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Review and How-To: Google’s New Cloud Print App for Mobile Printing from Android

Google has released its Google Cloud Print app for mobile and remote printing from Android devices to any Google Cloud Print-connected printer. To download the free app, visit Google Play here. For more information on Google Cloud Print, visit Google here. It takes a matter of seconds to install the app. Once installed (a reboot is not […]

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Review: Brother’s ImageCenter ADS-2500W Scanner – Hands-On Test Report Available

We recently completed Hands-On testing of Brother’s ImageCenter ADS-2500W digital scanner ($799.99). Key feature include swipe-enabled touch screen; scan to network folders, cloud and social- networking services; single-pass scanning of two-sided originals; and wired and wireless networking. The ImageCenter ADS-2500W also includes a nice assortment of software, including: Brother ControlCenter4 Scanning Control Center, Nuance PDF Converter […]

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Report: Want to Control Printing Costs? PretonSaver Print-Management Solution to the Rescue

Need to control the cost of printing? Who doesn’t? We recently subjected the PretonSaver Print Management solution from Preton Ltd. to a Hands-On Test and found that it offers a wide variety of ways for virtually any company (with IT staff or not) to monitor, track, control, apply printing rules and save toner/ink when printing […]

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Submit a Test Unit or Solution and Maximize Exposure for Your Hardware or Software Product!

Looking for maximum media exposure for your office solution, printer, MFP or All-in-One? Send Wirth Consulting a review unit, and you’ll be guaranteed an in-depth review of your product, published free of charge. Our Web-site readership has been growing in leaps and bounds since our inception in 2008 – here’s your chance to reach businesses […]

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Report: Officejet Pro X551dw Printer Hands-On Test Report

This Web site has been abuzz with our Officejet Pro X Series reviews, photo gallery, and videos. The icing on the cake however is now the availability of the comprehensive Hands-On Test Report on the Officejet Pro X551dw Printer ($599). For this 22-page report, we put the Officejet Pro X 551dw through its paces using […]

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Review: HP’s 70-ppm Officejet Pro X Printer Versus Memjet’s 60-ppm C6010: How Do They Stack Up?

The biggest news in the business-inkjet market recently has been Hewlett-Packard’s introduction of its Officejet Pro X color inkjet All-in-Ones and printers with “PageArray” page-width print head  and rated print speed of up to 70 ppm. Wirth Consulting oversaw testing of the Officejet Pro X series so that the X series could be listed in the […]

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Videos and Photo Gallery – Brother’s Versatile ImageCenter ADS-2500W Scanner for the Office

We recently completed Hands-On testing of Brother’s ImageCenter ADS-2500W digital scanner ($799.99). Key feature include swipe-enabled touch screen; scan to network folders, cloud and social- networking services; single-pass scanning of two-sided originals; and wired and wireless networking. The ImageCenter ADS-2500W also includes a nice assortment of software. including: Brother ControlCenter4 Scanning Control Center; Nuance PDF Converter Professional […]

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Videos and Photo Gallery – HP’s Sturdy and Speedy Officejet Pro X551dw Printer

We recently completed Hands-On testing of Hewlett-Packard’s Officejet Pro X551dw ($599.99), a  member of HP”s X Series of color inkjet printers and MFPs. The X series utilizes HP’s PageArray technology with a page-wide print head that dollar-for-dollar provides unparalleled print speeds. In fact, in testing we determined that image quality was satisfactory for interoffice communications […]

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Report and Video: Brother’s MFC-J4510DW Color Inkjet All-in-One with 11″x17″ Printing

Wirth Consulting has just completed a Hands-On Test Report for Brother’s MFC-J4510DW Business Smart Inkjet All-in-One. What sets this this color inkjet apart from most color inkjet All-in-Ones is that users can print on media up to 11″x17″ via a manual feed slot  located on the back of the unit. It also features several business-class […]

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Hands-On with the World’s Fastest Desktop Color Printer, HP’s Officejet Pro X Series

We were first introduced to Hewlett-Packard’s 70-ppm Officejet Pro X Series back in April 2012, when we traveled to Vancouver, Washington, to help oversee testing of the color printer versus competitive color printers for inclusion in the Guinness World Records as the world’s fastest desktop color printer. (Wirth Consulting developed the testing methodology along with […]

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HP Live Photo App Turns Videos into Photos, and then Back Again

Hewlett-Packard has introduced an interesting new app, called Live Photo, that lets users create and print stills from video captured with their Apple iPhones to an AirPrint-enabled printer. While printing static images from video is available with Canon PIXMA color inkjet printers and All-in-Ones, the new HP app takes it an interesting new step further […]

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Photo Gallery – New from Brother – MFC-J4510DW Business Smart Inkjet All-in-One

We recently completed Hands-On Testing of one of Brother’s latest generation of color inkjet All-in-Ones, the MFC-J4510DW Business Smart Inkjet All-in-One ($199.99). It’s an attractive unit with a compact design, and the unit folds up into a sleek and attractive form. Notably, it has the ability to print onto 11″x17″ (U.S. ledger-size) media one sheet-at-a-time […]

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Review: Enterprise-Ready A4 Color Printers – Samsung CLP-775ND is Best in Class

In this Head2Head comparison, we investigated Enterprise-Ready A4 Color Printers. While these devices can cost as much to purchase and operate as several aqueous inkjet printers combined, and their Cost per Page and energy consumption can be higher than business-class inkjets, only the solid-ink Xerox ColorQube 8570/DN offers feature sets that will satisfy the deployment, […]

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Guinness World Record Set as HP’s Officejet Pro X Series Named World’s Fastest Office Color Desktop Printer – and We Were There!

American technology company Hewlett-Packard announced today that it has set an official Guinness World Record “for the fastest time to print 500 sheets by an office color desktop printer.” HP used its HP Officejet Pro X551dw Printer and Officejet Pro X576dw All-in-One with HP PageWide Technology to set the record in Vancouver, Washington, USA.  The […]

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Review and Hands-On Test Report: Lexmark MS812de B/W Workgroup Laser Printer

We recently completed hands-on testing of Lexmark’s impressive new monochrome laser printer for workgroups, the MS812de ($1,949.00). During testing, we evaluated all aspects of performance, from installation and set-up, to image quality, productivity, and ease of use. A downloadable and printable version of the Lexmark MS812de Hands-On Test Report is available here. Following is our […]

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Review: Enterprise-Ready A4 B/W Laser/LED Printers – OKI B710DN is Best in Class

In this Head2Head comparison, we investigated a group of the most mission-critical digital imaging devices: Enterprise-ready A4 B/W Laser/LED printers. Our  requirements for this class include networking, PCL or PostScript print drivers, 250-sheet expandable media supply, network security and compatibility with a fleet network-management solution. Armed with these requirements, we found 12 devices ranging in […]

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HP Announces 70-ppm Officejet Pro X Series with New Page-Wide Inkjet Print Head

On October 30th, Hewlett-Packard announced the HP Officejet Pro X Series, which uses a page-width print head to achieve print speeds of up to 70 ppm. The new Officejet Pro X series, which will be available in the spring of 2013, uses HP PageWide Technology. With PageWide Technologies, the All-in-Ones incorporate a page-wide stationary print […]

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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 […]

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