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Secure connection
for HP Laserjets
Dell moves up a
gear
Network specialist SEH has
launched an integrated adapter
for attaching HP LaserJet
Enterprise series printers
directly to fibre optic networks.
The FC126 for Megabit fibre
optics (100BaseFX) and
FC1126 for Gigabit fibre optics
(1000BaseFX) have been
developed in co-operation
with HP to meet the needs
of organisations with high
network security demands,
such as government agencies,
banks, police and defence
organisations. All cabling is
integrated into the printer and
inaccessible from the outside,
with the eavesdropping-proof
fibre optic connection running
right up to the printer. The
interfaces are compatible with
the HP LaserJet Enterprise
Color M551, M601, M602 and
M603.
www.seh-technology.com
Dell is building on growing
demand for its printers with the
launch of five new colour and
B&W laser printers for home
offices and small and medium-
sized businesses. In Q1 2012,
Dell bucked the trend in the
printer industry by becoming
the only Top 5 vendor (in the
US) to increase shipments
both sequentially (up 2% on
Q4 2011) and year-on-year (up
7% compared to Q1 2011),
according to IDC WW Hardcopy
Peripheral Tracker. In the UK,
Dell is ranked 5th in total A4
laser units, and fourth in unit
share of the colour laser market.
Its new devices include two new
colour printers (the C3760n/
C3760dn and C3765dnf) and
three new mono devices (the
B1160/B1160w, B1260dn and
B1265dnf).
www.dell.co.uk
HP has an Inkling
To coincide with the launch of the Universal
Pictures film
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
, HP is
encouraging consumers to make eco-
conscious choices when printing. Its
Every
Inkling Makes a Difference
campaign
urges printer users to choose responsibly
sourced paper, energy-efficient printers and
cartridges made with recycled plastics.
HP says it has produced nearly 2 billion
cartridges made from recycled plastic;
used more than 100 million pounds of
recycled plastic in its printers;
and has improved the energy
efficiency of ink and laser devices
by 46% from 2005-2011, exceeding
its original goal of a 40% reduction.
www.hp.com/uk/lorax
At the recent unveiling of
Brother’s 100ppm mono
inkjet printer (see page
10), Toshikazu Koike, global
president and chairman of
Brother Industries (Japan),
would not be drawn on
whether laser or inkjet is likely
to dominate the future of
office printing.
This reticence speaks
volumes about the growing
significance of inkjet technology
within the workplace, as
companies like Lexmark, HP,
Epson and Brother position
A3 and A4 business inkjets as
affordable alternatives to laser
devices.
Another potentially significant
player in office inkjet printing is
Memjet, which has developed an
A4 printhead with 70,400 inkjet
nozzles delivering 1600 x 800
dpi colour output at 60 pages
per minute, or 12 inches per
second.
As well as applications
in large format, digital and
industrial printing, Memjet
technology is used in office
devices from Lenovo (in China),
LG, Lomond and, in the future,
Toshiba TEC.
The latter has just announced
a partnership with Memjet to
develop a 60ppm MFP based on
Memjet’s printhead, controller,
software and ink, whilst also
exploring possible applications
of Memjet technology for labels
and logistics printing.
Lomond, which was the
first to bring an office
device to market in the
form of the Evojet Office,
has announced plans to
launch a Memjet-based MFP in
Q3, the Evojet Office Pro, along
with a new design of printer,
the Evojet Office 2, with a larger
manual feed tray and other
improvements.
An interesting feature of
Lomond’s devices is that they
are designed to be used with
the first OEM-authorised refilling
program that is claimed to be
40% cheaper than the cost of a
new ink tank.
www.memjet.com
www.evojet-direct.co.uk
Tide turns in favour of ink
Further evidence of the revival of inkjet
printing in offices comes from a survey of
534 European office workers by Lexmark
in which six out 10 participants disagreed
with the statement that ‘inkjet printers are
more suitable for consumers and laser
printers for business’. Almost half of these
(45%) said that the printing technology used
was irrelevant and what mattered was the
functionality and qualities of devices and
whether they met key requirements.
Memjet makes further inroads into
office printing
Lexmark’s Office Edge all-in-one business inkjets
combine the virtues of inkjet printers, such as
colour quality and low acquisition costs, with the
key laser attributes of robustness and enterprise
compatibility.