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News Release from: Hewlett-Packard
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 September 2006
HP Press Users On-Line Directory For
Print Buyers
HP has launched a Directory of HP Indigo Print Service Providers (PSPs), enabling end-users including enterprises, agencies and systems companies to access a network of HP Indigo press customers.
HP has launched a Directory of HP Indigo Print Service Providers (PSPs), enabling end-users including enterprises, agencies and systems companies to access a network of commercial and industrial HP Indigo press customers The web-based tool is claimed to enable the user to identify companies with the facilities and capabilities to undertake specified print work, ranging from direct mail, photographic applications, brochures and point of sale to labels, shrink sleeves and flexible packaging
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 13 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The new directory has been created in response to a demand for a consolidated database, where end-users can identify the HP Indigo PSP best suited to producing a particular application or job," said Nancy Janes, manager for business development at HP, Indigo Digital Press, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
She added: "We often receive enquiries from end-users looking for HP Indigo printers in different countries and in the past have had to undertake a time-consuming manual search process.
The new Directory of HP Indigo PSPs will enable end-users to identify a PSP that will meet their needs at the touch of a button and, being web-based, it can be accessed 24/7 from anywhere in the world." HP said it has worked very closely with agencies and enterprises to finalise the look, feel and functions of the site, which is now live in Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA).
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Each visitor can search for a PSP under specified criteria, for example by country, application, capabilities or specialist solutions.
Sue Holt, senior print manager at McCann Erickson Communications House, commented: "HP has helped us identify print service providers in countries throughout EMEA in the past, and there is no doubt that this new on-line tool will be of benefit to us and other agencies alike.
To have access to a range of printers across Europe at the touch of a button will enable us to quickly and efficiently find partners who can meet our needs and deliver high quality, variable data and on-demand print for our clients." Primarily targeted at end-users, HP Indigo customers can also use the facility to search for other PSPs in European countries, forging relationships with local print suppliers to serve local markets, or outsourcing jobs they are unable to undertake.
Additionally within some EMEA countries, including Italy, Spain, Holland, France and Germany HP's appointed print management company HH Print Management will use the on-line facility to place jobs on behalf of HP.
Robert Macmillan, managing director at HH Print Management, said: "Using the PSP Directory, HH is able to offer HP users and other enterprise customers further options for supply within the multi-regional HP Indigo network.
The directory complements our wider on-line print management tools and enables us to harness the benefits of available HP Indigo facilities, whilst meeting the precise production requirements and deadlines of the end-user." The Directory of Print Service Providers is another tool under HP's Capture business success programme, which is said to provide a complementary way for PSPs to promote their businesses.
Initially HP invited 30 per cent of its PSP install base - based on the highest volume users - to join the network and take up has been very successful.
Nancy Janes said: "As the programme develops we will look to roll it out to more customers.
Although, the programme is only currently available in EMEA, we anticipate rolling it further following the initial launch.".
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