PITNEY-BOWES & RR-DONNELLEY’s IN NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH HP
HP and Pitney Bowes partner to offer integrated print and mail system
HP
and Pitney Bowes announced an alliance at the Print 09 trade show on
September 11 through which Pitney will manage sales of the HP Inkjet
Web Press for the transactional and trans-promotional print
markets.Pitney will offer the product as part of the Pitney Bowes
IntelliJet Printing System, which is used by large volume mailers. The
system includes the HP T300 Color Inkjet engine, a high-speed Pitney
Bowes mail finishing system, and a single service and support
team.“Directly selling, installing and supporting high-speed color
print and mail production systems is the next logical area for Pitney
Bowes to continue to build out its customer communications solutions,”
said Leslie Abi-Karam, Pitney Bowes EVP and president for Mailstream
Solutions Management, in a statement.
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RR Donnelley, Hewlett Packard in printing deal
CHICAGO
— RR Donnelley & Sons Co. and Hewlett Packard Co. said Thursday
the two companies have agreed to collaborate on developing digital
printing for inkjet presses.The proposed arrangement calls for RR
Donnelley’s research and development center to collaborate with the
inkjet high-speed production solutions unit of Hewlett Packard to
develop digital printing technologies.
Products are to be sold under the Hewlett Packard brand.
The
two companies, which are drafting formal agreements, initially plan to
focus on developing magnetic ink character recognition printing for
high-speed and secure reading of checks by financial institutions.”We
expect that the combined resources of RR. Donnelley and HP will enable
the industry to move more quickly toward a future in which digital
printing provides an even greater opportunity for product innovation
and more effectively complements proven conventional printing
technologies,” said Mary Lee Schneider, RR Donnelley’s chief technology
officer.