HP Indigo 12000

Digital Press
A 29 inch digital offset press with extensive capabilities

Big ideas come to life

The 29 inch HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press produces the widest commercial application range
with superior print quality, high productivity, and wide versatility. Built on the best-selling and
proven HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press, the press brings breakthrough printing capabilities that
extend unique, high-value opportunities to grow business.
Any commercial job
An easy fit for offset printers, the HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press offers a solution for the digital
printing of any commercial application on any substrate. Use the full sheet to print canvas wall
art, high-impact posters, folders, oversized books, specialty products, and more.
The leader in print quality and color
Enabled by HP Indigo’s liquid ElectroInk technology and unique digi­tal offset process, HP Indigo
digital prints are the highest quality. Using dozens of software and hardware innovations, the
press delivers the smoothest and sharpest prints in the industry, matching or even exceeding
offset quality. HP Indigo ElectroInk has the widest digital color gamut, reaching up to 97%
of PANTONE® colors and using up to 7 ink stations on press. A 5th ink station is standard.
Breakthrough color matching tools ensure perfect color accuracy and consistency.
Even higher productivity
Printing 29 inch sheets in color at up to 4600 per hour, the press is capable of producing over
two million color sheets per month. Print monochrome in duplex at 4600 sheets per hour.
Sophisticated automation tools boost production efficiency and uptime.
Widest media range
Boost your sustainability One Shot extends substrates to canvas, synthetics and metalized media. Print on 50 lb text to
The HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press is 150 lb cover and 3-18 pt in thickness—including coated, uncoated, colored and dark papers,
manufactured carbon neutral and offers and paperboard for folding cartons. Use on-press HP Indigo ElectroInk Primer to expand
reduced production waste, a takeback printing possibilities on off-the-shelf papers.
program, and energy efficiency. The choice of brands
CO 2 neutral Brands use HP Indigo for its high print quality, just-in-time production, and ability to engage
customers by customization and personalization with unique variable data printing capabilities.
Reinvent print production
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or hp.com/go/hpindigo12000 HP Indigo presses and simplify and automate production. Use PrintOS to continuously improve
operations. Access the open and secure cloud-based PrintOS platform anytime, anywhere.
 Any commercial application
Leading print quality
Digital offset color technology. HP Indigo’s liquid electrophotography (LEP) technology,
using HP Indigo ElectroInk, delivers crisp linework, attractive images and smooth vignettes with
a very thin ink layer that gives uniform gloss between the ink and substrate.
Setting new quality standards. Innovation in software, hardware and supplies takes print
quality to new levels. Advances include a superfine adaptive color profile, optimized calibrations
for perfect color uniformity, tailored print modes and a microsphere-based blanket.
New benchmark for print quality. HP Indigo HD Imaging System, a new high-definition writing
head solution, doubles print resolution for the highest smoothness on both photo and high-end Smart automation for high productivity
commercial applications. Surpass offset quality at 1600 DPI with high LPI screen sets up to 290
LPI, and create art-gallery quality prints with high detail reproduction.* Make the best use of press time. Benefit from up to 40% higher productivity using Optimizer,
the on-press production efficiency assistant. The artificial intelligence algorithm optimizes the
Wide color gamut. Use the 5th ink station to take advantage of special inks and spot colors.
printing queue for non-stop printing using Indigo’s unique proof while printing capability.
Emulate PANTONE® colors on press using CMYK or HP IndiChrome’s 6- or 7-color process. True
spot colors can be ordered from the HP IndiChrome Ink Mixing Service. Automated print quality control. Automatic Alert Agent performs real-time print quality error
* HD Imaging System is available as a Value Pack option on the HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press detection while printing, reducing waste and increasing productivity. The system finds and
highlights inconsistencies between the digital file and the printed sheet.
Color automation. Use automated color management tools and the inline spectrophotometer
Freedom to innovate and create unlimited applications to easily meet color standards and achieve color accuracy and consistency across Indigo
presses, sites, and time, as well as between Indigo and offset.
Specialty media printing. One Shot transfers all color separations in one pass onto the
High-speed monochrome. Print monochrome at rapid speed of 4600 duplex sheets per hour
substrate with perfect registration, expanding printing capabilities to specialty substrates.
for cost-effective and just-in-time production for publishing and direct mail needs.
Produce photo canvas, plastic cards, synthetic products and high-end metalized prints.
Enhanced Productivity Mode. Increase color throughput by 33% and consume 25% less energy
Digital ink priming. Use HP Indigo ElectroInk Primer to meet any customer need and print on an
per page. A pre-flight solution by Enfocus can automatically select suitable jobs.
extended range of substrates including off-the-shelf offset stock and specialty papers.
Unique inks. HP Indigo ElectroInk Fluorescent Pink makes a bold statement and glow effects
under UV light for cards, promotional collateral, fashion applications, specialty products, Production management and workflow
publishing and more. Make an impact with HP Indigo ElectroInk White on dark, black and
transparent media. Use light cyan, and light magenta for professional photo portrait quality. Powerful DFE. HP SmartStream Production Pro Print Server 6 is the industry’s most scalable HP SmartStream Mosaic one-of-a-kind designs.
Unlimited designs. Automate the creation of millions of one-of-a-kind designs with HP and powerful print server. It offers automated prepress tools to optimize production including
SmartStream Mosaic’s variable design technology, now including color shuffling capabilities for imposition and marks creation engines, an advanced Color Management Module (CMM), and
Service Advantage
sophisticated, high-value products. image enhancement features. Our certified service teams are committed to meeting your
end-to-end needs for accelerated ramp-up and maximum
Protecting your investment. Most innovations in Finishing. Direct2Finish allows automating the bindery by creating and delivering JDF
uptime. Remote engineers around the world provide sup-
the HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press will be available 16 instructions to enabled finishing devices. This allows faster turnarounds, lowers labor costs and port in multiple languages. Use the on-press capabilities of
as optional upgrades for the HP Indigo 10000 prevents errors. HP Indigo partners with leading finishing vendors to drive cost-effective end- Print Care to resolve issues quickly and independently. The
Digital Press Series. 3 to-end production. Smart Uptime Kit helps you to quickly locate the right part
and manage your inventory.
4 PrintOS. Print Beat provides visibility to press performance to drive continuous improvement
to print operations. PrintOS Site Flow efficiently manages any number of jobs per day, even Learn more at hp.com/go/indigoservice
6 hundreds or thousands. Automate, simplify and streamline files submission with PrintOS Box.
5 Use PrintOS Composer for heavy VDP processing including sophisticated Mosaic campaigns.
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15 7 1. Palette feeder 9. Impression cylinder

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10 2 2. Two drawer feeder 10. Registration cameras
12 3. High-speed laser writing head 11. Perfector
11 4. Charge roller 12. Vision System & Spectrophotometer
14 5. Photo Imaging Plate (PIP) 13. Operator platform
6. PIP Automatic Replacement System 14. Stacker
7. Binary Ink Developers (BIDs) 15. Proof tray
8. Blanket 16. Ink cabinet
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Technical specifications

3450 sheets per hour 4/0

4600 sheets per hour in EPM 3/0
Printing speed
1725 sheets per hour 4/4
4600 sheets per hour 1/1 (monochrome)

Image resolution 812 dpi at 8 bit, writing system addressability: 812 dpi (virtual 2438 x 2438 dpi)

Line screens 175, 180, 180m, 190EPM, HMF200 lpi

Maximum sheet size: 29.5 x 20.81 (In-house cutting: 29.527 x 20.866 in)
Sheet size
Minimum sheet size: 20.1 x 11.7 in for simplex; 20.1 x 13 in for duplex.

Image size 29.1 x 20.1 in maximum

Paper weight* Uncoated media: 50 lb text to 150 lb cover. Coated media: 60 lb text to 150 lb cover; Thickness 3-18 pt.

Feeder Palette feeder 33.4 in of media. Drawer feeder: Two drawers, each with 11.8 in of media.

Stacker Main stacking tray with 33.4 in stack height supporting offset jogging

Print servers (DFE) HP SmartStream Production Pro Print Server

Press dimensions Length: 320 in; Width: 185 in; Height: 94 in

Press weight 24,250 lb

Cloud connectivity Via HP PrintOS

HP Indigo ElectroInks

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

5-color printing Use the 5th ink station

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

HP IndiChrome Plus 7-color printing Cyan, magenta, yellow, black, orange, violet and green

Special effect inks White, light cyan, light magenta , light light black and fluorescent pink

HP IndiChrome Ink Mixing Service for spot color creation using CMYK as well as orange, violet, green, reflex blue, rhodamine red,
HP IndiChrome off-press spot inks
bright yellow and transparent

Supports PANTONE PLUS®, PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM®, and PANTONE Goe™

PANTONE® colors HP Professional PANTONE Emulation Technology using CMYK on-press; HP IndiChrome on-press; HP IndiChrome Plus on-press;
HP IndiChrome off-press for achieving up to 97% of the PANTONE® color range

Options

Print server (DFE) HP SmartStream Ultra Print Server

HP Indigo ElectroInk Primer Supports use of off-the-shelf papers

Expanded color capabilities 6 or 7 ink stations

Operator Control Station Proof jobs, control the press, DFE remote station

Auto Alert Agent Enables on-press quality alert system

Optimizer Automatic prioritization and management of the job queue

One Shot process kit Enables printing on synthetics, metalized and canvas using HP Indigo One Shot technology

HD Imaging System
Image resolution 812 dpi at 8 bit, writing system addressability: 1625 dpi (virtual 4876 x 4876 dpi)

*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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