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Issue #0339/1 - While most companies desire a colour laser printer, the better option may be an ink jet. Two new printers, a Business Ink Jet from Hewlett-Packard and, new to the colour laser category, Samsung with its CLP500, are direct competitors. But, should buyers automatically select the laser? And why … or why not.

Issue #0335/1 - Archiving is an integral element of a digital workflow. CharisCo’s experience with PDF creation helps underline the cost benefits of digital archiving.

This is spoof headline with very real underlying total cost of printing message.

Issue #0332/1 - Mono cost per page on office colour laser printers is being squeezed to persuade customers to buy into colour but it is at the expense of colour printing as manufacturers compensate for the low cost of mono.

What it boils down to is marketing.

Issue #0325/2 - New printer provides great entry point to fast A3+ colour printing but with high CPP.

Minolta-QMS’ new offering is an marvellously fast and flexible A3+ format, network-ready, single-pass colour laser printer with multiple paper input, duplex and hard disk options.

Issue #0306/3 - Announced on February 10th at Graphispag in Barcelona, Spain, Xerox is targeting affordability with its new 35ppm mid-range colour printer/copier, DocuColor 3535. Offering up to A3+ format printing, copying and scanning functionality, the DocuColor 3535 employs a single pass print engine – so colour printing is as fast as mono printing. The aspect of the device that Xerox is most proud of is the use of its proprietary Emulsion Aggregation (EA) colour toner, which is purported to enhance image quality and reliability while reducing operating costs.