HP introduces advanced digital labels and packaging portfolio

HP Inc has expanded its labels and packaging portfolio with solutions to drive the printing and converting toward more flexible, productive and profitable digital printing of any application. New solutions include the HP Indigo 6900 Digital Press for labels and packaging and HP PageWide C500 Press for mainstream corrugated production.

The new HP Indigo 6900 Digital Press increases the addressable label market while offering higher revenue per meter, including Pack Ready for Labels for the production of high-resistance labels for food, household, chemical, and pharma labels; new HP Indigo ElectroInk Silver, which delivers metallic effects across a wide color gamut, similar to Pantone 877; HP Indigo ElectroInk Invisible Blue and Yellow visible under UV light for brand protection and promotional labels. The company has also integrated with the HP Indigo GEM embellishment unit, the first fully digital, one-pass label printing and embellishment solution for spot, tactile, foil, holograms, mini textures and lamination.

Additionally, the high-performance HP Production Pro for Indigo Labels and Packaging now included in the HP Indigo 6900 and rolling out this year to HP Indigo’s entire labels and packaging portfolio. Featuring five times faster RIP power and the Esko Color Engine, the powerful Digital Front End provides extensive productivity and scalability for continuous digital production, to allow converters to scale and manage their digital production across multiple presses and multiple sites, increase the number of jobs per day, and shorten delivery cycles.

For the HP Indigo 20000 flexible packaging press, the HP Indigo Pack Ready Laminator is now commercially available. A pioneering technology, Pack Ready Lamination allows for immediate time-to-market of HP Indigo digitally printed flexible packaging by eliminating the use of adhesives. The Pack Ready Laminator is manufactured and supplied by Karlville.

Besides, the HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press offers converters an opportunity to build new profitable businesses that leverage cost-effective short runs and added value long-run production.