Sustainable Digital Print Solutions: Deinkable Inks, Papers, and Optimized Deinking Processes. Nils Miller, Hewlett-Packard

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1 Sustainable Digital Print Solutions: Deinkable Inks, Papers, and Optimized Deinking Processes Nils Miller, Hewlett-Packard

2 Digital Printing = Growth for Printing, Paper Industries What s driving the growth? Break-even point Creating new digital pages Deconstruction/ Reconstruction of the value chain Environmental considerations Marketing Collateral CAGR Fine Art Direct Mail Publishing Packaging 0% 0% 3% 3% 17% 10% 6.7% 11% 49.2% 60% Labels 6% 32% Digital Growth Analog Growth Source: Analog and Digital Pages per IPG MAP - WW Page Sizing; Total growth per IPG MAP, Digital Growth per IPG MAP except Publishing and Information Prints per GIB analysis; Digital penetration per IPG MAP. IPG MAP WW Pages Sizing version Page data not meaningful, so HW + Supp. Revenue shown Signage 2% Photos -18% 9% 12%

3 Digital = Growth: HP Indigo LEP Drupa Drupa Drupa B Everything that can become digital will become digital. Printing is no exception Benny Landa, Indigo Founder 1B 10B HP Indigo customer page volume Source: HP Indigo

4 HP Inkjet Web Press Announced at DRUPA 2008 powered by HP pigment inks & TIJ printheads Format Size Breakthrough Performance Productivity 30 inches (762mm) New applications More finishing options More versatility Economics A la carte model Below $2.5M acquisition price <1c per ltr size 4/0 (30% coverage) < 0.15c ltr size 1/0 (5% coverage) 400 ft/min. (2600 ipm) Much higher capacity turnaround AMPV 35M (70M max) Print Quality Exceptional inkjet quality Consistent performance wide range/uncoated media Job to job, day to day Bonding agent Vivid colors Bolder blacks Breakthrough Opportunities Print + IT 4

5 Analog to Digital Print Transformation Putting Potential Carbon Footprint Reduction in Perspective Global comparative abatements (in millions of tonnes of CO 2 ) SMART 2020 Report IPG Analysis Building management systems Telecommuting Analog to digital print (hi) Efficient vehicles Analog to digital print (lo) Transport route planning E-Paper E-Commerce Soruce: SMART 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age. The Climate Group/Global e-sustainability Initiative. London, Available at IPG Analysis details in Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), ISBN , IEEE, 2009

6 The Digital Advantage Ensuring Digital = Sustainable Growth Reduced inventory, spoilage, over-runs helps reduce carbon footprint Targeted, customizable applications ensure high value prints better use of resources Opportunities for greatly reduced VOC emissions Highly scalable solutions, well-suited to distributed print models reduced transportation footprint Digital Print Recyclability/Deinkability Digital prints currently very small percentage of total paper stream But ensuring a smooth transition for paper recycling / deinking industry toward a more digital print future is essential The Digital Print Deinking Alliance (DPDA) formed in 2008 to address that responsibility for inkjet press mfgers Current members include HP, Infoprint Solutions Company, Kodak, and Océ Printing Systems HP-sponsored independent lab results showing encouraging deinkability results for HP Indigo Electroink (LEP) and HP Inkjet Web Press pigment inks (see next slides)

7 Fig. 1: Small changes in Lab method = significant impact on deinkability (HP black pigmented ink on Xerox Office paper; single flotation) Key deinking variables: 100 Ink elimination [%] Measured value (3 key variables) Filtrate darkening [Delta Y] Brightness [ISO] 0 Method 11 Exp Method A (Method 11 but lower shear) Exp Method B (Alternative collector + low shear) Data collected by PTS Germany

8 Fig. 2: Paper design can significantly enhance Deinkability (HP black pigmented ink on Xerox Office paper vs HP ColorLok) Key deinking variables: Measured value (3 key variables) Ink elimination [%] Filtrate darkening [Delta Y] Brightness [ISO] Method 11 (Xerox media) Method 11 (ColorLok media) Exp Method C (pulping at neutral ph + ColorLok media) Data collected by PTS Germany

9 Fig 3: HP Indigo EI Speck contamination after single loop flotation Speck contamination (mm²/m²) Total speck removal efficiency 97% 96% 82% Speck Contamination (mm²/m²) % 98% 97% ElectroInk 4.0 After pulping g/m² 135 g/m² 115 g/m² 140 g/m² 148 g/m² 130 g/m² #1 #2 #3 #5 #6 #4 COATED UNCOATED g/m² 135 g/m² 115 g/m² 140 g/m² 148 g/m² 130 g/m² #1 #2 #3 #5 #6 #4 COATED UNCOATED

10 Ensuring Digital = Sustainable Growth The digital opportunity for the overall print industry is compelling Digital = Business Growth for print providers, printer mfg ers, paper mfg ers Analog to Digital print transformation technologies such as LEP and Inkjet provide opportunity for environmental impact reduction DEP is an important A to D component but does not fully address the market needs Data show that HP LEP & Inkjet inks are well-suited to deinking processes in general Collaboration is essential to find the optimum overall solution Brilliant output on recycled grades Digital printing for sustainable growth Paper Making Chemical Additives Pulp supply should enable high recycled content in various grades Printer Design/ Mfg Deinking/ Recycling Ink, Paper, Deinking finding pragmatic, cost-effective compatible solutions