HP expands Total Print Management

HP has unveiled significant additions and enhancements to its Total Print Management (TPM) solution, an integrated suite of devices, management software and services designed to help businesses streamline their imaging and printing infrastructure, and to manage it more efficiently.

With these, HP leverages its long history in printing and imaging to continue its transformation of the market, enhance customer processes and information workflow, and accelerate the company's global leadership in business imaging and printing.

Innovations include enhancements to the HP Web Jetadmin platform, HP's industry leading Web-based print management solution, as well as updates to the company's portfolio of HP Output Management solutions designed for reliable document delivery.

In addition, HP unveiled the industry-first Universal Print Driver series for Windows, developed to ease deployment of new HP print drivers for IT managers. HP also introduced a management tool for easy projector networking, monitoring and configuration.

"Strategic print management is becoming the established trend as businesses begin to realise the magnitude they spend, up to three per cent of revenues, on printing, copy, faxing and scanning - even in the digital age," George Mulhern, senior vice-president, LaserJet Business, Imaging and Printing Group, HP, said.

"HP has the intelligent products, software and services to make Total Print Management a reality for our customers - helping them to become more adaptive and maximise cost savings and productivity, while minimising IT department headaches."

New products and services

To successfully achieve Total Print Management, companies can choose from a wide range of HP tools and resources that help them analyse, right-size and monitor their entire imaging and printing infrastructure. New introductions include:

¤ HP Web Jetadmin 8.0 is a unique management software that can manage, on a pro-active basis, a fleet of both HP and non-HP devices, using only a standard Web browser. This easy-to-use tool provides remote deployment, maintenance, supplies replenishment and reporting.

Significant enhancements include new features, such as links to HP Instant Support and assisted supplies ordering, designed to further reduce the time and costs associated with managing printing environments.

Additionally, the new version includes enhanced security, tools to control access to colour printing, enhanced reporting capabilities that provide print job tracking by user and by application, and the ability to view status, page counts and supplies levels on select direct PC connected printers. HP Web Jetadmin is a free download from www.hp.com/go/webjetadmin.

¤ HP's Universal Print Driver for Windows/Version 1.0 provides enterprises with the option to deploy a single print driver for the entire printing environment.

Enabling fast, easy printing to local and network printers, HP Universal Print Driver for Windows/Version 1.0 offers simplified IT print driver management with a common driver for basic printing in business environments. In addition, the driver automatically supports new HP LaserJet printers and MFPs, eliminating the need to deploy new drivers when equipment is upgraded or when the enterprise's printing environment expands. Available as a free download from www.hp.com/go/universalprintdriver.

¤ For simplified projector networking, effortless device monitoring and configuration, the new HP Jetdirect pn1050 network project manager allows enterprises to monitor basic digital projector functions via the internal network and protect their assets. Easy to install, the device helps secure projector fleets, cuts projector operating costs and simplifies device management.

¤ One of the first gigabit EIO print servers to support IPv6, IPv4 and IPsec, the HP Jetdirect 635n IPv6/ IPsec Print Server enables printer sharing on a gigabit or Fast Ethernet network using the IPv6, IPv4 or IPsec protocols for maximum security and speed. Easily installed through any open EIO slot on a compatible HP peripheral, this new print server offers robust network security while enabling a seamless transition to the next generation of TCP/IP protocol and IPv6.

¤ Optimised to manage both file and print, the HP ProLiant DL100 G2 File Print Appliance is an easy-to-use file and print server for small workgroups or remote offices with file sharing and print serving needs.

The device offers a cost-effective solution to streamline network printing and offload print traffic from the general server. The appliance helps to lower total cost of ownership through reduced server cost options and reduces IT and helpdesk costs.

¤ Reliable and affordable, the easy-to-install HP 1284B parallel EIO card is ideal for enterprises which need parallel connectivity to support legacy IT operating systems, mainframes or older applications. Freeing customers from the need to purchase devices with on-board IEEE 1284B parallel ports, HP's 1284B parallel EIO card can help enterprises simplify and standardise their print environments.

¤ HP Easy Printer Care Software is a useful software tool designed to help businesses monitor up to 15 HP printers and keep them running at their best. It simplifies printer management via features such as consolidated status information, device usage reports and consolidated supplies ordering through HP SureSupply from HP or from a selection of resellers.

HP Easy Printer Care Software is available as a free download at www.hp.com/go/ easyprintercare.

HP also unveiled enhanced output management capabilities to help companies improve their business operations while becoming more agile. HP Output Server provides business process continuity through reliable document delivery with end-to-end tracking to output destinations such as print, fax, e-mail, Web, FTP and pager.

¤ The updated HP Output Server 3.5 offers support for advanced printer capabilities. Adding an extensible, easy-to-use framework for defining printers and their capabilities, HP Output Server 3.5 can lower administration costs and allows faster support for printer capabilities such as stapling, job hold and job secure print. Price: available on a per-project basis.

¤ The enhanced HP Output Distributor 3.5: The enhanced HP Output Distributor 3.5 delivers optimised reports in preferred formats through automatic bursting and bundling of content, which is ideal for high-end enterprises with a need for highly reliable document delivery to complete business processes. Price: available on a per-project basis.

Cost-saving

Since it introducted cost-saving, the HP Total Print Management solution has provided thousands of businesses worldwide with cost savings of up to 30 per cent. In addition, organisations implementing HP Total Print Management have reported that an optimised, managed printer fleet has resulted in significant enhancements to organisational efficiency.

Overall, the HP Total Print Management solution arms businesses with the tools and strategies necessary for delivering tangible results such as reduced costs, better use of resources, improved IT and increased employee satisfaction.

For more information on HP Total Print Management please visit: www.hp.com/eur/tpm.