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

Issue #0817/1 – Special offers come and go but, as long as Hewlett-Packard does not change its Business Inkjet (Officejet Pro) strategy, there will be no less expensive way to print colour office documents. Current special offers place the Officejet L7480 at less than half price, an opportunity to save up to 42% on office colour printing when compared to a standard inkjet AiO or 60% compared to the least expensive colour laser AiO.

Issue #0817/2 – In-store merchandising materials can be very misleading. TCPglobal has uncovered a couple of outrageous examples of apparently deliberate attempts to make consumers believe that the in-store offer is good value and that they are getting a good deal. One of the stores involved is Asda, a Wal-Mart company.

Issue #0816/1 – New printing technologies don’t come along too often, so when Océ announced a new hybrid toner/ink technology for use in its large format printers, “CrystalPoint” using proprietary “TonerPearls”, we ask the question, “does this technology have a place in the office market”? In this article, we examine the technology and explore that potential.

Issue #0816/2 – As Hewlett-Packard announces Q2 growth of 11% over the same period of last year, news breaks that the cash-rich company is buying Global IT Services giant EDS for $25 per share, to make Hewlett-Packard not only the largest IT company in the world but also the largest Global IT Services company. What impact will this acquisition have on the industry and what implications does it have for the printer industry?

Issue #0815/1 – With two new A3 colour MFPs (Hewlett-Packard CM6040F and Lexmark X945e) now available in the printer channel, there is more choice for organisations both in regard to which machine to adopt and also how to acquire the device. The most direct competitors from the copier channel are Canon’s iRC4580i, Konica Minolta’s bizhub C451, Kyocera’s KM-C4035E, Ricoh’s MPC4500, Sharp’s 4500N and Xerox’s WorkCentre 7655.