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Issue #0923/1 – As we enter the ‘new year’, post summer holidays, businesses are still able to take advantage of a great opportunity to acquire a projector free of charge. Projectors are being used by Samsung as an incentive to buy Samsung printers and MFPs – not for much longer though – offer ends in the last week of September.

Issue #0922/2 – With the economy hitting the bottom lines of corporations and SMEs hard, large printer manufacturers are increasingly targeting the MPS arena as a means to build their own annuity revenues while companies look for ways to reduce costs. For instance, Hewlett-Packard and Oki Printing Solutions have recently announced measures to encourage new customers to sign up for their MPS offerings while Xerox has pulled its enterprise MPS offering down to be accessible to small and medium-sized companies.

Issue #0902/2 – In the face of a weakening global economy and financial results over the last few years that have left much to be desired, Lexmark has, once again, revised its financial forecast to prepare shareholders for poor performance. The quarter in question is the fourth quarter of 2008 and full year results will inevitably also be impacted. A new round of restructuring will attempt to stabilise the company’s position.

Issue #0804/1 - Still heading downwards on a slippery slope, Lexmark’s latest financial results show exactly why the company’s strategy needed modifying, suggesting that further action is needed and that there may be some way to go before anyone sees an overall upturn, despite record results in some areas.

Issue #0738/1 - Buying the right printer from a pre-selected manufacturer can still be confusing because of the differing marketing strategies used by the various players in the market, meaning that the low-end of the range may never be the best value. A competitive comparison should always include not only a comparison of devices from competing manufacturers but a comparison of more than one model from each manufacturer.