Our HP Designjet Z3100

12 Ink Printer
 

• Automated and simple creation of ICC profiles. HP’s embedded spectrophotometer and an automated workflow bring simplicity and reliability to accurate profiling and precise printer calibration. HP’s Advanced Profiling Solution offers additional options for profiling and calibrating your printing system.
   
• Broad gamut coverage. Over 80% PANTONE® coverage(2, and full compliance with prepress standards: SWOP, ISO, GRACOL, EUROSCALE, TOYO, FOGRA, and 3DAP.
   
• Expect consistent color from print to print. Calibrate the printer and obtain print-to-print and printer-to-printer color repeatability. NO LIMITS: Get exquisite prints that resist fading for over 200 years(3 with a 12-ink printing system using HP Vivera pigment inks
   
• Fade and water resistant. Color and b&w prints resist fading for over 200 years on a range of HP papers and HP Hahnemühle papers and are water resistant on HP canvas, photo and proofing papers.
   
• Beautiful black-and-white prints with the HP Quad-Black ink set. HP Vivera pigment inks deliver true gray neutrality under different lighting conditions and produce smooth continuous tones and deep rich blacks.
• Superior gloss uniformity and elimination of bronzing with HP Gloss Enhancer(4. Used on glossy and semigloss photo papers to produce images with uniform gloss from highlights to shadows. TRUE PRINT CONFIDENCE: Print with greater confidence thanks to dependable HP technologies
   
• Eliminate trial and error with real-time layout and orientation preview. Take the guess-work out of margins. Save time and materials.
   
• Glide effortlessly through color management and printing with the HP Color Center tool.
   
• Save time with HP Easy Printer Care/HP Printer Utility software. Monitor the status of printers & supplies and get the latest updates.
   
• Expect always-on quality with automatic servicing routines that are economical and convenient thanks to proactive printhead maintenance.
   
• Have your questions answered. Application settings and color management consultation at your finger tips with the HP Knowledge Center

HP Vivera pigment inks offer outstanding image quality and fade resistance on a wide variety of photo and fine art media, along with water resistance on a range of HP creative and specialty media.
HP’s proprietary Electrosteric Encapsulation Technology optimizes the pigment chemistry and ink properties for stability and performance to ensure a broad color gamut, print permanence, excellent gloss uniformity, and reliable, accurate, and consistent printing.

The HP embedded spectrophotometer with i1 Color Technology from GretagMacbeth is mounted on the printer carriage and revolutionizes professional color workflows by automating media profiling. It allows users to automatically generate custom RGB ICC profiles for their preferred media and provides accurate measurements for printer calibration that delivers print-to-print and printer-to-printer color consistency. Also, with the optional HP Advanced Profiling Solution, you can edit and modify existing profiles and create CMYK profiles.

HP's 12-ink printing system involves six HP 70 Printheads, each printing two colors of ink with 1,056 nozzles per color. The system includes the HP Gloss Enhancer and HP Vivera pigment inks in seven colors and four blacks. These inks deliver an exceptionally broad color gamut for photographic and graphics art applications, superb neutral tones, and deep blacks on matte, glossy, semi-gloss, and fine art papers.

An extensive media portfolio: HP offers a portfolio of 9 photo papers, 10 digital fine art papers, 3 proofing papers, 9 bond and coated papers, and over 30 other HP media. All have been tested with HP 70 Vivera pigment inks to deliver consistent, museum-quality prints that withstand the demands of handling, display and storage expected of professional prints.