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

Issue #0339/1 - While most companies desire a colour laser printer, the better option may be an ink jet. Two new printers, a Business Ink Jet from Hewlett-Packard and, new to the colour laser category, Samsung with its CLP500, are direct competitors. But, should buyers automatically select the laser? And why … or why not.

Issue #0339/2 - Dell is still an anomaly in the printer market. While the company claims to be making money with its printers, there are indications that it does not take the product line entirely seriously.

Issue #0338/1 - New copier based LaserJet MFPs take Hewlett-Packard to 85ppm.

Low cost per copy, fleet managed environments are the target market for the newly launched and long-awaited high-speed LaserJet MFPs from Hewlett-Packard. Using copier engines from Konica, the three new LaserJet 90X5 series bring 55, 65 and 85ppm to the Hewlett-Packard family for the first time.

Issue #0338/2 - … in recognition of the need to expand the channel with the new MFPs in mind.

In order to maximise on the sales potential for the new high-speed MFPs, Hewlett-Packard is following a track that is completely new for the company – recruiting resellers from the copier community!

Issue #0338/3 - Unique formulation for photo printing to enhance print quality even further.

Making such claims as ‘deliver groundbreaking quality, durability and flexibility’, ‘the smallest ink droplet in the world’, ‘outstanding photographic reproduction at fast speeds to satisfy the most demanding photographer’ and ‘ unsurpassed print permanence’, Epson has launched a new photo printer that sits as the flagship product above the R300 launched just a few weeks ago (and spotlighted in last week’s TCPglobal).