HP Indigo press 5500 Digital press for commercial printing

HP Updated: 2007-06-14
HP Indigo press 5500 Digital press for commercial printing

The HP Indigo press 5500 delivers unmatched quality, reaches higher levels of productivity, and achieves higher profitability — the keys to success in the digital world. Capable of printing over 1.5 million color pages or more than 5 million monochrome pages per month, the HP Indigo press 5500 is a truly universal production device. It’s also the one true digital offset press that combines the look and feel of traditional offset with genuine photo quality.

•  High utilization, extra automation
•  Offset look and feel and Photo quality
•  High performance digital front ends
•  End to end workflow solutions

Unmatched print quality

•  Superior HP ElectroInk liquid ink technology
•  Wide color gamut, with up to 7-color printing
•  Robust color management with HP Professional PANTONE© emulation and ICC profiles
•  Special and spot color capabilities, including new photo inks— light cyan and light magenta, digital matte and brand colors
•  High definition dot placement technology enables 1200 dpi and zero dot gain for superior line work and micro text printing
•  New photo color tables
•  Best-in-class color accuracy and consistency

Maximum productivity

•  Supports 68 ppm full color, 136 ppm in 2-color and 272 ppm monochrome in one press, regardless of media type or thickness
•  Continuous printing with multi drawers and stackers, seamless switching between jobs, proofs and media types
•  Adjustment free, minimum touch paper handling
•  Fast and efficient printing operations allow a single operator to run two machines simultaneously
•  On-the-fly ink replacement for CMYK, special colors and spot color for uninterrupted production
•  JDF-ready for integration into end-to-end automated workflows

Print profitably

•  Extensive automation reduces operator involvement
•  Supports a wide range of coated and uncoated substrates: Process parameters are now optimized to specific substrate characteristics, extending the media to include top branded standard offset uncoated papers.
•  On-press fast ink replacement system eliminates ink replacement downtime when changing colors on press
•  Multiple Digital Front End (DFE) options offer workflow flexibility and scalable processing power
•  Oil recycling system reduces oil consumption and waste