HP LaserJet 8150 Printer Family Defines New Breed of Internet-enabled Appliances.Business Editors/High Tech Writers 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)--Nov. 1, 2000 HP's Most Advanced Network Printers and Multifunction Products Feature Technologies that Allow Access to Future E-services and Solution Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HWP HWP Height (and) Weight Proportionate HWP Half-Wave Plate HWP Highway Patrol HWP Height Weight Proportional HWP Hewlett-Packard Corporation (stock symbol) HWP Hydrolyzed Whey Peptides ) today announced the HP LaserJet LaserJet is the brand name used by the American computer company Hewlett-Packard (HP) for their line of dry electrophotographic (DEP) laser printers. Technology HP LaserJets employ electro-photographic laser marking engines sourced from the Japanese company Canon. 8150 family of printers and multifunction products (MFPs), further advancing the company's printing e-services strategy. The five new printing and imaging appliances feature embedded technologies that will allow access to the growing number of Internet-based services and solutions. The HP LaserJet 8150 printers and MFPs are the first in the industry to offer an HP ChaiServer Embedded Virtual Machine (EVM EVM Earned Value Management EVM Evaluation Module EVM Error Vector Magnitude EVM Electronic Voting Machine EVM Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals EVM Economic Value Management EVM Extraneous Vegetable Matter EVM Extra-Value Meal EVM Electronic Voltmeter ). The EVM is a programming environment that enables the printer to execute Java(TM) applications. This means that the HP LaserJet 8150 has the ability to run a wide range of intelligent, Internet-based custom applications. Customers wishing to equip their HP LaserJet 8150 printers with the EVM technology can download the software, free of charge, from http://www.hp.com. "The LaserJet 8150 family comprises HP's most web-savvy printers," said George Mulhern, general manager for HP's Department LaserJet Printing. "The EVM technology opens a whole new world of web-based services and solutions. For example, an application could be developed that would allow HP printing products to automatically search and print content from the web." Another feature of the HP LaserJet 8150 printers and MFPs is an embedded web server Web server software embedded within a hardware device such as a print server. It is widely used in a myriad of devices, because it allows access to the software via any Web browser, typically for configuring the device or obtaining reports. See ETI and Web server. . Combined with industry-leading HP Web JetAdmin software, the new printers boast a completely scalable offering of remote-management capabilities. For small businesses, the embedded technologies enable remote management from a standard web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . For large, enterprise environments, the new technologies work seamlessly with Web JetAdmin. The web server and HP Web JetAdmin also enable e-mail alerts, real-time status updates and diagnostics, firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. upgrades, dynamic self-help messages and online consumables management. Like the EVM technology, the embedded web server software is available, free of charge, from HP's website. With a 250MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. microprocessor and additional memory, HP LaserJet 8150 printers are HP's fastest at 32 pages per minute (ppm). The printers can be upgraded or pre-configured with an HP JetDirect 610N internal print server for 10/100Base TX network connections. The print server offers four times the performance throughput of its predecessor, 2MB of flash memory, and full-featured compatibility with HP WebJet Admin software. The LaserJet 8150 printers were designed to increase productivity and reduce processing time in complex, high-volume printing environments. The LaserJet 8150 printers also support HP's largest offering of paper-handling solutions. Compatible accessories include high-capacity input trays, multibin mailboxes and sorters, output stapler/stackers and an auto-duplex option for two-sided printing. The new LaserJet 8150MFP (MultiFunction Printer, MultiFunction Peripheral) See all-in-one and MFD. is a fully integrated digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. appliance. The MFP model includes all printer features as well as a digital copy module that allows customers to copy, scan or digitally send documents. HP's digital-sending technology is a low-cost, convenient alternative to older technologies, such as fax and analog copying. The LaserJet 8150MFP improves productivity by bringing copying and scanning capabilities closer to the desktop. Customers wishing to upgrade their HP LaserJet 8000, 8100 or 8150 printers can purchase an HP LaserJet MFP upgrade kit. U.S. Pricing and Availability HP LaserJet 8150 series printers are available now worldwide in five configurations. Estimated U.S. street prices are as follows:(1) HP LaserJet 8150 $1,999 HP LaserJet 8150N 2,459 HP LaserJet 8150DN 2,969 HP LaserJet 8150HN 5,339 HP LaserJet 8150MFP 11,429 About HP Hewlett-Packard Company-a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services-is focused on making technology and its benefits accessible to individuals and businesses through simple appliances, useful e-services and an Internet infrastructure that's always on. HP has 86,000 employees worldwide and had total revenue from continuing operations continuing operations Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the of $42.4 billion in its 1999 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. (1) Actual prices may vary. |
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