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Print Service Providers Worldwide Accelerate Growth With the HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press

BEIJING — (Marketwired) — 05/13/13 — HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced continued market acceptance of the B2-format , which is helping print service providers (PSPs) worldwide grow their businesses through increased efficiency and a wider range of digital print applications.

Installations of the HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press are now complete in 11 countries. Examples of customers that have recently adopted the HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press include:

added HP Indigo 10000 Digital Presses to its China plant to strengthen regional operations and increase productivity to better service its customers in the retail apparel industry.

Netherlands-based installed the press to take advantage of its wider format and bolster its digital print capabilities.

, based in the United States, acquired the press to produce commercial and packaging applications, and to deliver new innovations to its customers.

Momentum of the entire continues, with more than 6,000 and 100 installed worldwide as of the end of January.

Since the introduction of the HP Inkjet Web Press in 2009, many customers have adopted multiple presses to drive their business transformation. This includes , which has seven presses, with six HP Inkjet Web Presses, and and , which have four HP Inkjet Web Presses each.

Widespread adoption of these solutions, including explosive growth in the Asia Pacific and Japan region (APJ), has driven the analog to digital transformation in the graphics industry and contributed to the strong growth of high-value digital pages.

HP also announced a series of new solutions and product upgrades for its digital press portfolio, enabling PSPs to expand capabilities and help increase profitability.

“PSPs are facing immense pressure to expand their services and add new capabilities to remain competitive in the marketplace,” said Stephen Nigro, senior vice president, Graphics Solutions Business, HP. “HP-s expanded graphics portfolio, introduced one year ago at drupa 2012, is fueling the industry transformation from analog to digital printing by helping our customers expand their range of applications, go after high-value pages and grow their businesses.”

HP made these announcements in conjunction with , where HP is the largest digital printing exhibitor.

To help customers protect their investments and produce a broader range of high-value applications, HP is introducing new features for its best-selling HP Indigo Digital Presses.

The company demonstrated a new red-fluorescing invisible ink for the HP Indigo 7000, and Digital Presses. Currently available on the HP Indigo Digital Press, HP Indigo ElectroInk UV Red is valuable for tracking and anticounterfeiting features. It is expected to be available worldwide in September.

HP also is demonstrating 600-micron (24mil) one-shot printing for the HP Indigo Digital Press, which enables PSPs to produce high-margin synthetic applications such as mono-core cards and signs. This capability is expected to be available worldwide in October.

Both features build on the capabilities HP introduced last year for the industry-leading HP Indigo 5X00 and 7X00 series Digital Presses to offer PSPs greater application versatility, increased productivity and improved automation.

HP also introduced (EPM) for the HP Indigo Digital Press. EPM, which was introduced on all other HP Indigo Digital Presses last year, gives customers a competitive edge by reducing turnaround times and production costs. With EPM, color jobs use only three inks instead of four, without compromising print quality. This capability is expected to be available worldwide in June 2013.

Also at China Print, HP will feature the HP Indigo and Digital Presses, as well as its wide range of , including , designed to help PSPs increase productivity and efficiency of their HP Indigo digital presses.

HP is developing new solutions designed to help PSPs maximize their return on investment in production inkjet equipment. New workflow and color management solutions include:

HP SmartStream Composer, a variable data printing (VDP) composition server for HP SmartStream Designer templates. Currently available for HP Indigo Presses, HP SmartStream Composer is now optimized to run at inkjet web press speed for a variety of applications. It is targeted at printers who generate personalized print products and are looking for a cost-effective VDP composition solution for HP Color Inkjet Web Presses.

HP SmartStream Web Press Color Studio, a comprehensive suite of tools and solutions for the HP Color Inkjet Web Press family, enables optimal inkjet color print quality by allowing PSPs to accurately check color quality before going to print. Using the solution helps PSPs achieve consistent color results from design through print. It includes soft proofing, the ability to create ICC color profiles, spot color matching aids, installation and on-site color training. The also is available as an option for hard-copy proofing using an HP Designjet proofing device.

HP SmartStream Composer and HP SmartStream Web Press Color Studio are available worldwide.

Additional information about the HP Graphics Solutions Business is available at , on the HP Graphic Arts YouTube channel at and through the HP Graphic Arts Twitter Feed at .

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