DIGITAL digest

Once the CPI and Courier installations are complete, the ink-jet press will be running at firms that collectively produce approximately 800 million books annually. These publishing customers see runs between 300 and 3,000 books as the sweet spot for the press.

Books are one of the four applications areas in which HP is developing full solutions with its prepress and finishing partners. According to Maruggi, the others—direct mail, transaction printing and newspapers—are all on track. In addition, the company is developing coated and treated paper solutions optimized for the press, which currently supports a wide range of uncoated offset media.