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HP recommends Windows Vista® Business. HP LaserJet P2015d part no. CB367A “If it’s an old PC, and all we can give you is $20, then with the DoD scrub, you only get $10,” Anderson said. “But if you have 1,000 machines, that can add up. Plus, we’re removing a significant cost for the customer by helping them manage their used assets.” HP has worked hard to ensure governments can make the most of these programs. “We did a lot of diligence a few years ago to really understand what the GSA schedule says about reuse and exchange, and started to understand the language better and so we have web pages designed specifically for those vertical markets,” Anderson said, adding that the trade-in program was recently included on the Western States Contracting Alliance contract, and more are likely to follow. When a device is not eligible for tradein, HP facilitates equipment donations to the National Cristina Foundation and Computers for Schools or resale on eBay. When reuse isn’t an option, HP will collect any brand of hardware for a modest fee. The products are taken to one of HP’s recycling centers where they are crushed and mined to provide materials for use in other products. company audited 254 sites. By the end of this year, HP plans to audit 95 percent of its high-risk supplier sites. Designing for recyclability means product materials can be reused more easily and cost-effectively. For example, reducing the number of plastics in electronic devices and marking the plastics with the appropriate recycling symbols makes it easier for the components to be recycled at the end of their lives—even if it is not HP that recycles the product. And designing equipment to use less energy helps governments and citizens do their share to reduce greenhouse gases. HP constantly strives to improve energy efficiency in its desktops, laptops, printers and servers. In fact, the HP rp5700 Business Desktop PC was the first to gain the Green Electronics Council’s gold status under the Environmental Products Environmental Assessment Tool for procurement decision-making. • Prints up to 27 ppm black • Up to 15,000 pages/ month duty cycle • First page out in less than 8.5 seconds from Powersave mode Energy-efficient solution HP constantly strives to improve energy efficiency in all of its products. HP provides agencies with energy-saving printing solutions. • 300 standard/550 maximum sheets, standard/ 3 maximum trays • USB $395 Government open market price HP Color LaserJet 3600n part no. Q5987A • Prints up to 17 ppm black and color • Up to 50,000 pages/month duty cycle • First page out in less than17 seconds from Powersave mode • 350 standard/850 maximum sheets, 2 standard/3 maximum trays • USB, HP Jetdirect Fast Ethernet $686 Government open market price HP LaserJet M4345 MFP part no. CB425A Back to the beginning Although HP offers a number of end-of-life solutions for technology, the process really begins with responsible design and manufacturing of the products. Through its Design for Environment program, HP works toward three goals before a product even hits the market: materials innovation, recyclability and energy efficiency. The company uses innovative materials to reduce the impact hardware components have on the environment. HP also ensures that the materials used in its products come from socially and environmentally responsible suppliers by conducting audits of supplier facilities. From 2004 to 2006, the • Prints up to 45 ppm • Up to 200,000 pages/ month duty cycle • First page out in less than 10 seconds from Powersave mode • 600 standard/2,100 maximum sheets, 2 standard/5 maximum trays • HP Jetdirect Fast Ethernet, Foreign Interface Harness port, USB, 1 open EIO slot • One-year, next-business-day limited warranty The data center problem Energy consumption has become an especially troubling problem in the data center, where banks of servers and storage devices often power services and applications 24 hours a day and equipment often runs at minimal capacity to accommodate spikes in demand. According to recent predictions by Gartner, 50 percent of current $2,417 Government open market price To download a PDF of this story and access additional resources, please visit www.hp.com/go/govmag 7 http://www.hp.com/go/govmag

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Government Technology - August 2007

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