We recently came upon some comments from another firm that is reviewing an important new printer. These comments suggest that stopwatches and magnifying glasses aren’t necessary to review a printer or MFP because users don’t use stopwatches or magnifying glasses. Of course that’s true, not many people clock their printer or scrutinize the various components […]
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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 […]
Refilling Ink Cartridges – The Good and the Bad Revisited
Wired’s Michael S. Lasky reviews refillable ink cartridges, both the good and bad. The good is lower ink costs, the bad is a messy refilling process and sub-par, muted color image quality. Our own experience testing refilled ink cartridges has been similar – the refill process is messy and image quality isn’t as good. Plus, […]
Are Ink Prices On the Rise? – Updated
PC World takes a look at the rising cost of ink-cartridges for use with your ink-jet printer or All-in-One. Overall, Canon’s prices, while average for the most part, seem to be the most stable. Read the story here. Our Take Before you go all apoplectic over the common misconception that the cost of ink is […]
Death of Printing “Greatly Exaggerated?”
The Guardian’s Mark Piesing takes a hard look at the conventional wisdom that says printing will decline. Piesing, for instance, interviews International Data Corporation’s Angèle Boyd, who notes that while U.S. healthcare providers have been moving to electronic documents and imaging, the industry is showing one of the highest increases in printing. Read The Guardian’s “The Death of […]
If Apple iOS 5 is Such a Big Improvement for iPad, Why Will My Next Tablet Have Android?
(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 […]
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 Reporton 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 office environment. […]
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” music, movies, newspaper and Web content, how can these […]
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 […]
A Closer Look At Remanufactured Ink Cartridges—A Bargain Or Not?
Call it what you will—remanufacturing or refilling—the practice of third-parties refilling and reselling ink and toner cartridges has always roused the ire of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)–as well as their legal staffs–and for good reason, of course, as these supplies represent important recurring revenue streams for OEMs. In February 2010, computer-maker Dell decided to get […]
Does HP’s Smart Install Live Up to its Name?
On Monday, April 26th, we received a surprise from UPS—the delivery of an early production version of the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet Pro M1212nf MFP. In case you’ve been living in a cave with no Wi-Fi Internet access, this little gem retails for $199.99 and was just introduced earlier this month. It’s HP’s latest and least expensive […]
A Look Beyond A3 And The Dealer Channel
It’s a given that in this economy, hardly any customers will be purchasing products that they don’t really need. Purchasing something just because it’s fashionable and/or may be needed in the future just doesn’t cut it any more. It’s also a given that customers are seeking more efficient and less costly ways to purchase office-imaging […]
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Review and Report: HP Officejet 6600/6700 Premium e-All-in-One with Photo Gallery
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Review and Report: HP Officejet Pro 8600 e-All-in-One Series
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Updated for MS Windows 7 – How To ‘Really’ Remove Unused Print Drivers From Your PC
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Just Another A4 Ink-Jet MFP? This One Prints on 13″x19″ and Scans up to 11″x17″
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Review: HP’s ePrint Print Driver for Windows
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A Pictorial Review of HP iPrint Photo 3.0 Application for Apple IOS 4.2.1
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A Look at Memjet’s First Office All-in-One, the EvoJet Office Pro 310
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iPad Wi-Fi Connection Problems–FIXED! (Updated)
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Review: HP Officejet Pro 8100 ePrinter
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Review: HP’s 70-ppm Officejet Pro X Printer Versus Memjet’s 60-ppm C6010: How Do They Stack Up?
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LaserAge One of Canada’s First to Resell Memjet 60-PPM C6010 Color Inkjet Printer
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Review: Hewlett-Packard Universal Print Driver and the New Officejet Pro 8000 Enterprise Printer
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Review: Hands-On with Epson’s WorkForce WF-7520 Wide-Format MFP
- Xerox CFO Leaving for Apple
- Blackstone Drops Out of Bidding for Dell
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Canon Refreshes Color Ink-Jet Family With Five New Pixmas
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Managed Print Services Market Growing at 11.7 Percent
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FujiFilm Australia Considering Consumer 3D Printer Market
- New Pull and SecurePrinting Hardware and Software from LRS, Extends Support to Lexmark and Xerox Printers
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Penovia LLC Sues Host of Printer/MFP Companies for ’221 Printer-Monitoring Patent
- HP Refreshes Envy Inkjet All-in-One Family for SOHO with Envy 4500 and Envy 5530
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Ricoh and Xerox File Petition to Make ’426 Scan-to-eMail-and-Network Patent Invalid
- HP Earnings Down for Second Quarter, Printer Revenue Flat
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Samsung Hits “Sweet Spot” with New Family of 42 PPM A4 Mono MFPs and Printers
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Review: Brother’s ImageCenter ADS-2500W Scanner – Hands-On Test Report Available
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Accellion Introduces Secure iOS and Android Mobile Printing for Ricoh HotSpot Enterprise Customers
- Ricoh’s New Dealer Gateway Eliminates Manually Entering Product Information
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Review: New Brother MFC-9000 Desktop Color MFPs Under $450 with Touch Screens, Wireless Connectivity, and More
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Xerox Raids Result in Seizure of 55,000 Boxes of Counterfeit Consumables
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Report: Want to Control Printing Costs? PretonSaver Print-Management Solution to the Rescue
- Ricoh’s New A3 MP 2501SP Provides Mobile Connectivity and Optional Workflow Solutions
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Review: HP’s Officejet Pro X567dw Versus the Memjet-Powered EvoJet Office Pro 310
- Former HP VP Laura Blackmer Joins Sharp as Senior VP of Sales
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Xerox’s Burns Discusses Company’s Progress in Services Business
- OpenText RightFax and Fax Appliance Now Available for Konica Minolta bizhub MFPs
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Patent Company Strikes at Connecticut Company, Demands $75,000 for Using Scan to e-Mail
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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 […]