Archive for Printers

Epson offers up networked all-in-one printer

Posted in Printers by Nino Marchetti on February 5th, 2008

Epson Stylus CX9475FaxEpson is set to offer a new all-in-one printer with wired and wireless network connectivity which will reportedly offer an ability to make it easier to install on a network. The Epson Stylus CX9475Fax will price at around $180.

The Epson Stylus CX9475Fax lets Windows users “connect to a wireless network through a streamlined, automated configuration” by integrating the printer and printer server installation applications. Once up on a network it offers up printing, copying, scanning, and black-and-white or color faxing, as well as the ability to print photos with or without a computer, using the 2.5-inch tilt LCD.

Xerox offering low(er) cost color laser printer

Posted in Printers by Nino Marchetti on February 4th, 2008

Xerox Phaser 6125Xerox said today it is bringing to market its lowest price color laser printer to date. It is called the Xerox Phaser 6125 and pricing is set at around $350.

The Xerox Phaser 6125 is designed to print up to 12 color pages or 16 black and white pages per minute. It comes with pre-installed toner cartridges and makes available to the end user features like networking and upwards of 1GB of memory installed.

Canon debuts new under $50 inkjet printer

Posted in Canon, Printers by Nino Marchetti on January 24th, 2008

Canon PIXMA iP2600 Photo PrinterAnother new digital imaging related offering from Canon this week is a new inkjet photo printer which can print photos at up to 4800×1200. It is the Canon PIXMA iP2600 Photo Printer and price is set at around $50.

The Canon PIXMA iP2600 Photo Printer, besides offering print head technology which can do the 4800×1200 resolution, can print borderless 4- x 6-inch photos in 55 seconds. It can also print documents, presentations and Web pages at speeds up to 22 pages/minute (ppm) for monochrome, and up to 17 ppm for color.

CES 2008

Printstik: Print emails & images on the go

Posted in CES 2008, Printers, Smart Devices by Conner Flynn on January 11th, 2008

Print emails & images from your Smartphone
Planon has developed a printer on the go called the PRINTSTIK PS910 that will print any document without having to be connected to a computer.

Using Bluetooth technology you can print from your laptop, BlackBerry, or any device that has Bluetooth capability. It prints up to three pages per minute and supposedly requires very little maintenance. For $299.00 it includes a cartridge of 20 pages plus battery. It takes printing to a whole new level.

CES 2008

New Polaroid printer works directly with mobiles

Posted in CES 2008, Digital Imaging, Polaroid, Printers by Nino Marchetti on January 10th, 2008

Polaroid Digital Instant Mobile Photo PrinterPolaroid launched at CES a new way to print instant photos from Bluetooth and USB-enabled mobile phones and digital cameras. It makes use of a technology by Zink to accomplish its mobile printing goals.

The Polaroid Digital Instant Mobile Photo Printer, powered by Zink Zero Ink Printing Technology, lets consumers create full-color digital photos without ink cartridges or ribbons. It makes use of special paper inside the printer which “is an advanced composite material with embedded yellow, magenta and cyan dye crystals, activated with 200 million heat pulses, in 30 seconds, in a single pass.”

CES 2008

Brother’s $100 high-speed label printer

Posted in Brother, CES 2008, Printers by Darrin Olson on January 3rd, 2008

Brother QL-570 label printerBrother has a new label-printing product hitting CES this year that packs some impressive features into a small package. This Brother QL-570, designed with the small business in mind, connects to your PC or Mac via USB and has included software to make label printing relatively easy and actually pretty fast.

The software has a few print modes ranging from basically taking a screen shot to highlighting and printing or actually creating high quality labels. It supports up to 300 x 600 dpi resolution and can print out logos or graphics making professional looking labels for your letters, products or anything else you might get label-happy with. The only nice feature about this label printer aside from it’s reasonable $100 price tag is the speed. It can push out simple text-only labels faster than 1 per second at a rate of 68 per minute.

Epson launches PictureMate PM270

Posted in Epson, Printers by Conner Flynn on December 28th, 2007

Epson launches PictureMate PM270

The Epson PictureMate PM270 4R portable photo printer is a nice compact photo printer. It comes complete with a carry handle and folds into a box when not in use. The quality is supposed to be very nice. It’s integrated with Epson Claria PhotoEnhance, as well as an ‘automatic scene correction function’ that optimizes skin tones, and color casts and exposure levels to produce photos as close to perfection as it’s possible to get.

You can also print without being directly connected to a PC. The LCD screen is a tiltable 3.6″. It even has a Bluetooth toggle to print photos from your cell or any other Bluetooth enabled device. The PictureMate uses a single ink cartridge which will be a blessing to many people. All in all it looks like a pretty convenient photo printer.

Presto Printer: easy printing for the elderly

Posted in Printers by Conner Flynn on December 26th, 2007

The Presto Printer

The Presto printer can receive emails and photos without having to be hooked to a computer. Think about it. That makes it a breeze for the elderly to get into the action. Those who are not comfortable with the computer won’t have to go near it. (Everybody knows that computers, like robots, steal old peoples medicine.) The printer comes with a $10 per month service, even though the service doesn’t seem to cover the internet connection.

It’s sort of like an Email to fax setup. After setting it up you can even SPAM-filter incoming messages. All you need is a regular phone line. It sells for about $150. All in all that’s not alot to pay to keep the elderly or computer-shy informed and be able to send them photos and emails. Grandma will be happy because she gets neat pictures through the magic box and Grandpa’s ears will be happy because she’s occupied and won’t nag him about watching TV all day. Everybody wins.

New Brother printers include wireless option

Posted in Brother, Printers by Nino Marchetti on December 18th, 2007

Brother HL-2170WBrother is wrapping up 2007 by bringing us word of two new laser printers - one of which is designed for wireless printing. The new HL-2170W and HL-2140 are priced at around $150 and $120 respectively.

The HL-2170W is the printer which is compatible with print broadcasts from 802.11 enabled computers on a network. It also has Ethernet capability. It hosts 32MB of memory, can print up to 23 pages per minute and holds an enclosed lower paper tray which holds up to 250 sheets of paper.

Samsung pops out new monochrome laser printer

Posted in Printers, Samsung by Nino Marchetti on December 13th, 2007

Samsung ML-2851NDSamsung recently unveiled a new monochrome laser printer for the SOHO market. The new Samsung ML-2851ND is priced at around $330.

The Samsung ML-2851ND has the ability to print 30 monochrome pages per minute. Estimated first page out speed, according to Samsung, is 8.5 seconds. Memory on this printer can be expanded to 160MB for larger printing jobs. DPI output is noted to be 1200 x 1200.

Printer geeks unite: the Brother DCP-9040CN

Posted in Brother, Printers by Nino Marchetti on November 27th, 2007

Brother DCP-9040CNWe know - it’s a printer. How boring…yeah, yeah. We do try to cover them once in a while though for those people who actually like to know how many pages per minute print. That being said, check out the new Brother DCP-9040CN, priced at around $600.

The Brother DCP-9040CN spits out up to 21 pages per minute in both color and monochrome. It’s classified by Brother as a digital laser copier/printer. It is network ready via an Ethernet port and also offers USB 2.0 connectivity. This printer can also scan in color up to 19200 x 19200 dpi interpolated and copy up to 17 pages per minute in both color and black and white.

Painting your CDs just got a lot cheaper

Posted in Printers by Chetz on November 15th, 2007

dymo discpainter makes disc artworkSure you could design and print off your own labels for any burned DVDs or CDs that you make but why bother when you have a Sharpie pen within easy grasp? For those of you that aren’t as filled with sloth as ourselves and are also on a budget Dymo’s DiscPainter offers an affordable alternative to those expensive CD printers out there. For a cost of $279 you get a printing station that can produce high quality disc artwork and it only takes one minute of wait time to do so. The software that comes with the printer is compatible with all of the other major art programs like Quark, Photoshop and Illustrator so you don’t need to worry about compatibility issues. Amazingly it only weighs a little over two-and-a-half pounds and is about as compact as today’s average printers. The Dymo DiscPainter hasn’t arrived on the market yet but should be here soon so start brushing up on your Photoshop skillz.

Casio USB label mouse prints

Posted in Casio, Mouse, Printers by Conner Flynn on November 2nd, 2007

Casio USB label mouse.In a way, the Casio USB label mouse from Brando looks like an updated fortune cookie. It’s a pretty innovative doubling up of 2 products. Just print labels directly from your mouse.

This is probably for those people that need to label everything with their name on it. There is a drawback however. The thermal roll paper isn’t cheap. It retails for $14 for a pack of 3. Ouch! The mouse itself costs $29. But you really can’t put a price on cool. It might save your desktop from Post-It overload.

New Brother inkjets sport widescreen display

Posted in Brother, Printers by Nino Marchetti on October 4th, 2007

Brother MFC-885CW all in one printer with widescreen displayWhile there never really is anything sexy to say about all-in-one printers Brother has unveiled a few new models which at least have our heads turning. The most interesting of these is the MFC-885CW, priced at around $250.

The Brother MFC-885CW is one of the first inkjet printers to sport a widescreen color LCD, measuring 4.2-inches. This larger screen display, says Brother, helps users better preview digital photos off of a supported media card as well as previewing incoming faxes before printing. This model is also quite network ready, offering both Ethernet and wireless 802.11 connectivity offerings.

Canon photo printer gets all creative on us

Posted in Canon, Printers by Nino Marchetti on September 26th, 2007

Canon SELPHY ES2 Compact Photo PrinterCanon today introduced a new compact photo printer it says is easy to operate and offers new creative print functions. The Canon SELPHY ES2 Compact Photo Printer is priced at around $200.

The SELPHY ES2 Compact Photo Printer sports a three-inch LCD screen which can be tilted upward for easy viewing. It has what is called an “Easy Photo Pack” system, meaning paper and ink are loaded at the same time. Users can create photos without a computer, choosing from a variety of creative options like 16 different templates to frame postcard-sized photos and new clip art options to add illustrations.


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