Joining the Jet set
HP is seeking to bring advanced print security and fleet management to small businesses with its new Color LaserJet Enterprise 4000/X400 Series of single function and multifunctional printers.
For small- to medium-sized businesses, print remains critical to business workflows, from customer and supplier communications to legal compliance and documents requiring physical signatures – it all still requires print.
But as work increasingly moves between paper and digital formats, teams also need solutions that help them manage information securely and efficiently without adding IT complexity – and if that is in one device, so much the better.
To cater for this demand, HP Inc. has introduced the HP Colour LaserJet Enterprise 4000/X400 Series, a compact A4 colour printing portfolio designed to help small teams manage document workflows with advanced security, simplified device management and
reliable performance.
Speed and efficiency
The HP Color LaserJet Enterprise 4000/X400 Series includes single-function and multifunction colour printers across transactional and managed configurations, replacing the current HP LaserJet Enterprise 400 Series.
In addition, the HP Color LaserJet Enterprise 4000/X400 Series helps teams move more efficiently between paper and digital with faster print and scan speeds, extended paper capacity and professional colour printing.
Printers in the range offer print speeds of up to 35 pages per minute and input capacity of up to 1,400 sheets.
They also support copy, scan and fax capabilities on multifunction models, including one-pass, two-sided scanning at up to 80 images per minute.
The range also includes single-function and multifunction models across transactional and managed configurations.
HP has appreciated that businesses want to manage their fleets more effectively and from a central point, and to this end it supports centralised fleet management through HP Web Jetadmin, HP Workforce Experience Platform, HP Security Manager and HP Smart Device Services.
The devices are built on HP FutureSmart for a consistent user experience across the fleet.
Workflow management
For many businesses that are increasingly running digitalised operations, workflow management is of increasing importance, and HP’s new range has been designed to cater for this.
For instance, searchable PDF is standard on all 4000/X400 models, with optional Editable OCR on the X400 MFPs to turn scanned documents into editable Microsoft files.
In addition, HP OXPd solutions help businesses integrate print and scan workflows with business processes and applications directly from the device. This means that businesses can improve their efficiency and help free up administrative staff to work on other projects.
Advanced security
For businesses of all sizes today, security is paramount. With the media full of stories about businesses of all sizes experiencing cyberbreaches, savvy managers want printers that are as secure as possible.
HP’s printers cater for this with the inclusion of HP Wolf Security, HP’s advanced print security solution, which includes quantum-resistant capabilities along with tools that help IT teams deploy, monitor, and update devices.
Sustainability
While security may be paramount, sustainability is also high on the list of priorities for businesses. Again, HP has taken that into account in the design of its new printer range.
For example, the printers are made with at least 10% recycled plastic, and HP TerraJet Toner uses less energy than previous generations.
In addition, they have ENERGY STAR® 3.0 and EPEAT Silver certifications, with select models targeting EPEAT Gold.
This article first appeared in Print in the Channel magazine issue #41.
