HP has showcased its latest updates to the HP PageWide Advantage 2200 at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023, the four day event held at the Lucerne Exhibition Centre in Switzerland, which runs until 2 March.
As well as showcasing the HP PageWide Advantage 2200 press, HP has introduced its Smart Workcell Controller advancements in automation, its Advanced Color Suite, and HP ColorPRO paper mill partner expansions in inkjet coated, treated stocks at the show.
HP said its PageWide customers continue to produce heavy workloads of high-value print across the web press portfolio. At Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023, the company announced that PageWide commercial customers achieved a new milestone of 825 billion pages printed.
“We are thrilled for our customers’ accomplishments. This milestone is a testament to our customers’ ingenuity to implement the versatility and productivity advantages of digital printing. We are happy to support their growth with our PageWide platforms,” HP PageWide global head and general manager Annette Friskopp said.
“HP’s customers will join us for our in-booth presentations. The presentations will feature Solimar Chemistry, a modular and configurable platform of workflow software solutions that takes the guesswork out of high-volume print and electronic production and delivery, and Spencer Metrics, a data collection and productivity reporting software.
“Additionally, HP workflow solutions will be demonstrated, including HP’s new Smart Workcell Controller, HP Site Flow, and SmartStream Production Elite solutions, that provide the image rendering and near-press workflow functions driving PageWide press quality and performance.”
The PageWide Advantage 2200 is now printing in quality mode at full 152mpm/500fpm speed, providing customers additional capacity to deliver high-value jobs and produce exceptional output in less time.
“We are excited to show the HP PageWide Advantage 2200 for the first time in Europe. HP continues to be committed to delivering high-quality, high-colour, high-value print for the commercial market, helping printers to win new business while maximising the production capacity of their print shop,” Friskopp said.
“In fact, many customers around the world have already introduced the new PageWide Advantage press into their workflows and have seen its true quality and speed.”
The demonstration of the PageWide Advantage shown at Hunkeler Innovationdays includes a two-dryer configuration that is energy-conscious and highly efficient. It uses up to an estimated 20 per cent less energy than the three-dryer configuration at maximum power, while printing a wide variety of unique samples.
This includes a range of Burgo, UPM, CVG, Mondi, Sappi, Navigator, and Arctic stocks, both coated and uncoated, standard offset and newly announced ColorPRO treated coated stocks.
HP’s Smart Workcell Controller brings intelligent sorting, batching, and imposition to locally optimise the press, finishing efficiency and throughput.
This enhancement to HP’s SmartStream Production Elite Print Server automatically sets up an integrated unwind-press-finishing workcell, reducing or even eliminating makeready stops and slowdowns for higher ROI and less waste for ultra-short-run publishing and commercial print jobs.
Plus, HP Professional Services are available to facilitate integration of the Smart Workcell Controller into existing and new production workflow, simplifying implementation. HP is also offering a new Production Kick-Start service to help customers go into production quickly and efficiently with minimal staff support.
Additionally, HP is announcing an advanced colour suite of solutions that automate and simplify the creation of ICC profiles.
This includes solution partners X-Rite and CGS Oris, and HP innovations like easy-to-use spot colour features and a pioneering on-press colour profiling solution that delivers a faster and easier way to create ICC profiles. With the advanced colour suite of solutions, customers can achieve accurate colour reproduction of images and brand colour, while benefitting from a simplified, streamlined process.
Comment below to have your say on this story.
If you have a news story or tip-off, get in touch at editorial@sprinter.com.au.
Sign up to the Sprinter newsletter