HP expands commercial printing fleet with eight new Indigo and PageWide web presses

Introduces five HP Indigo digital presses, three HP PageWide Web Presses, and innovative cross-platform enhancements.

Representing the most significant HP Indigo Liquid Electrophotography (LEP) technology breakthroughs in 20 years, the new HP Indigo portfolio includes three sheet-fed presses, the HP Indigo 12000, 7900 and 5900 Digital Presses, the oversize B1-format duplex HP Indigo 50000 Digital Press, the HP Indigo WS6800p Digital Press for photo specialty applications as well as an improved HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press, now equipped for commercial applications. The new and enhanced presses build on the proven success of the HP Indigo platforms announced at drupa 2012.

Expanding the High Definition Nozzle Architecture (HDNA) technology-powered HP PageWide Web Press portfolio, the new HP PageWide Web Presses T490 HD, T490M HD and T240 HD provide customers increased print quality and higher productivity than previously possible leading PSPs to transfer more high-value commercial print applications from offset to inkjet.

“PSPs need industry-leading digital printing technology to make their creative ideas reality and reach new levels of profitability,” said Mike Salfity, general manager and global head, Graphics Solutions Business, HP. “With the new category-defining HP Indigo and PageWide Web Press solutions, PSPs can differentiate themselves with high-quality, one-of-a-kind applications without sacrificing productivity.”

New HP Indigo fleet leverages breakthrough LEP technology innovations

The new HP Indigo portfolio features cross-platform innovations that reinvent general commercial printing (GCP) for PSPs:

• HP’s internal research has confirmed print quality exceeds offset quality. New HDLA technology doubles print resolution.
• Improved colour accuracy and consistency with automated colour management tools like inline spectrophotometer.
• New expanded media range of HP Indigo ElectroInks enables vibrant new application possibilities. HP SmartStream Mosaic 3.0 now offers new colour-shuffling capabilities, expanding design options.
• Increased productivity and automation to effortlessly process thousands of jobs per day. Customers are able to eliminate up to 50 percent of pre-press work with HP SmartStream Production Pro 6.0 and increase throughput up to 40 percent per shift with the HP Indigo Optimizer. Enhanced HP SmartStream Production Center simplifies production management.

80 workflow and finishing partners with more than 260 solutions further enhance productivity for HP Indigo customers.

Enhanced HP PageWide Web Press quality and productivity push Inkjet mainstream

Advancing inkjet printing from niche applications to mainstream commercial print, HP PageWide Web Presses are suitable for an increasing range of high-volume, offset-quality print applications, including colour trade books, journals, retail catalogues, brochures and marketing collateral.

The 42-inch HP PageWide Web Press T490 HD is one of the most productive digital colour duplex press, delivering up to 1,000 fpm in performance mode (500 fpm in quality mode). The HP PageWide Web Press T490M HD, offers high-volume trade book manufacturers equivalent offset-class digital monochrome productivity. Additionally, the HP PageWide Web Presses T470 HD and T480 HD now offer 500 fpm in quality mode, a 25 percent increase since introduction.

The new 22-inch HP PageWide Web Press T240 HD prints at speeds up to 500 fpm and has a monthly duty cycle of up to 60 million pages. It targets commercial, production mail and book printing providers requiring reliable colour performance in a two-up production environment.

HP PageWide Web Press customers have produced more than 150 billion letter-size equivalent pages since 2009.

“As a high-volume book manufacturer, we’re constantly seeking ways to streamline our workflow, improve print quality and turnaround times and anticipate our customers’ needs,” said Pierre-François Catté, chairman, CPI Group. “The HP PageWide Web Press T480 HD enables us to offer Europe’s most discerning book publishing houses even greater digital print quality at faster speeds than previously possible, while reducing waste.”

The new HP Indigo portfolio will begin shipping in the second half of 2016. All of the new HP Indigo digital presses and HP PageWide Web Presses offer HP PrintOS connectivity.

HP Financial Services has expanded its portfolio of IT investment solutions. HP will demonstrate the new solutions at drupa 2016 (hall 17). HP is also showcasing these solutions at Dscoop Tel Aviv and Dscoop San Antonio in April.