HP has now launched the HP PageWide T1195i Press for pre-print corrugated printing featuring new printhead technology. New HP Thermal Inkjet printheads on the 2.8m (110-inch) wide HP PageWide T1195i Press are designed to deliver more robust and economical production for roll-fed presses, to drive mainstream production and enable converters to move more jobs from flexo pre-print and litho-lam to digital. The printhead technology incorporates thermal control features to enhance preprint system performance and help reduce operational costs, while delivering consistent high quality at high speeds. Using these printheads, the press features improved paper handling capabilities to support a wider range of liners and applications.
Georgia-Pacific’s Hummingbird® will be the first to deploy the new HP PageWide T1195i Press at a new Phoenix, Arizona site opening later this year. “With the purchase of the second HP PageWide T1100 Series Press for installation in Arizona to better serve the west, Georgia-Pacific’s Hummingbird® operation will be able to scale its digital print solutions for packaging to offer customers greater flexibility nationwide and meet the increasing demand for shorter turnaround time. The new printhead technology on the HP PageWide T1195i Press is expected to further enhance the productive capacity and reduce operational costs. As a strategic customer, Hummingbird, together with HP, will validate the improved system performance that will expand Hummingbird’s ability to enter new markets and applications,” said Robert Seay, Vice President, digital print solutions, Georgia-Pacific.
To extend the HP PageWide sustainability offering, HP also confirmed that its digital corrugated packaging inks for the HP PageWide C500 have completed tests and received certification for compostability in home and industrial systems. Din Certco of Germany, a leading global independent certifying body for compostable products, certified the HP PageWide C500 CV150 HP inks with a “mark of conformity’ for the composting process, confirming the inks are ‘additive harmless to the composting process.’
The successful testing verifies HP PageWide C500 press prints can be used as packaging recoverable through composting and biodegradation in accordance with leading standards, such as EU regulation EN 13432. HP PageWide corrugated inks were also tested and found recyclable by Papiertechnische Stiftung (PTS) of Germany using standard processes.
