HP Indigo Digital printing machine

Commercial printing machines for printing of commercial, photo and marketing materials, the periodical press and books in the range of formats from SRA3+ to B2 and B1 and also the machine for printing of high-quality labels and packaging also enter HP Indigo line

2018: HP Indigo 12000 HD Digital Press

On March 2, 2018 HP Inc company. announced the beginning of sales of the digital machine of HP of Indigo 12000 HD having disruptive printing quality. The device develops a portfolio of large-format Series 4 printing machines. The digital Indigo 12000 HD HP printing machine is equipped with the High Definition Imaging System system for a quality printing of B2 format. This system increases resolution twice, allowing to achieve the high definition and detailing. One of advantages of the device — image processing system in the HD format using 48 parallel laser beams and a raster lineature up to 290 lines on inch.

Also announced HP development of technology of a color rendition of ColorUP! and production of additional paints:

• ColorUP technology! considerably expands a color gamma thanks to a color profile and CMY paints.
• Bright shades of Indigo ElectroInk HP paints (Vivid Pink and Vivid Green) created especially for a high photo printing — for example, printing of wedding pictures are added. Paints will allow the printing machine more deeply and nasyshchenny to transfer all nuances of pink, green and blue colors.
• In addition to Fluorescent Pink shade available earlier Indigo ElectroInk HP paints of the following shades went on sale: Fluorescent Green, Yellow and Orange.

Productive applications on the PrintOS platform give to suppliers of printing services all advantages of cloud computing, allowing to automate production, to upgrade the equipment and to develop business.

Among updated applications there is HP PrintOS:

• OEE is the application for performance review of a printing equipment which estimates operation parameters and helps to achieve maximum efficiency.
• Color Beat is the application monitoring a color rendition and making reports thanks to which the user will be able to control a color rendition.
• HP Site Flow is upgraded version of the application facilitating accomplishment to several thousand online orders daily. Intuitive installation, high speed and simplicity of operation facilitate the first step to creation of new business, help to meet the deadline and guarantee efficiency at all stages: from adoption of the order before delivery of goods to the client.

2017: HP Indigo GEM/WS6800/20000/8000

HP Indigo WS6800

On October 2, 2017 HP Inc company. announced release of the digital Indigo WS6800 HP printing machine and technology for digital printing and finishing of labels of HP of Indigo GEM. This technology is integrated with the digital Indigo WS6800 HP printing machine. It provides a printability with difficult design.

The digital Indigo WS6800 HP printing machine and the Indigo GEM HP device - the digital solution for printing and covering of labels a foil, pattern or tactile varnish, creations of special effects. All this is executed for one pass, with participation of one operator and use of one file, without additional tools. The GEM device will be available for sale in the spring of 2018.

Along with HP Indigo WS6800 HP Inc company. provided model of HP of Indigo 20000 with the HP solution of Indigo Pack Ready Lamination for operational production of flexible packing materials.

Key properties

• print speed – up to 42 running meters a minute on all materials with the resolution up to 2438 dpi.
• print speed in four paints – to the 34th running meter a minute.
• range of the sealed materials (PE, PA, BOPP, PVC, PET, CPP, OPSI, a foil, paper) 10-250 microns thick.
• print area format – 736х1100 mm.
• the large volume of cylinders with paint, an opportunity directly during printing quickly to change colors on the fifth, sixth and seventh colourful modules.
• the print server from EskoArtwork.
• compatibility of Electroink paints with three standard technologies of lamination – solventless, solvent, extrusion.
• possibility of direct and reverse printing.

HP Indigo 8000

On October 2, 2017 the company provided HP Indigo 8000 — the high-performance uzkorulonny printing machine.

Technical characteristics of HP of Indigo 8000

• Beauty - from 4+0 to 7+0 (from 4+4 to 7+7 with a reprint on the back)
• Performance, m/min - 60 (4+0), 80 (EPM)
• Permission of printing, dpi - 812 at 8 bit. 2438 x 2438 dpi HDI (High Definition Imaging)
• Lineature of printing, lpi - 144, 175, 180, 196, 210
• Thickness of the sealed materials, micron - 12-450
• Width of a roll, mm - 200-340
• Feed system Max. diameter rolya — 1000 mm
• Inside diameter of the plug rolya — 76 mm, (152 mm optionally)
• The maximum weight rolya — 270 kg
• The system of acceptance - the maximum diameter rolya — 700 mm
• The used colors:
  • Standard triad (CMYK),
  • an expanded gamma using the HP IndiChrome systems of 6 flowers (CMYK+ Orange + Violet)
  • HP of IndiChrome Plus of 7 flowers (CMYK+ Orange + Violet + Green).
  • Special ElectroInk colors, including white.

• The system of mixing of paints licensed by PANTONE
• Format of data PS (Adobe certified), PDF 1.7, EPS, DCS 2, Esko-Graphics format; Any formats which can be imported to Adobe of CS and are sent as PS to the Esko server (TIFF, JPG, BMP, EPS)
• Power supply, In / the Phase/kW - 400 ± 6%/3 x 50A/18 KW
• Dimensions (DKHSHKHV), mm - 5780 x 3940 x 2180
• The weight, kg - 5400, the built-in module of a praymirovaniye of 1800 kg

Profitable printing of short circulations and the personalized products:

• printing of any circulations with the maximum quality, just in time;
• printing of the personalized products of any complexity;
• high profitability of short and average circulations (up to 4000 items of m).

2016

HP Indigo 7900

HP Indigo 7900 is the digital printing machine.

The equipment provides printing on synthetic materials, a canvas, the metallized surfaces, black and color carriers. Use of primer of HP of Indigo ElectroInk Primer for printing without certification is possible.

• Print speed of 120 pages of A4 format in a minute when using 4 flowers (printing of 2 pages on 1 sheet); 160 color pages of A4 format a minute in the mode of the increased performance (EPM) (printing of 2 pages on 1 sheet); 240 pages of A4 format a minute when using 2 flowers or in the black-and-white mode (printing of 2 pages on 1 sheet)
• Quality of color print (best quality mode) of 812 and 1219 dots per inch with a depth of color of 8 bits, permission: 2438 x 2438 dots per inch, HDI (image of high definition)
• Thickness of the carrier is 70–400 microns
• Standard support of flowers Blue, purple, yellow and black HP IndiChrome Plus, printing using 7 flowers (additional orange, violet and green). Up to 7 modules of ink for an expanded color gamma, including HP Indigo ElectroInk Light (black, light blue, light-purple, white, transparent, invisible red, fluorescent pink and opaque)
• Speed of four-colored printing is 120 pages per minute when using 4 flowers (printing of 2 pages on 1 sheet); 160 color pages per minute in the mode of the increased performance (EPM) (printing of 2 pages on 1 sheet); 240 pages per minute when using 2 flowers or in the black-and-white mode (printing of 2 pages on 1 sheet)

Technology of rasterization

144, 160, 175, 180, 180m, 210, HMF of 200 lines on inch

The digital vehicle is operated PrintOS - it is the operating system for devices of industrial printing with interactive and mobile applications. It provides effective use of printing machines, allows to simplify and automate production.

HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press

HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press is the rolled digital printing machine for the sector of digital printing of the label and flexible packaging.

For January, 2017 the product provides performance to 42 m/min (in the EPM mode) and the wide range of materials with high quality of printing. By the machine it is possible to print commercial products – boards, folders, photobooks and photocalendars, covers for books and brochures, jackets.

The HP Indigo technology provides use of liquid ElectroInk HP paints – the technology of color digital print meeting the requirements to an intaglio printing - the quality standard in the market of flexible packaging. In a system the 7-colourful printing module operates, it allows producers of packaging to meet even more strict requirements of the known corporations, and use of 4-, 6-and 7-colored emulation of HP of IndiChrome Pantone and the system of mixing of paints allow to receive up to 97% of Pantone colors. The technology of printing One Shot Color guarantees combination of flowers on all carriers.

HP Indigo 20000 is capable to be printed on a film or paper from 10 to 250 microns thick. Support of the wide range of materials is provided at the expense of the built-in section of a praymirovaniye, the processing module with crown discharge.

The Automated Color Package system automates setup and maintenance of a color rendition. The built-in spectrophotometer reads out parameters of the image and transfers them to the controller. Necessary corrections of a color rendition are made automatically. Also parameters of the sealed material are considered — digital characteristics of each (Media Fingerprints) are kept in a cloud and can be loaded from any place in the world.

HP Indigo 20000 has a printability on materials: polyethylene and the stretching films. It became possible due to installation of the additional sensor measuring deviations of geometry and transmitting a signal to their automatic compensation at exposure.

Representation of HP of Indigo 20000 Digital Press

General type	Печатная машина А3
Технология	HP, офсетная
Производительность	320 страниц формата А4
Ежемесячный объем печати	800 000 страниц формата А4
Ширина аппарата, мм	4700
Длина аппарата, мм	9728
Высота аппарата, мм	2390
Масса аппарата	15 000 кг
Разрешение оттиска	800 и 1219 dpi, 8 бит, адресуемое 2438х2438 dpi (High Definition Imaging)
Линиатура печати	175, 180

HP Indigo 20000 is the complete solution. The SmartStream Labels and Packaging Print Server HP print server is developed by Esko company especially for HP Indigo. This solution includes the tools for job control automating and simplifying workflow and also the Color Engine application. It is completely integrated for expanded color management.

The application quickly creates profiles which match a scale of Pantone and process colors, providing an exact and effective color rendition on the Indigo HP printing machine using any technology of printing. Tools of HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging VDP Tools, Powered by Esko provide the automated printing of variable data, for example barcodes, the text, digits, photos and elements of protection. HP SmartStream Designer is idle time in use, but the powerful VDP tool for Adobe Illustrator and InDesign allowing to create difficult, high-marginal projects with variable data including using the application of HP SmartStream Mosaic for dynamic personalisation.

Support of work with specially developed network production HP PrintOS operating system coordinates several printing machines in a common information space. For PrintOS the set of applications is developed.

HP Indigo 12000

HP Indigo 12000 is the digital offset printing machine with ample opportunities, is focused on the enterprises in the field of printing services.

On June 8, 2016 HP Inc. announced release of model of HP of Indigo 12000.

The digital HP printing machine of Indigo 12000 is aimed at processing of volume orders. In it innovations of a line of HP Indigo as a part of which technology for providing a color rendition and stability of color reproduction are used.

• Print speed: 3450 sheets per hour in mode 4/0; 4600 sheets per hour in the mode of the increased performance (EPM)
• Quality of color print (best quality mode): 812 dots per inch with a depth of color of 8 bits, permission: 2438 x 2438 dots per inch, HDI (image of high definition)
• Standard support of flowers: Blue, purple, yellow and black HP IndiChrome Plus, printing using 7 flowers (additional orange, violet and green)
• Speed of four-colored printing: 1725 sheets per hour in mode 4/4; 6900 sheets per hour in mode 1/0

2015

HP Indigo 30000

HP Indigo 30000 is the digital printing machine which was developed for the market of folding cardboard packaging. This model can print sheets a format to 750 mm (30") in seven flowers.

HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press, 2015

It provides a print speed to 4600 sheets per hour in the mode of the increased performance and is without effort integrated into workflows. The primer set to the line provides flexibility of use of commercially available carriers. And using the lakirovalny machine Tresu iCoat 30000 which is also installed to the line, the printed sheets can be covered with a water-based film or with UF-fixing for protection against penetration of harmful substances. The packaging made using this printing machine conforms to high standards of hygiene of the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries and also differs in high quality of execution.

2014

HP Indigo 8000

HP Indigo 8000 is the digital uzkorulonny machine for printing of labels designed for accomplishment maximum by the size, difficult tasks. It is focused on production of average circulations of the label and flexible packaging.

Capacity of the machine is comparable to traditional uzkorulonny flexographic machines. A print speed of 60 m/min in the full-color mode.

Features of HP of Indigo 8000

The machine belongs to third generation (Series III) of the digital offset machines HP Indigo. HP Indigo 8000 it is optimal at digital printing of labels and packagings more than 860 thousand running meters a month).

HP Indigo 8000 can print seven paints. The control of machine ovypolnyatsya by the SmartStream Labels and Packaging HP print server created on the basis of developments of EskoArtwork company, and including new version of DFE. The print server is equipped with a management system for color of HP of SmartStream Labels and Packaging ColorKit and optionally – tools of printing of variable data of HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging VDP and also instruments of prepress of HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging Prepress that is especially important for creation of the general workflow within flexographic production.

The automatic control system with the built-in spectrophotometer provides in Automated Color Package color a possibility of reading by the spectrophotometer of control color scales which is built in the machine with transfer of results of measurement on the managing server and also correction of process colors directly by the machine. Includes function of creation of a color profile of the machine for specific material and accomplishment of color calibration with entering of necessary adjustments into the table LUT. Export and import of the created color profiles allows to reproduce color with an identical accuracy by all machines HP Indigo.

The possibility of manual fine tuning of every color for more exact reproduction and record of these values is provided in a palette. The built-in module of a praymirovaniye allows to use the standard, unprocessed materials, eliminating need for preprocessing that gives the chance with smaller efforts and in more short time to perform urgent tasks.

Support of work with the network operating system HP PrintOS which is specially developed by NR gives the chance to coordinate several printing machines in a common information space. The packet of PrintOS Site Flow entering OS provides effective remedies of management of any number of printing works in change (from hundreds to thousands).

Finishing finishing

Digital offset HP printing machines of Indigo 8000 can work with the finishing equipment as connected to the line, and separate (off-line). As the finishing equipment connected to the line the equipment of the ABG, SMAG and GM brands can be supplied. The range of the equipment of the ABG brand includes:

• ABG Digicoat is the available solution for a praymirovaniye of materials. It can be used for putting soil on a water and spirit basis and also for putting UF-otverzhdayemogo varnish.
• ABG Digicon is the equipment for accomplishment of finishing transactions which can be connected to the line, or work independently. Has the modular construction allowing to build a line under needs of the customer and to execute all necessary transactions for one pass. It can be equipped with flexographic section for selective varnishing, section of lamination, carving, a stencil process, hot stamping by a foil, relief stamping and many others. The advanced control system allows to pass from circulation to circulation with the minimum defects and costs of time.
• ABG Digilam is the laminator developed for problems of production of flexible packaging including packaging for foodstuff. The equipment allows to apply water-based glues using section of an intaglio printing and includes the powerful 4-staged system of drying by a hot air which processing by the hot laminating clamping roller, and a single-spindle coiling device with the pneumatic clamping roller follows.

The complex system of management of a tension of a tape allows to use materials 12 microns thick with ease.

Among step-by-step (separate – off-line) the equipment offer complexes of the brands ABG, NewFoil, GM, Berra, Rotoflex and others. This equipment can perform operations on lacquering, carving and laser carving, stamping, longitudinal and cross cutting (depending on the equipment).

Features of HP of Indigo 8000

High operational qualities

• combination of opportunities of rolled printing on materials for production of the label and packaging and digital technologies of printing;
• printing of the label and packaging without costs of time and materials for preparation for printing the circulation (production and installation of forms, press preparation for printing);
• use of the same materials that are used in a flexography;
• possibility of use of the metallized materials;
• offset printing quality – in production of the label and packaging;
• personalisation of rolled products;
• the minimum time before receiving finished goods;
• the minimum costs of time when changing material;
• the minimum costs of time upon transition from one paint to another;
• high print speed: 60 m/min. at printing of 4+0 and 80 m/min. at printing 1+0, 2+0;
• capacity of the machine does not depend on type of the sealed material;
• the big image format – 320х980 mm for performance improvement and decrease in cost value of printing;
• flexible management by tasks: printing of urgent tasks without stopping the main circulation, a possibility of making changes in work "at the last moment", ample opportunities of personalisation of products, with the hardware of transparency of elements of personalisation and a possibility of their imposing;
• the built-in spectrophotometer providing automatic correction of a color rendition;
• TL System of remote control of a machine status.

High quality of printing on the basis of technology of liquid ElectroInk HP paints of the 4th generation (v 4.5)

• printing white Electroink White for Sleeves paint for the thermoshrinkage having a high koeffitsent of sliding;
• printability blend Pantone and in special flowers;
• printing with white coating;
• printing white Premium White paint with high degree of opacity;
• printing Fade Resistant Yellow and Fade Resistant Magenta paints, resistant to fading;
• printing pink fluorescent Fluorescent Pink paint;
• quality of an offset printing;
• bright, saturated colors of images;
• lineature 160, 175.180, 196, 210 lpi.
• The mode of printing of the increased performance of EPM (Enhanced Productivity Mode) allowing to print in the CMY mode triad works of CMYK without visible loss of quality and with increase in a print speed up to 40 m/min.

Profitable printing of short circulations and the personalized products

• printing of any circulations with the maximum quality, just in time;
• printing of the personalized products of any complexity;
• high profitability of short and average circulations (up to 4000 items of m).

Building of opportunities

• printing of five - six - and seven-colourful products, a possibility of use of polichromatic color separation, the system of six-color and seven-color print HP IndiChrome;
• possibility of retrofitting of the machine system of mixing of InkMixing System HP paints.

Technical characteristics of HP of Indigo 8000

Beauty	от 4+0 до 7+0 (от 4+4 до 7+7 с повторной печатью на обороте)
Performance, m/min	60 (4+0), 80 (EPM)
Permission of printing, dpi	812 при 8 bit. 2438 х 2438 dpi HDI (High Definition Imaging)
Lineature of printing, lpi	144, 175, 180, 196, 210
Thickness of the sealed materials, micron	12-450
Width of a roll, mm	200-340
Feed system	Макс. диаметр роля — 1000 мм Inside diameter of the plug rolya — 76 mm, (152 mm optionally) The maximum weight rolya — 270 kg
System of acceptance	Максимальный диаметр роля — 700 мм
The used colors	Стандартная триада (CMYK), расширенная гамма с использованием систем HP IndiChrome 6 цветов (CMYK+Оранжевый + Фиолетовый) или HP IndiChrome Plus 7 цветов (CMYK+Оранжевый + Фиолетовый+ Зеленый). Специальные цвета ElectroInk, включая белый. Система смешивания красок, лицензированная PANTONE®
Format of data	PS (Adobe certified), PDF 1.7, EPS, DCS 2, формат Esko-Graphics; Любые форматы, которые могут быть импортированы в Adobe CS и отправлены как PS на сервер Esko (TIFF, JPG, BMP, EPS)
Power supply, In / the Phase/kW	400 ± 6%/ 3 x 50А/ 18 КВт
Dimensions (DKHSHKHV), mm	5780 х 3940 х 2180
Weight, kg	5400, встроенный модуль праймирования 1800 кг

HP Indigo 5500 Digital Press

HP   Indigo 5500 Digital Press  shows the high performance and efficiency that is key factors of success in the market of digital printing.

The printing machine is capable to print more than 2  million color pages and more than 5 million  monochrome pages a month. Fast transition between different tasks and from one type of paper  to another and also a printability on  synthetic materials do this machine  ideal for the polygraphic companies combining various works.

To HP Indigo 5500  it is intended for operational  accomplishment of a large number of orders on printing of commercial products, materials  of direct mailings, book products, multipage editions. Also in it the unique features allowing to work  at the market of photoservices and to print photobooks, photocalendars, cards, etc. are implemented.

The printing machine is capable to print more than 2 million color pages and more than 5 million monochrome pages a month. Fast transition between different tasks and from one type of paper to another and also a printability on synthetic materials do this machine optimal for the polygraphic companies combining various works.

To HP Indigo 5500 it is intended for operational accomplishment of a large number of orders on printing of commercial products, materials of direct mailings, book products, multipage editions.

Also in it the functions allowing to work successfully at the market of photoservices and to print photobooks, photocalendars, cards, etc. are implemented.

Digital offset HP printing machines of Indigo 5500 use technology of liquid electrophotography at image generation and an offset method of transfer of paint on material.

• Format of the sealed sheet (max): 330.2×482.6 mm
• Field of printing (max): 317×450 mm
• Density of the sealed material: 60−320 g/sq.m.
• Thickness of the sealed material: up to 460 microns

Print speed:

• 8000 A3+ pages per hour at complete monochrome printing
• 4000 A3+ pages per hour at 2-colourful printing
• 2000 A3+ pages per hour at 4-colourful printing
• 1000 the A3+ pages per hour at two-sided 4-colourful printing

Possibility of use of paints with special effects: Light Black, Light Cyan, Light Magenta, White, Transparent and Invisible Red and also blend paints on the basis of Orange, Violet, Green and so forth, Pantone colors.

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