Digital Printing

HP Indigo Solutions

A HISTORY OF COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION

The digital printing industry has benefited from Michelman’s collaborative innovation with HP Indigo for nearly 20 years. We work directly with HP Indigo to offer the only HP-certified press primers for paper and film media to produce the best possible output. Our DigiPrime® primers, certified for HP Indigo presses, optimize a wide range of substrates with solutions for printers, converters, and paper mills.

DIGIPRIME® & DIGIGUARD® SOLUTIONS PROVIDE

  • Outstanding print receptivity on multiple substrates
  • Excellent ink adhesion
  • Food compliant options
  • Compliant options for use in compostable packaging
  • Environmentally friendly water-based chemistry
  • Security of supply through a global supply chain and distribution network

THE VALUE OF MICHELMAN’S APPLICATION EXPERTISE

Our application experts, certified on HP Indigo presses, have long-standing experience in helping printers and converters design, develop, and optimize their label, flexible packaging, and commercial print applications.

Commercial Printers

Converters

Paper Mills

FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
  • In-line and off-line availability
  • Excellent adhesion to synthetic substrates such as BOPP and PET
  • Low odor solutions
  • Food contact compliant options
HIGH-PERFORMANCE DURABLE LABELS 
  • In-line and off-line availability
  • Primers for both paper and synthetic substrates
  • Re-coatability
  • UV OPV strengtheners for enhanced water, chemical, thermal, and mechanical durability
FOLDING CARTONS
  • Increased print receptivity
  • Creasability
  • Remains clear and shows no discoloration over time
  • OPVs and barrier coatings for high-performance packaging
COMMERCIAL PRINTING
  • Maximized ink adhesion and durability
  • Remains clear and shows no discoloration over time
  • Excellent storage stability with no shelf life or aging issues
  • Long blanket life and reduced downtime for presses

Sustainability with HP Indigo

Digital printing is a more sustainable method for creating packaging and other printed output because it does not require the creation of plates, uses less ink, and reduces inventory waste by allowing converters and brands to print smaller volumes. It positively affects the environment by reducing much of the physical and chemical waste throughout the printing process and allows for high mix, low volume print production to be economically viable.

Our HP-certified Michelman primers for flexible packaging have passed extensive testing for ecotoxicity, heavy metals, and fluorine content, which conform to leading industry standards such as ASTM and the European Committee of Standardization.1 Additionally, our repulpable DigiPrime® grades have been favored by paper mills for more than a decade.

1 - Organic Waste Systems Laboratories testing certified up to specified limits. Contact your representative for more details.