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we had laser on its own. So, it’s
been a winning strategy.”
HP PageWide for the Office
HP’s most significant
announcement is the scaling down
of its PageWide technology to office
printers, from HP web presses
where it has already been used to
print 140 billion pages.
This is not quite the
breakthrough that HP claims, as
PageWide technology – a stationary
page-wide printhead with 40,000
individual nozzles below which
paper passes at very high speed
– has been deployed in the HP
Officejet Pro X series for some time.
However, with the introduction
of new enterprise and MPS-only
models for workgroups of up to 15
people printing 15,000 pages a
month, HP clearly feels the time is
right to launch HP PageWide as a
brand name in its own right, offering
best-in-class TCO, print speeds,
print quality, reduced maintenance
requirements (no drum, no fuser, no
transfer belt) and higher capacity
ink cartridges.
At the same time, it is retiring
the HP OfficeJet Pro X brand to
clearly differentiate its high speed,
professional colour fixed printhead
devices from the OfficeJet Pro Series
for small businesses (see below).
The new HP PageWide Enterprise
Color Flow MFP 586 and printer-only
PageWide Enterprise Color 556
sfp represent a big upgrade in the
capability of HP business inkjet
devices. In almost all respects other
than print technology (and hardware
and running costs), they are identical
to an enterprise laser device,
offering the same solutions, security
and management capabilities.
Highlights include a top print
speed of 75 ppm in colour or mono,
compared to 55ppm colour and
70ppm mono previously; a dual-
head scanner; a cartridge capacity
of 20,000 mono and 16,000
colour; and improved pigment ink
with vivid reds and true black,
rather than composite.
HP has also announced
the 55ppm HP PageWide Pro
400 Series and the 45ppm HP
PageWide Pro 300 Series of single
function printers and MFPs for
small businesses and workgroups
printing 4,500 and 3,000 pages
per month respectively.
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Faster scanning. A dual head
scanner scans both sides of a
page in a single pass for faster
throughput;
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Professional colour print quality
on a variety of paper stocks;
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A 4.3in colour touchscreen with
smartphone-like swipe and tap
functionality and customisable
short-cuts;
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High capacity ink cartridges
with 30% more ink to reduce refill
frequency; and
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WiFi Direct, USB Direct (including
Word documents) and NFC-enabled
Touch to Print mobile printing
capability.
On top of this, you get the well
established benefits of business
inkjet technology.
Secure MPS
Lastly, HP has built on its last
two major product updates – the
launch of the world’s most secure
laser printers with SureStart BIOS
protection, run-time intrusion
detection and whitelisting; and,
before that, the introduction of new
generation laser printers featuring
low-melt JetIntelligence toner.
HP is adding to the security
capabilities of its new LaserJet
and PageWide printers with the
introduction of security services
including HP JetAdvantage Security
Manager and Secure MPS.
JetAdvantage Security Manager
lets you create and review security
policies, add devices, assess the
security status of devices, remediate
devices, review certificates and
review security reports.
With Secure MPS, a service
provider does all this on behalf of a
client, ensuring that its printer fleet
and network are always protected
against evolving threats, with the
major caveat that only compatible
HP devices will be protected in this
way. Secure MPS is also available
to smaller businesses through HP
channel partners.
New additions to HP’s range
of JetIntelligence toner devices
include the HP LaserJet Pro M501
printer and the HP Color LaserJet
Pro MFP M377dw, the smallest MFP
in its class – 40% smaller than its
predecessor. Both have the fastest
first page out time from sleep and
lowest total energy consumption in
their respective classes.
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HP PageWide for MPS
To meet the needs of MPS
providers, HP is introducing two
models specially modified for
contractual engagements. For a low
cost of operation, the HP PageWide
Managed P57750dw MFP and HP
PageWide Managed P55250dw
sfp have an extra-large cartridge
capacity of 21,000 pages mono and
16,000 pages colour. Suitable for
workgroups printing 6,000 pages
a month, the devices have print
speeds of up to 70ppm and include
the ability to apply a lower accent
colour click charge when just a
small amount of colour is used on
a page.
OfficeJet Pro re-design
In addition, HP has made significant
changes to its Officejet Pro line for
smaller businesses.
Its new top-of-the-range OfficeJet
Pro 8700 Series features a
completely new printer design, the
HP Print Forward Design, to meet
the security and productivity needs
of small but busy workteams of up
to 5 people. Key features of the
new design include:
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A laser-like internal output tray,
rather than the pull-out paper
collection tray found on most
inkjets. This, combined with a re-
oriented paper path, results in a
smaller footprint and less waste.
One of the drawbacks of pull-out
trays is that paper can spill out and
fall to the floor;
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Face down output for greater
security;
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Faster duplex printing. Because
the paper path pulls in the next
sheet while the first is still being
printed, two-sided printing can be
completed almost as quickly as
single-sided printing (20ppm duplex
versus 24ppm simplex);
HP’s most
significant
announcement
is the scaling
down of its
PageWide
technology to
office printers,
from HP web
presses where
it has already
been used to
print 140 billion
pages.
