“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, former President and Owner Prestige Label, NC
Maximize results with HP Indigo partners
HP has aligned with industry-leading partners to address the most critical customer needs:
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Michelman (www.michem.com). Environmentally friendly, water-based DigiPrime coatings provide excellent HP Indigo ink adhesion on a variety of substrates.
Media partners:
Fedrigoni/Manter, UPM Raflatac, Avery Dennison, Ineos Films, Mitsubishi and Innovia offer diverse self- adhesive paper and films on rolls and sheets.