Issue #0607/1 - TCPglobal has featured several articles in recent months about Hewlett-Packard’s focus on retail photo printing. We now see more developments in the drive towards ‘world domination’.
Issue #0607/2 - Large format photo printing is outside the capability or accessibility of the majority of digital camera users. Hewlett-Packard now has a solution that promises to open up large format printing to anyone with the creative flair to utilise it.
Issue #0607/3 - Extending its online photo storage, sharing and printing service to accept video footage as well as still photographs, is sure to make Hewlett-Packard’s Snapfish even more popular. Already boasting approaching 20 million users, Snapfish recently bought the PIXACO to give it extended European market coverage.
Issue #0607/4 - Pricing discrepancies across Europe is not going to help Hewlett-Packard’s fight against grey imports.
For the past eight years, at least, Hewlett-Packard has operated a pricing structure that is supposed to maintain comparative pricing in Europe to within a 2.5% band. It is partly this strategy that is to blame for the constant pricing tweaks and shifts in the region.
Issue #0604/2 - Epson’s new All-in-One is a stylish machine that is up with the leaders but lacks the finer details and competitive price to hit the top spot.
Added to the Epson range of inkjet All-in-One machines is the Stylus RX640, targeted at photo-enthusiasts, but with a CPP at the top end of the range.
