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Peter's Printers / Scanners Blog May 2005 Archive

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

A Toner Tale

Tuesday May 31, 2005
A reminder to all those who own laser printers: Printer toner can still be messy. I remember years ago, carefully changing the toner cartridge at work for the HP LaserJet ... Read More

So -- Which Is Better?

Thursday May 26, 2005
A Fort Wayne columnist tried to figure out which was the better and/or cheaper way to print his family snapshots: use a photo service, use his local photo store, or ... Read More

More Support For Multifunctions

Wednesday May 25, 2005
A report by Lyra Research announced that there's a shift away from single-function, general purpose inkjets towards either multifunction (all-in-one) devices or photo printers. Not surprising, but interesting -- people ... Read More

USA Today on All-in-Ones

Tuesday May 24, 2005
USA Today's Cyberspeak column today offers in insight on what to look for when you're buying a multifucntion -- aka all-in-one -- printer. It's a nice, quick rundown of all ... Read More

Your Photos On TV

Monday May 23, 2005
Most mobile photo printers show you your digital photos on a small LCD screen, making it difficult to see any details. Canon's Selphy DS700 photo printer connects to your TV, ... Read More

Printers For Free

Friday May 20, 2005
Okay, you've got a brand new printer and aren't sure what to do with the old one. After all, it still works -- but it's too old to sell, and ... Read More

Kodak Considers Printers

Tuesday May 17, 2005
It's been a while since a new printer company came to town, and while Eastman Kodak can't exactly be called a new company, it is new to the inkjet business. ... Read More

Set Up A Wireless Connection

Sunday May 15, 2005
Bluetooth is a wireless technology that can be used to connect your printer to your PC, without the inconvenience of wires and cords. This article gives you the facts on ... Read More

What They're Saying About: The Canon Pixma iP8500

Saturday May 14, 2005
Canon's latest photo printer, the Canon Pixma iP8500, offers eight -- count 'em, eight -- separate ink cartridges for photo printing that the reviewers went nuts about. I was personally ... Read More

Seriously Good Color

Friday May 13, 2005
If you're a serious amateur or semi-professional hotographer, Epson is targeting you. The printer manufacturer recently accounced that it has developed a new eight-ink color printing method that it calls ... Read More

When Your Networked Printer Won't...Print

Thursday May 12, 2005
In the latest "Accidental IT" column running in Small Business Pipeline, Scott Koegler explains what to do when your networked printer doesn't see to want to print anything. It includes, ... Read More

Scanner Reviews

Wednesday May 11, 2005
VARBusiness offers a short roundup of business desktop scanners. They don't pick a winner, but offer several separate scanners and details in what way each device can fill a different ... Read More

More Buying Second-Hand

Monday May 9, 2005
Remanufactured printer cartridges to account for 24% of the market by 2008 by ZDNet's Alex Moskalyuk -- According to Lyra Research, in the past five years the share of ... Read More

Apple Printing For Windows

Friday May 6, 2005
Apple has made another of its software products available for Windows users -- this one makes it easier to work with networked printers. According to MacWorld, the product, named Bonjour, ... Read More

New Oki Data Printers

Thursday May 5, 2005
Oki Data came out with its first color multifunction (i.e. all-in-one) LED devices yesterday, including its ES1624n MFP for small/home offices. LED devices are usually classed as a type of ... Read More

Color Lasers Get Cheaper

Tuesday May 3, 2005
Lexmark is apparently trying very hard to win over laser printer buyers. It has announced that it will drop the prices of its color lasers to match the pricing on ... Read More

Epson Goes To Court

Monday May 2, 2005
Yet another printer company is going to court in order to try to hold on to the substantial profits that result from cartridge sales. Seiko Epson is suing two companies ... Read More

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