Xerox says its suite of digital document products for networked and small office/home offices have garnered 22 awards from business and trade magazines worldwide during the past four months.
Hewlett-Packard has announced that it has started shipping the HP 2500CM Professional Series colour printer, aimed at small to medium workgroups. The printer is part of a program aimed at accelerating the adoption of colour printing in an office environment.
According to BMI TechKnowledge, OKI Technologies has increased its market share in the generally declining dot matrix printer segment by 7.0%.
Venture Computer, sole distributor for Lexmark International in Southern Africa, says it will offer customers a variety of options to allow them to convert their printers to accept the euro. This includes upgrade kits and consulting services.
OKI Technologies says it has re-released the OKIPAGE 4w, a 4ppm laser printer with a 600dpi-class output, following high demand for the product.
Epson SA has announced the local availability of a new addition to its range of laser printers, the EPL-N2700, which is designed for demanding workgroup or departmental users, and prints at 27ppm.
OKI Technologies has released the OKIPAGE 10i laser printer series, which is powered by a MIPS R3000 RISC microprocessor and features print speeds of up to 10 pages per minute. The series targets the small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector.
Hewlett-Packard says it is working with major Raster Image Processor (RIP) vendors to develop increased productivity RIP solutions for HP DesignJet CP Series customers. HP says these solutions will result in higher print speeds and increased productivity for HP large-format printer customers.
Tarsus Technologies, the distribution arm of MB Technologies, has announced Epson`s Stylus Colour 900 for individual power-users at home or in the office, and the Stylus Colour 900N, aimed at corporate users.
Tarsus Technologies, the distribution arm of the MB Technologies group, says the new HP Printer Cable Kit for iMac for the HP DeskJet 670C and 690C series of printers is now available.
Intel has announced three new, low-cost print servers including the newest member of the Intel InBusiness line of network appliances, the Intel InBusiness Print Station, the company`s first print server designed specifically for the small business.
The first HP Printer Academy will be held at HP`s Sandton headquarters on 30 March for end-users and 31 March for HP resellers. Among the issues to be discussed by an IT specialist will be the development of a strategy to better manage print costs, ways of saving up to 50% on ink expenditure, duplex printing and reducing power consumption.