Global 2016 MPSA MPS Awards Open for Nominations

13 Apr, 2016

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(Pompano Beach, FL)- April 13, 2016 -  The Managed Print Services Association (MPSA) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting nominations for the Global 2016 MPSA MPS Awards. All 2016 nominations are due by May 30, 2016.  Nominations will be judged by panel of MPSA leaders from a variety of backgrounds. The association plans to  reveal the winners in each of 10 categories at the CompTIA ChannelCon 2016 event in Hollywood, FL in early August.

The MPSA MPS Awards were established in 2010 to honor those companies that have excelled in various areas related to managed print. Winners are recognized as leaders, innovators, and dedicated members of the managed print services community.

The 2016 Award Categories
The following ten categories of awards reflect the diversity of the managed print services industry. Each nomination form covers six areas, including the extent of the program or service, problem solved, and approaches used.

Nominees can visit the MPSA website (http://www.yourmpsa.org/awards ) to find the submission form for the appropriate award categories listed below. Once nominees have completed the submission form, they should save the document and email it to the 2016 Awards Committee at awards@yourmpsa.org by the May 30 deadline.

·       Direct MPS Provider – An organization selling basic managed print services (supplies fulfilment, break/fix service, and equipment services) that is owned directly or indirectly by a manufacturer (includes branches and subsidiaries).

·       Independent Managed Print Services Provider – An organization selling basic managed print services (supply fulfillment, break/fix service, and equipment services) but not owned by a manufacturer.

·       End User – an organization that has a contract for the receipt of managed print services from a reseller, services provider, or manufacturer.

·       Professional Services Provider – an organization with more than one full-time employee providing training, research, or consultancy.

·       Software Provider – An organization that develops software for the managed print services sector, whether sales management, device management, user management, service management, or billing.

·       Regional Managed Print Services Provider – A local or regional organization that provides all or any aspects of managed print services in one or more countries of the following regions; Asia Pacific, Europe/Russia, India/Middle East/Africa, and South America, whether directly or indirectly.

·       Managed Print Infrastructure Provider – An organization providing the necessary component structure to MPS Services. Providers that provide MPS to end-user customers. This organization is not owned, directly or indirectly, by a manufacturer (including branches and subsidiaries).

·       Direct MPS Plus Provider – An organization selling basic managed print services (supplies fulfilment, break/fix service, and equipment services) that is owned directly or indirectly by a manufacturer (includes branches and subsidiaries) and offers additional solutions around document management, document workflow, and/or business document processes.

·       Independent MPS Plus Provider  – An organization selling Basic managed print services (supply fulfillment, break/fix service, and  equipment services), independent from a manufacturer of printer/MFP equipment or supplies and offers MPS Plus solutions such as document management, document workflow, and/or business document processes. Services and value proposition may be targeted to specific vertical markets or be horizontal in application. Sales/delivery model may be direct to end-customers and/or through channel partners. Size/scope of organization may be local, regional, or national.

·       Best MPS Innovation Award - Each year we see new developments and initiatives in MPS that have the potential to redefine the way we view the industry. This award is intended to single out the individual, company, product, or process that can be genuinely hailed an innovation for the industry.

Nomination Deadline: May 30, 2016                                                                               Awards Committee Contact:
Awards Reception: August, 2016                                                                                               awards@yourmpsa.org
The MPSA is seeking nomination for judges for the awards process. Current members of the MPSA who are interested in judging one or more award categories can email awards@yourmpsa.org.

About the Managed Print Services Association
The Managed Print Services Association (MPSA) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that serves the MPS industry. Its focus is on the development of standards, education, and industry guidelines that unite the different segments of the industry and bring value to all those participating. For more information about benefits and memberships, visit http://yourmpsa.org/Membership.
Existing MPSA members interested in getting more involved with the MPSA can find out more about the committees and the MPSA here or contact us at info@yourmpsa.org.
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Contact: Josie Heskje, MPSA Marketing & Communications Chair
319-261-4087

2016 BTA National Conference - Business Technology Association

2016 BTA National Conference - Business Technology Association

Transformative business printers launched by the new HP

April 07, 2016 11AM Sean Mitchell

HP invented the inkjet printer nearly 30 years ago. Over the decades, they’ve refined the technology and entered into the laser printer market.
Nowadays, HP has DeskJet and Envy printers for consumers, OfficeJet and LaserJet for businesses and a specialist range of wide-format printers called the DesignJet.
A transformative new range has just been added to this, called HP PageWide.
The prices of inkjet printers and the costs to run them have plummeted in recent years. The limitation for business users of inkjet printers has been the small cartridge sizes and the speed. With typical inkjet printers, the print heads have to run back and forth hundreds of times to produce an A4 printed page, thus limiting its speed and requiring a lot of moving parts.
On the other hand laser printers are great for speed but with so many moving parts and often expensive consumables like toner, fusers and transfer belts, they have been expensive to run - especially with colour prints.
HP’s new PageWide printers are a beautiful balance of both. It’s actually an inkjet printer range, but it has a bar of print heads which are wide enough to cover the whole A4 page, so don’t need to run back and forth. This means no moving parts apart from a few rollers and the paper running through them.
This allows PageWide to keep the fast speeds of laser printers but without the expensive consumables.
This technology is well proven with over 140 million pages printed in HP’s DesignJet printer range, but this is the first time it’s come down to business and corporate level products.
Over 40,000 individual droplets of ink can be squirted onto the paper instantaneously, meaning up to 75 pages per minute (depending upon the model) can be printed. The new technology is the same speed when printing colour or monochrome.
Also, the cartridges are much higher capacity than consumer grade inkjet while being much smaller than laser supplies.
With a three-year print head warranty, the ink will not smear, smudge or run and is fade and water resistant.
The PageWide range includes both printers and multi-function devices. Those with scanners built in now have double-sided scanning with speeds up to 75 pages per minute.
The range includes six models:
HP PageWide Enterprise Color 556 and MFP 586

• Small businesses and medium sized workgroups
• Monthly duty cycle of 15,000 pages a month
• Print speeds of up to 75 pages per minute

HP PageWide Pro 552dw and the MFP 577dw

• Small business and smaller workgroups
• Monthly duty cycle of 6,000 pages a month
• Print speeds of up to 70 pages per minute

HP PageWide Pro 452dw and the MFP 477dw

• Small businesses and small workgroups
• Monthly duty cycle of 4,500 pages a month
• Print speeds of up to 55 pages per minute

Like any inkjet printer, using the right paper is essential as the droplets have to be absorbed into the paper. You can still print great photos and awesome colours with an HP PageWide printer, but to get the most vibrant colours it’s advised to use higher quality paper without coatings.
This is unlike laser printers which are more versatile with the paper as they simply place a layer of ink over the top of the paper. Laser printers will also be better for organisations doing large volumes of monochrome printing, but for almost every other use or organisation the PageWide technology is the faster, cheaper option and will require less maintenance.
At this stage HP has no plans to bring the PageWide technology to consumers.