Ink & Image Durability – a study by CharisCo Printer Labs
Despite the fact that third party, or ‘compatible’, ink cartridges are priced to undercut the original cartridges from the printer manufacturer (often by a huge percentage), testing shows that the...
View ArticleNew ColorSphere3 toner formulation, Page Maximiser technology &...
Aware that business customers are concerned about a raft of printing issues, including space, economy and security, Hewlett-Packard claims its latest range of laser printers and MFPs, announced last...
View ArticlePoor buying decisions by UK government affects print quality
I have just, this morning, received my postal ballot paper for the UK’s referendum on membership of the European Union. Guess what? The weather is not great at the moment, it is raining, and it turns...
View ArticleIgnorance results in inappropriate choice of printer – dye or pigment ink
Individuals, home buyers in particular, are not fed enough of the important information at the right time to help them make the right choice of printer. Whether the printer uses dye or pigment ink can...
View ArticleHP Inc. moves into A3 copier domain – laser engines from Samsung
Although Hewlett-Packard/HP Inc. (HP) has long had one of the widest ranges of printer hardware on the market, the high end A3 and copier spaces have consistently evaded the company. Coming in the...
View ArticlePrinter manufacturers’ response to CISS concept migrates to laser printers
CISS (Continuous Ink Supply System), conceived by the third party ink supply industry many years ago, has so challenged the printer manufacturers that in the last year or two several of them have come...
View ArticleWiFi can screw up your printer!
Ever been frustrated that the print you urgently needed half an hour ago has failed for the 10th time? Of course! Well, one modern reason for that failure may be your WiFi! One favourite statistic...
View ArticleInternet shopping could kill off original manufacturer printer supplies
News items appear in the media at least once a year (at Christmas), informing us of the scale of growth of internet shopping. Time was when locating Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) supplies for...
View ArticleWhat future for the ‘Printer’ – Office-Hub and Home-Hub??
The year was 2009! And the month, November! The first ‘web-connect’ or ‘smart’ printers arrived on the scene! And we thought, “Oooh, that’s clever”! Now, as we’re getting frightening close to the...
View ArticleHP goes greener with wine box enabled Large Format Printers
2nd February 2021: Well, maybe not quite! But using wine boxes as ink tanks in large format printers provides a significant eco-advantage by removing almost all the plastic from the printer...
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