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Archive for November, 2005

Increased business IT spending has benefited printers as well as PCs

Friday, November 25th, 2005 - Posted in Hardware, Comparisons, Financials, News, Issues | No Comments »

Issue #0537/1 - A roundup of the performance of major printer companies demonstrates that increased business spending on IT includes increased spend on printers. Most manufacturers are performing well but Lexmark is struggling.

In desperation, Lexmark pushes business consumables prices even higher

Friday, November 25th, 2005 - Posted in Hardware, Strategy, Supplies, Financials, Issues, News, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0537/2 - With falling revenues on hardware and marginal growth on supplies, Lexmark looks to be a company in difficulty, reacting with higher prices on what should constitute guaranteed sales.

While trying to boost its installed base by reducing hardware prices, so that it can access profitable supplies sales, Lexmark has increased prices on supplies every month for the last four months.

From Black and White to Colour

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005 - Posted in Pricing, Hardware, Print Technology, Comparisons, Financials, Issues, News, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0536/1 - As the race to equip with colour gathers pace, we take a look at the relative costs of colour inkjet against colour laser, what it means in terms of the capabilities available to us and where each may be appropriate.

Web JetAdmin v8.0

Friday, November 11th, 2005 - Posted in Print Technology, Supplies, News, Issues | No Comments »

Issue #0535/1 - Not a new product, Web JetAdmin is released in Version 8.0 with a number of enhancements and new features and is a professional solution for any size of organisation with an IT professional managing IT systems.

Easy Printer Care

Friday, November 11th, 2005 - Posted in Print Technology, Supplies, News, Issues | No Comments »

Issue #0535/2 - For small companies without professional IT management, Hewlett-Packard’s Easy Printer Care offers similar functionality to Web JetAdmin but on a smaller scale and in an easy to use format.