A delighted Andrew Wells of Celmac told Wide Format Online that Celmac had clinched the distributorship of the HP L65500 Latex printer.
"Latex is the future, it is an eco friendly ink and when combined with HP's patented Wide Scan technology and Optical Media Advance Sensor, the machine is leaps and bounds ahead of other machines in its class", he said."We also have a team of HP Certified technicians that can do log book servicing and maintenance on these printers."
The HP L65500 Latex Printer was launched at Drupa last year and it was only last week that HP announced the availability of the machine in the Australia and New Zealand region.
HP Designjet L65500 Overview
Designed with the environment in mind, the HP Designjet L65500 Printer featuring HP Latex Inks and HP Wide Scan Technology offers PSPs a versatile print system that can produce a wide range of applications – from point-of-purchase displays, transit signage, wall murals and exhibition graphics to vehicle graphics and fleet marking, and a variety of exterior and interior event signage. Together, these technologies provide durable, odorless (1) prints; sharp, vivid image quality; application versatility; and high productivity, enabling PSPs to increase their print capacity and grow their business while reducing the impact of their printing on the environment.
Achieve outdoor and indoor application versatility
The HP Designjet L65500 Printer with HP Latex Inks produces durable outdoor and indoor applications up to 104 inches (2.64 m) that withstand the elements while also providing exceptional image quality at high resolution – up to 1,200 dpi. Outdoor prints produced with the HP Designjet L65500 and HP Latex Inks on Original HP media achieve display permanence of up to three years unlaminated and up to five years laminated and are scratch, smudge and water resistant.(2) HP Latex Inks are expected to provide good image quality, display permanence and durability on most low-cost, uncoated, solvent-compatible media.
HP large-format media, HP Latex Inks and the HP Designjet L65500 Printer are designed and tested together to provide optimal results with every print. HP designed 14 new large-format media – including five recyclable substrates(3) – for optimal results with HP Latex Printing Technologies. A proprietary new HP media surface-treatment technology – designed together with the HP Designjet L65500 Printer – produces a wide color gamut and makes it possible to achieve both durability and sharp, vivid image quality on materials that do not typically print well with solvent inks.
Innovative supplies reduce the impact of printing
Innovative, new water-based HP Latex Inks provide many of the benefits of solvent-ink technology without imposing the typical environmental, health and safety considerations. Odorless prints(1) produced with HP Latex Inks emit extremely low levels of volatile organic compounds. There is no special ventilation required to meet occupational exposure limits and there are no requirements for air discharge permitting(4), facilitating an improved printing environment. Non-hazardous HP Latex Inks are not classified as hazardous waste(5) and are non-flammable and non-combustible. In compliance with the industry-leading certification, Nordic Swan, HP Latex Inks do not produce ozone emissions during printing and contain no hazardous air pollutants.(6)
High-speed, high-quality printing for new levels of productivity
HP Wide Scan Printing Technology delivers high productivity and high image quality using two proprietary HP technologies working together: HP Wide Scan Printheads and the HP Optical Media Advance Sensor (OMAS). The HP Designjet L65500 Printer with HP Wide Scan Printheads enables consistent, high-quality output at exceptionally fast print speeds.(7) When PSPs reach new levels of productivity, business picks up speed.
The HP Designjet L65500 Printer features three 4.25-inch (108 mm) printheads with a total of 31,680 nozzles that support a firing frequency of up to 24 KHz and produce an 8.5-inch print swath. The printheads, combined with precise media advancement using HP OMAS, facilitate outdoor-quality prints at up to 850 square feet per hour (70 square meters per hour) and up to 370 square feet per hour (35 square meters per hour)(8) for indoor-quality prints.
With 10,560 nozzles per printhead, the HP Designjet L65500 uses three printheads, each containing two colors of ink, to produce high-resolution indoor prints at up to 1,200 dpi with a 12 picoliter drop size, allowing for a wide color gamut and sharp details while meeting the demands of high-speed, high-production-volume printing.
Key features and benefits
a) Outdoor prints produced with HP Latex Inks on HP Original media achieve display permanence up to three years unlaminated and up to five years laminated and are scratch, smudge and water resistant on a range of media(2) – performance comparable to solvent-ink technology
b) Indoor prints produced with HP Latex Inks achieve display permanence in-window up to five years unlaminated and up to 10 years laminated on Original HP media (2)
c) HP 786 Designjet Printheads together with HP 786 Latex Designjet Ink Cartridges produce sharp, vivid image quality across a variety of media, including most low-cost, uncoated, solvent-compatible media. With a design that supports an ink drop size as small as 12 picoliters, these printheads achieve the precision required to produce a wide color gamut and sharp detail – performance comparable to solvent-ink technology(9)
d) High-resolution – up to 1,200 dpi. Print sharp, readable text as small as 4 point
e) HP Wide Scan Printing Technology – consisting of three scalable, high-speed HP Wide Scan Printheads – together with HP’s proprietary OMAS, deliver outdoor-quality prints at up to 850 square feet per hour, and indoor-quality prints at up to 370 square feet per hour(8)
f) HP 786 Designjet Printheads support a firing frequency of up to 24 KHz. Each printhead contains two colors of ink and 1,200 nozzles per inch – or 10,560 nozzles per printhead – for precise, accurate placement of ink on the page, enabling high-speed, high-productivity printing
g) HP Latex Inks produce odorless(1) prints. Prints are durable enough for demanding applications such as outdoor displays, but lack the noticeable odor that can limit indoor applications – a characteristic more typical of prints produced with solvent-ink technology
h) Print color consistently across a range of temperature and humidity conditions over the life of the printer with HP DreamColor Technologies. The HP Designjet L65500 uses an embedded spectrophotometer to automatically scan a printer-generated color target, measure its properties, then make and record any corrections allowing for fully automated color calibration
i) The new HP large-format media portfolio includes five recyclable substrates,(3) including HP HDPE Reinforced Banner, HP Tyvek® Banner, HP Heavy Textile Banner, HP Photo-realistic Poster Paper and HP Wrinkle-free Flag with liner
j) Two specially treated HP media, HP Tyvek Banner and HP High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Reinforced Banner, provide both image quality and durability when printing with HP Designjet L65500 Printer using HP Latex Inks. This proprietary new HP media surface-treatment technology produces a wide color gamut and makes it possible to achieve both durability and sharp, vivid image quality on materials that don’t typically print well with solvent inks
k) Designed together, HP Latex Inks achieve the optimum in high quality, consistent performance and application versatility on Original HP large-format media. The variety of HP media includes both outdoor and indoor substrates, and ranges from low-cost, uncoated media to a selection of banner, self-adhesive, film, fabric, paper, mesh and specialty options
l) HP Latex Inks are not classified as a hazardous material per transportation requirements,(5) there are no hazard warning labels and they are not considered hazardous waste. These inks are also non-flammable and non-combustible
m) Unlike printers using solvent inks, the HP Designjet L65500 Printer using water-based HP Latex Inks and HP 786 Designjet Printheads does not require daily, manual printhead maintenance(10)
n) Individual HP 786 Designjet Printheads are user replaceable, eliminating the downtime and expense of a service call. Replace ink and media less frequently with 3-liter ink cartridges and 110 kg media roll support
o) Designed to reduce the impact of printing on the environment, the innovative new design of HP 786 3-liter Latex Designjet Ink Cartridges includes a recyclable cardboard container that reduces materials use and maximizes usable ink. These ink cartridges have no special handling or extensive transportation requirements
p) Water-based HP Latex Inks are completely cured inside the HP Designjet L65500 printer to form a durable film on the print medium. Prints come out of the printer ready to use, finish and prepare for shipment, enabling high productivity
q) For seamless integration with customers’ existing workflows, HP is working with major software RIP vendors, including Caldera Graphics, EFI, GMG, Onyx Graphics, PosterJet and SA International, to develop solutions for the HP Designjet L65500 Printer.
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