LFP - Large-Format-Printing
HP to Present Consolidated Product Portfolio at Grafische Vakbeurs
Wednesday 24. December 2008 - HP today announced it will show a consolidated range of products on its stand at Grafische Vakbeurs - hall 1 Stand 146 10 - 12 February, Evenementenhal, Gorinchem.
The solutions enable graphic arts customers to build their competitive advantage and successfully pursue profitable growth opportunities. HP now offers print service providers the industry’s largest all-digital colour graphic arts portfolio, supporting HP’s Print 2.0 strategy to drive growth of digital pages and lower costs of printing for high-volume commercial markets.
Customers are already capitalizing on the value provided by new digital solutions such as HP Indigo digital presses and HP’s new Sign and Display portfolio. Visitors to the stand can find out more about these new products, which deliver industry-leading productivity along with high print speeds and superior quality print.
Stand highlights include:
The HP Scitex FB950 Printer – providing consistent high-quality POP/POS, tradeshow and event signage on virtually any rigid(1) or flexible media.(2)
The HP Indigo press 5500 – an advanced, digital press offering exceptional, profit-enhancing improvements to HP’s flagship platform, the HP Indigo press 5000, delivering increased utilisation and reduced operating cost for high productivity and profit potential.
HP SmartStream Director, Powered by Press-sense – an integrated production framework for managing jobs from creation through fulfillment.
The HP Designjet Z3200 Photo Printer – a 12 colour printer for gallery quality images with on-board X-Rite spectrophotometer for outstanding colour reproduction.
The HP Designjet Z6100 Printer series – delivers vivid, high-impact prints at maximum print speeds. The series is ideal for indoor and short-term outdoor banners and large format applications such as photos and fine art prints, drawings, maps and renders.
High-quality prints and high productivity
The HP Scitex FB950 Printer is a robust flatbed UV printer that delivers high-quality prints. It has been designed to increase productivity and profitability with efficient media loading and has the ability to print multiple sheets at the same time.
The printer’s six HP Scitex FB250 color inks and printheads with variable-sized drops combine to produce great image detail-up to 1200 x 600 optimised dpi-and smooth color transitions across a wide variety of media. Advanced features, such as an onboard camera, spectrophotometer, embedded software and a solid media feed system, ensure consistent results and worry-free operation.
Reduced operating costs and high productivity
Improvements on the HP Indigo press 5500 include near-zero downtime on spot colour ink replacement for optional 5th, 6th and 7th colour stations, an expanded range of supported media and resolution enhancement technology for higher-resolution imaging of up to 1,200 dpi. Designed for the production of marketing collateral, direct mail, photo specialty products, books and manuals – including higher-volume production in centrally controlled, multiple-press environments – the HP Indigo press 5500 delivers the offset look and feel afforded by HP Indigo technology and liquid HP ElectroInk.
HP SmartStream Director, Powered by Press-sense
Part of the HP SmartStream portfolio of workflow solutions designed to meet the needs of specific applications, HP SmartStream Director, Powered by Press-sense, delivers small to large print service providers an integrated and open end-to-end workflow solution based on industry standards (JDF) and the Press-sense iWay version 5.0 platform. The product comes with a suite of tools that enable jobs to be efficiently created and managed from online submission through print to fulfillment. High performance Variable Data Printing is offered by the built-in HP SmartStream Designer (formerly Yours Truly Designer) with all its new high-end image processing and performance capabilities.
Driving large format creativity
The HP Designjet Z3200 Photo Printer is ideal for graphic designers, photo and fine art print service providers, commercial printers and photographers. The HP Designjet Z3200 delivers gallery-quality, black-and-white and colour photographs, art enlargements, large-format designs and high-accuracy proofs that stand out and survive the test of time with 12 HP Vivera pigment inks and a new HP 73 Chromatic Red.
The HP Designjet Z6100 Printer series with HP Vivera pigment inks delivers accurate colour and high impact prints at maximum print speeds. The HP Designjet Z6100 features HP DreamColor Technologies, a certified system of colour technologies, such as an embedded spectrophotometer, and sciences which make it easy to produce accurate, predictable and consistent colour across a series of digital colour devices.
“With HP’s latest graphics solutions we are further strengthening our position as the one-stop-shop for all digital printing equipment and helping our customers extend their application range and grow their business,” said François Martin, marketing director, EMEA, HP “Graphispag is the perfect opportunity for PSPs to speak with our expert sales team about how HP can help them to meet the challenges of today’s market and continue to be successful.”
Other opportunities on the HP stand
Visitors to the stand will also have the opportunity to learn more about HP additional solutions such as HP’s other digital front end solutions, print servers and software tools, photo-specialty solutions, HP Inkjet High-speed Production Solutions and the new Sign and Display portfolio including the HP Scitex FB7500, HP Scitex XP2300 and HP Scitex TJ8550/8350 Printers.
(1) Reflective substrates are not supported.
(2) Flexible media printing with an optional Roll-fed Media Supply and Takeup system.