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Canon focused on recycling

By Paperstone on 20 July 2007 in Ink Cartridges And Toners with 0 Comments

With the emphasis placed very much on eco issues in the UK at present, printer supplies manufacturer Canon continues to lead the pack with its ink-jet cartridges recycling scheme and has rolled out the scheme as far away as India. Alok Bharadwaj, vice-president of Canon India, explained to Express Computer that the country’s large firms […]

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Canon shows off printers in new showroom

By Paperstone on 19 July 2007 in Ink Cartridges And Toners with 0 Comments

Canon UK has announced that it is to invest a sum of £1 million into a new Professional Print showroom, which will showcase the latest printer technology to customers. Found at the printer and printer cartridgemanufacturer’s headquarters in Reigate, the state-of-the-art showroom is designed to provide demonstrations and information about Canon’s professional print capabilities. According […]

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Office supplies are on parents’ wish lists

By Paperstone on 19 July 2007 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

With the summer holidays descending upon us, office supplies are set to be in high demand in time for the new school term beginning in September. And this trend is the same in the US as it is in the UK, according to a new study of 8,000 consumers conducted by the National Retail Federation […]

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Laminator impresses Australian manager ‘immediately’

By Paperstone on 18 July 2007 in Laminators with 0 Comments

A managing director was so taken with the new laminator offered by Autobond that he immediately snapped up the office machine. Richard Dunn was visiting the Printex show in Sydney when he purchased his first Autobond laminator and according to graphicrepro.co.za, he explained that it “sold itself to [him] on the spot”. So far, while […]

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Asitrade upgrades its laminator

By Paperstone on 18 July 2007 in Laminators with 0 Comments

In order to significantly reduce the amount of glue consumption arising from laminator use, Asitrade has announced that it has come up with a solution to address this problem. Traditionally, laminators have relied on an applicator and a doctor roll which dishes out PVA glue onto the surface but machine users are increasingly requiring a […]

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Nisshinbo back in the UK

By Paperstone on 17 July 2007 in Guillotines with 0 Comments

Nisshinbo, the manufacturer of sheet metal-working machines such as guillotines and punching machines has again made its products available for purchase in the UK. Currently known as Yawei-Nisshinbo, the guillotines manufacturer has recently celebrated its 50th anniversary in the office supplies business and has a department on-site dedicated to research, development and quality control issues. […]

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British workers pocketing office supplies

By Paperstone on 13 July 2007 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

UK workers have admitted to pinching office supplies from their employees – and they don’t feel guilty about it. A YouGov study has shown that workers across the country are stealing millions of pounds worth of office supplies, including expensive computer software. The survey commissioned by The Federation Against Software Theft revealed that computer software […]

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Xerox unveils bulky new colour laser printer

By Paperstone on 13 July 2007 in Ink Cartridges And Toners with 0 Comments

Copier giant Xerox has unveiled its latest foray into the printer supplies market – a rather bulky colour laser printer. However, although the Phaser 6360VN Colour Laser Printer weighs in at a hefty 35kg, it prints quickly for a workgroup colour laser. The machine can shoot out 40 pages per minute and is available for […]

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Old Abe’s vp’s office furniture up for sale

By Paperstone on 12 July 2007 in Office Furniture with 0 Comments

The estate of Hannibal Hamlin, one-time vice president to Abraham Lincoln, is to be auctioned off on Saturday at the former site of the Bangor Theological Seminary, with some office furniture up for grabs. Among the lots available is Hamlin’s walnut lift-top commode, his upright spinet piano and a 6-foot tall painting of the Madonna, […]

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Cardiff office staff make green savings

By Paperstone on 12 July 2007 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

An energy saving campaign involving office equipment in Cardiff has seen 100 tonnes of carbon emissions cut, with savings of £15,000 in power bills in a year. As part of the ‘switch off’ drive at Cardiff County Hall, staff were charged with making sure office equipment and lights weren’t left turned on unnecessarily, according to […]

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