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Epson releases smallest inkjet in USA

The device is similar to the one launched in September in Europe – the WorkForce WF-100W – and is also referred to as the “world’s smallest and lightest mobile printer” with built-in wireless connectivity and an “integrated rechargeable battery” to enable “printing from nearly anywhere”.

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HP guilty of misappropriation of trade secrets

OEM fined for misappropriating programme designed by a company it employed to track fraud and counterfeiting. Business-cloud.com reported that HP has been found guilty of misappropriating the trade secrets of Ohio-based Professional Investigation and Consulting Agency...

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Kodak sees increases as printing declines

The OEM grew sales and earnings in the third quarter, but consumer inkjet sales declined. The results include net earnings of $19 million (€15 million) and a growth in sales of $1 million (€800,378) year-over-year to $564 million (€451 million), despite declines in...

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‘Infinity’ service offers “best overall value”

Cartridge World East Lancashire compares service with HP’s Instant Ink and Epson’s EcoTank machines. The franchise’s Darren and Nyreen Turner have compared their ‘Infinity’ service with HP’s Instant Ink programme, launched last September, and with Epson’s new EcoTank...

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Where have all the cartridges gone?

January to March are always good months for remanufacturers; April is softer; May and June again good; July softens around the start of school holidays; August is dead; September through November are good; and December is December. Yet 2014 has been different. January...

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HP splits

In 1988 I spent most of my time using HP test equipment, and my most treasured HP device was the HP15C scientific calculator that I used everyday. It was around the same time (I think it was) that HP sold off its test equipment division to focus on computers and...

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‘Ink Answers’ service sees success

Ink manufacturer Nazdar announces success of service launched in 2012, which handles over 3,000 ink-related questions every year. Nazdar’s ‘Ink Answers’ service was set up in 2012 by its Technical Services Group, and has since become “an incredibly useful...

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TonerGiant highlights aftermarket benefits

Greater Manchester-based TonerGiant.co.uk notes cost savings and environmental merits of using remanufactured cartridges. The company, which was launched in 2006 as a trading division of NetGiant Ltd, supplies remanufactured ink and toner cartridges and is encouraging...

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