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Archive for March, 2007

Entry-level A3 laser – Oki’s newcomer competes hard

Friday, March 30th, 2007 - Posted in Hardware, New Products, Pricing, Comparisons, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0711/1 - Oki’s new C8600 enters the market with a very much reduced physical size and a Total Cost of Printing to match. Only Epson matches the Cost of Printing.

Konica Minolta re-assesses price positioning on A3 laser

Friday, March 30th, 2007 - Posted in Hardware, Pricing, Comparisons, Issues, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0711/2 - Normally at the highly competitive end of the market, Konica Minolta’s recent price positioning puts the magicolor 7450 right at the opposite end of the scale.

Konica Minolta has made a significant change to its marketing position on its A3 colour printer, magicolor 7450.

Inkjet All-in-One lab tests – Printer roundup

Friday, March 23rd, 2007 - Posted in Hardware, Pricing, Comparisons, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0710/1 - An at-a-glance roundup of the major features and benefits, disadvantages and nightmares of the five inkjet All-in-One machines.

Having used and tested all five of the printers, there were a number of characteristics and features that really stood out as being of value but also a number of flaws that would, or should, be an obstruction to purchase. The following tables list the major positives and negatives for each of the printers.

Inkjet All-in-One lab tests – recommendations

Friday, March 23rd, 2007 - Posted in Hardware, Pricing, Comparisons, Issues, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0710/2 - Having rejected the Lexmark P4350 out-of-hand, and preferred to move away from the Canon PIXMA MP-450 and Epson Stylus Pro RX620, does either the Brother DCP-330C or Hewlett-Packard Photosmart C4180 have an edge over the other?

Inkjet All-in-One lab tests – Photo Printing Introduction

Friday, March 16th, 2007 - Posted in Hardware, Comparisons | No Comments »

Issue #0709/1 - Taking the focus off office printing, this week we turn the microscope onto the photo print performance and image quality of our inkjet All-in-One machines.

Print speed or image quality, first impressions can be deceiving – the highlights help point the way.