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Archive for August, 2007

Epson announces new, faster inkjet

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 - Posted in Hardware, New Products | No Comments »

Issue#0726/1 - Inkjet technology development is continuing at a rapid pace, with Epson breaking through the constraining barriers that prevented the production of faster printers.

A new, faster inkjet print engine has been announced by Epson for use in a family of products due for shipping in September.

Pelikan pleads guilty

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 - Posted in News | No Comments »

Issue #0726/2 - Pelikan admits that the cartridges bought from a third party and sold in Germany breach patents held by Hewlett-Packard and agree to withdraw the products and pay damages.

30 new products from Canon

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 - Posted in Hardware, New Products, Pricing | No Comments »

Issue #0726/3 - A vast array of new products from Canon are coming on-stream this autumn – 11 of them are printers.

Due for availability between September and November of this year, Canon has announced a sweeping range of 30 new products covering inkjet All-in-One and single function printers, laser multifunction printer, digital SLR cameras, compact digital cameras, scanners, fax machines, projectors and a camcorder.

Lifestyle sometimes overrides economy

Monday, August 6th, 2007 - Posted in Hardware, Pricing | No Comments »

Issue#0725/1 - Sometimes we need to spend extra money in order to get what we want. There may be good justification for spending that extra money. This week we take a look at some of the areas in which we can justify spending that bit extra on our printing.

Daft decisions

Monday, August 6th, 2007 - Posted in Hardware, Financials | No Comments »

Issue #0725/2 A brief run-down of some decisions that can end up costing users a packet.

  • Buying a laser printer when an inkjet would be more than adequate for the job
  • Buying a cheap low-end machine when buying slightly up the range would reduce costs and also offer higher performance