Move over Facebook. Scram Twitter. Take a hike email sign ups. There's a new kid in town; QR codes (Quick Response) are currently the darling of the marketing world and you need to make their acquaintance. What is a QR code? QR codes are 2-D barcodes that can be scanned by a smartphone's camera (with the help of an app) and then ...
In the fast-expanding Indian market, Epson have introduced a new range of high-performance LED printers to replace the company’s entry-level laser printers. The new printers will continue to sell under the established AcuLaser brand. They will come in monochrome and color, single function and all-in-one varieties, and all will rely on LED technology to provide high-speed prints with considerable savings in ...
A poll of readers conducted by PC Advisor magazine has concluded that nearly half -- forty-nine per cent, to be precise -- of workers who maintain a home office prefer inkjet printers. The clear winner In the issue dated 11 November the magazine reports that according to their data homeworkers believe that colour inkjets, though not always the best at text reproduction, tend ...
People who need to print colour photos on the run have a new toy -- er, tool -- for the job. The Epson Colorio E820 has been compared to a microwave oven in appearance. It measures 23.5cm x 15.8cm x 19.2cm and weighs 2.6 kg. It comes with a retractable handle on top as well as an external wireless keyboard and ...
Market research firm Context report that overall sales of office printers, both inkjet and laser, were up six per cent in the UK in the third quarter of 2011, compared to the same quarter a year ago. Multi-function inkjets lead the way Providing the biggest boost to sales were multi-function (scan, fax, print) inkjet devices, which recorded a 9.6 per cent increase ...
Xerox are targeting graphic design professionals and small to midrange creative companies with a new laser printer, featuring an assortment of colour quality tools, extensive media handling capabilities and professional finishing options. Meet the Xerox Phaser 7800 The Norwalk, Connecticut, USA-based giant claim that the new Phaser 7800 prints at 45 pages-per-minute and handles a wider range of media weights and sizes ...
Santi Morera, vice president and general manager of HP's large format business, says: "Only a third of printed signage is digital at the moment. A lot is still being printed screen and offset. We want to lead the analogue-to-digital conversion." New Designjet printers As part of this effort, the printer giant has just launched two new large-format, latex printers. The super-wide HP ...
We have reported here on several surprising applications for 3D printing technology. Here is a new one: circuit boards. Printing a new printer “Printing actual circuit boards” says David ten Have, CEO of 3-D printing outfit Ponoko, “is very close. Most of the assembly tools are completely automated anyway. I’m guessing 18 to 24 months.” One technical hurdle that has confounded engineers ...
After you have printed them, the answer is, Not a lot. Before you print them, though, the answer is, Quite a bit. Here's why: It's all part of the grand plan Every man-made object in the universe, from an ice cream bar to the Great Pyramids, will one day revert to its original, unrefined state. There are no exceptions that I can ...