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

Issue #0514/1 - Brother’s baby inkjet MFP is an impressive little marvel with excellent print quality and fair costs.

Having been so impressed by the technical specification, features and design of the Brother DCP-310CN shortly after launch "Ink jet All-in-One category continues to hot up", and seeing the device displayed in a shop, I determined to gain a closer look with some hands-on experience.

Issue #0514/2 - Canon has realigned its supplies prices to make the Laser Shot LBP-5200 ultra low-end colour laser printer a very competitive offering.

Following a query from CharisCo Printer Labs at the time of preparing last week’s TCPglobal, Canon UK has revised its pricing on the supplies for its new ultra low-end colour laser printer, Laser Shot LBP-5200.

Issue #0513/1 - One way to reduce the number of printer interventions is to increase the volume of ink/toner. Many large format printers and some business inkjet printers utilise large ink tanks with a continuous feed to the print head. This approach can be applied to some models of desktop inkjet printer, all helping to reduce the Total Cost of Printing for users willing to buy third party supplies.

Issue #0513/2 - Canon has entered the standalone colour laser printer market with an ultra low-end offering that undercuts even Dell on its purchase price. Also launched are two mono laser printers – between them more than doubling the size of Canon’s laser printer range.

Issue #0513/3 - Check out the savings on Dell colour toners as prices are reduced by up to 25%.

Dell has, this month, increased the pressure in the ultra low-end colour laser printer sector by reducing the pricing on its colour toners again.