HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) today announced an all-new drupa portfolio for
HP Indigo digital labels and packaging designed to accelerate the
digital print transformation. HP Indigo offers converters the
industry’s widest portfolio of presses, along with new color and
workflow automation solutions, to efficiently deliver diverse,
on-demand print orders with low waste.
In a major step toward extending analog-to-digital conversion,
HP announced the, HP Indigo V12 Digital Press, the first HP Indigo
built on next-generation HP Indigo LEPX architecture. The first of
Indigo’s Series 6 platform, the narrow-web label press provides
Indigo’s renowned quality and versatility at significantly higher
speeds. As a result, the HP Indigo V12 can print as fast as analog
with greater production agility, redefining digital label
printing.1
The drupa portfolio also introduces the new narrow-web HP Indigo
6K and HP Indigo 8K digital presses for labels, the HP Indigo 25K
for flexible packaging and labels, and sheetfed HP Indigo 35K and
roll-to- B1 sheet HP Indigo 90K for folding cartons. Value packs
with various upgrade options will allow the existing customer base
to benefit from new features and capabilities.
“The digital labels and packaging market is growing and evolving
as converters move to support market needs for on-demand
production, SKU diversification, customization and printing with
reduced waste,” said Alon Bar-Shany, general manager, HP Indigo.
“Labels and packaging converters using HP Indigo are growing their
Indigo volume four times faster than the market and are
consistently generating new opportunities. The new labels and
packaging portfolio unveiled today is a blueprint for customers to
create a digital print factory so they can stay ahead of the curve
and deliver a wider range of jobs faster, with less labor, all
while keeping the environment top of mind.”
Since drupa 2016, more than 1000 HP Indigo labels and packaging
presses have been installed at converters worldwide.2
Advanced workflow and color automation
tools
A new color automation solution, Spot Master,
will enable converters to reach brand colors within minutes, making
it the industry’s fastest time-to-color solution.3 Spot
Master enables converters to deliver high color consistency and
uniformity across the entire print frame using a new patented
algorithm for fast and accurate color matching, ensuring every
package looks the same no matter when or where it was printed. Spot
Master will be available for the HP Indigo 35K, HP Indigo 25K, HP
Indigo 6K and HP Indigo 8K presses.
Brand Beat, a new application offered in HP PrintOSX, delivers
real time color reports directly to converters and brands.
PrintOS Production Pro for Indigo Labels and
Packaging, featuring HP Indigo’s fastest HP Indigo Raster
Image Processor (RIP), is seamlessly integrated with the new Esko
Automation Engine for HP Indigo, allowing converters to process
more jobs per day. HP PrintOSX unites the cloud
platform applications with AI-driven service and support
infrastructure to help customers get the most out of their press
investment. With its suite of tools and applications, customers can
start building the digital Print Factory of the Future and reach
operational excellence by automating production and minimizing
operator touchpoints.
Disrupting the labels market
The HP Indigo labels portfolio is the industry’s most versatile
array of label presses for any size converter or label volume to
run a digital label factory.
The HP Indigo V12 Digital Press is poised to disrupt the label
market ecosystem by making significant production volumes a reality
for operators with HP Indigo’s well-known quality and flexibility.
Key benefits to be offered by the HP Indigo V12 Digital Press
include:
- Print up to six colors at 120 linear meters per minute (400
f/pm), using six inline imaging engines running simultaneously.
Produce up to 130,000 linear meters per day with one operator.
- New high definition (HD) imaging: HD Imaging System on press
offers native to 1600 dpi resolution.
- Up to 12-colors on press. Change inks on the fly and create any
combination of colors.
- Print on digital label printing industry’s largest range of
substrates, from 12 micron film to 450 micron (18pt) board. Support
pressure-sensitive, sleeves, flexible packaging, tubes, IMLs and
more.4
- One-pass, nonstop high-speed finishing capabilities to be
provided by AB Graphic International.
Additionally, the HP Indigo 6K Digital Press is
the new model of the highly successful, high-versatility HP Indigo
6000 series. The press can deliver more applications using higher
opacity white for shrink sleeves, new inks including silver,
fluorescents, invisible red and green for brand protection
applications and new varnishes from leading partners for higher
durability. The HP Indigo 8K offers increased
productivity, reduced waste and easier transitioning between media
types and jobs. High-capacity label production and flexible
packaging on the new mid-web HP Indigo 25K
Digital Press are supported with a new slitter for labels,
making it easier to diversify into new and lucrative applications.
With HP Indigo Secure and partner solutions,
converters can provide brand protection solutions using special
inks, anti-counterfeiting marks, micro-text fonts and protected
track and trace solutions. Digital embellishment
solutions from HP Indigo and partners offer ways to stand out,
including the inline KURZ DM-JETLINER® digital metallization
solution, HP Indigo ElectroInk Silver for metalizing the color
gamut, and HP Indigo GEM, a digital print-and-embellish, one-pass
solution integrated with the HP Indigo 6K Digital Press.
Capturing opportunities with folding
cartons
The drupa 2020 portfolio significantly extends HP Indigo folding
carton capabilities, offering enhanced productivity, wider
application range and expanded color capabilities. The portfolio
includes the new sheetfed B2 HP Indigo 35K for
high-value folding cartons, the new sheetfed B2 HP Indigo
15K for mixed commercial print and packaging production
and the new B1 HP Indigo 90K roll-to-sheet
solution with an inline water-based/UV coater and sheeter.
Building on the experience of over 100 folding carton press
installations worldwide, the HP Indigo 35K
introduces significant enhancements:
- Fastest time to color with Spot Master color automation.
- Faster job changeover with drawers, pallet feeder and
proof-while-print capabilities.5
- Printing on thinner substrates from 150 microns to capture
applications such as rigid boxes.
- New HD printing with 1600 dpi for enhanced print
quality.
- New HP Indigo ElectroInk Premium White for higher opacity.
- New ElectroInk Invisible Yellow, track0-and-trace solutions and
security elements for multi-layered brand protection applications
on one press, in one pass.
- TRESU iCoat II, integrated with the HP Indigo 35K, delivers
offset-quality for overprint varnish and coating applications using
industry-standard UV or water-based varnish in a single production
pass now optimized for high accuracy varnish registration at full
speed.
Meet the growing demand for sustainable flexible
packaging
HP Indigo customers created the digital flexible packaging
market with the capability to offer on-demand and sustainable
flexible packaging. The new HP Indigo 25K Digital
Press is designed to help converters meet brand needs with an even
more attractive total cost of ownership, a wider media range to
deliver compostable and recyclable pouches and more choices to
create a digital pouch factory. Advances to help converters harness
production power include:
- Fastest time to color with Spot Master color automation.
- Optimized lamination solutions with the new SuperSimplex e800
laminator by Nordmeccanica. The 800 mm wide solventless laminator
offers low waste and reduced energy consumption for on-demand pouch
production. The field-proven Karlville Pack Ready thermal laminator
and Karlvile KS-DSUP-400 pouch maker are optimized for shorter
runs.
- Greater flexibility with two white ink stations.
- Higher productivity with frame expansion from 729 mm to 737
mm.
- Sustainability credentials include the Green Leaf mark and
certification from TUV Austria’s “OK Compost” verifying HP Indigo
ElectroInks can be used as printing inks for packaging and are
recoverable through composting and biodegradation in accordance
with leading standards.6 In addition, HP Indigo ElectroInks comply
with leading food packaging regulations and are free of UV-reactive
chemistries.7 All Indigo presses are manufactured carbon
neutral.
Availability
The HP Indigo 6K, HP Indigo 8K, HP Indigo 25K, HP Indigo 35K,
and HP Indigo 90K digital presses will be commercially available at
drupa or by the end of 2020. The HP Indigo V12 will be
demonstrated at drupa and is scheduled for commercial availability
in 2022.
Visit the HP drupa online press kit for more information on
today’s announcements and to follow HP’s drupa news.
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(1) Compared to major printing competitors
providing narrow-web solutions as of March 10, 2020.
(2) Based on HP internal data.
(3) According to HP Internal analysis of print
solutions as well as customer validations. Enabled by Spot Master
technology and the inline Xrite spectrophotometer.
(4) Compared to digital printing competitors
providing narrow-web solutions as of March 10, 2020.
(5) Compared with the HP Indigo 30000 Digital
Press.
(6) Certified for certain HP Indigo inks and
up to specified limits.
(7) Printing on non-food-contact side, under
well-defined conditions of use.
Vanessa Forbes,
HPvanessa.forbes@hp.com www.hp.com/go/newsroom |
Nina Gilbert, HPnina@hp.com
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