HP goes 'grande' with latest indoor/outdoor graphics offerings

HP has unveiled large-format printing technologies that offer commercial printers more choices and value when producing wide and super-wide outdoor graphics.

Announced at the 2006 HP Scitex Customer Event, the first major HP Scitex product launch since HP acquired Scitex Vision last November expands the industry's only postcard-to-billboard graphic arts portfolio.

New product highlights include:

¤ The HP Scitex TJ8500 printer, a new UV-based industrial wide-format digital printer that is one of the fastest printers of its kind, creating high-quality images that last up to two years outdoors;

¤ The HP Scitex X2 Printhead, offering high-speed industrial inkjet printing with outstanding print quality; and

¤ The HP Designjet 10000s Printer, which enables print service providers and sign shops to produce high-quality signage up to 264 cm wide.

Designed for applications ranging from in-store displays to billboards, the new offerings provide screen, offset and digital printers the ability to create high speed, high quality wide format digital printing output with industry-leading durability.

HP also introduced two high-value enhancements to improve the overall printing experience on existing HP Scitex equipment. The new HP Scitex Colour Workflow Interactive Navigator is a comprehensive colour management solution that maximises output quality while ensuring consistent, top-quality colour reproduction across different HP Scitex printers, ink and media types and varying environmental conditions.