HP Inc. announces that its PageWide XL printer series and the DesignJet T830 multifunction printer have been honored with prestigious 2016 Red Dot Awards.

The PageWide XL printer portfolio was awarded the highest distinction, the “Red Dot: Best of the Best” design award, for its “outstanding and ground-breaking design quality,” according to the announcement. The PageWide XL printer series was among the 1.5 percent awarded out of more than 5,200 product submissions from manufacturers and designers representing 57 nations.

The large-format PageWide XL portfolio, which includes the flagship HP PageWide XL 8000 printer as well as the PageWide XL 5000 and 4000/4500 printer series, enables reprographic houses, print service providers, enterprise central reprographic departments and print corners to produce computer-aided design drawings, opening new business opportunities with geographic information system maps, point-of-sale applications and posters. The HP PageWide XL 8000 printer, which also recently received the 2016 iF Gold “Best of Best” design award,  is the fastest large-format monochrome and color printer ever, offering up to 50 percent savings in total production costs, according to the company.

The Red Dot jury, comprised of 41 international experts including freelance designers, design professors and specialized journalists, noted in official commentary that the HP PageWide XL printer portfolio “impresses with a technical and aesthetic quality that immediately casts a spell on users,” and touted its elegant appearance, easy accessibility and perfectly thought out functionality, along with its intuitive operation.

The designJet T830 multifunction printer was also awarded international distinction for high design quality, receiving the “Red Dot: Product Design 2016” award. The Red Dot jury’s official statement lauded the DesignJet T830’s space-saving design that enables large-format prints, scans and copies to be easily created on site in any place where they are required.