25 June 2005
Dubai, UAE - As part of its innovative line up of products targeted at budget-conscious small office and home office (SOHO) customers and small-medium sized businesses (SMBs), HP has unveiled three distinct categories of powerful, compact, affordable and reliable printers aimed at creating high-quality documents quickly and efficiently.

The HP LaserJet 1022 and the HP LaserJet 1020 provide an economical, high-quality option beneficial to small and medium sized businesses (SMB) that require fast speeds and HP reliability. Whilst the HP LaserJet 9040 is a solid and reliable A3 performer that offers a powerful processor and more memory to fulfil the needs of workgroup and department printing.

Commenting on the launch of the printers Thomas Valjak, Category manager, Imaging and Printing Group, HP Middle East said: "All three products offer an irresistible combination of affordability and efficiency with impressive results. All three models produce professional-looking text and image-based documents at an affordable price. The 1022 and the 1020 appeal to small businesses and home offices because they are one of the smallest and lightest monochrome lasers available on the market today with a faster first page out from ready or sleep mode than any of its competitors.

"The HP LaserJet 9040 series printers, boasts technological advances like faster print speed, faster processor, faster first-page-out speed and additional paper-handling options that include an 8-bin mailbox and stapler as well as a stacker. These are entry-level department A3 printers especially created to meet high-volume needs of demanding workgroups. They are ideal for businesses that need simple, cost-effective, high-volume printers because of their estimated 300000 page-per-month duty cycle, input capacity of up to 3100 sheets, fast print speeds of up to 40 pages per minute and first page out in under eight seconds.

The compact design of the HP-LaserJet 1020 is suitable for a desk, shelf or other small convenient spots. With Instant turn-on technology, the printer delivers a first page out in less than 10 seconds, and the host-based print driver is designed to quickly handle print jobs using the host PC's processor, allowing for the printing of more complex jobs without using the printer's memory. The HP LaserJet 1022 offers faster print speeds, more RAM, wired and wireless networking and more input paper capacity.

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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 April 30, 2005, HP revenue totaled $83.3 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 and Ramallah 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.

For more information, please contact:
Sherifa Hady
HP
Tel: + 971 4 391 6000
E-mail: sherifa.hady@hp.com

Rola Zaarour
Hill & Knowlton for HP
Tel: +971 4 334 4930
E-mail: rola.zaarour@hillandknowlton.com

Hewlett?Packard Middle East
P O Box: 17295
Dubai Internet City
Dubai
Website: www.hp.com/me

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