Hewlett Packard announced that its HP Indigo 7000 digital press has exceeded expectations with more than 130 presses sold in the first three months of its availability. The HP Indigo 7000 is aimed at print service providers printing more than one million pages per month and offers production output at twice the speed previously available, streamlined workflows, the value-adding capabilities of variable data printing and substrate versatility.

The HP Indigo 7000 digital press delivers 120 high-quality four-color A4-size pages per minute for customers in general commercial, direct-marketing, photo merchandise and book and publications printing. The HP Indigo 7000 offers a total cost of ownership that significantly increases the break-even point of digital against conventional printing for high-print volume customers.

The strong sales for multiple units has attracted the attention of the worldwide market and shown the readiness of the industry for a high-volume digital press like the HP Indigo 7000. They have been able to complete all installations in time for the October to December peak season. New customers migrating from litho to digital are buying presses and this demonstrates the success of HP Indigo technology in meeting the demands of the market.

Photosi is a print service provider based in Rimini, Italy that has recently invested in a seven-color HP Indigo Press 5500 to produce high quality photobooks and increase its digital capacity. The company has established a new digital division to deal with increased customer demand for its services and is equipped with a range of HP’s printing technologies.

The HP printing technologies include its newly installed HP Indigo Press 5500 for the production of photobooks, calendars, photoprints, and an HP Designjet Z6100 Printer used to producer larger prints and posters. Photosi purchased its HP Indigo Press 5500 for its flexibility, reliability, and ability to produce high-resolution images and color prints cost-effectively, enabling the company to focus on innovations in digital photography.

The HP Indigo Press 5500 can produce near-silver halide quality on photo-specialty items ensuring that Photosi can fulfill its customers’ demands for offset quality. It uses HP’s liquid ink technology and features Light Cyan and Light Magenta inks thus ensuring that shadows and shading are accurately replicated and skin tones are smoothened and enhanced adding value to applications. The HP Indigo Press 5500 is capable of printing more than 1.5 million A4 color pages per month and provides unmatched print quality and productivity.

Istanbul-based print service provider Print Center recently installed an HP Indigo 7000 Digital Press in order to increase its color printing capabilities. The company was established in 1993, employed 60 people and specializes in the production of short-run applications including stationery, leaflets, brochures, and web-to-print items.

Print Center purchased its first HP Indigo Press, an HP Indigo 7000 digital press, to offer customers an extended portfolio of branded collateral and increase production capacity. Their seven-color HP Indigo 7000 provides a wide digital color gamut with the ability to match up to 97% of Pantone colors. The Indigo press also features state-of-art color management tools with ICC profile support and a print resolution up to 1219 dpi to produce accurately matched corporate colors.

Print Center’s HP Indigo 7000 Digital Press is designed to maximize efficiency featuring larger on-board ink containers and On-press Fast Ink Replacement technology to maximize uptime and increase productivity. It also has the ability to produce up to 3.5 million color pages per month. It runs at speeds up to 120 four-color A4 sized images per minute and ensures that Print Center can turn around its customers’ jobs quickly. Using their new HP Indigo press enables them to produce higher volumes of work in shorter deadlines.

Frecklebox has expanded its ability to produce affordable, personalized books, posters and custom-made gifts for children with the addition of an HP Indigo 7000 Digital Press. The new press enhances the company’s existing portfolio of HP Indigo technology and allows Frecklebox to create high-quality output with double the productivity to address the increased demand expected during the upcoming holiday season.

Frecklebox is a Web-based company that takes product customization to a new level with image personalization, a process that uses almost any illustration to create a clip font. The company is a subsidiary to Progressive Solutions, a printing and distribution business that educates and entertains kids while exploring the possibilities of Web-based digital printing. Frecklebox can now exceed customer expectations for quick turnaround time and excellent quality on a range of personalized items with the HP Indigo 7000 Digital Press.

This company is an excellent example of how customers can use digital printing technologies to open new markets and achieve profitable growth. With the HP Indigo 7000 Digital Press, Frecklebox will have the scalability needed to boost productivity and fulfill each order in time for the holidays. They currently offer an array of books, coloring books, journals, posters, and placemats printed on HP Indigo technology.

Digital People is a digital printing solutions provider in the United Kingdom that has installed a second HP Indigo press 3050 at Henry Ling Limited, further increasing the market-leading print service provider’s digital printing capacity. The HP Indigo presses are used to produce journals and books for both short-run jobs and trial printing.

Henry Ling is traditionally a litho printer that made the decision to move into digital printing seven years ago. The company purchased its first HP Indigo press 3050 from Digital People in October 2007 and were thoroughly impressed with the efficient installation process and high level of service. Since the installation of the second press, the company’s print volume has quadrupled, attracting new customers to Henry Ling and adding to the satisfaction of the company’s existence customer base.

Henry Ling uses its digital presses to print books of approximately 64-200 pages with a run length of anything between 50-500 copies. A key benefit of digital printing is versatility in run lengths and allows Henry Ling to meets its customers’ print requirements cost-effectively and quickly. The unique HP Electrolink technology also ensures print quality is not compromised when printing digitally. The HP Indigo press 3050 is compatible with a vast range of file types.