HP and Neat partner for home and small office organization
HP has been manufacturing all-in-one printers with scanners for years, and Neat has made a name for itself with smart scanners and organization software. Today, the two companies have announced a partnership of sorts, with the new HP OfficeJet 8040 with Neat e-All-in-One printer (US$399).
The new product combines the features of HP's e-All-in-One printers with Neat software, making it simple to digitize documents, then organize, store and access those files from just about anywhere -- including on most mobile devices. This is also the first HP printer that has a built-in 1 TB hard disk drive for safeguarding files and documents that are scanned and organized.
Neat's software is quite impressive, allowing scanning of receipts, business cards and other documents while making the data on those documents keyword searchable and exportable to other applications. Printing from iOS devices to the HP OfficeJet 8040 is a piece of cake with the HP All-in-One Printer Remote app, which works with iPhone 4 or later, iPad 4 or iPad Air, and iPad mini.
HP also announced that the HP OfficeJet 8040 features the HP Instant Ink function, which orders new ink cartridges automatically for home or office delivery when it detects that a cartridge is getting low on ink.
