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Paperworld review
for time-pressed office workers, but
concerns about paper jams mean that
for the time-being most shredder
suppliers are taking a watching brief
(Elcoman claims to have resolved this
problem with a design that makes it
easy to open up the machine and clear
jams). It’s probably safe to say that
competitors will be playing catch-up at
Paperworld 2013.
Printers
One of the highlights of Paperworld
2012 was the opportunity to see two
interesting new entrants to the printer
market, Seine Technologies and Lomond
Evojet, both of which were exhibiting in
the Remanexpo show-within-a-show.
Seine Technologies was showing its
Pantum range of laser printers, the first
laser printers to be designed, developed
and manufactured in China. Created
in partnership with Legend Capital
and computer company Lenovo, these
printers have proved so popular in
China – every provincial Government
centre has one – that Seine has had to
establish a new manufacturing facility
to service the export market.
John Davies, Ninestar Image
International sales and marketing
director (Europe), told
Business Info
that Seine would be launching Pantum
through a small number of resellers (UK
distributor Badger Office Supplies had
a model on its stand and is expecting a
couple of dozen in the next few weeks
with which to test the market).
“Seine has limited capacity at the
moment so we won’t be launching to
everyone.We will probably take a select
number of B2B resellers and launch it
in a focused way to get feedback. Then
we’ll take it from there,” he said.
Few details of the 16/20 page per
minute machines have been made
available before their official European
launch at CeBIT but it looks as though
Seine is going to promote the printers
as long-lasting, economical alternatives
to existing models from US, Japanese
and Korean printer manufacturers. They
feature a metal
construction
and have the option of high capacity
cartridges, but aside from their
provenance appear not to offer anything
new to excite end users.
This need not be a barrier to
success – just look at Samsung – but
it might be a missed opportunity
to offer an alternative sales model:
Seine Technologies, a manufacturer of
compatible printer supplies, has even
developed robust chip technology to
protect its supplies revenue.
The Lomond Evojet Office does offer
something a little different. Based on
Memjet technology, this stylish inkjet
printer provides high speed, 60 pages
per minute colour output and low
running costs of 2p per colour page and
1p per B&W page. It costs £736.
Unlike conventional inkjet printers,
its cartridges are designed to be refilled
Editor’s Choice:
the Elcoman
Kobra 310-TS-AF
Seine Technologies
P2010 Pantum
laser printer
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Fellowes Callisto
Laminanting in the home or small
office is a whole lot easier with the
Fellowes Callisto 2-roller laminator.
Available in A4 and A3 sizes, it runs
at a fixed temperature and variable
speed. This means that users can
switch between thick and thin
pouches without having to wait for
the laminator to heat up or cool
down.
www.fellowes.co.uk
Product briefs
Evolis Zenius
Zenius, the latest thermal transfer card printer from Evolis, can be
used to personalise and encode plastic cards, such as ID cards, access
control cards, payment cards, loyalty cards, membership cards and
passes at a rate of 120 cards per hour.
The compact, single-sided colour printer allows users to customise
a plastic card with the holder’s details and photograph at point of
issue e.g. at a welcome desk, sales counter or office reception. Zenius
also encodes the card with data and can combine multiple encoders
for contact and contactless chips within a single system.
Amongst other products shown
by Evolis was the entry-level Badgy plastic
card printer. Designed for on-demand badge
printing in small businesses, associations,
local communities and schools, it can be used
with a range of card templates that can be
downloaded from www.badgy.com. Templates
can be customised with personal logos, pictures,
text and barcodes using Badgy design software.
www.evolis.com www.badgy.com
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