OnDemand’s new HP Indigo 7500 has arrived!

The HP 7500 is arguably the best quality digital print press in the market, with tests demonstrating that it is almost impossible to tell if it's litho or digital print that is produced. The press is unlike any other type of digital printing press, the printing process it uses is lithoesque and completely unique. The HP 7500 enables us to offer you variable data print (multi-personalised mail pieces) and print on demand services

About the HP Indigo 7500

This page includes the technical information about the HP Indigo 7500. This will impress many print specialists, but we appreciate most people just want to know the main benefits, and the first section of this page focuses on the main benefits of the HP Indigo 7500 and how the HP Indigo 7500 is different from other digital printers.

 
The HP Indigo 7500 is a myth buster!

There are several established myths about digital print that The HP Indigo 7500 can really bust.

MYTH #1. Digital print quality can not compare to litho printing.
Official independent research has repeatedly concluded that HP Indigo Technology is by far the best match to lithographic print among existing presses. The HP IndiChrome on-press 6-colour process accurately emulates 1,125 PANTONE© Colours (98%). HP Indigo uses liquid ink which enables the digital process to rival the conventional print experience.

New levels of quality, improved ink adhesion, shorter drying times, and improved consumable life spans have been achieved. Electroink deliver sharper images and vibrant colours with the look and feel of offset printing and HP Adaptive Halftoning enhances print quality even further.

MYTH #2. Digital printing requires expensive special paper.
It’s often believed that you need special papers to print digitally. This was true in the early days, but isn’t now. Media optimisation for HP Indigo presses is becoming more of an ‘invisible’ issue as digital printing enters mainstream print production. There are more than 700 approved substrates now available.

MYTH #3. All digital printing is the same.
All digital printing technologies are capable of some level of on-demand, variable data printing. But HP Indigo stands out because unlike other digital printing methods it’s an offset process with liquid ink. Ink is transferred from the photo imaging cylinder to the offset cylinder and then to the substrate. HP Indigo printing is also carried out at lower temperatures than dry toner so jobs can be finished as soon as they leave the press.

MYTH #4. Digital printing is expensive.
In fact low run print is cheaper with digital, and even long runs can be very affordable when total project costs are considered. There are no expensive plates to produce and fast production output can be attained with the HP Indigo. There is one print engine running at 14,400 impressions per hour and the HP Indigo 7500 doesn’t slow down for thick substrates.

With variable data printing you can improve your return on investment (ROI) from print, and we are great advocates of thinking about ROI rather than cost per page. Digital printing provides opportunities that litho printing simply can not deliver when it comes to variable data printing and print on demand. 

Features of the HP Indigo 7500 digital print press

Intelligent automation and low operating cost.
• Using the Vision System, the Hewlett Packard HP Indigo 7500 digital print press performs automated calibrations and intelligent diagnostics, bolstering uptime and generating more pages.
• The HP Indigo Print Care package offers a set of tools including wizard-guided assistance for troubleshooting and webcam communications to increase uptime for mission critical and demanding jobs.
• The HP Indigo 7500 press has an option for the new Universal Finishing Interface, an intelligent end-to-end platform designed for flexible, automated inline and nearline finishing solutions, reducing labour costs and delivering faster job turnaround time.

Top speed and productivity
• Designed for high-volume production, the HP Indigo 7500 Digital Press can print up to 120 A4 pages per minute (ppm) in full colour or 240 ppm in either monochrome or 2 colours.
• Enhanced with a patent-pending Vision System for hands free automation that keeps uptime to a maximum and operator error to a minimum, the The HP Indigo 7500 digital press can deliver up to 3.5 million colour pages or 6.5 million monochrome pages per month.
• This high level of optimisation pushes the economic crossover point with offset to the level of thousands.

Print quality that only HP Indigo can deliver
• With exclusive HP ElectroInk and a unique printing process, all HP Indigo presses produce consistent images with a true look and feel of offset.
• Advanced control systems for even higher colour consistency and uniformity are embedded in the new HP Indigo 7500 Digital Press.
• Delivering the widest and most accurate digital colour gamut on the market, HP Indigo offers up to 7 ink stations, allowing 4-, 6-, and 7-colour PANTONE ®emulation, and off-press mixing, matching up to 97% of PANTONE ® colours.
• The additional colour stations also enable 6-color printing with light cyan and light magenta for professional photography applications, delivering true photographic quality that is indistinguishable from silver halide.

Powerful HP SmartStream workflow solutions
• The HP Indigo 7500 Digital Press is offered together with a range of workflow solutions to support the demands of complex jobs and scaling environments.
• HP SmartStream Production Pro Print Server is a mission critical print server that provides robust, scalable, and high-performance production with HP Indigo digital presses. It features easy remote user interfaces, scalability, unique VDP abilities.
• HP SmartStream Production Plus Print Server, Powered by Creo, meets the workflow needs of hybrid offset/digital print environments with a graphic arts feature set, enabling smooth integration of HP Indigo presses into Prinergy workflow environments.
• SmartStream Director provides business growth through Web-to-print and e2e production management via JDF bi-directional connectivity.

Specifications of the HP Indigo 7500 digital print press