The company said the new package would enable Indigo customers to reduce their waste and CO2 emissions while decreasing operator workload, without compromising print quality.
The main innovations include the CMYK+ with new advancements such as a higher ink solid concentration, the Printing Imaging Plate (PIP+) with a new formulation in two key layers, and the Regenerated Imaging Oil (RIO), in-press recycling system for the ink carrier.
The manufacturer said this package increases press availability by reducing the need for replacements with the new CMYK+ and PIP+, saving up to a total of six hours per month.
The use of the new supplies package reduces up to 16% of the carbon emissions from supply consumption for an average job printed on a typical HP Indigo press, the company added.
Speaking to Printweek in Lucerne yesterday (25 February), Noam Zilbershtain, vice president and general manager at HP Indigo, said: “After many years of research, we’ve come up with new supplies, both for the CMYK+ and the PIP.
“We took the extra investment in order to make sure that we are doing the right thing for our customers; that being the improvement in the sustainability, and the improvement also in the productivity, and each one of them is supporting both directions. It’s all around the efficiency of the production.”
The new supplies have started to be rolled out already across HP’s Indigo customer base, starting with Series 4 press users.
Zilbershtain described the changes to HP’s consumable supplies as “the most significant advancements in years, representing a major step forward in helping our customers maximise press uptime, minimise waste and reduce operational costs”.
Sheetfed technologies have had an increasingly large part to play in Hunkeler Innovationdays this year – traditionally a continuous feed inkjet specialist event.
There have also been new developments on the company’s PageWide side, however, with HP introducing a smaller, cost-effective new configuration for its PageWide Advantage 2200 web inkjet press.
The new configuration features a single-zone drying system and a passive web cooling module, allowing customers to print mono and full colour jobs efficiently across a wide range of uncoated and coated applications.
Designed for users whose primary print offering includes uncoated media, the new configuration offers the opportunity to expand into high-value commercial print applications on offset coated media.
The press can print colour jobs up to 244m/min with PageWide’s new Performance Economy Color print mode. Built on a modular platform, the new configuration can be upgraded with additional drying and web cooling, to enable users to scale capabilities as their business grows.
Finally, following the launch earlier this month of two new PageWide web presses – the PageWide T4250 HDR and PageWide T500M HD, HP has revealed at Hunkeler Innovationdays that US company SG360 is the first beta customer for the PageWide T4250 HDR.
Kevin Hughes, COO of SG360, said: “At SG360, we are significantly accelerating our adoption of full digital production and recently added the HP PageWide T4250 HDR to our current fleet of HP PageWide presses and multiple HP Indigo 100K digital presses.
“We are thoroughly pleased with the exceptional productivity and print quality of the newly installed T4250 press. Given the trust we have built with HP as a strong technology partner, we see the 42-inch platform as providing leading productivity and economics to expand our digital footprint and customer offerings.”
Hunkeler Innovationdays concludes at Messe Lucerne tomorrow (27 February).
