Do you think history of printing starts with invention of the laser printer? Wrong. The printing press? Wrong again. The history of printing takes off well before our era. The first known example of printing — the so-called Phaistos Disc — was found on the Greek Island of Crete. Most scientists believe that it was… Continue reading History of Printing
We rarely write about software, but today we do. The subject is not some ordinary program but ZEdit Pro, special software developed by Z Corporation for its 3-d printers. The pecularity of this new software lies is that automatically prepares 3D data files for easy full-colour 3D printing. ZEdit Pro lets users of 3D mechanical… Continue reading New Software Prepares Files for 3D Printing
Ricoh Americas Corporation, last week introduced the Ricoh Aficio MP 2550B/MP 2550 and Ricoh Aficio MP 3350B/MP 3350 Digital Imaging Systems. Ideal for small and mid-sized businesses, the MP 2550 and MP 3350 models have color scanning capabilities that produce clear images, store documents securely and boost productivity and efficiency. The MP 2550/MP 3350 models… Continue reading Ricoh Aficio MP 2550B/MP 2550 and MP 3350B/MP 3350 Imaging Systems
The chances are, you, just like me, have an inkjet printer at home. The chances are you use the printer occasionally to print several pages of text or a bunch of photos. The chances are next time you going to use the printer, it won’t work for the printhead are clogged. Of course, the best… Continue reading A Good Way To Clean Clogged Inkjet Printheads
Kyocera Mita America recently announced its FS-1300D, the latest ECOSYS® monochrome laser printer a competitive six-second first print out time, and standard duplex for double-sided printing. This desktop printer delivers 30 pages-per-minute print speeds and a six-second first print out time, critical for printing tasks that include short simple document jobs. The FS-1300D has a… Continue reading Kyocera Mita FS-1300D: First Page in 6 Seconds
“Middling in price, performance, and design, this color laser printer suffers from spotty documentation.” This is a tagline of Melissa Riofrio’s reviewed of Ricoh Aficio SP C222DN Color Laser Printer for Washington Post. She says the Ricoh’s Aficio SP C222DN, being a lower-cost color laser printers, demonstrates some of the challenges of lower-costing. This midpriced… Continue reading Ricoh Aficio SP C222DN Color Laser Printer
At an event on March 10, 2008 in Tel Aviv, Hewlett-Packard offered a peek into future printing technologies, introducing a new inkjet printer that prints thousands of pages per minute and ink that retains its shine even when exposed to extreme elements. HP’s water-based Latex Ink is specially formulated to embed in a surface and… Continue reading HP’s Future Printing Technologies
One of the exhibits on CeBIT 2008 was Samsung’s new color laser. The company claims the Samsung CLP-310 to be the world’s smallest color laser printer. Apart from size, the CLP-310 stands out with its quietness – the company promises an ultra-low noise level of 46dB. The printer come cased in both traditional grey and… Continue reading World’s Smallest Color Laser Printer: Samsung CLP-310
One day you will get anything you want without going to local supermarket. The only thing you’d have to buy will be an inkjet printer. Using it, you will not just print images and text, but also get yourself other stuff for very day life. The scientists have adopted the inkjet printer for printing electric… Continue reading Inkjet Printer Can Now Make Solar Cells
To continue the subject of connecting a printer to several computers, it’s worth to notice there may be another type of connection – wireless. Let’s suppose you have a wireless network running in your home or office and you need to get a new printer up and running. One way to do so is to… Continue reading Connecting A Printer to A Wireless Computer Network