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September 2nd, 2010
An AIO printer (inkjet all-in-one) can stir decent photos, but what if you want an AIO that’s much closer to a true photo printer even if you renounce some advanced AIO features? And also what you need is an expert AIO that’s designed a lot for photos as it is for text documents.
- The niche the Canon Pixma MG8120 is designed to fill.
- An inkjet photo printer also functions as an AIO.
- The MG8120 is more adequate, and it’s even capable of double-sided printing.
- For repetitive tasks such as bulk mailings and unattended envelope printing, you would be better off with a $299 model (a good fit for a home, a home office, or a light-printing small office) that has more-robust AIO features.
MG8120′s graphics capabilities:
- It’s big strength, like print quality and projected longevity of its photos.
- It has a six-cartridge ink system for exact color output, a high-resolution LCD screen, and the ability to scan 35mm slides and film strips.
MG8120 is faster than previous Canon AIO models when green printing photos and slower than the average AIO when printing text documents. The paper output tray holds only 50 sheets of paper. It can’t able handle printing more than one envelope at a time.
Canon Pixma MG8120 advantages:
- It had a smooth and modern appearance.
- The black glossy finish, rounded ends, and relatively low profile make it a good visual fit for a home, workstation area and also for modern office setting.
- It makes it a slight harder than usual to grip and extend the paper-output tray, which is located just below the bar.
- A distinctive metallic colored bar on the front of the printer helps you to find and raise the document cover.
- As with other recent Canon printers, you can close the output tray when it isn’t required. If you forget to open the output tray before printing, it will automatically open on its own before the next printed page arrives. You can also shut the rear paper-input tray when it isn’t required.
This printer’s onboard interface is one of the best ever seen. It basically combines a 3.5-inch LCD screen with three selection buttons and a five-way circular button. The three selection buttons aren’t labeled, but they can work in combination with labels that appear on the LCD. The circular button spins to let you quickly move through groups of menu options, while various other illuminated buttons striking light up the surrounding black panel to offer up task specific functions.
For e.g., when printing, a big red Stop button appears, or when scanning, you see easy-to-distinguish Black and Color buttons. These secondary context-sensitive buttons are particularly helpful, because Canon packs it with more than the usual number of options…
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August 19th, 2010
Epson has revealed world’s first water-based inkjet printer that has the capability to print white color — the Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 24-inch big format printer — an example of how Epson creates industry-leading and inventive products with considerable reduction in environmental impacts.
Recently it was been awarded by prestigious European Digital Press (EDP) Association as the “Best Proofing Green Printer of the Year 2010″, the 24-inch large format printer is designed exclusively for packaging proof printing applications. It permits flexographic and gravure printing organizations to simulate proofs on inkjet coated media proficiently and affordably.
The Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 uses a 9-color Epson Ultra Chrome HDR ink set to create a wide color gamut, which includes water-based white ink, to deliver high density white tints and accurate overlays which are essential for packaging proof applications. The printer also comes with orange and green inks to generate rich and highly accurate spot colors.
The white is competence of Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 is able to save users implausible time and costs compared to usual methods which necessitate the creation of separate color plates or cylinders to create the actual proof or mockup. It is also more precise, requires fewer repairs and is more price efficient than other printers with white ink that entails for separate passes for printing of color and white sections.
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August 4th, 2010
Each and every person should know the significance of environmental friendly products. Mainly, it is very important for immature persons because they need to understand the multiplicity between environment friendly products and non-eco friendly products. Being youngsters if you are in search of getting the service of green color printing then you should choose a company which provides eco friendly printing.
You should not stop your search once you got an eco friendly printing company because you don’t have through understanding about the services as well as products which offered by the company. Eco friendly printing service is not easy as it seems and it is very hard to discover resources as well as more tough to hold them. The main essential elements (plenty of water and trees) which are used by printing companies are not eco- friendly.
Nowadays, the young generation should understand the necessity of being eco-friendly. In fact it is better to say that if you wish to become eco friendly then it is something that desires to be awarded. It is really appreciable for youngsters if they are ready to take the unique mission for being environmental friendly.
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July 19th, 2010
Safe Print Equipment Suppliers FZE offers contemporary color printing finishing solutions from Schober for RFID Label, Tags and Ticket. It offers RFID- TI and RFID- STP / BTP systems based on the latest technology that provides economical solution and rotator converting. All these systems can be coordinated with existing line for increased accuracy and output.
RFID- TI from Schober is an entry solution for the production of stylish labels. It features double reader for HF and UHF frequencies and is accurate in verifying transponders or finished RFID labels. The system ensures total production monitoring. The tag/inlay inserter in this system is a servo motor driven dispensing unit offering clear and dense transponder rolls and EAS tags. The system has web guides to dispense inlays with high precision.
Features:
* Uses automatic advance in case of missing EAS tags / transponders
* Optional marking device available
* Servo motor driven dispensing unit for clear and opaque EAS / Transponder
* Web guide to dispense inlays with utmost precision
* Economy mode for application of EAS and all other tags
* Anti-static device (optional)
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June 22nd, 2010
The IBM certain Mark double-station printers are designed specifically for retail. These silent, high quality printers include a thermal print station and advanced electronic journalism. They are built for ultimate retail-hardened recital and are easy to manage and easy to service in demanding retail environments. IBM Sure Mark printers have an extended service life of 7 + years. Eco-friendly Printer IBM Sure Mark double -station printers set new standards for speed, accuracy and low costs, delivering the ultimate printing solution for retail. Enabled with IBM Retail Systems Management, printers can be accessed remotely for proactive monitoring and to avoid problems and downtime.
Product Highlights:
* Fastest receipt printing in its class-80 LPS-27% faster than closest contestant
* Industry leading MICR reading and check processing-99.95% accuracy
* First to support “green” polymer film receipts
* Easy to administer with IBM exclusive Retail Systems Management
* Light-Path Management visual indicators
* Unique service features, including more customer replaceable units (CRU) parts
* Compatibility tested, global-ready, open platform
* Streamlined model structure simplifies ordering and inventory management
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April 28th, 2010
Xerox two lines of multifunction printers (MFPs), the Workcentre 7120 and Workcentre 5700 series are featured with fast print speeds and energy saving features.
Considering the budget of small and medium size businesses, the printer has been aimed. Xerox Workcentre 7120 color multifunction printer is designed to print high impact color documents such as presentations and budget charts.
It prints color and black & white documents with high speed up to 20 pages per minute (ppm) using Xerox emulsion aggregate high gloss (EA-HG) toner. Also, the company said it produces smaller more consistent toner particles to create crisp text and sharper color images. The Workcentre is available starting from $6,999 in the month of May in Americas and Workcentre 5700 series will be available worldwide from May for $7,475.
The Workcentre 7120 is equipped with advanced document management features like document routing to email, network and content management software, advanced color scanning up to 55 ppm, faxing over IP, fax forward to email and scan to or print from USB and Xerox Auditron which monitors color printing costs. It is an environmentally friendly printer which offers efficiency features such as sleep mode and consumes 3.08 watts of power, route and preview incoming documents on the interface or at PC to eliminate unwanted printing and earth smart print driver defaults including two sided printing with no banner pages. As part of Xerox green world alliance, all printers are energy star qualified.
Besides, Xerox is updating its line of black and white MFPs. The Workcentre 5700 series includes seven MFPs with print speed of 90 ppm and it is equipped with advanced security features including full support for IPv6 network security standard, image overwrite to electronically “shred” data, fax isolation to prevent unauthorized access to data and network authentication to restrict access to scan, email and network fax features.
The multifunction printers do far more than copy and print and also improve the way of work to be done, said rick dastin, president of Xerox global product delivery group. The Workcentre 7120 maximizes the office productivity and produce affordable, impactful color documents. With advanced document security and workflow tools, the Workcentre 5700 series help IT departments to solve their most difficult document management challenges.
Both Workcentre 7120 and 5700 Series are built on Xerox’s Extensible Interface Platform (EIP). EIP is a technology that can be used to create customized workflow applications.
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April 13th, 2010
As printing industry has more impact over environment, in recent years they find new methods to make products more environmentally friendly printing. Traditionally, petroleum based inks were used. While green printing techniques uses soy or vegetable based inks. Soy or vegetable based inks can easily be removed from paper and reused. Moreover the waste created during recycling can easily be disposed.
Eco-friendly papers are 100% recycled and it has not been processed with chlorine. Nowadays, most of the printing companies use pulp from sustainable tree farms to limit the impact on environment. Papers are created using plant waste which is one of the varieties of green printing methods.
Eco-friendly printers take into consideration of power saving. Carbon footprint is one of the big concerns for companies. Also, the recycled paper produces large amount of CO2. Actually, an average four trees are used for a ton of recycled paper and most of the companies are looking forward to minimize the carbon footprint.
So, try to create some earth conscious to the people and protect our environment with courtesy. Green printing is one of the best techniques that reduce the effect over environment.
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March 31st, 2010
HP officejet 6000 wireless color inkjet printer is similar to its officejet pro 8000 wireless. For a considerable lower price, officejet 6000 wireless offers good performance and plentiful features along with cheap inks.
Its setup was easy, in spite of large dialog boxes for setting the wireless functionality. On Mac, the preferences/printers dialog box is to be added manually to the printer.
The top lid of the printer is flimsy and the rear mounted automatic duplexer enhances the overall stiff build of the printer. In case of struck, the flip down rear door enables you to peek into the paper path or pull out from the unit. The 250 input tray has a sliding width guide on the left and the lid doubles for 50 sheet output tray. The control panel of the printer has three buttons namely, resume, cancel and wireless. The last toggle wireless on and off, prints out the network settings quickly.
The prices for inks are more reasonable and the standard size (HP 920) cartridges ship with the unit. It replaces the black ink cost $19.95 or 4.8 cents per page. The 300 page cyan, magenta and yellow cartridges cost $9.99 per piece or 3.3 cents per page. The cost for a page with all four colors is 14.7 cents. 1200 page black cartridge cost $31.99 (2.7 cents per page) and each 700-page cyan, magenta, or yellow costs $14.99 (2.1 cents per color per page).
Hp officejet 6000 wireless represents a step down in speed from officejet pro 8000 wireless. But it is nearly identical regarding print quality and features. It is a good inkjet printer deal for small, low to mid volume offices on a budget.
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February 8th, 2010
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Today several companies and customers are looking forward towards products that consume less power and are easy to reprocess as they reach end-of-life. In this process of ushering in a green revolution within their system, they are not only increasing efficiency but also building up a case of being responsible to the environment and enjoying sustainable growth.
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Green has become an vital part of any successful company’s IT operations today as it steps up its initiatives to turn environment-friendly and cut costs. Companies are gradually embracing the concept of recycling office paper and printer cartridges, and reducing energy use to bring down their impact on the environment.
The printing industry seems to be going green across continents and printing machinery manufacturers are adopting modern technologies in ink and substrates for an environment-friendly impact.
In order to adopt green printing, companies are designing solutions which can identify whether a user needs a color printer. The solution allots printers accordingly. They are also adopting duplex printing in a big way. Using duplex printing can result in savings of tons of paper per year and also in economic terms per annum. It helps in reducing paper spend and associated costs. Companies now are looking towards effective and smart printing rather than bulk.
The best way to go green with regard to printing is through the usage of high quality printers which consume less electricity and are highly efficient.
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Ways to go green printing include:
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* Companies must try and reduce paper utilization, which accounts for much of the environmental impact of printing, by adopting duplex printing where practical
* They must examine document workflows to eradicate unnecessary printouts by tracking usage
* Organizations should look to unite printers and copiers so that the resulting smaller population of devices consumes less energy
* Try and ensure that empty cartridges are decomposed in an environmentally friendly manner. Organizations shouldn’t hesitate in asking vendors to provide them with details about the green strategies and programs of technology providers
* Organizations that are willing to invest time and resources will find that a comprehensive print management solution can help in user authentication, tracking, setting and enforcing quotas, and limitations on what employees can and cannot print. This, in turn, will keep the print costs in control and reduce the number of pages being printed
* Administrative tools like PIN printing, Pull printing and Access Cards will also help to reduce waste
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“Companies need to incorporate the latest technologies available across IT hardware and other segments to lessen their carbon footprint and go the green way,” said Princy Bhatnagar, Director Office Business Group, Xerox India.
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“Customers are looking for ways to become greener but are shying away due to the misconception that it costs more,” said Vishal Tripathi, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner.
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“Managed Print Services can help companies save between 10-30% of their costs, while helping them remain energy-efficient,” said Nitin Hiranandani, Director – Enterprise Sales & Services, Imaging & Printing Group, HP India.
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Benefits of green printing:
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Green printing offers printing services that do not harm our planet and are less expensive. In the long run, green printing can yield better cost savings than conventional printing.
* The use of ‘green’ inks makes for an easier and improved method of disposing inks without harming the environment
* ‘Green’ Paper is not treated with chlorine and is 100% recyclable. This helps protect our forests
* While all printing facilities require power to run, green printing services consider the environment when searching for a power source. This allows others to invest in renewable energy methods reducing impact on the environment
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Challenges faced during the adoption of green printing:
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Some of the key challenges faced when implementing imaging and printing solutions in enterprises, are:
* Customers need to understand that there is an opportunity to save money and that the true total cost of ownership is not limited to printers and ink
* Usually printers are handled by IT and copiers/fax by the administration department. The hard copy savings for an organization can be truly addressed only by including both these aspects of usage. However, IT procurement officers usually ask only for printers to be taken over, ignoring other machines in the process
* Customers also need to evaluate what they really want from MPS. Quality should not be compromised on, because using inferior equipment can lead to its frequent breakdown under the load of printing/copying required by customer. In such a situation, even SLAs are not useful as there is a drop in productivity
* There also emerges a challenge when it comes to getting the legal teams of both customer and vendor to agree to all terms and conditions
* During execution, sometimes there is resistance to change from end users, as they are used to have individual, convenient printers
* Removal of obsolete equipment, especially if the customer is a bonded warehouse, is a time-consuming and expensive process to de-bond old equipment and remove it from the grounds for eco-safe recycling.
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February 8th, 2010
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The leading printing company Overnight Prints International in Irvine, CA since 2003, is urging its print competitors to switch on to eco-friendly waterless printing.
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Now it has been a top promoter of waterless printing and has attributed a great deal of its company success to this technically advanced offset and offset/digital print production method.
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Traditionally, printing is a vast consumer of resources, including chemicals, water and energy. Many large presses consume hundreds of thousands of liters of water each year. Waterless printing uses modern technology to reduce these green impacts. Notably, it uses silicon plate technology instead of chemicals and water in its print processes. There is also far less paper waste on waterless print runs, and the overall color consistency and print resolution is significantly improved.
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Waterless printing has been developed to become a cleaner, faster, and more precise printer. The benefits to print companies are clear. Print companies that use waterless print methods have reported improved employee health, 40% faster production times, and a 30% drop in paper waste.
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“I believe all US companies should think about switching to more environment friendly processes like waterless printing,” said Brent Rusick, CEO and President. “Our production model is a great example of how being green is not only the responsible way of doing business; it is also a more cost-efficient and profitable way of doing business.”
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Current ecological and biological research suggests that the world will face massive water shortages by the year 2025. Print companies need to switch to waterless printing to help save our resource.
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