• The HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press won 'best packaging solution' at the EDP Awards.
    The HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press won 'best packaging solution' at the EDP Awards.
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The HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press – a web-fed version of HP Indigo's wider press platform – was one of 20 products awarded by the European Digital Press (EDP) Association last week.

Bringing home the trophy for 'best packaging solution', judges said it had expanded the market considerably.

“First seen in the Sheetfed 10000, it enables a wide range of new applications for the digital printing of packaging on flexible substrates beyond the label markets in which it has been predominant up till now,” the statement said.

With the introduction of the HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press, digital printing has become a viable solution for flexible packaging production. The press can produce the majority of flexible packaging applications, using surface or reverse printing. Digitally printed materials can be converted using standard finishing equipment to create just-in-time, cost-effective short-runs.

HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press is a 30-inch wide, roll-to-roll solution capable of producing diverse digital applications, including flexible packaging, labels, and shrink sleeves on film or paper from 0.4 to 10 pt.

HP Indigo liquid ElectroInk technology enables a digital colour printing process that matches gravure printing. HP Indigo says the 7 on-press ink stations enable converters to meet even the most stringent corporate branding requirements, using HP IndiChrome Pantone-approved on-press4-, 6- and 7-colour emulations, and off-press mixed spot inks to achieve up to 97% of PANTONE colours. One Shot Color printing technology delivers perfect colour registration on all substrates, the companty says.

The EDP Awards is now accepting submissions for its 2016 program.

The HP Indigo 20000 is available in Australia and New Zealand from Currie Group.

HP Indigo equipment is supplied by Currie Group in Australian and New Zealand: www.curriegroup.com.au

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