
HP Announces Product Showcase for PacPrint 2022
HP will have the largest collective presence at this year’s PacPrint event in Melbourne. Across large format and industrial printing, HP’s innovation leadership of the print industry will be undeniable and hard to miss. What puts HP ahead its competitors is its customer-centric focus – innovating with purpose to empower businesses with bold ambitions and big imaginations. From greater efficiency and more cost-effective production to more premium quality outputs, HP’s graphics solution business is purpose built with its customers’ business in mind.
On display at HP’s LFP stand under the theme Print for the Future will be:
- The HP Latex 700/800 series – introduced in February, the Latex 700/800 series brings a suite of features, including our whitest white[i] Latex ink that enable PSPs to be more agile, tackle ambitious projects and take on the highest value work.
- HP Latex R Series – which enables print services providers to be agile in printing both rigid and flexible media, and offers the glossiest white[ii] and a sustainability edge.
- HP DesignJet Z Series – incorporating up to nine colours to deliver the ultimate in photographic and gallery quality large format prints. The newly launched HP DesignJet Z9+ Pro delivers the best-ever professional photo quality[iii], all while keeping data secure.
- HP PageWide XL Series – Offering enhanced workflows and producing durable technical prints and posters at breakthrough speeds with outstanding vivid colour, crisp lines and fine details. Includes the newly launched HP PageWide XL Pro 10000, 8200 MFP and 5200 MFP that allow print service providers (PSPs) and reprohouses to hit tough deadlines and deliver short-term applications such as boards, cardstock and cutsheets[iv].
On display at the HP and Currie Group stand will be:
Commercial digital presses
- HP Indigo 100K – the new HP Indigo 100K Digital Press is the world’s most productive B2 digital solution with true digital non-stop print capabilities, at 6,000 sheets per hour. It’s a breakthrough press that completely recalculates your total cost of ownership. It’s a profit center that boosts margins on the short runs you’re already doing, and a business generator that accelerates you into a world of untapped digital business opportunities.
- HP Indigo 7K – the HP Indigo 7k Digital Press enables endless applications with the widest range of media and over 20 specialty inks. Simplify production with smart, automated tools while printing offset-matching quality and high volumes day in, day out with this truly robust press.
Labels & Packaging digital press
- HP Indigo 6K – the industry standard for digital label production, offering nearly any application imaginable and meeting the needs of the world's most creative brands. Add high-value capabilities, from brand protection to embellishments, with greater production efficiencies, and look toward rapid growth of your print volumes.
xRServices live demonstration
- The world’s first Print-Industry mixed reality customer support service, HP xRServices offers on-demand support, instant troubleshooting and real-time collaboration for the next generation of printers.
[i] Whitest white based on ISO/DIS 23498 compared to competitive alternatives using solvent and UV technologies under $50,000 USD as of May, 2020. Test performed on black opaque self-adhesive vinyl (L*:4.16 – a:0,48-b:2,34) with 160% UF print mode using HP 832 1-liter White Latex Ink Cartridge. Visual opacity = 91%.
[ii] Glossiest white based on internal HP testing in January, 2018 compared to leading competitive printers with CMYK configuration under $350,000 USD. Based on level of gloss at 60 degrees on a rigid material (acrylic). Tested using Glossmeter BYK micro-TRI-gloss (20°, 60°, 85°), compatible with ISO 2813 and ASTM D523 relative to glossiness measure.
[iii] Compared to previous HP DesignJet Z-series models.
[iv] Based on testing commissioned by HP and performed by Sogeti in October, 2020. Fastest compared to alternatives for large-format printing of technical documents, GIS maps, and point-of-sale (POS) posters under $200,000 USD as of October, 2020. Fastest response compared to the HP PageWide XL Pro 5200 Multifunction Printer.