More than 3.3 million HP DesignJet printers sold since 1991

As HP DesignJet has celebrated its 25th Anniversary, the company has declared more than 3.3 million HP Designjet printers have been being sold worldwide since the launch of the printer in 1991. In the celebrations, SPAN Architects takes part in a big way. So far, HP had already launched 54 products and registered over 2,200 patents when Matias del Campo of SPAN Architects first began printing his plans at a local copy shop on the HP DesignJet 1000, introduced in 1999. At that time, an A1/D-sized line drawing printed in under half the time as the first HP DesignJet, about 1.5 minutes, and at higher quality.

When del Campo set up SPAN Architects with architect Sandra Manninger in 2003, HP DesignJet had recently introduced a family of affordable multi-format printers, allowing SPAN to compete with established design studios. For a small studio starting out on a limited budget, the company’s multi-format HP DesignJet printer was perfect. Then SPAN Architects saved print costs on outsourcing but more importantly, they could compete for more projects, at least one a week. HP has democratized the ability to compete for projects.