Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November  20, 2006, 2006 - To celebrate the arrival of its four millionth LaserJet printer in the Middle East, HP Imaging and Printing Group is displaying a fully gold plated unit of a LaserJet printer. The sparkling printer being displayed at the HP stand at GITEX is the HP LaserJet P2015. HP has shipped 100 million LaserJet printers worldwide since 1984.

Amin Mortazavi, Commercial Core Business Manager, Imaging and Printing Group, HP Middle East said: "We are extremely proud of this achievement and hence showcases this beautiful display of the Gold printer at GITEX. The milestone represents HP's history of quality, reliability and innovation. Since 1984, HP has pioneered personal laser printing with the introduction of the first LaserJet printer. Since then HP LaserJet printing solutions have changed the way people conduct business, communicate in the office and market products and services. Our constant focus on delivering customer-centric innovation has lead to many industry firsts from the introduction of network printing to the first printer-based multi-function device and now to the world's smallest LaserJet printer."

Innovations such as Web Jetadmin and Universal Print Driver further demonstrate HP leadership. HP has come a long way since the first LaserJet was shipped in 1984. Back then, it was printed on bold 8 ppm with a two minute wait for the first page out. Today with the HP LaserJet P2015 a comparable printer, spits out 22 ppm, the first page appearing in 8.5 seconds with Instant-on Technology.

Key innovations and industry firsts:

Key Innovations:

  • Spring 1984 - First HP LaserJet

  • Fall 1994 - First HP Color LaserJet

  • Spring 1997 - First printer-based multifunction device

Spring 2006 - World's smallest footprint LaserJet

Industry Firsts: Offering quality, innovation, manageability and choice:

Spring 1984 - Personal laser printing

March 1991 - Network printing

April 1993 - Web Jetadmin

November 2005 - Universal Print Driver

HP's recent announcement of its expanded LaserJet line-up marked the company's continued focus on addressing growing demand for affordable and reliable printing solutions around the globe, as well as in-house marketing solutions. Many of the products announced earlier this year meet the need for reliable, efficient printing, which is universal among small businesses.

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About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Oct. 31, 2006, HP revenue totaled $91.7 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.

About HP Middle East
HP is the largest technology and solutions provider in the Middle East with 670 employees and subsidiaries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Khobar, Cairo,  Ramallah and Oman servicing the GCC, Egypt and the Levant. HP has been present in the Middle East since 1968 and opened its first regional office in 1994. HP Middle East is the market leader for enterprise, small and medium business and consumer technology products and offers a large portfolio of solutions and services in various business domains.

More information about HP in the Middle East is available at www.hp.com/me

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