HP 90 Datasheet

Let your creativity flourish with the six-colour, A2+ size HP Designjet 90.
HP Professional Color Technologies deliver consistent colour output
while HP Vivera Inks and select HP Photo Paper provide exceptional
fade resistance

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HP Designjet 90 Printer series

The A2+ size HP Designjet 90 is ideal for graphic designers, professional photographers and pre-press print providers who
require sophisticated printing capabilities, flexible media handling and advanced colour technologies to produce exceptionally
fade-resistant photo-quality images.

Enjoy consistent colour output and fade-resistant

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images for more effective and creative results.

• Enjoy rich colour depth and minimal dot visibility with 2400 dpi, 4pl drop-size and dye-based HP Vivera Inks for an
optimal balance of colour, fade resistance

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and reliability.

• Get colour consistency with Automatic Closed Loop Color calibration and a built-in colour sensor which works with
HP printheads and HP Vivera Inks.

• Achieve exceptional colour fidelity with the HP colorimeter with display profiling and calibration software plus ICC profiles,
powered by GretagMacbeth™technology2.

Enhance your creativity with this printer’s high performance and ease-of-use features.

• No need to cut and paste, just print the size you need. The standard tray holds up to 100 sheets of A2+ size media.
The front bypass slot takes cut-sheet media up to 458 mm wide.

• Feed heavy, rigid HP media of weights up to 300 g/m

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via the rear bypass slot. Use the roll feed3to print on media

up to 458 mm wide and 45.7m long.

• Optimised Macintosh and Windows®drivers with RGB ICC profiles ensure the level of colour fidelity.

Meet both your creative and business needs while saving time and money with this efficient printer.

• Print high-quality images quickly at up to 4 mpp for A3+ sizes in Normal print mode. Cost-effective, individually replaceable
HP ink cartridges and printheads maximise efficiency and provide reliable operation that cuts down user intervention and
improves productivity.

• 3-Ink Multipacks provide additional savings and convenience for high-volume printing.

• Add an optional EFI Designer Edition software RIP

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to expand your printing options and enhance colour accuracy.

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Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. concluded that prints made with HP 85 Ink Cartridges and HP Premium Plus Photo Papers may be displayed indoors under
glass for 82 years before noticeable fading and staining occur (see www.wilhelm-research.com for details).

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Only available with HP Designjet 90gp model which comes with roll-feed and HP colorimeter with display profiling and calibration software plus ICC profiles,
powered by GretagMacbeth

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technology

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Roll-feed is standard on the HP Designjet 90r and HP Designjet 90gp model, optional (not included, sold separately) on the HP Designjet 90 model.

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The EFI Designer Edition software RIP is optional (not included, sold separately). Some colour technologies are also optional, as they require the EFI software RIP.

HP Designjet 90 Printer

HP Designjet 90r Printer

HP Designjet 90gp Printer

Technical specifications

Print technology HP Thermal Inkjet
Print head nozzles 304
Technology resolution HP Color Layering technology, Photoret IV
Number of inks 6 (cyan, magenta, yellow, black, light cyan, light magenta)
Ink type HP Vivera dye-based inks
Ink drop-size 4pl
Lightfastness 82 years

Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. concluded that prints made with HP 85 Ink Cartridges and HP Premium Plus Photo Papers may be displayed indoors under
glass for 82 years before noticeable fading and staining occur (see www.wilhelm-research.com for details).

Print speed Colour Image (ISO N5) Normal Mode A3 Glossy Paper: 4 min / page

The printed area dimensions (margins not included) for file N5 are 279.9 x 350 mm.

Colour Image (ISO N5) Normal Mode A2 Glossy Paper: 6.3 min / page

The printed area dimensions (margins not included) for file N5 are 368 x 460 mm.

Print quality 2400 x 1200 dpi
Line accuracy ±0.2%
Minimum line width 0.04 mm
Memory 64 MB
Media types Paper (plain, inkjet, coated, heavyweight coated, semi-gloss, glossy, proofing, photo, brochure/flyer), transparencies
Media sizes A2, A3, A4, B3, B4, A/B/C (English architectural), envelopes, banners

Custom: 76 x 142 to 458 x 1625 mm

Print margins Roll: 5 mm on all sides; Sheet: top: 5 mm, bottom: 12 mm, left: 5 mm, right: 5 mm
Maximum media length Roll: HP Designjet 90 Printer: 45.7 m with optional roll-feed; HP Designjet 90r/gp Printer: 45.7 m

Sheet: 1625 mm

Maximum media width 458 mm
Maximum print length 15.24 m (application dependent)
Maximum print area 448 x 1608 mm
Media handling Sheetfed (input tray, manual single-sheet feed, rear path), roll-feed with automatic cutter (optional on HP Designjet 90 Printer)
Media thickness Up to 0.4 mm through Rear Path
Media weight Up to 300 g/m2through Rear Path
Interface and connectivity Standard: USB 1.1 (USB 2.0 compliant), Centronics parallel IEEE-1284 (ECP compliant), 1 EIO slot

Optional: HP Jetdirect 620n, 615n, 680n, 610n, 600n, 175x, 310x, 380x, en3700
Drivers included: Raster driver for Mac OS 9.x, 10.2, 10.3; PCL 3-GUI Windows

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driver; Microsoft®Windows drivers 95, 98, Me,

NT 4.0, 2000, XP including support for AutoCAD 2000, USB, and ECP drivers

Control panel 2 LEDs for status: Power, Attention; 3 keys: Power, Cancel, OK; display area containing information icons
Operating systems compatibility Microsoft®Windows®98 SE, Me, 2000, XP; Mac OS 9.x, 10.2, 10.3
Minimum system requirements Microsoft

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Windows®98: Pentium®I, 133 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 300 MB available hard disk space; Microsoft Windows 2000,
Server 2003: Pentium II, 300 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 400 MB available hard disk space; Microsoft Windows XP: Pentium III,
733 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 400 MB available hard disk space
iMac G3, Mac OS 9 v 9.1, Mac OS 10 v 10.2, 256 MB RAM, 100 MB available hard disk space

Recommended system requirements Microsoft®Windows®95, Me: Pentium®II, 300 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 1 GB available hard disk space; Microsoft Windows 2000:

Pentium III, 733 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 2 GB available hard disk space;
Microsoft Windows XP: Pentium IV, 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 2 GB available hard drive
Mac OS 9 v 9.2, Mac OS 10 v 10.2 and higher, 10.3, G3 dual processor, 512 MB RAM, 1 GB available hard disk space

Printer languages PCL 3-GUI RGB 24-bit Contone

Optional: Adobe®PostSc ript®3™via optional EFI Designer Edition software RIP

Drivers included Raster driver for Mac OS 9.x, 10.2, 10.3; PCL 3-GUI Windows

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driver; Microsoft®Windows drivers 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000,

XP including support for AutoCAD 2000, USB, and ECP drivers

Software included HP Designjet Windows®software, HP Designjet Macintosh software
Power Requirements: Input voltage 100 to 240 VAC (± 10%) auto range, 50/60 Hz (± 3 Hz), 2 amp maximum

Supply type: Built-in universal power supply
Consumption: 65 watts maximum

Dimensions (w x d x h) Out of package: HP Designjet 90 Printer: 890 x 415 x 220 mm, HP Designjet 90r/gp Printer: 890 x 520 x 220 mm
Weight Out of package: HP Designjet 90 Printer: 18.5 kg; HP Designjet 90r/gp Printer: 19.5 kg
Operating environment Environmental ranges: operating temperature: 5 to 40° C; recommended operating temperature: 15 to 35° C;

operating humidity: 20% to 80% RH; recommended operating humidity: 25% to 75% RH;
storage temperature: -25 to 55° C; storage humidity: 0% to 95% RH

Certifications Compliance for Class B products, Class A when connected to LANs: EU (EMC Directive), USA (FCC rules), Canada (DoC),

Australia (ACA), New Zealand (MoC), China (CCC), Japan (VCCI); Class A: Korea (MIC), Taiwan (BSMI)
IEC 950-compliant, EU LVD and EN60950 compliant, CSA certified for US and Canada, Mexico NOM-1-NYCE,
Argentina IRAM, China CCC, Singapore PSB, Russia VNIIS, Korea KTL. Energy star

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Warranty One-year next-business-day exchange

Ordering information

Q6656A HP Designjet 90 Printer,

power cord, USB cable, printheads (6),

print cartridges (6), input/output tray,

input tray cover, driver & documentation

CD, setup Poster, quick reference guide,

media samples, customer service guide

Q6656B HP Designjet 90r Printer,

as Q6656A plus roll feed

and spindle assembly

Q6656C HP Designjet 90gp Printer,

as Q6656B plus HP colorimeter

with display profiling and

calibration software plus

ICC profiles, powered by

GretagMacbeth™technology

Accessories

Q6662A HP Designjet 90 Roll

Feed accessory

Q6661A HP Designjet 90 Spindle

accessory

Q6641C EFI Designer Edition 4.2

for HP M International

Q6643C EFI Designer Edition 4.2

for HP XL International

Media supplies

Q1961A HP Coated Paper 90 g/m

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A2+/100 sheet

(458mm x 610mm)

Q5492A HP Photo Matte 196 g/m

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A3+/50 sheet (330mm x 483mm)

Q1967A HP Proofing Matte 146 g/m

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A3+/100 sheet (330mm x 483mm)

Q5486A HP Premium Plus Photo and

Proofing Gloss 286 g/m

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– A3+/

25 sheet (330mm x 483mm)

Q5487A HP Premium Plus Photo and

Proofing Gloss 286 g/m

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– A2+/

20 sheet (458mm x 610mm)

Q5489A HP Premium Plus Photo Satin

286 g/m

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– A3+/25 sheet

(330mm x 483mm)

Q5490A HP Premium Plus Photo Satin

286 g/m

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– A2+/20 sheet

(458mm x 610mm)

C7884A HP Proofing Semi-gloss

150 g/m

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– A3+/50 sheet

(330mm x 483mm)

Q7970A HP Proofing Semi-gloss

Contract Proofing Paper 235 g/m

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A3+/50 sheets (330mm x 483mm)

Q7895A HP Proofing Semi-gloss –

150 g/m2– 18" roll* (458mm x 30.5m)

Q7896A HP Proofing Matte 146 g/m

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18" roll* (458mm x 30.5m)

Q7897A HP Coated Paper 90 g/m

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18" roll* (458mm x 45.7m)

Q7920A HP Premium Plus Photo Satin

286 g/m2– 18" roll* (458mm x 15m)

*Roll works only with roll feed, which is

optional on the base model and standard

on r and gp models

Ink supplies

HP 85 Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Light

Cyan, Light Magenta printheads

and cartridges

HP 84 Black printheads and cartridges
Multipack All cartridges also

available in 3-ink multipack

Service and support

U3477A/E HP Care Pack, next business

day on-site response, 3 years

U4662PA/PE HP Care Pack, post

warranty, next business day

on-site response, 1 year

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Published in EMEA 09/05 5983-1206EEE