HP adds more applications to its line of Web-connected all-in-one printers, including an app that makes printing and sharing photos through Flickr easier.
Technology company Hewlett
Packard (HP) announced a series of relationships and solutions designed to open
up Web printing to all its customers, small business or home office customers
as well as consumers. HP is partnering with AOL to bring embedded print
customization tools to AOL sites, expand print services for Flickr members
worldwide through Snapfish by HP and more HP App partners rolling out over
coming months including Disney, CNET.com, 60 MINUTES, Flickr and Tabbloid.
HP is also bringing
web-connected printing to the home with the HP Photosmart Premium with
TouchSmart Web available on the companys Web site (starting this week) and at
Staples, Best Buy, Office Depot and OfficeMax stores nationwide as well as
Amazon.com throughout the fall. The company is concurrently working with
Internet service provider AOL to embed the Tabbloid publishing service across
the AOL network including its RSS feeds allowing users and businesses to
print customized newsletters tailored to their interests.
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The HP Photosmart Premium
with TouchSmart Web, which retails for $399, joins a new line of black
Photosmart printers at a variety of prices. The all-in-one device not only
offers print, fax, copy and scan functionalities but also provides one-touch
access to printable content from the Web. The printers incorporate a touchscreen
technology that HP said makes it easier for users to display, edit and print
photos as well as copy and scan documents.
HP is also introducing a
selection of Print App partners over the next few months, including CBS News
for text versions of 60 Minutes, Flickr, to allow members to access and print
their photos directly from the printer and Tabbloid for creating and printing
customized newsletters by selecting any combination of RSS feeds from blogs and
websites. These apps will join a host of partners from the world of
entertainment and news that the company announced in June and will be preloaded
onto the printer. The apps are from companies including USA Today, Google (maps
and calendar applications), Coupons.com, Fandango, DreamWorks Animation,
Nickelodeon, Web Sudoku, Weathernews Inc., Snapfish.com and HP Creative Studio.
With the explosion of
digital content on the web, our goal is to enable consumers to print anywhere,
anytime, said Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president of HPs imaging and
printing group. Todays announcement is a major step forward in our Print 2.0
strategy, we knew the web would be the future of the printed page and now, with
50 percent of everything that is printed coming from the web, we are embarking
on a new era of consumer printing.
HP is also taking the time to
burnish its green credentials, offering paper-saving features on its printers such
as automatic two-sided printingand HP Smart Web Printing. Reducing paper
usage by up to 45 percent, HP Smart Web Printing allows users to select, store
and organize text and graphics from multiple web pages, and then edit and print
exactly what they see on the screen. HP is also launching the HP
Deskjet D2600 Printer Series, an affordable, energy-efficient solution made
from 50 percent recycled plastic and starting at $49. Additionally, as an
integral component of its solutions, HP has tested and confirmed the recyclability
of HP Everyday Photo Paper. Through extensive testing, the paper has been
confirmed by the Forest Stewardship Council as chain-of-custody certified,
indicating that the source materials for the paper have come from well-managed
forests.
