you are correct.... hp launched their own coater at Graph Expo... it is twice the price and delivery is very long too... check out TEC Lighting...
new company which started up in april.... one of the guys that developed it came from k2 who went out of business.... be careful another coater...
I heard that k2 was out of business; I also heard that the Varstar unit sells for as little as $150,000 for digital output