HP scales its PageWide technology to wide format

Two new Designjet models are released ahead of the imaging giant's strategy to scale down of its PageWide technology.

HP announced the release of two wide format machines at its media conference in Mumbai yesterday. The Designjet T3500 production eMultifunction printer is claimed as the most productive large-format colour multifunction printer in its category and ideal for use by enterprises. The Designjet T7200 is a full-colour large-format printer built for central reprographic and reprographic houses with high-volume print demands.

Next year HP will make available in Australia wide format engines with PageWide technology. This will continue the HP strategy of building scale savings by migrating a single imaging system over different types of printing, from the high-speed commercial inkjet webs – the T- series – down to office multi-function devices and now to the Designjet wide-format printers. Using the scalable PageWide technology means the thermal inkjet heads can be produced in large numbers reducing the cost per unit.

The 914mm-wide Designjet T3500, which does not use the PageWidfe technology,  requires no warm-up time and features an ultra-fast processor and a high-productivity scanner with batch-scanning, multipage PDF creation and scan-to-email capabilities.

The 1,067 mm-wide HP Designjet T7200 can handle three heavy media rolls. It can produce both colour and black-and-white prints on a wide range of media, from bond to glossy photo paper, with a low cost of operation comparable to monochrome LED printers.