Hewlett-Packard has introduced Edgeline Technology, its self-developed ink-based printing technology, in addition to two Edgeline MFP (multi-function peripheral or printer) models, CM8050 and CM8060, in Beijing, China.

According to Gary Cutler, VP, Edgeline Technologies, "Compared with conventional colour inkjet printers which have print heads moving across paper, Edgeline colour printers can print faster at 40-50 ppm (pages per minute) through moving papers for receiving colour ink jetted from as many as 10,560 nozzles of an inkjet base."

"While conventional colour printers are unable to separate monochrome (black & white) printing from color printing, Edgeline Technology features colour management capable of printing a selected small portion in colour at a lower total cost equivalent to levels for monochrome printing," added Cutler.