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| P2P Magazine | Spring 2014
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Theextrafineart ofwriting
Pilot PenCompanyhas added theextrafine
Maicaprecisionpen to its gel ink range.
The slimline, lightweight PilotMaica
features anextra-fine0.4mmneedle tip
that enablesusers todraw lines as thinas
0.2mm.The rollerball uses abio-polymer
gel inkoffered ina choiceof sixvivid
colours includingblack, blue, violet, pink,
greenandbrown.
Stuart Barker,marketingmanager
for Pilot Pens, said:“TheMaica is a
visually unique and stylishnew
writing instrument. Its elegant
exterior andfinewriting style
offers particular appeal to
female customers, hence the
feminine selectionof ink shades.”
TheMaica costs £2.99 and
is refillable to reducewaste and save
customersmoney.
Wherenotebooks&origamimeet
The strikingOri Ligature is the latest addition
toPaperblank’s Japanese-inspiredOri collection,
featuring the reliefworksof artistYukoNishimura
who fusesorigami andorigata inher art.
Available inMini,Midi andUltra sizes, the new
Ligature journal uses a simple yet stunning design to
emphasise the delicate intricacy of the folds.
Other designs in the series include Ripple,Arroyo,
Cadence andDune.All comewith a satin ribbon
marker tohighlight important pages and a pouch for
storing keepsakes. Prices start at £10.99.
Brother is launchinga rangeof compact
document scanners, designed tooffer a
cost-effectiveandversatile solution for
flexibleworkingenvironments.
TheADS-1100W andADS-1600W
complement Brother’s existing larger desktop
scanners and portable scanner ranges and
are ideal for userswho require flexibility but
still need to scan a considerable amount of
documents.
Supporting theworking trendof hot
desking, the new scanners offerWi-Fi
connectivity and are compatiblewithMac
andWindows devices.They can be easily
moved around the office and shared by
users,making them ideal for growing
businesses requiring flexible IT provision.
The range offers features such as auto
de-skew, remove background and bleed-
through prevention.Themachines
alsohaveTWAIN and ISIS drivers as
standard,making it easy for them to
be integrated into existing IT systems.
The scanners are easy touse and
can scan everything from plastic cards
to two-sidedA4 documents via the 20
page automatic document feeder.The top
of the rangemodel features an LCD touch
screen to further improve ease of use.
Mobilebusiness presentations
NECDisplaySolutions Europe ismakingbusiness easier for those conducting
meetings andpresentations in smallmeeting rooms andon themove.TheNEC
L102W LEDprojectorweighs just 1.4kgandhas twice thebrightness andbetter
imagequality than its predecessor.
The 1000ANSI lumens brightness and the 10,000:1 contrast ratio are ideal for
a screen size of 65 inches innormal office light conditions,making it perfect for
meetingswith three or four people.
Extensive connectivity and removable storage options (USB, SD card and1GBof
internalmemory)make PC-less presentations easy.Withnative support for PDFs,
various image,movie and sound formats, aswell asmostOffice documents, it’s
simply a case of copying the files over and presenting straight from the projector.
The L102W LED projector is also3D-ready and includes an audiooutput for
connecting to external speakers if desired.
The L102W LED projector includes a free licence for DisplayNote Presenter
(untilMay 2014).This enables the user to run twoDisplayNote sessions at the
same time, allowing for easy content sharing, annotation and collaboration.
Stenorette in trendyblack
GrundigBusiness SystemsGmbH (GBS)
is celebrating the60thanniversaryof the
Stenorette. Since launching theanalogue
dictationdevice in1954,Grundighas sold
almost 4.5millionunits.
Following a recent survey conducted
online byGBS,which found thatmost
dictationusers prefer dictation devices to
be black,Grundig is changing its Stenorette
colour scheme from silver to black.The
original Stenorettewas green, earning it the
nickname ‘tree frog’.
Wi-Fi-enabled compact scanners
