Issue #0640/1 - Paper that can be used time after time could revolutionise the life cycle of the transient document, save paper and trees and improve document security.
Paperless office – never!
Issue #0640/2 - As video conferencing gains favour, we wonder what effect use of the latest high-end video conferencing systems might have on printing habits and volumes.
Although teleconferencing is becoming widespread in a number of business areas, electronic meetings, teleconferencing and video conferencing are still very much in their infancy in terms of penetration into the business meeting culture.
Issue #0640/3 - Legislation requires that organisations not only keep data for many years but are also able to produce it on demand. This drives the requirement for storage systems and a new approach to document archiving.
Issue #0639/1 - Windows Vista includes XPS, an electronic paper description module, which offers huge performance and cost benefits to the viewing, distributing and printing of electronic documents.
Issue #0638/2 - Dye-sublimation photo printers, especially the more expensive ones, should be given a wide berth.
To wrap up the evaluation, the moral must be – unless there is very good functional justification for buying a high-end model (such as Epson’s PictureMate 280 with its DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive or Hewlett-Packard’s Photosmart 475 with its 1.5GB built-in memory and larger print format), there really is little justification for not being happy with a cheaper, low-end model.
