HP has announced the new Designjet Z3100 and 2100ps GP photo printer, which they say will expand the recently introduced HP Designjet Z printer series portfolio in to the publishing environment.
The new printers include HP's Dreamcolor technology, a colour technology which they say makes it easier to produce accurate, predictable and consistent colour across colour devices.
"The new embedded Adobe PS3/PDF RIP enable designers, publishers and commercial printers to work with the files they receive, eliminating the need to dedicate a specific computer just for the RIP software and compressing files," said Enrique Lores, vice president and general manager of the Inkjet Commercial Division at HP
He went to say that, "Disjointed workflows and tedious colour management have long been pain-points for many people in the creative market.
"Since the introduction of the HP Designjet Z Photo Printer series last autumn, HP has demonstrated its commitment to simplifying the workflow for creative professionals by offering enabling innovations like the embedded spectrophotometer. With the new Designjet Z3100ps GP, graphic artists, advertising agencies, pre-press establishments and print service providers can quickly turn-around stand out prints, keeping the business and creative process moving.
"The built-in spectrophotometer, powered by X-Rite i1 colour technology simplifies accurate colour-matching, enabling automated ICC profiling so users can create custom colour profiles in a few minutes rather than a number of hours."
Accurate colours are easily obtainable on the first attempt with the free HP Proprint plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, claimed the company. The plug-in is compatible with all HP Designjet Z photo printers and has been developed for Adobe Photoshop CS2. It automatically synchronises application and driver settings with a simplified user interface so that printing time is saved to increase productivity.
Updated for workgroups, the Designjet Z3100ps GP's embedded web server offers various functions, such as job submissions and queue management, for better productivity.
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