HomeMy WebLinkAboutNB 1 LASER PRINTER PUR 04-03-89DATE:
HARCH 27, 1989
NEW BUSINESS
NO. 1
4
Inter-Corn
TO:
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~ILLIAH A. HUSTON, CITY HANAGER .
FROH:
SIJSJECT:
POLICE DEPARTMENT
LASER PRINTER PURCHASE .
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Recommendation
That City Council authorize the expenditure of $20,699.89 of budgeted funds
for the purchase of a Hewlett Packard Laser Jet 2000 Forms Printer and Paper
Stacker from Hewlett Packard Corporation, 2100 Muirlands Avenue, Irvine,
California 92716.
Back~round
In the Fiscal Year 1988-89 capital budget, purchase of the above-listed item
was approved in the amount of $20,000. This system will enhance the Police
Department's computer-related printing capabilities along with reducing
costs and space needs both now and in the futurp. The printer will enable
us to automatically print on both sides of a sheet of paper, which will
reduce our paper costs.
The printer will'allow us to design and distribute forms on plain white
paper. It will provide us with the means to create and process most of our
necessary forms in-house. It is estimated that in Fiscal Year 1989-90
printing costs will be reduced by $5,000, copier costs will be reduced by
$1,500, and storage space for forms will be reduced by at least 50 percent.
At this rate, the system will amortize itself in less than three years. Our
reliance on outside sources will be greatly reduced, and restocking of forms
will be merely a matter of turning on the laser printer and printing as many
copies as necessary.
Hewlett Packard is the sole vendor. We checked with five other.vendors that
make similar forms printers (ATI 2670, C.ITOH series 3000, IBM 3820, Data
Products ~ 2665, and Xerox 3700). All performed similar functions,
however they will not interface with our current HP 3000 computer system
hardware or software. Printer evaluation is attached in chart form.
Various retailers offer Hewlett Packard's products; however, because we are
dealing directly with the factory, we receive a 2~-percent governmental
discount. .This c t be matched by a retailer.
Acting Chief of Police
Attachment
Pages Per Minute
2 Sided Printing
Hardware Interface
Print Types
Output Tray Capacity
Software Interface
DATA HP
ATI C.ITOH IBM PRODUCTS ' XEROX LASER JET
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2670 3000 3820 LZR2665 3800 3000
26 30 20 26 24 20
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N J N Y N N Y
P N N P P Y
1 4 1 13 3 34
500 500 1250 250 2000 1500
N N N N N Y
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Legend:
N = No
Y = Yes
P = Possibly