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HP to cut 30,000 jobs

The OEM is to make the cuts in efforts to save $2.7 billion (€2.3 billion) in costs, and has also outlined its strategy for maintaining its “leading position” in printing through the nascent HP Inc. company. The company anticipates difficult markets for the next...

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Cartridge World franchises attract immigrants to US

Foreign entrepreneurs are coming to the United States to begin their own Cartridge World franchise, with many setting up shop in Florida. Franchisees from Europe, South America and Africa are joining the group, with three from Venezuela joining the company last year,...

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REACH updated to include components

The European Court of Justice decreed that “components of a complex product” must be registered under REACH "when they contain a substance of very high concern in a concentration above 0.1 percent”. The REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals)...

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ITP website cloned

An alleged copy of the empties collector’s site has been created under the domain name http://purpleasset.com, with the company’s ‘About Us’ page even previously retaining the words ‘I.T.P’.

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3D printing could help HP Inc. “overshadow HP”

If the new company could “leverag[e] the potential” of 3D printing, it could “create a long term success story”. A piece on Datamation discussed how HP Inc. – one of the two new companies to come out of HP’s split later this year – could “grow to overshadow HP […] by...

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Xerox releases new MPS tools

The OEM launched the new tools to help partners “capitalise on the market opportunity” in MPS with itss Xerox Partner Print Services (XPPS), noting that it has helped channel partners “capture [a] nearly $16 billion (€14.6 billion) SMB market opportunity” through “easy-to-deploy” MPS programmes.

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More Cartridge World UK stores offering MPS

The Petersfield store will now provide the franchise’s MPS programme. Cartridge World announced that the Petersfield store in the UK would now offer its ‘Cartridge World Print Services’ service. The franchise rebranded the MPS and products it offers to customers under...

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Jet Tec launches back to school promotion

The remanufacturer’s offer is open to reseller customers throughout July. The back to school offer will see resellers receive up to 20 percent off certain Canon, Epson and HP inkjet cartridge lines, and will last from 1 to 31 July. The offer will be open to those...

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Used machines service now available

The Recycler has launched a webpage devoted to listing wanted or surplus machines for paid subscribers. The page, which you can view at www.therecycler.com/second-hand-machines, will list wanted and surplus items as a benefit for paid magazine subscribers. If you are...

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HP promotes inkjet printers in offices

The historical idea that inkjet is too expensive and the devices are too slow for an office environment “wasn’t true then, and it’s definitely not true now”. The HP-sponsored article on the IT Pro website says inkjet technology has developed “radically” over recent...

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