Hewlett-Packard today announced a leasing
program for small and mid-size businesses, pairing several of its laser jet
printers with business PCs.
The new program allows customers to pair an HP Brio desktop PC with one of
three laserjet printers: the HP LaserJet 3100, the HP LaserJet 4000, and
the HP LaserJet 5000.
The LaserJet 3100 is an all-in-one printer, offering fax, copier, and
scanner capabilities as well as monochrome laserjet printing for a retail
price of $699. The 3100 is paired with the Brio 7111N, a minitower
featuring a 266-MHz Intel Celeron processor, 32MB of memory, 2.1GB hard drive,
retailing for $799. The LaserJet 3100 and Brio 7111N will lease for $59 per
month.
The LaserJet 4000, which includes HP JetDirect 600N, JetDirect print servers
and printer management software, has a retail price of $1,419. This printer
will be bundled with the Brio 7134B, which retails for $1,119, and features
a 333-MHz Celeron processor and a 4.3GB hard drive. This combination will
lease for $79 per month.
The LaserJet 5000, retailing for $1,449, also includes the 600N print
server and management software, and delivers printing speeds of 16 pages
per minute. The LaserJet 5000 is paired with the Brio 7174, which, like the
7124B, features a Celeron 333-MHz processor and retails for $1,250. The
Brio 7174 package is priced at $99 per month.
The leases run for 36 months.
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