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 […]
Review and How-To: Google’s New Cloud Print App for Mobile Printing from Android
by Kathleen Wirth on June 13, 2013 in How-To's, Mobile Printing, News, Reviews
Review: Brother’s ImageCenter ADS-2500W Scanner – Hands-On Test Report Available
by Terry Wirth on May 22, 2013 in Brother, Hands-On Test Report, News, Reviews, Scanners
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 […]
Report: Want to Control Printing Costs? PretonSaver Print-Management Solution to the Rescue
by Terry Wirth on May 21, 2013 in Hands-On Test Report, Managed Print & Document Services, Other Vendors, Reviews
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 […]
Submit a Test Unit or Solution and Maximize Exposure for Your Hardware or Software Product!
by Terry Wirth on May 6, 2013 in Miscellaneous, News
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 […]
Report: Officejet Pro X551dw Printer Hands-On Test Report
by Terry Wirth on April 29, 2013 in Hands-On Test Report, Hewlett-Packard, Ink-Jet
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 […]
Review: HP’s 70-ppm Officejet Pro X Printer Versus Memjet’s 60-ppm C6010: How Do They Stack Up?
by Kathleen Wirth on April 22, 2013 in Hewlett-Packard, Ink-Jet, Memjet, News, Reviews
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 […]
Videos and Photo Gallery – Brother’s Versatile ImageCenter ADS-2500W Scanner for the Office
by Terry Wirth on April 17, 2013 in Brother, News, Photo Gallery, Scanners, Videos
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 […]
Videos and Photo Gallery – HP’s Sturdy and Speedy Officejet Pro X551dw Printer
by Terry Wirth on April 1, 2013 in Hewlett-Packard, Ink-Jet, News, Photo Gallery, Videos
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 […]
Report and Video: Brother’s MFC-J4510DW Color Inkjet All-in-One with 11″x17″ Printing
by Kathleen Wirth on March 22, 2013 in Brother, Ink-Jet, News, Videos
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 […]
Hands-On with the World’s Fastest Desktop Color Printer, HP’s Officejet Pro X Series
by Kathleen Wirth on March 13, 2013 in Hewlett-Packard, Ink-Jet, Reviews
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 […]
HP Live Photo App Turns Videos into Photos, and then Back Again
by Kathleen Wirth on February 27, 2013 in Hewlett-Packard, News
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 […]
Photo Gallery – New from Brother – MFC-J4510DW Business Smart Inkjet All-in-One
by Terry Wirth on February 25, 2013 in Brother, Hands-On Test Report, News
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 […]
Review: Enterprise-Ready A4 Color Printers – Samsung CLP-775ND is Best in Class
by Terry Wirth on February 18, 2013 in Best in Class, Head2Head Comparison, News, Reviews, Samsung, WYSK Evaluation
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, […]
Guinness World Record Set as HP’s Officejet Pro X Series Named World’s Fastest Office Color Desktop Printer – and We Were There!
by Kathleen Wirth on February 11, 2013 in Hewlett-Packard, Ink-Jet, News
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 […]
Review and Hands-On Test Report: Lexmark MS812de B/W Workgroup Laser Printer
by Terry Wirth on January 7, 2013 in Hands-On Test Report, Lexmark, News, Reviews
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 […]
Review: Enterprise-Ready A4 B/W Laser/LED Printers – OKI B710DN is Best in Class
by Kathleen Wirth on November 1, 2012 in Best in Class, Head2Head Comparison, News, Okidata, Reviews, WYSK Evaluation
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 […]
HP Announces 70-ppm Officejet Pro X Series with New Page-Wide Inkjet Print Head
by Kathleen Wirth on October 30, 2012 in Hewlett-Packard, Ink-Jet, News
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 […]
Save Money: Compare Printers’ Cost Per Page, Not Just Purchase Price
by Kathleen Wirth on July 16, 2012 in Opinions
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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Review and Report: HP Officejet 6600/6700 Premium e-All-in-One with Photo Gallery
March 28, 2012
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Review and Report: HP Officejet Pro 8600 e-All-in-One Series
January 20, 2012
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Updated for MS Windows 7 – How To ‘Really’ Remove Unused Print Drivers From Your PC
March 20, 2012
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Just Another A4 Ink-Jet MFP? This One Prints on 13″x19″ and Scans up to 11″x17″
April 12, 2012
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Review: HP’s ePrint Print Driver for Windows
May 21, 2012
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A Pictorial Review of HP iPrint Photo 3.0 Application for Apple IOS 4.2.1
December 9, 2010
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A Look at Memjet’s First Office All-in-One, the EvoJet Office Pro 310
July 25, 2012
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iPad Wi-Fi Connection Problems–FIXED! (Updated)
April 19, 2010
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Review: HP Officejet Pro 8100 ePrinter
November 8, 2011
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Review: HP’s 70-ppm Officejet Pro X Printer Versus Memjet’s 60-ppm C6010: How Do They Stack Up?
April 22, 2013
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LaserAge One of Canada’s First to Resell Memjet 60-PPM C6010 Color Inkjet Printer
May 14, 2013
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Review: Hewlett-Packard Universal Print Driver and the New Officejet Pro 8000 Enterprise Printer
March 16, 2011
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Review: Hands-On with Epson’s WorkForce WF-7520 Wide-Format MFP
June 4, 2012
- Xerox CFO Leaving for Apple January 11, 2013
- Blackstone Drops Out of Bidding for Dell April 22, 2013
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Canon Refreshes Color Ink-Jet Family With Five New Pixmas
January 5, 2011
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Managed Print Services Market Growing at 11.7 Percent
March 16, 2012
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FujiFilm Australia Considering Consumer 3D Printer Market
June 1, 2012
- Sharp to Supply A3 MFP Copiers to Samsung June 19, 2013
- Xerox to Sell Western Europe Paper Business to Antalis June 19, 2013
- Epson Investing 16 Billion Yen in Print-Head Production for Ink and Industrial Printers June 19, 2013
- Epson Launches Web Site Portal for Real-Estate Industry June 19, 2013
- Dell: Can’t Endorse Icahn’s Latest Buyout Proposol June 19, 2013
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Samsung’s New Xpress C410W Series Provides New “Tap and Print” Smartphone Mobile Printing
June 18, 2013
- PrinterOn Unveils the Next Generation of its Mobile Printing Solution for Public Locations June 18, 2013
- HP’s Todd Bradley Leaving as Head of HP’s PC and Printer Division June 18, 2013
- Konica Minolta Launches New KM1024 Inkjet Print Head June 18, 2013
- Gartner: India’s Printer, Copier, MFP Shipments Down 8.9 Percent in First Quarter June 18, 2013
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Ricoh India’s SP 200 A4 Printers and MFPs Feature OEM-Authorized Toner-Cartridge Refilling
June 18, 2013
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Top Stories for the Week of June 10th, 2013
June 17, 2013
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Laser Technologies to Resell Memjet’s 60-ppm Full-Color C6010 Inkjet Printer
June 14, 2013
- Secrets Behind the Development of Epson’s Micro Piezo Technology (Part 1) June 14, 2013
- Contex and HP Launch Multifunctional Wide-Format Scanner Bundles June 14, 2013
- New Dell A4 Mono MFPs with Wireless Connectivity, Mobile Printing, Start at $199.99 June 13, 2013
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The Philippines is Asia’s Hottest Markets for Printers, Reports IDC
June 13, 2013
- Xerox’s Dahill Office Technology Expanding in Texas June 13, 2013
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