HP Introduces High-quality Plain-paper Fax Solution Based On HP Inkjet Technology; New HP Fax 920 Fax Machine Provides Advanced Functionality for Home Office Customers

Business Wire, June 1, 1999

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 1999--

Hewlett-Packard Company, the worldwide market leader in printers, scanners and all-in-ones, today announced a new fax machine offering small- and home-office customers high-quality, feature-rich fax functionality in an intuitive, easy-to-use machine.

The new HP Fax 920 fax machine, available immediately at select retail outlets in the United States, has an estimated U.S. street price starting at about $249(1). The HP Fax 920 fax machine uses HP's state-of-the-art inkjet technology to deliver advanced text and image quality on plain paper.

"HP recognizes that a stand-alone fax machine is an essential tool for many businesses," said Ray Brubaker, general manager of HP's All-in-One Division. "The new HP Fax 920 fax machine enable users to conduct business with confidence by delivering high quality and reliability -- exactly what people expect from HP."

New Products Provide Crisp Text for Professional Communications

The new HP Fax 920 fax machine is ideal for small offices and work-at-home consumers wanting a dedicated fax machine. The fax machine features HP inkjet technology to provide crisp, sharp output with enhanced image resolution that transmits at speeds up to 6 seconds per page at 14.4 kbps. The HP Fax 920 fax machine uses plain paper, not curly thermal paper, so documents last longer, remain readable and do not fade.

The HP Fax 920 fax machine also enables convenient copying and features a 20-page automatic document feeder with the ability to make up to 99 sorted copies for added functionality.

Advanced Functionality Allows for Greater Ease of Use

The new HP Fax 920 fax machine comes with the following effort- and time-saving features:

-- 10 one-touch speed-dial buttons on the front panel, group

dialing and the ability to store 100 speed dials;

-- memory capacity of up to 65 pages to store incoming faxes if

the device runs out of paper or ink;

-- automatic redial on busy or no-answer numbers, fax

forwarding and legal-to-letter document reduction on

received faxes;

-- polling other fax machines, delayed fax send and junk-fax

barrier; and

-- unattended faxing with the 20-page automatic document

feeder.

The HP Fax 920 fax machine includes fax-coversheet templates for use with Microsoft (R) Word 95, 97, or 2000 applications to help consumers look their professional best.

The new HP Fax 920 fax machine is backed by HP Customer Care and comes with a one-year limited warranty.

HP is the world's leading provider of digital-imaging technology and products, enabling home and office users to explore creative and practical new applications of digital imaging.

About HP

Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home -- is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation of electronic services.

HP had computer-related revenue of $39.5 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. HP plans to launch a new company consisting of its industry-leading test-and-measurement, semiconductor products, chemical-analysis and medical businesses. These businesses represented $7.6 billion of HP's total revenue in fiscal 1998. With leading positions in multiple market segments, this technology-based company will focus on opportunities such as communications and life sciences.

HP has 123,000 employees worldwide and had total revenue of $47.1 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.

(1) Actual price may vary.

Microsoft is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.

EDITOR'S NOTE: For further information on the HP Fax Series 900 fax machines please visit www.hp.com/go/fax.>

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