HP Indigo grabs digital headlines in India
HP boasted the biggest stall at Drupa 2016. The digital behemoth premiered the HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press. Now India has two installations of the B2 sized press. One at Silverpoint in Mumbai and the other at Colors Digital in Hyderabad, which boasts a maximum printing speed of up to 4,600 B2 colour sheets per hour, which is capable of producing more than two million colour sheets per month.
That's not all. There is the Indigo 7900 press at Tituprint in Jaipur which offers top print q
27 Jan 2017 | By PrintWeek India
The HP Indigo 12000 stands tall in the newly inaugurated Centre of Excellence in Chennai while Alon Bar-Shany interacts with visitors
The Drupa launched HP Indigo 7900 is another attraction at the Centre of Excellence which had its first installation inaugurated at Jaipur this week. A visitor tries his hands at operating the press
The HP Indigo 5900 completes the presses on display at the centre making the spacious 8000 sq ft one stop hub for all things Indigo in the country. Curious watch as HP executives setup the machine for a test run
One of the key offerings of the Centre of Excellence is the varied display of application and samples that is possible on an Indigo press from packaging to wedding albums. Seen in the picture is Gaurav Chadha, business development manager of HP posing in front of the application sample gallery
Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager of Indigo division, HP inaugurated the centre and was all praises for Redington's efforts in setting up the Indian Centre of Excellence. He is seen presenting a memento to Ramesh Natarajan, president of Redington India. Kasturirangan, whole-time director and Ramesh KS, vice president of Redington India are also seen
The wedding albums and the photo market continues to be HP Indigo's most successful application segment with the first 12000 also installed for that objective. A visitor checks out the wedding album gallery
One of unique highlights of the application gallery is the fluorescent ink samples with a special focus on the fluorescent pink which has been much spoken by HP and its possibilities on the Indigo
The Centre of Excellence also features discussion rooms which also host several samples and application. The picture is a mini sample gallery found in one of the discussion rooms
The centre which has been developed with a massive investment of 25 crore also has a wide range pre-press and software solutions from various service providers including Esko Graphics, Haiyaa, Color Logic, Human Eyes, Enfocus and HP Mosaic. Seen in the picture is the software solutions live interaction section in the centre
The press event saw HP and Redington team share the vision for the Centre of Excellence and also creating awareness with the gathering on the power of digital printing and its future. L-r: Ramesh KS, A Appadurai, country manager, digital press and inkjet business solutions, GSB, HP India, Alon Bar-Shany, Kasturirangan and Ramesh Natarajan highlighting some of the varied sample on display at the centre
Appadurai was at his wittiest best during the media interaction and quipped that the choice of Chennai as the location for the centre has to do with his roots to the city. He also quickly added that the easy access to centre from the airport and also the city being the base for HP's solution experts being the main reasons
Speaking exclusively to PrintWeek India, Bar-Shany said that he expects positive effects of demonetisation and mainly GST to make a huge impact in how business is done in India in 2017. He believes being a post drupa year the printers would be making key investments keeping in mind the next three to four years
Hyderabad-based Colors Digital installed the first HP Indigo 12000 digital press in India for the photo market segment. Appadurai, Chaitanya of Colors Digital, Alon Bar-Shany and Srinivas of Colors Digital are seen posing during the launch
The installation was formally opened by Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager of Indigo division, HP who has been criss-crossing the country for several inaugurations including the state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence in Chennai
Speaking about the installation and Color Digitals Bar-Shany said that the seven colour press is capable of producing over two million colour sheets per month and is perfect for midsized to large companies. Appadurai, Chaitanya, Bar-Shany and Srinivas display a photo enlargement print from the 12000
Chaitanya and Srinivas of Colors Digital sharing their views on the installation said that the new size capabilities will be a significant addition and believe the 14 X 40 wedding photo books and the 20 X 30 photo enlargement prints would revolutionise the industry. Bar-Shany along with Chaitanya and Srinivas showcase one of the new size photo albums
The official inauguration of the 12000 at Siverpoint’s Mahape plant in Navi Mumbai
The 12000 which commissioned in the December 2016, will replace an older HP Indigo will co-exist with the firm's fleet of four-colours and five-colours presses, and its pre-press offerings
Silverpoint Press is a boldface name, with a string of achievements, including winning the PrintWeek India Awards multiple times and is the winner of PrintWeek India Brochure and Catalogue Printer of the Year 2016
Shabbir Muchhala, managing director, Silverpoint Press, said, “The HP Indigo 12000 digital press will help us in meeting our clients demand for consistent high quality prints and its capability to print at speed of 4,600 sheets per hour and substrates of thickness ranging from 70-400gsm will help us in expanding our customer base as well to some unexplored markets as well"
“The press will help us to increase productivity, reduce waste and offer a superior quality of image printing and offer B2 size to the market in digital space,” adds Muchhala
Saifee Makasarwala, the COO at Silverpoint says, "The seven-colour press is a major boost to our capacity.” Makasarwala is impressed by the "on press quality alert system" and "one shot printing"
Makasarwala: "Having a B2 Indigo could not only meet better and consistent printing quality as compared to litho but gives us the flexibility to offer fully variable images and data in short run lengths, which we are unable to do at the moment at the quality level people are looking for"
A Appadurai of HP India says, “Silverpoint has been one of our most valued customers and we are delighted to be entrusted yet again by them to help them realise their growth strategy. This is the first installation of the HP Indigo 12000 digital offset press in the commercial printing segment”
Digital print specialist Tituprint in Jaipur became the first in India to install the HP Indigo 7900. The machine was installed on 28 December 2016. According to Mukesh Tanvani, promoter and owner of Titu, the A3 press offers a significant advantages in print quality, application range, and productivity, as well as breakthrough priming technology and colour matching capabilities
Shany says, “The HP Indigo 7900 is apt for personalisation and variable data printing and will be a valuable asset to Titu Document Centre.”
The event to highlight the capabilities of the machine hosted by HP was held on 21 January 2017. The event saw Alon Bar Shany and A Appadurai of HP in attendance
Tanvani: We were impressed by the Indigo 7900’s image reproduction, as well as its ability to print on a wide variety of substrates like synthetic, canvas, metalised and other material.”
Titu’s service offering ranges from thesis compilation, binding, flex printing, visiting cards, leaflets, brochures, vinyl printing, direct printing on t-shirts, customised personalised printing on various articles like mugs, pen stands, key chains, mobiles and mobile covers, glass, paper weights, wooden articles, diaries, and notebooks, among others
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