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Star product
HP PageWide Advantage 2200

A high-quality, high-throughput inkjet web press flexible enough to change with the user’s needs, says Simon Eccles

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, improving shadow
detail without slowing the press.
What’s the USP?
Albee says the modular design, includ-
ing up to three drying units, lets the
A2200 “print high-coverage, high-value
jobs on thick substrates, giving PSPs one
flexible press to produce high-volume
commercial work with integrated finish-
ing.”
How easy is it to use?
Albee says: “HP digital web presses
have a high degree of automation, set-
tings that can be recalled, and consist-
What does it do? Specifications ond side uppermost. The A2200 can ency – especially colour
This is the latest in HPs’ PageWide “print on ramp,” ie while the web is consistency – natively. Combine this
family of inkjet web presses. It is a rela- Process: Web-fed accelerating up to speed, and it can also with online training, in-person classes
tively compact single-engine duplex thermal inkjet vary the speed in response to signals from and augmented reality help through xR
CMYK press for 521mm print widths on inline finishers. There are six print bars
webs up to 558mm. Speed is up to 152m/ Ink: HP Brilliant and printhead sockets, wide enough to services, and I’d say digital press opera-
minute in colour or up to 244m/minute water-based cover both side-by-side webs at once, tions are a ton easier. Current HP T250
in black-only. The inks are suited to instead of 12 narrow bars used on the HD customers who have purchased the
coated (gloss, silk, matte and dull) paper, Colours: Extended more conventionally threaded T250 HD HP PageWide Advantage 2200 were able
plus uncoated, treated and HP-specified gamut CMYK model. Albee says the arrangement to learn basic press operation in less than
ColorPRO paper. makes for a more compact overall foot-
Web width range: print. Fewer components should also a day.”
When was it announced and what 203-558mm mean higher uptime, he says. The heads
markets is it aimed at? are HP’s own High Definition What training and service support is
Max print width: on offer?
The PageWide Advantage 2200 was 521mm Architecture type, with 2,400 nozzles per
announced at the US Printing United inch for both high resolution and consid- “HP flexible service plans range from
show in October 2022. Kris Albee, global Paper weights: erable redundancy on the run. They have operator-trained self-service models
business and strategic marketing master 40-300gsm dual drop weights, boosting tonal range. through to 24/7 support options. We find
for HP PageWide Industrial Presses, says These are thermal heads so need replac- many commercial customers and really
it is intended for “higher productivity, Max speeds 244m/min ing more often than piezo types, but HP
versatility, and offset-class print quality.” (Mono Performance), says they can be swapped out by the oper- large customers prefer to be trained and
Also that it is “designed to grow/scale 152m/mon ator in about five minutes. essentially pay themselves to service the
with customers as their applications and (Performance mode The water-based extended gamut HP equipment,” says Albee.
business needs change”. or Performance Mode Brilliant Inks are the same as the T400
HDK), 101m/min and T250 models. HP Optimizer pre- What does it cost?
How does it work? (Quality mode) coating binder is used with some stocks HP won’t reveal pricing, but Albee says
This is what HP calls a ‘single-arch’ to help accept the aqueous ink. It’s only it’s “economically attractive.” It’s pay-as-
configuration inkjet web press, with a 30mm210x297mm/600x400mm printed where needed under the colour you-go: “No clicks, the pricing is con-
paper path that loops back on itself after dots. There are three speed settings:
the first side is printed and dried, going Feed capacity 30mm Quality, Performance and Performance sumables-based. You purchase inks,
through turner bars to travel back and up HDK. Quality uses dual drop mode for printheads and web wipe cassettes as
again next to the first side, with the sec- smoother skin and shadow tones and they’re consumed.”
““No clicks, the pricing is consumables-based.”

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