In a move not likely to please ink-jet printer makers, Fry’s Electronics will begin offering customers in-store ink-cartridge refilling. Fry’s has 34 stores located in nine states. With the service, which begins this quarter, the customer would just drop off their ink cartridge for refilling while they shop. Fry’s selected Retail Inkjet Solutions (RIS) to provide [...]
Video Series – Lexmark OfficeEdge Pro5500 Unpacking, Setup, Installation and Software Overview
This video series on Lexmark’s OfficeEdge Pro5500 color ink-jet All-in-One for offices and enterprises includes five episodes: Episodes 1 and 2 detail the un-boxing and physical setup of the device. Episode 3 chronicles set-up of WiFi communications. Episodes 4 and 5 detail network and software installation and an overview of installed software. We’re also using a [...]
Xante Previews Memjet-Based Excelagraphix at European Trade Show
Xanté, which markets wide-format and commercial print systems, previewed its Memjet-based Excelagraphix 4200, a wide-format color ink-jet printer based on Memjet’s ink-jet imaging, at the FESPA trade show in Barcelona, Spain. The firm expects to begin shipping in June. The Excelagraphix 4200 uses Memjet Waterfall Printhead Technology, which incorporates a 42″ wide print head that delivers more than 3 billion drops of [...]
New Lexmark OfficeEdge Pro5500 Photo Gallery
During production of our Hands-On Test Report for this hot new enterprise color ink-jet MFP from Lexmark, we compiled a gallery of product photos. In this gallery, you’ll find photos of the touch panel and touch screen, SmartSolutions, how to perform maintenance, and more. Click here to view the photo gallery.
TonerGiant Now Selling Memjet-Based EvoJet in UK
U.K-based TonerGiant has begun begin selling Memjet’s 60-ppm color ink-jet printer, which it is branding as the Lomond Evojet K2, in the United Kingdom. List price for the Evojet K2, which can be purchased at the TonerGiant Web site, is £736.00. Using today’s currency exchange rates (1 British pound = 1.5832 U.S. dollars), that £736.00 translates [...]
Coming Soon: Hands-On Test Report for Lexmark’s New OfficeEdge Pro5500
Because of their superior photo quality and low-energy consumption and cost per page, we’re big fans of ink-jet printers. So,we were delighted when a Lexmark OfficeEdge Pro5500 evaluation unit showed up today, courtesy of the kind folks at Lexmark. In case you haven’t heard, the big news is that the OfficeEdge series offers the IT-friendly [...]
Lomond to Begin Selling Memjet-Based EvoJet with Refillable Ink Cartridges in Europe
European maker of ink-jet paper and ink cartridges, Lomond Trading Ltd., will begin marketing the Memjet-based EvoJet Office desktop color ink-jet printer throughout Europe. Lomond will be selling the EvoJet directly in Great Britain and Italy, and through distributors in Russia and several Eastern European countries. The EvoJet is based on Memjet ink-jet printing technology, and incorporates Memjet’s page-width [...]
HP Considering Building Ink-Jet Printer Plant in Thailand
According to The Bangkok Post, Hewlett-Packard is considering investing some $100 million in a new ink-jet printer factory that would be built in Thailand. The Post says HP is not surprisingly concerned with the Thai government’s water-management strategy, as the country suffered severe flooding last fall that affected many printer vendors’ manufacturing operations in the [...]
Kodak to Exit Digital-Capture; Will Focus on Desktop, Commerical Printing
Eastman Kodak, which last month filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, will exit its digital-capture businesses (digital cameras, video cameras, and picture frames), and instead concentrate on desktop ink-jet printers, and online and retail-based photo printing, as it seeks to return to profitability. Kodak says the move will result in savings of $100 million annually. It expects [...]
Canon Extends Office Ink-jet All-in-One Lineup with Three New Units
Canon U.S.A. has extended its color ink-jet All-in-One lineup for the office with three new Pixmas, the Pixma MX512 Wireless ($149.99), MX432 Wireless ($99.99), and MX372 ($79.99), all of which provide full-color print, copy, scan, and Super Group 3 fax, as well as an automatic document feeder. With the new additions, Canon now has a total [...]










