HP Indigo 8K Digital Press
The first choice for high productivity digital label printing
Answer the need for on-demand
medium-to-long runs
Help grow your revenue by addressing longer digital runs with more SKUs and more variable data jobs. The reliable and ultra-productive HP Indigo 8K Digital Press is built on the versatile performance and brand quality you can only get with HP Indigo technology.
Harmonize your production floor with this narrow-web press, which combines flexo speed with application versatility allowing each of your presses to work within its sweet spot. Run short, versatile jobs on the HP Indigo 6K Digital Press, convert medium-to-long run jobs to the HP Indigo 8K Digital Press, and find free flexo capacity for long, simple jobs.
HP Indigo 8K Digital Press. The first choice for high productivity digital label printing.
Adopt an Indigo-first mindset with flexo speed and HP Indigo flexibility
Optimize your entire production floor with a press that provides flexo-level productivity with the advantages of HP Indigo digital printing.
- Meet fast turnaround times with speeds up to 80 linear meters per minute in full color
- Harmonize your production floor, letting each asset work within its sweet spot. Run short, versatile jobs on the HP Indigo 6K Digital Press, convert medium-to-long run jobs to the HP Indigo 8K Digital Press, and find free flexo capacity for longer runs
- Apply just-in-time production for medium-to-long runs, reducing media waste and inventory scrap with new features like automated substrate changeover with dual web guide sensors
- HP Indigo ElectroInk can be used to produce certain food packaging that complies with EU and FDA regulations and key industry standards[1]
Outstanding media and application versatility
Expand into higher-margin applications with outstanding versatility. Print everything from pressure-sensitive labels to flexible packaging and shrink sleeves.
- Diversify your business and gain new revenue streams by producing virtually any label or packaging application from pressure-sensitive labels to sleeves, IML, wrap-arounds, and flexible packaging
- Seize business opportunities with a wide range of specialty inks, including spot colors, and comprehensive white ink portfolio
- Easily and efficiently produce shrink sleeves with premium white, specifically designed for sleeves
- Offer high-value jobs with multi-layer brand protection elements, variable data, and unique designs with HP SmartStream Mosaic and HP SmartStream Collage
- Achieve high mechanical, water, oil, and chemical durability with Label Durability Solutions approved by HP
Technical specifications :
Printing speed :
197 ft/min (Up to 60 m/min) in 4-color mode
263 ft/min (Up to 80 m/min) in Enhanced Productivity Mode
Image resolution : 812 dpi at 8 bit; addressability: 2438 x 2438 dpi HDI (High Definition Imaging)
Line screens : 175, 180, 196, 210 lpi
Image format :
12.32 in x 38.58 in (special marks complete print width format to 12.59 in)
313 mm x 980 mm (special marks complete print width format to 320 mm)
Substrate thickness* :
0.5 to 18 pt. (12 to 450 microns)
Substrate type :
Pressure-sensitive labels and shrink sleeves stock
Web width :
Max. width: 13.39 in (340 mm) / Min. width: 7.87 in (200 mm)
Unwinder :
Input roll max. diameter: 39.37 in (1000 mm)
Core inside diameter:
Standard: 3 in (76.2 mm)
Optional: 6 in (152.4 mm)
Max. roll weight: 595 lb (270 kg)
Inline Priming Unit :
Enables easy on-demand treatment of substrates
Rewinder : 27.56 in (700 mm) max. roll diameter
Print server : HP Production Pro for Indigo Label & Packaging
Press dimensions : Length: 41ft (12.5 m), Width: 7.87 ft (2.4m), Height: 6.9ft (2.1m)
Cloud connectivity : Via HP PrintOS
Press weight : 21,090 lb, (9566 kg) including inline priming unit
HP Indigo ElectroInks*
Standard 4-color printing : Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black
Additional process inks : Standard White, White for Sleeves, and Premium White
HP IndiChrome 6-color printing : Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Orange, Violet, and Violet for packaging
HP IndiChrome Plus 7-color printing :
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Orange, Violet, Violet for packaging, and Green
HP IndiChrome off-press spot inks :
HP IndiChrome Ink Mixing Service for spot colour creation using CMYK as well as Orange, Violet, Green, Reflex Blue, Rhodamine Red, Bright Yellow, and Transparent
PANTONE® colours :
Supports PANTONE PLUS®, PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM®, and PANTONE Goe™
HP Professional PANTONE Emulation Technology using CMYK on-press; HP IndiChrome on-press; HP IndiChrome Plus on-press;
HP IndiChrome off-press (IMS) Ink Mixing Service for achieving up to 97% of the PANTONE® color range.
