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» Newsflash: New Linux Drivers

Posted by: Brian R. Kneebone
Technology Consultant, Imaging and Printing Group

A new Linux print driver (HPLIP) was released on Thursday, May 8th adding support for the following products ...

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 4:40:00 PM

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» Video Tutorial: Installation Options for the HP Universal Print Driver and Basic Walkthrough

Before we finish off the series around color access control, I wanted to prime administrators on how easy it is to install the HP Universal Print Driver using a number of different options at their disposal. This video tutorial provides a brief walk-through on the installation options which are available using the installer as well as standard installation methods. It also covers basic usability differences between the driver in its native “Traditional Mode” and optional “Dynamic Mode”...

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 6:44:00 PM

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» Tip for Administrators: Printing and Scanning in Windows Terminal Server and Citrix Environments

I wanted to share some imaging and printing resources in Windows Terminal Server (WTS) and Citrix environments. HP and its partner community have a number of helpful resources which can be useful for those new to administering these shared server computing architectures...

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 8:01:00 PM

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» Newsflash: HP Universal Print Driver and Related Technologies Updated

The HP Universal Print Driver (UPD) and related software management tools like the Managed Print Administration (MPA) and Active Directory Administrative (ADM) templates have been updated...

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Monday, April 14, 2008 at 9:07:00 PM

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» Handy Tool for Network Administrators

I have to share this, even though it’s not imaging and printing specific. Mini notebooks are back. If you are a network technician or IT administrator, take note of the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC series. Most of us know from experience when you are travelling from IT asset to asset, that it’s not always practical to bring a standard notebook. Having access to your own toolkit on the go (especially a tiny one) is important – saving those few minutes (or even seconds) is important. Of course, in most cases you can do everything you need remotely from HP Web Jetadmin including rebooting printers and MFPs and pushing settings.

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 10:51:00 AM

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» Newsflash: New Imaging and Printing Announcements

There have been several new imaging and printing announcements today including new products. Visit the press-release home-page for more information. Be sure to visit the press kit as well for more key features on the products announced...

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 at 8:48:00 PM

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» Newsflash: New Personal Color and ScanJet Devices

I want to take a moment to highlight some of the very interesting offerings in the personal and small work-team space. This includes new printer, all-in-one (multifunction) and scanning devices...

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 10:19:00 AM

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» Newsflash: HP MFP Digital Sending Software (DSS) 4.11.11 has released

This is just a quick note to let people know that HP MFP Digital Sending Software (DSS) 4.11.11 has been launched. This is a free update for existing DSS 3.0 and 4.0 customers and is available from http://www.hp.com/go/dss_software...

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 10:31:00 AM

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» Managing Fax Addresses and Speed Dials

Hello everyone. I’ve had to put a bit of a pause on the “Colour Control Options (Part 3) – Driver Controls” because of some changes (good ones) that will become clear shortly. I realised it’s been a month since my last post, so I wanted to do another video tutorial as a treat ...

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Friday, February 22, 2008 at 10:33:00 AM

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» News Release: Definitive Agreement to Acquire Exstream Software

Just a quick news release posted to HP.com I figure I’d link to here. On Jan 22^nd, HP signed a definitive agreement to acquire Exstream Software, LLC. I wouldn’t be doing the solutions justice trying to simplify them in a paragraph or two here. So take a look at the press release as well as visit the company website. There are some very interesting online demos that are worth the investment of time.

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 9:11:00 PM

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» Colour Control Options (Part 2) - Embedded Controls

Well, it’s been a while since my last post, so I thought I’d do something special. I wanted to make a “Part 2” to the Colour Control Options I discussed earlier. It covered some high-level topics, but I didn’t go into any depth showing them in action. This article casts a very bright light on just what can be done with embedded Color Access Controls under the “Settings” -> “Restrict Color” menu in the device’s embedded web server...

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 7:38:00 AM

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» HP LaserJet Product Update Newsletter and Customized Alerts

This one is just a short post for today. We appear to be publishing a semi-regular newsletter that keeps IT staff primed on new, emerging and resolved issues with LaserJet devices...

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 5:12:00 PM

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» Newsflash: Updated Versions of Firmware for Multifunction and Digital Sender Devices

Updated versions of firmware have launched for the following HP LaserJet MFP, HP Color LaserJet MFP and Digital Sender products ...

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Friday, January 11, 2008 at 4:57:00 PM

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» Newsflash: Updated Versions of Web Jetadmin Have Launched

Update for users of our HP Web Jetadmin printer management software. Both version 8.1 and 10.0 have been rolled this week and include a number of new features, enhancements to existing capabilities and fixes...

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at 6:54:00 PM

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» Tip for New Printing Administrators: Printing Defaults

Have you ever been asked to define new printing defaults for end users? I've put together a video tutorial targeted for new printing administrators. And for that matter existing print administrators who have only recently looked at applying settings by default...

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Posted by Bits and Dots Team on Monday, December 10, 2007 at 7:51:00 AM

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