University College London installs HP PageWide XL 5000

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HP has announced that University College London (UCL) has installed a PageWide XL 5000. The new printer has allowed students at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL’s global faculty of the built environment, to benefit from radically faster printing speeds for their large format projects. The school’s students are the first in the UK to benefit from HP’s PageWide XL technology.

‘Before we had the high speed printer, students had to wait in front of the printer before they could collect their CAD projects,’ commented Yusah Hamuth, faculty head of IT at the University College London.

‘During the hand in period in May/June where the print volume typically increases significantly, we could observe the queues in front of the printers getting longer and longer. The need for a high speed printer was evident.’

The Bartlett School of Architecture is one of the most influential and innovative architecture schools worldwide, with 220 staff and 800 students from all around the world. Aside from fast printing speeds, the ease of use and accessibility of the PageWide XL 5000 Printer were important factors in the school’s purchase decision. Its architectural students have access to the printer not only when IT staff are present, but during standard opening hours from 8:30 to 22:30, including during weekends. Two media drawers that allow for up to four media rolls, together with two sets of CMYK ink cartridges, allow for uninterrupted printing.

‘The best solution is to make the printers available to the students so that they can help themselves. This is why we don’t have to provide any additional staff to oversee the printing process,’ explained Yusah. ‘The dual set of ink cartridges is very convenient. If one cartridge runs out it automatically swaps to the other one.’

The HP PageWide XL 5000 printer provides fast and efficient monochrome and colour prints in a single device at speeds up to 14 D/A1 size prints per minute. The technology consists of more than 200,000 nozzles on a stationary print bar and spans the width of the page, enabling breakthrough printing speeds. Extended time between service station cycles also enables outstanding sustained productivity capacity.