Archive for June, 2005

CNET: 40+ online printing/sharing sites reviewed

Eamon Hickey of Robgalbraith.com co-wrote an article with CNET Senior Editor Aimee Baldridge on the various online printing/sharing photo sites out there.
The very useful thing is they break it down into four sub-categories.
* Online photo sharing for snapshot photographers
* Online printing for snapshot photographers
[…]

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

Impending Low End Laser Printer War?

Ars Technica has a piece on Dell’s new $99 laser printer and the possibility that this will start a price war amongst the laser printer manufacturers. Some of the cheapest laser printers I’ve seen already hover around this price but Dell walking into the game changes everything. Just by the sheer volume alone that Dell […]

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

HP Laserjet 2840

A new Hewlett Packard Color LaserJet printer has hit the market and The Jakarta Post has a new review. The printer sounds like it is fairly noisy, but when users are getting into higher end printers like the Hewlett Packard 2840, the machines operate more like photocopiers than standard home printers.
If you work […]

Monday, June 20th, 2005

OKI C5510MFP

OKIdata is a company that has been around for a very long time. I have own a few OKI printers in my day (loved those LED heat transfer printers way back when before lasers became affordable). Over on TrustedReviews, there is a new printer out that is getting some press - the 5510MFP.
Not […]

Thursday, June 16th, 2005

Brother MFC-8840DN - Redux

PCWorld has retested the Brother MFC-8840DN. This is a network compatible multifunction printer and it gets high grades.
The MFC-8840DN comes with 32MB of memory, expandable to 160MB. It can hold 300 sheets of letter- or legal-size paper; and for $140 more, you can add a 250-sheet paper tray.
Upshot: Lots of office-oriented features, quick performance, […]

Thursday, June 16th, 2005

Saving Printer Paper

You have an awesome printer. The options were perfect, the ink or toner is cheap. You print as much as you can. But, what is missing? Dealing with the paper you use. Being a responsible printer owner includes management of your paper use. Most people believe that since they […]

Monday, June 13th, 2005

The Top Printers According to CNET

CNET Reviews updated their top printer selections on June 1st. There are some great printers listed and CNET organized them into separate categories depending on what the printer’s function is.

Small office/home office inkjets
Snapshot printers
Multifunction inkjets
Multifunction lasers
Personal lasers
Office lasers
Color lasers

What I found interesting was some of the reviews were not overly positive in some […]

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Another reason to get your own printer

SignonSanDiego has an interesting article about how labs won’t print some photos because they thought a professional photographer shot it.
The penalties for copyright infringement in the US are quite steep and with the amount of photos people have printed, you could just imagine how fast it could all add up. Because of this, I […]

Thursday, June 9th, 2005

Lexmark Helps You Choose A Printer

It is can be almost impossible to purchase a printer these days when printer options are so numerous. Do you buy the printer for the duty cycle? How many trays does it have? Can I connect it to my network?
Questions like these can be simple for those nerds […]

Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

Hewlett Packard Plans New Printer Technology

According to the Democrat Herald, Steven Nigro is already talking about new printer technologies at Hewlett Packard.
First it was calculators. Then it was inkjet printers. What will be the next big thing for Hewlett-Packard’s Corvallis site?
Steve Nigro isn’t saying, but HP’s top executive in Corvallis is willing to give a hint.
“We’re going to have a […]

Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

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