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