Recycling Cartridges
Tuesday December 28, 2004
An article on E-Wire reminds us that printer cartridges can add over 40 million pounds of waste to U.S. landfills, and urges us to recycle our cartridges, and to use ... Read More
A Problem Solved?
Monday December 27, 2004
Several months ago, we received an email from Jay, a reader who began having problems with his HP 720 inkjet printer when he moved to Windows XP. Well, at least ... Read More
Print or Process?
Monday December 27, 2004
According to a recent article, many consumers are choosing not to print out their photos, but are taking them instead to a commercial photo processor. Reasons cited include convenience ... Read More
Thin Scans
Tuesday December 21, 2004
If you think your current scanner is small, wait until the one dreamed up by two University of Tokyo researchers becomes a reality. They've created a sheet-type image scanner that ... Read More
The Finest Photo Printers
Monday December 20, 2004
If you want really, really good photo prints, then you may want to try a dye sublimation printer. These compact, portable units use a different technology than inkjets or laser ... Read More
CardScan Reviewed
Monday December 20, 2004
The New York Times recently ran a review of the CardScan Executive from Corex Technologies, one of the best known business card scanners on the market. While none of ... Read More
CNET Looks At All-In-Ones
Wednesday December 15, 2004
CNET has gathered together reviews of six of the latest inkjet all-in-one devices and tied them together in a single chart to let readers choose one for the holidays. Of ... Read More
Canon Loses in Court
Monday December 13, 2004
In Japan, it is now legal to sell recycled Canon printer cartridges.
According to this article, a printer cartridge recycling company called Recycle Assist was sued by Canon last April, which ... Read More
Find Your Printer Driver
Friday December 10, 2004
Have trouble finding your printer driver? The driver is an important tool that helps you find and tweak the features in your printer (and your scanner). I've put up ... Read More
Ambir Photo Scanner
Thursday December 9, 2004
PC Magazine recently reviewed the Ambir Visigo Photo Scanner, a small portable scanner "about the size of a stapler" that can scan photos up to 4 by 9 inches. Reviewer ... Read More
Epson's Predictions For 2005
Wednesday December 8, 2004
We asked Dan Crane, Epson's Director of Marketing, to tell us what he thought was in store for Epson and for consumers in the coming year. Find out in his ... Read More
Paper Mate Makes Ink
Wednesday December 8, 2004
Yet another third party is entering the lucrative inkjet cartridge market -- and this one is a name nobody could quarrel with. Paper Mate, known mostly as the manufacturer ... Read More
PC Magazine's Readers Survey
Tuesday December 7, 2004
PC Magazine recently revealed how its readers feel about their home printers. According to the results of the survey, HP and Canon both dominated (although not by much) -- the ... Read More
Home Printing vs. Labs
Monday December 6, 2004
The Kentucky Courier-Journal has a piece looking at how people like to print their photos today -- either using their own photo printers, or a printing service, or a combination ... Read More
HP Tries To Stay Ahead
Monday December 6, 2004
Those interested in the printer business may want to read the latest article by Business Week Online. The piece, titled "Can HP Protect Its Printer Kingdom?", explains how Dell's "two-year-old ... Read More
Diving For Dirt
Thursday December 2, 2004
Today's NY Times has an interesting technology Q&A in which the reader asks "When I try to print, I receive a message that my color cartridge is installed incorrectly. I ... Read More
Guide to Document Scanners
Wednesday December 1, 2004
Transform Magazine has come out with a guide to document scanners -- scanners built to handle high-volume scanning. This end-of-the-year roundup covers scanners from under $2,000 to if-you-need-to-know-you-can't-afford-it. If ... Read More

