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Changing how
the world prints
At the HP Reinvent World Partner
Forum 2017, which took place earlier
this month in Chicago, HP invited
print partners to ‘Reinvent How the
World Prints’.
To help them do this, it announced
both a number of new services to enhance
printer security, mobility, servicing and
support and the long awaited availability
of the first A3 devices to feature HP
PageWide inkjet technology, originally
flagged up in September 2016.
In total, HP is bringing out seven
A3 colour devices based on PageWide
technology, an economical, energy-
efficient, low maintenance alternative to
toner for the production of professional-
quality colour documents.
The printers and MFPs are available
now, in different versions for transactional
(Pro) and MPS (Enterprise) channels and in
a variety of configurations.
Enterprise models are faster and benefit
from additional security features, including
HP Connection Inspector, which will form
part of a FutureSmart firmware update due
to be released later this year. From Spring
2018, they will also offer improved device
monitoring and support through Smart
Device Services 2.0 (see below).
New Enterprise devices include: one
printer, the HP PageWide Enterprise Color
765dn (75ppm in General Office mode);
and two MFPs, the HP PageWide Enterprise
Color MFP 780dn (65ppm in General
Office mode, 4.3in colour touchscreen and
1,200 sheet input, expandable to 4,000
sheets) and the HP PageWide Enterprise
Color Flow MFP 785f (75ppm in General
Office mode, 8in colour touchscreen, 4,000
sheet input, four-corner stapling and offset
stacking, and HP Scan and I.R.I.S. Readiris
Pro OCR software for capturing and editing
text from scanned documents).
Transactional Pro models include: two
printers, the HP PageWide Pro 750dn
(55ppm) and 750dw (55ppm, wireless);
and two MFPs, the HP PageWide Pro
MFP 772dw (55ppm in General Office
mode, 4.3in colour touchscreen and 1,200
sheet input, expandable to 4,000 sheets)
and the HP PageWide Pro MFP 777z
(65ppm in General Office mode, 8in colour
touchscreen, 4,000 sheet input and four-
corner stapling and offset stacking).
The availability of PageWide technology
in A3 devices is a significant development
for HP, which since September 2016 has
been building a partner network to take
them to market, in addition to HP direct
sales. The benefits of PageWide technology,
combined with HP’s existing and newly
announced security, mobility and device
management capabilities, really do give
resellers the chance to ‘reinvent how the
world prints’.
HP also announced a number of other
hardware devices including workflow
scanners, the Digital Sender Flow (A4)
and the ScanJet Enterprise Flow (A3), and
colour laser printers/MFPs for consumers
and micro-businesses, the HP Color
LaserJet Pro MFP M180/181 series and HP
Color LaserJet Pro MFP M280/281 series
printers with JetIntelligence cartridges and
easy mobile printing via HP Smart App.
Security & Support
PageWide technology is not the only way
HP is differentiating itself in a crowded
market. It has also made printer security a
key selling point, with features like HP Sure
Start, Run-time intrusion detection and
whitelisting embedded in its print devices.
This autumn, it is enhancing printer
security further, with the launch of HP
Connection Inspector. Created by HP Labs,
this intelligent embedded security feature
inspects outbound network connections
(typically abused by malware), determines
HP PageWide A3 devices launched with
added security features and, from next
year, enhanced monitoring and support
what is normal and then stops suspicious
activity. If a printer is compromised, HP
Connection Inspector will automatically
trigger a reboot to initiate HP Sure Start
self-healing procedures, all without IT
intervention.
Spring launches
Most of the other solutions and services
announced at the HP Partner event are
scheduled to be launched next year,
including new solutions for mobility,
digitisation and servicing.
HP is addressing the growing
requirement for enterprise mobility and
collaboration with a new cloud printing
solution due to be launched in Spring
2018. Replacing traditional drivers and
mobile apps, HP Roam enables mobile
workers to submit print jobs to the cloud
from any device (mobile or desktop) simply
by selecting HP Roam instead of a specific
printer.
Print jobs are added to the user’s
personal print queue, from where they
can be retrieved and printed on any HP
Roam-enabled printer in the office, home
or public site, with secure authentication by
mobile device, PIN or ID card
Through a combination of auto-
discovery, GPS and Bluetooth technologies,
the HP Roam app will alert a user when
they are within six metres of any HP Roam-
enabled printer. It will also show nearby
public print locations in hotels, libraries,
airports and other places.
HP is encouraging resellers to use
HP Roam to differentiate their managed
print services and to simplify the print
experience for customers when it becomes
available next year.
A third area of concern for customers,
alongside security and mobility, is
digitisation. This, HP is addressing through
the HP Solutions Hub, an open platform
architecture that allows for the creation of
deeply integrated workflows that include
mobile access as well as traditional sign-in.
The workflow optimisation platform
includes connectors and templates that
HP partners can use to create custom
workflows for organisations in paper-
Enterprise
models are
faster and
benefit from
additional
security
features,
including
HP Connection
Inspector
HP :
PageWide A3
