Palette for Innovation
Let's tackle social challenges through innovation with Epson!
Why Epson DX?
Enriching a society and life together with each and every customer
Since 1942, Epson's DNA has continued to embody the idea of efficient, compact, precision technology, and now our IoT hubs enable customers to access this power whenever and wherever they are. This new model is available to all, and we're building a robust digital platform - B2B, B2C, and business supporting families at home.
Epson is helping our customers in education, tourism, healthcare, and disaster prevention tackle the challenges they are facing. COVID-19, for example, has made it difficult to teach on paper in person. To help meet this challenge, we developed the new Epson Connect system using remote printing and scanned submissions of study materials and a system that combines digital and real technologies to reduce learning disparities.
By providing timely solutions to issues that vary by region and lifestyle, Epson creates a customer-centric long term relationships, offering continuous support in solving social issues.We are working to solve problems with a wide range of partners, each with their own services and ideas, from start-ups to industry, government, and academia. Our Open Innovation Center in the Japanese city of Aizu-Wakamatsu is just one example of a nationwide effort to build a framework to solve issues using technological innovation.This project contributes to creating smart cities and social infrastructure, and we plan to roll out this demonstration model nationwide and globally.
* For more about Epson Connect: http://www.epsonconnect.com/
News & Events
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2025.10.23Epson to hold co-creation business program "Innovation Challenge 2026" in Japan (Japanese Only) NEW
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2025.10.3[Important] Notice of Discontinuation of Epson Connect API Ver.1.3 and Migration to Ver.2.0 NEW
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2025.6.13Epson to sponsor IVS2025, one of Japan's largest startup conferences, as a Silver Sponsor NEW
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2025.5.7Award winners announced for the "cizucu Creative Award 2024" sponsored by Epson, a global hub for creators and brands. (Japanese only) NEW
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2025.4.10Business Solution Pitch Competition Epson Innovation Challenge hosted in Taipei, Taiwan (Chinese only) NEW
Topics
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Remote Education Supporting Home Learning for Families Preparing for Competitive Elementary School Admissions in Japan with "Majitaku" -
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Developer Report from Epson Innovation Challenge in Taiwan 2025: Startups pioneering new possibilities through co-creation -
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Developer Lessons from the Award-Winning Projects at HACK SONIC: The Digital Transformation of Oshikatsu Fandom by Startups -
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Developer Transforming Cultural Trends into Tech Opportunities: The HACK SONIC Hackathon -
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Developer Epson Innovation Challenge in Korea 2024: Innovative ideas that will change the future of education, intellectual development, and K-culture are coming together! -
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Developer Capitalizing on the Epson Innovation Challenge community to build consumer and commercial solutions in printing and scanning -
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Local Gov. Epson and Kitakata City, Fukushima, Sign a Collaboration Agreement to Build a Future for the Region by Combining Local Traditions and Epson's Digital Technology -
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Restaurant - Restaurant DX - Efficiently increase shop profitability by quickly creating promotional material by integrating paper and digital media. Produce flyers and POP advertisements on-demand with only a smartphone and in-store printer. -
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Back Office Optimize paper-based business processes that cannot be eliminated. Reduce labor and workflow errors by automating the printing of forms in a cloud environment. -
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Co-creation Epson in Community Cocreation Project at Newly-Opened Sekibikodo HHT PRINT Lab -
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Developer Innovation Challenge #2 - Developing compelling solutions that bridges the physical and digital divide leveraging Epson's cloud service "Epson Connect" -
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Co-creation Startup and Epson: Creating a hospital space that brings local people together through co-creation with a startup company -
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Developer Epson Innovation Challenge #1 - Creativity and passion, crafting viable solutions using the Epson Connect API for cloud printing and scanning -
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Restaurant Restaurant management in the new normal - Ramen shop edition - -
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Restaurant Community news published with Remote Print. Digital community development using analog media -
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Medical Report from LEOCLAN/Epson Ideathon -
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Local Gov. Using Epson Connect to Communicate and Bridge the Digital Divide in Government DX -
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Medical Medical DX enables task shifting for outpatient work - new solutions help centralize patient data in electronic medical records -
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Customer experience Customers bring home their "Scent Choices" on a card for an unforgettable experience - Why KAORIUM, an AI system that translates scent to words, is all about customer satisfaction -
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Remote Education DX in the children's room is the key! "StudyOne" connects tutoring centers and home learning with paper. Create new educational value by fusing digital and paper. (Japanese only) -
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Developer "Smart Home: Accelerate Our Smart Life" - A Report from the Online Hackathon "HackTrek 2022" Aiming for Social Implementation to Conceptualize Digital Future City -
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Lifestyles A smart inheritance tax app called "Smart Souzoku" together with Epson Connect lets ordinary middle-class families easily draw up complex gift contracts -
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Workstyles Participated in the Startup Academy sponsored by Docomo Ventures - Key takeaways for realizing co-creation of large companies and startups (Japanese Only) -
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Smart City Giving shape to an office design inspired by Epson's growth -
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Remote Education Expanding the possibilities of education: Combining digital means and paper to create a new style of learning -
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Smart City The Power of Digital - Behind the scenes of DX ceremony for partnership agreement with Nishi-Aizu Town, Fukushima -
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Developer HackTrek 2021 Champion Team: Creating a service to close the "rift in after-school studies during the COVID-19 pandemic" -
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Co-creation Epson's innovative approach - Accelerating DX to transform the future -
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Developer HackTrek 2021 second place team - What makes a "smart city"? Brainstorming for answers brings focus on "links within the community" -
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Workstyles 【News】 Start cloud printing pre-service in co-working space (Japanese Only) -
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Restaurant Contributing to the restaurant industry with a customer attraction and branding business model using color label printers -
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Remote Education Home study service "Ie-Sta!" supported by Epson printers and services -
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Co-creation From products to experiences-dramatic transformation of Seiko Epson Corporation -
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Workstyles Turning a cafe into a co-working space to meet the needs created by the COVID-19 -
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Developer Open Developer Community with Epson -Create from Hackathon- -
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Co-creation "Manga art" - a new form of art, creating by combined refined printing technology with images from the world-renowned field of Japanese manga -
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Developer "Accelerate smart cities" Individual thoughts and social issues overlap and connect——Online hackathon "HackTrek 2021" report -
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Smart City Meeting in Aizuwakamatsu, connecting people on a trip - Promoting workcation based on guesthouse -
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Developer Open Developer Community with Epson -From birth to encounter- -
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Workstyles Promoting workstyles not limited by location: the hidden potential of the "Cloud Postal Receiving Service" in resolving social issues -
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Co-creation PaperLab is turning used paper into new paper and helping Kitakyushu evolve as a world "evolution" heritage city -
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Remote Education Using Epson's remote printing in combination with individualized print materials, achieved an 85% entrance exam success rate under the coronavirus outbreak! -
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Medical Epson Connect and the LINE app together!A comfortable new way for nurses and patients to communicate -
Developer Epson establishes a developer community with Japan Research Institute and Digital Hollywood (Japanese only) -
Workstyles Epson joins in "demonstration experiment of postal cloud management service", which encourages working from anywhere (Japanese only) -
Smart City 『DIGITAL X』(Impress) The reason that Epson drives open innovation in Aizu (Japanese only) -
Developer "Epson Developer #01 Solving issues with hardware and API! " event report (Japanese only) -
Co-creation "Social issues × Creating new business in a smart city, connecting home and town" event report (Japanese only) -
Smart City Epson establishes open innovation center at Aizuwakamatsu in Japan -
Workstyles "Social issues × Creating new business in remote working and working from home" event report (Japanese only) -
Co-creation "Social issues × Creating new business in supporting education and learning" event report (Japanese only) -
Developer Epson held Hackathon "Epson HackTrek" (Japanese only)
Mix Colors Session
Different people, companies, and environments. New value is created when the individuality and strength of each of these elements are mixed and shine together, and Epson will work with all its partners to address various social issues and enrich life sustainably.
Innovation HUB
Epson has bases that serve as hubs for innovation. We're able to provide Epson technology for all our partners, places to experiment with implementation, and a worldwide network. At every step of the way, we work together to bring our partners' ideas to life and support the realization of innovation in a real space.
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Step1
Discover
Information sharing - discovering the potential for innovation in the cyber and real worlds -
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Begin
New ideas form and innovation begins
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Experience
Epson Square Marunouchi - feel innovation through hands-on experience of Epson products
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Take shape
SmartCityAiCT - innovation takes shape where ideas are tested and implemented in real life
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Accelerate
Epson X Investment Corporation - supporting commercialization and accelerating innovation together
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Partners
We would like to introduce our partners who are working together to solve social issues.
*The company name is in the alphabet
Solution Partners
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Nonprofit Organization Clipper
An NPO that strives to close the regional and economical gaps in education. They are the provider for programming leaning material, "tsuku.io"
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EAST Inc.
East has been supporting commercial facilities management by providing solution development and outsourcing. They provide customer-focused services with the mission of being the go-to company for operational scheme.
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eatas Co., Ltd.
eatas provides the technology for nutritionists thrive and provide appropriate nutritional management
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eisyunsya Co., Ltd.
Eishusha supports middle and high school students by publishing past entrance exam questions (the "Red Book") and sells a learning materials printing system (KAWASEMI Lite) which is based on past exams.
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FLIPLOGIC, Inc.
Make the complex things simple. Make the systems you use every day more convenient and speedy. Fliplogic provides cloud solutions for business applications such as such as sales inventory management service FLAM.
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idea spot Inc.
Idea-spot runs micro-schools (independent learning institutions) focusing on competitive tutoring to give each student personalized education.
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N Inc.
Through their vision of "bridging analog and digital" N,Inc provides innovations such as cloud mail receiving services, "atena"
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OPERe Co., Ltd.
OPERe modernizes operations and visualizes medical facility tasks using technologies.
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via-at Co., Ltd.
viaat provides the platform to convert whole regions into a co-working space.
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YuBASE, Inc.
YuBASE operates TECH LEAP, a development studio that imagines and creates value using various technologies.
Acceleration Partners
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Foundry 415 Innovation Group
Foundry 415, a Silicon Valley based innovation consulting company, is accelerating the success of global corporate innovators and entrepreneurs.
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The Japan Research Institute, Limited
Our think-tank, consulting and systems integration capabilities allow us to respond quickly and accurately to complex needs.
Epson Connect API
Use case of Epson Connect API
- Improve business workflow by scanning to digitize documents
- Distribute educational contents and easily print with the app
- Instantly print remotely and increase business efficiency