Posted by: Brian R. Kneebone
Technology Consultant, Imaging and Printing Group  

Most enterprise customers I work with equate enterprise printing with laser printing.  While Hewlett-Packard has a fantastic array of products in its LaserJet and Color LaseJet portfolio, for many needs ink-based solutions may be perceived as inappropriate.  Many customers think of the low-cost devices as having higher operational costs, challenges with archivability including water fastness, and issues with tracking and monitoring over the network (especially for USB-connected devices) using tools like HP Web Jetadmin.  Hewlett-Packard continues to challenge these perceptions with new advancements in it's HP OfficeJet Pro line-up refreshed in February.

Customers purchasing OfficeJet Pro products may be surprised to learn the following major benefits:

• Better cost per page than can typically be found on color laser based devices with a lower acquisition cost.
• Advancements with ColorLok using an all pigment ink set providing faster drying, bolder black impressions, vivid colours and improved archivability and water fastness (especially when using ColorLok media).
• Better registration and fewer jams with a center paper-pick mechanism.
• Advanced direct digital filing in all-in-ones for the ability to scan to email and other destinations without software.
• Corporate slim drivers designed for large enterprise business available for download online.
• Ability to track and monitor using HP Web Jetadmin, even if connected using USB to client desktops when used with the HP SNMP Proxy Agent.

Want to learn more?  Visit the HP OfficeJet Pro 8000 Printer Series and HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 All-in-one Series websites.  Take care, B.