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Archive for September, 2003

Xerox radically cuts price of solid ink hardware and consumables

Friday, September 12th, 2003 - Posted in Strategy, Pricing, Comparisons, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0328/1 - Good move from Xerox but CPP is still too high in comparison to colour laser printers.

In a wise move, Xerox has cut the price not only of the Phaser 8200 solid ink printer but also of its consumables.

Well done Hewlett-Packard—shame on retailers

Friday, September 12th, 2003 - Posted in Supplies, Pricing, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0328/2 - As Hewlett-Packard settles its consumables pricing according to the promises of June, retailers are not passing on the benefit.

Hewlett-Packard’s consumables price reductions have been implemented, as claimed by the company in June of this year, but retailers are not passing on the benefit to users.

Few price changes from Hewlett-Packard but reductions are deep

Friday, September 12th, 2003 - Posted in Hardware, New Products, Pricing | No Comments »

Issue #0328/3 - Preparation for the new round of products has driven price changes, together with the drive for greater competitivity in the low end colour laser market.

August and September have been quiet from Hewlett-Packard on the price reduction front – simply because of the activity surrounding the launch of the new ink jet products as part of the Big Bang 2 announcements.

What cost shipping printer consumables?

Friday, September 12th, 2003 - Posted in Strategy, Supplies, Special Offers, Pricing, Issues | No Comments »

Issue #0328/4 - Why would you pay more than 6 times the delivery charge for a cartridge or pay when it could be free?

Ignoring any administrative, process and accounting costs, if you are able to walk to a local store during a lunch break (considering the excursion to be a valuable physical exercise opportunity), then you may consider the cost of obtaining new ink and toner supplies to be without cost.

Kyocera Mita joins A4 single-pass colour with EcoSYS colour laser printer

Friday, September 5th, 2003 - Posted in Hardware, New Products, Comparisons, News, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0327/1 - Tiny new single-pass colour laser printer from Kyocera employs EcoSYS technology for rock-bottom Cost Per Page.

At last, Kyocera Mita has joined the field for single-pass A4 colour laser printers using its unique EcoSYS long-life technology with a machine that halves the Cost Per Page of colour laser printing.