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Archive for the ‘Environmental’ Category

New Energy Star standard

Friday, April 13th, 2007 - Posted in Environmental, Hardware, Pricing, Issues, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0712/1 - To comply with the new standard, printer models will have to meet new guidelines but just how much do we stand to save on our energy costs over the printers we bought more than a decade ago?

33 -35ppm - Lexmark T640 and Xerox Phaser 3500

Friday, December 9th, 2005 - Posted in New Products, Hardware, Environmental, Pricing, Comparisons, Issues, News, Financials, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0539/2 - Expensive to operate, neither printer presents as a low cost option but Lexmark’s T640 has flexible paper handling options.

In the next category, Lexmark’s T640 and Xerox’s Phaser 3500 sit at a 33ppm print speed within a group of competing printers offering print speeds between 33ppm and 35ppm.

UK’s DTI fails to implement WEEE directive

Friday, August 26th, 2005 - Posted in Environmental, Issues | No Comments »

Issue #0525/4 - Registration procedure postponed till June 2006.

Despite an original requirement to comply with Europe’s WEEE directive by this month, the UK’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has pushed the compliance date further back to June of 2006.

Implications of the Lexmark/SCC case

Friday, October 29th, 2004 - Posted in Environmental, Issues | No Comments »

Issue #0435/2 - Remanufacturing is a means of preventing used toner and ink cartridges from simply being deposited in landfill sites. But there is a lot more than that at stake for the OEM printer manufacturers. There is also a lot more at stake where potential future use of technology is concerned.

Taking centralisation close to the extreme - US schools ScanBack to Xerox

Friday, October 22nd, 2004 - Posted in Strategy, Print Technology, Environmental, Total Print Management, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0434/1 - Not many of us want it but centralised printing or copying is capable of bringing economies of scale and expertise to hard copy that outweigh all the benefits of distributed print and copy.