HP has announced the launch of the new range of HP Designjet 4000 printers. The new series extends the HP Designjet portfolio of office and technical printers and is ideal for line drawings, graphics, maps, renderings and presentations.

New technology within the writing system allows the printer to double the print speeds of both colour and monochrome documents, when compared with current HP large format printers. The new printer delivers fast printouts in A1/D size in 25 seconds and can complete a print job of 100 A1/D formats within one hour.

The series has been designed to meet the needs of the architecture, engineering, construction, MCAD and GIS markets, which require accurate lines, professional image quality and fast unattended printing.

HP Double Swath technology doubles the number of printhead nozzles by placing them in a staggered formation. This staggering allows the printer to extend the actual print path, resulting in a faster print output making the printer ideal for users with tight deadlines.

"The HP Designjet 4000 is a technological breakthrough in speed, colour and printer management. We understand the technical markets and have designed our new printer to meet the needs of these users," says Emilio Ghilardi, vice president, commercial hardware category, Imaging and Printing Group, HP Europe, Middle East and Africa.

As a result of enhancements to the writing system and HP professional colour technologies, the printers offers high quality printouts with predictable colours. The printer provides a high resolution up to 2400 dpi and up to approximately 0,1% line accuracy. This is perfect for users who need precise designs, plans and line drawings.

To achieve excellent colour consistency and screen-to-print matching the printer offers a set of HP Professional Color technologies, including Closed Loop Color (CLC), Pantone calibration, offset emulation, HP CMYK Plus, K Point compensation, sRGB, AdobeRGB, and TIFF and JPEG with embedded ICC profiles

For more information contact Aisel Systems, 012 663 2013, sales@aisel.co.za, Autodesk, 012 664 8115, www.autodesk.co.za