Toshiba Announces Elite Partnership with Hewlett-Packard

New Agreement Enables Toshiba to Sell HP Laser Jet Printers Direct to Customers
IRVINE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) today announced a strategic
agreement with Hewlett-Packard (HP) that allows Toshiba to sell HP`s laser jet
product line to customers. This agreement expands and strengthens Toshiba`s
overall product offering while also meeting the needs of HP-loyal customers.

Toshiba`s elite partnership benefits both dealers and their customers, with
dealers receiving pricing discounts that translate to cost savings for the
customer. Additionally, access to HP`s line of laser jet products allows dealers
to further strengthen their Managed Print Services (MPS) program offerings for
customers who already have HP as their single-function printer provider.

"Hewlett-Packard is without question the preferred printer provider for a large
number of the companies we do business with, and by bringing HP to the table
along-side Toshiba`s line of award-winning multifunction products, Toshiba has
succeeded in establishing a competitive advantage that will have a significant
and positive impact on our dealers` ability to succeed in this competitive
market," said Mark Mathews, president and chief operating officer, TABS.

Managed Print Services

This agreement extends the benefits of Toshiba's MPS, which helps dealers
develop additional revenue streams while simultaneously helping customers
decrease inefficiencies and reduce costs. The program helps dealers reduce and
sometimes eliminate the need for new equipment while simplifying service
contracts and decreasing imaging consumable costs. With its elite partnership
with HP, Toshiba can now provide dealers with more options for their customers
in both the areas of service and product offerings. The HP laser jet line will
be available through dealers to all Toshiba customers, not just those utilizing
the Managed Print Services program.

About Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc.

Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) manages product planning,
marketing, sales, service support and distribution of copiers, facsimiles,
multifunction printing products, network controllers, and toner products
throughout the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TABS has five divisions: the Electronic Imaging
Division; the Toner Products Division; the Document Solutions Engineering
Division; the International Division; and TOPAC U.S.A., Inc., dba Toshiba
Business Solutions (TBS), a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation of TABS, that
operates a network of wholly-owned office equipment dealers throughout the
United States.

Named the most favored manufacturer ten times by the Business Technology
Association (BTA), Toshiba`s entire product line, customer support and marketing
distribution policies are markers for the industry. Among the many other awards
garnered in recent years,Toshiba was named the "Manufacturer of the Year" eight
times by Marketing Research Consultants (MRC), and has twice been named to the
CIO 100 for being among the top 100 "bold" (2008) and "agile" (2004) companies
in the world.

TABS is an independent operating company of Toshiba Corporation, the seventh
largest electronics/electrical equipment company and the world's 91st largest
company in terms of sales. Ranked by Fortune magazine as the eighth Most Admired
Electronics Company in the World, Toshiba Corporation is a world leader in high
technology products with more than 300 major subsidiaries and affiliates
worldwide. Fiscal year revenue in 2007 was approximately $76.6 billion.

For more information on Toshiba copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing
products, network controllers or toner products, or for a dealer in your area,
call (800)-GO-TOSHIBA or visit the TABS Web site at www.copiers.toshiba.com.

PainePR
Sara Sloan, 949-809-6856
ssloan@painepr.com
or
Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc.
Sally Anderson, 949-462-6091
sally.anderson@tabs.toshiba.com

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