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Issue #1006/1 – Q. When is a printer error not a printer error? A. When it is a routine maintenance issue requiring little more than sliding one box out and another box in. Many inkjet printers have a killer-trigger that makes the owner believe there is a serious problem and that the printer could have failed altogether. This is far from the truth and something the manufacturers do not clarify.

Issue #0937/1 - During a round table session at a recent industry briefing, a guest presenter made that – oh, so classic – comment, “I just want to print”. Although there are many, many different aspects to this simple statement, it often seems as if it just isn’t going to be like that.

Issue 0926/1 – Related to the recent article "Hewlett-Packard plugs the gap – Extended alliance with Canon brings MFP hardware to bolster expanding Hewlett-Packard MPS offering", Hewlett-Packard admits that the traditional hardware sales model will no longer work and that the company must do whatever it can to access pages rather than printers. It is the migration from analogue to digital that has prompted this reappraisal of the marketing approach needed but why has the electronic age actually resulted in a rise in the number of pages being printed when we are told that we are supposed to be expecting a paperless environment?

Issue #0921/1 – New printer and All-in-One hardware continues to fuel the inkjet vs laser argument as technology developments takes each category forwards. As inkjet print speeds continue to increase, laser technology focuses on faster single-pass printer engines and A3 inkjet A3 enters the arena, what is it that a small business needs and what are the costs involved?

Issue #0920/1 – Not only was Brother the first (and only to date) printer manufacturer to bring us an A3 inkjet multifunction device but now we have the long-awaited duplex printing version in the form of an A3 MFP with print, copy, scan and fax functionality. Sadly, duplex printing is at A4 only in this first iteration of the product but the MFC-6890CDW again places a Brother model firmly at the top of the functionality pile, alongside its 6-function MFC-990CW office communications hub, with a very attractive Total Cost of Printing.