HP Inc., the post-breakup piece of the former Hewlett Packard responsible for PCs, mobile devices, and printers, has pulled the wraps off its new spring 2016 business print lineup.
Prominent among the new offerings are a series of additions to Palo Alto-based HP’s OfficeJet X family, which the company has now redubbed HP PageWide printers. Long used in mostly industrial settings, PageWide is an HP inkjet technology featuring a stationary, margin-to-margin print head capable of generating large volumes of pages faster and more cost-effectively than traditional inkjet designs, and with greater power efficiency as well. The new PageWide models unveiled today include:
- The HP PageWide Enterprise Color 556 and HP PageWide Enterprise Color MFP 586, designed to churn out up to 75 pages a minute for SMBs that print as many as 15,000 pages a month. HP expects to ship both devices in May, with the former listing at $749 and up and the latter listing at $1,999 and up.
- The HP PageWide Pro 552dw and PageWide Pro MFP 577dw, optimized for businesses that generate up to 6,000 pages a month. According to HP, these models will reach market in April with price points starting at $699.
- The HP PageWide Pro 452dw and PageWide Pro MFP 477dw, for organizations that print up to 4,500 pages a month. Availability begins in April, with prices starting at $499.
- The HP PageWide 352dw and HP PageWide MFP 377dw, for companies that produce up to 3,000 pages a month. These models will reach buyers in June. HP has yet to specify pricing.
Also introduced today were several new OfficeJet Pro printers with enhanced manageability and security capabilities tailored to the needs of organizations with up to five users printing 250 to 1,500 pages a month, including four new 8700 series all-in-one printers and the OfficeJet Pro 8210. The 8700 series ships next month for $199.99 and up. The OfficeJet Pro 8210 won’t arrive until September, with prices starting at $129.99.
New to HP’s LaserJet product family meanwhile are the LaserJet Pro M501 series of single function, monochrome devices and the HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M377 series multifunction printers. Both product groups ship in April, with prices starting at $549 for the M501 series and $489 for the M377 series.
Announced today alongside all that hardware was HP Secure Managed Print Services, a new service offering for businesses concerned about printer-related security risks. That’s a large swath of the business world too, according to figures cited by HP from Traverse City, Michigan-based security researcher Ponemon Institute LLC showing that some 60 percent of organizations have had a data breach involving printers and that while 64 percent of IT managers believe their printers are likely infected with malware.
The new HP Secure MPS seeks to mitigate those dangers via in-transit and at-rest print data encryption, reporting tools for use in conjunction with compliance audits, and HP’s JetAdvantage Security Manager printer security compliance solution, which now offers enhanced functionality for tracking firmware updates. Available immediately, the new service is aimed primarily at mid-market and larger customers and includes elements (such as consulting support) delivered by HP rather than its partners.
