I am speechless and definitely taken aback with the transformations people are making to a simple inkjet printer. I was first enthralled at the idea of printing the wires on a Printed Circuit Board; later came the films. Now, there is a hotel in Chicago that prints food on the menu. So, people can taste the menu card before they ...
Inkjet printers are gaining momentum for printing things other than on paper. Last week I had written about circuit boards which could be wired using an inkjet printer. But, this week I have a new function for our faithful inkjet printer. Jesse England has used an Epson inkjet printer to print Super 8 and 16mm films on a transparency. The ...
Kodak has found a short path to printer business monopoly by slashing the prices of printer ink cartridges. Kodak 5100 cartridges are available for as low as £5 for black and £7.50 for colour cartridges while the printer itself costs just £75. Kodak, a photography giant is clearly trying to make inroads into the printer business by luring customers with ...
Vicki Butler Henderson, the host of Fifth Gear, took on a new role as a printer girl after she was hired by HP printers for a day to review and compare HP printers along with a selection of other printers. She was given boxed packages of HP ink, Lexmark cartridges and Canon ink cartridges to test in the comfort of ...
Lexmark has launched an education station which aims to reduce teacher’s paper work and allow them to spend more time with students. The station is basically a laser printing solution that lets teachers and educators scan, copy and print and help them manage their own paperwork easily. From the Lexmark website: Educators can: 1) Print bubble sheets for tests, scan ...
It looks as though Lexmark is renewing its printer wardrobe on a weekly basis. Last week I wrote about two all-in-one deskjet printers and I have news about two more multi function colour laser printers aimed at businesses and workgroups. The new Lexmark 500N is a multi function printer (MFP) which can produce high quality prints, scan and copy almost ...
Hewlett Packard has introduced low cost cartridges that produce inferior results compared their own usual ink cartridges. These new cartridges will contain limited amount of ink and will be 50% cheaper. This move could be due to the pressure exerted by third party companies selling similar cartridges at a cheaper rate. In essence, HP will be producing cartridges that hold ...
Edgeline technology has surpassed the efficiency of all other printers released worldwide. HP has decided that they would not sell these printers but instead rent it out to businesses. This technology means low cost printing along with fast printing speeds and excellent print quality for text and graphics. The unique feature of Edgeline technology is that the print heads span the ...
Lexmark released two new printers last week; the X3550 and X4550. Lexmark claims that these two printers are economical and easy to use. The Lexmark X3550 is an all-in-one printer which comes with easy to use photo printing that can print images directly from digital cameras, PictBridge™ and memory cards. It can print up to 24ppm in black and 17ppm in ...
HP have released four new printers which should be available in the retail markets before mid May. These printers are low cost printers ideal for home and small office usage. A Photosmart essential button which is a common feature in all these deskjets enables users to save, share and print photos easily. The HP D2460 is an economy class ...