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News Release from: Hewlett-Packard | Subject: Indigo ws4500 digital press
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 January 2008
Third Indigo Press Enables Label Print
Growth
Springfield Solutions has installed a third HP Indigo ws4500 digital press to expand its digital printing services and to attract new customers.
Springfield, a UK packaging, decoration and labelling producer, first installed an Indigo ws4000 three years ago and last year it is said to have become the first UK print service provider to invest in an Indigo press ws4500 Last September the company bought its second Indigo ws4500 at Labelexpo Europe, making it the largest Indigo user for the industrial market in the UK, said the company
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 12 Dec 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The three Indigo presses are used to produce short-run decorative labels.
The company produces a range of self-adhesive labels and flexible packaging for the paints and coatings markets and has experienced an increase in demand from the foods and beverages industries.
Hewlett-Packard said that the Indigo ws4500s have enabled Springfield to provide customers with increased flexibility and substrate choice.
The presses are said to be able to quickly print as few as one label up to thousands with the optimum print quality, helping Springfield to produce work within tight time frames and to ensure that its customers' products reach the marketplace quickly.
Ian Lemon, the managing director of Springfield Solutions, explained: "We completed our first job using variable data and we expect to see this service grow this year.
We are also exploring moving in to low volume for flexible packaging and are planning to develop digital anti-counterfeiting systems using our HP Indigo presses in the near future." And he added: "Our digital capabilities have helped us win new contracts and many of our new customers are interested in our digital services.
HP helps us to provide a digital print service for our customers' needs and we can now produce short-run work efficiently.
Our digital presses print on a wide range of substrates and can match our lithographic presses on colour reproduction and print quality.".
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