another parallel market sector, with the decision to be an exhibitor at next week’s Food & Hospitality Queensland 2026 event (12-13^th October, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre). Epson will showcase a suite of commercial label and receipt printers built for the operational realities of food service, hospitality and retail.

Epson’s ColorWorks CW-C4010 and CW-C6510 will headline the stand, together representing a shift from black and white thermal labels to full colour, on-demand printing. The CW-C4010 is a compact colour label printer designed for mid-volume work without demanding significant bench space. For a cafe, bakery or catering operation, it turns label production into a one-step process. Branded labels, use-by and date-coded packaging, allergen information, product identification and retail-ready goods can be printed on demand rather than ordered in bulk from an external supplier. The CW-C6510 then extends that capability to higher volume and wider format work. It is built for operations requiring larger runs, whether that is a food manufacturer supplying the hospitality trade, a central production kitchen supporting multiple venues, or a business whose labelling needs have outgrown their current equipment.

An Epson spokesperson says: “The show floor is where decisions on and realities around this sector’s margins get discussed and Epson’s stand speaks to specific pressure points. A hospitality business survives on throughput, compliance and presentation and all three depend on printing that works on time, every time. A mislabelled prep container creates a food safety problem. A slow receipt printer creates a queue. An unreadable label on a takeaway can mean a remake. Epson’s presence at the show is about removing those points of failure while adding a marketing capability most venues have never had in house.”

The value to food and hospitality operators is straightforward and immediate: bulk label runs mean committed stock, minimum order quantities and a lead time that does not respond to a menu change. On-demand colour printing means a limited-time offer, a seasonal product or a new compliance requirement can be live the same day. For venues selling packaged goods, a professionally printed colour label also lifts perceived quality in a way a plain thermal sticker cannot.

Epson will also showcase the TM-m30III, a next-generation mobile point-of-sale receipt printer which facilitates ordering at the table, at a food truck window, at a pop-up bar or across a festival site – the printer can be taken to where the transaction happens rather than sitting behind a fixed counter.

Completing the picture, the TM-L100 is a liner-free label printer built to produce adhesive labels for order tracking, bag tags, cup labels and takeaway order identification. Liner-free printing means no backing paper to peel, strip or dispose of, which reduces consumable waste and speeds up every label applied in a busy kitchen.

Epson’s presence at trade events like this gives operators the chance to test the technology before they invest. Attendees can print real labels, compare colour and thermal output, assess receipt printer performance and discuss the practical realities of consumable costs, POS integration, food compliance and production volumes with Epson experts.

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