In this article, David looks at HP, and its drupa 2016 introductions of the PageWide Corrugated and HD production inkjet presses.
In my first HP article in the production inkjet series, I covered the evolution in thermal inkjet, and its lead up to the HP production inkjet press developments. Since that initial article, there have been some changes at HP. Last November, HP split into two separate companies: HP Enterprise, which sells data center technology and services to businesses; and HP Inc., which focuses on printers from desktop to production inkjet in addition to 3D printing. In conjunction with the split, HP Inc. has also rebranded its inkjet business and production product lines to PageWide Web Press to reflect the underlying PageWide Array inkjet technology. The current PageWide technology is based on HP’s 4.25 inch printhead released in 2009 although many of the new drupa introductions will be based on its newer High Definition Nozzle Architecture (HDNA) printhead technology. More on that later.
HP Thermal Inkjet
HP has been producing Drop on Demand Thermal Inkjet technology since the mid- 1970s, and has differentiated itself through the use of this type of technology in its products, while many of its inkjet competitors have relied on Piezoelectric Drop on Demand or Continuous Inkjet (CIJ). Each of these printhead technologies has its advantages, as we have discussed in the past. In an effort to give you a better understanding, I will continue to dig into the underlying technology for each as we cover their respective presses. The following video will provide you with a much better understanding of HP Thermal Inkjet.
