From the news release:
PC Magazine, a leading technology publication, recently gave the Lexmark C522n its highest product award, designating it as the newest Editors’ Choice in the personal color laser printer segment.
The Lexmark C522n is a networked, color laser printer that delivers 20 pages-per-minute performance for both color and black and white documents. With an […]
The IOGEAR USB multi-function print server allows several users to print, fax, and scan from one device.
From the news release:
IOGEAR today launched its palm-sized USB Multi-Function Print Server, which allows all networked PCs in SOHO (small office, home office) and SMB (small, medium sized businesses) environments to access one
multi-function USB printer to print, fax or […]
(News release) TAK Imaging, a leading provider of imaging processors and solutions for the consumer digital imaging and photo printing solutions market, today announced the commercial availability of the TAK S1R, a single chip controller for the next generation of low-end photo printers and photo-enabled multi-function peripheral (MFP) devices.
This ready-to-customize system-on-a chip (SOC) will drastically […]
The Washington Post has an article on multifunction printers that looks like it will be an interesting read. Part one has been published, with the promise of more to come:
“You can use them as scanners to capture pages of text or photos to your computer (yes, that would be input, but work with the Duo […]
From the HP news release:
HP today announced two digital photography software products that enable consumers to print high-quality photos at home in two simple steps - currently the easiest to use solutions available on the market.
Available as a free download, HP Photosmart Essential 1.9 offers a variety of photo organizing, editing and sharing tools and […]
The release of Epson’s new Ultrachrome K3 inks has ushered in a new era in digital fine printmaking.
For those who are interested in exploring new artistic frontiers with their Epson printers, Outbackphoto has an article on Monochrome Photographic Printmaking with the Epson UltraChrome K3 Inkset:
“The new K3 Photo Black ink was designed from the […]
‘Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc. acquired a Pittsburgh presence with the purchase of Simmons Business Systems, a printer/copier products company.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.’
Read more at Konica Minolta buys Pittsburgh printer products firm
‘The Electronic Frontier Foundation said this week that it had cracked the code used in Xerox printers to embed details about the printer, including serial number, along with time and date information.
Laser printer manufacturers include the codes–which appear as small yellow dots visible under blue light–to help the Secret Service reduce counterfeiting.’
Read more at Cracking […]
‘Japan’s Canon Inc. said on Tuesday it has developed tiny fuel cells that it hopes will start replacing conventional batteries to power some of its printers in three years.
Canon will join a small army of companies, including Toshiba Corp., NEC Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., that are working on the development and commercialization of fuel-cell […]
‘A research team led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently broke the code behind tiny tracking dots that some color laser printers secretly hide in every document.
The U.S. Secret Service admitted that the tracking information is part of a deal struck with selected color laser printer manufacturers, ostensibly to identify counterfeiters. However, the nature […]