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Doing the best for your business and the environment with HP Scitex LX600

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CWE Solutions is a proud HP-reseller and HP-preferred partner. HP has done a lot for printing. They have singularly come up with some of the most innovative and industry-changing printing technologies in the past 10 years. Last week, we talked about the fantastic new latex ink technologies that they have adopted for large format printing (LFP); this week, we’re talking about one of the HP printers that they can be used with: the HP Scitex LX600 printer.

HP Scitex LX600 – high quality for your business’ printing needs

If your business is looking to increase its offering or the versatility of its outdoor/indoor applications, then it needs the HP Scitex LX600. The LX600 has a 104-in (2.6 m) for large format prints. All prints from the LX600 are delivered at fast production speed to ensure high quality prints and fast turnaround times for your business.

Using the low-cost and high-quality HP latex inks, the LX600 becomes a powerhouse of quality printing that doesn’t damage the environment. Environmentally conscious customers or businesses will fall in love with a printer like the LX600, especially for the fact that you can use recyclable HP media for printing too.

Latex inks offer a quality solution without compromising the quality of the print. These low-cost and cost-effective inks are superb and they won’t lead to spiralling costs for your business.

Key Benefits

So the HP Scitex LX600 has caught your eye, but you’re still not convinced. Here are some of the key benefits to choosing the LX600 for your printing needs.

  • This printer can help you to do more and generate more business for your business. Produce applications that generate higher profits like POP displays, retail light boxes, signage, customised wallpaper and vehicle wraps.
  • Choose from a wider range of media now that you can print directly on vinyl, wallpaper, and polyester fabrics including unlined flags among others. The ink collector kit eliminates the need for a liner. Offer clients more at a lower cost to you.
  • A six-colour printing system with HP Latex Inks. This six-colour system produces a wide colour gamut-comparable to low-solvent ink technology; it gives rich hues and vibrant tones. Print up to 4 pt text with 1200 dpi resolution.
  • Highly durable for indoor and outdoor media. Outdoor prints achieve display permanence up to three years un-laminated, up to five years laminated; indoor prints up to five years un-laminated, up to ten years laminated.
  • Scratch, smudge, and water resistance is comparable to low-solvent inks.
  • Deliver stunning quality at production speed – see high-impact POP prints at up to 39 m2/hr and light boxes and indoor soft signage at up to 23 m2/hr. Automatically achieve high image quality and consistency with the HP Optical Media Advance Sensor (OMAS).

City and West End Solutions can offer expert advice if you need a large format printer for your growing business. To speak to a member of the team, click here.


 

For the love of latex inks

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The environmentally friendly ink that’s revolutionising large format printing

Environmental issues are the sticking point of our generation, on a par with the seemingly dire economic situation that plagues the news every day for the past three years.

HP recently announced their take on the importance of the issue with their eco-friendly print guide: “While online and mobile platforms have revolutionised the way people access information, print continues to play an integral role in creating multi-channel marketing campaigns that engage consumers and drive brand preference,” said Jan Riecher, vice president and general manager, Americas Graphics Solutions Business, Imaging and Printing Group, HP.

“The print guide is the latest tool that helps marketers and print buyers adopt sustainable print sourcing practices to meet their business and environmental goals.”

Going hand in hand with this guide to eco-printing is the latest member of the environmentally friendly inks – and one of the few truly environmentally friendly inks: the latex ink system developed by HP.

Other inks are described as eco-friendly when they actually contain solvents that are not bio-degradable. These solvents can then accumulate in the environment and cause hazards to plant and animal life as a result. Latex inks from HP’s printing technologies are truly environmentally friendly because they are water-based and completely non-toxic.

Water-based inks such as these offer a truly outstanding image quality at production speed in large format printing. Latex inks from HP are very low-cost and can work with uncoated papers and HP recyclable media. The prints that come off the machine using latex inks are highly durable.

“The scratch, smudge and water resistance is comparable to eco- and low-solvent inks.”

Large format printers are incredibly low maintenance. There’s no need for daily manual-cleaning or upkeep of the printing heads. Due to the fact that the inks are water-based, all prints are non-toxic, non-flammable and non-combustible. That means no frightening hazard labels stuck to the side of your printer. It also means that the prints are odourless and dry immediately; no more confining the printer to another ventilated room when you’ve got deadlines looming! You can be involved in the whole process of printing from start to finish.

“Indoor prints approved according to health-related environmental criteria—prints produced with HP Latex Ink on HP PVC-free Wall Paper are GREENGUARD Children & Schools CertifiedSM and meet AgBB criteria.”

As an HP-reseller, CWE Solutions believes firmly in a more sustainable approach to large format printing, graphic design and business. We’re proud of HP products because they continue to reinvent the wheel to change the industry for the better every step of the way.

There are many HP printers that are suitable for latex inks; here are some favourites:

  • HP Designjet L25500 Printer
  • HP Scitex LX600 Printer
  • HP Scitex LX820 & LX850 Printers

For more information on CWES and the HP products that we offer, please contact us here. We have years of expertise in the industry to provide you with the right guidance and knowledge on the needs of your business alone.


The changing face of large format printing and graphic design

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The changing face of large format printing – CWE Solutions

There’s so much to be mindful of these days as a growing business. From SMEs to huge corporations, more businesses are taking stock of their impact on the world around them and they are being careful about where they spend the money. Businesses these days are focusing on streamlining the whole process and that’s very true of graphic design and large format printing. The industry is changing fast with every new discovery and technology.

Environmentally friendly inks

Environmental issues are one of the greatest problems facing our world today. With society growing faster, people and businesses are having a huge impact on the environment around them and it’s becoming urgent for them to look towards sustainable alternatives, including low-impact solutions.

Latex inks are the latest in the line of eco-friendly printing solutions for businesses. Latex inks bring a lot to the table for low-impact inks for large format printers. Water-based inks are biodegradable; they also have the benefit of being non-hazardous and non-toxic, which stops harmful impact on the environment. When used in conjunction with recyclable paper or reusable materials, this gives a serious reduction in the damage caused in the environment.

There isn’t even a cost worry involved in using these low-solvent inks. As they are water-based, the latex inks are low-cost and extremely cost-effective for businesses, which immediately removes the barrier of spiralling costs for the business.

Latex inks can be used with new large formats such as HP Designjet L65500.

Revolutionary printers

HP Designjet L65500 is a versatile and powerful digital printer that delivers high print speeds that will increase the productivity of your business’ printing facilities. It works incredibly well because it has a six-ink system that can produce up to 104-inch applications.

L65500 is fully compatible with low-maintenance, low-cost, water-based HP Latex Inks and its quality is uncompromised; outdoor media printed with this large format printer can last up to three years.  There’s no special ventilation required, which means that this can be integrated into an office space rather than being separated out.

There’s no daily maintenance required with the HP Designjet L65500 and it comes with the HP Internal Print Server for an efficient and productive workflow; this means that L65500 is cost-effective the whole way through the process.

Reusable technologies

Reusable technologies are helping to smooth out the workflow to make it much more efficient across the spectrum. Magnetic media or ‘MagMedia’ is becoming hugely popular as a new way to display signage and graphics both indoors and out. These magnetic sheets are printed onto like normal graphics by large format printers, but they are much more efficient. MagMedia can be put up with ease when you’re running campaigns, offers or advertisements and you can customise them in any way you want.

The magnetic media sheets are offering a faster way of displaying graphics and they are starting to change the industry in a big way from the usual graphic solutions. They don’t lose attraction, they last and they are simple to use.

Large format printers and graphic designs are malleable; they change with the latest technological marvels and as they do, the industry gets better. The changing face of large format prints and graphics will always change as we learn more and improve on the technologies we have. The industry gets better with every new discovery and we are learning fast on how to improve the industry and our impact on the world around us.

CWE Solutions (CWES) is an HP-preferred partner offering comprehensive printing solutions for your business.

All the news that’s fit to print – HP reseller CWE Solutions

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All the news that’s fit to print – hp reseller CWE Solutions

For small businesses looking to make a splash amongst the bigger fish competitors and start swimming with them, it’s time to consider your options.

CWE Solutions is an HP preferred partner and an HP reseller. We have much experience in providing solutions to businesses from hardware, software, supplies and accessories. A well prepared small business has better chances with the survival rate once all things have been considered.

So, just what exactly needs to be looked at in terms of levelling the playing field against competitors?

If you are involved with any aspect of design, marketing, print or media based businesses you need to sincerely consider the quality output of work and the only way to ensure you are producing the very best is to have the very best in technology.

CWE Solutions recommends the following products to help fill out your repertoire:

For Print-based Production Indoor the HP Designjet Z6200 is the finest model available in terms of boosting productivity and maintaining high-performance. It will certainly help to turn around orders in record time considering it is the undisputed fastest printer in its class. The HP Designjet Z6200 is all about economy, speed, and uncompromising quality.

For Latex Digital Printing we recommend the HP Designjet L25500 that is unrivalled in versatility for both outdoor and indoor applications. It’s also an environmentally friendly printer that helps to keep costs down. Increase your business opportunities with the HP Designjet L25500 printer.

You may want to browse our incredibly vast ranges of Ink and Media as there are far too many to list in one blog!

Consider beyond printing and start thinking about Finishing.

HP reseller CWE Solutions has a range of cutters, trimmers and laminators including Rotary’s Keencut Technic Cutters  a truly innovative and technically superior cutting tool; the Keencut Evolution revolutionising the speed, accuracy and convenience of the finishing process; and the Kala Atlantic range offering the widest possible choice for the finishing of prints and their use for advertisement, portable displays, posters etc.
It’s not all about the hardware though. You need to consider software when it comes to creative or design output. CWE Solutions software ranges remarkably from the industry standard quality of Adobe to ESKO to ONYX to OnOne.

Of course, Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop are essential tools for any creative based business and how anyone can get by without assistance from these unrivalled, unmatched applications is beyond comprehension. If you don’t have them… get them!
We’re just scratching the surface of what a small business with a capacity for creative output needs to have under its arm and in-house. But for now, that’s all the news that’s fit to print. Keep your eyes peeled for blogs that will cover more on this subject from hp reseller CWE Solutions, so you can help to drive productivity up and keep your costs down.

Later in the week, we’ll be blogging about an exceptional new technology: MAGMedia.

Adore Adobe with CWE Solutions

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Adobe creates what is arguably the finest design software on the market today. CWE Solutions provides the most essential Adobe tools for designers from all backgrounds and levels. If you are a design agency, creative consultancy firm, web design company, independent developer, graphic design agency or from any medium that deals with and/or uses design software for its bread and butter, it’s time to explore the reasons why you need to upgrade to Adobe.

The only question worth asking here is; what have you been waiting for?

Adobe  is clearly one of the most used brands in terms of design software and is universally a standard for many industries. There’s a reason for this.

Here’s the CWE Solutions rundown of the key Adobe products to have in your creative arsenal:

1. Adobe Creative Suite – Adobe Creative Suite 5 software is the ultimate toolkit for designers who need to express their wildest ideas with precision; work fluidly across media; and produce exceptional results in print, web, interactive, and mobile design. Craft eye-catching images and graphics, lay out stunning pages, build standards-based websites, create interactive content without writing code, and extend page layouts for viewing with eBook reading devices.

2. Adobe Photoshop – Adobe Photoshop CS5 software redefines digital imaging with powerful new photography tools and breakthrough capabilities for complex image selections, realistic painting, and intelligent retouching. Enjoy cross-platform 64-bit support and a wide range of workflow enhancements.

3. Adobe InDesign – Adobe InDesign CS5 software provides precise control over typography and built-in creative tools for designing, preflighting, and publishing documents for print, online, or to mobile devices. Include interactivity, animation, video, and sound in page layouts to fully engage readers. Streamline creative reviews using CS Review, part of CS Live online services, complimentary for a limited time.

4. Adobe Dreamweaver – Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 software empowers designers and developers to build standards-based websites with confidence. Design visually or directly in code, develop pages with content management systems, and accurately test browser compatibility thanks to integration with Adobe BrowserLab, a new Adobe CS Live online service.

5. Adobe Acrobat – Adobe Acrobat X Pro software lets you deliver professional PDF communications. Create and edit PDF files with rich media included, share information more securely, and gather feedback more efficiently.And let’s face it; what is a business with the capacity to read, create and download PDFs?

For more information about CWES products contact us. We’re the leading city & west end solutions for all your design needs and we’re also an hp preferred partner. From laser printing technologies to professional design software we’re your safest bet for the best solutions.

Hitting the road with innovative latex technologies

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HP’s latex technologies are taking the world of large format printing by storm. Ushering in a new era for environmentally friendly and innovative printing solutions, HP will take its latex technology tour across the UK and Ireland, as well as the rest of Europe. This will include demonstrations, testimonials and presentations that will deconstruct the new latex inks and inform people on the benefits of using these inks for their business’ print offerings.

UK dates are as follows:

  • Tuesday 15th November, Sandown Park, Esher, Surrey
  • Thursday 17th November, Motorcycle Museum, Solihill, West Midlands
  • Monday 21st November, Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh
  • Wednesday 23rd November,  Lancashire Cricket Club, Manchester
  • Friday 25th November, White Hart Lane, London
  • Monday 28th November, Ramada Plaza, Belfast
  • Wednesday 30th November, AVIVA Stadium, Dublin
  • Friday 2nd December, Curvaheen Park Stadium, Cork

This roadshow aims to take the new technologies out on the road to show people a new step forward in digital printing. Latex inks offer businesses the ability to maintain the high quality standard of digital printing with environmentally friendly and cost-effective, water-based inks to use with large format printers. If you are considering more cost-effective ways to print outdoor and indoor media, head down to one of the dates to learn more about latex inks.

HP has continued to lead the field of quality large format printing and environmentally friendly inks with some of the industry’s most versatile and powerful solutions. CWE Solutions’ newest arrival, the HP Designjet L25500, offers a complete solution for environmentally conscious customers by offering water-based and non-toxic HP latex inks and recyclable media over ‘eco-solvent’ inks.

HP Designjet L25500 gives businesses greater control over their large format printers by using user-replaceable printer heads. For any business printing high volumes, this offers a greater uptime and avoids the delay and costliness of a service call to technical support.

The benefits of a large format printer like HP Designjet L25500 are endless. The latex inks are completely odourless, which means that you can print high volumes without the need for special ventilation or ventilated rooms. If print odours are a particular concern for a business, latex inks represent an ideal solution and alternative to the more ‘aromatic’ of printers. This means that you will no longer need to ventilate or use specialist drying equipment; a particular benefit for businesses looking to control costs more effectively and keep them down wherever possible.

Latex inks are just as durable as eco-solvent inks for use in printing outdoor media for your business or your clients’ businesses.

CWE Solutions is an HP-preferred partner and our experience in this area is substantial. When it comes to recommending the finest quality printing tools for small, medium or large businesses, we would suggest such models as the HP Designjet L25500 printer and the HP Designjet Z6200. These models – and others offered by HP – offer high quality and cost-effective solutions for any business and its media printing.

For more information on these or any other printers offered by CWE Solutions, please contact us here.

Quality printing with CWE Solutions

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With the way technology is developing at such an expediential rate and carrying such a force in our day-to-day lives, it is an unthinkable idea that businesses might not be using high quality printers for the production of optimum quality work. In design there is no second best – if you can’t stay at the forefront of your industry in terms of technology, you can consider yourself far too behind!

Everyone knows that the cost of printing these days can be astronomical when it comes to using outside sources such as print & design shops. This is often thought to be a quick-way to circumvent the necessity of purchasing printing tools. However, once you factor in the cost per page alone it is enough to make your head spin at how much you spend in the long run. Think about all the extras you get charged for from colour printing, graphics, additional pages etc. It’s a nightmare in living colour.

So what are the options available to you as a business?

Well, first of all, you should be looking for ways to cut down on your expenses. Most design firms will already have invested in their own large format printers or wide format printers. There are however businesses that may have just started or may have just started up or businesses looking to expand into the field of design and/or printing that have yet to make their mark. Whatever the case may be for you, be sure to invest in your equipment wisely.

CWE Solutions is an hp preferred partner, and our experience in this area is substantial. When it comes to recommending businesses the finest quality printing tools we usually suggest such models as the HP Designjet L25500 printer and the HP Designjet Z6200. You can read about these models in more detail by clicking on the links.

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Ask yourself what you need to get out of a quality printer. If you need it for the purposes of design and photo work then you must make sure that you have the right model for the job. For specific photo printing solutions our HP Designjet Z3200 is the ideal choice that delivers long lasting, gallery-quality prints in black & white & colour.

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There is such a wide range of options open to a business that fall under the category of high quality printing solutions from the Hewlett-Packard stable including the UV Curable and the Production Indoor ranges, to Epsom’s Stylus Pro range, each providing their own unique benefits to a business, depending on their needs and wants.

To browse our complete collections of large format printers, wide format printers, latex and photo and proofing ranges, CLICK HERE. If you would like advice on what kind of printer you need for your business you can always Contact Us for direct one-to-one advice.

The cost-effective solution for the environmentally-conscious business – HP Designjet L25500 from CWE Solutions

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As an HP reseller, CWE Solutions has a wealth of experience in presenting its customers with a range of large format printers and wide format printers to suit the specific needs of their business. As a result of the ongoing difficulties across the world, it is now crucial for businesses to offer quality printing solutions that are both environmentally-friendly and cost-effective.

The cutting-edge technology of the HP Designjet L25500 large format printer offers high quality printing using water-based latex inks on recyclable media. These latex inks are comparable to low/eco-solvent inks available because they are highly durable and resistant to smudges and water. Latex inks – like eco-solvent inks – used in the HP Designjet L25500 are completely odourless, too, which gives the benefit of a clean and breathable environment during printing – no more struggling to breath as you print a run of designs! As a water-based solution for  large format printers, the inks used in HP’s latest technological marvel are non-flammable and non-toxic, which means there are no off-putting hazard warning labels or danger of them catching fire. Environmental issues are fast becoming a hot issue and offering environmentally-friendly printing options can help strengthen customer bases and attract new business, which opens up a new market entirely.

Since they are water-based and use low-cost media, they are lower cost per copy than other inks. This is an important factor for any business in the current economic situation, where they must intelligently cut costs in every area. CWE Solutions believes that even the smallest changes can help a business that prints images and designs to start to make their operation much more cost-effective.

CWE Solutions is an HP preferred partner and HP reseller and this latest addition to the HP range offers lower cost printing for large format printers without compromising on the quality or the environmental benefits of the printer.

For more information on the HP Designjet L25500, please contact the CWE Solutions team for more details or feel free to browse our site.

On the cutting edge of images – HP Designjet Z6200

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The HP Designjet Z6200 is a self-proclaimed “workhorse in disguise.” It’s designed for the very purposes of boosting productivity with its high-performance and top quality photo printing.

CWE Solutions believes in supplying cutting edge technology to create cutting edge images. Our experience as an HP reseller has taught us that HP models are some of the best in terms of maintaining high production levels and optimising print quality.

So what will it offer you in terms of business efficiency?

The HP Z6200 photo printer is our particular photo printer of choice for today’s blog simply because it is the fastest in its class helping to turn around your orders in record time. To the point, you lose no time when operating it, and time, in business, is always of the essence.

If you have deadlines to meet you need assurances that the technology you are working with is a helping hand, particularly in times of “crisis.” When things are not running smoothly, you need to know that the only thing you can count on that will run smoothly is the HP Designjet Z6200 printer.

High quality in quick-smart time is an invaluable commodity to have at your disposal allowing you to work productively and comfortably – the higher the productivity the more likely you are to bring in new print jobs.

What will it offer clients/customers?

HP technology is unrivalled when it comes to printing. The HP Z6200 gives print-to-print colour accuracy on different substrates easily taking on what would otherwise be tough photo printing challenges. Clients will be satisfied that there are very few limits to what can be achieved through its use.

The biggest benefit for clients and customers is the versatility on offer. With environmentally friendly HP Vivid Photo Inks top photo-quality prints are a viable option as is the opportunity to produce remarkable black and white images and impressive backlits. The HP Designjet Z6200 makes it easier to tile images together too. It delivers perfect results every time.

As an HP reseller, CWE Solutions highly recommends this particular model from the HP range. There’s no need to make trade-off’s here. “The Workhorse” enables a business to offer outstanding photo image quality in good time.

If you would like to know more about the HP Designjet Z6200 photo printer please Contact Us or continue to browse our site for more options.

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Photo and design printing with HP Designjet L25500 from CWE Solutions

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HP reseller CWE Solutions is well aware of the problems facing individuals and businesses who work in the field of design. Images speak a thousand words, but how could anyone decipher meaning from images if they are produced and printed in poor quality resolution?!

To do justice to design work you really need access to a latex digital printer so that the images you have designed or snapped on camera can be optimised in the best way possible. CWE Solutions is well-versed in the area of quality printing and is an experienced HP reseller.

For this kind of latex printing we would recommend the HP Designjet L25500. It is a dynamic latex ink printer that is extremely “experience-easy.” The key benefits of this product can go a long way to making life easier for a digital agency with a high production output, or even for freelance designers and photographers looking to put together a portfolio of their work.

The HP L25500 produces amazing, crystal clear, high quality images. Latex digital printing can increase business opportunities by delivering unrivalled versatility for outdoor and indoor applications. The HP L25500 uses environmentally friendly ink that helps to attract the attention of environmentally aware customers and clients. The inks are also odourless which is a blessing for those of you all too accustomed to stinking jet ink that fumigates a room faster than a waste basket of fast food! No special ventilation equipment or external dryer is required so it keeps energy costs down too.

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HP technology is some of finest available on the market, hence why so many businesses use HP as their number one option for digital printing. The precise level of colour accuracy on different substrates is remarkable. The HP Designjet L25500 latex printer gives the user an opportunity to assume a greater control over the final print with reliable operating capabilities and high level of functionality.

For a business looking to produce top quality photos and design prints, HP is a safe bet. It will help you to differentiate, expand and bring in new print jobs that offer optimal colour printing as well as printing on a wide range of media including coated media or polyester fabric and untreated low cost paper.

HP reseller CWE Solutions recommends this particular HP model for all your latex digital printing needs. Meet the branding requirements of your clients from exhibition graphics to interior decorations. For more information on the HP Designjet L25500 please Contact Us for more details or feel free to browse our site for other options.