Tapley Signs boosts production with first installation of new Latex R530 in Ireland

Print Solutions

Dublin based diversified signage business Tapley Signs has taken delivery of a new HP Latex R530 all in one printer to strengthen production and improve its overall service offering to customers across a range of markets. It is believed to have been the first installation of the new R530 printer in Ireland.

Founded in 2004, the company is a family run business with experience across the manufacturing and installation of graphics and signage. While its core offering is in-store graphics including window, floor and counter applications, it also provides large and small scale banners, lightboxes, vinyl wraps, self-adhesive stickers, construction site signage and more.

It had been running a lot of its print based work on an HP Scitex FB550, which was in place at its specialist Dublin production facility for nearly 10 years. However, earlier in 2025, the business elected to upgrade its equipment and replace the older machine with a new solution from the diverse Latex range.

Tapley Signs elected for the R530, a machine that only launched in March 2025, purchasing the printer from approved HP partner NTI Diatec in July 2025. Incidentally, this was the company’s first HP Latex investment, and only its second from HP, with the Scitex FB550 having left a lasting positive impression on the Tapley Signs team.

‘We had the Scitex FB550 for nearly 10 years and loved it,’ said joint managing director Anthony Tapley. ‘We had been looking for the past few years for a similar alternative and couldn’t find anything until the Latex R530 was launched, and it was a no brainer to change over.’

Running at a maximum speed of 24 square metres per hour in indoor mode, the new Latex R530 can print on a wide range of materials up to 1.6 metre wide and 5 cm thick, opening up all manner of opportunities to users.

Additional features include the ability to print in white, and also up to five layers of colours simultaneously using Latex Inks.

In its first few months of operation at Tapley Signs, the new R530 has proven its versatility, tackling everything from printed boards and in-store point of sale magnets to double sided card and illuminated lightboxes.

In addition, the company has completed projects printed directly onto carpet. The results highlight the printer’s ability to deliver high quality output across a wide range of both rigid and flexible substrates.

‘We do not know what Latex technology will bring us in terms of new opportunities, but we are very open to future possibilities,’ Anthony said. ‘At the minute, we are happy with the machines we have but are open to purchasing more HP Latex machines in the future.’