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Archive for January, 2005

Oki enters MFP arena with 25ppm mono laser All-in-One

Friday, January 21st, 2005 - Posted in Hardware, New Products, News | No Comments »

Issue #0502/1 - As a newcomer to the MFP category, it is interesting to see what Oki has made of its first offering. Well specified and fully functional, it is rather more expensive than one might have hoped.

KM-2550 completes Kyocera Mita’s current range of workgroup MFPs

Friday, January 21st, 2005 - Posted in Hardware, Strategy, New Products, News, Total Print Management, Issues | No Comments »

Issue #0502/2 - Exceptional running costs and fair versatility typify Kyocera Mita’s latest A3 MFP offering, available only on a contract basis through Authorised Servicing Dealers.

Before Christmas, Kyocera Mita announced the arrival of a new multifunction printer to ‘complete’ the new MFP line up from the manufacturer.

Xerox adds new departmental MFPs to WorkCentre Pro range

Friday, January 21st, 2005 - Posted in Hardware, Supplies, News | No Comments »

Issue #0502/3 - Xerox adds two new multifunction devices to its departmental heartland line-up, running at 65ppm and 75ppm.

At the upper end of the usage profile, Xerox’s new A3 format WorkCentre Pro 165 and 175 provide high speed 65ppm and 75ppm (at A4) copying, printing, scanning and faxing for departmental use.

Cost of printer hardware takes a nosedive

Friday, January 14th, 2005 - Posted in Hardware, Pricing, Issues | No Comments »

Issue #0501/1
1.1) Dell reduces prices on printers
1.2) Epson reduces AcuLaser 4100 by 26%
1.3) Hewlett-Packard reduces low-end mono laser printers
1.4) Lexmark reduces prices on colour laser printers

Significant price reductions, particularly on single-pass workgroup colour laser printers, intensify the competition between manufacturers attempting to win market share.

Both price rises and reductions on printer supplies

Friday, January 14th, 2005 - Posted in Supplies, Pricing, News, Issues | No Comments »

Issue #0501/2
2.1) Inconsistent adjustments from Hewlett-Packard
2.2) Lexmark raises some prices in the UK while reducing others
2.3) No changes from Xerox in December or January

While most manufacturers have not changed supplies pricing, both Hewlett-Packard and Lexmark impose diverse adjustments.