HP Indigo / Digital Press Division

Liquid ElectroInk Digital Presses. Specified by Volume Class, Substrate Reach and Colour Count.

HP Indigo is the only production-class digital press family built on liquid ElectroInk and the One-Shot colour transfer process. Seven series cover the field — Indigo 7K and 12K for B3/B2 commercial, 15K and V12 for narrow-web labels, 35K for folding carton, 100K and 200K for 3-shift industrial volumes. Every press is published with the same impressions-per-month, sheet-size, colour-count and substrate-reach datasheet.

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7 Press Series in Production
7 On-Press Colours (CMYK+3)
97% Pantone Gamut Coverage*
600µm Max Substrate (35K carton)
20M A4 Impressions / Month Peak (Indigo 100K)
120 Engine Speed m/min (V12 LEPx Label)
530×750 mm Sheet Size (B2 on 12K & 35K)
1-2µm ElectroInk Pigment Particle Size
01 / Press Line

Seven Series Across Four Volume Classes.

Published by monthly impression volume, sheet size and substrate range — not marketing tier names.

TIER 01 — COMMERCIAL Entry-Mid Sheet-Fed (B3 & B2) 0.75M – 2.2M imp/mo
B3 SHEET-FED
HP Indigo 7K digital press B3 commercial production machine
Indigo 7K Digital Press
330 × 482 mm sheet
Up to 7 on-press colours
Up to 750k A4 imp/mo
70-400 gsm range
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B2 SHEET-FED
HP Indigo 12000 / 12K B2 digital press for folding carton and photo
Indigo 12K Digital Press
530 × 750 mm B2 sheet
Up to 7 on-press colours
Up to 2.2M B2 imp/mo
70-400 gsm range
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LEGACY COMMERCIAL
HP Indigo 7900 legacy B3 commercial digital press
Indigo 7900 / 7800 / 7600
330 × 482 mm sheet
Predecessor to 7K series
Field service & supplies continued
Upgrade path to 7K
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TIER 02 — LABEL & FLEXIBLE Narrow-Web Roll-to-Roll (340mm) 30 – 120 m/min engine speed
NARROW-WEB LABEL
HP Indigo 15K digital label press narrow web roll-to-roll
Indigo 15K Digital Press
340 mm web width
Up to 7 on-press + White
PE/PP/PET films 12-250 µm
Optional Digital Priming Station
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LEPx NEXT-GEN
HP Indigo V12 LEPx digital label press 120 m/min
Indigo V12 Digital Press
340 mm web width
LEPx imaging architecture
120 m/min engine speed
All standard label films
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LABEL ENTRY-MID
HP Indigo 6K 8K narrow-web label platform
Indigo 6K / 8K Series
340 mm web width
30 m/min engine speed
Self-adhesive / wet-glue / shrink
Digital Priming option
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TIER 03 — INDUSTRIAL & ULTRA Folding Carton & 3-Shift Commercial 4M – 20M imp/mo
B2 FOLDING CARTON
HP Indigo 35K industrial B2 digital press for folding carton
Indigo 35K Digital Press
530 × 750 mm B2 sheet
Up to 7 on-press colours
Up to 4.6M B2 imp/mo
Up to 600 µm folding carton
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ULTRA B3
HP Indigo 100K ultra-high volume B3 commercial press
Indigo 100K Digital Press
330 × 482 mm B3 sheet
HD Imaging System
Up to 20M A4 imp/mo
3-shift production
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ROLL-FED WEB
HP Indigo 200K digital web press for direct mail and book
Indigo 200K Digital Web Press
736 mm web width
Roll-fed continuous
Direct mail & book
Successor to 20000 / 30000
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*Pantone gamut coverage referenced for 12000/12K/15K/35K configurations with 7-colour ink set plus HP Indigo Pantone Emulation in the DFE — actual achievable gamut depends on substrate and operator ICC profile.

02 / Why HP Indigo

Four Spec Pillars. No Slogans.

PILLAR 01 / ELECTROINK

Liquid ElectroInk, Not Toner Powder

HP Indigo is the only production-class digital press family built on liquid ElectroInk — sub-micron pigment particles (typically 1-2 µm) suspended in imaging oil. The result is an offset-like dot structure on coated, uncoated, synthetic and metallised substrates, not a toner-tell laydown.

PILLAR 02 / COLOUR

Up to 7 On-Press Colours

CMYK plus Orange, Violet, Green, Reflex Blue, White, Silver, Fluorescents and Invisible Yellow. Pantone Emulation workflow is built into the HP PrintOS Digital Front End — gamut coverage is published per series and per substrate, not as a single headline figure.

PILLAR 03 / SUBSTRATE

Substrate Reach, Documented per Series

Sheet-weights 70-400 gsm for commercial 7K/12K, PE/PP/PET films 12-250 µm for label platforms, and folding carton up to 600 µm on the 35K. Each substrate class is published with its recommended ElectroInk primer and pre-treatment notes, not left to field trial.

PILLAR 04 / VOLUME

Volume Classes That Map to Shift Economics

Entry-Mid (7K / 7900 / 5600 / 6900) for ≤750k imp/mo, Mid-High (12K / 15K) for 1-4M imp/mo, Industrial (35K / 100K / 200K) for 4M+ imp/mo. Published TCO per sheet is measured at 3-shift utilization and documented substrate, not peak engine rate.

03 / Sustainability

ElectroInk Recyclability, Measured and Labelled.

ENERGY STAR imaging-equipment compliance, Blue Angel on selected press configurations, and a closed-loop ElectroInk cartridge return programme. Reported per press, not per corporate brochure.

ENERGY STAR Imaging Equipment Certified
ISO 14001 Environmental Management System
BLUE ANGEL Selected press configurations
ELECTROINK RETURN Closed-loop cartridge recycling
04 / Technology

Watch the One-Shot Colour Transfer Process.

Every ElectroInk impression is imaged on the Photo Imaging Plate, then transferred to an intermediate blanket for all seven separations before a single simultaneous deposit onto the substrate — the “One-Shot” transfer cycle. This is what preserves registration across coated, uncoated and film substrates.

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ONE-SHOT / BLANKET TRANSFER CYCLE
05 / Where It Ships

Eight Converter Verticals.

Matched to volume class, substrate mix and finishing workflow. Every vertical ships with a documented press configuration and a PrintOS workflow reference.

CP

Commercial Print Shops

Indigo 7K / 12K for short-run marketing collateral, photo and variable-data campaigns.

LB

Label Converters

Indigo 6K / 8K / 15K / V12 for self-adhesive, wet-glue and shrink-sleeve label production.

FC

Folding Carton

Indigo 35K for short-to-mid-run folding carton on stock up to 600 µm with in-line priming.

FP

Flexible Packaging

Indigo 25K / 35K platform for pouch and wrap converters, White underlay for opaque reverse print.

PB

Photo Book & VDP

Indigo 12K, 100K and 7-colour ink sets for Delta-E-tight photo reproduction and variable data.

DM

Direct Mail & Transpromo

Indigo 200K roll-fed web for statements, direct mail and book manufacturing at 3-shift volumes.

BP

Security / Brand Protection

Invisible Yellow and Pantone-specified spot workflow for brand-protection and serialisation work.

IP

In-Plant Print Rooms

Indigo 7K and 100K for enterprise print rooms integrating with MIS, SAP and PrintOS workflows.

06 / Workflow Partners & Standards
G7 MASTER FOGRA PSO PANTONE CERTIFIED ESKO DFE GMG COLORSERVER ISO 12647 ENERGY STAR

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