ColorSphere toner was developed with a focus on consistency
particle shape and size, resulting in consistent and predictable performance. The new toner, according to HP representatives, has several improved
Specifications:

• HP ColorSphere Toner delivers 40% more gloss
  by improving the speed and accuracy of fusing the toner onto the paper.
• Extension
  color gamut by 22% allows you to increase the realism of images
  and achieve photo-quality printing of business documents by increasing
  accurate toner application thanks to a new chemical synthesis process,
  guaranteeing the ideal shape of the particles.
• New toner formulated with proprietary microscopic additives to provide
  consistency in the size and shape of the toner particles, as well as print quality throughout
  throughout the life of the cartridge. HP ColorSphere toner formulation is optimized for
  each model of HP LaserJet printers and environmental conditions in which
  used cartridge. This allows for maximum color stability.
  in different climatic conditions.

During the presentation, the following numbers and facts were mentioned:

• New HP ColorSphere toner contains
  about 5 thousand particles of additives
• One teaspoon contains 28 million particles of HP ColorSphere

Toner

• Coloring pigment (dye) occupies

Migration of toner additives to the surface, positive
affects the wear resistance of the charging roller, and in general, the use of toner
HP ColorSphere delivers higher gloss levels than options
from competitors.

In a word, since October 2005 in all cartridges of almost all new color
Hewlett-Packard laser printers, namely HP Color LaserJet 3000/3600/3800/4700/4730mfp models,
will apply
exclusively new
toner
HP
ColorSphere . I hope that the effectiveness of the application of the new toner
ColorSphere we will be able to test in our laboratory in the very near future
time.

Another Hewlett-Packard innovation this season is a new “fixing” technology
colors on paper jointly presented by HP and International Paper.
Technology ColorLok improves print clarity and speeds up
drying ink on paper at no additional cost to buyers.

The development of the new technology was based on a detailed analysis of paper interaction
and ink, it turned out that when the ink penetrates too deeply
into the structure of the paper, black areas appear, perceived as gray.
This phenomenon has stimulated the development of pigmented black inks, which are
opaque and provide
black color on paper in all situations.

Technology ColorLok includes
introduction to the composition of the paper two
various additional additives (polymer and salt), holding and “locking”
in the surface layers of paper dyes contained in the ink. As a result
we get improved print quality, improved “optical density”
– crisp, rich black text and richer colored text and graphics
in addition, drying is accelerated, and as a result, users can quickly
operate with documents that are less smeared, printed out much
faster. An additional plus of the technology is improved water resistance.

ColorLok technology is the result of collaborative research by HP scientists
and International Paper. HP papers with ColorLok for everyday
printing will be produced by International Paper under the existing
license agreement with HP. HP papers with ColorLok for everyday
printing is also suitable for laser printers, however, with inkjet printing, it has
several additional
advantages:

• Paper dries three times faster for less smearing
  ink
• Can print with deeper blacks (Depth
  increased by up to 40%), which improves brightness and contrast
  documents
• Ability to print color documents faster
  with laser printer quality
• 10% wider range of colors
• Sheets of paper become whiter
  which has a positive effect on the contrast level

In short, starting this November, HP Regular Office Paper and HP Universal Paper shipped in the US will be made with ColorLok technology; in other regions, HP everyday papers will be transitioning to the new technology
during 2006. In the US, regular HP office paper will be sold
starting at $3.99 (excluding VAT). Let’s wait for the new paper HP
Advanced Paper with HP Color Locking Technology in our laboratory
for comprehensive testing.

On this, let me consider the introductory part finished, let’s go directly
to novelties.

New Hewlett-Packard color laser printers
Printer Color Laser Jet 2600n, which was described in great detail. skipping
presentation details by Irina Larionova, HP Development Manager, dedicated to
describing the many advantages of color versus monochrome (I guess
no one doubts this), I will go directly to the innovations
in the Color Laser Jet 2600n model. First of all, this is an application in the most budgetary
the company’s models of single-pass printing technology.

According to information from company representatives, today all color laser
new Hewlett-Packard models are single-pass models. In general, I can
evaluate this move as quite effective, at least in terms of speed growth
color printing, especially for inexpensive models. However, put an end to the 4-pass
technologies are not assembled at Hewlett-Packard yet, it’s just that at the moment there is demand
The market is seen in the company mainly in the plane of single-pass technology.

Although the HP Color LaserJet 2600n is a color laser
entry-level printer with a minimum price, even this model is equipped with
built-in network card and made in an updated compact design. Rate:
in the photo below (from left to right) – CLJ2500L, CLJ2500, HP Color LaserJet 2600n,
CLJ3550.

On the slide below – a comparison of the main characteristics of the new HP Color LaserJet
2600n with the company’s previous “budget” line, Color LaserJet printers
2500.

Some reduction in monochrome print speed is more than compensated by others
positive changes, namely, an increase in the speed of color printing, a decrease
noise, compact
sizes, plus, an LCD screen appeared to control and manage the printer, for example,
when used in a corporate network at a distance from the PC.

Hewlett-Packard is positioning a budget Color LaserJet printer
2600n for three target groups: ultra-small business, small business and individual
users, such as in a home office. That is, all consumers interested
in color laser printing, but price sensitive.

Color LaserJet Model
2600n is qualitatively capable of providing color reproduction and what are its characteristics
under real operating conditions, testing in our laboratory will show.
There is a suspicion that this particular model will be the first of HP’s new products, which
will appear on our test bench.

Now let’s move on to other
color laser novelties introduced by Hewlett-Packard to HP Color models
Color LaserJet 3000, Color LaserJet 3600, Color LaserJet 3800.

Overall, the HP Color LaserJet 3×00 series is characterized by high resolution
printing thanks to ImageRet technology,
improved design, small dimensions (for example, the Color LaserJet model
3000 is slightly more than LJ 2400). Traditionally, all versions with index d have
built-in duplex, all n and dn versions have more memory but minimal
the amount of memory is 64 MB. All three new series will ship from November
2005.

Model HP Color LaserJet 3000 provides standard black and white printing
at speeds up to 29 ppm and up to 15 ppm in color, while black and white
The printer has a high first page out speed. Page cost
“mono” in b/w printing is equal to the cost per page LJ 2400 (cartridge
A), while the HP Color LaserJet 3000 is designed to continue
monochrome printing even after the toner cartridges have run out of color toner. Recommended
retail price of the model with VAT – from $1286.

Model HP Color LaserJet 3600 (MSRP starting at $770 with VAT)
Provides high quality color printing
using HP ImageRet technology
3600 and new toner, as well as
High gloss levels by supporting multiple types of glossy prints
carriers. Features of the model – only one door for access to all consumables
materials, compactness, 2-line display.

HP Color LaserJet 3800 Model (MSRP starting at $1,032) also provides quality color printing through
ColorSphere toner and HP ImageRet 3600 technology for up to 21 ppm monochrome printing
and approximately 12 seconds is spent on the first page. This series has PCL support
5, PostScript, EIO slot, equipped with a single door for access to all consumables.

Finally, a new, most productive color laser novelty, a printer
HP Color LaserJet 4700 . This powerful model in all its forms is designed to work in marketing and training workgroups, demanding sales departments that need high-performance A4 color.

HP Color LaserJet 4700 Printer (recommended retailer)
price incl. VAT from $2292) ensures high quality printing
(HP ImageREt 3600 Technology), 30/30 ppm (Mono/Color),
while the first page out speed is less than 10 s. Supports duplex printing, up to 6 input trays (up to 2,600 pages) with media weights up to 220 g/m².

The HP Color LaserJet 4700 range provides improved printing
on transparent media, as well as better gloss and wider gamut support through image enhancement and new toner. Another interesting feature of this series of printers is the support for HP color samples for RGB and CMYK, in other words, the ability to intelligently
automatic color calibration. The calibration is designed in such a way that
it was performed automatically at intervals to ensure maximum availability
printer. Calibration is performed when the power is turned on, when replacing the cartridge,
after printing every 1000 pages, counting from the time the cartridge was replaced, when
changing environmental conditions, when replacing the electrostatic belt
transfer when the yellow, magenta, or cyan cartridge is used up.

Via Internet downloads directly into firmware
providing color table printer can emulate color
print for other HP Color LaserJet products, and create
custom color tables
to meet specific business requirements.

The pinnacle of the color laser innovations featured in this presentation – the family
HP Color LaserJet 4370mfp All-In-One Printer ,
designed for printing, copying, scanning, faxing monochrome and color documents. The series delivers a monochrome cost per page on par with the LJ4345mfp, while costing a color page less than typical color copiers.

The HP Color LaserJet 4370mfp series supports CAC (Color Blocking).
copy, monochrome configuration drivers, usage control via
WJA, Megatrack integration) is equipped with an intuitive control panel, built-in web server. The combination of features allows you to position this family for workgroups (5-15 users) in large enterprises, as well as small and medium enterprises
business. Deliveries of the HP Color LaserJet 4370mfp lineup have already begun, the manufacturer’s recommended price is from 4,000 euros.

Hewlett-Packard New Inkjet Printers

Hewlett-Packard October New Inkjet Printers – Models Mainly
focused on business applications. Yes, color
HP Officejet Pro K550 printer is positioned by the company as “the fastest
in the world” desktop color printer for
business,
allowing
seal
black text
laser
clarity
and professional
laser-quality color documents in half the time and 30% less than
color laser printers.

Officejet Pro K550 series supports HP Photoret color printing technology
III, the print head contains
2112 nozzles, while the model HP Officejet Pro K550dtwn provides
quality
printing in color
up to 4800 x 1200 dpi optimized and input resolution
1200 dpi, while models
HP Officejet Pro K550 and HP Officejet Pro K550dtn –
with optimized
resolution up to 4800 x 1200
dpi and an input resolution of 1200 dpi. Declared series print speed – up to 5/5
pages/min. (A4)
at best quality and up to 37/33 ppm. in draft quality (mono/color
respectively).

The maximum capacity of the series input trays is 600 sheets,
standard
capacity of receiving trays – up to 150 sheets. Double-sided printing provided by the model
K550dtwn automatically, and for models
K550 / K550dtn duplex module sold separately. Printers equipped
32 MB of memory and have a resource of up to 7500
pages per month. Model
The HP Officejet Pro K550dtn has a built-in Fast
ethernet
10/100Base-TX model
K550dtwn – Fast Ethernet 10/100Base-TX port
and wireless interface 802.11 b/g
(wi-fi). Hi-Speed ​​USB 2.0 is standard throughout the series.
Recommended
minimum retail price for HP Officejet Pro K550 printers
complete set including VAT – from $250.

Model HP Officejet Pro K850 is a versatile large format printer
for home users and small businesses interested in printing
high-quality color documents, brochures, posters, and other color
products on various
media up to A3 format on their own.

Company positions HP Officejet models
Pro series K850 as a very economical solution with organization
printer sharing for groups of up to five users. Series
supports technology
HP Photoret III printing,
Colorsmart II, the print head is equipped with
304 nozzles and delivers color print quality up to 4800 x 1200 dpi at speed
printing
up to 2.6 ppm (colour, best quality, A3),
up to 3.6 ppm (colour, best quality,
A4) or up to 10.5/21 ppm (colour, draft quality, A3/A4).

The maximum capacity of the input trays is
150 sheets of paper, standard output capacity is up to 100 sheets.
Duplex printing option is standard on the Officejet
Pro K850dn . Printers are completed
32 MB of memory and have a resource of up to 6250 pages per month. Model K850dn has
built-in Fast Ethernet 10/100Base-TX port, model
K850 connects to the network optionally via an external JetDirect, both models have
Hi-Speed ​​USB and IEEE 1284 ports. Recommended
retail
price including VAT for model Officejet Pro K850
The minimum configuration is $580.

Perhaps the most amazing inkjet novelty of the season – mobile printers
HP Deskjet 460 series, first introduced in late September
2005. The HP Deskjet 460 series is designed for those who
to whom
need
productive
wireless
system
printing compatible with any mobile device.

Mobile printers
HP Deskjet 460 support wireless printing protocol
Bluetooth and 802.11 wireless networking.
Supports HP Photoret III and even HP Photoret IV printing technology – with
purchasing an additional photo cartridge; there is an ICC profile control, an interface for advanced users, the ability to work with the Adobe RGB color space. The print head has 416 nozzles for black and white printing or 600 nozzles for color printing, while in color it provides print quality up to 4800 dpi at speeds up to 17 ppm. (black, draft quality, A4), 2 ppm (colour, best quality, A4) or up to 120.8 sec (colour photo, best quality on photo paper in borderless mode).

The highlight of the HP Deskjet 460 series printers is lithium-ion batteries, which allows you to connect the printer to a typical power network or use it for offline printing. The entire series comes with 32 MB of memory and has a capacity of up to 500 pages per month. Version HP Deskjet 460cb has a USB port (host), a USB port (device), a slot for
CompactFlash cards, slot for SD/MMC cards; model HP
Deskjet 460 is equipped with a USB port, card slots such as
CompactFlash and SD/MMC. Option HP Deskjet 460wbt features a USB port, PictBridge, CompactFlash and SD/MMC card slots, and an HP Bluetooth card. All models in the series are capable of connecting to a Wi-Fi network using a special CompactFlash printer card
802.11b. MSRP HP Deskjet 460 including VAT in
minimum configuration – from $350.

Finally, an interesting jet offer for business – multifunctional
all-in-one device HP Officejet 5610 – printer,
fax, scanner and copier, for home or office. Supports HP Photoret IV printing technology (with optional photo print cartridge), up to 4800 x 1200 dpi resolution at up to 20 ppm (Black, Draft, A4), up to 0. 9 ppm (Color, Best , A4) or
80 seconds (color photo, normal quality) on photo paper. Embedded Color Fax provides 3 seconds transmission per A4 page and can store up to 100 A4 pages in memory.

Built-in flatbed scanner with automatic document feeder and up to 1200 dpi optical resolution (up to 19200 dpi interpolation) and 48-bit color depth scans at up to 4 pages per minute, and the copier can scale images from 25 to 400%. The standard interface of the device is a USB 2.0 compatible port, the resource is up to 1500 pages per month. The price of the device in the minimum configuration is from $220.

Of course, such a brief report does not take into account all the features of the new products presented, this requires careful study and testing in the laboratory. I hope that in the very near future our readers will be able to see on the pages of 3DNews the research of the most interesting Hewlwtt-Packard models presented. Which ones? Write, we will be guided by your opinion.