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Cologne, Germany – September 26, 2006
Earlier this month HP started shipping theB9180 printer, that company's first pigment ink based photo printer. Now, just a few weeks later, on the opening day of Photokina, HP has upped the anti in the large format pigment printer sweepstakes –big time!
Two new printers have been introduced, theDesignjet Z2100and theDesignjet Z3100. The Z2100 is an 8 pigment ink printer, and the Z3100 is a 12 pigment ink printer. Each will be available in one of two size; 24" and 44". Regrettably this strange naming convention will likely be a source of confusion, with models with the same number being available in two quite different sizes. But, that's the way HP wants to market them.
In any event – the Z2100 becomes available immediately upon announcement (in both sizes), while the 12 ink Z3100 will start to ship some time around year-end. Given that the B9180 was announced in the spring of 2006 and didn't ship till the fall, we'll s...

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