Premiere Event on Monday this past week, where HP introduced its first
high-speed, high-volume, PageWide technology, wide-format printer (which will not
be available until the 2nd half of 2015), HP did not reveal the
output speed of the printer.
point, all I can do is speculate about the speed of the new printer; the math
I’m going to put forth (about the output speed of the new wide-format printer)
is based on the output speed of HP’s fastest-model PageWide technology
small-format printer, the HP Officejet Pro X576dw,
which outputs at up to 70 – 8 ½ x 11 prints per minute.
info above, it’s possible that the high-speed, high volume, PageWide
technology, wide-format printer will generate output at up to 64 linear feet
per minute. HP said that the first model
will have a print width of 40”.
the printer does generate output at up to 64 linear feet per minute, that
would mean that the printer could output
32 – 24×36 prints per minute, which equates to approximately 11,500 sq ft per
hour. In color or in black & white.
the printer does generate output at up to 64 linear feet per minute, that
would mean that the printer could output
18 – 30×42 prints per minute, which equates to approximately 9,600 sq ft per
hour. In color or black & white.
technology wide-format printers will feature 2 sets of ink, so ink cartridges
can be changed on the fly.
technology wide-format printers will feature multiple rolls, roll-feed, and
auto-switching. One roll runs out,
machine will change to another roll on the fly.
technology wide-format printers will use pigmented ink and the ink on a freshly
generated print, apparently, is instant dry.
No smudge, no smear. At the
Premiere Event, one of the HP guys poured water on a print; no affect on the
ink. (I wanted to remind him that bond
paper does not like water, but I kept my mouth shut.)
technology wide-format printers will accept optional stacker units or optional
folder units.
wide-format printers will be highly
productive.
life, we used, sold and FM’d HP plotters.
My experience with HP wide-format equipment was outstanding. High degree of reliability. If
HP’s first PageWide wide-format printer proves to be as reliable as HP’s past
and existing plotters, HP’s going to win big.
It is going to be very, very difficult for OCE/Canon, KIP and Xerox (and
any other wide-format manufacturer) to compete with HP.
faster than LED equipment, that offers color and black & white, that proves
to be highly reliable, and that costs less to operate, HP’s going to expand its
market share quickly, to the detriment of the industry’s other wide-format
equipment manufacturers. Reprographers,
do you remember what happened to Xerox’s wide-format, digital, b/w equipment
business when OCE came out with the OCE 9800?
Reprographers, do you remember what happened to Xerox’s wide-format,
xerographic b/w equipment business when Shacoh came out with the Shacoh 920?
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time being) about HP’s PageWide technology wide-format printers.
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