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Archive for October, 2005

Lexmark hikes consumables pricing yet again

Friday, October 28th, 2005 - Posted in Pricing, Hardware, Comparisons, Financials, Issues, News, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0533/1 - Lexmark’s C510 users are hardest hit with another round of pricing increases that pushes Total Cost of Printing yet higher.

Lexmark has, yet again, made price adjustments to the majority of its consumables products, such that the average increase is more than 3%.

Hewlett-Packard and Epson continue battle against patent infringement

Friday, October 28th, 2005 - Posted in Pricing, Supplies, Comparisons, Financials, Third party supplies, News, Issues | No Comments »

Issue #0533/2 - Five more companies fall foul of the aggressive action by Hewlett-Packard and Epson in the protection of their ink technology intellectually property.

Both Hewlett-Packard and Epson have recently recorded successes against third party companies that have been selling ink cartridge products that infringe the intellectual property of the OEM manufacturer.

Good prospects for printer sales

Friday, October 28th, 2005 - Posted in Hardware, Financials, News, Issues, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0533/3 - With market signs looking good for printer vendors, Dell claims major milestone is reached.

Reports and shipment figures released over the last few weeks have shown a trend that may have encouraging implications for the printer industry.

Hewlett-Packard pushes performance with new Colour LaserJet 4700

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

Issue #0532/1 - 30ppm colour and black and white from Hewlett-Packard provides workgroup with the power and speed it needs for in-house printing.

Pushing its colour engine speed higher than before achieved, to the second fastest speed available in the A4 colour laser segment, this week Hewlett-Packard has released its new Colour LaserJet 4700.

Are we playing ‘Simon Says’ in the printer industry?

Friday, October 21st, 2005 - Posted in Pricing, Issues | No Comments »

Issue #0532/2 - Oki has increased pricing on consumables products but can they be justified?

Oki Printing Solutions recently raised its consumables prices around the world because ‘Hewlett-Packard says so’!