HP today announced that continued HP Indigo customer momentum has yielded double-digit annual page growth, as well as a 47 percent increase in photo specialty page output during the 2009 peak season, compared to the same three-month period in 2008.

HP Indigo customers collectively printed more than 10 billion four-color, letter-size pages in 2009 – a 13 percent year-over-year increase that led HP to a seventh consecutive record year in total annual page volume. This growth reflects the continued high demand for digital color print applications amidst an otherwise challenging time for print service providers (PSPs).

In addition, HP Indigo customers made December 2009 the most active month for page volume in Indigo history.

“HP Indigo’s best measure of performance for last year is the way we helped customers grow in one of the most difficult economies the graphic arts industry has ever faced,” said Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager, Indigo division, HP. “New-generation press models and ultra-efficient workflow and customer-support solutions significantly boosted our customers’ productivity, enabling them to print more while lowering their relative total cost of ownership.”

HP Indigo presses are commonly used to produce marketing collateral, personalized direct mail, color books and publications that have the true look and feel of analog offset print. HP Indigo presses are also among the world’s leading solutions for label printing.