Epson Adds Remote Print to its Epson Connect Mobile Printing Suite

Epson has expanded its Epson Connect suite of mobile-printing solutions with new Remote Print. Remote Print, which we previewed at Epson’s 2012 Fall Product Preview earlier this summer, allows users to print to an Epson e-mail enabled printer anywhere in the world directly from their computer or laptop, and works with any Windows software. Once the Epson Remote Print driver is installed and configured, the user just selects File/Print.

How is this different from Epson’s existing Email Print solution and what’s the benefit? With Epson’s Email Print solution, users can print to remote e-mail-enabled Epson printers by attaching a file and sending it to the Epson printer’s e-mail address. The printer or All-in-One then prints the attached file. However, only Microsoft Office, PDFs and image files can be printed. With Remote Print, files can be printed using any Microsoft Windows application – not just Microsoft Office – with formatting and fonts kept intact. For instance, an engineer might wish to send an AutoCad file to another user. However, if the recipient doesn’t have AutoCad application software installed on their PC workstation, they can’t view or print the file. With Remote Print, the simply sends the print job to the e-mailed-enabled Epson printer or All-in-One, and the user doesn’t have to have the source application (AutoCad) installed on their PC workstation.

Besides Email Print (which will soon include printing on ledger-size paper) and Remote Print, other Epson Connect solutions include Epson’s iPrint Mobile App. With this free app, users can print documents and photos from a smartphone or tablet, and it’s compatible with both Apple and Android devices. With the iPrint app, users can send Microsoft Office documents, photos, and PDFs over a wireless network to be printed by an Epson Connect-enabled printer or All-in-One. Users can also scan documents using an Epson Connect-enabled All-in-One’s scanning capability to their mobile device, where the scanned file can then be saved, e-mailed, uploaded to a cloud-based storage account, etc.

Epson’s newest printers and All-in-Ones also support Apple AirPrint (automatically connect Apple devices to AirPrint-enabled Epson printers over a Wi-Fi network and print e-mails, photos, Web pages, and documents) and Google Cloud Print (print from an Android smartphone or tablet with Gmail or Google Docs accounts, or from Chromebooks and Google Chrome browser)

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Source: Epson Adds Remote Print to its Epson Connect Mobile Printing Suite

Thank Canada and PRINT For Your Day Off

In what is now Toronto on March 25 1872, the Typographical Society (Printer’s Union) went on strike against The Globe newspaper due to the long hours that were required of them to work six days a week. When George Brown, owner of the newspaper refused their request of a 9-hour day, the presses shut down at The Globe and at other papers as well. Almost a month later, with no agreement in sight, the Toronto Trades Assembly organized a march that included workers from other fields and headed to the government offices.

What started as a Printer’s strike ended up changing Canadian Law and the workers won their right to a 9-hour workday. A few years later the head of the American Federation of Labor was in Toronto speaking at a labor festival and came back to US and organized a Labor Parade which eventually the Central Labor Union turned into Labor Day on September 5, 1882 in New York. In 1894 it became a Federal Holiday.

So, if it weren’t for the PRINT INDUSTRY in another country, you wouldn’t be having this nice 3-day weekend.

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Source: This Labor Day Thank Canada and PRINT For Your Day Off

Lexmark to Exit InkJet Business

On Aug 28, 2012 Lexmark International, Inc. announced restructuring actions, including the exiting of the development and manufacturing of the company's remaining inkjet hardware, which are expected to result in annualized savings of $95 million once fully implemented. Lexmark will continue to provide service, support and aftermarket supplies for its inkjet installed base.

"That announcement represents difficult decisions, which are necessary to drive improved profitability and significant savings," said Paul Rooke, Lexmark chairman and chief executive officer. "Our investments are focused on higher value imaging and software solutions, and we believe the synergies between imaging and the emerging software elements of our business will continue to drive growth across the organization.

"As we move forward, we remain confident in our strategy, competitiveness and ability to create value for shareholders," added Rooke.

Taking Actions to Improve Profitability

The restructuring actions announced on Aug 28 are expected to result in reductions primarily in inkjet-related infrastructure as well as positions in research and development, supply chain and other support functions.

The actions include closing the Cebu, Philippines, inkjet supplies manufacturing facility by the end of 2015. The actions also include eliminating inkjet development worldwide, including costs related to facilities, tooling, equipment, contract termination, and scrapping in process inventory, which are expected to be principally complete by the end of 2013.

These restructuring actions are expected to result in the elimination of approximately 1,700 positions worldwide, including 1,100 manufacturing positions.

The company is working with its strategic advisors to explore the sale of the company's inkjet-related technology.

These actions are expected to generate $85 million savings in 2013, increasing to ongoing annualized savings of $95 million beginning in 2015. Savings should be split approximately 65 percent to operating expense, and 35 percent to cost of goods sold. The company expects the majority of these savings to favorably impact pre-tax earnings.

The total program pre-tax cost for these actions is expected to be $160 million, with $110 million incurred in 2012, $30 million incurred in 2013, and the remaining $20 million incurred in 2014 and 2015. The total program cash flow impact for these actions is expected to be $75 million, with $40 million impacting 2012, $30 million impacting 2013, and the remaining $5 million impacting 2014 and 2015.

Maintaining Capital Allocation Discipline to Deliver Shareholder Value

Lexmark is continuing to execute on its previously announced capital allocation framework of returning more than 50 percent of free cash flow to shareholders, on average, through dividends and share repurchases, while building and growing its solutions and software business through expansion and acquisitions.

Lexmark announced that it plans an additional $100 million of share repurchases in the third and fourth quarter of 2012. With this action completed, Lexmark will have returned, through paid and declared dividends and share repurchases, more than $500 million to shareholders since mid-2011.

Lexmark's Board of Directors approved an additional $200 million of share repurchase authority. Total share repurchase authority remaining after the additional $100 million repurchases will be $251 million.

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Source: Lexmark announces restructuring

How to build a house? Now you can print it!

One of the every first human needs has always been food and shelter. Each and every day more and more houses are being built around the world to provide the population with shelter. The complexity of the current ways of building houses include the following problems:
· Labor-intensive and inefficient
· Slow process
· Wasteful and emission causing
· Most hazardous job
· Corruption prone
· Costly and always over the budget

Take a look at the video below to see how professor Behrokh Khoshnevis explains how Contour Crafting can print a custom design house for less than 24 hours.

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Even on Mars, they need printer supplies!

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Ricoh and Brother are Best in A3 InkJet Printers and MFPs

We are firm believers in a hardware strategy that is based on our notion that the need for color printing and large format 11” x 17” (ledger) printing and scanning is traditionally overstated.

For small workgroups and companies, our strategy instead would be to deploy fast, secure and economical B/W A4 MFPs for a majority of the heavy lifting (copy/print/fax/scan), paired with a lesser numbers of color A3 printers for when users need to print in color, print documents larger than 8.5” x 14” (legal), and scan documents larger than 8.5” x 14”. However, the cost of a toner-based A3 color printer or MFP may be prohibitively expensive for many small offices and workgroups.

What to do? For smaller A3 print volumes, consider an inkjet A3 color printer or MFP. Ultimately, the image quality is equal if not sometimes superior, and the acquisition cost can be a fraction of that of toner-based A3 MFPs.

In this Head2Head Comparison, we compare the latest A3 InkJet Printers and MFPs from every vendor – seven models in total – from Brother, Epson, Hewlett-Packard and Ricoh. After completing our requisite data analysis and performance ratings based on our extensive product-evaluation experience, we determined:

Best in Class A3 MFP - Brother MFC-J6910DW ($299.99 MSRP)
A surprising but worthy winner, as Brother has recently stepped up its game to make their devices more SMB friendly. Key considerations include:
· Automatic duplex printing on media as large as 11” x 17.” It’s one of two devices in this class that can do so (the other is also a Brother model).
· Duplexing automatic document feeder.
· Secure Function Lock (password-protect print, copy, fax, color print, as well as scan; set print page limits).
· Compatibility with Brother’s BRAdmin fleet management solution and Driver Deployment Wizard.
· Brother iPrint & Scan mobile printing and scanning solution.
· Low Cost per Page Inkjet cartridges and Total Cost of Ownership
· Color touch screen and wired/wireless networking.

Although it has an 11” x 17” (ledger) platen glass, the duplexing document feeder can only handle originals as large as 8.5” x 14”. Consequently, users who need to scan high volumes of larger originals will need to consider the equally competent Epson WorkForce WF-7510, but it has a considerably higher Cost per Page and Total Cost of Ownership.

Best in Class A3 Printer – Ricoh Aficio GX e7700N (Web price-$1,117.99)
We’ve always been fans of Ricoh’s GelSprinter line of printers and MFPs. Because of their business-class construction, they cost more than competitive inkjet products, but make up for it in the long run due to the lowest Cost Per Page in this class. Business-class performance is what sets this printer apart from the others:
· Business-class design, construction, software and feature set.
· Compatibility with Ricoh’s @Remote and SmartDeviceMonitor/Web SmartDeviceMonitor network- management solutions. Web Image Monitor embedded Web server.
· Fast-drying gel-based ink cartridges provide superior duplex printing productivity.
· High-yield ink cartridges yield 4,000 pages each.
· Lowest Cost Per Page in this class, and lowest Total Cost of Ownership at monthly print volumes exceeding 2,000 pages.
· Expandable media supply (up to 600 pages).

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Source: Review: A3 Ink-Jet Printers and MFPs – Ricoh and Brother are Best in Class

Save Money -- Compare Printers’ Cost Per Page, Not Just Purchase Price!

For many small-office and home-office users, one of the first considerations when buying a laser or inkjet printer or All-in-One (print/copy/scan/fax) is typically purchase price, then maybe color-print availability, network connectivity, WiFi connectivity, print speed and scan features. The pain may come later when toner or ink cartridges run out – often seemingly very quickly – and it’s time to repurchase them. The key to saving money and avoiding this pain is to be proactive: don’t just consider the printer or All-in-One’s purchase price, or the cost of its ink or toner cartridges, but its cost per page.

While there is a lot about cost per page written in the past, we thought it might be helpful to review it for users who are new to the concept. Cost per page is simply the cost of the ink or toner cartridge divided by the vendor’s ISO/IEC 19752 standard page yield for the cartridge. For instance, cost per page for a black ink cartridge listing at $30.99 that will be good for 1,000 pages is 3.01 ¢. For color printers, there’s typically four ink or toner cartridges required – one each for black, cyan, yellow and magenta (CYMK). Color cost per page is obtained by calculating cost per page for each black, cyan, yellow and magenta cartridge, and then adding together the cost per page for each cartridge (for instance, if cost per page for each black, cyan, magenta and yellow cartridge is 3¢, total cost per page for a color page would be 12¢).

Most inkjet printers and All-in-Ones print in color, and have permanent print heads, so that only four consumables need to be replaced – four CYMK ink cartridges. Toner-based printers (using either laser or LED-array printing technology), use only a black toner cartridge or, if they’re color printers, use black, plus cyan, yellow and magenta toner cartridges. However, waste-toner collection boxes, imaging drums and/or fusers may also have to be periodically replaced, so the cost per page for these items must also be included.

Generally, most manufacturers sell lower-priced, standard-yield ink and toner cartridges, and higher-priced ink and toner cartridges. While it might be tempting to go for the lower-priced ink or toner cartridges, the higher-priced cartridges are always a better buy because they’re good for printing more pages and their cost per page is much lower. It may just seem like only pennies’ difference, but the more you print, the more it adds up, and you could possibly save or lose thousands of dollars over the lifetime of the printer. For instance, if my color inkjet printer has a color cost per page of 7¢ while my color laser printer has a cost per page of 20¢, if I’m printing a 1,000 pages per month on my inkjet printer, my ink cartridge cost will add up to $70 per month, while my color laser printer’s cartridges will cost me $200 per month.

At the same time, just because a printer/All-in-one’s ink or toner cartridge is less expensive than a competitive printer/All-in-One’s INK OR toner cartridge doesn’t mean the lower-priced cartridge necessarily means you’re saving money – it could be just the opposite, since it depends on how many pages the cartridge is good for printing. For instance, a $20 cartridge that yields 400 pages has a cost per page of 5¢, while a $30 cartridge that yields 800 page has a cost per page of 3.7¢.

Ink Versus Laser Cost per Page
In the past, inkjet printers were designed primarily for consumers and home use; they had very low purchase price, but cost per page was high. Today though, we’re seeing a new class of inkjet printers for business use with higher purchase price but much more affordable cost per page, such as Epson’s WorkForce series, Hewlett-Packard’s Officejet series and Lexmark’s OfficeEdge All-in-Ones. In fact, cost per page can be considerably lower with these business-class inkjets versus color laser printers/All-in-Ones – for instance, 9 cents for inkjet color cost per page versus up to 26 cents for a comparable color laser printer/All-in-One. Another advantage of inkjet printing is that it’s much more simpler in design than more complicated laser technology – there are fewer moving parts with inkjet printers, which translates into the fact that inkjet printing is a more reliable technology than laser, with less chances of malfunctioning occurring, and thus less chance of service required. Another advantage of inkjet printing is that much less power is required – well over 50 percent less – versus a comparable laser unit, so you’ll be paying much less in power consumption (as much as $30 per month at 3,000 pages per month in one of our inkjet vs./laser comparative studies).

What else can you do to minimize ink and toner cartridges’ cost?
1) Because the cost of color printing is always higher than the cost of black-and-white printing, minimize color printing. For instance, avoid using it when not required, such as when printing drafts, Web pages and in-house documents. Some office-level printers and All-in-Ones also provide controls that enable administrators to disable color printing for some users, automatically shut the printer down after work hours, and disable color printing from USB flash memory drives. You can also make black-only printing (the least-expensive and longest-lasting toner or ink cartridge) the default in the print driver.
2) When considering a color inkjet printer or All-in-One, opt for ones with four separate color cartridges, not for printers that use a black ink cartridge and a single color cartridge that contains all of three cyan, magenta and yellow inks. With these all-in-one color ink cartridges, once color ink is depleted, the entire cartridge should be replaced, even though the other two colors may still be good, wasting ink.
3) Purchase the highest-yield ink or toner cartridges available. They cost more out of pocket, but cost per page will be lower than that of standard yield cartridges, saving you money in the long run. You’ll also minimize emergency trips to the office-supply store, saving you time and money.

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Original source: Review: Save Money – Compare Printers’ Cost Per Page, Not Just Purchase Price

HP Unleashes the World’s Smallest All-in-One

Hewlett-Packard has introduced the OfficeJet 150 Mobile All-in-One ($399.99), a portable, battery-powered All-in-One that measures approximately 3″ x 7.5″ x 14″ and weighs in at about 6.5 lbs. It includes an AC power adapter and rechargeable Lithium Ion battery (print up to 500 pages on a charge). It can also be powered by any HP notebook power supply, and can connect via USB and Bluetooth wireless networking.

The name of the game may be portability, but the OfficeJet 150 Mobile gives up nothing in terms of image quality and productivity. The tests showed that image quality (particularly photos) was as good as nearly any other competitive full-size ink-jet system, and that black business-quality output was just over 6 ppm (perfectly readable/archival draft mode is considerably faster).

The Officejet 150 Mobile is the next logical step up from the previously tested printer-only OfficeJet 100 Mobile Printer with the Mobile 150′s addition of color copy and color push/pull scan a single original at a time. The Officejet Mobile 150 also has Bluetooth wireless connectivity for printing from Apple Mac, MS Windows, Linux, Blackberry, PalmOS, Windows Mobile devices, for wireless printing without being connected to a wireless network.

A “wow” factor is the folding color touch screen. It has better response than some older Officejet touch screens and makes the device remarkably easy to use.

Mobile Printing

Many vendors toss the phrase “Mobile Printing” around with abandon. Their definition of mobile printing is the ability to print either: 1) wirelessly to a WiFi printer (e.g.: Apple AirPrint); or 2) send a job as an e-mail attachment (e.g.: Epson Connect or HP ePrint). However, HPs OfficeJet Mobile 100 and 150 printer and All-in-One provide true “Mobile Printing.” That is, you can wirelessly print anywhere with Bluetooth connectivity, anytime, with no wireless network or AC power required – the device you’re printing from – whether a laptop, tablet or smartphone – just has to have Bluetooth connectivity. With the OfficeJet 150 Mobile, you can also scan to USB flash memory drives and memory cards when connected via Bluetooth.

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Source: Review and Report: HP Unleashes the World’s Smallest All-in-One (and it’s portable!)

Most Home Printer Users Print Only from PCs

Kodak has sponsored a series of polls on the PC Advisor website. A few months back, a Kodak-sponsored poll found that home-office users favor inkjet printers over laser devices. The partners’ latest poll finds that when asked what devices they print on at home, 61% of the 77 respondents said “PC/laptop only.” PC Advisor states, “This is despite the ease with which it is now possible to print from mobile phones, tablets, indeed any web-connected device.”

Indeed, printer OEMs are focusing much of their development efforts these days on rolling out new hardware that is capable of supporting printing from mobile devices, along with various mobile printing software and apps. This is part of a concerted effort to make printing more relevant to mobile users, particularly as home printer users’ print volumes continue to dwindle. However, it seems that despite the proliferation of options, most home users in PC Advisor’s small sample have yet to take advantage of the mobile printing options at their disposal.

Still, some home printer users are using these technologies, which is good news for printer makers. PC Advisor found that 25% of respondents print from mobile devices exclusively or in combination with other devices (12% print from both PCs and tablets, 1% of respondents print from PCs and mobile phones, 1% print only from tablets, 1% print only from mobile phones, and 10% of respondents print from all of the devices—PC/laptops, tablets, and mobile phones).

On the other hand, 13% of respondents say that don’t print at all at home. PC Advisor suggests that these end users are may be deterred by other print media and “the quality of home printers, particularly when printing photos.”

In our estimation, it is not the quality of inkjet-printed photos and more likely the time-consuming nature of printing photos at home and the ease and cost advantages of ordering prints online or at retail that is deterring home photo printing. But home printing itself is dwindling in general, in large part due to the proliferation of mobile electronic devices that replace the need for hardcopy altogether.

We expect that more home users will gradually begin printing from mobile devices. But will this make up for the large volume of pages lost to electronic media or other printing options? That seems nigh impossible. Still, if home printers are to remain more relevant than buggy whips, printer vendors must continue to make printing easy and convenient to mobile gadget lovers, even as they continue to target those printing more traditionally from PCs and laptops.

What would be interesting to see is a follow-up poll on print volumes and how they have changed that asks how many pages are printed each month by each type of home printer user—those who print from laptops/PCs and those who print from a combination of devices including a mobile devices—and whether each type of home printer user’s print volumes have increased or declined compared with five years ago. If printer OEMs’ quarterly financial results are any indication, it would seem a safe bet that no matter what device home printer users choose to print from, they are printing much less than in years past.

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Source: Kodak-Sponsored Survey Finds Most Home Printer Users Print Only from PCs

10 Most Curious Printers

Developing of printing industry occurs in several different directions: entertaining, productive and ecologically-conscious printing. It is time to learn more about already existing printers and a number of concepts of the printing devices of not distant future.

Nail Printer

It is not a joke, but just a must have device for every stylish teenager girl as it can print any picture on your nails just for several seconds. It is a 3D printer which can be used at home. All you need is to connect your computer or laptop to it and then send a picture you want to print.

iMo Photo Frame Printer

As you can understand from the name of the device it looks like a photo frame. In fact, it is an 8" photo frame that can print. iMo Foto Frame Printer can deliver 6" x 4" photos right from a memory card or from computer as it has a card reader and a USB port. This portable printer has resolution of 800x600 dpi.

Waterfall Printer

One of such printers is situated in Fukuoka, Japan. This printer-fountain can print text and even images with cool water. The outlets at the top of the fountain disperse water at special timing so that producing scrolling images.

Sanwa Newtec PrePeat RP-3100II

It is the most expensive printer of the article. Specific feature of this printer is that it doesn’t use any consumables except polyethylene plastic that can be used for up to 1000 times due to special thermal printing head. However, mass production of this printer was not launched. So if you are interested in it you should consult to the manufacturer.

Food printer

It is a concept by Marcelo Coelho and Amit Zoran. Cornucopia Food Printer is a kind of 3D printer that is able to print with food. Special tank will store and mix ingredients and printer itself will warm them up.

Coffee Printer

This device was designed by Jeon Hwan Ju and is a unique and eco-friendly printer as it uses coffee or tea dregs as ink. All you need is to add paper and fill the ink case. This printer is incredibly saving and ecological, still it delivers only black and white documents.

Toaster printer

Let’s continue with food printing. Though it is rather a gimmick, it is worth mentioning. It can be a good present for those who like trifles. It can print both images and text. Special programme converts information into 12x12 pixel images and then burn them on toasts.

Hanging Printer

Designers Kim Jin Hee, Kim Hyung Il and Park Woo Seok worked out a concept of a portable printer that can be hanged to a desk edge. This device is intended for economising of working space due to its size. Hanging Printer is provided with build-in LCD that indicates state of the printing process. Pencil printer

Here is a concept of printer that uses pencil lead for printing. It is an eco-friendly device that saves energy as it doesn’t radiate heat and save printing paper as it can be reused: just use eraser and you are ready to print on the same piece of paper for dozens times.

Embossing Braille Printer

It is rather a social project as the concept was designed to help people who are sight-impaired. Embossing Braille Printer can deliver imprints with Braille characters transferred from voice record. The device turns to be very helpful as it can print labels for vitally important thing as pill-boxes, files, CDs etc.

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Original source: 10 Most Curious Printers

Konica Minolta bizhub PRO C754: The right mix for the print industry

Success and a competitive edge in the print industry depend on a good mix of print products and reliable technology. In meeting these requirements the bizhub PRO C754, Konica Minolta’s new colour multifunction printer (MFP), offers a powerful feature set of innovative technologies and strong price performance.

Its unfailing print engine, powerful scanning features, ease of use and affordable price make the bizhub PRO C754 multifunction printer a safe investment for different application areas. It’s convenient operation keeps the digital learning curve low and lets printers concentrate fully on their business.

In the print-for-pay business, time is money. With its intuitive and customisable user panel, the bizhub PRO C754 multifunction printer enables print providers to save valuable time by offering walk-in users self-service for their copying, printing and scanning needs.

Mark Hinder, Production Print Market Development Manager says, “The bizhub PRO C754 is particularly suited to Central Reprographics Department (CRD) printing. It provides a great mix of productivity and economic efficiency, especially on mixed short run jobs. And its embedded Fiery controller offers a range of valuable tools.”

Efficiency is key for CRDs looking to support incoming requests with competence and creditable results. The bizhub PRO C754 multifunction printer fulfils their demands with powerful finishing features that increase productivity and allows print runs to be automatically completed without requiring any further manpower. Konica Minolta’s new multifunctional device produces customised full colour content in-house and on-demand, saving both time and money. The technical reliability of the bizhub PRO C754 keeps the system up and running and gives productivity an additional boost. Widening the CRD’s scope of duties, the bizhub PRO C754’s scanning features easily turn it into a central scanning facility, offering direct digitisation into workflows so that users are left with more time to concentrate on their real tasks.

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New Mobile and Cloud Printing and Sharing Solutions for HP Wide-Format Printers

Hewlett-Packard / HP has introduced new mobile and cloud-based printing and sharing solutions for its Designjet wide-format printing systems, including an HP ePrint & Share application for Android.

HP is demonstrating the new solutions at the American Institute of Architects 2012 National Convention. They include:
· An HP ePrint & Share mobile application for Android smartphones and tablets, allowing these mobile users to access, view and print drawings.
· New features for HP ePrint & Share, including the ability to print PDF files directly from e-mail, and optimization for the Apple iPad.
· For Designjet Web-connected printers is HP-enabled cloud printing, now available directly from the Autodesk AutoCAD WS application.

HP ePrint & Share Enhancements
HP’s ePrint & Share is a free Web service that enables users to access and print drawings virtually anywhere using smartphones, tablets, and laptops, or from a Designjet ePrinter’s touch screen. It’s primarily designed for freelance architects, small- and mid-size architecture and engineering firms, and mid-size and large construction companies.

Brian Swanner, senior architect at Waggonner & Ball Architects explained how his firm uses ePrint & Share:
“With partners around the world, we needed a solution that would alleviate communication issues associated with working across great distances. The new features built into HP ePrint & Share helped us find ways to share designs with a variety of partners and, with the mobile application, we can print where the job takes us, speeding up the design-and-build process.”

The HP ePrint & Share mobile application, now available from Android and iOS devices, adds these enhancements:
· Print to any Designjet Web-connected printer, whether at a home office or a partner’s site. Designjet Web-connected printers include the Designjet T2300 eMFP and Designjet T1300 and T790 ePrinters.
· Print PDF files directly from e-mail by selecting the HP ePrint & Share application via the “Open in” button provided by Apple iOS devices or “Share” button provided by Android devices.

ePrint & Share is available at no cost as a download for Designjet customers. The mobile application is initially available for free through Google Play and Apple’s App Store.

HP and Autodesk Provide Mobile Printing for AutoCAD WS Users
HP and partner Autodesk are also demonstrating the new HP ePrint & Share-enabled Plot to Print cloud-printing functionality for AutoCAD WS, a Web and mobile application that enables users to view, edit and share DWG files from virtually anywhere via a Web browser or mobile device.

By registering for HP ePrint & Share, users can access and print their designs on any Designjet ePrinter directly from the AutoCAD WS application, with full control over plot styles, paper sizes, layouts and more. When printing from AutoCAD WS using ePrint & Share, a high-resolution copy of the file is saved to the user’s ePrint & Share cloud library, making it easy to retrieve, share and reprint designs.

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Original source: New Mobile and Cloud Printing, Sharing Solutions for HP Wide-Format Printers

Printing a human organs, healing wounds using printers!

Printing a human organs, healing wounds... Printers are getting better and smarter.

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Free NetGear App Makes Virtually Any Printer AirPrint Compatible

NetGear, Inc. has upgraded its Genie App so that virtually any printer or MFP, whether connected to the network or via USB, is compatible with Apple’s AirPrint mobile printing solution. Previously, Apple mobile users could only print to AirPrint-compatible printers and MFPs - unfortunately, though, only a small range of printers currently are AirPrint-compatible.

With the new NetGear Genie App, however, Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch iOS users can wirelessly print to any printer or MFP, whether connected wirelessly to the home network, USB-connected to a PC, or connected through a USB port to a NetGear ReadyShare print-capable router. The Windows OS and Mac OS NetGear Genie App upgrade is available for download at no charge at netgear.com/genie. NetGear Genie is also available for download for Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, and Android Smartphones and tablets from the Apple store and Google Play store.

Genie sounds cool but an analysis of the feature set tells us that since a USB-connected printer can process AirPrint jobs via Genie, there is software running on the PC that directs the incoming AirPrint job to the printer. It also means that a PC needs to be running with print drivers installed in order for Genie to do its thing. Remote printing solutions such as HP ePrint and AirPrint only require that a printer is installed on a network with Internet access–a running PC and/or print drivers on either end are not required.

Keep in mind that AirPrint only functions with printers connected to a local wireless network that you have access to. The only thing that is “remote” about it is that you can print wirelessly and most mobile device users who need to print are thankful that they can even print in the first place. It seems to us that a $99 HP inkjet printer with AirPrint/ePrint compatibility is a better solution that allows you to print from any iOS application that supports share-to-e-mail, not just those that feature AirPrint capability. Plus, HP ePrint is truy a “remote” printing solution because you can send print jobs to your ePrint capable printer from anywhere and from any e-mail capable device, and you don’t need a PC running nor print drivers installed on anything. Finally, in case you don’t know: Apple, not developers determines which apps support AirPrint, so its implementation is inconsistent between apps–even Apple’s in-house apps–so the ability to print via share-to-e-mail/ePrint neatly fills in the “printing gaps in the apps.”

In summary, NetGear Genie is a free workaround for iOS users who cannot afford a $99 AirPrint/ePrint capable printer and don’t mind having a PC up and running 24/7.

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Up to 1.5 million Visa, MasterCard credit card numbers stolen

Global Payments, the U.S.-based credit card processor company that experienced a security breach affecting plastic issued from Visa and MasterCard, today confirmed that the breached portion of its processing system was confined to North America. The company also finally revealed how many credit card numbers were stolen: less than 1,500,000.

News broke on Friday that Visa and MasterCard warned banks of a major potential breach at a U.S.-based credit card processor. Both Visa and MasterCard then confirmed the breach, although the two also emphasized their own security systems were not compromised. Soon after, Global Payments confirmed it had identified unauthorized access into its processing system.

Estimates previously ranged from 50,000 to 10 million credit cards, but Global Payments has reduced that to just 15 percent of the upper bound. Then again, 1.5 million credit card numbers is nothing to scoff at. Thankfully for Global Payments, analysts say the firm will be able to absorb any costs it needs to.

Previous reports suggested that full Track 1 and Track 2 data was taken, which means perpetrators got enough to counterfeit new cards. Global Payments’ investigation to date has revealed that Track 2 card data may have been stolen, but the company is still not sure. On the other hand, Global Payment was confident enough to say that cardholder names, addresses, and social security numbers were not obtained by the criminals.

Last but certainly not least, Global Payments believes that this incident is contained, based on its forensic analysis to date, network monitoring, and additional security measures which it did not detail. The company also says it “continues to work with industry third parties, regulators and law enforcement to assist in the efforts to minimize potential cardholder impact” and that it “has engaged multiple information security and forensics firms to investigate and address this issue.”

“We are making rapid progress toward bringing this issue to a close,” Global Payments Chairman and CEO Paul R. Garcia said in a statement. “Our nearly 4,000 employees around the world are focused on providing exceptional service. We are open for business and continue to process transactions for all of the card brands.”

The origin of the hack is still unknown.

Source: Up to 1.5 million Visa, MasterCard credit card numbers stolen

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HP Clarifies Details Regarding Chongqing Printer Factory

On April 24, Hewlett Packard / HP shared with us some information on the new manufacturing facility it is building for printers in Chongqing, China. The firm’s goal was to clarify certain inaccuracies in various industry publications’ articles on the story.

On April 18, SinoCast reported that HP was partnering with Foxconn Technology Group to build a new printer production base with a capacity of 30 million printers in Chongqing. That same day, various IDG news outlets, including PCWorld, reported that HP had signed an agreement to build a new printer factory in Chongqing. HP CEO Meg Whitman, said the PCWorld story, participated in a signing ceremony. The article said that the factory would take two to three years to build and would produce 40 million inkjet printers, 20 million laser printers, and 150 million inkjet cartridges by 2015.

Other reports, such as an April 19 article in China Daily, said that Foxconn was the party that had signed the agreement with Chongqing municipal government. The China Daily article also said the move was part of HP’s strategy of gaining share in China’s PC and printer markets and that HP’s PC market share in China has declined by 50 percent between 2009 and 2011. That article said the factory would produce 30 million printers annually.

Taiwan-based Foxconn conducts contract manufacturing for many technology companies, with the majority of its factories located in China. The company manufactures HP laptops and desktop PCs in Chongqing. Recently, Foxconn has come under scrutiny regarding labor conditions at its factories in China, including recent coverage of facilities building iPads and other products for Apple.

The news about the new manufacturing base left us with lots of questions. Some reports mentioned Foxconn, while others did not, and we wondered to what extent each party was involved in the proposed factory. Also, reports varied on what the facility will produce. If, as the PCWorld article stated, the facility would be producing laser printers, that would be particularly big news as Canon is HP’s exclusive laser manufacturing partner. So, we wondered, is Canon a partner in this endeavor? And if not, was this story even bigger news and was HP contracting with a new laser manufacturing partner?

Correcting Inaccuracies
HP, however, indicates that reports that the Chongqing factory will be producing laser printers and inkjet consumables are inaccurate. The new factory will make only entry-level inkjet printers for HP.

HP’s official statement on the new factory is as follows:
· HP’s local manufacturing supplier is planning to build a manufacturing facility in Chongqing.
· HP expects to use this facility, once completed, to manufacture entry-level HP Inkjet printers.

HP confirmed today that Foxconn is HP’s “local manufacturing supplier,” and clarified that Foxconn, not HP, signed an agreement with the Chongqing government regarding building the new facility. However, HP did sign a domestic sales contract, under which the local government agrees to support sale of HP products in China.

It does not appear that HP has plans to shift manufacturing from its current facilities for making printers or supplies to the facility in Chongqing or to consolidate all manufacturing operations in China.

HP indicates that only Foxconn can provide details on when the new Chongqing facility will be operational, and the company declined to comment on details such as the size of its or its partner’s investment, the size of the facility, or the eventual number of employees. HP did confirm that it expects to produce as many as 15 million inkjet units annually at peak periods.

Thus, while the news of HP’s new manufacturing base for entry-level inkjet printers is significant, to be sure, it does not seem that the Chongqing facility represents quite the seismic shift in HP’s printer and supplies manufacturing base as was first reported.

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HP Announces More Eco-Friendly Packaging for Inkjet Cartridge Multipacks

Earth Day is April 22, making this a favorite time of year for printer and supplies companies to make announcements about their eco-friendly activities. The latest such announcement comes from HP, which announced new more eco-friendly packaging for inkjet cartridge multipacks sold through warehouse clubs on April 16.

The new packaging is manufactured from recyclable paperboard supplied by MeadWestvaco instead of plastic. HP claims its new club multipack packaging’s list of environmental benefits include:

·  a 60 percent reduction in plastic compared with so-called clamshell multipacks;
·  a reduction in carbon footprint of up to 38 percent;
·  a reduction in weight of up to 21 percent; and
·  a total carbon footprint savings over one year equivalent to eliminating 750 roundtrip airplane trips from San Francisco to Washington, DC, or the removal of 70 U.S. cars from the road for a year.

MeadWestvaco commissioned an independent study of the NatraLock paperboard used in the club packaging. The study found that the product’s lighter weight and fiber-based materials reduced greenhouse gas emissions and results in less aquatic toxicity.

An HP spokesperson points out that the new packaging is ideal for the club channel, which promotes buying in bulk—an eco-friendly way to purchase.

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Ricoh Expands Production of Latest-Generation Chemical Toner

On April 17, Ricoh announced plans to invest ¥11 billion ($135.1 million as of April 18, 2012 exchange rate) to add three new toner production lines at Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd., a Ricoh production plant in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, that manufactures printers, MFP, and toner. This is one of Ricoh’s facilities that was damaged in the earthquake and tsunami a little over a year ago but has since resumed full operations. Construction is slated to begin May 1, with full operation of the three new lines expected to begin in June 2013.

Ricoh is expanding production so as to produce its PxP-EQ chemical toner at the facility. Currently, the company is manufacturing the toner only at its Numazu plant in Japan. The firm says it is expanding production to meet a projected increase in demand for the toner.

PxP-EQ toner has a lower melting point than Ricoh’s previous polymerized chemical toners, enabling hardware to start up more quickly from sleep mode. Ricoh says this generation of chemical toner can be fixed at a temperature 30°C lower than the first generation of PxP toner, which was released in 2004.

The EQ in the name stands for eco-friendliness and quality, and Ricoh asserts it has made improvements in terms of these areas as well. The lower melting point provides energy savings. Ricoh is also using new polyester resins that prevent the toner from deteriorating in quality when stored in a warehouse or in transport, which can be a problem with other low-melt toners. Unlike other resins that soften gradually as temperatures rise, the resins used in PxP-EQ toner are designed not to change states until the fusing temperature is reached.

Ricoh also says the new toner has a uniform particle size of 5 microns and spreads more easily and uniformly, allowing less toner to be used to produce high-quality, high-resolution images, The color reproduction area has been expanded 10 percent compared with the previous generation of PxP toner.

The new PxP-EQ chemical toner is used in the Ricoh Aficio MP C2802, C3302, C4002, and C5002, new A3 color MFPs announced this February in Japan. These machines have not made their way to the United States yet. However, given that Ricoh recently announced these devices in Japan, we would expect to see similar machines using PxP-EQ toner make their way to other markets in the coming months. That Ricoh is expanding production of PxP-EQ toner indicates we can also expect to see the OEM roll out this new toner in more devices in the years ahead.

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Sharp Taps Recycling Company Close The Loop In Ongoing Commitment To Facilitate Toner Recycling

New alliance will extend Sharp’s current toner recycling program: “Stop, Drop and Recycle”

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, has announced a collaboration with materials recovery company Close the Loop as part of its ongoing commitment to encourage environmentally improved business practices.

This alliance will extend Sharp’s well-known “Stop, Drop and Recycle” program. Close the Loop will manage and facilitate the program by providing recycling kits to companies and institutions that use Sharp toner. Users will receive a kit in the mail with pre-labeled boxes for all Sharp consumables including used toner and drum cartridges, bottles and waste toner collection kits. All Sharp cartridges are 100% recyclable in full support of Sharp’s commitment to the goal of zero waste to landfill. The program is free of charge to Sharp customers.

“This collaboration aligns directly with Sharp’s corporate vision to contribute to the world through environmentally-improved and health-conscious businesses,” said Doug Albregts, president, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America. “Working with Close the Loop on our Stop, Drop and Recycle program provides a valuable service to end users and the environment. We’re proud to collaborate with a company that is outstanding in its field, committed to the benefits of recycling and passionate about protecting the environment.”

Sharp will have access to valuable information regarding users’ recycling submissions and habits through Close the Loop’s customer data. Sharp can leverage the trend evidence through the development of recycling program enhancements.

Sharp’s alliance with Close the Loop adds to a history of action from Sharp to improve the environmental impact of its products by engaging customers and including them in the effort. Other current recycling initiatives from Sharp include participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “Plug-In to eCycling” program, created to reduce the environmental impact of electronic products during their production, use, transport, recycling and disposal, and co-founding and participation in the Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Company.

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Xerox Raises Consumables Prices

Since the start of 2012, at least eight OEMs have raised consumables prices. We recently learned that Xerox became the ninth as of March 22. The company has provided us with some details on the increases.

In February, Xerox sent a letter warning resellers that it would raise U.S. list, estimated retail prices (ERP), and distributor net prices on select supplies as of March 22.

It is a scenario that has become all too familiar. Since December, the industry has seen similar announcements from: Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Kodak, Lexmark (which has instituted two rounds of price increases on consumables), Ricoh, Samsung.

A Xerox spokesperson confirms that the company has raised prices on Xerox-brand consumables for Xerox hardware. Xerox also markets a branded line of third-party cartridges for Brother, Hewlett Packard / HP, and Lexmark devices, but to the best of our knowledge, the OEM is hiking prices only on branded supplies for its own hardware.

The spokesperson attributed the price increases to currency fluctuations and increasing freight and fuel costs.

Altogether, Xerox is raising prices on about 225 consumables, including solid ink sticks, toner cartridges, drums, imaging units, fusers, and other maintenance items used in ColorQube, Phaser, and WorkCentre-branded devices, both monochrome and color. The spokesperson points out that the price increases impact roughly half of Xerox’s lineup of consumables for Xerox hardware.

Xerox tells us that prices have gone up an average of 4 percent, with the lowest increase being 2 percent and 12 items seeing double-digit percentage increases in price. The spokesperson adds, “Increases are inline with market-based costs for comparable consumables on competitive legacy and current products.”

Some OEMs, such as Brother and HP, have increased prices most steeply on legacy supplies items, and it seems that Xerox may be doing the same. Profit margins narrow over time on legacy supplies as the installed base of hardware dwindles, demand decreases, and the aftermarket increases its share of the replacement supplies market. Meanwhile production costs for the OEM increase as cartridges for legacy products are needed in smaller volumes.

The Xerox consumables price increases apply not only to the United States but other geographies as well. The spokesperson says, “Xerox has harmonized pricing and other geographies are changing or have changed their prices.”

Most of the OEMs that have raises supplies prices have cited as reasons for the increases currency fluctuations, global economic conditions, and rising production, transportation, and raw material costs. However, there is another far more depressing reason that to date we have only heard beleaguered Kodak mention outright—the need to make better profit margins. The need to maintain and even increase supplies margins becomes more pressing as print volumes and thus supplies sales decline in some segments.

As most who follow OEM financial results know, printer and copier OEMs had a tougher-than-expected year in 2011, and thus far 2012 has provided no relief. HP, for example, reported a 6 percent decline in supplies revenue in the first quarter and said that the overall printing market is mature. Meanwhile, in the fourth quarter, Xerox saw a 3 percent decline in sales of hardware, flat revenue from annuities including supplies, and a 4 percent decline in sales of third-party cartridges, paper, and other products.

With so many OEMs raising supplies prices, no one OEM stands to benefit or gain share at the expense of another. However, the aftermarket may see some increase in business resulting from OEM price increases, particularly on legacy products. Higher prices on original supplies make end users more likely to use remanufactured or compatible cartridges. That said, third-party supplies vendors are dependent on a healthy OEM hardware and supplies business to thrive long term. Thus, everyone in the industry will have their eyes on OEM financial results when they start coming in at the end of April.

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The Best Deals on Printer Ink

Sick of getting gouged for ink? We did the math to figure out which printer manufacturers offer decent deals and which ones really stick it to you.
By Melissa Riofrio, PCWorld


If you buy a cheap inkjet printer, you're going to pay a small fortune for the ink to run it (assuming that you use the ink that its manufacturer specially designed for it). Even so, the size of the bill depends to a great extent on which brand of printer you buy. Some printer makers, like Kodak, work hard to keep their ink prices reasonable, while others, like Dell, consistently charge top dollar.

When you look at as many inkjet printers and multifunction printers as I do--about 40 per year, representing about half of the total number of models currently available from major vendors--you start to see trends in ink pricing. I maintain a dynamic average of ink costs that shifts as I add new printers to the list and retire old ones. The averages have remained fairly stable over the past few years: For standard-size ink cartridges, which generally yield about 250 pages or less, the average price per page is about 4.8 cents for pages that use only black ink, and it's about 13.8 cents for prints that use all four colors. High-yield cartridges have more ink and print more pages--in some cases, thousands more pages--and like most bulk purchases, they cost less in the long run. The average costs for large, high-yield cartridges are about 3.4 cents per page for black and 10.4 cents for a page with all four colors.

Kodak's Inks Remain the Cheapest
Kodak's ink is one of the best deals on the market, regardless of the particular model you buy. For the $100 Kodak ESP C310 multifunction printer, for example, the cost of black ink works out to a very reasonable 3 cents per page, whether you're using the printer's standard-size or high-yield ink cartridges. Add in cyan, magenta, and yellow, and the cost rises to 9.5 cents per page for a standard-size cartridge, but that's still more than 4 cents per page below the average ink price per four-color page. For high-yield color cartridges, Kodak's price is 9.2 to 9.5 cents per four-color page--still well below the average.

Cheap ink isn't everything, of course. We've encountered problems with the speed, features, and print quality of Kodak printers in the past. The company has improved its most recent models somewhat on those variables--just in time for its bankruptcy filing.

Brother, HP Costs Are Average
Inks from Brother and HP aren't close to Kodak's prices, but they do tend to be about average. The Brother MFC-J430w MFP, which costs just $100, offers high-yield inks that ultimately cost 4.2 cents per page for black and 11.7 cents for all four colors; both of those figures are slightly above average. For the same printer price, the HP Photosmart 5510 MFP matches the MDC-J430w's 4.2 cents per page for high-yield black and costs 11.4 cents per page for four-color pages.

Epson's ink prices are a slightly different case. You'll find reasonable pricing in its creativity-oriented Artisan and business-minded WorkForce product lines: The Epson Artisan 837 MFP, for instance, costs just 3.3 cents per page for black and 9.2 cents per page for four-color printing, while the Epson WorkForce 845 all-in-one charges 3 cents for black and 10.2 cents for all four colors. The home-oriented Stylus product line is an exception. Standard-size ink cartridges for the Epson Stylus NX430 MFP have higher-than-average costs of 5.8 cents per page for black and 15.7 cents per page for all four colors. The Stylus product line also gives users the option of buying what Epson calls "moderate" cartridges, with page yields lower than those of the standard-size cartridges: just 200 pages or so. Those inks are even pricier: 6.2 cents per page for black and almost 18 cents for a page with all four colors.

Dell and Some Canon Inks Are Pricey
Dell's multifunction inkjet printers historically have some of the priciest inks around. The Dell V715w MFP has standard-size cartridges that currently cost 8.9 cents per page for black pages and 20.6 cents per page for four-color pages. The high-yield cartridges drop those figures to a more palatable 6 cents per page for black and 13 cents per page for all four colors. The company's newly announced V525w and V725w models have standard-size cartridges that cost a slightly above-average 5 cents per page of plain black text, but an atrocious 27.5 cents per page for all four colors. The extra-high-yield black is an affordable 2.4 cents per page, but the four-color cost remains high at 14.4 cents.

Canon printers priced at $200 and above tend to have reasonable ink costs. Among the company's sub-$200 models, however, such as the Canon Pixma MG4120 MFP, you'll find black-ink costs of 7 to 7.3 cents per page. The color inks are more reasonably priced, with a four-color page coming in at a middling 13.8 cents. Canon's only inexpensive printer with reasonably priced inks is the $150 Canon Pixma MG5320 MFP. It does not offer high-yield cartridges, but its standard-size cartridges cost 4.7 cents per page for black and 12.9 cents per page for a four-color page--cheaper than average for that size.

Lexmark's Polarized Ink Pricing
Recent inkjet printers from Lexmark have improved noticeably in overall quality, but the company's ink prices remain a mixed bag. Lexmark's high-yield cartridges often have startlingly low costs per page. But the prices go up sharply for standard-yield cartridges Among other Lexmark inkjets we've tested, two MFPs--the small-office Lexmark Pinnacle Pro901 and the Lexmark Platinum Pro905--use standout high-yield inks: a special 510-page black cartridge (the 105XL) costs $5, or a scant 1 cent per page. With that black and the high-yield colors, you'll currently pay 11.5 cents for a four-color page, which is about average. Unfortunately, the prices for the standard-size ink cartridges are outrageous: 11.2 cents per page for standard-size black and 29.2 cents for all four colors.

How to Find the Best Deal
Of course, many more printers are available than I've mentioned here. So how do you figure out whether the ink for a particular printer will break your budget? The math is actually pretty easy.

For any printer you're considering, look at each ink cartridge and divide its price by the vendor's stated page yield. This computation will give you a simple cost per page, just for the ink. Most vendors use an industry-standard yield test that makes comparison much easier than it used to be. If the manufacturer offers high- or low-yield cartridges in addition to standard-size versions, figure out those costs as well.

It's also important to think about how much you'll likely be printing. High-yield cartridges are relatively cheap, but if you print infrequently, you'll end up with more ink than you need and risk having the print head dry out. If you buy low-yield cartridges but end up printing a lot, you'll be replacing cartridges constantly--and shelling out serious bucks for them.

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HP Uses New Supplies in Refreshed Officejet Inkjets

Hewlett Packard / HP is releasing four new inkjets aimed at small offices/home offices (SOHO) and small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers. The lineup includes one single-function printer, the Officejet 6100 ePrinter, which replaces the Officejet 6000. The three new multifunction inkjets, the Officejet 4620, Officejet 6600, and Officejet 6700 Premium e-All-in-Ones, replace the Officejet 4500, Officejet 6500A, and Officejet 6500A Plus, respectively. The Officejet 6600 and 6700 are currently shipping worldwide, and the Officejet 4620 and 6100 will be available in April.

Mix of New and Old Consumables
The Officejet 4620 is based on a previously released engine design and consumables, but the Officejet 6100, 6600, and 6700 are based on a new imaging system that uses new ink tanks.

Looking at the most interesting models first, the Officejet 6100, 6600, and 6700 appear to leverage some technology from HP’s recently refreshed Officejet Pro lineup. Specifically, the new four-color pigmented ink set that offers "improved water-, fade-, and highlighter pen resistance" sounds similar to that used in the Officejet Pro models.

The Officejet 6100, 6600, and 6700 use a new thermal print head, but HP was mum on specifications and details. We suspect that the print heads in the new machines are leveraged from the heads deployed in the latest Officejet Pro units released last fall. We cannot confirm this, however, because HP has been uncharacteristically silent about its most recent generation of desktop print heads. Like the heads in the higher-end machines, the print heads for the Officejet 6100, 6600, and 6700 are permanent and designed to last the life of the machines.

HP is introducing a new series of individual ink tanks with the Officejet 6100, 6600, and 6700: the HP 932/932XL black tanks and the HP 933/933XL cyan, magenta, and yellow ink tanks. The three new machines all ship with the standard-yield tanks.

As for the Officejet 4620, this machine uses a permanent print head and the HP 564/564XL individual ink tanks, which HP first began using in 2008. The machine it replaces, the Officejet 4500, did not feature individual tanks and instead employed the HP 901 integrated cartridge series. The four-color print head typically used with the HP 564/564XL tanks has 720 nozzles for black and 672 per color for a total nozzle count of 2,736. (Some models that use the HP 564/564XL tanks also use a photo black tank and have more nozzles.) The heads eject drops as small as 13.8 picoliters for the pigmented black ink and 1.3 picoliters for the dye-based color inks. Unfortunately, HP was unable to confirm that it uses this exact same print-head configuration in the Officejet 4620, but more likely than not the print head is the same one we have seen previously, most recently in the Photosmart 5510 and 6510. In 2010, HP replaced the original HP 564XL black tank, which had a yield of 800 pages and a price of $34.99, with a version that had a lower yield of 550 pages and a lower price tag of $22.99. The Officejet 4620 ships with the standard-yield HP 564 tanks.

Hardware Specs
The Officejet 4620 is a low-priced ($99) four-in-one inkjet with wireless networking and a 2.0-inch monochrome LCD, which are nice features at this price point. Its main improvement over the model it replaces is its faster print speeds. The Officejet 4620 prints black-and-white documents at an ISO-rated speed of 8 ppm and color jobs at 7.5 ppm versus the Officejet 4500’s print speeds of 6 ppm in black and 4 ppm in color. Other enhancements include a faster 240 MHz processor (up from 192 MHz) and a 35-sheet ADF (versus the 20-sheet ADF on the Officejet 4500). The price/performance ratio of the Officejet 4620 is significantly improved over the Officejet 4500 because the machines feature identical price tags.

The Officejet 6100 is a $99 single-function inkjet with USB, Ethernet, and wireless connectivity. The $149 Officejet 6600 and $169 Officejet 6700 Premium are four-function devices that are differentiated by print speed, connectivity, and automatic duplexing. The Officejet 6600 prints at 14 ppm in black and 8 ppm in color based on the ISO standard, while the Officejet 6700 Premium prints at 16 ppm in black and 9 ppm in color. The Officejet 6600 lacks automatic duplexing and has USB and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi connectivity. (The Officejet 4620 and Officejet 6100 do not offer support for the latest 802.11n standard.) Meanwhile, the Officejet 6700 Premium includes automatic duplexing and adds a front USB port and Ethernet connectivity.

All four models support HP ePrint and Apple AirPrint.

Competitive CPP
Both the Officejet 4620, which uses old supplies, and the Officejet 6100, 6600, and 6700, which use new supplies, offer cost-per-page (CPP) figures that are fairly competitive for their class.

For example, the HP 564XL tanks result in per-page costs of 4.18 cents in black and 11.38 cents in color. The Officejet 4620 offers the lowest color CPP of all the $99 inkjet all-in-ones we could drum up that were similarly featured. The Officejet 4620’s monochrome CPP is not class-leading but neither is it on the high side for a $99 inkjet all-in-one.

The Officejet 6100, 6600, and 6700’s new HP 932XL and HP 933XL tanks result in per-page costs of 3.20 cents in black and 9.01 cents in color. While these figures may seem high compared with those of some recently introduced business-class inkjets such as HP’s own Officejet Pro line, Brother’s Professional Series all-in-ones, Epson’s WorkForce Pro models, and Lexmark’s OfficeEdge series, the CPP figures of the new HP machines are actually pretty good compared with those of other inkjet devices at similar price points.

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