Coming To A Printer Near You: Mickey, Donald And The Gang; New HP Printer Comes with Disney Interactive Software, Crafts Kit for Family Entertainment.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1996-- Hewlett-Packard Company today introduced a color home printer that comes with Disney Interactive's Mickey and Friends Print Studio CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). and new home-craft software for family entertainment. The printer is part of a new line of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color home printers with built-in banner printing. Prices start at about $300. The DeskJet 680 series printers are perfect for creating banners, greeting cards See e-card. and a variety of home crafts, as well as for everyday family printing. "The DeskJet 680 series printers enable people to make a lasting impression with their ideas and creations," said Michelle Hamilton Michelle Hamilton (born Roxanna Platt on 20 December 1948 in Elmira, New York) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1968 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong. Roxanna's father was killed in the Korean War. , HP home printers product manager. "If you can dream it and create it on your PC, you can print it. The experience doesn't end when you turn off the computer." HP MAKES COOL PROJECTS A SNAP The DeskJet 682C printer makes family projects easy. With the new printer, customers can create a Disney birthday party, from invitations to placemats and other decorations; produce creative greeting cards and stationery; create personalized coloring pages and bookmarks that come alive with Mickey and his friends; and turn their refrigerators and bedroom walls into art galleries with cards, calendars and other creations. The printer comes with the HP Home Project Kit, which includes three components: o Disney Interactive's Mickey and Friends Print Studio includes more than 200 images of Mickey, Donald, Goofy and the rest of the gang. Customers can choose from more than 15 print projects and a variety of page layouts, with just a point and click. The Mickey and Friends Print Studio is for non-commercial personal and family use only. o PrintPaks Family Fun Kit is a new multimedia craft kit designed for color inkjet printers. The kit provides everything families need to create magnets, window art and banners, including software featuring 50 specially designed images from PrintPak's unique library, as well as all the magnets, frames, string and suction cups. o The special media kit, including HP greeting card stock, envelopes and HP's new banner paper, allows banners to be printed on a single, continuous sheet of paper instead of individual pages that must be taped together. HP BRINGS QUALITY HOME The HP DeskJet DeskJet is a brand name for inkjet printers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company. These printers range from small domestic to large industrial models, although the largest models in the range have generally been dubbed DesignJet. 680 series printers are high-quality, reliable color inkjet printers that provide spectacular image quality with HP's RealLife Imaging System. This integrated suite of HP technologies automatically provides customers with vivid colors "Vivid Colors" is the second single of Japanese band L'Arc-en-Ciel. Track listing
Chart (1995) Peak position Time in chart and sharp black with no special paper required. For instance, ColorSmart automatically selects the best settings for images, text and graphics, reducing color printing “colour separation” redirects here. For other uses, see colour-separation overlay. Color printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). to a single click. DeskJet 680 printers provide speedy performance at up to 5 pages-per-minute (ppm) for black and 1.5 ppm for color. The printers include a variety of family-friendly features, such as two-sided printing, quick set-up and easy driver installation. HP's Printer Toolbox gives customers immediate on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. information for solving common printing problems and for performing tasks such as printing envelopes and banners, as well as feedback such as "out-of-paper" or "insert black or color cartridge." The DeskJet 680 series printers have a one-year limited warranty Limited warranty A warranty with certain conditions and limitations on the parts covered, type of damage covered, and/or time period for which the agreement is good. and have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star designation Designations of stars (and other celestial bodies) are done by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Many of the star names in use today were inherited from the time before the IAU existed. for low power consumption, using approximately 80 percent less energy than dot-matrix printers. U.S. PRICES AND AVAILABILITY The DeskJet 682C printer is expected to sell for about $329. In addition to the DeskJet 682C printer, the new series includes the DeskJet 680C and DeskWriter 680C printers. The DeskJet 680C printer is identical to the DeskJet 682C printer, but it is packaged without the Home Project Kit. It is expected to sell for about $309 and is available through computer resellers. The DeskWriter 680C printer, available at the same price, is designed exclusively for Macintosh computers and is expected to be available through retail stores and computer resellers on July 1. The DeskJet 680 series printers replace the HP DeskJet 660 series printers, the industry's best-selling printers since their introduction in 1995. HP is the world's leading supplier of hardcopy products that set the standard for technology, performance and reliability. HP's market-leading products include LaserJet and DeskJet printers, DesignJet large-format printers and plotters, ScanJet scanners, OfficeJet printer-fax-copier, CopyJet color printers-copiers and HP FAX facsimile machines. Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications and measurement products and services recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 105,200 employees and had revenue of $31.5 billion in its 1995 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. Disney Interactive, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company, is a developer, publisher and licenser of interactive family entertainment. CONTACT: Hewlett-Packard Company Doug Vaughan, (360) 212-4814 e-mail: Doug_Vaughan@vcd.hp.com or Copithorne & Bellows PR for HP Patrick Ward, (408) 988-2100 e-mail: PatrickW@sv.cbpr.com REPEATS: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 212-575-8822 or 800-221-2462; Boston 617-236-4266 or 80 |
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