The PageWide XL 8000 

HP has launched its new portfolio of PageWide XL Printers, offering the fastest large-format production printing available in colour and black-and-white. 

The printers provide monochrome and colour prints at breakthrough speeds up to 60% faster than the fastest monochrome light-emitting diode (LED) printer. 

The new printers will enable reprographic houses, printers and enterprise central reprographic departments to produce computer-aided design (CAD) drawings and will open new business opportunities with geographic information system 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, offering affordable, high-quality black-and-white and colour output in a single device at the fastest speeds available.’

These are the first products introduced under the new HP PageWide sub-brand. Based on 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 low operation costs driven by life-long printheads, high ink efficiency and cloud-based support.

The PageWide XL 8000 prints at speeds up to 30 D/A1-size prints per minute as well as two 775 ml ink cartridges per colour with automatic switching and up to six rolls – more than 1200 metres – of media for sustained productivity. 

The HP PageWide XL 5000 Printer and Multi-function Printer (MFP) aimed at small- to medium-sized reprographic houses and enterprise CRDs for mid-volume technical document production, can run at up to 14 D/A1-size prints per minute as well as two 400 ml ink cartridges per colour 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 can 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 colour jobs at high speeds and will fill the gap between our existing technology to better service our diverse customer base.’

The new printers consolidate workflow to deliver mixed black-and-white and colour prints in half the time it would take to manually collate documents produced on multiple printers. In addition, a full portfolio of scanning and finishing solutions, including the Designjet HD and SD Pro Scanners and new 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.

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

HP PageWide XL Pigment Inks increase print quality with crisp lines, fine detail and smooth grayscales. The inks also provide dark blacks, vivid colours, and moisture and fade resistance even on uncoated bond paper at high speeds. 

New HP large-format printing materials up to 1 metre meet ISO/U.S. technical and offset standard page sizes 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.