(I take an in-depth look at the effectiveness of Apples iOS 5 upgrade versus the Android Gingerbread OS.) I loved my original pre-ordered Apple iPad for Web surfing and content consumption. I have a cool Incase case that folds open into a cool stand for my cool Apple Bluetooth keyboard. I have a stylus that [...]
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Our Take on Ricoh’s MDS Strategy
We’ve heard this song before, starting around the turn of the century—it used to be called “document management.” Ricoh, along with all the other vendors who supply the office-imaging dealer channel, has struggled for years with how to compensate account sales reps for the sales of “solutions,” when the industry’s compensation strategy has been based [...]
Hands-On With Apple’s AirPrint Mobile-Device Printing Solution
We recently evaluated Apple’s AirPrint Printing Solution for Apple iOS 4.2 Mobile Devices. Alas, we did not have access to an AirPrint compatible printer at the time. You can read more about it here. We also recently evaluated HP’s ePrint, a firmware-based solution that enables select HP printers to print e-mail attachments sent from any [...]
A Pictorial Review of HP iPrint Photo 3.0 Application for Apple IOS 4.2.1
OK, let’s cut to the chase here. To make things easier, let’s assume that you’ve already read our companion piece discussing the significance of HP’s iPrint Photo 3.0 app for devices running the Apple iOS 4.2.1 mobile operating system. The key upgrade to HP’s iPrint Photo 3.0 is the ability to print Adobe PDF and [...]
With HP’s ePrint and iPrint, who needs Apple’s AirPrint?
The quick answer is – anybody who does NOT own a network-ready HP printer, MFP or All-in-One that was purchased in the B2B or retail channel. Ho-hum . . . However, please stay with me here, since the numbers we are about to present are significant either way. Considering that HP has the leading market [...]
Deflated by AirPrint
I pre-ordered an Apple iPad and have been a happy camper ever since. I knew going in about the lack of printing and Flash support, but purchased one anyway. In fact, I never even thought about printing from the iPad until Apple started pumping us up about iOS 4.2 and AirPrint. Since then, I have [...]
Some Dealer-Channel Digital Imaging Vendors Are Finally Coming Around To B2B—Who Is And Who Isn’t?
When Wirth Consulting decided to perform a comprehensive Head2Head Comparison Report on entry-level monochrome network MFPs, we found that the category was more complicated than we initially thought. We define “entry level” as the lowest-priced monochrome MFP offered by each vendor, with network capability, as we believe networking capability is essential in any shared [...]
Are Ink Cartridges As Expensive As They’re Made Out To Be?
In some quarters, it’s become almost fashionable to complain about the “high” cost of color ink. The complaints invariably come from home-office and an SMB user/owner, the latter of which tend to be notoriously “frugal,” to put it kindly. After all, in these days of “free” [...]
Epson’s B-510DN Business Color Ink-Jet Printer Gives Color Lasers A Run For Their Money
Wirth Consulting has just completed a Hands-On Test Report on what we feel is a really important digital imaging device, the $599 Epson B-510DN Business Color Ink Jet Printer. It hasn’t gotten a lot of marketing support (when was the last time you saw an Epson commercial?), but it is a ground-breaking product. What’s that [...]
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A Pictorial Review of HP iPrint Photo 3.0 Application for Apple IOS 4.2.1
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iPad Wi-Fi Connection Problems–FIXED!
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Hewlett-Packard Universal Print Driver and the New Officejet Pro 8000 Enterprise Printer
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Canon Refreshes Color Ink-Jet Family With Five New Pixmas
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Happy 100th Anniversary Brother!
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Can HP Continue Marching to the Beat of its Own Drummers?
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Fry’s Electronics Adds In-Store Ink Cartridge Refilling
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Konica Minolta Adds NSi’s AutoStore for Automated Medical Document Capture and Routing
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New $199.99 Wireless Laser All-in-One from Samsung
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Video Series – Lexmark OfficeEdge Pro5500 Unpacking, Setup, Installation and Software Overview
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“A3 Copier Legacy Represents Waste”
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HP Earnings Down for 1st Quarter; CEO Whitman Hints at More Research & Development
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Terry Wirth: Your hunch is a good one. After hearing nothing bu…
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Ken: Could this be STEP ONE of Xerox spinning off the C…
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An Evening with HP @ New Work City (not a typo)
by Terry Wirth on December 7, 2011 in Hewlett-Packard, Ink-Jet, News, Opinions
Last night, Kathy and I attended a Hewlett-Packard event held at New Work City located at 412 Broadway, just off the intersection of Canal Street. In this refreshingly casual setting, HP announced a partnership with New Work City (NWC) that contractually provides Officejet e-All-in-One Products for use by NWC mobile clients. Thankfully, PowerPoint was MIA and only [...]