HP Introduces Portfolio of Large-format Printing Systems with Excellent Image Quality and Impressive Speeds (Designjet 500, Designjet 800, Designjet 5000)

29 August 2000 - 13:47

Palo Alto, Calif., Aug. 29, 2000

Hewlett-Packard Company, worldwide leader in large-format printer sales, today announced a portfolio of HP DesignJet large-format printing systems designed to give customers impressive printing speeds and excellent image quality.

The introduction includes three families of HP DesignJet printers: HP DesignJet 500, 800 and 5000 Series printers; three HP printing materials: HP Photo Imaging Gloss, HP Satin Poster Paper and HP Photo Imaging Satin; and HP ink supplies, including an UV ink solution for HP DesignJet 5000 Series printers.

The HP DesignJet 5000 Series Printers

Available in 60-inch and 42-inch models, the new HP DesignJet 5000 Series printing systems meet all the printing requirements of today's Print Service Providers (PSPs). The new family of printers comprise the HP DesignJet 5000 printer for PSPs with existing Raster Image Processor (RIP) solutions, and the HP DesignJet 5000PS printer, with an embedded Adobe® Postscript® 3™ RIP.

Production Speeds and Photo Quality

The HP DesignJet 5000 Series printing systems deliver an industry-leading combination of production speeds of up to 569 square feet per hour, and image quality with a maximum print resolution of 1200 x 600 dots per inch (dpi).

Key features that enhance the printers' speed and image quality include the following:

• six-color printing system, including light cyan and light magenta;
• HP JetExpress technology;
• HP color layering technology, which places multiple drops of ink on a single dot for a wider color gamut; and
• HP JetDirect 610N 10/100 BaseT network card.

The DesignJet 800 and 500 Series Printing Systems

The HP DesignJet 500/800 Series printing platform encompasses four printing systems -- the HP DesignJet 800, 500, 800PS and 500PS printers -- and delivers excellent line and photo quality to both technical and graphics customers.

Each new HP DesignJet printer comes in 42-inch (A1/D) or 24-inch (A0+/E+) sizes and offers the following features:

• an off-axis ink system;
• 304 nozzles in each half-inch printhead, producing 18-picoliter black-pigmented drops and 4-picoliter color dye-based drops;
• 69-cc ink-cartridge capacity;
• HP color layering technology;
• up to 1200 dots per inch (dpi) on HP DesignJet 500 Series printing systems;
• up to 2400 dpi on HP DesignJet 800 Series printing systems; and
• a fully loaded computer inside the HP DesignJet 800 Series printers, with 96MB RAM, a 6GB hard disk, a powerful HP JetDirect 10/100 BaseTX network card and fast HP-GL/2 processing capabilities.

HP DesignJet 800 and 500 Printing Systems for Technical Professionals

HP DesignJet 800 and 500 printers are designed to meet the rendering and color line-drawing needs of architects, engineers, construction designers and mechanical designers. The HP DesignJet 800 printer also is designed for GIS professionals). These systems deliver superior line accuracy and excellent photo quality, and print sharp, fine lines as thin as .002 inch with an accuracy of +/-0.2 percent of the specified page length.

HP DesignJet 800PS and 500PS Printing Systems for Graphic Professionals

The HP DesignJet 800PS and 500PS printing systems are designed for graphics professionals. For example, the HP DesignJet 800PS printing system includes an embedded Adobe PostScript 3 RIP, and the HP DesignJet 500PS includes an Adobe PostScript 3 software RIP for Macintosh and Windows®. Both printers deliver excellent photo quality and color management, using an automatic closed-loop color-calibration system for truly consistent colors with every print.

New HP Printing Materials and Inks

New HP Premium Printing Materials that are optimized to work with HP DesignJet 5000 Series printers include HP Photo Imaging Gloss, HP Photo Imaging Satin and HP Satin Poster Paper. These printing materials deliver uncompromising color images that look and feel like professional photo prints, while enabling fast throughput for optimum printing productivity.

New HP No. 83 UV-ink supplies for HP DesignJet 5000 Series printers are expected to be available in spring 2001 and achieve the same color gamut and image quality as the dye-based inks. The HP No. 81 dye-ink supplies are available now.