HP, Trident simplify printing with new Officejet Pro series

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HP Printing and Personal Systems Group and its distributor Trident Corporation launched a series of new HP Officejet Pro inkjet printers designed to simplify printing for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large-scale enterprises in Sri Lanka. Organisations are looking to ink technology for their printing needs because of the cost savings, improved print speeds and added functionality ink delivers. By 2016, business inkjet printers are expected to represent 56% of all print devices used by U.S. businesses. Delivering on this need, the HP Officejet Pro 8600 series is compatible with features like mobile print and print management solutions to help business owners save time and money, allowing them to focus on their business.

From left: Inkjet Printing Systems Market Development Manager Ginsara Dias, Printing and Personal Systems Enterprise Account Manager Manjula Jayasinghe and Trident Corporation Brand Manager Pradeep Abeyratne with models at the launch – Pic by Daminda Harsha Perera “Thanks to HP Officejet printers organisations can bring down their print operating costs down significantly,” said Ginsara Dias, Market Development Manager HP AEC IPS and 1N, at the launch in Colombo yesterday. “The HP Officejet printer range offers companies a competitive edge,” he added. “The new series will empower small and medium enterprises as well as small work groups. The Officejet Pro inkjet printer series looks (quality) like laser and runs (speed/efficiency) like laser but costs half as much,” Dias added referring to the popular laser printers. He also said the new solutions are reliable and of higher quality, apart from being energy saving. Trident Sri Lanka Brand Manager Pradeep Abeyratne described the new HP Officejet Pro printer series as “great technology with fantastic user experience”. He said the launch of new cost and energy efficient and high quality solutions was part of the commitment by Trident and HP to offer best of the class products to the Sri Lankan market for the past 15 years. He expressed confidence that similar to previous solutions, the latest range will help the technological advancement of various business and economic sectors of the country. “HP Officejet Printers are the ultimate corporate productivity tool and thanks to HP’s next gen technology, companies can expect to increase the speed of their operations,” said Manish Fithranwala, Country Manager of Trident Corporation in a statement. “CIOs are constantly looking for ways to reduce operating costs and increase productivity,” said Stephen Nigro, Senior Vice President, Inkjet and Printing Solutions and Graphics Solutions Business, Printing and Personal Systems Group, HP. “These new inkjet printers deliver the high-quality printing our customers expect, while helping reduce costs and increase efficiency with the availability of HP large size ink cartridges and the latest mobile print technology.” Why HP Officejet Pro printers?

Low cost of printing – up to 50% lower cost per page and energy use than competitive colour lasers and pigment inks that are water, smear, highlighter and fade resistant, plus high-capacity options - some, like the HP 970XL black ink cartridge, that yield significantly more pages than comparably priced laser cartridges.
Easy security and manageability features – Proactively manage and remotely monitor status with distributed enterprise-level security and management features that can be easily integrated into existing IT infrastructure. Get easy-to-use tools and services like HP Web Jetadmin and Managed Print Services (all models). The Officejet Pro 200 and Officejet Pro X series also offer Universal Print Driver and expanded WJA support.
Fast print speeds – The Officejet Pro 8100 and 8600 series print up to 20 ppm black, 16 ppm colour (18/13 for the 8600 base model). The Officejet Pro 200 series prints up to 20 ppm black, 15 ppm colour. And the Officejet Pro X series features groundbreaking HP PageWide Technology, for blazing speeds of up to 70 ppm (in general office mode).
nLeading productivity features and ease of use – Automatic 2-sided printing, plus scanning, copying and faxing (AiO/MFP only); large touchscreens; print from mobile devices like the new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone and HP Slate7 Tablet, HP ePrint, AirPrint and HP wireless direct (Officejet Pro 200 and Officejet Pro X series).
Less intervention – Replace cartridges less often with high-capacity cartridges that don’t dry out and print up to 9200 pages black and 6600 pages colour, and optional paper trays for input capacity up to 1050 pages (Officejet Pro X series).
Outstanding serviceability – Expand and extend your standard warranty with HP Care Pack services, including Next Business Day Onsite Repair, Next Business Day Onsite Exchange (assisted and unassisted) and more.
HP quality and reliability – Print professional-quality documents and photos, plus choose.

Giving organisations a competitive edge, the new HP Officejet Pro 8620 e-All-in-One and HP Officejet Pro 8610 e-All-in-One offer high-quality colour printing for up to 50% lower cost per page compared to color laser printers. Additionally, the new devices help increase productivity with easy printer management through HP Web Jetadmin and streamlined content organisation and access through the cloud with HP Flow CM Professional. These new HP Officejet Pro 8600 series printers meet Mopria global standards for delivering simple wireless printing from smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. The devices support mobile printing solutions already available on most smartphones and tablets such as HP ePrint, wireless direct and other solutions. For added efficiency, the HP Officejet Pro 8630 and 8620 offer cutting-edge NFC touch-to-print capabilities that let users simply tap a device directly to the printer for instant document printing. Other printers which were launched were the Officejet 7612 and the Officejet 6830.