HP launches PageWide Web Presses

HP has launched the first PageWide Web presses, and enhanced HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press enhancements, both of which it says will deliver improved image quality, higher productivity and more application options for printers. The company says its new PageWide Web Presses, powered by High Definition Nozzle Architecture (HDNA), formerly branded HP Inkjet Web Presses, are built using proven HP PageWide Technology, which it claims enables new levels of performance across HP graphics, business and consumer printing platforms.

Steve Donegal

Steve Donegal

Steve Donegal, country manager, indigo and inkjet digital press solutions, graphic solutions business, printing and personal systems, HP South Pacific, says: “Printing technology must keep pace with the challenging market conditions PSPs (printers) face today, including higher job volume, strict colour requirements and the need for competitive differentiation. “HP is committed to offering industry-leading digital solutions across its PageWide Web Press, and Indigo portfolios that help PSPs meet their clients’ toughest demands and stay ahead of the competition.” He says the two new 42-inch inkjet web presses, the HP PageWide Web Press T480 HD and T470 HD, feature HDNA technology and offer enhanced print quality with unparalleled dual-drop-weight architecture, 2400 nozzles per inch and built-in nozzle redundancy. HP says the PageWide Presses is a ‘giant digital leap ahead’ with its HDNA production inkjet printhead technology, designed to provide enhanced print quality and performance to meet a growing range of high-value applications. The company says the T480 HD and T470 HD solutions open compelling new publishing, direct mail and general commercial printing application opportunities, including colour trade publications, medical journals, posters and banners up to 108 inches long, as well as high-end retail brochures and catalogues. These high-capacity inkjet presses HP says feature a quality mode that enables dual drop weight per colour for sharp text, fine lines, accurate skin tones, smooth gray and colour transitions, as well as enhanced highlight and shadow details at print speeds up to 400 feet per minute (fpm). Additionally, new performance modes offer speeds up to 800 fpm and 600 fpm using single drop weights.

HP PageWide Web Press T480-T470 HD-RZD

PageWide Web Presses, powered by High Definition Nozzle Architecture

HP says current customers can upgrade to the new technology to take advantage of the enhanced quality and productivity enabled by HDNA. HP says its financial services will help customers simplify their investments with flexible IT investment solutions for all HP PageWide Web Presses, allowing customers to lock in pricing for up to seven years. The company says its HP Indigo 7800 enhancements simplify colour management and increase productivity. The Indigo 7800 Digital Press HP says offers enhanced on-press colour management tools in press software version 11.4 as well as an in-line spectrophotometer, eliminating the need for manual colour manipulations. The company says its media fingerprinting, 3D colour calibration, spot colour refinement and other advanced colour management tools streamline the process for colour standards certifications, such as Gracol and Fogra, ensure accurate colour matching on a variety of substrates and provide colour consistency across presses and sites over time. The Indigo 7800 also features the new optimizer, an on-press production management tool that helps manage the print queue, prioritise print jobs, plan substrate usage and improve efficiencies. HP says the optimiser enables continuous printing and proofing in parallel without the need to break between jobs, improving customers’ productivity up to 50 per cent per shift. HP Indigo is supplied by Currie Group here in Australia.

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