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US village victim of ink scam

Questa in New Mexico billed nearly $63,000 by scam ink company, but judge dismisses lawsuit against it. The Taos News reported that a lawsuit filed against the village of Questa in Taos County, New Mexico after it was claimed to have ordered printer cartridges without...

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Cartridges used to smuggle meth

Four boxes full of meth-filled toner cartridges found at a Sydney air cargo facility. The Register reported that Australia’s Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) charged a woman for importing a controlled drug after it intercepted four boxes of toner...

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Printers explode at APEC summit

A number of printers “exploded” at APEC’s international media centre in Beijing, following an electrical fault. SBS reported that “security jitters have heightened” at the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit in Beijing after a series of desktop printers...

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Toner leak treated as hazardous incident

A hazardous materials team investigated the spill after an employee was taken to hospital. NBC Bay Area reported on the false alarm on Friday 17 October, which came after an office worker at a small business in Union City, California “was taken to Washington Hospital...

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AIOs can be hacked through scanners

Researchers hack printers and computers through lasers shone at the printer’s scanner. PC World reported on the hack, discovered by researchers at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, which works by “flashing visible or infrared light at the [open] scanner lid” of AIO...

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Lexmark announces Corporate Cartridges line

New line of toner cartridges for EMEA region designed to boost sustainability in businesses. IT Web reported on Lexmark’s release of its new line of Corporate Cartridges designed for businesses in the EMEA region, with the toner cartridges compatible with Lexmark’s A4...

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Panasonic launches new MFPs in MEA

The OEM has produced the KX-MB2100 series of MFPs. AME Info reported on Panasonic Marketing Middle East and Africa’s (PMMAF) launch of MFP duplex printers at the GITEX 2014 event, with the KX-MB2100 series of machines said to help offices “save on paper usage and...

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