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Printing Leads The Charge For HP
For HP, 2016 was a year of breakthrough innovation and a blockbuster deal with HP acquiring Samsung’s Printer business in a $1.05 billion cash deal.
The Samsung deal was aimed at providing more R&D muscle and intellectual property for HP Inc.’s all out charge to tear apart the copier market with a new A3 printer portfolio that promises 40 percent lower costs for color.
It was also the year that HP made its big move into the 3-D printer market with its eagerly anticipated JetFusion 3-D – a potential $12 trillion market for the company.