Dell adopts 'InkSave' programme

Dell has introduced an 'InkSave' programme, where consumers can return used ink cartridges for an automatic replacement, reports PC Mag.

The model seems similar to that used by Netflix, where customers return movies using a prepaid envelope, and receive the next preferred movie on their list.

InkSave is similar: Dell's printers ship with a pre-filled ink cartridge installed, and a spare. When the original ink cartridge is exhausted, the Dell customer simply returns the original cartridge in the prepaid envelope, and Dell sends the customer a new one.

HP announced the end of its successful beta testing programme for the HP Scitex FB7500 printer and a 150% increase in production capacity of the versatile flatbed printer to meet customer demand, states Wide-Format Imaging.

HP also announced the first commercial installations of the printer at Fair-play BV in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and K"urten and Lechner in K"oln, Germany.

“This enthusiastic response to the HP Scitex FB7500 printer is part of a larger trend to replace analogue production with digital,” said Yariv Avisar, vice-president and GM, large format printing industrial solutions, HP.

Lexmark has introduced the Lexmark C730 Series of colour laser printers and Lexmark X730 Series of colour laser multifunction products, states Albawaba.

The new devices enable large and medium workgroups to efficiently enhance business-critical documents with colour.

"We know customers are looking for affordable in-house colour printing on a device that can reliably produce page after page," said Marty Canning, Lexmark vice-president and president of its printing solutions and services division.