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HP Launches Faster HP Inkjet Web Press and various digital print systems at Graph ExpoTuesday, October 05, 2010 Press release from the issuing company Chicago – HP today introduced the HP T350 Color Inkjet Web Press, which is capable of printing nearly 4,000 letter-size pages per minute, and unveiled a multitude of HP Designjet, Indigo, Scitex and Specialty Printing Systems solutions at the Graph Expo 2010 tradeshow. HP also reported that its customers have printed significantly more pages this year as they accelerate their shift to digital technology for greater flexibility, more customization, superior quality and reduced cost. Collective page volumes for the high-end HP Indigo 7000 series presses, for example, grew 90 percent year-over-year for the third quarter of 2010, compared to the same time period in 2009.(1) "The fact that our customers' digital color print business continues to grow – while the overall volumes are flat or down – reflects that print service providers are realizing the benefits of HP's digital printing solutions," said Christopher Morgan, senior vice president, Graphics Solutions Business, HP. "People are printing smarter, with targeted, high-quality output printed on demand with less waste, more streamlined supply chain processes and a reduced environmental impact." A new milestone in Graph Expo history HP's new solutions, which improve productivity, profit potential and opportunity for print service providers (PSPs), include: Greater productivity in production printing with the HP T350 Color Inkjet Web Press The four-color, 30-inch-wide HP T350 also extends an up to 1,200 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) native resolution HP Inkjet Web Press product line that also includes the 30-inch-wide HP T300 and the 20.5-inch-wide, single-engine, duplex HP T200. Expected to be available in the second half of 2011, the HP T350 features a new writing system and improved data processing workflow. HP is presenting details on the HP T350 in its booth at Graph Expo. O'Neil Data Systems, Los Angeles, has the world's first HP T350 beta unit. The company also currently operates the first HP T200 Color Inkjet Web Press beta unit. "O'Neil's expanding business is directly linked to success of the HP T300 inkjet press," said James Lucanish, president, O'Neil Data Systems. "With the new T350 web press, productivity has increased from 400 feet per minute to 600 feet per minute with the usual HP color quality." "We've added to our portfolio the T200, which will also be used to increase our capacity. O'Neil is excited with the portfolio of products that HP has supplied to us. We continue to see the quality of color and productivity that sets them apart from the competition." HP is providing updates at Graph Expo on its progress in creating a new magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) production solution for HP Inkjet Web Presses. Currently in the development and testing process, the HP MICR solution will be based on a new print bar that will insert into existing expansion slots on all HP Inkjet Web presses. HP also has completed several media advancements. Standard uncoated papers and newsprint, as well as a growing range of coated papers, run on HP Inkjet Web presses. Appleton Coated's line of Utopia Inkjet papers, which HP and Appleton Coated co-developed to allow for high-quality, high-speed inkjet production, are now commercially available. HP also is collaborating with Sappi Fine Paper Europe for the development of new coated papers for European HP Inkjet Web Press customers. The HP Exstream customer communications platform on display helps HP T300 customers like O'Neil Data Systems and Communisis assemble and process complex variable-data jobs at full-rated press speeds. High-value digital color pages grow with new HP Indigo solutions Making its first appearance at a North American tradeshow, the HP Indigo 7500 elevates the quality, reliability and productivity of sheetfed digital printing. PSPs use the HP Indigo 7500 to offer customers efficient, offset-quality printing on jobs normally produced on mid-size sheetfed offset presses, as well as high-value variable-data jobs requiring digital print capabilities. The HP Indigo 7500 includes the new Vision System, an integrated module that enables scanning of press output at full press speed. Developed in conjunction with HP Labs, the company's central research arm, the Vision System automates a number of the press calibration and service tasks that operators typically must perform, reducing downtime and improving print quality. Future enhancements for the Vision System will allow for real-time monitoring and color correction across the printed sheet, as well as optional, real-time data inspection for variable fields. "The HP Indigo 7500 makes us more productive and more competitive. – our operators run it more than the other six HP Indigo presses we own," said Chris Nunez, director of Digital Printing for Grandville (Mich.) Printing Company, a company that uses the HP Indigo 7500 to print auto manuals for one of the world's best-known luxury car brands. In addition to producing a full range of commercial print products, the HP Indigo 7500 has an optional thick substrate kit that allows PSPs to expand into new product offerings such as greeting cards and folding cartons. HP also has introduced a progressive finishing solution that eliminates manual intervention, lowers production costs, improves turnaround time and enhances document integrity. Using a new Universal Finishing Interface (UFI), the press can work in automated print-and-finish workflows. The press' streamlined production capabilities include the new Lasermax Roll Systems PageReady, an automatic cutter/slitter/merger/stacker option that can serve as an in-line connection to finishing modules from other manufacturers. Many HP Indigo 7500 model features will be available as field upgrades for HP Indigo 7000 users. Designed to meet high-volume production needs for photo specialty products, publications and transational/transpromotional statements, the Indigo W7200 model prints up to 240 four-color letter-size pages per minute at volumes up to 7.5 million pages per month. The press is in production at some of the world's leading photo specialty production firms, including Seattle-based RPI, which bought the press at Ipex 2010 and installed it in preparation for the annual photo specialty peak production season that begins in October and will continue through the end of the calendar year. The press also has been installed at leading PSPs in the publishing, transactional printing and other markets, including a new, five-press installation at Jeppesen, where HP Indigo W7200 Digital presses will produce aviation charts used in the global transportation industry. The new, entry-level HP Indigo 3550 Digital Press also is making its North American debut at Graph Expo. Offering HP Indigo's hallmark print quality and versatility at a low initial investment, the new 3550 model is the ideal solution for PSPs producing up to 300,000 four-color pages per month. Higher productivity, more color in mail and HVTO applications Pitney Bowes is showing and accepting orders for its new Print+ Messenger Color Inkjet System inserter, which enables the high-resolution color printing of a company's logos and customized marketing messages onto envelopes during mail finishing, in its booth, No. 3601. Using HP Color Print Module thermal inkjet technology, the Print+ Messenger Color Inkjet System helps increase mail's value, relevance and response by bringing full-color personalization to the outside of the envelope. Other new products for the HVTO and direct mail markets include the HP Durable Black CQ849A Ink Cartridge for imprinting applications using coated, aqueous overcoated and varnished substrates. Available now from HP, it can produce high-quality, high-resolution dark black text at up to 600 dpi(4) and barcodes with high optical density and excellent durability at speeds up to 150 ft./min. New Latex Ink solutions and advanced flatbed productivity for the signage market By supporting a broader range of applications, latex-based printers offer PSPs more versatility and also help reduce the environmental impact of printing. These solutions have gained tremendous market acceptance since their introduction, with HP shipping more than 3,000 latex-based printers to customers that have collectively printed more than 32 million square feet of output.(5) Latex-based printers at Graph Expo include: New workflow products from the world's leading IT provider Another workflow offering, HP SmartStream Production Pro Print Server version 4.0, improves workflow performance processing times by an average of 18 percent.(8) HP SmartStream Designer and HP SmartStream Production Pro also raise the industry bar in variable-data imaging flexibility and productivity, as they are two of the first workflow products in the industry to support the new Adobe PDF/VT format. HP SmartStream Production Analyzer monitors and analyzes HP Indigo production operations in real time, providing a central console for fleet management and press operation optimization. HP is demonstrating a new version 1.5 of HP SmartStream Production Analyzer that supports more press models, monitors a greater number of production parameters and has enhanced reports.(9) HP offers flexible financing solutions for customers deploying the latest HP digital printing technology through HP Financial Services, the company's leasing and life cycle asset management services division. An HP Financial Services representative is on-site in the HP booth during Graph Expo to provide details of applicable offers. (1) HP internal data.
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