The New York Times has an interesting piece on Why Do-It-Yourself Photo Printing Doesn’t Add Up which argues that taking into consideration the cost of the printer and the ongoing running costs that it is still cheaper to use a photo lab to get printing done.
‘The catch is that after you make an initial investment, […]
PC World have a feature in the upcoming month of their magazine which features their Top 10 Inkjet Printers. They rate the following inkjet printers most highly.
1 - Canon Pixma iP4200
2 - HP Deskjet 450wbt
3 - HP Deskjet 5740
4 - HP Deskjet 5440
5 - Canon Pixma iP90
6 - HP Deskjet 5940
7 - HP DeskJet 6840
8 […]
New Products from Kodak and Olympus Support the IMAGELINK Print System; Others Expected Over the Next Year
One year after the announcement of Kodak products integrating the IMAGELINK print system — a specification designed to simplify at-home picture printing — new compatible cameras and printers supporting the standard are being released.
Kodak first released IMAGELINK compatible […]
‘Canon UK, a leader in digital imaging technology, is the latest high-profile industry sponsor to provide a substantial cash donation and offer further additional support to the PrintIT! project.
Canon UK’s aim in supporting PrintIT! is to demonstrate its support for the digital print industry of tomorrow.
The company shares the concerns held throughout the industry as […]
Epson America have today announced six new printers to their Stylus range - they are the CX7800, CX5800F (pictured), CX4800, CX4200, and CX3810 and C88. They are all multifunction printers (except for the C88) that use DURABrite Ultra pigment ink - an ink that Epson says is great for ‘printing beautiful smudge, fade and water […]
‘HP has announced what it is calling a ‘breakthrough ink-based printing platform’. Apparently, the platform is the result of a five-year, $1.4 billion strategic investment that the company believes will catapult its leadership in the printer market years ahead of its competitors.
The new technology comes at time when HP, while still the largest maker of […]
‘Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday unveiled a line of low-cost inkjet printers that aim to match the quality and speed of its laser printers as it seeks to defend its lucrative printer business from rivals such as Dell Inc.
“We are introducing a new business printer which will be half the price of comparable laser printers and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Aussie Pete Walsh has started a blog dedicated ton one printer - the Epson Stylus Pro 4800:
‘The printer is FAST, really FAST.. I didn’t time the A3+ print, will do that next time, but it didn’t taken long at all, a fraction of the time the 2100 takes. It hums along, very much what […]