HP Indigo press ws4500
Productive, cost-effective, versatile printing
solution for label and package printing
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•Print runs as few as one, or up to 50,000 labels in
fast turnaround time, exactly when required and help
customers get their jobs to market quickly.
One-Shot Color printing. Enables all color separations
to be laid down simultaneously on the final substrate,
preventing registration issues and allowing you to print
on a broad variety of substrates.
•Supply small, medium and large quantities to your
customers to precisely meet their needs and help
them manage their supply chain effectively, thereby
saving them inventory costs.
HP IndiChrome Plus. Expands color versatility beyond
CMYK by offering you: a broader color gamut that
includes CMYK + OVG (orange, violet, green) inks
supported by an EskoArtwork digital front end; a
closer match to the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM
Colors; a broader applications range; a higher
analog-to-digital transformation rate.
•Provide exceptional print quality, to ensure your
customers’ brands stand out in the marketplace.
•Print spot colors to meet your customers’ corporate
branding requirements.
•Offer virtually limitless substrate compatibility and
cater to a wider range of packaging needs.
On-press Fast Ink Replacement (OFIR). Simple on-the-
fly replacement of special/spot colors eliminates the
time needed for swapping colors, making spot color
jobs simple to execute.
•Use variable data printing to provide complete, full-
color product personalization, as well as ticketing
and game pieces.
HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging Solutions,
Powered by EskoArtwork. The user-friendly HP Indigo
hardware and EskoArtwork software package enables
connectivity to conventional solutions through
EskoArtwork software. This front end solution
‘remembers’ color settings for each substrate at the
prepress stage, simplifying color management and
allowing repeat jobs to produce identical output on
whatever press you use.
•Use numbering and security features to enable
product track and trace and help your customers
protect their assets.
Benefit from built-in revolutionary
technology
Your HP Indigo press ws4500 includes a number of
uniquely competitive features:
HP ElectroInk. HP Indigo uses the unique HP ElectroInk
liquid ink technology — the only color process in
digital printing that equals the quality and color range
of offset.
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Fast setup and job changeover
One-Shot Color
Assures perfect registration by accumulating all
image separations on the blanket and transferring
them to the substrate simultaneously in one shot.
Rewinder
•An easy-to-use touch screen
panel, inspection plate and
splicing table allow print
quality inspection and fast roll
replacement.
Touch screen panel
•Optional rewinder designed
especially for flexible
packaging applications with
tension control and web guide.
•Multi-substrate capabilities
down to 12µ films.
Inspection plate
Splicing table
Work station
•For intuitive operator control
over the functioning of the
press, with easy-to-use menus
and guidance.
•Remote assistance to press
operator via support center.
7-station ink cabinet
•Liquid-based HP ElectroInk achieves
best-in-class print quality.
•7 ink stations allow the use of up to 7-color process
colors (CMYKOVG) or a combination of process
and special colors (white or spot).
•The on-the-fly On-press Fast Ink Replacement (OFIR)
system makes spot color jobs simple to execute and
increases overall press productivity.
Ink cans
For easy, fast and
clean ink replacement.
In-line densitometer
Assures color consistency,
fidelity, dot gain
compensation and
accurate repeatability
across jobs and allows
the operator to fine-tune
the press during printing.
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Digital front end solutions
HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging Print Server, Powered by
EskoArtwork digital front end that supports end-to-end workflow.
Attention lights
•Allow operator to monitor press alerts remotely.
•Allow customers with multiple presses to assign one
operator to 2 presses.
Web guide
Automated web guide for continuous substrate
control.
Unwinder
Easy-to-use touch screen panel, splicing table and
web handling make changing substrates quick and
easy.
Adjustable web width
mechanism
Splicing table
For easy adjustment of
substrate width.
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Rotoflex Vericut System (www.rotoflex.com). The off-
line Vericut system features automatic registration with
continuous correction, auto-positioning, auto-learn,
servo-driven draw stations, and maximum machine
speed in variable and constant repeat modes.
Maximize results with HP Indigo
partners
HP has aligned with industry-leading partners to
address the most critical customer needs:
Delta Industrial (www.deltaind.com). The Delta
Spectrum Series flexible Mod-Tech rotary converter is
optimized to run in-line or off-line with the HP Indigo
narrow web presses. All modules are servo controlled
to register and reregister from each axis; they unwind
and rewind clockwise or counter clockwise. The system
includes a steering assembly and die station, and
provides the coating, over laminate, flex and engraved
die cut, slit or sheet, laser die cutting, hot stamp, cold
foil and more.
The HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging Print
Server, Powered by EskoArtwork. A high-performance
RIP, Digital Front-End and workflow controller, the
server can reside in your prepress environment or near
the press. From its centralized location, it assures
highly efficient file processing, best-in-class color
control, simple, sophisticated bar-coding, enhanced
step and repeat and high quality variable data output.
The server enables connectivity to central EskoArtwork
workflow solutions, as well as to other workflow
components, such as web-to-print and MIS solutions.
Michelman (www.michem.com). Environmentally
friendly, water-based DigiPrime coatings provide
excellent HP Indigo ink adhesion on a variety of
substrates.
With extensive space for storing a tremendous number
of jobs, the server scales to adopt system upgrades
and increased workflow requirements. The solution
also addresses your production needs through ICC
color management, and includes prepress tools in the
Media partners:
Fedrigoni/Manter, UPM Raflatac, Avery Dennison,
Ineos Films, Mitsubishi and Innovia offer diverse self-
adhesive paper and films on rolls and sheets.
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native environment of Adobe Illustrator .
AB Graphic (www.abgint.com)
ABG Digicoat: offers an affordable in-house coating
solution, and can be used to apply water-based
primers or optionally UV curable over varnishes.
“The print quality of
the HP Indigo press
is excellent, and its
7-color capabilities
enable us to print on
a wider range of
substrates, including
clear, textured and
colored variants.”
Elisha Tropper,
ABG Digicon label finishing: the Series 2 Digicon
range from AB Graphic International offers an
unprecedented variety of options for digital print
finishing—available either in-line or off-line and
incorporating flexo varnishing and semi-rotary
die-cutting along with the options of overlaminating,
semi-rotary screen printing, hot foil blocking, and
embossing, as well as an inspection system. The
modular design allows for any combination of
processes to be carried out in a single pass, and its
sophisticated control system enables quick
changeovers with minimal waste.
former President
and Owner
Prestige Label, NC
ABG Digilam flexible packaging finishing: the ABG
Digilam is a laminator designed for flexible packaging
applications, such as food-specific substrates. The
equipment allows water-based adhesives to be applied
via a gravure coating system. It incorporates a 4-stage
high power hot air drying system, followed by a
heated laminating nip roller and a single spindle
rewind with pneumatic lay-on roller. A sophisticated
web tension control system enables the easy handling
of materials as thin as 12 microns.
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Technical specifications
Print engine specifications:
Printing speed
52.5 feet per min. in 4-color mode
105 feet per min. in 1 or 2-color mode
Substrate thickness
Substrate type
12*-350 micron (0.47*-13.8 mils)
Self-adhesive label stock and films
HP ElectroInk technology
Printing technology
Image quality
812 x 812 dpi
812 x 1,624 dpi when printing in high resolution mode
Line screens: 144 (sequin) 160, 175, 180, 230 lpi
Image size
Web width
12.13" x 17.72" max.
Max. width: 12.99"
Min. width: 7.87"
Process colors
Standard 4-color printing
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
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PANTONE Colors**
HP IndiChrome on-press simulation (6-color printing)
HP IndiChrome on-press simulation (7-color printing)
HP IndiChrome off-press (mixed spot ink)
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Orange and Violet
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Orange, Violet and Green
PANTONE Colors are mixed using the HP IndiChrome Ink Mixing System or
ordered via the HP Indigo Ink Mixing Services.
White ink
Yes
Input system
Input roll max. diameter: 51.18"
Core inside diameter: 3" (6" optional)
Tension control system
Roll load/unload pneumatic device
Max. roll weight: 880 lb.
Active web guide
Air expanded shaft
Output system
Rewinder: 23.62" max. roll diameter
Dimensions of press
Length: 81.1"
Width: 64.96"
Height: 86.61"
Weight of press
12,100 lb.
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HP SmartStream Labels and
Packaging Print Server,
Powered by EskoArtwork
Software platform
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Hardware platform
Network protocols
2.8 GHz Pentium® 4 processor, 36 GB hard drive
512 MB base memory, expandable to 4 GB
15 inch flat screen monitor
DVD-RW/CD-RW
Image disks - two 36 GB drives which provide 70 GB of image memory
TCP/IP
Profibus with WHS
Physical network connection
10/100/1000 Base-T
Supported formats and standards
HP SmartStream DigitalFront-Ends
Postscript Level 3, PDF 1.4, TIFF, JPEG, EPS, PPML 1.0, JLYT
Optional equipment/ configuration:
HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging Color Kit, powered by EskoArtwork
HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging VDP Tools, powered by EskoArtwork
HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging Pre/press Tools, powered by EskoArtwork
Expanded colors capabilities
Reinsertion
5th, 6th and 7th color printing; HP Indigo Ink Mixing System
Optional
*Substrate testing recommended
**Pantone licensed
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Mailstop 401
Atlanta, GA 30319
USA
Tel: +1 800 289 5986
Fax: +1 404 648 2054
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.
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The Netherlands
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Fax: +31 43 356 5600
Asia Pacific
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138 Depot Road
Singapore 109683
Tel: +65 6727 0777
Fax: +65 6276 3160
Latin America
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Miami, FL 33126
USA
Tel: +305 267 4220
Fax: +305 265 5550
Israel
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P.O. Box 150
Rehovot 76101
Israel
Tel: +972 8 938 1818
Fax: +972 8 938 1338
or www.hp.com/go/myhpindigoweb
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