HP has launched two new presses: the PageWide Web Press T4250 HDR and PageWide Web Press T500M HD
The company aims to redefine high volume digital production with the new presses. It says that its company’s continuous innovation in HP Thermal Inkjet Technology has fuelled the industrial presses to address industry needs for solutions that deliver productivity, quality, and versatility in the direct mail, general commercial, and book publishing segments.
Barbara McManus, vice president and general manager for PageWide Industrial, says, “At HP PageWide, we constantly pioneer advancements to ensure our customers remain at the leading edge of digital print technology that empowers their success.
“The industry leading productivity, versatility, and quality of our new industrial presses provide our customers with powerful digital solutions to meet the needs of an evolving print market.”
HP PageWide T4250 HDR
Designed for a wide variety of publishing, direct mail, and commercial print work, the T4250 HDR features fast speeds and consistent print quality, allowing customers to print more high volume, high coverage jobs.
The new 106cm web press prints up to twice the productivity of its predecessor, the HP PageWide T485 HD, resulting in 20,000 B1 duplex sheets and over 200,000 letter-sized duplex colour pages per hour.
Combined with HP Optimizer, the press maintains high speed and quality on coated and uncoated media with weights ranging from 40gsm to 350gsm. This press also comes with the benefits of thermal inkjet technolog: eight nozzle redundancy, user replaceable printheads, automated web-wipe cassettes, and onpress colour profiling.
The machine also keeps environmental sustainability in mind. HP Brilliant B70 Ink has low VOCs and reduces drying time, with up to 50 per cent less energy use than that of the T485 HD.
HP PageWide T500M HD
HP says the HP PageWide Web Press T500M HD offers book manufacturers a purpose built solution to meet their clients’ demands for shorter run lengths, tighter turnaround times, and more frequent high volume orders.
The company has designed the 137cm press to use standard offset media and impositions, allowing operators to shift between offset and digital print lines, reduce paper inventory, and streamline labour resources.
HP adds that its 305 metres per minute speed rivals offset turnaround times and throughput by producing finished book blocks of variable trim sizes that move directly to the final production stage, saving time, labour, and floor space.
With reduced paper waste at startup and between jobs with variable cutoffs, an optimised factory floor, and the complete elimination of offset aluminium plates, this press features the environmental advantages of industrial inkjet without compromising productivity or profitability, according to HP.
