In a story that is probably interesting to no one, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences used Epson printers to print the photo ID badges for everyone involved in this year’s Oscars. More specifically, they used Epson R800 printers. Now the only thing more strange than Epson putting out a press release with this information is that the Oscars used a relatively common printer to make their badges. The R800 is not some junky entry-level machine, but it is also not a machine reserved for professionals only. You can order one online for under $400, which makes it one of the more expensive machines out there, but certainly not out of everyone’s price range. But, it does have a 1.5-picoliter ink droplet. Sounds impressive, right? Ok, we know that probably no one knows what a picoliter is (it is 1 trillionth of a liter) but what is important is that 1.5 picoliters is currently the smallest drop size in the whole industry. So it does have that going for it.

It just seems a little strange to us imagining a bunch of Epson photo printers printing out badges backstage at the Oscars. Seems to us like they would have some lab where they have a huge printer that cranks out like 50 badges per second. Anyways, you can go out and buy this printer now and brag to everyone that it is the same printer model that possibly printed a badge for George Clooney…..or something.

Academy Awards(R) Presentation Uses Epson Printers [Press Release]