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Lexmark to make
duplex its default
setting
Lexmark has signed up to
the European Commission’s
industry Voluntary Agreement
(VA) for Imaging Equipment
to help improve the
environmental performance
of devices and establish a
framework for the setting of
eco-design requirements for
energy-related products.
Coinciding with this
announcement, Lexmark has
declared an aim to make duplex
printing the default setting on
all Lexmark workgroup laser
printers and MFPs sold within
the 27 countries of the EU. By
the end of this month, it expects
more than 80% of Lexmark
printers to have default duplex.
Lexmark claims that duplex
printing saves up to 40% of
print-related CO
2
emissions.
National office supplies
company Document XL has
launched a new scheme
linking charitable donations
to print volumes. Under its
‘Charity Wrap’ initiative, the
Xerox Business Partner will
donate up to 15% of the cost
per page to the customer’s
chosen charity every time they
print a colour page on a Xerox
colour printer or MFP.
Customers can demonstrate
their support by covering any
size of device with a ‘charity
wrap’ displaying the charity’s
branding and fundraising phone
number. Document XL has
already produced ‘charity wraps’
for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Marie Curie Cancer
Care Regional Corporate
Development Manager Brian
Curran said: “We are delighted
that Document XL will be
supporting us in this way and
hope that this initiative raises
thousands of pounds for our
nurses and Hospices.”
Stephen Dobson, MD of
Document XL, which has
offices in Leeds and Rochdale,
said: “It’s such a simple idea
that I cannot understand why
no one has ever thought of
it before. We’re looking to
talk to organisations which
produce more than 500 colour
documents a month, such as
schools, universities, national
and multi-national companies.”
www.documentxl.com/
fundraising
08456 448 600
Brother is enhancing its
popular series of A3 inkjet
MFPs with a new entry-level
model offering faster print
speeds and lower print costs
than the best-selling MFC-
5890CN and MFC-5895CW it
is replacing.
With Images Per Minute (IPM)
speeds of 12ipm for mono and
10ipm for colour, the J5910DW
is three times faster than the
MFC-5890CN. It is also cheaper
to run thanks to automatic
two-sided (duplex) printing for
A4 and A3 and high capacity
XL cartridges. Other features
include wireless connectivity as
standard, a 250-sheet paper
capacity and a 35-sheet ADF.
Coinciding with the
launch of the J5910DW,
Brother is extending
its successful 141%
advertising campaign
introduced in
September 2010.
Brother sales
and marketing
director Phil Jones
commented: “A3
has been proven to deliver
real business advantage: our
research, using insight from
renowned psychologist Professor
Richard Wiseman, indicates that
a business presenting a pitch
with A3 materials appears 21%
more successful and 12% bigger
than those using A4. People
were 18% more likely to buy a
product or service – a fantastic
selling point.”
In 2010, Brother sold more
A3 MFPs in Europe than any
other manufacturer, capturing
79% of the UK A3 MFP market
(source: Context)
.
www.brother141.co.uk
Brother enhances A3 MFP range
Samsung’s ML-2955DW wireless
network mono laser printer has
been awarded a 4.5 star rating
for environmental performance
by Buyers Laboratory Inc (BLI).
The 28ppm device features
duplex printing; n-up printing;
a Toner Save setting; and a
new Eco Mode function with a
Results Simulator showing how
much toner, paper, energy,
CO
2
and money can be saved
on each print job. The
ML-2955DW is also Samsung’s
first printer with an Easy Eco
Driver that allows users to
preview a document and make
adjustments such as removing
an image or changing the text
font prior to printing without
changing the original document.
BLI reports that annual energy
consumption for the Samsung
ML-2955DW is 26% lower than
the average.
www.samsung.com/uk/printer
High marks for eco credentials
Stephen Dobson (L) and
Brian Curran from Marie Curie
Like Document XL (see left),
Océ is using printer sales to
raise money for charity. Every
time it sells an Océ ColorWave
600 wide format production
printer to a map company in
the UK, it will make a donation
to MapAction, which provides
maps and geographical data to
aid agencies in disaster zones.
Oce hopes the scheme will raise
£20,000 within the first 12
months of operation.
MapAction communications
director Roger Wedge said:
“Mapping support during the
early phases of a response is
critical, as aid agencies and
donors quickly try to understand
the situation on the ground.
We have been involved with
many disasters over the world,
most recently in Haiti, Japan
and Libya, where we took with
us maps printed on the Océ
ColorWave 600.”
Charity wrap links prints to donations
The Océ ColorWave 600
Océ supports map charity