Brother Using 3D Augmented Reality To Sell Printers In 2012 Printer manufacturer Brother is getting creative in the retail space with an upcoming iPhone application that lets consumers interact with in-store materials via Augmented Reality.
Epson Takes On HP: Inkjet Is The New Laser Printer For Business Epson is pushing to take a slice of HP’s pie in the small business printing market with a new range of inkjet printers that shoot out pages faster and at half the cost of comparable laser printers.
Laser Printer Sales Crash In OZ & NZ Laser printer shipments in Australia and New Zealand took a tumble in Q2 due to "challenging economic conditions", according to an IDC survey. It says the overall A/NZ printer market recorded a 10 percent year-on-year and 5 percent sequential growth in Q2.
Apotheker Ousting: HP 'Flailing', As Future Hangs In Balance HP has crash landed and is a risk to anyone who does business with it, analysts have warned.
This warning comes as rumours circulate about the future of HP boss Leo Apotkeker, who may be about to be replaced by ex eBay chief Meg Whitman.
Fujifilm Bringing Reinvented Photo Kiosks To Retailers Next Month While companies like HP have typical PC-style photo kiosks set up at their PMA stalls, Fujifilm has redefined the devices with the help of Microsoft for pushing printing sales which “in general is pretty flat.”
Epson Pro Printer For The Serious Photographer Epson is bringing its upgraded printer for professional photographers to Australia this June that can handle more connectivity and more media than before.
Epson's WI-Fi & Ink Cartridge Printer Answers Calls For Convenience A new A3+, 8 colour photo printer from Epson, the Stylus Photo R2000, has been launched by Epson, delivering high quality photographic prints using Epson's UltraChrome Hi-Gloss2 pigment ink, and giving the advantage of 50 percent more capacity than previous models in its class.
HP Send Printers To Cloud Google Its a first: HP ePrinters can now directly print from Google Cloud...without the need for a PC.
IDC Puts HP On Top Of Advancing Laser Printer Market The Oz laser hardware market grew 33 percent last year, with HP emerging as a market leader, and Brother losing its topspot after three consecutive quarters, according to new results from IDC.
Laser Printers Make A Comeback In 2010 The market for single-function laser printers has made a strong recovery since this time last year, says IT researcher, IDC.
Lexmark Wireless Printer Scans In A Flash Lexmark Australia has unveiled a new all-in-one inkjet printer that can scan photos in less than five seconds. Called Genesis, this printer sports a unique upright design and uses a 10-megapixel sensor instead of a conventional scanning bar for faster image or document digitalisation.
HP Printer With Detachable 7-Inch Tablet HP has unveiled a new printer that comes with a detachable 7-inch tablet. This will allow users to print wirelessly, read eBooks, browse the web and get instant access to Yahoo services.
Home Users To Benefit From Redesigned HP Printer HP has released a family of new web-connected, ePrint-enabled Photosmart printers that offer consumers a combination of cutting-edge design, personalised apps and the ability to print from anywhere, at anytime.
Touch Interface Now On Canon Printers Canon has added two new printers to its PIXMA all-in-one range however the company has refused to let SmartHouse staff ask any questions. They are also refusing to give journalists a retail price because of "retail pricing sensitivity".
All HP Printers To Get An Email Address For Internet Printing Hewlett-Packard who has struggled to grow their printer business despite being the world's largest manufacturer is set to introduce technology that allows users to print from any location online to a home printer.
Compact One-Touch Laser Printer From Samsung Samsung has cranked up their printer range with a new monochrome laser printer, the ML-1660. Described as having the smallest possible footprint it is designed for both home and office use.
Brother Wins Top Award Brother has announced that it has won the GfK No.1 Brand Award for Single Function Printers for 2009.
Canon Rolls Out Wireless Printers In addition to its new DSLR and compact camera range, Canon Australia has unveiled three new wireless multifunction printers as well as a single function printer for document and photo printing.
All-In-One Fuji Printer Cuts Costs Fuji Xerox unveiled two new monochrome multifunction printers that claim to cut IT costs and carbon footprint.
Develop Printer Secures Your Data Imagetec has launched two colour multifunction printers from Develop that can print via Bluetooth and comes with security features to prevent unauthorised document tampering.
Canon Wireless Printing App For iPhone Canon is set to launch a photo printing application that will enable wireless photo printing from an iPhone or iPod touch to a compatible Canon Pixma printer.
Get Cash Back With Samsung Printers Samsung Australia is giving users up to $120 cashback for every printer or multifunction printer purchase.
Exposed: The Great HP Ink Rort Hewlett Packard the world’s largest maker of printer and printer inks is charging Australian consumers more than double, what US consumers pay for a Hewlett Packard (HP) 02 Ink Cartridge Value 6 Pack.
Create Photos At Home With HP HP today unveiled the industry’s first complete consumer line-up of touch-enabled HP Photosmart All-in-One printers, featuring the TouchSmart user interface – also known as the ‘HP Magic Frame’.
New Lexmark Printers With Touchscreen Lexmark has launched eight multi-function printers (MFPs) which include web-connected printers that come with a capacitive touch-screen.
New Epson Scanner Restores Photos Epson claims that its new V600 scanner can restore positive and negative film, photos, and documents.
Consumer Printing Habits Exposed A survey has revealed that a lot of consumers have a guilty conscience about their carbon footprint when using their home and office equipment.
HP Cops Tracking Millions Of Litres Of Fake Ink Ink cartridges are big business at the likes of Harvey Norman, Officeworks and JB Hi Fi because they deliver significantly higher margins, often up to 60% which is significantly more than a plasma or LCD TV. The category also brings customers back to a store time and time again for a refill.
Choice Slags Off Printer Manufacturers Leading consumer advocate organisation Choice has slagged off printer manufacturers and has accused them of selling inks at exorbitant prices.
Lexmark Printer Produces Less Waste Lexmark has launched a new line of colour laser multifunction printers (MFPs) that claim to be environmentally-friendly with its reduced power consumption and two-sided printing option.
Canon Green Printers Aimed At Home Office Canon’s latest offering in the home printer market has taken a green bent with the use Auto-Duplex ADF, which allows double-sided printing, thus halving paper consumption.
Quick Digital Archiving With Epson Scanner Epson has launched two high speed sheet-fed scanners that can capture database information and whole documents for immediate use or for archiving purposes.
Preserve Old Pics With Bearpaw Scanner If you’ve still got old slides and negatives gathering dust and want to restore them, Mustek has the answer an A4 scanner designed to preserve your old memories.
Cheap Running Costs For Kyocera Printers While Kyocera sees itself as environmentally friendly, its claims its new range of colour printers will open the eyes of its competitors due to its low running costs.
Canon Targets Small Business Canon imageCLASS range of multifunction laser printers has been updated with four new models hitting the shelves that are able to print and copy black-and-white A4 documents at speeds of 22 ppm/cpm.
Lexmark Roll Out Energy Efficient Printers The Lexmark X4975, X6675 and X7675 will be the newest members of Lexmark’s Professional Series of inkjet AIOs, designed for those who work from home or run small businesses.
Small And Quiet Printer From Samsung Samsung has unveiled a multifunction printer which, the company claims, is the world’s smallest and quietest laser printer.
