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PRINTERS
For even easier cartridge changes
than before, HP has replaced the
familiar, removable orange toner seal
strip with Automatic Seal Removal
technology. This automatically draws
the toner seal into the cartridge
where it helps aerate the toner, thus
reducing waste and offering ‘plug and
play’ simplicity and convenience.
Together, ColorSphere 3 toner and
Page Maximizer Technology deliver
greater page yields (33% more pages
than 131A and 507A cartridges) at a
9-10% lower cost per page.
PRINTER MANAGEMENT
In addition to new toner and cartridge
components, the cartridges include
proprietary HP technology that offers
improved consumables management
and protection against theft and
counterfeit supplies.
These tools, which are off by
default and must be turned on
by the customer, also make life
more difficult for producers of
remanufactured and compatible
cartridges. They include:
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HP Print Gauge Technology.
This tracks print usage and shows
how many pages have been printed
and how many are left based on the
user’s normal print behaviour. HP
says it can do this with complete
accuracy because ColorSphere 3
toner doesn’t degrade. Because
the gauge only works with HP
components, accurate status
information won’t be available on
remanufactured cartridges.
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Anti-fraud technology.
When
a cartridge is inserted, anti-fraud
technology automatically confirms
whether it is an HP original or a
counterfeit or remanufactured
product. This matters, says
HP, because the printer fusing
temperature has been set for low-melt
ColorSphere 3 toner. If another toner
is used, the temperature may be too
low to fuse the toner to the page;
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Genuine HP Policy.
This enables
users to enforce a rule that only HP
original supplies are used in a printer
or entire printer fleet; and
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Anti-Theft technology.
To prevent
the theft of cartridges from printers,
businesses have the option to link a
cartridge to a specific printer or fleet.
Should a cartridge be removed and
used in another device, it won’t work.
NEW SOLUTIONS
Coinciding with its new cartridge
design, HP is developing new
solutions that address the challenges
posed by changing working
environments, including the need
for mobility, security, manageability
and support for hybrid workflows that
integrate paper and digital material.
The first of these is HP
JetAdvantage Private Print, a free
application that gives small and
medium-sized businesses a simple
Toshiba has extended its A4 desktop range
with two colour and three monochrome
systems. The five new models include two
MFPs and three printers.
The colour devices are the
e-STUDIO305CP colour printer and the
e-STUDIO305CS colour MFP. Both have a
print speed of up to 30 pages per minute
(ppm) and a maximum paper capacity of
1,450 sheets.
The mono devices, the e-STUDIO385P
printer and e-STUDIO385S MFP, have the
same paper capacity as the colour models,
but a faster print speed of 38 pages per
minute.
Toshiba’s fifth new device, the
e-STUDIO525P mono printer, has a print
speed of 52ppm and a maximum paper
capacity of 4,400 sheets.
Chris Mills, product marketing manager at
Toshiba TEC, said: “With the launch of these
five new products we have expanded our
A4 portfolio to give our customers an even
larger choice of systems. We understand
the different needs of companies and want
to offer our customers advanced printing
solutions that exceed their expectations.”
All five models have the same Toshiba
e-BRIDGE printer driver as the company’s
high-end A4 and A3 systems, automatic two-
sided printing and a choice of energy-saving
modes.
Toshiba expands A4 portfolio
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alternative to server-based secure print
systems by marrying the convenience
of PIN printing with the reach and
flexibility of a server-based system.
Thanks to built-in connectivity to
the HP On Demand cloud platform,
users don’t have to print to a server-
based secure print system, but
instead can upload an encrypted
print job to the cloud from a PC,
Mac or Android/iOS mobile device.
They can then download the print
job to any other registered LaserJet
Pro printer with a touchscreen and
internet connectivity and release it by
entering a PIN or swiping a card.
Private Print is not as highly
featured or as secure as enterprise-
class secure print systems. For
example, a user with an account at
company A could walk into company B
and, assuming it too had an account,
print off a document. One way to
prevent this happening is to lock
down the touchscreen and require
users to enter a PIN to activate it.
HP’s new toner may not qualify
as a quantum leap, but it does offer
improvements across the board.
In particular, its hard shell and low
melting point have enabled HP to bring
features normally found on high-end
devices, such as duplex at the rated
speed and sub-7 second first print out
times, to personal printers, whilst at
the same time reducing the cost per
page and energy consumption.
Users can
download a
print job to
any other
registered
LaserJet
Pro with a
touchscreen
and internet
connectivity
HP’s new toner formulation and
cartridge design has enabled it to
reduce the size of its printers and
MFPs. Here, a new MFP (in white)
easily fits within the shell of the
machine it is replacing (in black).
