HP Updates Its HP Indigo 10000 Beta Testing Progress, Launches New Color-Proofing Solution

• New HP SmartStream production workflow and management tools helping PSPs profitably produce the growing number of increasingly complex jobs.

• HP Hiflex cloud-based software solutions, including MIS and web-to-print solutions.

“In today’s economy, customers are constantly looking to improve productivity, add new capabilities and diversify applications so they can deliver more value to their clients,” said Christopher Morgan, senior vice president, Graphics Solutions Business, HP. “With our billion-dollar investment in new technology since 2008, we have added new presses and workflow solutions for higher throughput, flexibility and color quality to help PSPs grow their business.”

Beta-testing underway for HP Indigo 10000
Sandy Alexander, a leading direct mail and commercial print provider, successfully installed the HP Indigo 10000 and SmartStream Production Pro print server in the company’s carbon neutral digital printing facility in Clifton, NJ. The company plans to use the new press to expand its business through offering new options for one-to-one marketing.

“We are excited about the impact HP Indigo 10000 brings to the graphic communication marketplace,” said Mike Graff, CEO and president, Sandy Alexander. “The dramatically larger sheet size offers our clients both increased creativity and efficiency, providing them with a distinct competitive advantage. Combining the new format with one-to-one marketing capabilities will increase our client’s marketing ROI.”

Other beta sites will include Consolidated Graphics (United States), Courier (United States), Elanders (Germany), Prol Gráfica (Brazil), Pureprint Group (U.K.) and Wing Hung Group (Hong Kong). All beta installations are expected to be completed by November 2012.

In addition to the beta users, HP has experienced strong interest in the HP Indigo 10000 among leading companies such as Consolidated Graphics and The Matlet Group, which plan to install the system when it becomes available next year.

Because of its larger size and high productivity, the HP Indigo 10000 will help customers transition more work from offset to digital printing. It prints 3,450 sheets per hour in standard production mode, or 4,600 color sheets per hour using HP Indigo’s unique Enhanced Productivity Mode (EPM).

Strong customer demand for the HP Indigo 7600 and 5600 Digital Presses
HP reports strong market acceptance of the HP Indigo 7600 and 5600 digital Presses released earlier in the year, with hundreds of orders received worldwide for the presses in the past three months. Customers are taking advantage of new features for greater versatility and productivity of the presses and improved automation.

The HP Indigo 7600 has a top speed of 160 pages per minute (ppm) in EPM—a 33 percent increase over the previous top speed, making it the fastest two-page digital sheet-fed press available on the market. The HP Indigo 5600 is the enhanced version of the HP Indigo 5500, with a higher top speed of 90 ppm in EPM and new features for handling a broader range of applications.

New solutions to power digital workflows
New workflow solutions for HP Indigo presses that streamline image processing and production floor management include: