Paperless printing - new device strengthens UPS’ ‘green’ efforts
Last updated 11/17/2008 8:41:01 AM
Paperless printing - new device strengthens UPS green efforts
Global delivery company UP has partnered-up with HP to reduce operational costs while cutting its paper consumption with a new combination scanner and paperless printing device that will print millions of sorting labels directly on packages.
The HP printing device will save UPS capital costs and costs for paper and ink and will increase the productivity and effectiveness of UPS package centre employees.
By eliminating paper labels, it will save 1,338 tons of paper each year once the imprinter is fully deployed and millions of dollars in annual operating costs.
UPS already has deployed HP Handheld sp400 All-in-One devices in 41 U.S. package centers and plans to expand the deployment to a total of 850 imprinters in 55 centers by the end of this year. The company expects to use the device to process 1.5 million packages per business day by mid-2009 and to increase that to 3.1 million by 2010.
Dave Barnes, senior vice president and cio of UPS added, "the new HP handheld device means increased efficiency and effectiveness at a lower cost, with less waste. This is a perfect example of how technology helps to drive business solutions at UPS."
UPS and HP collaborated for 18 months to develop a mobile, wireless printing/scanning solution called the HP Handheld sp400 All-in-One. UPS then built a custom business application to support the device.