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December 29, 2010

Terminal Services Printing: Solutions for a Mobile Workforce

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Computing technology over the last decade or so has drastically changed the way businesses operate. And, one of the main changes is how mobile it has allowed employees to be. A business can accomplish as much with an offsite staff as with an onsite one, and the printing industry has had to keep up. Enter terminal services printing.

It allows business to keep pace with the rest of technology, e.g., cell phones, blackberries, laptops, etc. For even in this very mobile, sometimes “paperless” workforce, printing remains a necessity.

Following are three ways terminal services printing can save your organization money, while meeting the demands of your ever portable workforce.

Terminal Services Printing Saves on Investment in Technology

With this kind of printing, applications are installed on a central server. What this means is there’s no need for it to be deployed on every desktop of every employee. Users access printing services by logging on to the internet – from anywhere.

Terminal Services Printing Saves on IT & Maintenance

Because it is run from one centralized server, things like ongoing maintenance, upgrading and troubleshooting are much easier – from a time perspective, as well as a financial one. When there’s a problem, it’s usually localized. This prevents the need for the IT department to run from desktop to desktop servicing various employees.

Imagine the savings if your firm employs as little as 10 employees, or as many as 100 or more.

Terminal Services Printing Is Secure

According to a 2010 Symantec study, 42% of businesses worldwide rank cyber attacks as their main concern. The study points out that this is more than “natural disasters, terrorism, and traditional crime combined.”

As terminal services printing is completed via the internet, security is extremely important. And, this concern is addressed in this printing environment. It can be integrated with secure authentication systems to prevent users without authorization from accessing documents or data.

For these three reasons, and quite a few more, many companies are choosing terminal services printing as their platform of choice.

David Evans is an IT writer, offering tips and advice on business technology topics. He covers a variety of technology issues, from application delivery solutions to terminal server printing software.


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December 23, 2010

HP Enables Retailers to Enhance the Consumer Experience : Powers Retailers with a Comprehensive Portfolio of Products and Solutions Such as Point of Sale (POS) and Invoice Processing to Help Drive Operational Efficiencies and Growth for Retailers



HONG KONG (PRWEB) September 17, 2008

Building on HP’s consumer vision of delivering technology solutions and customer touch points that drive the best consumer experiences, HP supports the retail value chain – from bringing enriched technology experiences to engage with customers where they shop, to delivering products and solutions that enable retail businesses of all types to deliver improved experiences for their customers.

As an industry leader in retail, HP recently partnered with retail chain owner, Harvey Norman OFIS in Australia, to further their vision of driving a differentiated retail experience and provide a true one-stop-shop for print services to their customers. Using proven HP printing and imaging technology, the Harvey Norman OFIS print centre now provides customers with a wide range of consistent print services from office document printing, copying, finishing and photo prints to large format posters and photo books across their store locations.

The new offerings include the HP rp3000 Point of Sale (POS) Solution that can easily integrate into any retailer’s IT environment to help process sales transactions, manage inventory; two HP Color LaserJet devices that allow customers to produce offset equivalent quality documents and marketing materials in-house to help strengthen branding; and the HP Automated Invoice Processing Solution that is designed to accelerate the accounts payables workflow – permitting invoices to be processed in days rather than weeks.

“As the leading consumer IT vendor,(1) we understand that competitive differentiation is critical to business success, and are committed to helping retailers with hardware, software and services that provide a solid technology platform for retailers to streamline operations, keep pace with fluid customer demands and enhance the overall customer experience,” said Dennis Mark, Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Systems Unit, Personal Systems Group, HP Asia Pacific and Japan.

With the HP lineup, retailers will be able to bring affordable, scalable and integrative solutions into their business that will help boost productivity, optimize their technology investment, as well as strengthen branding and customer loyalty through in-house and outsource marketing capabilities.

Lee Hui Li, Director, LaserJet Systems and Toner Category, Imaging and Printing Group, HP Asia Pacific and Japan, said, “HP provides retailers with solutions to help them to reduce costs, increase efficiency and accelerate business results, so that they can focus on their customers. Furthermore, by providing solutions that can streamline their document-intensive processes, we can help them deliver a more efficient and accessible environment for managing and sharing information.”

Optimizing Operational Efficiencies and Reducing Cost

HP is helping retailers manage cost and maximize operational efficiencies with today’s introduction of new products and solutions that will allow them to differentiate their business from the competition and deliver a superior shopping experience to their consumers.

HP rp3000 Point of Sale (POS) Solution: delivers true value for retailers by organizing their operations with an affordable dual function business PC and sophisticated point of sale system. Ideal for smaller retailers, it provides a flexible and open solution that can easily integrate into any retailer’s IT environment. HP’s relationships with leading POS independent software vendors (ISVs) provide retailers with a holistic retail solution that can be customized based on retail business requirements. HP dc7900 Business Desktop PC: boasts the latest in PC technology, long life cycles, stable hardware and software images – especially critical for retailers that utilize the dc7900 as their primary workstation. The dc7900 also helps reduce operating costs through improved power saving technology, including new processors and an 85 percent efficient power supply. HP Automated Invoice Processing Solution: allows medium to large businesses to automate the value chain of invoice processing, from document capture and distribution across the organization to seamless integration with SAP. A joint HP and ReadSoft® solution, it captures data via an HP multifunction printer (MFP) and provides increased control over the invoice workflow to facilitate more rigorous records management and compliance; accelerated invoice payment process for better spending visibility; and improved invoice reconciliation through automated, business-rule driven processes. By using multifunction devices like the new HP Color LaserJet CM2320 MFP Series, a versatile four-in-one printer, retailers can further optimize costs and maximize efficiency with advanced printing, copying, scanning and faxing, while managing fewer consumables and utilizing less storage space. For the first time, HP is introducing color laser printers and MFPs which offer black and white printing at the same affordable price as HP’s monochrome LaserJets.(2) The new HP Color LaserJet Dual Pack Black Print Cartridges help businesses minimize interruptions and enhance productivity with two Original HP Color LaserJet Black Print Cartridges in one box. Strengthen Retail Branding with Affordable, Do-It-Yourself Marketing Solutions

HP also offers retailers do-it-yourself marketing solutions and professional, affordable design services to impress their customers with fast, customized promotions and marketing collaterals.

Retailers can harness the capabilities of their HP Color LaserJet devices, such as the new HP Color LaserJet CP2020 Printer series, which is designed for micro and small business customers looking to create vibrant business color prints without compromising speed. Together with HP’s newly formulated HP ColorSphere Toner that delivers 30 percent improvement in gloss and 7 percent improvement in color gamut, businesses can create high-impact yet affordable printshop quality marketing materials including documents, outstanding images and realistic photos in-house.(3) Retailers can also use the new HP Color LaserJet printers in combination with affordable online resources such tools and templates from Logoworks by HP, and a free HP IHM Starter kit that consists of a comprehensive package of free tools, templates, resources and materials for retailers to quickly and easily create and print corporate and marketing collaterals such as business cards, letterheads, product brochures and advertising flyers. Allowing retailers to take marketing in-house to the next level, the HP Designjet Z6100 Printer Series can produce a variety of professional high-impact prints and photos, including large format posters, exhibition graphics, point-of-purchase displays, as well as short-term outdoor signage without the need to outsource. Content creation has never been easier for retailers, using the powerful HP xw4550 Workstation and the HP DreamColor LP2480zx Display. Together, the solution offers retailers the ability to easily create material using rich graphics capabilities and the world’s first affordable color-critical 24-inch display that provides a range of more than 1 billion colors. Retailers can also look to professionally outsource their marketing jobs and leverage HP Indigo solutions to take advantage of variable data printing to produce personalized, customized short-run marketing collateral. Customized material such as promotional leaflets based on information on customer preferences and personalized communications such as direct mailers and greeting cards can be printed easily, greatly enhancing the customer experience. Securing Data and Reducing Business Risk

Critical to the success of a business, HP’s retail solutions feature comprehensive security and management systems which help to mitigate risks and inefficiencies that can impact customer service and retail competitiveness and profitability.

Protecting customer data is paramount to retailers. HP Backup and Recovery Manager allow retailers to protect data by encoding information on a hard drive so that it becomes unreadable to unauthorized individuals. HP ProtectTools™ Security Software Suite, available with the dc7900, allows retailers to manage credentials, encryption enablement, and restriction of select users to “read only” status. Physical security options are available on HP commercial systems, protecting systems from theft, tampering and unauthorized access. Ensuring that information only reaches authorized individuals, HP Digital Sending Software enables paper documents to be incorporated into electronic business processes easily and securely. From supported HP digital sending devices, digitized information can be sent quickly and securely to network folders, printers, and fax services, improving productivity, and reducing the costs of sharing and storing information. Remote Manageability and Fleet management

HP provides solutions for retailers easily deploying and managing multiple technology assets in one store, or across thousands.

HP’s Client Management Solutions help retailers manage and maintain PC assets throughout the lifecycle – from remote set-up and installation, monitoring PC health for remote troubleshooting to maintaining and managing a fleet of PCs. Now in its 11th year, HP Web Jetadmin is the leading imaging and printing fleet management software solution for remotely and securely installing, configuring and managing a wide variety of HP and non-HP network peripherals using only a standard web browser. Images, videos and other rich media content can be found on the Digital Press Release at www.hp.com/apac/ExperienceHP.

About HP

HP, the world’s largest technology company, provides printing and personal computing products and IT services, software and solutions that simplify the technology experience for consumers and businesses. HP completed its acquisition of EDS on Aug. 26, 2008. More information about HP (NYSE:HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com/.

(1) Source: GfK Retail Audit Aggregated Sales Units for Total PCs and Consumer Printing Only, Asia Pacific excluding Japan.

(2) Compared to HP LaserJet P2030 printer series. Assuming customer is printing at least 30 percent of total pages in color with content similar to the color ISO/IEC 19798 test suite (www.iso.org/jtc1/sc28) and overall average job length of three pages. Yields established using ISO/IEC test standards. Actual yields and costs vary considerably depending on images printed, number of color pages printed or copied and other factors.

(3) Gloss Based on a comparison of images printed with HP Color LaserJet 2605 series (2005 printed on HP Brochure Paper 160g, glossy) and HP Color LaserJet CP2025 (2008) printed on HP Presentation Paper 130g, glossy. Gamut Based on a comparison of images printed with HP Color LaserJet 2605 series and HP Color LaserJet CP2025 (2008) printed on HP Presentation 130 g, glossy.

© 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. To the extent permitted by law, HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.





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December 21, 2010

Diagnose Printer Problems: New Online Tool Helps Find Problems and Provides Solutions



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San Diego, CA (Vocus) July 1, 2010

The document is ready to print, but for some unknown reason, the printer is not responding. Unfortunately, the average user might now have the technological know-how to determine the problem. It can be frustrating, not to mention costly if crucial deadlines are missed. To assist customers with printer problems, PrintCountry.com has developed a new online tool: Printer Ink Troubleshooting Guide.

“We estimate that a good chunk of the most common printer cartridge problems will be covered with tips from this tool,” says Mylan Le of PrintCountry.com.

The utility is designed to diagnose common printer problems, but more importantly, offer solutions. The tool is interaction, allowing the user to step through a series of questions to determine the cause of the problem, such as wrong ink cartridge, printer not connected, printer not recognized, cartridge clogged, etc.

PrintCountry.com also provides a full ink refill and inkjet printer help channel of instructional videos on how to solve day-to-day printer problems: finding a free printer driver download, replacing printer ink cartridge and cleaning printer heads.

“This new Troubleshooting Guide, along with our popular instructional videos, will provide our customers a variety of means to find and solve their printer issues,” says Ms. Le.

PrintCountry.com has long been a leader in offering more to their customer than just replacement ink cartridges. They led the industry with the first online, interactive cartridge recycling program to ease the process for customers. Earlier this year, they became the first website to use Find My Printer tool, a patent-pending technology which automatically finds the visitor printer model and lists all the printers on a user’s computer or network, as well as the compatible toner and ink cartridge cartridges.

About PrintCountry.com

PrintCountry.com is a leading online store for discount office and printer supplies such as inkjet printer ink cartridges and laser toner cartridges. PrintCountry, the “Happy Ink Store”, has a five-star rating and satisfies thousands of happy customers. By providing quality printer ink cartridges and printer supplies to businesses around the world, PrintCountry keeps companies printing while staying in budget. For more information on the company and on its printer troubleshooting resources, please visit http://www.printcountry.com.

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December 13, 2010

New HP Printers Drive Enterprise Efficiency : Introduces New Range of Imaging and Printing Devices and Tailored Solutions to Accelerate Business Results for Enterprise Customers




SINGAPORE (PRWEB) December 3, 2008

Building on HP’s leading position in enterprise imaging and printing, HP’s broadened portfolio comprises four specialized solutions, four assessment services, one HP LaserJet multifunction printer (MFP), three HP LaserJet printers and an HP Scanjet device.

According to IDC, HP is the leading provider of laser single and multifunction hardcopy peripherals shipped to Enterprises(1) in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) region, with 42% market share and strong double digit year-on-year growth (+13%)(2).

“HP is continuing its efforts to help enterprises build an Enterprise Print 2.0 plan as enterprises optimize their infrastructure, manage their environment and improve workflows,” said Pierre Mirlesse, Vice President, Enterprise Sales and Services, Imaging and Printing Group, HP Asia Pacific and Japan. “The expanded imaging and printing portfolio features a robust line-up of targeted, cost-effective solutions with the right mix services and devices to enterprise customers, helping them achieve better business results.”

Specialized solutions for enterprise customers

Tailoring solutions to meet specific industry needs, HP has added new enterprise solutions focused on customers in the healthcare and manufacturing and distribution industries. HP also introduced two imaging and printing solutions and four new assessment services that span industry sectors to address specific business needs for enterprises.

Designed to streamline information workflows, enhance security and help reduce costs, HP’s newest solutions offer customers industry-specific expertise with a single point of contact for simplified sales, service and support processes. These include:

HP Document Capture for Admissions and Electronic Medical Records help reduce medical errors and boost patient safety. Designed to safely capture and protect patient medical information, these offerings let healthcare organizations utilize the latest HP healthcare technology to more easily comply with government mandates, including patient-privacy regulations. HP Automated Invoice Processing Solution allows businesses in the manufacturing and distribution industries to automate the value chain of invoice processing, from document capture and distribution across the organization to seamless integration with SAP. A joint HP and ReadSoft® solution, it captures data via an HP multifunction printer (MFP) and provides increased control over the invoice workflow to facilitate more rigorous records management and compliance; accelerated invoice payment process for better spending visibility; and improved invoice reconciliation through automated, business-rule driven processes. HP Assessment Services comprise five modules that capitalize on HP expertise and knowledge to allow enterprises additional control over print-related processes. With a range of assessment services, HP will collect, analyze and monitor printer-related activities, giving customers a current, fact-based account of the imaging and printing environment. The five new services are HP Industry Benchmark Assessment, HP Optimization Assessment, HP Managed Environment Assessment, HP Workflow Discovery and HP Eco Printing Assessment. HP Access Control Printing Solutions are designed to help mitigate security and compliance risks. These solutions, comprising HP Access Control Secure Printing Solution, HP Access Control Secure Pull Printing Solution and HP Access Control Job Accounting Solution, help control and protect access to imaging and printing devices and documents and also facilitate tracking and monitoring of the usage of documents. Updates to the award-winning HP Universal Print Driver (UPD) 4.7 empower end users to resolve issues themselves by providing real-time print job and device information. New features include the ability to choose between automatic or manual print queue configuration, allowing for pre-configuration and installation of a queue prior to physically connecting the device to the network. Businesses also benefit from a single, intelligent, feature-rich driver replacing many individual drivers, thereby making it easy to connect to HP LaserJet printing devices without downloading separate, product-specific drivers. New line-up of imaging and printing devices to drive enterprise efficiency

HP also introduced new printing devices and supplies to better assist customers in saving time and money and to increase efficiencies for enterprise and mid-sized businesses through printing and scanning devices. The new offerings include HP LaserJet mono, color single and multifunction (MFP) devices and an HP Scanjet.

The HP Color LaserJet CM3530 MFP(3) is HP’s first legal-sized desktop Color LaserJet MFP that offers high performance in a space-saving, compact design. Fully equipped for seamless integration into a network environment, the user-friendly MFP has full document management and workflow capabilities, allowing for increased productivity within small work teams. The HP Color LaserJet CM3530 MFP and HP Color LaserJet CP3520 printer series come with HP’s improved HP ColorSphere toner, which helps customers produce professional-looking documents, marketing collateral and business-quality photos with consistent, true-to-life colors. HP Color LaserJet CP3520 Printer Series(4) is reliable for the general office and cost-effectively prints eye-catching color business communications and marketing collateral. Making color devices more affordable than ever, this series offers monochrome printing for the same cost per page as in-class monochrome laser printers(5). The compact HP LaserJet P2050 Printer Series(6) helps boost small work team productivity in enterprise and small to mid-size business environments with fast printing in black and white. The HP LaserJet P2030 Printer Series(7) offers fast black print speeds with flexible connectivity options and can produce a broad range of crisp business documents quickly using HP Instant-on Technology(8). In addition, HP expanded its document capture portfolio by introducing the HP Scanjet N6310 Document Flatbed Scanner(9). This versatile device can capture a variety of documents – including legal-size documents, business cards, photos and transparencies – at simplex speeds of up to 15 pages per minute (ppm). This easy-to-use scanner is ideal for businesses that need to digitize several types of office documents. The HP Scanjet N6310 also features powerful and intuitive software, effortlessly creating high-quality digitized files for archiving or sharing directly via email, and offers a simple task-based interface with dedicated one-touch scan and copy buttons to increase productivity. About HP

HP, the world’s largest technology company, provides printing and personal computing products and IT services, software and solutions that simplify the technology experience for consumers and businesses. HP completed its acquisition of EDS on Aug. 26, 2008. More information about HP (NYSE:HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com/.

(1) Refers to companies with employee sizes from 500+ onwards.

(2) Source: IDC Asia/Pacific Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker, 2Q2008.

(3) Products are available via contractual basis and may vary by markets in the region. Please contact the local HP representative or HP Approved Channel Partner for specific country pricing.

(4) Available in Asia Pacific with street prices ranging from US$ 599-US$ 1,299. Actual price and availability may vary by markets in region.

(5) Compared to HP LaserJet P3005 Printer series, using the HP Q7551X Black Print Cartridge. Yields established using ISO/IEC test standards. Actual yields and costs vary considerably depending on images printed, number of color pages printed and other factors.

(6) Available in Asia Pacific with street prices ranging from US$ 299-US$ 549. Actual price and availability may vary by markets in region.

(7) Expected to be available in January 2009 for purchase in Asia Pacific with street prices ranging from US$ 199-US$ 249. Actual price and availability may vary by markets in region.

(8) Instant-on Technology uses cutting-edge fuser technology to produce the first page faster when a printer is coming out of low power mode so print jobs are done sooner. An InfoTrends study shows the typical office print job is three to five pages long: www.infotrends.com/public/Content/Presentations/officeprinteruse.pdf. Time to Completion of a typical office print job tested on HP and select competing products. Actual results may vary.

(9) Available in Asia Pacific with street price of US$ 499. Actual price and availability may vary by markets in region.

© 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.





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December 11, 2010

HP Announces Host of New Imaging and Printing Products and Solutions for Enterprise Market : Company adds Viacom to customer roster for Managed Print Services




SAN DIEGO (PRWEB) October 7, 2008

Designed to help customers transform their businesses by enabling them to optimize infrastructure, manage environments and improve workflow, these new offerings include eight imaging and printing solutions, four HP LaserJet printers, an HP Scanjet device and enhancements to the HP Carbon Footprint Calculator.

“Today’s announcement expands HP’s offerings for enterprise customers,” said Bruce Dahlgren, senior vice president, Imaging and Printing Worldwide Sales and Services, HP. “Along with our history of proven devices, HP continues to provide targeted, cost-effective solutions with the right mix of services and devices to enterprise customers, helping them achieve better business results.”

HP also announced global entertainment company Viacom as a new enterprise customer. With an HP Managed Print Services contract, Viacom worked with HP to reduce its global device count and is projected to save up to 25 percent in imaging and printing costs over the next three years. In addition, the environmentally conscious company is projected to experience a 50 to 60 percent increase in energy savings and to reduce its carbon emissions associated with energy by more than 28 percent.(1)

“HP was the smart choice for us because of their expertise in managing and streamlining large imaging and printing environments,” said Joe Simon, chief information officer, Viacom. “HP Managed Print Services has already delivered significant cost and energy savings. Additionally, our employees embraced the new service, especially when they realized the color is better, the speed is faster, the quality has improved and it provides environmentally sound solutions.”

Offering specialized solutions for enterprise customers

Tailoring solutions to meet specific industry needs, HP has added five new enterprise solutions focused on customers in the healthcare, public sector, automotive and financial services industries. HP also introduced three imaging and printing solutions that span industry sectors to address the security and manageability needs of enterprises.

Designed to streamline information workflows, enhance security and help reduce costs, HP’s newest solutions offer customers industry-specific expertise with a single point of contact for simplified sales, service and support processes.

HP Document Capture for Admissions and Electronic Medical Records and HP Patient Identification Printing help reduce medical errors and boost patient safety.(2) Designed to safely capture and protect patient medical information, these offerings let healthcare organizations utilize the latest HP healthcare technology to more easily comply with government mandates, including patient-privacy regulations. HP Patient Identification Printing enables on-demand wristband printing on HP LaserJet devices. For the automotive industry, the HP Monroney Label Printing Solution(3) delivers up-to-date and on-demand high-quality vehicle window stickers with individual car specifications to help companies meet compliance regulations. Powered by select HP LaserJet printers, the solution prints on the production line to optimize the process, allowing for a lower investment and reduction of labor costs. The HP Contract and Procurement Management Solution(2) for the public sector enables users to comprehensively capture, send, print, classify, manage and extract information from new and existing government agency contracts for a more efficient printing environment. The solution speeds up labor-intensive procurement contract methods, while saving time and reducing printing-related costs. The HP Account Opening Accelerator for Banking(4) lets financial services businesses improve customer retention by implementing an efficient process to expedite three challenging elements of new accounts: application forms printing and processing; signature card printing, scanning and routing; and starter check issuance. The solution can decrease account setup time from the typical five to seven days to only several hours. HP Job Accounting Print Solutions(5) and Imaging and Printing Security Solutions(5) from HP and Equitrac address the unique needs of businesses, including professional service firms, letting them control access to and account for the usage of their imaging and printing devices. This offering enables users to track and allocate billable printing expenses, monitor and measure fleet performance, and simplify security and management, providing a powerful way to increase revenue potential and reduce overhead costs. These solutions are newly certified by the HP Accreditation, Certification and Test (ACT) program, which ensures customer confidence and reliability. HP Host Printing Solutions(5) from HP and MPI allow enterprises to seamlessly manage print jobs by enabling host systems to communicate with HP printers to print to common form applications, including checks, invoices, statements and other business documents from mission-critical applications. This solution is also newly certified by the HP ACT program. New hardware products for business solutions

HP introduced new printing devices and supplies to better assist customers in saving time and money and to increase efficiencies for enterprise and mid-sized businesses through printing, scanning and security devices. The new offerings range from HP LaserJet mono, color and multifunction (MFP) devices to high-performance secure hard disks.

The HP Color LaserJet CM3530 MFP(6) is HP’s first legal-sized desktop Color LaserJet MFP that offers high performance in a space-saving, compact design. Fully equipped for seamless integration into a network environment, the user-friendly MFP has full document management and workflow capabilities, allowing for increased productivity within small work teams. The HP Color LaserJet CM3530 MFP and HP Color LaserJet CP3520 printer series come with HP’s improved HP ColorSphere toner, which helps customers produce professional-looking documents, marketing collateral and business-quality photos with consistent, true-to-life colors. HP Color LaserJet CP3520 Printer Series(7) is reliable for the general office and cost-effectively prints eye-catching color business communications and marketing collateral. Making color devices more affordable than ever, this series offers monochrome printing for the same cost per page as in-class monochrome laser printers.(8) Now available for the HP Color LaserJet CM3530 MFP and HP Color LaserJet CP3520 printer series, the HP CE250X Black Print Cartridge is designed for high-volume printing environments and allows customers the convenience of replacing black print cartridges less frequently. HP High-Performance Secure Hard Disks(9) are easy to install and include advanced security features, such as Advance Encryption Standard technology, which enables large enterprises to protect sensitive data at rest on HP printers and MFPs without impacting device performance. Also in the managed mid-sized business segment, HP released new devices and supplies to help customers better compete. The offerings include:

The versatile HP Scanjet N6310 Document Flatbed Scanner(10) can capture a variety of documents – including legal-size pages, business cards, photos and transparencies – at speeds of 15 pages per minute (ppm). The compact HP LaserJet P2050 Printer Series(11) helps boost small work team productivity in enterprise and small to mid-size business environments with fast printing in black and white. The HP LaserJet P2030 Printer Series(12) offers fast black print speeds with flexible connectivity options and can produce a broad range of crisp business documents quickly using HP Instant-on Technology.(13) The HP Color LaserJet Brochure Value Pack(14) includes three toner cartridges, glossy media and a CD with design templates, enabling users to create professional-looking marketing materials in-house, thereby saving more than 50 percent versus a print shop.(15) Expanding services and tools to help customers go green

HP Managed Print Services help customers tackle specific business goals – from cost and energy savings to increased efficiency.

HP is making it easier for global technology company 3M to use less energy, recycle more and reduce the impact of imaging and printing with the deployment of HP Managed Print Services. 3M has significantly reduced its imaging and printing energy consumption through device consolidation and print management. Embarq Corporation, a communications service firm, has reduced energy consumption, saved on printing costs and increased productivity with HP CM8060/8050 Multifunction Printers with Edgeline Technology. HP has expanded the capabilities of its carbon footprint calculator that was announced in May to include a full array of HP printing products as well as competitor products. The HP Carbon Footprint Calculator for printing allows customers to compare the carbon footprints of their existing printer fleet to that of a new, optimized fleet to understand how they can reduce their impact on the environment and reap energy savings.

Additionally, customers can compare any two devices (HP and/or competitor products) or build a custom fleet. The calculator assesses printer energy and paper use, the carbon impact of usage, and associated monetary costs based on the geographical energy assessments for 146 countries.

More information about HP’s enterprising printing and imaging offerings is available in an online press kit at http://www.hp.com/go/2008ipgconference.

About HP

HP, the world’s largest technology company, provides printing and personal computing products and IT services, software and solutions that simplify the technology experience for consumers and businesses. HP completed its acquisition of EDS on Aug. 26, 2008. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com/.

Note to editors: More news from HP, including links to RSS feeds, is available at http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/.

(1) Through automated software controls on HP imaging and printing devices including duplex and sleep modes.

(2) Available worldwide later this month.

(3) Available in the United States later this month.

(4) Available in the United States later this month; expected to be available worldwide in 2009.

(5) Available worldwide in fall 2008.

(6) Available worldwide next month with U.S. street prices ranging from $ 2,499-$ 2,999. Actual price may vary.

(7) Available worldwide later this month with U.S. street prices ranging from $ 599-$ 1,299. Actual price may vary.

(8) Compared to HP LaserJet P3005 Printer series, using the HP Q7551X Black Print Cartridge. Yields established using ISO/IEC test standards. Actual yields and costs vary considerably depending on images printed, number of color pages printed and other factors.

(9) Available worldwide later this month with U.S. street prices ranging from $ 549-$ 599. Actual price may vary.

(10) Currently available worldwide with U.S. street price of $ 499. Actual price may vary.

(11) Available worldwide this fall with U.S. street prices ranging from $ 299-$ 549. Actual price may vary.

(12) Expected to be available in November 2008 for purchase in North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and in January 2009 for purchase in Asia Pacific. U.S. street prices range from $ 199-$ 249. Actual price may vary.

(13) Instant-on Technology uses cutting-edge fuser technology to produce the first page faster when a printer is coming out of low power mode so print jobs are done sooner. An InfoTrends study shows the typical office print job is three to five pages long: www.infotrends.com/public/Content/Presentations/officeprinteruse.pdf. Time to Completion of a typical office print job tested on HP and select competing products. Actual results may vary.

(14) Compatible with the HP Color LaserJet CP1215, CP1515n/CP1518ni and CM1312 MFP series and is available in North America. U.S. street price is $ 199.99. Actual price may vary.

(15) Based on average retail pricing for quantities up to 5,000 pages. Source: InfoTrends, “The Cost of Print in the United States,” Aug. 27, 2007. Further details are available at www.hp.com/go/ihm.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If such risks or uncertainties materialize or such assumptions prove incorrect, the results of HP and its consolidated subsidiaries could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements concerning expected development, performance or market share relating to products and services; anticipated operational and financial results; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the execution and performance of contracts by HP and its customers, suppliers and partners; the achievement of expected results; and other risks that are described in HP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2008 and HP’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to HP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2007. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.

© 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.





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November 27, 2010

HELIOS Announces Unbreakable Server Solutions for Windows Server Platform

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Hannover, Germany (PRWEB) September 27, 2006

Formerly available only on major UNIX-based platforms, HELIOS Software GmbH announced today that five HELIOS UB Unbreakable Server Solutions for prepress and enterprise networks now run on Microsoft Windows based computers. HELIOS will introduce their products for Windows at the upcoming IfraExpo in Amsterdam, October 9 – 12, and at GRAPH EXPO in Chicago, October 15 – 18.

The HELIOS UB product family includes HELIOS Base UB for Windows, providing advanced print services, and HELIOS WebShare UB for secure web-based file sharing, distribution, and document collaboration. HELIOS ImageServer UB, PDF HandShake UB and PrintPreview UB bring high efficiency and advanced capabilities to office, design, prepress, and printing operations.

Praise for HELIOS UB servers comes from around the world from leading media companies including USA Today, Le Figaro of France, Mirror Group in the UK, Mohn Media in Germany, and many more. For them, HELIOS server solutions are considered the most reliable, secure, and fastest available for enterprise and prepress networks today, offering cross-platform local and Internet file sharing and printing, with PDF, image conversion, color management, and proofing solutions.

“We are glad that our Web, PDF, print, and prepress server solutions now support the Windows Server platform,” reports Helmut Tschemernjak, CEO and president of HELIOS. “HELIOS server solutions represent over 15 years of server development, and are finally available as a first-class citizen on the Windows Server platform. Supporting all major server platforms allows customers to choose the server platform which best fits their needs.”

Supported Windows Platforms:

Windows Server 2000

Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit edition)

Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit edition)

Customers can contact HELIOS to schedule meetings at the IfraExpo and GRAPH EXPO events.

For more information, please visit www.helios.de

Smart Ideas for Better Networking

HELIOS UB Unbreakable Server Solutions deliver mission critical server solutions to enterprise, government, university, and prepress sites. WebShare provides extremely secure and high performance remote file management via any Web browser. Base UB for Windows adds advanced print server services to Windows, and HELIOS ImageServer, PDF HandShake and PrintPreview bring high efficiency and advanced capabilities to design, prepress and printing operations.

HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers including Apple Computer Mac OS X, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, and Windows systems. HELIOS products provide reliable cross-platform support for Macintosh, Windows, Web and UNIX-based clients.

Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added resellers who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS also works with many strategic partners that incorporate HELIOS server software to provide powerful third party archive, asset management and workflow solutions.

For U.S. Sales:

European MikroGraf Corp.: 916-923-3520; E-mail: sales (at) ugraf.com; www.ugraf.com

Editorial contact:

Germany

Helmut Tschemernjak, HELIOS Software GmbH, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany; Tel +49-5131-709320 Fax +49 5131-709325;

E-mail: mktg (at) helios.de; Internet: www.helios.com

U.S.A.

Thomas Hallinan, HELIOS Software GmbH, 209-827-2760, mktg (at) helios.de

Bill Gram-Reefer, WORLDVIEW, 925-215-8463, reefer (at) worldviewpr.com

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October 31, 2010

OKI Printing Solutions New Value-Priced SIDM Printer Delivers Fastest Print Speeds in its Class and Best-in-Class …

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OKI Printing Solutions New Value-Priced SIDM Printer Delivers Fastest Print Speeds in its Class and Best-in-Class …
OKI Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI® Printing Solutions brand today announced the availability of the new ML1120 SIDM printer. The reliable and dependable SIDM printer handles a wide-range of applications from invoices, receipts, inventory reports, spreadsheets to packing slips.

Read more on Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

October 22, 2010

Print Supervision Software Solution (PSV) — OKI Printing Solutions

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OKI Senior Product Manager discusses OKI Printing Solutions’ Print Supervision Software Solution (PSV) and how it can help IT departments reduce costs and better manager their printers and copiers. The Print Supervision Software tool remotely monitors and manages print and copy devices connected to a network. For more information, click here: www.okidata.com

October 18, 2010

The Advantages of Standalone Label Printing Solutions

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When running a number of small businesses, the task of label printing can often be a labour intensive and expensive venture. With each premises needing its own dedicated label printers, label software, and computer system, costs can rapidly escalate.  However there is a way in which the costs of label printing can be reduced at the same time as adding increased flexibility to your labelling workflow and that is by introducing a standalone label printer system.

A standalone label printing solution enables businesses to print all the labels needed for multiple outlets without each outlet needing its own computer system and software – all each premises needs is its own printer.

So how is it done?

A standalone label printing system works by means of adding a label printer keyboard and USB Converter Module to the existing print setup. This addition provides the ability to complete all label design work in one place e.g. a head office, then download it to the USB converter module and keyboard. The USB module and keyboard can then be transported to each outlet and connected to the installed label printers. The labels can then be printed instantly using the label printer keyboard with the stored designs as a control device, thus eliminating the need for expensive label software and PC’s in each outlet and resulting in label printing costs being cut drastically. Once the batches of labels for a particular outlet are printed, the Keyboard and USB module are simply disconnected and transported to the next outlet ready to complete the process again.

The added control of a print workflow provided by standalone label printing systems is evident and in these times of economic uncertainty never before have small businesses had more of a need to maintain the quality of their printed labels at the same time as reducing their outgoings. A standalone labelling solution is the first step a business owner can make to achieving this.

Cri Davies is marketing manager for Etiquette Labels – UK Independent Experts in Labels, Label Printing, and Label Printing Solutions. For more information visit the Etiquette Network

October 12, 2010

Print Management Solutions to Avoid Docuwaste and Improve Efficiency

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It is estimated that in 2006 European businesses wasted over 9 billion euros through inefficient business practices, up from 8.4 billion euros in 2004. Much of this waste is put down to “Docuwaste” – a massive over-indulgence in print usage which waste untold reams of paper and gallons of ink and toner – for no financial gain to anyone.

However, there is some evidence in the UK, where Docuwaste actually decreased by 4% in the same period, that businesses are taking note of this massive problem. This could be down to the fact that a large number of financial organisations in the UK need to control print output for compliance reasons, and are using Print management software applications to monitor, control and actually charge for printer use.

Such print management software applications are often introduced as part of a managed print service by external suppliers. But applications are now often included at no additional cost with printers (e.g. Hewlett Packard’s Web Jetadmin). Such systems don’t simply work “reactively” to provide detailed reports on device usage, but they can also be used proactively to ensure that any printing policies (e.g. duplex double sided printing) or to restrict access to certain features (e.g. colour printing) or to set print quotas per team, workgroup or department.

More about print autorouting

Why not ensure that print jobs are sent to the printer best suited to the task? This can be done using an auto-routing programme, such as is provided with any reasonable-quality print management software suite. Thus in an example scenario, where a user wants to send a 2 page document to a desktop printer (ideal for the task) then the software would allow this. However, if the same user tried to send a 200-page document to the same printer, the software will alert the user, and send it to the more appropriate high speed departmental or workgroup Multifunctional high speed device.

Email printing control

Print management software rules can also be set for specific applications, so that an administrator could enforce a policy not to print email messages, for example. Or it could be configured so that email messages were only ever printed in black and white, thus avoiding a colour click charge every time an email with a coloured logo or a highlighted email address was printed.

Other efficiencies introduced

How about the time wasting which can create hidden costs? By automatically routing jobs from an out-of-order printer to one that actually is working can be one example. Another example is the prioritising of print jobs for designated individuals with important deadlines to meet.

Secure print solutions – “follow me” printing

More than half of those who replied to a recent Fujitsu Siemens’ survey said that they had printed the same document several times by mistake and 43% said that they had mistakenly picked up someone else’s printout. Such wasteful – and frustrating – problems can be avoided using Secure Print Programmes. These are more generally known by the term “follow me printing”. What happens is that the print job is held on a server on a server until the owner releases them by entering a code or swiping a card on a network printer. Because the document is not printed until the user is at the machine, prints do not have a chance to fall into the wrong hands or get removed by someone else.

Chargebacks

Another major advantage of print job tracking is that it becomes possible to charge customers or departments for the prints they make. Cost recovery solutions, again a part of any good print management software suite, can be used to charge customers by invoice or through pre-pay systems.

Jimi St. Pierre writes for several Office Equipment suppliers in the UK, including office printer supplier Principal. Helpful advice on print management software can be found as part of Principal’s comprehensive Print Supplies website at => www.principalcorp.co.uk/

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