DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 22 July 2008 - HP Middle East has today launched a new series of all-in-one printers that are ideal for home office and micro-business users looking for a high performance, reliable and easy-to-use multifunction printer. The HP Officejet J4580 All-in-One series offers high quality print, copy, scan and fax functionality in one space saving device.

Designed especially for home office and micro-business users, the affordable HP Officejet J4580 All-in-One series provides fast print and copy speeds of up to 28 pages per minute (ppm) mono and 22 ppm colour. It boasts a host of user friendly features, including a 20-page automatic document feeder, a 100-sheet paper tray and an easy-to-use LCD display. It also provides an output of high- quality documents for up to 15 percent less cost than colour laser all-in-ones when used with HP Officejet inks.

"In a competitive market place it is imperative for small businesses to derive cost-effective, high speed outputs from technology investments," said Amr Hassan, General Manager, Imaging and Printing Group, HP Middle East. "To this end, we continually strive to create and provide industry leading technological innovations, such as the Officejet J4580 All-in-One series at affordable prices so that our consumers find it that much easier to meet their market demands."

With laser-quality black text and high-quality colours, business users can handle a variety of printing needs - from professional business documents and brilliant photos to marketing collateral - without compromising quality. 

Highlights/Specifications

  • Efficient multitasking: mono and colour printing, copying, scanning and faxing in one device

  • Fast copy and print speeds of up to 28 ppm mono and up to 22 ppm colour

  • High-quality colour documents for up to 15 percent less cost per page than colour laser all-in-ones when using HP Officejet ink

  • 20-page automatic document feeder for unattended, reliable document processing and a 100-sheet input paper tray

  • Compact design that fits easily on the desktop

  • Flatbed scanner for high-quality scanning of up to 1200 dpi optical resolution

  • Enhanced fax capabilities including a 33.6 Kbps modem, up to 90 fax-speed dials, a 100-page fax memory and fax save during power failure

  • Send and receive faxes directly from a PC - even from applications like Microsoft® Word or Excel - saving time, paper and ink

  • Easily scan directly to a PC, network folder, email, PowerPoint or Word files

  • Up to three times more black printed pages for better value, using high-capacity HP Officejet ink cartridge

  • Included HP Solution Centre software provides one-stop-shop access to software solutions

  • Print web pages properly the first time out with HP Smart Web Printing, which adjusts the page to fit the paper without cutting off the edges

  • Quick-drying HP Officejet inks resist smudging when printed on papers with the ColorLok Technology logo. Users can confidently handle freshly printed documents without worry of smearing the rich, sharp blacks and brilliant colours

  • Produce print-shop quality documents in-house using HP's full line of brochure, flyer, postcard and newsletter papers - in varying finishes and weights - for premium-quality marketing material

  • Duty cycle: up to 3,000 pages per month

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About HP
HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers - from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world's largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $110.4 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2008. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.

About HP Middle East
HP is the largest technology and solutions provider in the Middle East with 1100 employees and subsidiaries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Cairo, Ramallah, Qatar, Oman and 2 service Joint Ventures in Kuwait and Bahrain 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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