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Xerox buys its way further into Managed Print market with purchase of NewField IT

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 - Posted in Managed Print Services, Productivity Tools, News, Total Print Management, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »
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Issue #1113/1 – Seeking to strengthen its grip on the global Managed Print Services (MPS) market, Xerox has announced its acquisition of NewField IT, a leading consultancy, optimisation and MPS company in the UK and the US.

Lexmark Genesis, Part 2 – fast, high quality printing or slow, financial black hole?

Friday, May 20th, 2011 - Posted in Print Technology, Workflow, Hardware, New Products, Comparisons, Pricing, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1112 – Genesis undoubtedly has its upsides and the innovative use of flash scan technology in a desktop device is effective. However, as reviewed in the first article about Genesis, there are downsides to Lexmark’s implementation of the technology and, although print quality is excellent, Total Cost of Printing is appalling. In this article we look at installation, usability, print quality and cost of printing.

Aggressive but humorous marketing of low cost commercial printing

Thursday, May 5th, 2011 - Posted in Special Offers, Pricing, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1111 – As companies fight to gain business in a tough environment, one commercial printing company is taking an aggressive stance in its targeting of new customers, deliberately hoping to discredit its competition as committing price-crime.

Lexmark Genesis, Part 1 – a new beginning or a bulky gimmick?

Sunday, April 10th, 2011 - Posted in Hardware, Print Technology, New Products, Pricing, Comparisons, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1110 – When Lexmark first announced the new Genesis inkjet All-in-One printer, I don’t think anyone imagined that it would be priced at the upper end of the business inkjet range. Having had an opportunity to use and evaluate the device, can anyone believe that it can justify being priced between £330 and £465 / €250 and €355 / $295 and $570 (ex tax)!! In this first of two articles, we’ll investigate Lexmark’s Flash Scan technology and then look at other aspects, plus costing, in a subsequent article.

“Everybody On” – Under its new CEO, Hewlett-Packard unifies its vision and its workforce to take over the world

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 - Posted in Printing culture, Productivity Tools, Strategy, Workflow, New Products, Hardware, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1109 – Following the departure of Mark Hurd in August 2010, and the instalment as CEO of former SAP boss, Léo Apotheker, in September, the atmosphere at Hewlett-Packard has undoubtedly changed. No longer the sense of foreboding but an air of enthusiasm and optimism, with a clear target of taking over the world.