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New HP PageWide XL Printers redefine productivity, printing costs and quality

HP Unveils Fastest Large-Format Color and Monochrome Printing Portfolio on the Market

HP Unveils Fastest Large-Format Color and Monochrome Printing Portfolio on the Market

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 9, 2015 – HP today introduced a new portfolio of HP PageWide XL Printers, offering the fastest large-format production printing available in color and black-and-white(1).

 

HP PageWide XL Printers do the job of two printers in one single device, providing monochrome and color prints at breakthrough speeds up to 60 percent faster than the fastest monochrome light-emitting diode (LED) printer(2).

The new printers will enable reprographic houses, print service providers (PSPs), enterprise central reprographic departments (CRDs) and print corners to produce computer-aided design (CAD) drawings and will open new business opportunities with geographic information system (GIS) maps, point-of-sale applications and posters.

 

“Our large-format printing customers are continually exploring ways to improve productivity, streamline workflow and reduce costs,” said Stephen Nigro, senior vice president, Imaging and Printing, HP. “The HP PageWide XL Printers announced today deliver what our customers have been seeking for years and will revolutionize the production printing market, offeringaffordable, high-quality black-and-white and color output in a single device at the fastest speeds available.”

 

HP PageWide XL Printers are the first products introduced under the new HP PageWide sub-brand. Based on proven HP PageWide Technology, which currently powers HP Inkjet Web Presses, HP business printers and will be scaled for upcoming HP 3D Multi Jet FusionTM printers, the new portfolio delivers on the announcement made last year, providing low operation costs driven by life-long printheads, high ink efficiency and cloud-based support. The HP PageWide XL Printer portfolio includes:

  • The HP PageWide XL 8000 Printer offering high-end production printing at revolutionary speeds up to 30 D/A1-size prints per minute as well as two 775 milliliter ink cartridges per color with automatic switching and up to six rolls – more than 3,900 feet (1,200 meters) – of media for sustained productivity.
  • The HP PageWide XL 5000 Printer and Multi-function Printer (MFP) providing small- to medium-sized reprographic houses and enterprise CRDs mid-volume technical document production at up to 14 D/A1-size prints per minute as well as two 400 milliliter ink cartridges per color with automatic switching and up to four rolls of media to streamline work.
  • The HP PageWide XL 4500 Printer and MFP enabling cost- and security-conscious technical work teams, including architects and engineers, to securely print up to 12 D/A1-size prints per minute in in-house print corners.
  • The HP PageWide XL 4000 Printer and MFP allowing technical work teams and copy shops to produce 8 D/A1-size prints per minute, helping teams increase on-the-job productivity.

“Changing customer demands have caused us to look for opportunities to address the print needs of new markets, including advertising and communication, in addition to servicing our core customer base of architecture, engineering and construction firms,” said Chuck Wingard, president and owner, Tree Towns Imaging & Color Graphics. “The HP PageWide XL 8000 Printer will enable us to streamline our workflow with one printer for a variety of high-quality black-and-white and color jobs at high speeds and will fill the gap between our existing technology to better service our diverse customer base.”

 

Streamlining large-format printing workflow increases productivity

The production printing market has traditionally been led by monochrome-only LED printers, requiring customers to also operate large-format inkjet color printers to address color jobs. The new printers consolidate workflow to deliver mixed black-and-white and color prints in half the time it would take to manually collate documents produced on multiple printers(3). In addition, a full portfolio of scanning and finishing solutions, including the HP Designjet HD and SD Pro Scanners and new HP PageWide XL Printer accessories, such as the HP PageWide XL online folder, top stacker and high-capacity stacker, enable customers to build efficient end-to end workflows around HP PageWide XL Printers and free up the operator.

 

HP SmartStream software for HP PageWide XL Printers reduces time spent preparing and processing jobs by 50 percent(4). It also reduces reprints with native PDF management powered by Adobe® PDF Print Engine 3 and offers a true color print preview with interactive HP Crystal Preview technology to turn operator efficiency into operating profit.

 

New large-format supplies

HP PageWide XL Pigment Inks increase print quality with crisp lines, fine detail and smooth grayscales that are superior to LED prints(5). HP PageWide XL Pigment Inks also provide dark blacks, vivid colors, and moisture and fade resistance even on uncoated bond paper at high speeds(6).

 

New HP large-format printing materials up to 40 inches (1 meter) meet ISO/U.S. technical and offset standard page sizes(7)and provide quick-dry, smear resistant prints. New media to accompany the HP PageWide XL Printer portfolio includes HP Universal Bond Paper for technical applications, HP Production Matte Polypropylene to produce roll-up banners, and HP Production Matte, Gloss, and Satin Poster Papers for point-of-sale applications and poster production.

 

Availability

The HP PageWide XL 8000 series Printers will be available beginning in September 2015(8). Other devices in the HP PageWide XL portfolio will be made incrementally available between November 2015 and January 2016 in select countries worldwide. Specific country releases will follow.

 

Additional information about the HP PageWide XL Printer portfolio is available in an online press kit atwww.hp.com/go/PageWideXL2015 and at http://www.hp.com/go/PageWideXL. Product videos and updates are available on Twitter and on YouTube.

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Here's some additional points I received from a wide format enthusiast

 

  • 30D & 12"D" Size speed offerings
  • estimated MSRP of $75K for 30 "D" system
  • estimated MSRP of $50K for 12 "D" system
  • Color Ink and Black are the same cost
  • Limited Dealer Distribution of 60 nationwide
  • Have to have back up print head(s) in stock, very expensive print head
  • If you are a KIP, OCE or Ricoh dealer you have to drop those lines to carry Pagewide
  • Not talking cost per square foot for ink
Originally Posted by Art Post:

Here's some additional points I received from a wide format enthusiast

 

  • 30D & 12"D" Size speed offerings
  • estimated MSRP of $75K for 30 "D" system
  • estimated MSRP of $50K for 12 "D" system
  • Color Ink and Black are the same cost
  • Limited Dealer Distribution of 60 nationwide
  • Have to have back up print head(s) in stock, very expensive print head
  • If you are a KIP, OCE or Ricoh dealer you have to drop those lines to carry Pagewide
  • Not talking cost per square foot for ink


Wow! Have to drop your lines. I am sure dealers will flock to HP now. That never seems to go over well with a dealer owner. I know in our office when Ricoh asks us to drop one of our other lines, its not a pleasant conversation for them. We go through that with them at least a couple times a year.

I’m in Atlanta today, and I just finished attending the live production of a world-wide webinar presentation HP’s PageWide wide-format team gave today. 
 
HP’s webinar-presentation team was led by Ramon Pastor, Vice President & General Manager of Large Format and 3D Printing.
 
I have to admit that is was very exciting to have been invited by HP to attend the HP PageWide launchevent that took place in early June in San Diego, and I feel compelled to say that it was doubly-exciting to have been invited to the live production of today’s webinar presentation…. for, at today’s presentation, HP released very important additional news about HP PageWide wide-format, as you’ll read below and as you’ll read in the April 9th Press Release, which can be found by using the first link at the bottom of this post.
 
Today, HP introduced the HP PageWide XL portfolio.
 
Previously on my blog, I speculated that HP was going to introduce more than just one model.  And, in fact, HP, today, announced that there will initially be four models.  You read that correctly.  Four different models!
 
-The HP PageWide XL 8000 – offering up to 30 D/A1 size prints per minute.
 
-The HP PageWide XL 5000 – offering up to 14 D/A1 size prints per minute.
 
-The HP PageWide XL 4500 – offering up to 12 D/A1 size prints per minute.
 
-The HP PageWide XL 4000 – offering up to 8 D/A1 size prints per minute.
 
HP also announced delivery dates for its PageWide XL portfolio:
 
--XL 8000 – Deliveries to begin in September 2015
 
--XL 5000 – Deliveries to begin in November 2015
 
--XL 4500 – Deliveries to begin in January 2016 (and possibly earlier)
 
--XL 4000 – Deliveries to begin in January 2016 (and possibly earlier)
 
Towards the end of today’s webinar presentation, questions were invited from the audience, and I asked two questions:
 
Q1 – When will HP begin releasing pricing (and cost) information?
 
Response:  Distributor/Dealers have received this information from HP, and they will shortly be in a position to begin working with prospective customers on pricing and costs.
 
Q2 – When will HP begin taking orders for PageWide XL systems?
 
Response:  Distributor/Dealers will begin to take orders within the next couple of months.
 
Just a suggestion:  If you are interested in acquiring HP PageWide XL systems, I’d highly suggest that you get in the front of the order queue.  I suspect that there will be very significant demand for this revolutionary, game-changing technology.  In other words, act quickly!
 
Link to HP PageWide XL press-kit (press release inside):
 
Link to HP PageWide XL Printers web-site:
 
Link to HP PageWide XL Printers video:

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015

HP PageWide Wide-Format at the IRgA/ERA Convention in Atlanta next week

 
Yesterday in the mail, I received a promo piece – about HP PageWide wide-format - prepared for, and sent to those, who will likely be attending the IRgA/ERA Convention in Atlanta next week. 
 
For those reprographers who’ve not yet seen an HP PageWide wide-format printer in person, this will be their first opportunity to watch it operate … and kick the tires.
 
There’s a very bold claim in the promo piece.  Here’s what’s said, “Come and meet the printer producing color jobs at speed, for the same price as black & white, all with lower running costs than LED.”
 
I take that to mean….
 
-Color and black & white large-format prints at the same output speed.
 
-Color and black & white large-format output at the same cost.
 
-Running costs lower than the running costs of LED.
 
HP is expecting its new PageWide wide-format technology to truly disrupt the large-format printing market in terms of speed, growth and economics.
 

I’m looking forward to attending the IRgA/ERA event in Atlanta next week.
 

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