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Power Consumption re-emerges as a key factor in printer cost savings for business

May 15th, 2012 - Posted in Environmental, Print Technology, Hardware, New Products, Comparisons, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1205 – New printer and office MFP models from Hewlett-Packard and Oki demonstrate how power consumption has again been tagged as a key area for cost savings for businesses (as well as saving the planet of course). Auto-off features are used as a means of dropping power consumption to less than 1 Watt when the device is not in use.

TCPglobal Special: Hewlett-Packard further improves Officejet inks for handling durability

April 12th, 2012 - Posted in Reliability, New Products, Comparisons, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1205 - Note: This study has been sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company prior to being published in TCPglobal. But, as with all TCPglobal articles, it is nonetheless an independent assessment and expresses only the views and opinions of the author and not those of Hewlett-Packard - This article is contained in a pdf which is suitable to either be read in your web browser, downloaded or printed.

Do you need convincing that business inkjet costs 50% less than laser? The options are improving each year.

March 17th, 2012 - Posted in Printer Market, Print Technology, Comparisons, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1204 – While printer manufacturers increasing realise that business inkjet is an essential addition to their product line-up, users are only slowly giving them serious attention. I believe that inkjet is the office technology of the future – we provide conclusive proof that Total Cost of Printing is undeniably in their favour.

Is it time to reverse the printer price war of the 90s and noughties?

March 5th, 2012 - Posted in Printer Market, Pricing, Financials, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1203 – Poor, if not frightening, first quarter results from market leader Hewlett-Packard, together with a not-so-good outlook for the printer industry as a whole, are a pointer that the printer industry absolutely cannot sit back on its laurels and expect to survive on past business models and product ranges.

A3 Office inkjet multifunction segment bolstered by Epson Workforce A3 but with disappointing Total Cost of Printing

February 2nd, 2012 - Posted in Supplies, Hardware, New Products, Pricing, Comparisons, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1202 - Having enjoyed the first A3 inkjet multifunction devices from Brother two and a half years ago, and witnessed Brother’s dramatic cut in supplies costs with the introduction of the LC-1280XL series cartridges a year ago, it is both encouraging and disappointing to see Epson’s entry joining Hewlett-Packard’s also disappointing contender, launched 18 months ago.