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HP Says Green Is The Primary Color Of Its Printers

2008-05-30

The printer industry is known more for fast machines and stacks of papers than being green — but market-leader Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) wants to change that.

HP is going to unveil a set of products and services that aims to show how a dominant force in the industry is focused on the environment. The efforts stretch from consumers to large corporations and include a big focus on energy efficiency and recycled materials.

"It's very important for us to put a strong foot forward around the imaging and printing space," said Tom Codd, marketing manager for the global enterprise business for HP's imaging and printing group. "It's a huge announcement for us."

Going Green To Make Green

HP officials say it's not just helping the environment — but should help sales of printers as well. Today, customers large and small are looking for green, efficient technology products.

 
"I think it's much more important than a few years ago," Codd said.

 
Peter Grant, managing vice president for printer markets at research firm Gartner, says HP could do a better job of telling potential customers about technologies that can save on power use or reduce waste.

 
"I think they're a leader," Grant said. "It's a nice story if people want to buy green."

HP's printer business remains a profit center for the tech giant. In the quarter ended April 30, the company drew more than 40% of its operating profit from the printer unit.

HP has roughly half the market share for inkjet and laser printers around the world, Gartner says.

HP's past green efforts include an aggressive recycling program for its ink cartridges and power-saving technologies. Today's announcement extends those efforts with broad-based initiatives.

HP's "Eco Printing Assessment" service will help companies manage their paper and printer usage with the environment in mind. That could include reducing power usage and paper waste. HP says it could reduce up to 30% of customers' carbon footprint.

As part of that effort, HP is unveiling a carbon footprint calculator that lets customers compare power usage from new printers vs. old printers, among other things.

There's also a new label for customers to easily learn how green a printer product is. These "Eco Highlights" labels might identify whether it has an "EnergyStar" rating, a federal program, or whether it's designed to be recycled.

"I think the education is the most important thing," said John Davies, an analyst with AMR Research. "I think we're going to see just this huge growth in clean innovation."

The label program will later be rolled out to the rest of HP's product lines.

HP has slashed the power consumption of printers by 30% in the past three years, but wants to boost that to 40% by 2011.

As part of the goal, the company is launching "auto-on/auto-off" technology that can improve energy efficiency by more than 20% by allowing printers to go into a deep-sleep mode when they're not being used. He points out printers left on overnight and through weekends continue to burn power.

The on-off tech will launch in 2009 with lower-end printers — and then later be added to more expensive models.

"It will be . . . using 1 watt of power or even a little less," Codd said.

HP also is unveiling a Deskjet printer that's made almost entirely from recycled plastic materials — 83%. The packaging is 100% recycled.

Then there's the paper itself. HP already uses 100% of its everyday, 8.5-by-11-inch paper from forests that are certified to be sustainable. HP plans to have all its photo paper come from sustainable forests by next year, up from 80% now.

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Printers: With Advanced Technologies

2008-05-20

Presently, printers have become an essential part of computers. From postage to snaps, books to blog notes, presentations to official documents, there are various pages of offline and online content that you may desire to print. While the user may think that printers are just a machine and all printers are same, there is a huge range and styles of inkjet printers, with each of them having different capabilities.

In the 1980s, the first printing machine having the inkjet technology in it came into the existence to replace the popular dot matrix printers. These new printers were using droplets of ink onto printer paper to fabricate text and images. In fact, the drops of ink are tinier than the thickness of a strand of hair, so do not expect to actually see each droplet on your printouts. These printing machines are not like the older dot matrix, which were producing generously proportioned drops of ink.

There are numerous major printer technologies available these days, however, the two largest categories are impact and non-impact printers. As you possibly presumed, the printers, which are using impact technologies, work by actually touching the paper to fabricate text and images on it. For example, the dot matrix printers fall under this category. Whereas, non-impact printers do not actually touch the paper, they generally use the blower or bubble technology to take a print out. Both inkjet and laser printers fall under this group.

So what makes an inkjet printer to perform brilliantly? There are a number of key mechanisms found in all such printers that make them tick. The most essential and delicate part of any printer is its print head. It encloses the ink-emanating nozzles. The ink cartridges embrace the actual ink that is noshed into the head. The stepper motor gives power to the print head, thrusting it back and forth cross ways on the paper. A stabilizer bar makes sure that the actions of the print head are controlled and accurate.

Paper is noshed into the printer via a paper feeder. The paper is carted inside the printer by a number of rollers. Obviously, none of these components would function without using the electric power. The computer interacts with the printer through interface ports, most commonly, the USB port.

These printers are categorized based on their costs and purposeful features. Consumers normally prefer a printer that tenders various features at the least possible cost. The terms related to warranty are also the main factor in shaping the trustworthiness of any printer. These issues should be considered for selecting the best among all printers available in the market.

In the market, there are different models available under the non-impact printer category, which are sourced from various manufacturers. Further alternatives are also obtainable to the customers such as buying used printers or purchasing them at wholesale prices. All this makes it awfully complicated to select the most cost effective printer.

To choose the most excellent option, one should perform a relative study and analysis of available alternative of printers. This includes evaluation of costs, consumer feedbacks, manufacturer's profile, warranty period, and after sales service etc. This can be completed with the assistance of product comparison websites available on the Internet. Aspiring buyers can also read customer feedbacks and reviews to make them certain about the advantages and disadvantages of different printer models.

The finest inkjet printers should have the standard line screens not less than the number of 85 (dpi/inch) for printing images on the papers and disk. This value is the same as used in newspaper printing. These printing machines are habitually priced at reasonable rates, have a sleek desktop trail, and print at fast speeds. There are numerous companies in the field of manufacturing printers like HP Printer , Canon Printer , Samsung, Sharp, Epson Printer and etc. However, the Epson printer are famous worldwide for their durability and cost effectiveness.

Regular enhancements in technology have amplified the rate of growth of new products and features. More advanced printers are coming with each passing year. So, the buyers should go for an inkjet printer that is designed to integrate new features brought about by technical development.

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Digital Or Litho Printing, Which Way to GO ?

2008-05-14

There are 2 key advantages that digital printing has over its more established litho counterpart namely personalization and Speed of turnaround. I have detailed more detail on each below.

Personalization

Utilizing the right software, a digital press will allow you to produce a mass market flyer come product brochure which you can personalize to each of your individual target audience. This is all driven by the data that you have on your customers/prospects.

Speed of turnaround

Due to the way that digital presses work, they can produce the printed sheet immediately instead of having to go through several processes prior to being able to print as you would with a litho production. This means that for short run lengths it is possible to produce jobs same-day/overnight.

The benefit of Litho

If your project has a print quantity in excess of 2,000 copies then it is more than likely that Litho printing would be more cost effective. It is also still the most accurate process for colour reproduction. The Litho process is also much faster in terms of turnaround if your quantities run into tens of thousands.

A brief summary

A good starting point for helping you to decide which process is the most suitable for your current print project would be the total number of copies required. If your requirement is less than 2,000 copies then there is a far greater chance that your project would be more cost effectively produced using a digital press rather than a litho press. However the pagination and also the quality of the reproduction will also play an important part in the decision making process.
Seeking advice from a printer support professional will help you achieve your desired goals with the minimum of stress and heartache.

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HP Color LaserJet 2605: Printing tips

2008-05-05

hi friends yesterday my girl friend was trying to get some print out on the plastic pape for her fashion work and stuck in between due to the paper jam and after few hours she got agitated a lot regarding that..

 

and then what next ??????

i had to get along with my laptop and started to bang my head with  it.. Just kiding :) google search to get the tips to short out his problems and support her as a printer support technician for her finally managed to make her.. happy with the final print so am shareing this with you all

 

1) Printing materials

You can print on normal printing paper or use special thicker color laser paper.

Depending on paper you are using, you can choose nearest paper option for your print.

Select File / Print >> Properties >> Paper/Quality >> "Type is:" menu.

For color laser paper you can use option "Color".

If you print on transparencies (plastic sheets) use only correct Color LaserJet

transparencies. Wrong transparencies may jam and spoil the printer.

 

2) Assure output layout before you print:

Before making final color print make test print with black and white printer. Please note,

that layout settings may change a little bit when you switch between different printers.

If you print pictures, it is best to insert them in Word or Powerpoint document to have

correct output size. You can also save (print) your document into pdf file with Pdf-Xchange

program to maintain layout settigs intact.

3) Use also print preview to check correct output layout:

Select Color Laserjet printer in File / Print printer selection menu and click close,

Now you can use File / Print preview command for Color Laserjet printer.

4) Printing on transparencies

As mention above, use only correct Color LaserJet transparencies!

After you have selected printer and tested output layout, click icon Properties in Print window:

In Printer Properties select sheet "Paper/Quality".

In "Type is:" menu select Transparency for printing on transparencies.

Click OK and complete your print.

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