HP debuts at the 2026 South China Expo, empowering new profit growth in the printing and packaging industry through technological innovation
As the first exhibition of the year, the 32nd South China International Printing Industry Exhibition and the 2026 China International Label Printing Technology Exhibition (hereinafter referred to as the 'South China Exhibition') has kicked off spectacularly. Leading digital printing company HP is making a grand appearance under the theme 'Unlock Profit, Grow Potential,' showcasing its flagship HP Indigo series digital printing machines and end-to-end digital solutions, highlighting a new paradigm of printing empowered by AI, efficient production, and green sustainability, becoming the central focus in the digital printing sector at the exhibition.
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HP Indigo 18K HD Digital Press
All-in-One Solution for Commercial Packaging
As the core model showcased at this exhibition, the HP Indigo 18K HD Digital Press is positioned for high-end commercial printing and integrated packaging production. With outstanding compatibility, automation, and color capabilities, it has become the preferred equipment for enterprises to expand high-value-added business.
HP Indigo 18K HD Digital Press
The equipment is equipped with 7 ink units, supports 12 types of specialty electronic inks and a wide range of spot colors, achieving 97% PANTONE® color coverage, with color performance comparable to traditional offset printing; compatible with 2,000 certified substrates, of which 75% are sustainable substrates ranging from 75μm to 600μm, flexibly adapting to different material thicknesses, meeting high-standard requirements for conventional commercial printing as well as high-end imaging, folding cartons, security and anti-counterfeiting, hot stamping, and other fields; equipped with the AI automatic warning system AAA 2.0, which can detect printing defects in real-time, automatically remove defective products, and reprint immediately with zero manual intervention, greatly reducing waste; combined with the PrintOS intelligent workflow, enabling automated job scheduling, color calibration, and device monitoring, allowing one person to manage multiple machines.
HP Indigo 6K Digital Press
A perennial favorite for labels
Targeted at the short-to-medium run label market, the HP Indigo 6K Digital Press is fully upgraded based on the classic model, offering higher stability, lower waste, and smarter operation, making it a core device for enterprise capacity optimization.
HP Indigo 6K Digital Press
The HP Indigo 6K digital press integrates a new Smart Control System and intelligent tools, maximizing uptime and reducing waste in short- to medium-run label production. It provides real-time inspection, shorter make-ready times, and automatic color management. With a variety of specialized inks (including Silver ElectroInk, spot colors, invisible inks, and fade-resistant inks) and a comprehensive white ink product portfolio, it can achieve 97% of the color gamut, delivering output quality comparable to offset printing. It supports a wide range of media, making it suitable for producing labels or packaging applications in any vertical market, including PS labels, shrink sleeves, IML, packaging films, composite tubes, flexible packaging, and folding cartons.
HP Indigo V12 Digital Press
Domestic Debut: Combining Speed and Quality
The highlight of this exhibition is undoubtedly the HP Indigo V12 digital press, showcased exclusively for Demo Day. As the world's first narrow-web digital press equipped with disruptive LEPx technology, the HP Indigo V12 digital press made its domestic debut, breaking the bottleneck that digital printing cannot combine speed and quality, and redefining the standard for medium- to long-run digital printing.
HP Indigo V12 Digital Press
In 6-color mode, this device can achieve a continuous production speed of 120 meters per minute, with capacity directly comparable to flexographic printing, while retaining the flexibility of digital printing. It effectively reduces setup time and material waste by over 80%, enhancing profitability for jobs of different scales. Using HP Indigo LEPx technology, it achieves a resolution of up to 1600 dpi, meeting stringent brand standards with high-quality, versatile, and sustainable high-volume digital printing. Relying on the HP PrintOS workflow and digital front-end (DFE), it takes automation to a new level, significantly improving equipment utilization.
HP Indigo 200K Digital Press
A market-validated digital printing solution for flexible packaging
During the concurrent Demo Day exclusive experience day, the HP Indigo 200K Digital Press was also prominently showcased. It is a well-validated digital printing solution for flexible packaging that can significantly improve production efficiency, shorten delivery cycles, expand product capabilities and business boundaries, helping customers achieve efficient operations and activate growth potential.
HP Indigo 200K Digital Press
This device offers a printing speed of up to 56 meters per minute and a maximum media width of 762mm, meeting broader printing needs. With the addition of the primer unit, it enables diverse applications. The online spectrophotometer and scanner allow for fast automatic calibration, precisely matching any spot color within minutes, and ensuring consistency with HP Indigo Spot Master. Printing workflows are optimized through software functions such as batch processing, imposition, and variable data, improving operator efficiency and saving production time. Leveraging the PrintOS system and the digital front end (DFE) enables a higher level of automated production and management.
At this exhibition, HP not only showcased cutting-edge hardware products but also provided integrated digital transformation solutions through diverse scenario experiences and ecosystem collaboration. A terminal experience theater was created on-site, displaying a variety of physical samples including labels, flexible packaging, folding cartons, and special applications, allowing visitors to directly experience the delicate texture of Indigo digital inks, impressive spot colors, and high-definition image quality, and to feel the quality upgrade brought by digital printing. Additionally, an ecosystem collaboration zone was established, where partners demonstrated the closed-loop capabilities of end-to-end solutions. Industry experts were also available for one-on-one consultations, offering customized solutions for enterprises regarding order structure, cost optimization, capacity upgrade, and digital transformation, helping businesses strategically expand their digital printing operations.
Diverse application scenarios displayed at the exhibition site
Demo Day Exclusive Experience Day Onsite
As a leader in the field of digital printing, HP has always driven industry transformation through technological innovation. At this Southern China exhibition, HP Indigo's full matrix of products not only showcased the technological height of digital printing but also provided a complete upgrade path-from short runs to medium and long runs, from equipment to processes-for label, packaging, and commercial printing companies in Southern China and even nationwide. In the future, HP will continue to deepen its efforts in digital printing, offering smarter, more efficient, and greener solutions to help enterprises unlock profit potential and jointly explore new growth opportunities in the industry.