Digital Department

The Digital Department at Hagadone Printing Company is a print shop within a print shop. It accommodates short runs up to 2,500 press sheets, quick turn around times as well as variable data projects without compromising offset print quality. The department is equipped with a HP Indigo 5500 Digital Offset Press, HP UV coater and DUPLO binding & finishing equipment to be completely independent. All of the machines are computer controlled, modern, top-of-the-line equipment specially designed for digital print applications. Besides many other applications, the department is particularly suited for printing-on-demand, sample runs or mock ups of publications/magazines without conventional high costs.

You are welcome to visit our Digital Department to take a closer look at our equipment and to get a more in depth view about all our capabilities.

HP Indigo 5500 Digital Offset Press
The HP Indigo 5500 has the highest quality output of any digital press on the market today. The press uses Hewlett Packard’s (HP) patented liquid ink technology instead of common dry plastic toner, resulting in  much higher print quality and an actual dot structure just like traditional offset presses. Printing in a true offset printing process using a plate and a blanket to print on the actual substrate, the Indigo 5500 offers the best four-color process reproduction, color accuracy & consistency currently available in the market. The Indigo 5500 has the ability to use a 6/C proprietary process called IndiChrome, employing additional orange and violet inks to reproduce a wider color gamut. Its integrity is especially apparent in skin tones and flat screen builds. The 6 color configuration furthermore enables the press to print a satin transparent ink for special effects or any PMS color. The transparent ink & PMS colors are available as special order and can be printed instead of IndiChrome’s orange and violet inks.

The biggest advantage of a digital press in today’s markets compared with traditional offset presses is the ability to print variable data. Data can be type, or images, or both, allowing the creation of highly customized or personalized printed material. The Indigo 5500 can print, for example, 1,000 flyers that look alike or 1,000 individual flyers with the same effort. This special feature is possible because of the digital printing process and by combining a template layout with a data file that contains individual exchangeable data. Please contact us for more questions or how to set up your files for this feature.

The HP Indigo 5500 is one of the environmentally-friendliest digital presses in the market, recycling, separating and re-using liquids of the printing process thereby reducing the actual waste to a minimum.

Speed:

• 2,000 of 4/0 sheets per hour up to 8,000 sheets per hour of black & white one side copy. Number of sheets per hour is dependent on the number of colors used.
• Equipped with a perfector unit to print either 1 side (simplex) or both sides of the sheet (duplex) in 1 pass ideal; to run pre-collated text

Ink / Color:

• Standard configuration is 4/C process up to 6/C (CMYK + IndiChrome or PMS colors)
• HP ElectroInk is more environmentally-friendly than dry plastic toner.
• Prints dot structure just like traditional offset presses resulting in crisp images and vibrant colors

Color Stability:

• The Indi incorporates an in-line densitometer that measures color of every sheet and compensates on the fly.
• Up to 1200 DPI
• Line screens: 140 up to 230 lpi

Sheet size:

• Maximum sheet size 13”x19” (maximum image area 12.49” x 17.70”)
• Minimum sheet size 8-1/2”x11”

Substrates:

• Higher-than-average flexibility to accept different substrates
• Paper weights: 60# text up to 120# uncoated cover or 130# coated cover
• Paper substrates: coated papers, uncoated papers, coated 1 side only papers
• Label substrates: liner, vinyl, poly liner
• Ploy liner sheets (4mil transparent)
• Special substrates – pre die cut (e.g.: door hangers, membership cards, cd labels, etc…..)

We offer a diversified stock library and are willing to experiment with other stocks as requested (not guaranteed).

HP UV Coater
UV Coating enhances the aesthetics of printed pieces. It protects printed pieces which might be exposed to scuffing and rubbing, such as when being run through mailing equipment or exposed to the environment. It is instantly dry and creates photo-realistic pieces that are even resistant to detergents. UV coating is a great and economical alternative to laminating for larger quantities.

• Media Range: sheets 80# coated text up to 24pt coated cover
• UV Coating: Gloss: 1 side or 2 sides (2 sides 100# cover or heavier only!)
• Speed: up 4,000 sheets per hour (pending substrate)
• Maximum Sheet Size: 14 x 20
• Can coat both digitally or conventional printed sheets
• NOTE: uncoated paper can’t be UV coated because the varnish will not remain on the surface. It will penetrate the paper and can’t be cured. Therefore UV coating can only be applied on coated papers (gloss or matte).

Finishing equipment:

Duplo 660P Hydraulic Cutter
This is a small cutter for use in the Digital Press Department so we will not have to interrupt the large cutters to pre- or finish trim jobs.

Duplo DPM-500 SCC Booklet-Making System
This is a top-of-the-line, near-line stitcher capable of saddle, side stitch and corner stitch. It consist out of a feeder, SCC (trim unit), collate-stich-fold unit & finish trimmer. The nearline stitcher accepts pre-collated text sets and separate covers for stitching and 3-way trimming. The special SCC unit is unique to the market, and helps control ink cracking across the spine of the book by applying a score. The unit can also be used to fold sheets only. This device is ideal for booklets & magazines even small quantities.

Duplo DPB-500 Perfect Binder
The Duplo DPB-500 Perfect Binder is a small, single-clamp perfect binder that can bind books with thickness ranging from 1/8” up to 2”. It is manually operated with an output of 180 to 500 books per hour. This device is ideal for books or padding projects of small quantities.

Duplo DC-645 Slitter/Cutter/Creaser
This unusual device is module based and will take printed sheets and slits, cuts or creases them. This device is used for scoring and finishing small pieces, such as business cards, post cards, greeting cards and tickets (with perforations). The business card stacker allows for easy delivery of cut and stacked business cards.