HP has now launched its One Package workflow suite for PageWide Industrial corrugated presses. It is an ecosystem for digital corrugated printing and offers software and associated solutions from HP and partners to help converters maximise the flexibility of digital production.
HP One Package workflow streamlines submission and preparation of orders, allowing converters to take advantage of an array of digital value-added possibilities, including solutions for brands’ consumer engagement and piracy protection using variable data, imagery and unique ID serialisation. One Package’s production management and automation software also enhances operational performance and optimizes the supply chain.
The suite supports a range of industry third-party workflow solutions, including MIS and pre-press, HP’s powerful print servers, color management tools, and PrintOS cloud-based management applications.
HP One Package complements HP’s growing portfolio of corrugated digital presses, including the HP PageWide C500 press for post-print and HP PageWide T1190 for pre-print.
“HP is revolutionising corrugated printing with digital flexibility, offering high-volume productivity, food-safe inks, and now a sophisticated and integrated workflow solution to drive corrugated jobs from order to fulfillment,” said Eric Wiesner, General Manager, PageWide Industrial division, HP Inc. “Whether converters adopt a strategy for digital pre-print or digital post-print, One Package provides an integrated set of solutions for end-to-end productivity.”
Integrating digital production
HP says that its One Package allows converters to unlock the potential of digital print, while integrating HP digital presses into existing production and business workflows. In addition to HP’s own workflow components, HP selects and qualifies partners and integrates these products. HP One Package workflow suite includes:
HP workflow solutions
- High-performance print servers –featuring high RIP power for demanding post-print and pre-print production. HP Production Prime Print Server is provided on the HP PageWide C500 Press and HP Production Elite Print Server for the HP PageWide T400S and T1100 series presses. Production Elite also supports high-volume, short-run batch processing of multi-lane jobs;
- HP One Package Elite – Automation software for high-volume digital pre-print, providing advanced, on-the-fly layout and corrugator preparation. This software is built upon HP PrintOS Site Flow, HP’s leading cloud-based production management solution;
- HP PrintOS – HP’s open, cloud-based print software platform created for converters to transform the management of IT, production and business, including interaction with brands. HP PrintOS Box simplifies print file receipt, content validation and routing to production. PrintOS Site Flow efficiently manages hundreds of thousands of jobs per day, from web order submission to shipment;
- HP Packaging Color Studio – Colour management tools and services to meet brand colour standards and optimise colour results in multiple colour modes. HP customers may receive training and colour management consulting from HP’s workflow partner ColorGATE;
- HP SmartStream Designer, HP Mosaic, and HP SmartStream Composer – Variable data printing (VDP) tools to enable sophisticated, high-value jobs for brands. HP SmartStream Designer and HP Mosaic offer unlimited variable data, imagery, and colour for high-value brand campaigns. HP SmartStream Composer provides accelerated composition for high volume applications;
- HP Link Technology – Embedded marks and codes enable tracking and tracing for brand protection, supply chain efficiency and customer engagement. With unique serialised marks, every package or display can have a unique digital identity.
Workflow solutions partners
One Package integrates leading workflow solutions from HP’s SmartStream partner ecosystem. Partner solutions now available include ColorGATE, Erhardt+Leimer, Esko, Kiwiplan, PXI Digital (Box It Now®) and Witron.
- Packaging design workflow management, file creation and pre-press automation solutions from Esko;
- MIS connectivity – Automated file submission and control. HP offers application programme interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs), in addition to integration with Kiwiplan and Witron.;
- Web2package –a PrintOS-integrated web-to-print portal solution from workflow partner PXI Digital Solutions (Box It Now®), enabling converters to reach more end-users, accelerating the design and ordering process;
- Corrugator control – Enabling efficient processing of digital pre-printed rolls with integrated solutions from Erhardt+Leimer.
