TCPglobal - news, views and issues on total cost of printing

Issue #0319/1 - Handling of paper has been established as being a constituent of Total Cost of Printing in several issues of TCPglobal over the last year and also in the report ‘The Importance of Total Cost of Ownership in a world of Digital Convergence’. Normally concerned with products that produce marks on paper, the OfficeRight DI200 folder/inserter from Pitney Bowes came to our attention this week and, as it appears to be unique in the office sector, successfully argued its way into TCPglobal!

Issue #0319/2 - Joining the Epson C1900WiFi, Samsung’s ML2100W, and Hewlett-Packard’s wireless printing options, Ricoh has announced a new mono laser printer and an office colour laser printer, both with WiFi and Bluetooth networking capability.

With a print speed of 26ppm, the new AP2610N mono laser printer has a price tag of UKP 1,299 (EUR 1,810 / USD 2,130).

Issue #0319/3 - Following on from last week’s item on the next generation digital convergence, we take a further look at the multi-function peripheral and how it is, or could be, developing.

Issue #0318/1 - This week’s issue represents the first issue of the second year of TCPglobal. After 41 issues in the first year, the publication is read in every geography around the globe, from the Americas to the Pacific Rim, from Scandinavia to the antipodes. Readership has grown every week of the year and promises to continue growing as the Total Cost of Printing issue becomes more prevalent and large organisations begin to realise the scale of hard copy spend.

Issue #0318/2 - ‘Document Handling’, ‘Document Distribution’ or ‘Document Management’, is the future character of the hard copy industry – as evidenced by the current capabilities of the MFP device, the move towards consolidation of hard copy devices within the framework of Managed Print Services and the flexibility of document management/distribution solutions that are now capable of running native on large multifunction machines.