HP Inc. together with its global network of print service providers
(PSPs) continue to innovate printing applications to help medical
teams, businesses and the public adapt in the ongoing effort to
combat COVID-19.
“We are living through a time that is very unique
to our human experience. The COVID-19 pandemic creates a new
paradigm in how we relate to each other and today, so many people
need help. Each day I am humbled and inspired by these shining
examples of humanity and hope as the global print community is
coming together for our global communities’ health and well-being,”
said Haim Levit, global head, Worldwide Industrial Indigo and PWI
Commercial at HP.
Printing personalize protective gear for
patient and medical worker well-being
As it is difficult to see faces behind medical
personal protective equipment, many patients, especially the
elderly, find it a frightening “alien” experience. Two medical
students in Israel launched the “More than Masks” movement on
Facebook calling for photos on the medical COVID-19 suits and gear.
The page attracted the attention of HP Indigo team employees who
helped launch the project by supporting the printing of the first
70,000 photo stickers.
To date, 200,000 photo stickers have been printed
by HP and print partners, and donated to an estimated 2000 medical
personnel at 16 hospitals in Israel. “The doctors were very excited
that they feel more comfortable getting closer to patients with the
ability to introduce themselves and the patients were also very
moved,” said Nisim Asayag, founder of the project along with fellow
student Anat Skliar. In addition, the photo stickers help the
medical staff identify each other for better teamwork. The 5.8 x
8.3-inch size photo stickers feature a smiling face with their name
and function. The medical teams stick them directly on their
protective gowns and then dispose of them at the end of the shift.
Free templates for downloading can be found here.
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/9498339e-a78b-4af4-8eea-f39781c4da81
Sending a real print hug to frontline
workers at hard-hit hospitals
Postable, a US web-to-print greeting card company,
is offering an online service to create and mail thank you cards to
frontline workers. They are donating 100% of the profits from these
cards to the Frontline Responders Fund to help get critical
supplies to frontline hospital workers combating COVID-19. You can
send a card, printed on HP Indigo digital presses at Mercury
Printing in Memphis, by visiting their website, picking a design,
selecting a hospital from a list of hard hit areas and typing a
message of love and encouragement to the brave medical workers
saving lives. Postable prints, addresses and mails the cards to the
hospitals on a daily basis.
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/53959adf-0200-4a7b-b885-885c14aad96d
Helping restaurants stay afloat with sealed
delivery boxes
Around the world, restaurants have closed their
doors to dine-in patrons, leaving delivery or curb-side takeout as
the only option to survive through these difficult times.
CompanyBox, a Charlotte, NC based converter printing on the HP
PageWide C500 Press with water-based ink compatible for food
applications, developed a takeout box and bakery box with a single
use seal, which keeps the food securely inside until the recipient
removes the adhesive tear strip.
“Restaurants have had to close their doors to
dine-in patrons. Other small businesses that are part of the
restaurant supply chain are also suffering, businesses like farms,
bakeries, breweries and wineries. We decided to respond. We hope
this added peace of mind drives more takeout orders and helps all
those involved,” said Louie DeJesus, CEO of CompanyBox. CompanyBox
has started a program to donate the first 100 boxes free to any
local Charlotte restaurants, and plans to produce 100,000 boxes in
total.
Mobilizing fabric design community to
produce and donate face masks
Spoonflower, based in the US and Germany, is a
digital printing company and design community that utilizes HP
Stitch technology to print custom fabrics for fashion and décor
applications. The Spoonflower team has established the Spoonflower
Mask Response Project to mobilize its in-house sewing team to
design patterns for knit gaiter and double-layer cotton styles, and
its community of designers to design, produce and donate masks to
healthcare workers on the front lines. Watch tutorials from the
Spoonflower team on how to sew a mask.
Due to high interest, more than 5,800 yards of
fabric has been produced for mask makers to sew an estimated 70,000
masks for healthcare workers on the front lines. “We are energized
and motivated by how quickly our creatives and entrepreneurs have
mobilized and leveraged their talents for the greater good,
supplementing the PPE shortage with non-medical grade fabric
masks,” said Michael Jones, CEO, Spoonflower.
Producing hand sanitizer to help hospitals
with shortages
The HP Graphic Arts Experience Center in Barcelona
launched the printing of labels for INEOS of France to donate
millions of bottles of hand sanitizers to hospitals across
France, UK, Germany and the USA suffering from shortages and lack
of supplies. HP’s support for the production of the first 150,000
labels helped the delivery of millions of bottles to hospitals
across France just ten days after the plan was announced. See how
it all happened in this video.
Bringing sustenance to frontline
workers
Baker Labels of the UK is donating three million
labels printed on the HP Indigo 6900 Digital Press for the Salute
the National Health Service (NHS) campaign, aimed to provide a
million meals to NHS staff over the next three months. The
nutritious ‘boost’ meal packs are for vital frontline NHS staff
working either in hospitals or those sick and confined to isolation
at home. They hope to be doing around 10,000 meals a day in the
coming weeks and expand across the country to targeted
locations.
“We are in a position to be able to manufacture the
number of labels required and to be flexible on quantities,
variations and demand. With the added support from our material
suppliers at Avery Dennison, who have agreed to donate 15000 square
metres of material, I’m proud to be part of the team of suppliers
collaborating to get this done,” said Steve Baker, managing
director, Baker Labels. Read more about Baker and the NHS
campaign.
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