Hewlett-Packard is selling fewer laser printers, and seems to be quite happy with the situation. HP says it’s happy with the installed printer base for the short-term because it means selling fewer low-margin servers. HP’s Imaging and Printing group had revenue of $7.5 billion during the quarter, down 1 percent compared to last year. An… Continue reading HP Selling Less Printer, And OK About It
Providing superb quality prints at high speeds across a range of media, this printer will appeal to a broad range of businesses, especially those looking for affordable high performance printing. The AL-C9200N offers its users quality printing with the precision and efficiency of a durable and dependable business printer. Epson’s AL-C9200N is an evolution of… Continue reading Epson Enhances Its A3 Printers Line
Office workers can breathe easily now that German scientists have shown that laser printer emit ‘hardly any’ particles of black toner, a potential carcinogen. A previous study by the Queensland University of Technology found that printers emitted clouds of particles that were five times higher than levels outside, which they assumed could include potentially dangerous… Continue reading Laser Printers Are not Hazardous After all
The technology is the same as that of the simple inkjet printer found in homes and offices, but Japanese scientist Makoto Nakamura is on a mission to see if it can also produce human organs. The idea is that the printer jets out thousands of cells per second instead of ink droplets, and builds them… Continue reading Inkjet Fulled With Cells Can Produce Hearts
Lexmark added two new additions to its 782 color laser line on Tuesday. The C782n XL and X782e XL printers share similiar features to the C782n and X782e but the new XL printers will feature high-yield ink cartridges that print up to 16,500 pages. The C782n XL is network ready and can print on a… Continue reading Lexmark Expands Color Laser Line
Dell has updated its printer portfolio to include a new single function color laser and three refreshed printers along with the 11 x 17″ wide format laser printer, a first for Dell. Dell has updated its printer portfolio to include a new large format printer, a single function color laser and three refreshed printers. The… Continue reading Dell’s First Wide Format Printer
Brother has pushed itself up into second place in the laser printer market by producing a wide range of well-made, high-value machines. The HL-6050D is a medium-size workgroup mono laser printer with built-in duplex facilities. It’s reasonably expandable and Brother claims a top speed of 24ppm, so it should be quite quick. The printer is… Continue reading Brother HL-6050D Laser Printer Review
Hewlett-Packard has designed a digital Inkjet Web Press especially for newspapers, book publishers and commercial print shops. The printer costs $2.5 million and for the price it can print full-color, newspaper-sized pages. The goal of HP was to drive down the cost of small-volume printing by enabling the publishers to customize their content to specific… Continue reading HP Allows Publishers to Customize Content
Mcor Matrix have made 3D printing a great dal more affordable in terms of costs and materials. The new 3D printer called the Matrix takes standard sheets of printer paper (A4 size) and deposits regular old PVA glue in a pattern determined by the design. Another sheet of paper is added, and a tungsten carbide… Continue reading 3D Prototyping With Paper and Glue
Color All color lasers self-regulate for color consistency by performing regular calibration routines. The process helps to ensure that the twenty-fifth copy of your brochure will look basically the same as the first. High-end printers recalibrate after 40 or 50 copies; less-robust printers do it after printing several hundred copies. If your printer will be… Continue reading What to Expect From Your Next Color Laser Printer. Part 3