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News Release from: Hewlett-Packard | Subject: HP Scitex XL1500 printers, HP Scitex TJ8300
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 September 2006
HP Printers Produce World's Largest
Hanging Poster
Christinger Partner has seen its plan to become one of the key players in the Swiss super-wide format printing market run like clockwork, thanks to its two HP Scitex XL1500 printers.
Christinger Partner has seen its plan to become one of the key players in the Swiss super-wide format printing market run like clockwork, thanks to its two HP Scitex XL1500 printers and newly-purchased HP Scitex TJ8300 printer The Swiss market is extremely competitive and with so many printers touting wide and super-wide format systems, Christinger Partner had to offer something that no other company could, said HP
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 13 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Operating within a country that sees most of its national campaigns run concurrently in French, German and Italian means that the market for long-run outdoor signage, which is versioned, is buoyant, added the company.
Specialising in outdoor sign market, fleet graphics and POS, the company also offers a graphic design capability to its customers.
Christinger Partner believes it has set itself apart from the competition as innovators in the market.
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It installed an HP Scitex TJ8300 to meet the demand for speed, yet without compromising on the high standards in quality, to which the Swiss market is accustomed.
Karl Kaiser, chief executive officer of Christinger Partner, said: "The HP Scitex TJ8300 allows us to guarantee a near offset-like quality of print to our customers and on runs of 300-400 it has even allowed us to compete effectively with litho on price." Christinger Partner's reputation for high quality work has secured many well-known customers, as well as leading them to produce some record-breaking print, said the company.
Procter and Gamble asked Christinger Partner to print a 4069 square metre poster.
Utilising the capabilities of the HP Scitex XL1500, the company printed the poster on mesh in just 120 hours, most likely breaking the record for the world's largest free hanging poster.
Weighing 1.8 tonnes, it was airlifted on to the slopes at Kleine Scheidegg in the Bernese Alps by helicopter.
More recently the company printed the banners for the Cannes film festival, including the one gracing the red-carpeted entrance to Le Palais des Festivals.
It used its HP Scitex XL1500 to produce three super-wide banners, all over 25m x 11m and three smaller banners of 6m x 3m each.
They were all printed on a flame retardant mesh and took only 25 hours to print, added the company.
Dov Ofer, vice president and general manager of HP Scitex, said: "It was only natural for us to assign such a high profile job to one of our most trusted European customers.
The banners are really eye-catching and we're very pleased with the outcome." Karl Kaiser added: "We were proud to be chosen to print banners for such a prestigious event.
We knew that we could rely on the HP Scitex XL1500 to meet the deadline without compromising on the superb print quality we have come to expect.".
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