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September 19, 2008 • printing

History of Printing in 15 Minutes

Informations for the inquisitive minds. Print CEO blog published a video on the history of printing that Frank Romano, Professor Emeritus, School of Print Media, Rochester Institute of Technology, created with his students a few years back. In the video, Frank walks you through major milestones in the history of printing. From Johann Gutenberg to… Continue reading History of Printing in 15 Minutes

September 19, 2008 • Canon • industry news • Kodak

Canon Accuses Kodak of Misleading Ad

Kodak’s advertising claim that buyers can “Save up to 50% on everything you print” with its EasyShare line. Among other things, Canon claimed that Kodak didn’t make it clear that the savings claim was based on ink costs only. This week Canon it lost its challenge when the National Advertising Division of the Council of… Continue reading Canon Accuses Kodak of Misleading Ad

September 18, 2008 • inkjet • innovation • printer

Printer For Ceramic Tiles

Newtech SRL has announced KeraMagic, the first digital color printer to produce images on ceramic tiles. The new printer is based on inkjet technology, incorporates grayscale Xaar 1001 inkjet printheads to carry out drop-on-demand jobs in a single pass The KeraMagic is available is two configurations – the 350 mm width model and a 700… Continue reading Printer For Ceramic Tiles

September 12, 2008 • drivers • HP • Xerox

Universal Drivers Not So Universal

We previously reported that Xerox released a set of universal drivers for all printers, Mobile Express Driver. The drivers identify your location by sensing the subnet your computer is on at any given time and offering up the appropriate printers you’ve associated with it. If it’s your first visit to that location, they will automatically… Continue reading Universal Drivers Not So Universal

September 9, 2008 • laser • multifunction • review • Samsung

Samsung SCX-4300 Multifunction Laser Printer Review

The SCX-4300 has a neat footprint for an office all-in-one machine, a little wider than a typical personal laser printer, but with very similar depth and height. The sides of the machine flare slightly at the top to accommodate the A4 scanner mechanism which, unlike the SCX-4500’s, sits across the laser engine from left to… Continue reading Samsung SCX-4300 Multifunction Laser Printer Review

August 29, 2008 • laser • printer

Is Monochrome Printing Dead?

Today we can witness how more and more color laser printer become available at low price. Some are even approaching the prices of their monochrome counterparts. Does that mean black-and-white laser printer are about to extinct anytime soon? ARN interviewed the leading printer vendors on the color versus mono printing debate. Here we provided some… Continue reading Is Monochrome Printing Dead?

August 29, 2008 • cartridges • recycling • technology • toner

Green Bean Toner

Do you know that toner powder used in toner cartridges is made of oil and the actual volume required to produce 1 pound of toner is 2 liters? Now you do. Currently America consumes over 100 million cartridges per year. That equates to 100 million pounds or 50,000 tons of oil. In an effort to… Continue reading Green Bean Toner

July 23, 2008 • cartridges • shopping tips • Toner Cartridge Depot

Why Overpackaging Is Not OK and How You Can Avoid It

Products seem to be delivered to the consumer in ever more packaging these days. And the consumer is forced to pay for it in the end — not just environmentally but financially as well. Tax dollars go to pay to reuse or recycle excess packaging — or to truck it to a landfill site. In… Continue reading Why Overpackaging Is Not OK and How You Can Avoid It

July 18, 2008 • laser • printer

The Real Laser Printer – The Zing Laser Engraving system

What we’re used to call “laser printers” are actually toner printer as they use toner in the first place to produce text and images. Yes, the toner is applied using laser, but that’s next step, if you reverse the process of image forming. And now we can witness a real laser printer — Epilog Zing… Continue reading The Real Laser Printer – The Zing Laser Engraving system

July 17, 2008 • industry news • laser • printer • security

Yellow Markings Left by Color Laser Printers Decoded

Previously we reported the discovery of yellow dots made by color laser printers and the reaction of European Union Committee on this issue. A study done by Electronic Frontier Foundation finds that most color laser printers add an identifying code on every page you print. This code is actually microscopic yellow dots printed on each… Continue reading Yellow Markings Left by Color Laser Printers Decoded