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The following table describes the characteristics and uses of the printing materials you will find listed in the printer's front panel. There are many more printing materials available from HP; you can read about them here: http://www.designjet.hp.com/media/

Product name Description
HP Studio Canvas Capture the look and feel of original, hand-painted art with HP Studio Canvas. Use this textured, natural-colored, high-gloss printing material to create professional-quality reproductions of fine art paintings and photographs.
HP ColorFast Adhesive Vinyl Make a big impression that sticks with HP Colorfast Adhesive Vinyl. This presentation-quality vinyl has pressure-sensitive adhesive that sticks where you want it, for as long as you need it, without cracking or peeling. The white-matte finish makes your colors snap and brings your photos to life.
HP Photo Imaging Gloss Capture maximum depth and bold, rich colors. This paper gives ultimate photo-quality images and dries fast, making it an exceptionally productive material for indoor posters, displays, and signs with great durability (lightfastness).
HP Photo Imaging Satin Ideal for giving your large-format prints a warm, rich look and feel. It is a fast-printing, low-glare material, which captures maximum color, depth, and intricate image details to deliver ultimate photo-quality images and lightfast durability.
HP Coated Paper Generate color-accurate everyday prints, working comps, and design proofs with HP Coated Paper. This economical, bright white paper beautifully captures vivid, high-resolution color and dense black images. It's an ideal choice for printing color line drawings, illustrations, and graphics with light ink density. A special "HP Coated Paper - CAD lines" profile exists for line applications.
HP Heavyweight Coated Paper For low-cost, long-term applications such as signs and posters. This paper is extra resistant to cockling and produces prints that look crisp and smooth with high image quality and fast throughput. "HP Heavyweight coated paper - long roll" produces high-quality, economical prints and now lasts even longer. It comes in 225 feet (68m) rolls for longer periods of unattended printing.
HP Productivity Photo Gloss Photo paper Produce high-quality glossy prints that dry instantly, reducing production time. This versatile paper is designed for optimum quality graphics and photo printing with most HP Designjet Series printers and some non-HP large-format printers.
HP Productivity Semi-Gloss Photo paper Produce high-quality semi-gloss prints that dry instantly, reducing production time. This versatile paper is designed for optimum quality graphics and photo printing with most HP Designjet Series printers and some non-HP large-format printers.
HP Clear Film For multiple overlays and transparent images. An optically clear film that provides excellent ink adhesion, superior bleed control, and bright vivid colors.
HP Bright White Inkjet Paper For everyday black and color line drawings. The brightest, low-cost bond. Specially treated surface consistently produces crisp line resolution and high-contrast color prints.
HP Vellum For reproducible final drawings. 100% cotton fiber offers crisp, archival line drawings, sharp text, and uniform solid areas. 75 g/m² weight provides excellent handling and durability.
HP Canvas Matte It is a 17.5-mil inkjet coated stretchable canvas with a matte surface finish. A special ink-receptive coating makes the canvas resistant and protects the surface from cracking. When used with pigmented inks, images are brillant and well saturated, making this canvas an ideal material for fine art reproduction.
HP Fine Art Vanilla It is a single-side coated, matte and slightly structured, high-quality moult-made paper with a shade of eggshell for flamboyant full-color printouts.
HP Colorlucent Backling UV Create long-lasting Duratrans-like images with HP Colorlucent Backlit. This durable, front-print film delivers sharp photo quality. Use exclusively with the HP Designjet ink systems UV inks supplied for brilliant images resistant to moisture, smears, scratches, and fading, which can be displayed for up to five years indoors or two years outdoors in a lightbox.
HP Durable Image Gloss UV It is a durable photobase paper that creates brilliant, photo-quality images. It is the best product on the market for UV applications due to its superior color vibrancy and image quality, which rivals dye-based solutions. HP Durable Image Gloss UV and pigmented inks will last two hundred years indoors and at least two years outdoors, laminated.
HP Banners with Tyvek Create brilliant, durable banners that last indoors and outdoors. This tough printing material resists tears, fading, and water damage. HP Banners with Tyvek is designed to be used specially with HP Designjet ink systems UV for outdoor and indoor durability to create waterfast and lightfast prints that last up to three months outdoors without lamination. Create finished, professional-looking banners that are easy to hang, grommet, and stitch.
HP Scrim Banner It is a 350-µm, matte opaque PVC banner material. This product, designed for HP large-format inkjet printers, consists of a tear-resistant polyester fabric embedded between two white vinyl layers. It's ideal for indoor and outdoor applications, thanks to a special ink-receptive coating that makes it water-resistant while still allowing it to produce brilliant colors and edge definition.
HP Polypropylene It is a 180-µm, matte polypropylene-film with a water-resistant coating. This film is ideal for indoor and outdoor applications, thanks to a special ink-receptive coating that makes it water-resistant while still allowing it to produce brilliant colors and edge definition. When used with dye inks, images are brilliant and well saturated, making this film ideal for full-color photographic printing. When used with pigmented inks, it is water-resistant without lamination.
3M Changeable opaque imaging media For indoor and outdoor weatherable, superior image quality graphics with easy application onto and removal from flat or simple curved surfaces (with or without rivets), foamboard and other poster boards. Also ideal for fleet graphics.
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