17 Inspirational & Outrageously Cool Office Interiors
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We all know that in order to be productive at work, your workspace needs to be comfortable, relaxing, and even a little bit fun - but these offices take it to the next level. Does your office have a 3 storey high twisty slide, a full home theatre setup equipped with a PS3, a swimming pool, a fully equipped recreation room, or a full gourmet kitchen for when you get hungry?
If not, then check-out some of these ultra-cool offices that do have all of these sweet features. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't mind living in some of these offices. Maybe you can use it to persuade your boss to make some changes around your boring, cubicle-laced office? You never know. At least then you'd have no problem logging-in some extra overtime hours at work!
Printers on Ford Trucks
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Ford is expected to pioneer computer system with accessories like wireless internet, printer and other wireless accessories on its F-series pickup trucks. The bid is to help construction workers manage work better at job sites.
The projected system is called as Ford Work Solutions and it creates a database of tool inventories and track the tools used for specific jobs. The worker/driver will feed the kind of job he/she is going to do and the computer will instruct on the tools to be carried along.
Powered with wireless internet, workers can access files remotely from the central server. Also, managers can track workers remotely for better supervision.
The Ford F-150 is expected to come with an in-dash computer and an inkjet printer. As of now, we do not have further information on the kind of printer that is expected to go into the vehicle. Prices are awaited as well.
Epson RX680 for Basic Photo Printing Needs
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RX680 is one of the latest additions into Epson's quiver and the available features cum performance are unmatchable by most printers in this segment. The six-cartridge MFP RX680 is basically a photo printer which is supported with multi-functions like copying and scanning.
This printer prints 6" X 4" photos at a speed of 11 seconds per photograph and a whopping 40 text documents a minute.
The unit comes with two input trays; one for photo printing and the other for documents. A removable duplex unit adds to the various features present on the printer. The printer is capable of printing directly on CDs and DVDs.
The RX680 comes with a PictBridge port and memory slots for PC-less printing. Photos and documents can be scanned directly into memory cards in JPEG and TIFF formats.
Disappearing Ink Saves Forests as well as Energy
Posted in InnovationXerox has produced a revolutionary ink that disappears after a certain amount of time. The technology is based on photosensitive paper exposed to UV light. While the paper can be reused similar to a DVD-RW or a CD-RW, the energy saved per print is significantly notable. Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has been instrumental with this research.
The photosensitive paper turns dark when exposed to UV light and hence the print. The print stays until 16 hours and before 24 hours, the paper is blank as new. Also, if there is a need to erase the prints before the stipulated time, the paper can be run through an eraser that could do the job at any desired hour.
This paper can be rewritten hundreds of times. It becomes unusable if it gets crumbled or damaged.
Printing on a letter sized paper takes around 2000 joules with a normal inkjet printer. The similar print can be achieved on a photosensitive paper at 1000 joules, thereby saving energy by 50%. There's more, if the print is allowed to fade away naturally, it takes 100 joules to reprint; that's 95% of total energy savings. Wow!
Many prints taken at offices like emails, memos, minutes etc are meant for a short duration of time; its meant to be read and trashed. Instead, photosensitive paper can be used at minimal energy and reused, thereby saving paper.
This technology is currently in the research phase and researchers from PARC say that it might take a few more years for the technology to be viable commercially.
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A3 Photo Printing Revs Up with Epson R1900
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Epson UK has upgraded the Epson R1800 with R1900 wide-format printer which offers impressive features over its predecessor. Some of the eye catching features include 18,446,774 trillion colours and the introduction of UltraChrome Hi-Gloss2 Ink technology.
From its predecessor, the blue ink is replaced by orange which enables the printer to offer as many colours as it does. Cyan, magenta, yellow, matte black, photo black, red and orange are the remaining ink cartridges that the UltraChrome Hi-Gloss2 technology leverages upon. Gloss optimiser is available to provide the gloss finish.
This wide-format printer is capable of printing photos ranging up to 13 inches wide and up to 44 inches long. It can print on various media like glossy, luster, matte, canvas and fine art papers.
Epson R1900 is presently available in the market and carries a price tag of £400. Seems like the upgrade is not only with the technology but also the price.