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3D Printing with Glass Now Possible

Scientists at the University of Washington have recently announced that they have managed to develop a technique that allows them to print glass objects with a conventional 3D printer. The accomplishment, which comes one year after the same team showed that ceramics could be printed in the same manner, is similar to ...

25 September 2009
02:25 GMT

Printable Batteries Are Now a Reality

Through their very nature, batteries are known to be rather bulky and large in size. Those that are not generally store less power, and need to be changed more often. Numerous innovations over the past few years have taken battery production to a whole new level, and a large array of new materials has since been use...

3 July 2009
03:49 GMT

HP Offers Several Affordable Laptops and Printers

Palo Alto, California-based HP has just announced a series of updates to its line of portable computer systems, providing users with some more affordable products. The biggest news about the company's notebook update is that prices for the Pavilion dv2z and dv3t have been reduced, while the vendor's dv6 ser...

9 June 2009
03:13 GMT

Brother Presents Three New Inkjet, Wireless AIO Printers

The importance of the SOHO (small office / home office) segment has seriously increased over the past few years, although it remains to be seen whether it will be able to withstand the current (and most likely, future) economic predicament the world is going through. And given the fact that home office users will mos...

8 October 2008
02:40 GMT

Xerox Launches Two New Powerful Office Workhorses

Although for some people the field of multifunction printers is a lot less "glamorous" than that of high-end mobile phones, advanced portable computing systems or PMPs, for example, the truth of the matter is that MFPs are actually extremely important for the business segment. For this reason, the Xerox company has j...

23 September 2008
16:41 GMT

Aleratec's Robot-Like Disc Printer Does Up to 100 Discs Unattended

Small-scale disc printers have become rather popular lately, since they allow small-scale users (advertising and PR agencies, small companies, etc.) to print an average amount of promotional discs in a very fast and easy manner, while at the same time keeping costs low. This is also the case with the Aleratec RoboJet...

23 September 2008
08:39 GMT

New Kodak Wireless AIO Inkjet Printers Tout Lowest Ink Replacement Cost Ever

As some of you might know, the ink used for inkjet printers is among the most expensive substances on the planet. However, in order to make their products more attractive for budget-conscious users, the most important manufacturers from this particular segment are now focusing on reducing the printing costs as much a...

23 September 2008
05:16 GMT

A First-Hand Tour of Epson's Stylus SX600FW Photo/Multi-Purpose Printer

Epson has come up with a wide variety of products targeting digital photographers in particular, but also quite a few models that can be described as "photo-enhanced office workhorses." And, at least to some extent, that can also be said about the company's Stylus SX600FW model, which offers photo printing featu...

10 September 2008
14:41 GMT

A Close Encounter with Several of Epson's Stylus Printers

Epson is one of the world's best-known manufacturers of printing solutions, whether we're talking about dedicated business products or consumer printers. So, it's no wonder that its line-up at the press event we've attended today was quite a comprehensive one, especially as far as the photo printe...

10 September 2008
09:27 GMT

Epson Launches New WorkForce Line of Printers and All-In-Ones

The small office / home office (SOHO) segment has become quite important for the manufacturers of various office-related electronic products, most of the big names in the industry providing quite comprehensive product lineups targeting exactly this particular class of users. And that's also the case with Epson, ...

19 August 2008
02:33 GMT

Sony Throws Two New Digital Photo Printers Out Into the Wild

Looks like Sony's on yet another release "frenzy", as it keeps pumping out various digital photography-related products almost on a daily basis. And among all sorts of new cameras, digital photo frames, etc., the Japanese company has also rolled out two new portable digital photo printers, which allow users to p...

31 January 2008
12:46 GMT

Canon Takes Wraps Off Two New Pixma Printers

We're one week away from the moment a lot of photographers are eagerly looking to, namely the moment when PMA08 officially starts. Thus, it's no wonder that every major name in the industry is preparing a little something for this event, including Canon, which, among numerous other products, has also releas...

24 January 2008
13:11 GMT

Today, Even Printers Have Their Own E-Mail Accounts - Meet the Ricoh HotSpot

A very large number of people around the world either use a mobile computing system or intend to do so in the near future. And since wireless communications will most likely completely replaced their classical, "wired" counterparts at some point (probably sooner than later), Ricoh has just announced the SP C410DN-KP ...

17 January 2008
07:16 GMT

Ricoh's GX2500 GelSprinter Printer is SOHO Friendly, Affordable

The SOHO segment is probably one of the largest "slices" of the computer peripherals' market, but, at the same time, it's also one of the most demanding, because we're talking about budget-conscious people who are very careful with their expenses. And this is the reason why the people over at Ricoh lau...

14 December 2007
02:20 GMT

Samsung's New Monochrome Printer Is a Small Office Workhorse

Samsung has rolled out some pretty hot printers this year, some of them having some special (read out of this world) designs. Unfortunately, though, the newly-announced ML - 2851ND is not one of them, but rather a "workhorse" model, designed to provide high-capacity, yet low-cost printing for SOHO users. The ML - 285...

10 December 2007
01:59 GMT

Printers Go 3D, Support Various Materials!

Up until now, printing in 3 dimensions has been a dream for quite a lot of printing solutions manufacturers (not to mention users, and especially graphics artists). However, things are changing rapidly in this particular field of technology, and one of the latest and most interesting developments comes from the Isra...

30 November 2007
04:16 GMT

Print Large with Canon's New imagePROGRAF iPF9100 and iPF8100

Canon yesterday announced two additions to their imagePROGRAF series of large format printers, namely the imagePROGRAF iPF9100 and imagePROGRAF iPF8100.The new models will replace the imagePROGRAF iPF9000 and iPF8000 models, and incorporate an 80 GB hard drive, and the newly reformulated Gray, Photo Gray, Black and M...

19 October 2007
06:21 GMT

Wide Format Printing? No Problem, if You've Got the Money

Ricoh is one of the world's best-known manufacturers of various printing solutions, as it has come up with various such products over time, targeting both home users and the corporate environment. And the company's latest announcement is the Aficio SP W2470 wide format printer, a device that is supposed to ...

15 October 2007
03:36 GMT

Epson's Got Sweet Love for Photographers, Launches Two New PictureMate Compact Photo Printers

Although film photography is rapidly becoming ancient history, at least for the younger generation of amateur and semi-pro photographers, there are quite a few people out there who still like to admire a beautifully framed photo of themselves (and that huge fish they've caught last summer, perhaps?!) placed wher...

5 September 2007
03:41 GMT

Samsung Launches Super-Sexy Projector, Laser Printers

Samsung is quite well-known for launching products that, besides providing certain interesting functions, also feature extremely attractive design features. And that seems to be exactly the case with the company's latest offerings, presented for IFA 2007, namely the SP-A800B 1080p projector, ML-1630 laser monoch...

31 August 2007
07:06 GMT

The Printer Frenzy Goes On: Lexmark Also Launches Six New Models (Including 3 Wireless)!

Thought that Canon's the only one crazy enough to launch a huge line-up of products targeting a specific area of the consumer electronics' market, all at one time? Well, it seems that it's becoming somewhat of a trend among manufacturers to launch a whole new line of products (or a large number of prod...

22 August 2007
06:37 GMT

Epson Rolls Out One Dedicated and Two All-In-One Photo Printing Solutions

Although the launch date choice has not been the most fortunate, considering the fact that Canon has just released its uber-monstrous product line-up, the people over at Epson have also come up with three photo printing-oriented devices of their own, namely the Stylus Photo R280 Printer and the RX595 and RX680 all-in...

21 August 2007
07:56 GMT

Canon's Printer Bonanza, Part III: The PIXMA iP4500 and PIXMA iP3500 Photo Printers

Canon's been on a roll lately, as the company has decided to go for an all-out launch frenzy, providing a huge number of products, mostly photo-dedicated. Thus, after releasing a huge number of digital photo cameras (check out the related articles section for the most important announcements in this particular f...

21 August 2007
03:16 GMT

Canon Presents a Hot New Compact Photo Printer - The PIXMA mini320

Although digital photography reigns supreme nowadays, there are still quite a lot of users who like their photos the "old" way, namely on paper, and this is the reason why the best known manufacturers of printing solutions keep launching photo-dedicated printers on the market. And the latest such device comes from Ca...

20 August 2007
07:16 GMT

Epson Rolls Out the World's Fastest Ink Jet Printer - Stylus C120

Although laser printers are becoming increasingly popular among consumers in both home office and corporate environments, inkjets are still far from extinction and Epson's latest announcement proves it only very well. Thus, the company, one of the world's best-known manufacturers of printing solutions, has ...

16 August 2007
06:56 GMT


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