HP Inc unveiled new HP PageWide printers, OfficeJet Pro printers, and LaserJet printers. It also announced HP Secure Managed Print Services that it says help customers ‘secure their print environment’ with what it says is the strongest protection available in the industry. You can find out more about HP’s new business printing portfolio at hp.com/go/businessprinters .
HP’s new business-printing portfolio: new HP printers
HP announced new HP OfficeJet Pro and HP LaserJet printers. The HP OfficeJet Pro 8000 series features HP Print Forward Design which HP says offers high speeds in a space-saving design. The new OfficeJet printers also include enhanced manageability and security features, says HP, as well as seamless mobile printing and access to the HP Instant Ink supplies delivery program.
New LaserJet products include Original HP Toner cartridges with JetIntelligence technology.
Early next year HP will launch a new portfolio of its A3 HP PageWide printers and multifunction printers. The new printers will be available through the usual channel partners and at selected retail stores.
More interesting is that HP says the new PageWide printers increase the number of managed devices designed for contractual channel partners and managed print services. So HP channel partners will be able to provide low cost operation with HP’s highest capacity supplies, a three-year print head warranty, higher speeds and RMPV on select models, as well as integration with HP JetAdvantage Management and third-party tools.
“HP PageWide printers have exceeded our expectations in terms of quality and speed, and have enabled us to be more productive in the way we work,” said Tim Larson, design principal, Downstream. “We operate in a demanding environment and are in the business of visual design so how things look on paper is important – HP is keeping up with us.”
HP’s new business-printing portfolio: Managed print services
HP has launched HP Secure Managed Print Services, a managed print services offering focused on security. HP says Secure MPS will help customers secure their print environment with industry-leading protection. HP says that Secure MPS includes secure printers with self-healing capabilities, security software, data encryption, reporting, and access to security expertise.
HP has also updated HP JetAdvantage Security Manager software, a policy-based printer security compliance solution.
“We’re reinventing printing for every business – large or small,” said Enrique Lores of HP Inc. “Traditionally vendors have spoken about ‘Good, Better, Best’ where most customers have to compromise, but today we are promising ‘Best, Best, Best’ allowing our customers to determine the right print solution for their business, not their budget.”
New HP printers: price, specs and availability
The new HP PageWide business printers include:
• The HP PageWide Enterprise Color series includes the HP PageWide Enterprise Color 556 sfp and HP PageWide Enterprise Color MFP 586. These printers are designed for work groups up to 15 users in small and medium businesses and large enterprises printing up to 15,000 pages a month, with a print speed of up to 75 pages per minute . The HP PageWide Enterprise Color MFP 556 printer is expected to be available starting mid-April and sells up from €727. The HP PageWide Enterprise Color MFP 586 is expected to be available starting mid-April and sells up from €1922.
• The HP PageWide Pro 500 series includes the HP PageWide Managed P57750dw MFP and the HP PageWide Managed P55250dw sfp. These printers are designed for small businesses and work groups printing up to 6,000 pages a month, with print speeds of up to 70 pages per minute. The PageWide Pro 500 series is expected to be available in April as part of Managed Print Services contracts.
• The HP PageWide Pro 400 series includes the HP PageWide Pro 452dw sfp and the HP PageWide Pro MFP 477dw. These printers are designed for small businesses and work groups printing up to 4,500 pages a month, with print speeds of up to 55 pages per minute. The PageWide 400 series is expected to be available in April starting at €399.
• The HP PageWide 300 series includes the HP PageWide 352dw sfp and the HP PageWide MFP 377dw. These printers are designed for small businesses and work groups printing up to 3,000 pages a month, with print speeds of up to 45 pages per minute.. The PageWide 300 series is expected to be available in June starting at €299.
The new OfficeJet Pro printers include:
• HP OfficeJet Pro 8210 printer provides professional quality printing at up to 50 percent lower costs per page than lasers . HP OfficeJet Pro 8720/8725/8730/8740 All-in-One printers feature revolutionary HP Print Forward Design, delivering superb office productivity with high speeds for two-sided print and scan jobs with laser-like paper handling, and space-saving designs helps preserve office real estate. HP OfficeJet Pro 8730/8740 All-in-One printers and the HP OfficeJet Pro 8210 printer include enhanced manageability and security features (e.g. PCL5 and PCL6). The OfficeJet Pro 8700 series is expected to be available in May starting at €199. The OfficeJet Pro 8210 is expected to be available in May for €129.
• For micro and home businesses printing up to 800 pages a month, the HP OfficeJet Pro 6960/6970 All-in-One printers provide professional quality printing professional quality printing at less than half the cost of laser printing. The OfficeJet Pro 6900 series is expected to be available in June starting at €149.
The new HP LaserJet printers include:
• The HP LaserJet Pro M501 is a single function, monochrome printer for small and medium sized businesses or work groups printing up to 6,000 pages a month. It offers best in class performance including fastest first page out from ready, fastest first page out from sleep and lowest total energy consumption against leading competitors The HP LaserJet Pro M501 series is expected to be available in April starting from €490.
Author: Matt Egan, Global Content Director, Foundry
Matt Egan is Global Content Director of Foundry, publisher of Tech Advisor, and a passionate technology fan who writes on subjects as diverse as smartphones, internet security, social media and Windows.
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Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t print from your iPhone or iPad. If you have a printer with Wi-Fi it is likely to be a cinch to print off photos, emails, documents or Safari pages form your iPhone or iPad.
A cinch, that is, if your printer supports AirPrint, which is Apple’s printing standard. But don’t worry if you don’t , as there are further options for printing from iPhone or iPad.
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How to print from iPad or iPhone using AirPrint
To use AirPrint, you’ll need either an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. You’ll also need an AirPrint-enabled printer, a list of which can be found here . All of the major printer makers have AirPrint printers, and if you have a recent wireless printer it is likely to be AirPrint enabled.
Printing from your iPhone or iPad is very simple. Just make sure your printer is on and connected to Wi-Fi.
Now choose whatever you want to print in Mail, Safari, Notes, Photos or any of the other apps that have the sharing icon. This can be a square with an arrow pointing out of it, or just a curved arrow. Sometimes you have to tap three dots to see extra options which include the sharing icon.
When you see the sharing screen, Print should be in the bottom row (which is scrollable).
Tap Print and you’ll now see Printer Options along with a preview of what will be printed. The first time you print you’ll need to hit select printer. Your iPhone or iPad will then scan for a local AirPrint printer.
Select the one you want to use (likely to be the only printer shown in the list, but do watch out for your neighbours’ printers if they’re close by!), choose the number of copies and hit Print. It’s that simple.
How to print from iPad or iPhone if you don’t have an AirPrint printer
There are some third-party apps that’ll help you if you don’t have an AirPrint printer. PrintCentral is one that comes recommended.
They all work in a similar way. There’ll be a browser that allows you to see the files on your iPhone or iPad. You install some client software on your PC in order to physically connect up the printer to the iPhone/iPad so that they can see each other, and from there you can press print. It’s not idea, but it’s a solution nonetheless.
Finally, a simpler way of connecting printer to iPhone or iPad is offered via dedicated apps from printer makers such as HP ePrint, Xerox Print Portal, and Epson iPrint. These work much more like AirPrint, the app talks to the printer and off you go. So have a look in your app store to see if your printer manufacturer has an app that works with your printer.
Author: Matt Egan, Global Content Director, Foundry
Matt Egan is Global Content Director of Foundry, publisher of Tech Advisor, and a passionate technology fan who writes on subjects as diverse as smartphones, internet security, social media and Windows.
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