HP Indigo press 5500

The productive digital solution

with offset look and feel, as well
as true photo quality

The HP Indigo press 5500 delivers unmatched quality, • Adjustment-free, minimum-touch paper handling
reaches higher levels of productivity, and achieves • Fast and efficient printing operations allow for a
greater profitability—the keys to success in a digital single operator to run two machines simultaneously
world. Capable of printing over two million color
pages or more than five million monochrome pages Print profitably. The HP Indigo press 5500 is a
per month, the HP Indigo press 5500 is a truly complete solution designed to help you increase
universal production device. margins by offering:
• Extensive automation, to reduce operator involvement
Unmatched print quality. The HP Indigo press 5500
offers the look and feel of traditional offset with • Support of a wide range of coated and uncoated
genuine photo quality. Digital output has never looked substrates, including specialty media
so professional, with features such as: • On-press Fast Ink Replacement (OFIR) system, which
• Superior HP ElectroInk liquid ink technology reduces ink replacement downtime when changing
colors on-press
• Wide color gamut, with up to 7-color printing
• Extendable workflow environment through HP
• Robust color management with HP Professional
SmartStream products and partners
PANTONE® emulation and ICC profiles
• Oil recycling system, which reduces the oil
• Special and spot color capabilities, including photo
consumption and waste
inks—light cyan and light magenta, digital matte
and brand colors Additional options for the HP Indigo press 5500. The
• GRACoL and Fogra certified for offset proofing
® versatility of the press has been extended with optional
enhancements:
• High definition dot placement technology enables
1219 dpi and zero dot gain for superior line work • White ink option kit enables you to use a larger
and microtext printing variety of specialized substrates, such as transparent,
metallic, and colored media for a wide range of
• Photo color tables
unique applications.
• Best-in-class color accuracy and consistency
• Additional paper feed unit, adding three drawers
Maximum productivity and versatility. The HP Indigo (5400 sheets) allowing greater range of substrates
press 5500 offers exciting features that help you make in the press and reducing reload frequency for long
your busy workday more productive. production runs.
• Supports 68 ppm full color, 136 ppm in 2-color and • Support for thick substrates up to 18 points, enabling
272 ppm monochrome in one press, regardless of a greater application range.
media type or thickness
Opening new opportunities for folding carton
• Continuous printing with multi-feeders and stackers, applications. By combining the power of our HP
seamless switching between jobs, proofs and media SmartStream Labels and Packaging Print Server,
types Powered by EskoArtwork and the thick substrate
kit you can produce high-value folding carton
applications in fast turnaround times and
quantities that meet your needs.

To learn more, visit www.hp.com/go/graphic-arts or

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Technical Specifications
Printing speed  8 four-color 8.5 x 11 in images per minute (two-up); 136 two-color 8.5 x 11 in images per minute (two-up);
6
272 full monochrome 8.5 x 11 in images per minute (two-up on 12 x 18 in sheets)­­

Image resolution 812 and 1219 dpi at 8 bit, addressability: 2438 X 2438 dpi HDI (High Definition Imaging)

Line screens 144, 160, 175, 180, 230 lpi

Paper format 13 x 19 in maximum

Image format 12.48 x 17.7 in

Paper weight* Coated: 55 lb text to 130 lb cover; Uncoated: 40 lb text to 120 lb cover; Thickness 3 to 16 pt (up to18 pt optional)

Paper input system Four drawers:

Three drawers with 7 inch depth each (1,800 sheets of 80 lb text each)
One special jobs drawer: 2.5 inch (700 sheets of 80 lb text)
A total of 6100 sheets of 80 lb text all paper drawers support full range of substrates

Paper output system Autoduplex/autoperfecting standard

Main stacking tray with 23.6 in stack height, with job offset stacking (6000 sheets of 80 lb text)
Proof tray with 2.36 in stack height (600 sheets of 80 lb text)

Press dimensions Height: 81.7 in; Width: 155.5 in; Depth: 89.8 in

Press weight 5886 lb

On–board Print Server HP Press Production Manager

Supported image formats and Postscript Level 1,2,3 PDF 1.7, PDF/X-1a:2001, PDF/X-3:2002, PDF/X-3:2003, PPML/T, JLYT/SNAP, GIF, TIFF 6.0, JPEG, EPS, PPML 2.1, JDF 1.2
standards

HP Indigo inks:

Standard 4-color printing Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black

HP IndiChrome 6-color printing Cyan, magenta, yellow, black, orange, and violet

HP IndiChrome 6-color photo printing Cyan, magenta, yellow, black, light cyan, and light magenta

HP Indigo special effect inks HP Indigo Digital Matte, HP ElectroInk White

PANTONE colors
®
• PANTONE-licensed HP IndiChrome on-press 6-color printing using CMYK as well as orange and violet
• PANTONE-licensed HP IndiChrome off-press Ink Mixing System, for spot color creation, using CMYK as well as orange, violet, red, green,
blue, bright yellow, and transparent
• HP Professional PANTONE Emulation Technology (PANTONE®-licensed CMYK values for 4-color PANTONE® simulation, utilizing ICC profiles
to provide optimized simulation values for the specific press and media combination)

Offset proofing GRACoL® and Fogra certified

Optional equipment /configurations:

Expanded colors capabilities 5th, 6th, and 7th color printing; HP Indigo Ink Mixing System

White ink option kit Enables the use of HP ElectroInk White for a wide range of applications, such as point of purchase, displays, direct mail, and many more.

Thick substrate support kit Supports paper board printing up to 18 pt., enables high quality, on-demand, short-run, cost-effective folding carton printing application

Print servers (DFEs) HP SmartStream Production Pro Print Server; HP SmartStream Production Plus Print Server, Powered by Creo; HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging
Print Server, Powered by EskoArtwork

Additional feeding unit One addtional feeding unit with a capacity of 3 x 1800 sheets of 80 lb text

Additional stacking unit Up to three additional stacking modules, each with capacity of 6000 sheets of 80 lb text
Multiple stackers allow true continuous printing (unloading while printing)

*Media characteristics vary. If the media you are about to use is not listed in the Media Locator, HP cannot guarantee performance and we recommend that you test it prior to use.

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