Company Adds Viacom to Customer Roster for Managed Print Services

HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced new imaging and printing devices, supplies and solutions to give enterprise customers greater options to boost productivity, security and environmental sustainability.

Designed to help customers transform their businesses by enabling them to optimize infrastructure, manage environments and improve workflow, these new offerings include eight imaging and printing solutions, four HP LaserJet printers, an HP Scanjet device and enhancements to the HP Carbon Footprint Calculator.

“Today’s announcement expands HP’s offerings for enterprise customers,” said Bruce Dahlgren, senior vice president, Imaging and Printing Worldwide Sales and Services, HP. “Along with our history of proven devices, HP continues to provide targeted, cost-effective solutions with the right mix of services and devices to enterprise customers, helping them achieve better business results.”

HP also announced global entertainment company Viacom as a new enterprise customer. With an HP Managed Print Services contract, Viacom worked with HP to reduce its global device count and is projected to save up to 25 percent in imaging and printing costs over the next three years. In addition, the environmentally conscious company is projected to experience a 50 to 60 percent increase in energy savings and to reduce its carbon emissions associated with energy by more than 28 percent.⁽¹⁾

“HP was the smart choice for us because of their expertise in managing and streamlining large imaging and printing environments,” said Joe Simon, chief information officer, Viacom. “HP Managed Print Services has already delivered significant cost and energy savings. Additionally, our employees embraced the new service, especially when they realized the color is better, the speed is faster, the quality has improved and it provides environmentally sound solutions.”

Offering specialized solutions for enterprise customers

Tailoring solutions to meet specific industry needs, HP has added five new enterprise solutions focused on customers in the healthcare, public sector, automotive and financial services industries. HP also introduced three imaging and printing solutions that span industry sectors to address the security and manageability needs of enterprises.

Designed to streamline information workflows, enhance security and help reduce costs, HP’s newest solutions offer customers industry-specific expertise with a single point of contact for simplified sales, service and support processes.

• HP Document Capture for Admissions and Electronic Medical Records and HP Patient Identification Printing help reduce medical errors and boost patient safety.⁽²⁾ Designed to safely capture and protect patient medical information, these offerings let healthcare organizations utilize the latest HP healthcare technology to more easily comply with government mandates, including patient-privacy regulations. HP Patient Identification Printing enables on-demand wristband printing on HP LaserJet devices.
• For the automotive industry, the HP Monroney Label Printing Solution⁽³⁾ delivers up-to-date and on-demand high-quality vehicle window stickers with individual car specifications to help companies meet compliance regulations. Powered by select HP LaserJet printers, the solution prints on the production line to optimize the process, allowing for a lower investment and reduction of labor costs.
• The HP Contract and Procurement Management Solution⁽²⁾ for the public sector enables users to comprehensively capture, send, print, classify, manage and extract information from new and existing government agency contracts for a more efficient printing environment. The solution speeds up labor-intensive procurement contract methods, while saving time and reducing printing-related costs.
• The HP Account Opening Accelerator for Banking⁽⁴⁾ lets financial services businesses improve customer retention by implementing an efficient process to expedite three challenging elements of new accounts: application forms printing and processing; signature card printing, scanning and routing; and starter check issuance. The solution can decrease account setup time from the typical five to seven days to only several hours.
• HP Job Accounting Print Solutions⁽⁵⁾ and Imaging and Printing Security Solutions⁽⁵⁾ from HP and Equitrac address the unique needs of businesses, including professional service firms, letting them control access to and account for the usage of their imaging and printing devices. This offering enables users to track and allocate billable printing expenses, monitor and measure fleet performance, and simplify security and management, providing a powerful way to increase revenue potential and reduce overhead costs.