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Peter's Printers / Scanners Blog January 2005 Archive

By Peter Piazza, About.com Guide to Printers / Scanners

Top Five Under-$100 Printers

Thursday January 27, 2005
Need to buy a printer, but your bank book is looking a bit lean? I just put up a new listing of the Top Five Under-$100 Printers, together with roundups ... Read More

HP Divides The Printing World

Tuesday January 25, 2005
According to an araticle at vnunetwork, HP is 'region coding' new printers, making many imported cartridges incompatible with the devices. This is something akin to what is done with DVDs ... Read More

Lexmark Makes Good

Monday January 24, 2005
Lexmark seems to be doing pretty well for itself. Its net income rose about 12 percent in the fourth quarter of 2004, which is a nice increase, especially in ... Read More

New paper for old cartridges

Sunday January 23, 2005
A newspaper out of York, PA reports that, at a local Office Max, each person who turns in a used printer cartridge in a plastic bag receives a free ream ... Read More

It's the Little Things....

Friday January 21, 2005
Several years ago, my printer suddenly started stopped working -- all the lights were on, all the indications were good, but my computer insisted that it wasn't there. I reinstalled ... Read More

New Review Roundups

Tuesday January 18, 2005
There are a number of new printers and scanners coming out in the beginning of the new year. We've got three new Review Roundups that let you know how ... Read More

HP Combines Two Groups

Friday January 14, 2005
In business news -- HP has merged its Imaging and Printing Group and Personal Systems Group, forming the HP Imaging and Personal Systems Group. In other words, it has ... Read More

New Kyocera Mita Printers

Tuesday January 11, 2005
Kyocera Mita America announced the addition of two network-capable printers to the company's printer portfolio - the FS-820 and FS-920 monochrome ECOSYS printers. The two laser printers will cost ... Read More

Wireless Photo Printing

Friday January 7, 2005
The Computer Electronics Show (known as CES) is winding up in Las Vegas, and one of the products that has apparently wowed everyone is the EasyShare-One camera, a snazzy new ... Read More

No More Paper Trail

Friday January 7, 2005
Okay, if this one works it may be the best new tchotke this year -- if you're into keeping your finances organized. NeatReceipts is a compact scanner and software package ... Read More

New Mobile Photo Printer

Wednesday January 5, 2005
Canon's line of small portable photo printers now has a new baby: the PIXMA iP90. The $250 printer has options for a battery ($250) and a Bluetooth module ($80). Canon Unveils ... Read More

New Brother Printers

Tuesday January 4, 2005
Brother has started the new year with two new personal laser printers: the HL-2040 and HL-2070N, at prices of $150 and $230, respectively. These new desktop lasers offer speeds of ... Read More

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