Digital printed full-colour books via web-to-print

Edited by the Printingtalk editorial team Mar 8, 2010

Publicep, part of Grupo Publicep, of Humanes de Madrid, Spain, has installed an HP Indigo press W3250 for the production of full-colour digital books.

With the first installation of an HP Indigo commercial web press in Spain Publicep is now able to offer production of full-colour digital books via a web-to-print user interface.

$HP\'s Indigo press W3250 as installed at Publicep in Spain for full-colour digital book printing$

HP\'s Indigo press W3250 as installed at Publicep in Spain for full-colour digital book printing

HP said that production on the Indigo press is carried out at printing speeds up to 4,000 full-colour pages (duplex) per hour, or 8,000 single colour and two-colour (duplex) pages per hour.

The company also has a sheet-fed Indigo press 5000 from HP that it uses for printing full-colour covers enabling it to offer a complete digital book production service.