Perfect Colours has become the first adopter of HP’s PageWide technology, receiving the first installation in this country of the HP PageWide XL 8000. This makes it the only post-beta location to date that users can visit to see the machine in action.
Interested parties can book a demonstration at Perfect Colours’s London premises by visiting its new, dedicated microsite at www.perfectcolours.com/pagewide. The PageWide technology, described as disruptive by Perfect Colours, is distinctive for its use of an array of large, single print-heads.
Perfect Colours has created a dedicated team to handle the ordering process from customers. The PageWide Unit, steered by sales director Jon Telling, will lead clients from choosing the right machine to installation, optimisation, training, media management and applications development.
The installation, in early August, took a little under six hours and includes the implementation of HP’s on-board SmartStream software, which leverages data and job submission to take full advantage of the speeds achievable using PageWide technology. Customers can therefore service rapid turnaround requirements for a wide variety of applications, including architectural drawings, posters, point-of-sale artwork and other key print-for-pay output variations.
Perfect Colours will supply the full range of HP PageWide printers, as well as HP SmartStream software, as it becomes available in stages over the coming months. Small quantities of the PageWide XL 5000 can be bought from October 2015, according to HP’s latest information, and the XL 4500 and XL 4000 MFPs will be on the market from January 2016. The XL 8000 is available imminently, and Perfect Colours said that businesses should lodge their interest as soon as possible due to anticipated high demand.
HP’s PageWide XL 8000 can reach speeds of up to 30 A1 pages per minute and offers productivity features such as in-line stacking, a dual ink supply with hot-swap functionality and rapid time-to-print.
