DCS eyes sustainable expansion with UK’s first HP Latex R530 printer

Jun 2, 2025 | Installation News

Barry Page from DCS shakes hands with Martin Williams from Papergraphics installation and training team DCS eyes sustainable expansion with UK’s first HP Latex R530 printer

Barry Page from DCS shakes hands with Martin Williams from Papergraphics’ installation and training team

Digital Creative Services (London) has become the first company in the UK to invest in and install an HP Latex R530 hybrid printer, supporting its aim of offering customers access to truly sustainable printing services.

Managing director Barry Page, along with business partner and co-owner Dave Gibbons, purchased the printer through approved HP distributor Papergraphics, which was installed at the DCS site in April.

Running at a top speed of 24sq m/hr in indoor mode, the machine can print on media up to 1.6m wide and as thick as 5cm. It runs 3-litre ink cartridges across both colours and white, with DCS opting for the white ink model to help meet the ever-changing demands of its customers.

The new HP Latex R530 runs water-based inks, which have much less impact on the environment than solvent, eco-solvent and UV inks. Working with HP Latex inks also improves the recyclability of printed applications.

With many DCS customers having a strong focus on the environment, Mr Page said the HP Latex R530 will fit in perfectly at DCS to help deliver sustainable printing to clients.

He said: “The decision to purchase the HP Latex machine was in part driven by our clients’ needs to ensure they reach their sustainability targets, plus our own ethos of buying the most environmentally friendly equipment in the market in line with our ISO 14001 Environmental Management system.

“Our objective is to help our customers achieve their ever more sustainable goals, which are aligned to our own.

“We have carried out a lot of work to be able to offer ever improving environmentally responsible operations and the range of recycled and recyclable materials that we offer. We clearly see this investment as the next step of this ongoing process.”

With DCS clearly not a company to rest on its laurels, Mr Page said the business is constantly on the look-out for ways to further enhance production and could soon return to HP for another Latex investment.

Mr Page added: “If we meet our objectives for the business over the next 12 months, we will then consider the HP Latex FS50 as our next investment.”

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