HP INC LAUNCHES NEW HIGH VOLUME INKJET WEB

HP Inc is launching a new high-volume production inkjet web press, the HP PageWide Web Press T485 HD with HP Brilliant Ink, as part of a raft of new and enhanced inkjet web solutions.

The T485 HD with HP Brilliant Ink PageWide Web Press is designed to deliver on a wide range of applications including commercial, direct mail, publishing, and transactional, providing print service providers the versatility to meet the needs of their customers on uncoated and coated papers.

“We are excited to announce the expansion of our PageWide portfolio with HP Brilliant Ink. This new HP PageWide press offers Print Service Providers brilliant quality while printing at amazing speeds,” said Annette Friskopp, global head and general manager at HP PageWide. “The HP PageWide T485 HD with HP Brilliant Ink was designed to provide offset-class quality and to help increase return on investment for our customers, allowing them to improve their profitability and growth.”

HP says its Brilliant ink enables a wider, more vivid colour gamut and allows users to print directly to coated and uncoated offset media. The new press will print up to 244 metres a minute in both mono and colour in Performance mode, producing 400,000 pages per hour in full colour.

This 42-in width press offers flexibility to produce a broader range of applications on various media types and formats. Applications go beyond traditional direct mail and books and can include flyers, brochures, self-mailers, posters, banners, journals, magazines, catalogs and newspapers.

The HP PageWide Web Press T485 HD with HP Brilliant Ink is also available for sale as an upgrade to existing PageWide T400 series presses and for new orders, with expected product availability in the first half of 2023.

In addition the HP PageWide Web Press T250 HD has been launched with a new 244 mpm mono mode, which HP says enables a 60 per cent productivity improvement for monochrome applications. With a 90-million page duty cycle per month, this upgrade allows existing PageWide T250 HD customers to produce 1,250 x 300 page, 6x9 book blocks per hour.