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Lexmark paves HQ car park with recycled toner

The parking lot on the OEM’s Lexington campus in Kentucky is the first commercial use in the USA of TonerPave, a product which uses Lexmark toner powder to create asphalt. More than 9,000 pounds of toner from recycled printer cartridges went into the resurfacing...

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US consumer awareness of cloud surveyed

Most respondents do not pay for the service they use, although they were “receptive to the idea of ad-supported cloud services”. American consumers were asked by InfoTrends about their awareness of how to use online cloud services for storing, protecting, accessing...

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EU recycling calculation methods “flawed”

A European Commission (EC) expert said the current method for calculating recycled waste is “flawed”. Materials Recycling World (subscription) reported on Helmet Maurer’s view that “the method used to calculate the proportion of materials that are recycled in Europe...

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TNCore launches “non-Xerox” chips

The company has produced chips that help get beyond an error displaying when third-party Phaser 7800 cartridges are installed in printers, where the display panel on the machines showed the message “Xerox toner cartridge has been installed”.

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Totalpost awarded UK government postal contract

The franking machine manufacturer and cartridge remanufacturer has been appointed by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS). The appointment will see Totalpost provide franking machines and mailroom equipment under the CCS’ Postal Goods and Services Framework (RM1063) for...

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HP releases new wide-format printer

It produces sizes from postcard to A3-sized documents, as well as “high quality collateral such as posters, booklets and handouts”, and has a print speed of 15/8 pages per minute.

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Adapting to change as an MPS provider discussed

Providers need to “figure out [a] strategy” for declining print volumes, an industry expert has written. Tawnya Stone, Chair of the CompTIA MPS community and Director of Strategic Technology for GreatAmerica Financial Services, said there are “various efficiencies and...

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NAND ipl granted US toner patent

The toner manufacturer’s patent covers a “unique structured EA polymerised toner technology”. The company stated that the granting of the patent is a “significant milestone”, with the US patent – US 20130059248 A1 – covering the company’s “unique structured EA...

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