T1100 Simplex Color InkJet Web Press

HP (Booth 1202) is showcasing the T1100 Simplex Color InkJet Web Press, a high-speed, high-volume, 110-inch -wide (2.8 meter) simplex inkjet web press for pre-printing of corrugated top liner. This solution will enable corrugators to combine many individual jobs together on a roll or across rolls for short, mid or long runs. Unlike traditional analog pre-print, every box can be different.

Planned to print at speeds of up to 600 feet (183 meters) per minute and produce up to 300,000 square feet (30,000 square meters) per hour in four colors, this simplex inkjet web press will print corrugated liner rolls that can then be placed directly onto existing industry-standard 98 or 110 inch-wide (2.5 or 2.8 meter) corrugators. This press will be the first solution co-developed by HP and KBA since the announcement of the strategic collaboration at Graph Expo 2014 in Chicago on September 28, 2014.

Centralized corrugated preprint and box plants serving major retail brands will especially benefit from this digital pre-print solution for all corrugated print applications. Brands are increasingly requiring just-in-time inventory, shorter runs, and faster turn-around time. HP’s inkjet technology enables significant time, material, and shipping cost advantages when compared to analog processes. Digital preprint is more efficient than post-print alternatives.