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Hewlett Packard has been sending Support Notification emails to Partners & Customers warning printer owners and IT Managers of security vulnerability on 72 Models of HP LaserJet Printers and MFPs (Multi-Function Printers).

It was recently brought to my attention by a thought-leader of mine, Greg Walters of “The Death of the Copier”, that Xerox is launching a Global Campaign next week to Re-Brand themselves into a Business Process Management Company.

For the last 2 Years, we have heard an evolving buzz about Web Based Printers and Printing. Hewlett Packard, Xerox and other Printer & MFP manufacturers have built this functionality into their newest printers and have also included cloud-based infrastructure to accommodate this.

Going Paperless! Or Paper-Less!, you hear about this all the time. Large Organizations, Small-to-Medium Size Businesses, Non-Profits and Government Agencies are all flocking to this concept for Green or Environmental reasons. Heck yah, I am on Board for Green Initiatives as much as anyone, or more.

Has anyone else noticed how things continue to change in the workplace? Technology, Hardware, Software, Devices, Apps. These are things that continue to change the way we work. These are the things that are slowly taking paper out of a lot of our routine business processes. Understanding that your Copier and Print Volume is going to decrease even in a growing enterprise going forward, is key to capturing savings that would normally be rubber stamped.

Every day we witness changes in Printer Page Volumes in our client base. Despite the surge in Legal Documents related to housing foreclosures, we are basically noticing a trend downward in Monochrome Printer, MFP and Copier Page Volumes.

Hewlett Packard Announces a Price Increase on Original HP LaserJet Printer Cartridges effective January 1^st, 2012.

Hewlett Packard Corporation has published an Official Statement to claims alleging security vulnerabilities by hackers with certain HP LaserJet Printers. This is in response to a controversial MSNBC Report.

So you figured out that using several staff members to buy printers, toner, maintenance & service is very expensive. While Printers still figure in very prominently in Business Processes, having half your team involved in supporting them take focus off of your core goals and mission.

It is late 2011 and most Organizations are responding to evolutions in technology; buying new tablet devices and other gadgets as well as their Apps. These devices and technology are often implemented without an ROI Assessment and generally deployed as necessary to remain current. What about Businesses & Organizations embracing Document Management Software and Paperless Office Strategies? With such an obvious ROI and many other environmental, productivity, security and compliance benefits, you would think there would be a race to make your office less papered.