HP Helps Print Service Providers Improve Versatility, Productivity and Quality Mar 12, 2012 – HP News
Company unveils 10 digital printing systems, including first
29-inch-format HP Indigo press.
HP has introduced 10 digital
printing systems that offer print service providers (PSPs) greater
versatility, productivity and quality for commercial and industrial printing
applications such as labels and packaging, direct mail, marketing collateral,
and book publishing.
The improved performance of the new portfolio will help PSPs extend the
advantages of digital even further into traditional analog print markets, and
to produce more high-value personalized and custom materials for their
clients. The 10 new systems include:
Three next-generation 29-inch-format HP Indigo presses capable of producing
almost any commercial print job and a much broader range of packaging
applications.
Three updated models of the current HP Indigo portfolio with higher
speeds for significantly increased productivity.
Three high-productivity HP
Inkjet Web Press models featuring advanced ink and printhead technology
for excellent print quality at increased print speeds.
HP also announced new options for HP
Scitex industrial presses, which are used for large sign and display
applications, and a range of new services and solutions to complement
HP’s broad portfolio of digital systems.
“With the extraordinary scope and scale of today’s announcements,
we are fueling an unstoppable industry transformation from analog to digital
printing,” said
Christopher Morgan, senior vice president, Graphics Solutions Business,
HP. “Our new digital solutions strike at the core of the printing
market and are able to meet the toughest requirements of world-class brands,
publishers and print service providers.“
HP will display the new solutions May 3-16 at drupa 2012 in Düsseldorf, Germany, where HP
will be the largest digital printing exhibitor and will have the
second-largest booth at the show.
At drupa 2008, HP introduced a revolutionary color inkjet web press, a new
series of HP Indigo presses and the industry’s first latex inks for
wide-format printers. Widespread market acceptance of those solutions has
driven the graphics transformation and strong growth of high-value digital
pages.
Worldwide, HP now has installed more than 60 HP Inkjet Web Presses, more than
6,000 HP Indigo presses and more than 10,000 HP Latex systems. HP also has
invested more than $1 billion in research and development of new graphics
solutions.
New, larger format for HP Indigo presses
Three new larger-format HP Indigo models allow PSPs to expand into
applications not previously addressable by digital printing, as well as to
print more productively and economically for increased profitability.
The
HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press is a 29-inch sheet-fed press suitable for
an extensive range of commercial applications.
New models of the current HP Indigo platform include the flagship
HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press, which offers a top speed of 160 pages per
minute in Enhanced Productivity Mode – a 33 percent increase over the
previous top speed, making it the fastest two-page digital sheet-fed press
available on the market.
New HP Inkjet Web Press models
The new high-speed HP
T410 and T360
Inkjet Web Press systems offer increased print speeds of up to 800 feet
per minute (fpm) in monochrome – up to 25 percent faster than previous
models – while continuing to offer color print speeds of up to 600 fpm.
To achieve this improved performance, the presses feature new advanced inkjet
printhead technology and nanotechnology pigment inks that can support higher
speeds with no compromise in image quality.
The HP
T230 Inkjet Web Press incorporates the new printheads and inks to
increase print speed up to 400 fpm for both color and monochrome, with full
color density for maximum quality.
