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Office furniture to go on display at design festival

By Paperstone on 22 August 2007 in Office Furniture with 0 Comments

Office furniture which was created by design students at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College is set to be displayed at a design festival, it has emerged. Eight chairs which were designed by masters students to be used while working will be shown at the London Design Festival in September, Design Week reports. The office furniture was […]

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Samsung to showcase new printer

By Paperstone on 21 August 2007 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

Samsung, a manufacturer of office equipment, is set to showcase what it claims is the world’s slimmest monochrome laser printer. The ML-1630 will be shown at Gitex 2007, along with another one of the company’s office machines, the SCX-4500. Both printers are much slimmer than the average, with the SCX-4500 clocking in at two-thirds the […]

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Swiss government ‘should use more recycled office supplies’

By Paperstone on 21 August 2007 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

The Swiss government has been told by environmental groups that it is not using enough recycled office supplies, it has emerged. According to the Swissinfo website, the Swiss association for the promotion of ecological Paper and ecology in the workplace (FUPS) and a separate Greenpeace initiative have both alleged that the government is using fewer […]

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Companies ‘demand greener office supplies’

By Paperstone on 20 August 2007 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

Businesses have been requesting office supplies which are more ecologically friendly, as awareness has grown over the topic, it has been suggested. John Graham, a spokesperson for Flash Drive Direct, believes that such changing attitudes have prompted consumers to seek out energy-efficient office products. "Companies are demanding more environmental awareness in their corporate culture. When […]

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HP to introduce mobile printing

By Paperstone on 20 August 2007 in HP with 0 Comments

HP – manufacturer of printer cartridges, office machines and related products – has said that it has a new technology which allows users to print documents using their mobile phones. To use the Cloudprint service, consumers will have to save a PDF of the document onto HP‘s servers, receive a unique code by text message, […]

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New camera-printer does not need printer cartridges

By Paperstone on 17 August 2007 in Ink Cartridges And Toners with 0 Comments

A new camera-printer has been invented which does not require printer cartridges – or any ink at all. Zink Imaging has developed a machine which utilises millions of colourless dye crystals which are layered under polymer-coated Paper. These crystals are then heated at different temperatures at various intervals so that they melt into colours – […]

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Sharing office supplies ‘could lead to illness’

By Paperstone on 16 August 2007 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

The practice of sharing office supplies through hot-desking is looked upon with suspicion by many employees, according to new research. A study commissioned by Durable UK found that 71 per cent of office workers believed that regularly using the same office machines as others could be spreading germs and propagating illness. And 80 per cent […]

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Printer security risk ‘should not be overlooked’

By Paperstone on 15 August 2007 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

The security risk posed by office machines which are connected to the network, such as printers, has been highlighted by a manager at Lexmark. Minh Tran, who is a regional product manager at the Asia-Pacific arm of the printer supplies company, told ZDNet.co.uk that he did not know of any particular security breaches involving printers […]

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HP introduces all-in-one printer, scanner and copier

By Paperstone on 14 August 2007 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

The new HP Photosmart C5283, an all-in-one printer, scanner and copier, has been launched. Utilising printer cartridges, users may print colour and black-and-white images, as well as copying, creating web prints without cut-off edges and printing directly onto CDs and DVDs. HP, which makes a wide range of office products, claims that the C5283 has […]

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Companies ‘should recycle office supplies and office furniture’

By Paperstone on 14 August 2007 in Office Furniture with 0 Comments

Companies should make an effort to recycle office supplies, office equipment and office furniture whenever possible, it has been suggested. Document management company Version One told AccountingWEB that firms do not have to go to a lot of effort or spend a fortune to help reduce their carbon footprints. The organisation has offered several suggestions […]

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