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Issue #0812/2 - Despite our appetite for all things small and portable, when it comes to A4 office printers, portability is something that does not tend to find a major place in the armoury. Portable printers are few and far between and are pricey in comparison to their desktop companions. Canon and Hewlett-Packard’s latest new models, PIXMA iP100 and Officejet H470 respectively, are small, fast and capable of printing borderless photos at A4. We check out the needs of the travelling businessman and compare the two devices.

Issue #0811/1 - Colorlok technology is a paper formulation designed to provide bolder blacks, more vivid colours and faster drying time for inkjet printing than standard office papers, with high consistency and quality. So, we put it to the test and found that the differences are marginal and barely worth swapping for – unless you are not using a modern Hewlett-Packard printer or are able to source it at a lower price than your regular paper.

Issue #0809/1 - As part of its major product launch this spring, Hewlett-Packard has announced a raft of tools and resources, including the Marketing Impressions Portal, that are aimed at providing small business with in-house creative marketing tools to enable those businesses to gain more value out of their printers and increase the impact of their marketing materials. This is an integral part of Hewlett-Packard’s “What do you have to say” programme.

Issue #0808/3 - Both Staples and Hewlett-Packard gain from a joint recycling programme in the US because customers thinking of changing their old printer for a new, faster, more productive model that is (perhaps) less costly to run, will be drawn into Staples stores by the promise of $50 of their new printer – as long as it is a Hewlett-Packard printer and costs more than $159.

Issue #0807/1 - Oki is taking the principle of self-creation graphic arts to new levels, in a bid to encourage businesses and organisations to make more of their in-house printing capabilities, with the launch of v-studio – an online library of resources and royalty-free images that builds on its existing Template Manager software.