DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 20 April 2008 - HP Middle East has today announced the availability of its new software to help small businesses easily monitor and maintain from one to fifteen HP printers simultaneously. HP Easy Printer Care 2.5i is a free-of-charge, one-stop print management solution that allows the user to view the status of multiple devices quickly and easily, set up printer and supply alerts, generate basic usage reports and re-order supplies with the click of a button.
With an intuitive graphical interface that alerts the user of items that require attention, HP Easy Printer Care 2.5i provides simple support links and supplies information and status to make supervising several network printers an easy task for non-technical office staff.. This latest version supports many small business Inkjet devices, in addition to most HP LaserJet printers and MFPs produced since 1999.[1]
Highlights/Specifications
- Easily monitor and maintain from one to fifteen HP printers simultaneously, making sure your office runs at peak efficiency.
- Quickly resolve printing issues through proactive alerts and integrated HP support tools:
- HP Proactive Support allows HP to fix problems with HP drivers, software, and device firmware before an end user even knows the problem exists. Once enabled, the HP Proactive Support software runs in the background and intelligently detects and provides fixes for known issues with HP business printers.
- In many cases, an automated fix is offered to resolve any problems found. If a problem cannot be resolved automatically, specific content is supplied to you to the next appropriate steps.
- HP Software Update proactively notifies you of driver and software updates so you'll always have the latest version available.
- Relax with automatic printer discovery. The software automatically discovers supported HP printers in your printers folder, so you can start monitoring printers right away. You also have the flexibility to search your network for additional HP printers.
- Control expenses and monitor colour printer usage with reports that deliver specific details on printers by user, time of day, application and printer
- Take the guesswork out of printer usage. Generate simple reports that let you track printing by user, printer, application, time and date, and color and black-and-white pages. It's the perfect tool to use to control costs and determine your company's specific printing needs.
Begin simplifying printer management today. You don't have to jump through hoops to get HP Easy Printer Care Software. It's loaded on the in-box CD with newer HP printers and is easy to download for free from http://www.hp.com/go/easyprintercare_software.
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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 $107.7 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended Jan. 31, 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
To register for regular news update please visit HP Press lounge on www.hp.com/me/press[1] For a detailed printer compatibility matrix or to download the HP Easy Printer Care Software 2.5i, please visit www.hp.com/go/easyprintercare.
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