Finding the best colour printing solution What are your perceptions of colour printing? Do you still think of colour as being too slow, too complex and too expensive? It's time to dispel these myths and review your options.

Colour printing is no longer a luxury, it's a positive investment and a colour printer is an essential business tool.

Whatever your business needs, Readycrest has the right printer at the right price.

You need to match your requirements with the right product, and to do that it helps to be familiar with the principal colour technologies.

You have a choice! Obviously your decisions will be mainly influenced by the size of your budget and an assessment of users' needs. However factors like the size of your business, the overall IT environment, initial purchase price and running costs, ease-of-use and reliability all have an important part to play.

Consumer colour for digital imaging

HP Consumer InkJets are the standard type of personal colour printer for home and home office use. Ideal for creating simple, colourful documents like letters, spreadsheets, school projects, printing out Web pages and photographs, they are also suitable for individual use within the office. Furthermore they have the lowest acquisition price; they don't take up much space and are also good for mobile use. Their ability to handle special media like photo paper and card lets you design and produce a variety of professional looking documents.

Cost-effective colour for the office

HP Business Inkjets deliver great performance and exceptional quality at a very attractive price. Designed for high-volume business applications, they offer scalability, a significantly higher duty cycle and require far less user intervention than consumer inkjets and are therefore more suitable for sharing and networking.

They are particularly cost-effective as their modular ink delivery system contributes to the lowest colour cost-per-page of all colour printers. The four separate colour ink cartridges can be changed individually, so you get the benefit of greater economy. You also enjoy the flexibility of using special media with different paper handling options for a wider variety of documents, ranging from letters and spreadsheets to reports, presentations and proposals.

Professional colour solutions for large format printing

As the market leader in large format printing, HP has developed a range of complete printing system solutions, which encompass ink, media and printing hardware. HP Designjets are ideal for creating high quality output for all steps of the workflow, from initial concept, through digital colour proofs to final imposition proofs and ready-to-sell prints. These printers are designed to meet the unique needs of the technical and graphics markets from CAD users and GIS professionals to print service providers. You can obtain the best possible image quality, consistency and performance from HP Designjets, as well as high unattendedness, low operating costs and increased productivity.

Digital colour technologies explored and explained

While Inkjet and LaserJet technology differ, both types of HP Printer are designed to co-exist and complement on another, providing you with compatibility and scalability in general office solutions. Whatever your printing requirement there is an HP colour printer that will offer you a high effective solution.

To help you understand your options better, let's look at these technologies in a bit more detail click here.

hp DeskJet 350 mobile printer series - The HP Deskjet 350c/cbi is specifically designed to meet the needs of mobile professionals on the move. Robust and reliable, the printer provides solid quality documents. click here

hp DeskJet 450 mobile printer series - The HP DeskJet 450 series: a compact, stylish and light mobile printer with desktop-quality performance, easy to connect to notebook, PDA or mobile phone for convenient and reliable printing - anytime, anywhere. click here

hp DeskJet 3820 printer - Based on the award-winning technology of the HP DeskJet 900 series, the HP DeskJet 3820 delivers stunning photo-quality with up to 4800-optimised dpi*. And it prints up to 12 pages per minute in black and up to 10 pages per minute in colour. click here

hp DeskJet 3550 printer - The HP DeskJet 3550 is a compact printer offering excellent value for money. Simple to set up, easy-to-use and capable of delivering brilliant photo quality results, it provides an economical solution to everyday printing requirements in the home. click here

hp DeskJet 3650 printer - The HP DeskJet 3650 is a compact and versatile printer offering an attractive combination of value for money and exceptional print quality, with up to 4800-optimised dpi or optional 6-ink colour printing. click here

hp DeskJet 5550 printer - A stylish and unique printer that combines up to 4800-optimised dpi* colour printing or optional 6-ink colour printing** with high-speed printing and innovative features, including a print screen button and ink backup mode. click here

hp DeskJet 61xx printer series - The HP DeskJet 6122/6127 provides simple and affordable sharing for up to four users. It delivers up to 20 pages per minute of laser-sharp black text and up to 13 pages per minute in breathtaking colour. click here

hp DeskJet 995c printer - The HP DeskJet 995c Colour Inkjet printer is an easy-to-use wireless printing solution with built-in Bluetooth technology and high-productivity features. Use your laptop or other Bluetooth-enabled mobile devices to print without cables from up to 10 metres away. click here

hp DeskJet 1220c printer series - The proven performance wide-format (up to A3+) colour printer, with HP Smart Software to easily produce top quality documents - from postcards to posters. click here

hp DeskJet 5150 printer - The HP DeskJet 5150 is a fast and versatile printer, offering true-to-life photo quality - with or without borders - at up to 4800-optimised dpi colour  click here

hp colour inkjet cp1700 printer series - HP's high performance, wide-format Colour Inkjet printer with fast, cost-efficient, photo-quality output up to A3+ on a variety of media, and the option of auto-duplexing (up to A3+) and networking. click here

hp business inkjet 22xx printer series - HP's Business Inkjet printers for professional, reliable, low cost, high-performance colour printing. This series is easy to set up and use, offering best-in-class networking to help you meet a range of printing needs. click here

hp business inkjet 2600 printer - The HP Business Inkjet printer 2600 series offers high-performance, wide-format colour printing for office workgroups. Best-in-class HP networking means it is easy-to-share and Internet-enabled for printing e-services. click here

hp DeskJet 9300 printer - This printer delivers professional print quality and fast speeds, and its flexible media handling enables you to print up to A3+ on a wide choice of media. It offers a good balance between price and performance. click here

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For further information on our range of low-cost printers such as the DeskJet 3420 and the DeskJet 3325 please contact us on 08451 304060 (local rate) or email us at hp@readycrest.co.uk

*up to 4800 x 1200-optimised dpi colour printing on premium photo papers, 1200x 1200-input dpi

** 6-ink photo printing available with separate purchase of photo cartridge; not included