HP Scitex inks get Nordic Ecolabel approval

Edited by the Printingtalk editorial team Mar 5, 2010

Five HP Scitex inks for sign and display printing have been added to the official list of those that meet the chemical requirements of the Nordic Ecolabel (also known as Nordic Swan).

Print service providers (PSPs) that have been granted Nordic Ecolabel licensing for the production of printed matter have demonstrated that they fulfil a number of environmental requirements that make them some of the least polluting PSPs in the Nordic region printing industry.

$HP\'s Designjet L25500 printer, which uses Nordic Swan approved inks.$

HP\'s Designjet L25500 printer, which uses Nordic Swan approved inks.

The HP Scitex XP222 UV curable ink used by HP Scitex XP5100, XP2100, XP5300 and XP2300 printers when used in standard mode, have been added to the list.

In addition, two other UV curable inks - HP Scitex TJ200 and HP Scitex FB221, which are used respectively in HP Scitex TJ8550 printers and the HP Scitex FB7500 printer, a flatbed machine, have been added.

The HP Scitex WB300 water-based ink used by the HP Scitex FB6700 printer has also been approved.

The HP Scitex PT10 and PT20 pre-treatments for this printer have also been accepted as meeting the chemical requirements or the Nordic Ecolabel for PSPs.

A solvent ink, HP Scitex TJ100, has also been added to the approved list.

This ink is used with the HP Scitex TJ8350 printer.

The inks join a range of HP Designjet-branded inks used for sign and display printing already listed by Nordic Ecolabel.

These include HP786 and HP789 water-based HP Latex Inks, used respectively by the HP Designjet L65500 printer and HP Designjet L25500 printer, as well as HP91 water-based inks used by the HP Designjet Z6100 printer.