HP’s ‘Managed Print’ Strategy: Threat or Opportunity?
IN-PLANTS HAVE watched it happen for years: Some of the same vendors that sell them equipment are also trying to shut them down by pitching facilities management services to their bosses. So when HP announced it was going to start providing "managed print services" and "offering outsourced alternatives," the natural reaction in the in-plant world was a head-shaking "here we go again."
- Companies:
- Xerox Corp.
- People:
- Francis McMahon
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
