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HP’s autumn refresh of its
printer line-up addresses
some of the key trends in
today’s ‘hybrid paper-and-
digital world’: the greater
mobility of office workers; the
need for security; big data;
and the cloud.
The four trends are closely
inter-linked as shown by two
major product innovations
outlined by HP at a worldwide
press conference in Barcelona
on October 1: new mobile print
solutions designed to make
it easier for mobile workers
to print from/scan to tablets
and smartphones; and the
launch of new digital workflow-
optimised HP Flow MFPs.
Addressing the needs of the
90% of customers who want
to print from smartphones but
either don’t know how to or find
the process too complicated,
HP has introduced a simple
touch-to-print solution that
provides a direct link between
an MFP and mobile devices.
This comes in two low cost
variants: the HP JetDirect
2800w (€50), which fits in the
hardware integration pocket
of FutureSmart devices;
and the HP1200w Mobile
Print Accessory (€38), which
connects via USB to existing
printers used by 40 million HP
customers worldwide.
Both options enable users
of NFC-enabled mobile devices,
including the new HP Elitepad
tablet, to print just by tapping
their device on the printer. They
also enable printing from WiFi-
enabled devices via a peer-to-
peer WiFi Direct connection.
The first new products to
come with the HP JetDirect
2800w built-in are the HP
Laserjet 800 Series of Flow
MFPs, which HP describes as
the world’s first NFC-enabled
enterprise MFPs.
HP stresses that ease of
use has been achieved without
compromising security, as
the wireless element of these
units is completely separate
from an MFP’s wired network
connection; they offer 128-bit
encryption; and administrators
can set 13 digit passcodes to
restrict access to the device.
HP’s second major
announcement is the extension
of its Flow MFP concept to the
HP Laserjet 800 series and to
the HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow
5000 s2 scanner.
HP Flow MFPs – introduced
this time last year – are a new
type of MFP optimised for
scanning not copying. To enable
fast scanning on office MFPs,
HP has broken the traditional
link between scanner and print
engine speeds and significantly
increased scanner throughput;
tripled the lifetime duty cycle
of typical MFP scanners;
improved reliability by
introducing ultrasonic double-
feed detection; and added a
duplex scanner so it doesn’t
matter which side up you place
a document in the feeder.
Flow MFPs also provide
advanced scan routing and
sharing capabilities including
a direct link to the Autonomy-
derived Flow CM Professional
cloud-based content
management solution.
In addition to these
launches, HP announced an
international mobile broadband
product; enhancements
to its Officejet Pro X series
of business inkjets; and
authentication and serverless
capture solutions. For more
details see the next issue of
Business Info
(Issue No. 114).
www.hp.co.uk
autumn 2013
THE PRINT, MFP & SOFTWARE MAGAZINE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS
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HP goes with the flow and enhances
mobile printing and scanning
Epson has announced a new inkjet print technology that will
enable it to deliver dramatically faster print speeds on office
inkjet printers.
Epson PrecisionCore, seen for the first time in Epson’s new
SurePress L-6034V and L-6034VW label printers, features a new
print chip that is claimed to deliver ‘commercial grade performance
in a compact, modular form’.
The technology is scalable from single-pass industrial presses
to workgroup and desktop printers and can be used both in moving
serial printheads and fixed linehead arrangements.
The compact high density printhead can eject up to 40 million
dots per second with greater accuracy than ever before. In office
printing, this will allow it to match laser quality and durability, with
the added benefit of affordable colour, faster print speeds and up
to 70% lower power consumption.
www.epson.co.uk
Bulletin
contents
03 Bulletin
14 Cover Story
18 Solutions Platform
18 NAPPS two years on
21 Business Inkjets
22 100ppm printer
25 Overhead scanners
28 Paper-saving devices
31 Mobile printing
Epson unveils high speed, scalable
inkjet technology
Mobile print
alliance formed
You might have expected
HP to use its strong mobile
print offering as a major
competitive advantage.
However, it is one of the
prime movers behind a
new organisation set up to
promote wireless printing
standards that provide a
consistent user experience
across all devices.
The Mopria Alliance aims
to simplify mobile printing by
helping to develop standards
that will enable smartphone/
tablet users to print wirelessly
to any device without having
to install software; and by
providing standard tools so
that software developers can
easily incorporate print into
mobile applications.
Founder members
include Canon, HP, Samsung
Electronics and Xerox.
www.mopria.org.
Epson is likely to use
PrecisionCore to boost print
speeds on its Workforce Pro
business inkjets, which look
slow (if affordable) beside
devices with fixed, page-wide
printheads, such as HP’s
Officejet X Series, the Lomond
Evojet Office powered by Memjet
and the Brother HL-S7000DN.