Wide Format Imaging

For more that 20 years Bay area-based Splash!Events has prided itself on being on the cutting edge of technology, so when they heard that HP was working on a grand-format printer that offered Latex printing technology, they were very intrigued.

"We had been in the market for a printer that offered more green printing options, that enabled environmentally responsible printing and delivered the quality and durability that our customers expect from us. We had looked the current crop of printers out there but nothing that really fit our needs," said David Payne, principal/CEO at Splash!Events, with offices in San Francisco and San Jose, CA. "Our company is a full service exhibit house that designs and fabricates signage for trade show exhibits, corporate events and high-end retail and corporate environments. We wanted a printer that could offer green solutions across to all those disciplines we service. When we heard about the HP Designjet L65500 Printer, with its Latex printing solution, we were very excited and jumped on board almost right away," he added.

Payne felt that the HP Latex Printing Technologies would offer them cleaner printing, high productivity even at high resolutions, and durable output for indoor and outdoor jobs.

The 104-inch wide HP Designjet L65500 printer is the first of a new category of printers with HP Latex Inks and HP Wide Scan Printing Technology. It can produce a variety of applications while delivering print speeds of approximately 846 sqft/hr and indoor-quality prints at up to 368 sqft/hr.

Splash!Events was the first shop worldwide to have the printer in house. "The printer was shown at drupa 2008. We only saw samples and purchased it just based on that. We had it installed in September; even before it was on display for the first time in the US at SGIA '08 in October. We were up and running test prints on it in two days."