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

Issue #0730/1 - Radical reworking of its solid ink printer and MFP sales model results in greatly reduced Cost of Printing for customers who want to take advantage of it.

In a move that cuts across all our accepted understanding of printer industry dynamics, Xerox has announced a new solid ink printer today, Phaser 8860DN, that costs less to run even than a Kyocera ECOSYS laser printer!

Issue #0729/1 - Hewlett-Packard very rapidly withdrew the advertisements that prompted the complaint to the UK’s Adertising Standards Agency, promising to avoid the contentious wording.

TCPglobal Issue#0721 carried an article entitled "Hewlett-Packard advertising raises the question, ‘what is a toner cartridge’?", with reference to trade advertising in the UK press that made some very spurious claims.

Issue #0729/2 - Despite a further very bad set of financial results, Lexmark’s share price has stabilised.

Following the second quarter earnings announcements towards the end of July, Lexmark’s share price appears to have stabilised, following a steady slide of nearly 50% of its value over the previous eight months.

Issue #0729/3 - Two laser printers can be bought in the UK for less than all but five inkjet printers – and the Cost of Printing is acceptable.

Issue #0728/1 - Samsung has elevated itself to a starring role in the printer industry in just a few years and is promoting hard to take itself even higher. But, some of its hardware is supported by supplies costs that are high by anyone’s standards and not every ‘special deal’ makes sense.