HP Indigo Photo Specialty Success Stories November 2014

Miller’s Professional Imaging stays ahead with 10 HP Indigo presses Thanks to HP, Miller’s increased production capacity with a very high level of automation Challenge Increase production capacity for both Miller’s Professional Imaging and online consumer site, Mpix.com. Meet demand for photo specialty products on heavier substrates. Maintain image quality, reliability and 24-hour turnaround times. Expand potential for adding new photo specialty products using digital. Solution 10 HP Indigo 7000-series Digital Press that can be integrate presses into product-specific production lines with web-to-print input. Create a powerful digital front-end solution with HP SmartStream servers and custom built HP servers to manage imposition and drive JDF workflow. Results Increased production capacity with a very high level of automation. Addition of new products using heavier substrates and stocks with matte finishes. Continued increases in revenues based on fast-turnarounds, wide product range and print quality. “We had customers screaming for photo products on substrates that our dry toner digital printers couldn’t deliver. Our HP Indigo 7000-series Digital Presses are able to; they have helped us develop our product range and do things we couldn’t before.” – Todd Coleman, president and COO, Miller’s Professional Imaging Industry: Photo Specialty ; Region: AMS, USA

United Color Lab gains business benefits with HP Indigo HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press increases growth and lowers overheads Challenge Overcome declining market for traditional professional photo finishing lab services. Solution One HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press with Enhanced Productivity Mode (EPM) replaced six silver halide printers and HP SmartStream Production Pro Print Server enables easy and efficient imposition and job. Benefit Customers didn’t notice a change in the quality from silver halide to digital production. 25 per cent lower electricity costs and 25 per cent lower materials costs. Captured $400,000 new photography jobs in a few months. “The beauty is that we installed the HP Indigo press on the eve of the busiest time of the year for us, and yet, within weeks, we were done with silver halide. All gone.” – Bill Strain, general manager, United Color Lab Industry: Photo Specialty; Region: AMS, Memphis

PhotoBox pioneers layflat photobooks with HP Indigo presses With HP Indigo presses PhotoBox achieve higher quality, more productivity and lower costs Challenge PhotoBox needed a reliable, high quality digital print platform to pioneer the European photobook market. Solution Two HP Indigo W7250 Digital Presses and four HP Indigo W7200 Digital Presses for photobook and card production. Two HP Indigo 7000 Digital Presses for soft cover printing. The HP Indigo WS6600p Digital Press for layflat production. Results Produce over two million photobooks and 18 million personalized greetings cards every year. Reduced print delivery turnaround time leading to increased customer satisfaction. PhotoBox are the first in Europe to offer layflat photobooks. Digital print has grown to now represent the majority of all production. Productivity increased by 25 percent thanks to innovations such as roll to roll feeding and improved monitoring tools. “By working collaboratively with HP and others, we put personalized print products into the hands of as many people as possible. HP gives us the tools we need to transform digital experience into a physical product.” – Renaud Besnard, group production director, PhotoBox Industry: Photo Specialty; Region: EMEA, UK & France

Nulab meets industry benchmark with HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press The HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press enables Nulab to win global photo specialty awards Challenge To move away from expensive and environmentally unfriendly silver halide technology which had long been the backbone of photography. Solution Deployed HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press alongside existing HP Indigo 5500 Digital Press. Results Achieving greater productivity while delivering high quality solutions to expanding customer base. Enhanced HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press special effect capabilities create new opportunities to deliver high-value applications. HP SmartStream Director helps achieve workflow efficiency and productivity for commercial clients. “The HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press enables us to consistently deliver a high quality finished product to all our customers. I don’t believe there is another printer on the market at the moment that reaches that consistency. It is the industry benchmark.” – Michael Warshall, executive director, Nulab Group Industry: Photo Specialty; Region: APJ, Australia

Glo Color Labs leads India’s photobook industry with HP Indigo The HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press allows Glo Color to offer personalized special effect printing Challenge Glo Color Labs wanted to pioneer the photobook market in India but found silver halide production to be costly, slow and wasteful. It wanted a digital solution that would cut costs and time. Solution It initially installed the HP Indigo 3050 before adding a new press every year. There are now two HP Indigo 3050 Digital Presses, HP Indigo 5600 and HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press, with two more 7600s and an HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press soon to be added. Results Photobooks can be produced 40% faster at 40% of the cost, without compromising on quality, and can be delivered within two days of ordering. The HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press has enabled the introduction of Glo SFX, a method of using raised ink to print on gold and silver foil. Expanded product offering which includes personalized packaging and calendars, enables Glo Color to grow its business. The production process is cleaner and greener with less waste. “Our fleet of HP Indigo presses enables us to produce 500,000 high-quality prints per month at a cost that is 40% lower than silver halide. They are at the heart of our business.” –T.S. Ramanan, managing director, Glo Color Labs Industry: Photo Specialty Region: APJ, India

36Pix revolutionizes the school portrait industry with HP Indigo HP Indigo delivered the best quality for school portrait books Challenge Leverage the rise of photo merchandising and install a digital press to create an industry-first product and deliver print quality as good as or better than expensive silver halide. Solution The HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press offered top-grade quality across a wide range of certified substrates. Results 36Pix is the first in its industry to deliver school portrait books. During its first peak season, 36Pix delivered more than 250,000 school portrait books and boosted revenue. The HP Indigo press helps 36Pix satisfy more than 650 day cares and schools across Canada, as well as numerous photo labs throughout North America. “The HP Indigo is the best press out there, bar none. Nobody comes close to it in terms of printing quality.” –Robert Ste-Marie, Founder and CEO, 36Pix Industry: Photo Specialty Region: AMS, Canada

Momento Pro produces award-winning photobooks with HP Indigo digital technology Challenge Bring print production in-house without compromising quality. Produce thousands of photo books every week for both the consumer and professional markets. Introduce new product lines including calendars and greetings cards. Solution Momento Pro purchased the HP Indigo press 5500 and later upgraded to the HP Indigo 7500 Digital Press. Results Great reliability of HP Indigo Digital Press ensures maximum uptime, allowing the company to produce up to 3,000 books per week. Photobooks can be produced in as few as two days, a huge improvement on the three weeks previously offered by the external printing companies. Book of the Year and Australian Book of the Year at the prestigious Galley Club Awards, thanks to the quality provided by the HP Indigo Digital Press. “HP Indigo Digital Presses have been fundamental to our success in both the consumer and professional markets, allowing us to offer speed and reliability without compromising on quality.” – Geoff Hunt, CEO and Founder of Momento Pro

Photo Create offers personalized photo products with HP Indigo HP Indigo Digital Presses offer reliable, scalable capability Challenge To maintain its lead over its competition in Australia’s photo specialty market. Solution Photo Create installed a fleet of HP Indigo Digital Presses to meet the growing market for on-demand photo book and personalized product fulfillment. Results The HP Indigo Digital Press fleet delivers personalized print products of the highest quality, at low cost and with short lead times. HP Indigo enables Photo Create to cost effectively handle the huge variety of products demanded by its customer base.   “The HP Indigo Digital Presses are vital to what we do. The machines have the horsepower, the intelligence, the reliability and cost effectiveness to help us maintain the competitive edge we enjoy over our competition.” – Peter Barr, general manager, Photo Create Industry: Photo Specialty Region: APJ, Australia

RPI’s photo peak season stays on track with HP Indigo service support RPI maximizes uptime and productivity, while maintaining consistent color quality Challenge RPI needed to maintain consistent color quality and maximize uptime and productivity on its HP Indigo digital presses to deliver personalized consumer photo products during peak seasons. Solution The HP Indigo Major Preventative Maintenance (Major PM) Service and HP Onsite Uptime Parts Kit – two important tools that help it efficiently deliver consistent color quality and keep its presses running at full speed. Results The HP Indigo 5000 Digital Press allows RPI to print offset-quality photo products on a range of run lengths. Using the HP Onsite Uptime Parts Kit, RPI improved uptime by 15% to 20%. “At the end of the day, what’s important is that you know exactly what you can achieve on a consistent basis across your fleet.” –Rick Bellamy, CEO, RPI Industry: Photo Specialty; Region: AMS, USA

Digipix launches Ecopix cut print service A green brand for the Brazilian market replaces silver halide Challenge Digipix wanted to migrate its cut print process from traditional silver halide to digital to make it more scalable and reduce environmental impact. Solution Digipix invested in the HP Indigo WS6000p Digital Press to provide 4 x 6 inch color cut prints quickly without compromising on quality. Results Digipix has launched its Ecopix brand and is currently producing up to 100,000 cut prints per day on HP Indigo. The digital process eliminates the use of heavy metals, reduces energy consumption and uses paper with FSC® certification. Digipix expects the production time to decrease further as a result of improved workflow. “The HP Indigo WS6000p Digital Press enables us to produce high volumes of 4 x 6 inch cut print photos quickly and at a quality that is comparable to traditional silver halide.” – Marco Perlman, CEO, Digipix Industry: Photo Specialty; Region: AMS, Brazil

Success at Fovea Market-leading school lab company in Norway 4 November 2017 Success at Fovea Market-leading school lab company in Norway Results Indigo WS6000p improves quality 3-4 times more productivity Greater capacity and cleaner process Sustainability: “We can tell customers that their picture is produced in a clean way …no chemicals or waste involved.” 60 percent lower costs “We get a wider color range out of the machine, and we are getting better results with six-color printing compared to the silver halide machines.” HP Confidential

4 November 2017 Orwo Leading the conversion from silver halide to HP Indigo digital solution ORWO is one of Germany’s largest photo laboratories, with a staff of 280 and revenues of more than €36 million. The company purchased the HP Indigo WS6000p Digital Press to produce photo calendars, including premium photo calendars formerly produced on silver halide. ORWO uses E-Photo Lustre photobook paper from Felix Schoeller, which is specially developed to offer true photographic quality for prints from HP Indigo Presses. Once printed, the photos are automatically transferred to a laminating machine, connected downstream of the HP Indigo, to add a high-gloss finish. Ulbricht couldn’t be happier. “For the first time, we’ll be able to produce high-gloss photo calendars with comparable quality to calendars printed on photographic silver halide machines.” HP Confidential

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