Call it an occupational hazard, but just as burger flippers get splashed with hot oil and window cleaners with pigeons' business, so the office worker will most likely spray themselves and their surroundings with printer ink. That's just life at the white hot edge of printer usage. However, what elevates the office worker in this situation from laughing stock to ...
Printer manufacturer Brother International is betting, you are going to find it useful to take printing out of the office and onto the road with its new PocketJet 600 printers. The smallest yet The four members of the PocketJet family, each with a variety of connectivity and internal-storage features, all come in a compact shape that is just over 25 centimetres wide. ...
Master's student Daniel O’Connor, conducting research for a thesis at Dublin City University, has discovered security flaws in printers that allow potentially sensitive documents to be read remotely by hackers. The portal left open Printers are often overlooked when IT security policies are put in place, and this can leave them open to exploitation. Network servers and PCs typically get the ...
An American software company is developing a network utility that evaluates all available printers on a network and advises a worker which one offers the most environmentally-friendly option for this particular document. Evaluating the alternatives The company is GreenPrint Technologies of Portland, Oregon, and the utility is GreenPrint Advisor. GreenPrint Advisor categorises all the available printers on a corporate network as "red," ...
Every now and then we run across a story that strikes us so odd, there is little we can do but repeat it without comment. Here's the latest. Housing shortage OK, we'll do the deep background first. It seems, hermit crabs do not make their own dwellings. They scavenge. In a pinch, they have been known to make do with empty ...
Epson Philippines have unveiled two brand new printer series aimed at reducing printing costs for small and medium sized businesses and other cost-conscious organizations. Responding to the demand Epson's top executives for the Southeast Asia region presented the new series of printer models during a media launch in Makati City, Philippines, on October 5. The new printers are all expected to ...
With spam levels still near an all-time high, hackers have developed a new ruse: emails that pose as a scanned document from an office printer or scanner, forwarded by a work colleague. Considering the source The spammers' goal is to trick the recipient into opening a malicious email message, probably carrying a payload of malware. The apparent source of the attack is ...
OKI Data Corporation of Japan, through American subsidiary OKI Data Americas Inc. of Mount Laurel, New Jersey, has announced another innovation: A high-speed colour printer with white toner. Making a splash in the market OKI intends to debut three new printers at New Orleans' SGIA Expo, taking place October 19-21, 2011, including the new OKI pro920WT. This is a tabloid/A3 digital colour ...
Researchers found that despite the majority of business owners trying to take steps to reduce their carbon output, millions still reckon it’s too costly, time consuming and impractical. A ‘can’t be bothered’ attitude, lack of knowledge and ‘other priorities’ were also cited as stumbling blocks to putting in place energy saving measures. But encouragingly, two thirds use power saving light bulbs and ...