Category: inkjet

September 4, 2007 • inkjet • innovation • printing • technology

Scientists Find New Way To Use Inkjet Printer

As I previously reported, inkjet printers have gone way beyond simple printing your office documents. Japanese “always-searching-for-something-new” scientists found another way of using inkjet technology – for printing blood vessels. Researchers from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University succeeded in printing a blood vessel using a modified inkjet printer specially designed at the Kanagawa Academy… Continue reading Scientists Find New Way To Use Inkjet Printer

August 28, 2007 • Canon • inkjet • multifunction

Canon’s Multipurpose Trio

“The soil” of Canon is extremely fertile this month. Believe it or not, but here come three more multifunctions from that manufacturer – Pixma MX300, MX310, and MX700. As you may gather it from the word ‘multifunction’, these devices perform functions of printing, copying, scanning, and faxing. Apart from the functions mentioned above, Canon Pixma… Continue reading Canon’s Multipurpose Trio

August 22, 2007 • Canon • Epson • inkjet • photo • printer

New Printers Annouced. Trios From Epson and Canon.

Printer makers just can’t stop pleasing their customers with new releases. Epson USA introduced three new Hi-Definition printers. Epson Stylus Photo R280 is a single-function photo printer capable of printing on wide media (up to 8.5″ x 44″) and CDs and DVDs. It features very fast speed – up to 38 ppm in black and… Continue reading New Printers Annouced. Trios From Epson and Canon.

August 22, 2007 • inkjet • innovation • printing • research • technology

How An Inkjet Can Be Used Beyond Document Printing

What do you think your inkjet printer can create? Pages of black text? OK. Documents with color graphics? All right. Photos of you having fun in backyard? Absolutely! Anything else? You surely feel puzzled, however an inkjet printer can do a lot more. And there are people who know what this ‘more’ is. A UK… Continue reading How An Inkjet Can Be Used Beyond Document Printing

August 20, 2007 • Canon • Epson • HP • inkjet • multifunction • printer • review

HP, Epson and Canon Introduce New Printers

We are back in town! Two weeks of complete isolation from computer world have left me feeling hungry for news. Let’s see what has been going on in printing industry. Canon announced two new models: imageCLASS MF4270 and PIXMA mini320. Canon imageCLASS MF4270 is a network-ready multifunction laser printer with a built-in duplex unit, designed… Continue reading HP, Epson and Canon Introduce New Printers

July 15, 2007 • inkjet • laser • printer • research

Inkjet Printers Use 90% Less Power

When we speak of printer cost efficiency, first think we consider is user’s printing needs. If lots of monochrome printing is required, one would recommend to have a laser black-and-white printer. For occasional 2 to 5 pages printing at home, an inkjet printer would do just fine. Once we decided on printer type, next thing… Continue reading Inkjet Printers Use 90% Less Power

July 10, 2007 • inkjet • printing • research

Why Inkjet Images May Vanish Over Time?

Printing digital photos at home has become a common thing. We capture moments of our life with a camera, print them in vivid color with an inkjet printer and share them with our friends. To say “Look how much fun we had at the party” is all most pictures are for. “Look what precise, bright… Continue reading Why Inkjet Images May Vanish Over Time?

July 1, 2007 • HP • inkjet • ISO standards • printer

ISO Ink Cartridge Standard Has Flaws, HP claims

Not so long ago, in December 2006, International Standardization Organization finally gave us, customers, a single standard to estimate cartridge performance and thus the printing costs. Before that, printer manufacturers used various ways to determine how many pages a cartridge would print. It was merely impossible to calculate true sum money spent on cartridges during… Continue reading ISO Ink Cartridge Standard Has Flaws, HP claims

June 27, 2007 • inkjet • laser • printing • technology

Laser Printers Are Doomed To Extinction?

Laser printing technology has long been a choice for medium and enterprise sized businesses, and that has been reasonable choice. Printing machines utilizing laser delivered high quality output at, which is crucial for larger businesses, high speed. Enter any corporate or government office to see those buzzing cubes of plastic cover and electronic inside –… Continue reading Laser Printers Are Doomed To Extinction?

June 26, 2007 • Canon • inkjet • multifunction

Canon Pixma MP530

Canon Pixma MP530 is another ‘omnipotent’ device combining functions of printer, copier, scanner and fax. Just like most printers of this class, Pixma MP530 is designed to satisfy the need of home users or small office. However, there are, or I’d rather say, there are not, a couple of things that an office user might… Continue reading Canon Pixma MP530