Expert Center:
HP Latex Certification
Certify your material to generate new opportunities and higher sales
Eliminate trial and error for your customers
Finding the correct settings for printer materials is not only time consuming, difficult and expensive, it also decreases your customers' productivity and the overall solution you are able to provide to them. The HP Latex Certification truly makes your material 'plug-and-print'.
Exponentially increase your material's exposure
HP provides a powerful marketing channel to expose your products to your customers. Each HP Latex certification is part of an advanced cloud software solution that will list your certified products onto the front panel of their printers, HP PrintOS, and the HP Media Solutions Locator, which is visited by tens of thousands of HP customers around the world.
Simplify support and complaint handling
Support and complaint handling is much easier with a clear understanding of the capacity of your material. Certifications instantly boost the confidence of your sales teams and distribution channel, as they guarantee quality, reliability, and predictable results.
Gauge your materials' performance relative to the competition
ColorBase Insights is an important new tool that leverages the testing that our Expert Center performs as part of the HP Latex Certificaiton process. ColorBase Insights allows you to compare the performance of your certified materials to the average score of the materials they compete against in the market.
HP Latex Certifications come in two different flavors, depending on your material
Roll to Roll
Rigid
For materials such as textiles, wall covering, adhesive foils, banners - anything that comes on a roll.
For materials such as such as foam boards, solid plastics, ACP , PVC foam - anything that is rigid.
Roll to Roll Materials Certifications
Applicable Printer Series
HP Latex 300 Series
HP Latex 500 Series
HP Latex 630 Series
HP Latex 700/800 Series
HP Latex 1500 Series
HP Latex 3000 Series
HP Latex R-Series
The Certification Process
1. Optical print quality check for coalescence, deformation, grain, banding, etc.
We test each materials for obvious visual defects by printing carefully designed test files, designed to expose weaknesses in coating or surface materials. We are checking for issues like: banding, deformation, bleeding, coalescence, and grain. By adjusting the printer settings and finding the right parameters within the bandwidths specified for the respective material, we will try to solve the visual defects.
2. Minimum color gamut required for certification
Each material category has predefined color gamut requirements. In other words: we expect a certain color range and quality for each material category. By creating an ICC profile and measuring the gamut volume of these profiles, we are able to determine whether the material capabilities fall within the required bandwidth.
3. Ink migration
4. Shrinkage
Latex ink requires curing, which has the potential to cause material to dimensionally shrink during the printing process. By printing specially designed test files and measuring the physical print after it has been fully cured, we make sure your material falls within the tolerances set by HP.
5. Wrinkles
Transporting materials through an inkjet printer must be precise and flawless. Having too much pressure, not enough or too much vacuum power, or too much heat might cause wrinkling of the material during the printing process. By adjusting the printer parameters, we make sure that wrinkling is entirely eliminated, ensuring perfect image quality without any hassle for the printer operator.
6. Washability
7. Water fastness
8. Ink cracking under tension
9. Ink adhesion
10. Cross cut ink peel-off
11. Wet / dry rub
12. Scratchability
13. Folding / creasing
Rigid Materials Certification
Applicable Printer Series
HP Latex R-Series
The Certification Process
1. Optical print quality check for coalescence, deformation, grain, banding, etc.
We test each media for obvious visual defects by printing carefully designed test files, designed to expose weaknesses in coating or surface materials. We are checking for issues like: banding, deformation, bleeding, coalescence, and grain. By adjusting the printer settings and finding the right parameters within the bandwidths specified for the respective media, we will try to solve the visual defects.
2. Minimum color gamut required for certification
Each material category has predefined color gamut requirements. In other words: we expect a certain color range and quality for each material category. By creating an ICC profile and measuring the gamut volume of these profiles, we are able to determine whether the material capabilities fall within the required bandwidth.
3. Shrinkage
Latex ink requires curing, which has the potential to cause media to dimensionally shrink during the printing process. By printing specially designed test files and measuring the physical print after it has been fully cured, we make sure your material falls within the tolerances set by HP.
4. Water fastness
5. Ink cracking under tension
6. Ink adhesion
Ink adhesion is a crucial part of any printing process. HP Latex inks have great adhesion properties on compatible materials. This procedure uses industry standard tools to perform the required testing to make sure the materials are compatible with the HP Latex inks and provide the adhesion required for the application the material is designed for.
7. Wet / dry rub
8. Scratchability
9. Stackability
This test will evaluate if your material can be safely stored in piles. We will be checking if there is any ink transfer from your material with the standards set by HP.
Pricing
| Roll To Roll Certifications | EMEA Price | US & NA Price |
|---|---|---|
| Full Certification 300/500/630W/800W Series | € 1,150 | $ 1,390 |
| Full Certification 630W/800W Transparent, SAV* and Wallpaper Material | € 1,610 | $ 1,945 |
| Full Certification 1500/3000/R Series | € 1,260 | $ 1,525 |
| Full Certification R Series Transparent Material (Multiple Modes) | € 1,610 | $ 1,945 |
| Family Check | € 485 | $ 590 |
| Fast Track | € 775 | € 775 |
| Roll-to-roll - Backlit Profile Surcharge | € 285 | $ 345 |
* Applies to Momomeric, Polymeric and PVC-free Self-Adhesive Vinyls for decorative applications.
| Rigid Certifications | EMEA Price | US & NA Price |
|---|---|---|
| Full Certification R Series Type 1 - Opaque | € 1,320 | $ 1,595 |
| Additional Thicknesses Opaque - Purchased with a Cert | € 255 | $ 310 |
| Additional Thicknesses Opaque - Purchased Seperately | € 375 | $ 445 |
| Full Certification R Series Type 2 - Colored/transparent | € 1,610 | $ 1,940 |
| Additional Thicknesses Colored/transparent - Purchased with a Cert | € 375 | $ 445 |
| Additional Thicknesses Colored/transparent - Purchased Separately | € 485 | 590 |
| Rigid - Backlit Profile Surcharge | € 285 | $ 345 |
| MULTIPLE CERTIFICATION DISCOUNTS | EMEA Price | US & NA Price |
|---|---|---|
| Full Certification 2-bundle Discount (when purchased together) | -2.5% | -2.5% |
| Full Certification 4-bundle Discount | -5% | -5% |
| Full Certification 6-bundle Discount | -7.5% | -7.5% |
Apply for your HP Latex Cerification today