Archive for June, 2007

HP have been working on high-performance printers for business for a while now and have pioneered the development of HP Edgeline Technology, this new ink-based printing engine has been designed to meet the demands of high-volume workloads. HP Edgeline offers innovative printing solutions for businesses with high-volume printing requirements, such as retailers, industrial printers and office...

Have Epson given up in their long running war with the third party ink cartridge manufacturers and turned to technology instead?. All new printers launched by Epson since April 2007 using original Epson ink have come out with revised technology on the cartridge chips which means that the compatible ink cartridges released before April no longer work in the new printers. The compatible guys are...

Hewlett-Packard have launched a new range of their popular all in one (printer/Capier/Scanner/Fax) Officejet series. Designated the HP Officejet J5780and officejet J5785all models come with brand new inkjet cartridges. The 350 Black and 351 Colour come in two flavours - the standard model is intended for low usage users and the 'XL' versions give up to 5 times more output for the Black ink...

Following a similar trial in the States last year, HP have asked European Research Firm Innovationstechnik to test and compare HP original inkjet cartridges against refilled and remanufactuered cartridges available in the aftermarket. The findings of a third party report it commissioned to look into the efficacy of Original HP ink cartridges as compared with alternative, so-called...

HP Laserjet 1020 Reviewed: At a glance <li>• Reviewers rating: 6.5 Good </li> <li>• The good: Very inexpensive; good text quality; print costs are low; manual feed tray for one-off prints. </li> <li>• The bad: No built-in duplexer; not network-ready; graphics print quality needs improvement. </li> <li>• The bottom line: The HP LaserJet 1020 is a...

Where's the least likely place you'd expect to find an inkjet printer? a) In your home b) At the workplace c) In the Skip, along with its messy, expensive cartridges Many people would likely answer b) to that question (although c. would also be acceptable), as laser is the technology of choice for office printing. Cheap inkjet printers--primarily consumer and home units--have...

The Leading Ethical Brand: Brother UK is proud to announce that The Ethical Company Organisation has awarded Brother Industries with the Ethical Company Accreditation status. Brother see such rewards as being testament to their customer focussed, ethically driven approach. The Ethical Company Organisation measures a company’s ethical practices by looking at aspects such as energy consumption...

As you are probably aware the Royal Mail are in dispute with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) over a raft of issues. As a result the CWU have had a massive mandate from their members to take industrial action. Their plan is a series of one day strikes with the first one planned for this Friday 29th of June. Here at Stinkyink.Com we think that the Royal Mail provide an exemplary service....

How to dispose of old printers responsibly. When we first started Stinkyink.Com back in 2002 I bought an HP Officejet V40 all in one Fax/Copier/Printer/Scanner from our local computer superstore. After a few years of sterling service it has been superseded by a super-duper colour laser HP Laserjet 2840 fax/printer/copier/scanner, leaving us with the question what to do with the old one?. My...

After displacing Dell Inc. as the world's No. 1 computer manufacturer last year, technology giant Hewlett-Packard narrowed the gap behind Dell in U.S. market leadership in the first quarter of this year, according to the Gartner Group. It has an especially strong position in emerging markets that are poised for explosive growth. The aggressive firm also is making a push into the high-end...