HP Print AI’s features make printing frictionless by eliminating common challenges from printer set-up to support. The first feature, Perfect Output, ensures prints look perfect every time and is available via an exclusive beta programme.
HP Print AI is the industry’s first intelligent print experiences for home, office, and large format printing. ‘We are transforming the printing experience with HP Print AI, making it easier and more intuitive,’ said Tuan Tran, HP President of Imaging, Printing, and Solutions. ‘Introducing AI solutions across our portfolio will simplify printing, ignite creativity, and accelerate collaboration – all while ensuring customer data is protected and kept private. This is our first step in setting a new standard for printing.’
More than half of print jobs come from web browsers (Print Telemetry Data from Microsoft), including online articles, travel documents, recipes and how-to guides. However, printing from the web has traditionally yielded unnecessary white space, issues with image size, and inclusion of unwanted web ads. Consumers printing from web browsers have understandably felt frustrated, rating the experience with ‘strong dissatisfaction’ (–62 Net Promoter Score (NPS) for strong dissatisfaction).
Perfect Output bridges the gaps between what people see on the screen and what they intend to print, reformatting and reorganising content to fit perfectly on the page the first time. Perfect Output can detect unwanted content like ads and web text, printing only the desired text and images, saving time, paper and ink.
Spreadsheets are another common print job, and more than half of spreadsheet users report experiencing challenges to make documents print out correctly (HP Research: Excel AI Print Add-In, July 2024). Perfect Output proactively creates a printable spreadsheet without splitting tables and charts across pages.
HP Print AI will also simplify and tailor support for individual customers. From the moment a customer turns on their printer, intelligent technology anticipates their needs – walking through each step of set-up. HP Print AI leverages natural language and contextual awareness, remembering users’ preferences and past questions, so customers receive immediate and customised support whenever they need it.
With HP Print AI, customers can easily transform photos into creative projects. Using simple conversational prompts, HP Print AI can seamlessly integrate unique layouts, custom styles and fonts to personalise greeting cards for every occasion. HP Print AI also corrects common print errors by automatically upscaling images and removing unwanted objects.
Once the design is ready, customers can choose to print or explore a curated list of partners that offer unique photo printing capabilities, gift certificates to be printed on the card, and so much more.
For the commercial market, HP announced the expanded availability of HP Scan AI Enhanced. This cloud- based, AI-driven solution automatically recognises the type of documents being scanned and extracts key information based on the customer’s specific business needs. By reducing manual steps and data entry, this solution saves time and money for SMB and enterprise customers. For instance, a major retail group with 300 locations in Italy saw an 80% reduction in labour costs after implementing HP Scan AI Enhanced in its delivery and inventory workflow (based on HP client use case, June 2023).
