I expect color lasers to finally diverge into two species, the pukka industrial grade kit and then a huge gap with nothing until you get to the home kit, poor build quality, inkjet model sales, refill toners will cost more than the new printer, major arms race escalation in both laser and inkjet refill vs.… Continue reading Technology Predictions
Somehow this news has been escaping both my sight and my site. Anyway, I’m catching up telling it to you. Judging by that picture can you say how big the printer is? Or the right, there seems to be a 15-17-inch LCD (that’s the right size for printer displays, not those pathetic 2.5 inches!), so… Continue reading HP Scitex TJ8300: Mammoth Printer
Manufacturers of printing devices are well-known to make profit selling not the printers, but rather consumables for them. However, it does not make it any less surprising the two new printers by Brother International, HL-2100 series monochrome laser printers. Brother HL-2170W, a successor of a popular HL-2070N model supports two network interfaces: wired Ethernet and… Continue reading Brother Wireless Laser Printer for Nothing
Students of Georgia Institute of Technology has created a robot named PrintBot that can print out images of virtually unlimited sizes. On their site, Instructibles.com, they published a detailed step-by-step printer creation guide. The PrintBot uses a printhead from an Epson inkjet printer (as it was expected to use it, the printhead, not Epson) and… Continue reading Now Prints Can Have Unlimited Size [VIDEO]
7. Ricoh Aficio CL7300DT The last position in the Top 7 of Most Expensive Printers belongs to the Ricoh Aficio CL7300DT which is a bit slower – only 35 pages per minute for full-color, and black & white. However it features much greater maximum paper capacity of 3,100 sheets and a duplexing unit. 200,000 pages… Continue reading 7 Most Expensive Printers
There is never a day that passes by printer manufacturers release new model. Supporting this tradition, Ricoh introduced Aficio SP C400DN, a color laser printer for small businesses. Apart from “high-quality output”, “superior performance”, “high productivity” and other meaningless phrases, there is something else to know about this printing. When printer is turned on, it… Continue reading Ricoh Aficio SP C400DN Color Laser Printer
Previously on “How to Detect and Fix Problems with Laser Monochrome Printing” we examined toner cartridge components and reviewed several possible reasons of printing problems. Today we shall pick up from where we left last time. 3. Magnetic Roller This roller in HP printer is a metal cylinder covered with special coating with a magnetized bar inside. This part rarely gets out of… Continue reading How to Detect and Fix Problems with Laser Monochrome Printing. Part 3
Continuation of part 1 This time we shall consider toner cartridge defects, their aftermath and ways to fix them. Previously we found that cartridge consists of several part. Despite the small amount of parts, there are enough factors affecting quality of printing. 1. Organic Photo Conductor (OPC) OPC is also known as photo drum, drum, photoreceptor or photoconductor. On… Continue reading How to Detect and Fix Problems with Laser Monochrome Printing. Part 2
Panasonic launched two new multifunction devices into market: the KX-MB271 and the KX-MB781. Panasonic KX-MB271 as a decent multifunction device can scan, copy and print. It is built around a monochrome laser printer engine that can print 18 ppm at a resolution of up to 600 by 600 dpi, with a claimed warm-up time of… Continue reading Panasonic KX-MB271 and KX-MB781: New Cheap Multifucntions
This article covers common issues that rise during the use of most toner cartridges. For practical purposes the cartridge examined is made by Hewlett-Packard and there are reasons for that. First, this brand has long been a leader on printer market. Second, cartridge refilling which is still widely used by small business and home offices.… Continue reading How to Detect and Fix Problems with Laser Monochrome Printing