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CHICAGO, Oct. 27, 2008 - Today at Graph Expo, HP announced a new relationship with U.K.-based Timsons Ltd., the world’s largest book press manufacturer, to develop a digital inkjet system for short- and medium-run book production.

HP also introduced a range of innovative graphic arts solutions from its Indigo, Large-Format Printing and Specialty Printing Systems divisions.

HP and Timsons are combining HP’s market-leading capabilities in inkjet print technology and IT infrastructure with Timsons’ experience in high-volume, high-performance materials handling for a new solution designed to take digital book production beyond niche applications to mainstream production.

NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2008 - HP today announced the extension of its collaboration with Magnum Photos, one of the world’s most esteemed cooperatives of professional photographers, and, for the first time in North America, showcased the HP Designjet Z3200 Photo Printer, which lets creative professionals and print service providers produce gallery-quality black-and-white and color prints.

In booth 136 at PhotoPlus Expo 2008, HP will feature its comprehensive portfolio of digital printing solutions designed to help creative professionals explore new business opportunities – from fine art and exhibition prints to proofing and specialty printing.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 22, 2008 - HP today announced that it is working with healthcare providers across the globe to improve their operational and business processes through the HP Digital Hospital Solution.

The HP Digital Hospital Solution is an integrated set of technologies and services from HP and its partners that allows healthcare providers to deliver better service to patients by aligning technology with business and patient priorities.

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 15, 2008 - HP today unveiled the latest additions to its portfolio of large-format digital printing solutions, bolstering the company’s efforts to target the estimated $53 billion page-value opportunity for the global sign and display market projected for 2010.⁽¹⁾

HP today announced industry analyst firm Gartner, Inc. has placed it in the Leaders Quadrant in its Magic Quadrant for Managed Print Services Worldwide.⁽¹⁾

The Gartner Magic Quadrant positions vendors according to their “ability to execute” and their “completeness of vision” in managed print services (MPS).

According to Gartner, the completeness of vision axis “reflects each MPS provider’s prospects for success by analyzing its view of the market, its service operating model, and its strategic plans for growth and service improvements.”

HP today announced new imaging and printing devices, supplies and solutions to give enterprise customers greater options to boost productivity, security and environmental sustainability. 

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 today introduced offerings aimed at capturing a greater share of the combined $200 billion consumer personal publishing and small business marketing collateral markets.(1)

The HP Creative Studio , an online portal for creative projects, provides easy access to online tools from HP as well as nearly 30 partners. MarketSplash by HP offers affordable marketing services to small business customers.

HP also introduced new wireless printers and committed to expand the entire HP Photosmart printer lineup with wireless capabilities by 2010. Highlighting the new models is the Limited Edition HP Photosmart C4599 All-in-One , which features a sleek design and piano-black finish to match HP Pavilion notebook computers. Notebook PC sales have increased by 50 percent each year since 2006,(2) presenting a large opportunity for HP to attach wireless printers at the point of sale.

PALO ALTO, Calif. September 3, 2008 -- HP today introduced several imaging and printing solutions to enable small businesses to enjoy the benefits of high-performance color without worrying about the cost of printing black text, while also saving on time, money and energy usage.

Today's introduction delivers on that and builds on HP's monochrome LaserJet heritage of reliability, superior value and ease of use to help round out HP's robust portfolio of color LaserJet devices.
The new offerings include two HP Color LaserJet series: the HP Color LaserJet CP2025 Printer and the HP Color LaserJet CM2320 MFP (multi-function printer), which help customers save more than 50 percent versus a quick printer(1) while enabling on-par pricing to a monochrome HP LaserJet device.(2) Other introductions include a toner cartridge dual pack and an offer for brochure finishing equipment.

HP today announced five new printing solutions – ranging from check printing security to document capture – to address the security and manageability needs of its enterprise customers.

HP, together with its solution partners, enables customers to manage, secure and improve workflow in their imaging and printing environments. The new solutions, developed through the HP Solution Business Partner (SBP) program, are designed to help customers maximize efficiency and improve business processes.

From Buyers Lab

August 11, 2008 - With the release of Web Jetadmin 10 last year, HP quietly suspended the device plug-in development program that many third-party manufacturers (including Canon, Lexmark, Xerox and others) participated in to make their devices more fully compliant with HP’s popular network device management platform.

An HP spokesperson declined to elaborate on the fate of the plug-in program, other than to say that, “HP has discontinued the Competitor Plug-in program that provides new, non-HP printer and MFP device support for HP Web Jetadmin software. HP is in the process of defining a new program. At this time, there aren’t any additional details to share about the new program.” HP did note that multi-vendor device support remains important to some of its customers, and that HP Web Jetadmin continues to manage existing, supported non-HP devices.