KanbanMPS

Hi No I don't work for HP but I do work with lots of schools. Yes, Konica in particular offer great prices under RM1599 and others, I did work for Konica for many years and they are also fantastic. However many schools don't want or can't consolidate into centralized MFD's. They want or prefer distributed printers, which was the topic of this thread. I may well advertise however my interest in the topic was genuinely because I think that print is getting interesting again.

Hi Abutters, Not true now. As HP prepare to split the company in two they have an amazing print deal in their pmps program. The PMPS programme will give you fixed costs for up to five years and next day onsite Service from HP. If you use less ink than agreed they'll refund and lower the volume for the next year. The X555 comes in at .9 mono and 2.5 colour WITH service. I don't think there's a better deal anywhere right now. Phil

I have one at home now, absolutely love them. I'm also in discussion with Epson as they are launching devices with 75,000 mono pages in, enough they recon for three years. However the HP technology is better. "Business ink jet' as a product category is forecast to grow significantly over the next couple of years. 10 April 2015 (London, UK): Unit sales of business-targeted inkjet printers (Business Inkjets) by Western Europe’s IT Distributors increased by +9% year-on-year in 2014, according to data published by CONTEXT, the leading European IT market research company. The growth was driven by sales of Business Inkjets sold to the B2B Channel, which were up by +16%. HP accounted for 60% of the market segment and saw unit sales in this Channel increase by +17% in 2014 and +3% in early Q1 2015 (the first 12 weeks of 2015 compared to the same period a year ago). HP OfficeJet Pro X and Enterprise X models with page-wide array inkjet technology in Distribution were mostly sold to the B2B Channel, while Epson’s Business Inkjets with Precision Core technology are making inroads with sales into both B2B and B2C Channels. Epson has a market share of 19% of the segment and increased its unit sales to the B2B Channel by +5% in 2014. Brother follows with a share of 12% and +11% year-on-year unit sales growth, driven by their A3 Business Inkjets, which account for half of all A3 devices sold to the B2B Channel by Western Europe’s Distributors. Canon entered the segment at the end of last year with its MAXIFY product line and currently holds a market share of 3% in sales to the B2B Channel. From a user point of view, the technology is no longer as important as it used to be, Epson’s however is an old piezo technology that is not as reliable as Canon/HP/Funai (ex Lexmark) thermal inkjet. What really matters for businesses is whether the devices can be sold, managed and operate as desired, at a low cost. Phil

Hi, These printers are great. HP have spent £billons developing these to avoid the patent royalties they pay Canon. These devices will change the market and lower prices forever. HP have also put together an amazing program which provides heavily discounted genuine supplies, next day onsite service from HP and very flexible terms. A true utility model that even refunds you for used supplies. In my opinion, having worked for several printer vendors it is the most complete, fair and attractive program I have ever seen. These are coming in at about .3 and 2.5 for mono and colour. If you PM me I can give you more details.