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“I just want to print”

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 - Posted in Reliability, Printing culture, Environmental, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0937/1 - During a round table session at a recent industry briefing, a guest presenter made that – oh, so classic – comment, “I just want to print”. Although there are many, many different aspects to this simple statement, it often seems as if it just isn’t going to be like that.

Digital migration presents greater potential for printed pages

Monday, September 21st, 2009 - Posted in Printing culture, Strategy, Workflow, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue 0926/1 – Related to the recent article "Hewlett-Packard plugs the gap – Extended alliance with Canon brings MFP hardware to bolster expanding Hewlett-Packard MPS offering", Hewlett-Packard admits that the traditional hardware sales model will no longer work and that the company must do whatever it can to access pages rather than printers. It is the migration from analogue to digital that has prompted this reappraisal of the marketing approach needed but why has the electronic age actually resulted in a rise in the number of pages being printed when we are told that we are supposed to be expecting a paperless environment?

Inkjet can be faster and cheaper than laser! What does a small business need?

Friday, July 17th, 2009 - Posted in Printing culture, Print Technology, Comparisons, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0921/1 – New printer and All-in-One hardware continues to fuel the inkjet vs laser argument as technology developments takes each category forwards. As inkjet print speeds continue to increase, laser technology focuses on faster single-pass printer engines and A3 inkjet A3 enters the arena, what is it that a small business needs and what are the costs involved?

Brother introduces duplex A3 inkjet printing and copying to the office with the world’s first desktop A3 duplex inkjet MFP

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 - Posted in Print Technology, Printing culture, Printer Market, Environmental, Hardware, Comparisons, New Products, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0920/1 – Not only was Brother the first (and only to date) printer manufacturer to bring us an A3 inkjet multifunction device but now we have the long-awaited duplex printing version in the form of an A3 MFP with print, copy, scan and fax functionality. Sadly, duplex printing is at A4 only in this first iteration of the product but the MFC-6890CDW again places a Brother model firmly at the top of the functionality pile, alongside its 6-function MFC-990CW office communications hub, with a very attractive Total Cost of Printing.

Hewlett-Packard improves printing from mobile phones

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 - Posted in Productivity Tools, Printing culture, Print Technology, News | No Comments »

Issue #0905/2 – Hewlett-Packard has made the task of printing photos directly from a mobile phone a little bit easier – for iPhone and iPod touch customers anyway – with the launch of its new HP iPrint Photo application.