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HP PageWide Advantage 2200

HP customers have the flexibility now to run a variety of jobs with limited paper waste, says Simon Eccles

The water-based extended gamut HP
Brilliant Inks are the same as the T400 and
T250 models. HP Optimizer pre-coating
binder is used with some stocks to help
accept the aqueous ink. It’s only printed
where needed under the colour dots.
There are three speed settings: Quality,
Performance and Performance HDK.
Quality uses dual drop mode for smoother
skin and shadow tones and vibrant colours
(and also uses less ink). Performance uses
larger drops only for higher speeds, while
Performance HDK uses higher weights for
colour and dual weights for black, improv-
ing shadow detail without slowing the
press. The A2200 Quality mode at 101m/
minute is a third more than the T250 HD’s
Quality mode. The press is controlled and
monitored from a touchscreen towards the
end of the units. Print is monitored by the
Specifications HP Color Quick vision system with feed-
A high-quality, high-throughput inkjet How does it work? back to the operator.
web press flexible enough to change with Process Web-fed This is what HP calls a ‘single-arch’ con- After printing the web passes through
the user’s needs. thermal inkjet figuration inkjet web press, with a paper new high efficiency driers and a cooling
path that loops back on itself after the first module. Depending on the choice of media,
What does it do? Ink HP Brilliant side is printed and dried, going through
This is the latest in HPs’ PageWide family water-based turner bars to travel back and up again next weight and speed, one, two or three drier
of inkjet web presses. It is a relatively com- Colours Extended to the first side, with the second side upper- zones can be fitted. Albee says: “Our high-
pact single-engine duplex CMYK press for gamut CMYK most. The A2200 can “print on ramp,” ie efficiency driers maximise mass transfer of
521mm print widths on webs up to while the web is accelerating up to speed, large volumes of air for effective moisture
558mm. Speed is up to 152m/minute in Web width range and it can also vary the speed in response to removal at high speeds and use heat effi-
colour or up to 244m/minute in black-only. 203-558mm signals from inline finishers. ciently by heating air close to the web and
The inks are suited to coated (gloss, silk, There are six print bars and printhead recirculating up to 80%. The ‘cushion of air’
matte and dull) paper, plus uncoated, Max print width sockets, wide enough to cover both side-by- minimises media stress.”
521mm
treated and HP-specified ColorPRO paper. side webs at once, instead of 12 narrow bars Albee stresses the ability to change paper
Paper weights used on the more conventionally threaded types quickly, using pre-loaded auto-splic-
When was it launched and what mar- 40-300gsm T250 HD model. Albee says the arrange- ing roll feeders from Contiweb, Tecnau and
kets is it aimed at? ment makes for a more compact overall Hunkeler. “HP customers have the flexibil-
Max speeds 244m/ footprint. Fewer components should also
The PageWide Advantage 2200 was ity now to run a variety of jobs with limited
announced at the US Printing United show min (Mono mean higher uptime, he says. The heads paper waste.”
Performance),
are HP’s own High Definition Architecture
in October 2022. Kris Albee, global busi- 152m/mon type, with 2,400 nozzles per inch for both Options include sheeting, stacking, fold-
ness and strategic marketing master for HP (Performance mode high resolution and considerable redun- ing and other inline or nearline finishing
PageWide Industrial Presses, says it is or Performance dancy on the run. They have dual drop options. Post print coater options include
intended for “higher productivity, versatil- Mode HDK), 101m/ weights, boosting tonal range. the H&B Excelcoat ZRW+, designed for
min (Quality mode)
ity, and offset-class print quality.” These are thermal heads so need replac- the A2200. This can be supplied as aque-
]Also that it is “designed to grow/scale ing more often than piezo types, but HP ous-only, aqueous and UV combo, or
with customers as their applications and says they can be swapped out by the opera- upgradeable aqueous that can have UV
business needs change”. tor in about five minutes. added later onsite.

The water-based extended gamut HP Brilliant Inks are the same as the T400 and T250 models.

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