We are not afraid of “laser” in laser printers, because it is highly unlikely one would get burnt with it. Yet, laser printer is the device that may be a source of “phantom menace”. A group of Australian scientists revealed that office laser printers could be causing as much danger to the lung as cigarettes… Continue reading Laser Printers Dangerous To Health Like Cigarettes
Printer makers aggressively advertise and market the printing devices they produce. It is a common sight when an inkjet printer sells for pennies, even in the red. Prices for laser printers and copiers are constantly dropping too, making the devices more affordable to increasing number of customers. Obviously, this is supposed to create a favorable… Continue reading Survey Reveals How Often Home Printers Are Used
Have you lived long enoigh to remember how roller printer looked like? Now forget it, because here comes a roller printer you’ve never seen before! Jin Woo Han, a product designer from South Korea, realized his vision of a roller printer. The device is capable of printing on extremely long lengths of paper, so you… Continue reading New Stylish Roller Printer
If you considered yourself a happy owner of a color laser printer, you probably won’t be so happy any longer. In 2005 Electronic Frontier Foundation, an organization supporting customers’ freedoms in the world of electronics, made a discovery that didn’t have much publicity. Every document printed on most color laser printers includes a set of… Continue reading Your Printer Is Spying On You
Did you even wonder what printing pages feel like? They are warm from fuser heat and smell like… well, they, probably, smell of just fused toner. Boring, right? Now imagine if a page you got took from printer gives off fragrances of lavender or roses. Ladies and gentlemen, please meet a perfumed printer. Sagem Communication… Continue reading New Printer Smells Like a Rose
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
Kyocera, a Japanese printer manufacturer, has filed an official complaint with Advertising Standards Authority in the US blaming recent HP advertisement of being “disingenuous”. The ad for HP Color LaserJet CP3505 claims that HP laser toner cartridge is the only part of printer needing replacement. Generally, laser printers require a printing drum to be regularly… Continue reading Kyocera Claims HP’s Advertisement False
If you place Canon SELPHY CP-740 on it and you can do it fast. The new compact photo printer makes a 4×6-inche picture that Canon claims to last al least 100 years within just a minute! The printer supports direct printing from digital cameras as well as most popular flash card slots. Besides, the printer… Continue reading You Can Print Photos Using Your Palm
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
Long time ago printer makers armed with Gillette business model, charging small upfront price for an inkjet printer, but making up the money on selling that printer cartridges. In some cases, a set of cartridges could cost as much as the printer itself. So printer makers would live happily ever after, if it were not… Continue reading Printer Cartridges To Get Encrypted