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offset for the longer run jobs, the B2 Indigo for shorter runs and on- demand work.”
Most B2 digital presses around the world are HP Indigo, and Jackson says there is a reason for that, “When we talk to print businesses we talk mathematics and economics. We
look at what the print business is producing, what it is costing in real terms, and what it would mean to have that work produced on the 100K. It is all worked out within strict parameters. B2 HP Indigo dominates the market because the numbers stack up time and again.”
Jackson himself is more than comfortable with the maths-based analytical approach, he studied engineering at university, and
part of the course was analysing manufacturing sites and applying rules to come up with solutions to make them more efficient. He says “What I learned 30 years ago in manufacturing plants is applicable today in print businesses, the analytical approach can really pay dividends. We assess the whole process; the jobs, the processes, the people, the hours. Data does not lie.”
Along with the new non-stop feed, the latest series of HP Indigo 100K presses also come with an ability
to calibrate the next job while the current one is running.
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Quality print jobs in B2 format:
HP Indigo 100K
According to Jackson paper jams are ‘a thing of the past’ thanks
to gripper-to-
gripper feed,
which ‘ensures
consistent substrate
handling’. He says,
“HP Indigo 100K will
handle stocks from 90gsm to 400gsm without missing a beat, you can be printing a 250gsm silk matt one minute and go straight into a 90gsm uncoated the next, the grippers will handle it.” Using uncoated media, the press can handle weights from 70gsm.
Servicing is proactive, with
AI monitoring the components and indicating in advance when replacements will be needed. The HP Indigo 100K also benefits from Currie Group’s xRServices.
The HP Indigo 100K is designed for that volume business which is pumping out standard commercial work. For applications such as packaging, or where a broader range of substrates are required, or spot colours, Jackson recommends the HP Indigo 15K Digital Press, like
the one just installed at Southern Impact. For shorter run work he says, “The HP Indigo 7K Digital Press is the way to go. We call this SRA3 press the swiss army knife;
it will tackle anything, it has up to seven colours, including special colours like silver.
The B2 sheet is two and a half times larger than SRA3, and with the press capable of producing 800,000 B2 sheets a month it’s not hard to see why the HP Indigo B2 is described as a volume press.
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According to Jackson
local HP Indigo 100K users are producing millions of impressions a month, with 3.3 million the record so far. In terms of A4 output the SRA3 HP Indigo 7K will run at 120 a minute, the HP Indigo 15K at 230 a minute while the HP Indigo 100K will produce 300 A4’s a minute.
HP Indigo operates on a fixed click charge regardless of coverage.
Craig Walmsley, country manager, HP Indigo, says, “Shifts in industry trends require our customers to be fully prepared to deliver non-stop, on-demand, high-volume quality print, particularly on short and medium runs.
“Designed to be a tower of print production, jobs put on the HP 100K Digital Press bring a full suite of possibilities at a faster speed, enabling more printing and resulting in more job completion.”
As the world becomes increasingly digitised, print will follow the trend, the dynamics are the same. The success of digital print solutions in the A3 market is the model that HP Indigo is looking to with its new B2 HP Indigo 100K.
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