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Issue #1107 - With the arrival of the ‘pad’ computer, particularly in Apple and Android guises, the need to be able to print from mobile devices has never been stronger. While individual office software applications running on smartphones and pad devices do not include a print capability, it is down to the printer manufacturers to enable printing for their own devices. Who has done it? How? And how good are they?

Issue #1106 – Britain’s BBC news service is today featuring a British company that has developed a rapid manufacturing technique using relatively standard printing technology that is capable of building products from nylon that is as tough as steel. In order to demonstrate the capabilities of the technique for building everyday products in the future, the company has built a working prototype bicycle from nylon – shown on the BBC’s Breakfast TV program this morning.

Issue #1105 – Don’t be duped into thinking that the FS-C5150 and FS-C5250 colour laser printers from Kyocera are ‘just another refresh on the previous models’ (FS-C5100 and FS-C5200), as the product naming might suggest! They are not. They are completely new machines, bringing new and innovative design features and functionality to the desktop that belie the rather ‘normal-looking’ hardware specification.

Issue #1103 – Do you reckon to try and save money by buying third party photo paper? Do you reckon that there’s no difference between original printer manufacturer photo paper and third party photo papers? Think carefully; experiment; you are probably mistaken!

Issue #1102 – With new A3 inkjet All-in-One models now being launched by Brother, the battle for the A3 inkjet business AiO sector is now fully on. Brother has drawn a new line in the sand with a range of devices that claim doubled print speed from the previous generation and all of which deliver duplex printing (even in A3 format), A3 scan platen and both wired and wireless connectivity as standard features.