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Stamps.com Partners With Hewlett-Packard
To Bundle Internet Postage Software on HP Printers
HP Named Stamps.com as Strategic Partner for Company's New E-Services
Strategy
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Stamps.com(TM) (Nasdaq: STMP),
the leading provider of Internet mailing and shipping services, today announced
an expansion of its alliance with HP, which was established earlier this year.
Stamps.com's Internet Postage(TM) software will now be bundled on select
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP) personal LaserJet and workgroup LaserJet printers
beginning in June. Stamps.com software is already bundled on HP's all-in-one
inkjet printers that began selling in stores this month.
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"Stamps.com's service coupled with HP's LaserJet and DeskJet printers will
introduce a new way for small business owners to maximize their mailing and
shipping process, in one easy step," said Carolyn Ticknor, president of HP
Imaging and Printing Systems. "Through this growing relationship, we now offer
our customers an integrated service that will save money, is easy to use and
creates an efficient mail system for individual business needs."
Stamps.com and HP formed its existing relationship last January. Stamps.com
is currently present on the HP Small Business site (www.hp.com/smallbusiness)and on HP's All-in-One Solution Center, as well as several other links within
the HP site. Stamps.com also has a relationship with HP's Consumer Business
organization and will be launching programs later this year that promote
Stamps.com and HP supplies.
Stamps.com Chairman and CEO John Payne said, "This relationship allows
Stamps.com to leverage HP's leading printing technology with our state-of-the-
art Internet Postage solution. With more than 120 million HP printers in the
marketplace, HP leads the printing market and is the key catalyst for growing
e-services in the printing marketplace. For Stamps.com this alliance is the
marriage of two leading brands that brings great value to our small business
customers."
Yesterday, HP unveiled Stamps.com as a leading partner in its e-services
strategy, propelling the company's overall e-services strategy into the
printing and imaging market, which will transform printers into Internet-based
services by combining the power of the Internet with imaging and printing
developments. The announcement was made at a media event hosted by HP Chief
Executive Officer Carly Fiornia. Stamps.com was featured among other new
printing and imaging-focused Internet business models as well as revolutionary
technologies with which HP is aligning. Other companies featured at the event
include Federal Express, ImageTag, Mimeo.com, NewspaperDirect and PrintCafe.
About Stamps.com
Stamps.com(TM) is the easiest, smartest way to mail or ship letters, package
or small parcels anywhere and at anytime. Anchored by its partnerships withthe U.S. Postal Service and United Parcel Service (UPS), Stamps.com has three
customer-centric business units focused on providing its unique Internet
mailing and shipping solutions to small businesses, large corporations and
e-commerce companies. Stamps.com's services allow any size business to choose
the best carrier, cost and delivery terms for every mailing or shipping
transaction based on sophisticated, real-time rating, tracking and pricing
tools.
Stamps.com has strategic partnerships with major companies such as America
Online, eBay, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Mail Boxes Etc., Microsoft, Office
Depot, Intuit and 3M. Visit www.stamps.com for more information.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act o
1995: This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties. Important factors, which could cause actual results to
differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, are detailed i
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made from time to time by
Stamps.com, including its annual report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended
December 31, 1999. Stamps.com undertakes no obligation to release publicly an
revisions to any forward looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Stamps.com, the Stamps.com logo, the Price It, Ship It, and Sell It logos ar
trademarks of Stamps.com Inc. All other brands and names are property of thei
respective owners.
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