The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (KTL) said in a statement Thursday that its study had concluded that laser printers emitted ultrafine particles during use. It seems the particle emission results from toner processing during printing. KTL added that while the health impact of the printer emission had yet to be established, it was advisable… Continue reading Laser Printers Are Hazardous in Europe Too
Regretfully, we cannot review each and every printer, but what we can do is to turn our readers to reviews we find interesting and helpful. One such review is at CBSnew.com: tech analyst Larry Magid examines consumer-targeted Brother HL-4070CDW Color Laser Printer: Until the mid-’90s, if you wanted to print something in color, you had… Continue reading Brother HL-4070CDW: Color Laser Printer For Home
Briefly, LED (Light Emmitting Diode) technology allows for smaller and more reliable printing devices no ozone when printing higher imaging precision information security To give it a detailed explanaition, I first need to tell what laser printing technology is. Laser printing is a common name for printing using method of dry electrostatic transfer. This method intents… Continue reading What Is The Difference Between LED and Laser Printing Technology?
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
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
Xerox launched a network color laser printer, Phaser 6130. The device is designed for small businesses that require printing color documents and offers a number of advanced features to make it easier to use. Xerox Phaser 6130 comes with pre-installed toner cartridges, so it’s ready to use right out of the box. It has the… Continue reading New Xerox Phaser 6130
Previously, I reported a study by Australian scientists that proved laser printers may be high-volume ultra-fine particles (UFP) emitters, and that these particles may be hazardous to health (heart problems and lung disease.) Canadian Broadcasting Company sponsored its own study on that issue. The research was conducted in three different locations in Winnipeg by placing… Continue reading Another Study Proves Laser Printers Guilty
Today we take the laser printer as an integral part of everyday life in office environment. However 30 years ago when it first appeared, this piece of machinery was quite a curio. When a document is sent to the printer, a laser beam “draws” the document on a drum using electrical charges. After the drum… Continue reading How Laser Printers First Appeared and Developed
Modern printers are much smarter than the original printing devices they were like, say, 10 years ago. Aside from just printing, they can scan, copy, send faxes, automatically connect to the Web for software updates, and so on. The only thing printer couldn’t do was translation. Not until now. Fuji Xerox Corporation developed a technology… Continue reading Never-seen-before Feature of Xerox Printer
Poor news. The sexy Samsung printers – the ML-1630 and the SCX-4500 – reported in previous post will only be available for Apple computers, according to Wired.com Blog. This is really sad, I wish I could buy one for my PC. On the other hand, the news seems like an arguement for buying a Mac, doesn’t it? Here is the… Continue reading Samsung ML-1630 and SCX-4500 Printers Only For Macs