An Ipsos survey for Lexmark has found that office workers are more conscientious when printing in colour than in black and white. In consequence, workers send less jobs to a colour printer. Black printouts in contrast are printed with relative impunity, with greater resulting costs in Paper and toner. At a glance: Almost 70% of […]
This story’s been around for a few weeks but we missed it… Xerox – giants of the copy technology and printing world – have filed lawsuits against Google and Yahoo for alleged patent infringement. The patents concerned concerns information technology developed by Xerox over the last decade. The first – # 6236994, filed in 2001 […]
A seemingly non-affiliated blog run by US grad students called If It Prints, I’ll Let You Know is almost entirely devoted to the noble computer printer – maintenance, tips, recycling cartridges, as well as related tech stories. Recent stories include Get the Longest Life Possible From Ink Cartridges, Check Out the Printers of the Future Today, […]
Strong Xmas sales of PCs and printers have seen a 25% rise in the profits of Hewlett-Packard (HP). Its net profit for the three months to 31 January totalled $2.32bn (£1.48bn), compared to $1.86bn for the same first quarter period a year earlier. Revenues were up 8% to $31.2bn, higher than market predictions. The company […]
Photoshop, the graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems, is currently celebrating its 20th birthday. The program was first released on February 19th 1990 and quickly became the image manipulation tool of choice for media outlets and individuals alike. So much was the penetration of the program into popular culture that “to photoshop” […]
In a move that may herald the shape of the near future of online news, the New York Times has announced it will charge for online news starting early 2011. Visitors to the site will get a limited amount of content free before paying a flat fee for continued access. Media companies have been struggling […]
An important man and a ubiquitous face of 2009, images of Barack Obama have started appearing on recent batches of LSD blotters. Texas police recently seized bags of ecstasy pills (later proved fake) and tabs of acid with the President’s image near the Mexican border. The blotters resemble Andy Warhol’s multicoloured, multi-panelled prints of figures […]
Last week the Charing Cross branch of Blackwell unveiled its latest investment, the Espresso Book Machine. The printer prints and binds books in about five minutes as customers wait, promising to end the frustration getting hold of out of print books. The Espresso offers almost half a million titles at the moment – with more […]
British companies selling and leasing Japanese manufactured goods have in recent months passed on increased cost prices to customers after negative GBP to Euro and Euro to Yen exchange rate trends worsened. This has affected office machine suppliers in particular since a majority of brands are Japanese including Ricoh, Sharp, Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita, Panasonic, […]
“Telling it like it is” Office workers get drunk, watch porn Over half of office workers go on the lash at work and about a third perve over porn during work hours, according to research from e-mail security firm Proofpoint who reported that 56% of office workers admitted to returning to work drunk after […]
How to plan the office Christmas party Whether you count down the days, or desperately scrabble around for an excuse not to go, the office Christmas party is an event on almost every company’s calendar. So, how do you plan a party that everyone will enjoy? It’s a tricky balance to get Bob from Accounts […]
Top tips to improve your time management skills Despite what people say, time is not a commodity. It cannot be traded, expanded or reduced. It is fixed. Our perception of time, however, is another concept. How often do you think at 4pm “Where has the day gone?” and go into panic mode to try to […]
Planning in business is essential Everything from the monthly sales drive to a new product launch or project needs planning. It promotes joined-up thinking and good decision-making throughout the whole organisation. “A goal without a plan is just a wish”, observed the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, summing up a key business principle. Each business […]
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