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HP Scitex XL1500
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•  High-speed super-wide printing
•  Size, application and media versatility
•  High speed to quality ratio
•  Extend color gamut
•  Close and long viewing

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HP Scitex XL1500

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Full product data sheet: 143 KB PDF (Get PDF reader)*

Overview & features

The HP Scitex XL1500 digital printing system provides a full solution for almost any super-wide format need. It offers easy switching between four, six, and eight colors; long-lasting vibrant color; fine text; zero gap between files; and a high quality-to-speed ratio. Printing in high-quality or draft mode, in almost any size, format or media, the HP Scitex XL1500 enables you to produce virtually any close- or long-viewing application, enabling a particularly fast ROI. Applications include: indoor, outdoor, backlit signage; flexface billboards, banners, posters, building coverings, vehicle graphics, double-sided applications, pop-up displays, and truck curtains; and textiles, including carpets, wallpaper, and theater drops.

Features

High-performance dedicated RIP
Onyx® PosterShop® RIP, a leading RIP for four, six and eight-color systems, is optimized for the HP Scitex XL1500. Optimized features include:
  • Enhanced color management — control saturation, gray levels, and color replacement.
  • Use the included RIP's enhanced color management tools to produce accurate, consistent colors.
  • Improved productivity — "work in parallel" option enables a file to undergo RIP while the operator works on the next file.
  • Quickly transition between jobs by loading the next file while the current job is printing.
  • Intuitive, easy-to-use interface, with extensive advanced features.
  • Wide support for image formats.
  • Supports TIFF, EPS, PS, JPEG, PhotoShop and more

Maximum productivity
Numerous features and options boost productivity, enabling a high quality-to-speed ratio. Now you can meet tight deadlines and still achieve the high quality your customers demand.
  • Load file while printing — quickly transition between jobs by loading the next file while the current job is printing.
  • Print at high speed (new!) — draft mode printing at up to 124 sqm/hr (1,333 sqft/hr) is suitable for many long-viewing applications.
  • Multi-roll printing — save time and cost by printing on up to three rolls simultaneously.
  • Free-fall option — the printed substrate flows down or is collected on a secondary bar, so you can save time by cutting and preparing one print while the next one is being printed.
  • Skip white possibility — saves time on low print-coverage applications.
  • Advanced, user-friendly front-end software improves productivity and enables precision printing.

Dye Sublimation
Upgrading your HP Scitex XL1500 printer so you can take on dye sublimation textile printing is a simple process. Once the upgrade is done, switching back and forth between dye sub ink and pigmented solvent ink is both easy and fast.All that is required is an HP Scitex XL1500 printing system, the Dye Sub Upgrade Kit and a heat transfer machine — plus consumables (inks, transfer paper and fabrics).

» Dye Sublimation (150K PDF)

Superb quality in multiple modes
Easily switch between four, six, and eight colors and accommodate the needs of almost any superwide-format job. The ability to select among numerous printing modes enables you to print a wide variety of jobs while maintaining high productivity.
  • Easily switch between four, six or eight colors according to the needs of the job.
  • Maximum resolution of up to 370 x 740 dpi.
  • HP Supertext enables high clarity on small and fine text.

High media versatility
The HP Scitex XL1500 Industrial Wide-format Printer system has high media versatility, supporting flexible substrates. It can print directly on PVC materials — flexface, frontlit or backlit banner, and pre-seamed banner; textiles — fabrics, canvas, mesh, carpet, trevira, and flag; Tyvek; self-adhesive vinyl, including window and floor graphics; paper; and much more. Enjoy the freedom to print on almost any media, from standard to high-profit.
  • Any width and any length, in virtually any thickness.
  • Large variety of recommended media.

Integrated drying system
The powerful, versatile, and fully controllable integrated drying mechanism is based on infrared devices and has several heat settings, allowing you to balance application and media needs with efficient electricity consumption.

Advanced, user-friendly software
Advanced, user-friendly front-end software improves productivity and enables precision printing.
  • Superb ease of use — enhanced by a robust workflow and intuitive graphical user interface (GUI).
  • Enhanced productivity and control — features include background loading of files, tile, crop files, media tracking, queue and archive, file info.
  • Quality enhancers — flip files for backlit jobs, color correction tools, unique close-viewing screening option, precision split curves.

Print head carriage
Advanced print head carriage structure provides high fire frequency enabling high-quality results.
  • Print head carriage includes 32 drop-on-demand piezoelectric inkjet print heads.
  • Colors are applied simultaneously for exceptional production and output quality.


Backlit and double-sided printing
With the double-sided printing feature, you can create backlit applications in which both sides are printed — one with the image and the other with the same image flipped (reversed) to achieve exact registration. This feature is important for signs that are exposed to different light conditions during the day and night. You can also create double-sided applications in which different images are printed on each side of blockout material for hanging in a manner that allows viewing from both sides.

Eight dedicated ink colors
HP Scitex XL300 Supreme inks offer an extended color gamut, deliver a smooth appearance, and dry completely, even in heavily loaded, double-sided blockouts. A special dark/light ink reservoir structure enables enhanced image quality through minimum graininess, maximum natural color, and highly accurate registration.

» New HP Scitex XL400 inks for HP Scitex XL1200/1500
*About PDF files: The PDF files on this Web site can be read online or printed using Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. If you do not have this software installed on your system, you may download it from Adobe's Web site.
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