HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press

Help build a high-growth, profitable business by capturing a share of the demand for short-run jobs, delivered with fast turnarounds and enhanced with high-value features, like brand protection and mass customization, all while saving time and waste.

The HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press is a market-proven, 29 inch format offset-matching sheetfed solution empowering folding carton converters to capture high-margin opportunities and move to more efficient production. Adopted by leading folding carton converters worldwide, the press offers a competitive edge with zero setup, minimal waste, and easy versioning capabilities to deliver shorter runs and faster turnaround time.

This field-proven B2 digital press[1]—with step-function innovations—is your entry to the digital folding carton revolution. Provide offset quality on every box; fast, short runs; added-value brand protection or mass customization for any run length.

Gain on high-growth business with the step-function press for short-run folding cartons

Folding carton converters looking to address short-run production opportunities, especially high-end healthcare, personal care, confectionary markets.

Folding carton converters looking to address short-run production opportunities, especially high-end healthcare, personal care, confectionary markets.

Shift to a digital mindset and optimize efficiency

Enabled by HP Indigo’s liquid ElectroInk technology and unique digital offset process, HP Indigo digital prints are the highest quality. They match or exceed offset, allowing them to be used interchangeably. Use up to 7 ink stations on press and the widest digital color gamut to fulfill strict brand color requirements with up to 97% of PANTONE® colors. Meet tight turnarounds with a B2 format ideal for short runs—saving half the converting waste/cost vs. B1.[3] Brands such as P&G, Nestle, Parmalat and the Jelly Bean Factory are deploying HP Indigo’s proven print quality and versatile technology to meet market challenges. HP Indigo printing can address SKU proliferation and seasonal redesigns, optimize supply chains, and produce mass customization and personalization for campaigns that boost sales and brand loyalty. Unique variable data capabilities for brands include HP SmartStream Mosaic unlimited designs, barcodes, text, images and security features. Easily transition from one job to the next with drawers, pallet feeder, and proof-while-printing capabilities. Equipped with an inline priming system, the press prints on substrates from 10 pt to 24 pt. including coated, uncoated and off-the-shelf paperboard, metalized, and synthetics, enabling the production of almost any box, sleeve, or blister application in offset quality. Significantly reduce setup with fastest time-to-color[4] enabled by HP Indigo Spot Master. Create an entire production line from idea to finished box. Digitally printed materials can be converted using optimized solutions or standard finishing equipment. Benefit from the HP Indigo ecosystem including the Workflow Suite Powered by Esko, pre-press and converting and finishing solutions from partners. An end-to-end approach with inline priming, fully integrated coater, and the HP PrintOS X workflow ecosystem. HP PrintOS is a print production operating system with apps that help you get more out of your HP Indigo presses, and simplify and automate your production. Use PrintOS to continuously improve operations. Access the open and secure cloud-based PrintOS platform anytime, anywhere.

Own high-value markets with wide application range

HP Indigo’s liquid electrophotography (LEP) technology, using HP Indigo ElectroInk with minute ink particles, delivers crisp linework, attractive images and smooth vignettes with a very thin ink layer that gives uniform gloss between the ink and substrate. Capable of running 20 different jobs per shift (1000 sheets on average per job)—with no setup and minimal waste. The press is now delivering even sharper, higher quality printing using dozens of hardware, supplies and software innovations. Advances include optimized calibrations for perfect color uniformity, tailored line screens, and a microsphere-based blanket. HP Indigo print is compatible with industry standards for varnishes, foil stamping, lamination, cutting, creasing, folding and gluing, and is both FDA and EU compliant for non-direct food contact. Take advantage of an extensive color gamut including HP Indigo ElectroInk White. Emulate PANTONE® colors on press using CMYK or HP IndiChrome’s 6- or 7-color process. True spot colors can be ordered from the HP IndiChrome Ink Mixing Service for outstanding Pantoneapproved solids. Expand into digital rigid box applications with lightweight media ranging from 150 microns for liner printing. All color separations are transferred in a single pass on the substrate, for perfect color-to-color registration, including on heat-sensitive materials. Offer smart packaging with multi-layered brand protection solutions and unique designs. The Color Automation Package guarantees standards-matching color accuracy and consistency. A built-in spectrophotometer and software tools simplify color management and eliminate the need for expensive software, hardware and manual calibration processes. Create color profiles and match PANTONE® colors in a simple, precise process.

Deliver on highest quality, for premium brands

Print up to 60 different jobs per shift with automatic and immediate switching from one job to another. Achieve up to 97% PANTONE® gamut on press using CMYK, OVG, and spot colors. Reach a speed of up to 4600 full color sheets per hour in Enhanced Productivity Mode (EPM), increasing throughput by 33% for most color jobs using only three color separations. Get interchangeable offset quality—with thin layers, dot shapes, media gloss—with HP Indigo LEP technology. The 29 x 20 inch format covers the vast majority of folding carton jobs, while providing savings in setup time, procedures and waste for conventional finishing. Produce smooth color tints, detailed small images, and fine small, micro text with the HP Imaging System. An optional synthetics kit that includes an inline corona unit opens opportunities for high-margin substrates including metalized boards and synthetic media up to 25 pt, including PVC, PET and PP. The technology also supports dark substrates. Easily and confidently reach and maintain color—every box is the same, wherever and whenever printed. This inline system allows usage of off-the-shelf paperboard. An optional inline refreshment corona unit allows for an expanded range of substrates. HP Indigo ElectroInk Digital Primer allows use of spot priming for rough substrates such as CCNB board.

Advanced end-to-end solutions

HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging Print Server, Powered by Esko, provides the most advanced tools in the industry for streamlining pre-press processes. It features best-in-class, fully integrated solutions for accurate and fast digital color management to reproduce any print job. It enables bi-directional connectivity with industry standard prepress automation and production management systems and is driven by a powerful Adobe RIP engine. An optimized solution, the TRESU iCoat 30000, is developed specifically for the Indigo 30000. The iCoat offers a range of modules including a corona, one or two coating towers of UV and aqueous varnish with fast changeover, a 100% inspection system from AVT, and a special system supporting high viscosity inks. HP Indigo partners offer optimized solutions for digital production. KAMA Pro-cut die cutting is a flexible solution equipped with hot, register hologram, and embossing capabilities. The KAMA FlexFold fold and glue machine sets up in only a few minutes. Highcon and SEI offer digital creasing and cutting using laser technology. Scodix offers digital foil and special digital embossing effects. Kurz offers high quality foil. Print Beat provides visibility to press performance and real-time data-insights, for continuous improvements of print operations. With PrintOS Site Flow efficiently manage any number of jobs per day, even hundreds or thousands, from submission to shipment. Automate,simplify and streamline files submission with PrintOS Box. Use PrintOS Composer for heavy VDP processing including sophisticated Mosaic campaigns.