PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA—  HP has released two new PageWide presses they say deliver productivity, quality, and versatility in the direct mail, general commercial, and book publishing segments. The PageWide Web Press T4250 HDR and PageWide Web Press T500M HD that use HP’s Thermal Inkjet technology. The T4250 HDR is a new flagship 42-inch (1.06m) web press that offers up to twice the productivity of its predecessor, the HP PageWide T485 HD, on “the most challenging jobs”, resulting in 20,000 B1 duplex sheets and over 200,000 letter-sized duplex colour pages per hour.At full performance mode press speed, this machine delivers a duty cycle of 173 million A4 (or 184 million letter-size) full-colour images per month. HP recirculating technology prints “offset-level vibrancy with captivating hues and incredible print consistency”. Combined with HP Optimizer, the press is able to maintain high speed and quality on coated and uncoated media with weights ranging from 40-350gsm. HP claims the benefits of its thermal inkjet technology include 8x nozzle redundancy, user replaceable printheads, automated web-wipe cassettes, and on-press colour profiling.