Lexmark debuts Web-connect printer

Lexmark has released a line of Web-connected touch-screen printers targeted at small and medium businesses, reports Wired.

The inkjet printers will have a 4.3-inch touch-screen, can copy, fax, scan and directly connect to RSS feeds or download weather information from the Internet.

The new printers come on the heels of a similar product unveiled by HP last month.

Hewlett-Packard is stepping up its efforts in the area of managed print services, states PC World.

The company plans to form a new group dedicated to this area, and is also launching a programme it says will help guarantee savings for customers who sign up for the services.

The group will manage printing environments and help companies reduce the printer hardware they need to use, said Bruce Dahlgren, senior vice-president of worldwide sales and services at HP's imaging and printing group.

Primera Technology has introduced its PTBurn Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for the Mac, says Business Wire.

It can be used in conjunction with Primera's Bravo-series Disc Publishers, devices that burn and print CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.

Features of PTBurn SDK for Mac include burning and printing natively on Mac OS X 10.5 or higher, a bundled print layout application which allows merged text and other data, and source code for a fully functional Cocoa-based burn and print application.