Print Professionals Can Gain Profit Advantages with Capabilities of New HP Digital Printing Solutions

CHICAGO — (BUSINESS WIRE) — October 4, 2010 — HP (NYSE: HPQ) today introduced the HP T350 Color Inkjet Web Press, which is capable of printing nearly 4,000 letter-size pages per minute, and a multitude of HP Designjet, Indigo, Scitex and Specialty Printing Systems solutions at the Graph Expo 2010 tradeshow.

HP also reported that its customers have printed significantly more pages this year as they accelerate their shift to digital technology for greater flexibility, more customization, superior quality and reduced cost. Collective page volumes for the high-end HP Indigo 7000 series of presses, for example, grew 90 percent year over year for the first three quarters of 2010, compared to the same time period in 2009.⁽¹⁾

“The fact that our customers’ digital color print business continues to grow – while the overall volumes are flat or down – reflects that print service providers are realizing the benefits of HP’s digital printing solutions,” said Christopher Morgan, senior vice president, Graphics Solutions Business, HP. “People are printing smarter, with targeted, high-quality output printed on demand with less waste, more streamlined supply chain processes and a reduced environmental impact.”

HP’s new solutions, which improve productivity, profit potential and opportunity for print service providers (PSPs), include:

• the 30-inch-wide HP T350 Color Inkjet Web Press for applications such as high-quality books, transpromotional/transactional statements and direct mail. The T350, a faster version of the T300 model, prints at up to 600 feet per minute (up to 3,927 letter-size pages per minute) on standard offset or custom coated media
• the HP Indigo 7500 Digital Press, a flagship, offset-quality sheetfed commercial printing solution featuring advanced Vision Systems technologies for higher quality, reliability and productivity
• the HP Indigo W7200 Digital Press, shown for the first time with an advanced color consistency option for high-end photo and publishing applications
• the HP Indigo 3550 Digital Press, a high-quality, entry-level solution that prints in up to five colors
• the HP Print Module, shown as a technology demonstration for monochrome and spot-color production at speeds up to 800 ft./min., and as part of the new four-color process Print+ Messenger Color Inkjet system from Pitney Bowes
• the HP Durable Black CQ849A Ink Cartridge, a pigment-based cartridge that helps inkjet technology integrators develop new solutions for printing on coated, aqueous overcoated and varnished substrates
• HP Latex Printing Technologies for large-format printing in their first full-portfolio demonstration in North America
• two flatbed large-format solutions: the high-productivity HP Scitex FB700 Printer and the affordable, compact HP Scitex FB500 Printer
• HP Designjet printers, including the HP Designjet Z6200 Photo Printer – the world’s fastest, professional-quality large-format photo printer in its price class.⁽²⁾

Greater productivity in production printing with the HP T350 Color Inkjet Web Press

With a speed that exceeds the HP T300’s, the new HP T350 Color Inkjet Web Press extends an up to 1,200 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) native resolution HP Inkjet Web Press product line that also includes the 30-inch-wide HP T300 and the 20.5-inch-wide, single-engine, duplex HP T200.

Expected to be available in the second half of 2011, the HP T350 features a new writing system and improved data processing workflow. HP is presenting details on the HP T350 in its booth at Graph Expo. O’Neil Data Systems, based in Los Angeles, has the world’s first HP T350 beta unit. The company also currently operates the first HP T200 Color Inkjet Web Press beta unit.

“O’Neil’s expanding business is directly linked to the success of the HP T300 inkjet press,” said James Lucanish, president, O’Neil Data Systems. “With the new T350 web press, productivity has increased from 400 feet per minute to 600 feet per minute with the usual HP color quality.

“We’ve added to our portfolio the T200, which will also be used to increase our capacity. O’Neil is excited with the portfolio of products that HP has supplied to us. We continue to see the quality of color and productivity that sets them apart from the competition.”