HP reinvents the chemistry in Business Printing, unveils 15 new PageWide, OfficeJet Pro and LaserJet printers

HP Inc. is driving the printing category forward with an innovative new portfolio of business printers, including:

• A new brand of HP PageWide printers that provide professional color, best-in-class cost of ownership , fastest speeds , best energy efficiency , and the world’s most advanced security and management features in its class;
• New HP OfficeJet Pro printers that deliver affordable, professional color and big performance in a compact package for small businesses;
• New HP LaserJet printers with leading laser performance, print-shop quality color documents, and best value for black-and-white printing;
• HP Secure Managed Print Services to help customers secure their print environment with the strongest protection available in the industry .

Reinventing Business Printing with HP PageWide

HP PageWide Technology is a proven, reliable scalable print technology developed by HP that has delivered more than 140 billion high quality digital pages via HP printers including large format printers and web presses. In addition to the new lineup of A4 devices, early next year, HP will expand the reach of PageWide Technology to redefine the copier market with a new portfolio of A3 multifunction printers (MFPs).

HP PageWide Enterprise Color Flow MFP 586z

The new HP PageWide business portfolio will be available through channel partners and at select retail stores. In addition, the new portfolio increases the number of managed devices designed for contractual channel partners and managed print services engagements.

New Additions to the HP OfficeJet Pro and LaserJet Pro families

The expanded HP business printing portfolio also includes new HP OfficeJet Pro and HP LaserJet printers, rounding out the options available to customers.

HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 All-in-One Printer

The new HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 All-in-One Printer comes Print Forward Design to provide customers productivity with high speeds in a space-saving design that helps preserve office real estate. These new printers also include enhanced manageability and security features as well as seamless mobile printing .

The HP LaserJet family provides customers with print shop document quality, fast speed and the best value on black-and-white printing. The new LaserJet products include Original HP Toner cartridges with JetIntelligence technology enabling the industry’s most advanced laser printing platform that offer leaner, faster, smarter options to help customers accelerate their business.

To prevent unauthorized access to confidential print jobs and reduce waste from misprinted jobs, SMB users can turn on the new HP JetAdvantage Private Print  on-demand and at no charge. Each print job is securely stored in the cloud until the user authenticates and claims the job from the printer. HP JetAdvantage Private Print also features support for HP Common Card Reader for fast authentication.

Reinventing protection with Secure Managed Print Services

Today HP is also introducing HP Secure Managed Print Services (MPS), a new Managed Print Services (MPS) offering focused on security. This enhanced service reflects HP’s defense-in-depth approach to delivering the most comprehensive device, data and document security  available today. HP Secure MPS provides security experts with the ability to help customers secure their print environment with the strongest protections available in the industry and then maintain security over time to address evolving threats and compliance requirements.

HP Secure MPS advanced protections include:

• The world’s most secure printers with self-healing capabilities
• Security software to detect threats as well as protect, monitor and manage the printer fleet
• Data encryption to better protect confidential data
• Reporting for regulatory and compliance audits
• Security expertise to co-develop a comprehensive print security plan

HP has also updated HP JetAdvantage Security Manager software, the industry’s only policy-based printer security compliance solution , to enable greater visibility into what firmware updates have been applied across the HP printer fleet. This feature enables customers to see which of their printers are protected by HP’s advanced printer security including: HP Sure Start BIOS protection, whitelisting, and run-time intrusion detection. In addition, HP Enterprise printers can now be monitored for malicious activity by SIEM tools.

Product Pricing and Availability

The new HP PageWide business printers include:

• The HP PageWide Enterprise Color series includes the HP PageWide Enterprise Color 556 and HP PageWide Enterprise Color MFP 586. These printers are designed for small businesses and medium sized work groups 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 586 is expected to be available in May starting at Rs 1,50,000. The HP PageWide Enterprise Color 556 printer is expected to be available in May starting at Rs. 71,400.

• The HP PageWide Pro 500 series includes the HP PageWide Pro 552dw and the HP PageWide Pro MFP 577dw. The 552dw and 577dw 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 May starting at an Rs. 51,600/-.

• The HP PageWide Pro 400 series includes the HP PageWide Pro 452dw 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 May starting at an Rs. 45,580.

The new OfficeJet Pro printers include:

• For micro and small businesses printing up to 2,000 pages a month, the HP OfficeJet Pro 8710/8720/8730/8740 All-in-One printers and the HP OfficeJet Pro 8210 printer provide professional quality printing at up to 50 percent lower cost per page than lasers . HP OfficeJet Pro 8720/8730/8740 All-in-One printers features 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. The OfficeJet Pro 8700 series is expected to be available in May starting at an Rs. 19,252. The OfficeJet Pro 8210 is expected to be available in May at an Rs. 11,561.

• 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 July starting at Rs 12,999

The new HP LaserJet printers include:

• The HP LaserJet Pro M501 series 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 May at Rs. 63,750.

• The HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M377 series is a multifunction color printer for small and medium sized businesses or work groups printing up to 4,000 pages a month. It offers best in class performance including fastest first page out from sleep, fastest duplex printing, and lowest total energy consumption against leading competitors. The HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M377 series is expected to be available in April at Rs. 68,040.