2008 May

New Lexmark X9575 WiFi Printer reviewed

May 14th, 2008 | 0 comments

Unusually for a new printer the Lexmark X9575 comes with high capacity ink cartridges – none of your ‘starter’ cartridges here!.  The machine includes Print, Scan, Copy and Fax functions is WiFi Enabled and comes with Duplex printing as standard. Styled with Lexmark’s usual Black, White and Silver livery the X9575 is conventionally laid out. Read more...

Epson Photo R1900 voted best Photo Printer in Europe 2008

May 14th, 2008 | 0 comments

The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) has named the Epson Stylus Photo R1900 the ‘Best Expert Photo Printer in Europe 2008′.  Epson has won this award for the second consecutive year and TIPA judges highlighted a number of key features that separate the winning Epson Stylus R1900 from its competition.  These include the printer’s seven. Read more...

Understanding how Colours work - on your Monitor and Printer

May 12th, 2008 | 1 comment

Colour Space and Colour Gamut As a species, we have pretty good colour vision. Although it doesn’t extend far into the infra-red or ultra-violet spectra, it’s good enough to navigate the world we live in. The range of colours we can see, technically called the colour gamut of our vision, is quite a lot bigger. Read more...

As featured on BBC1 TV News:

May 12th, 2008 | 0 comments

When we were approached by the BBC News team who were doing a special feature on the ‘Victims of Credit Card Crime’ to appear on a ‘BBC News Special Report’ we were only too happy to help.  Having been the victims of a concerted card fraud attack back in 2002 which cost us loads of. Read more...

Oil prices and printer cartridge cost

May 9th, 2008 | 0 comments

Everyone and their brother/sister has been watching oil prices go up and up and up.  There seems to be no end.  With higher oil prices, means higher fuel cost, which in turns means higher prices for almost everything.  But what about the other products of oil, mainly, plastics. Yes that wonderful non-degrading product we use. Read more...

Epson R300 Maintenance tips

May 8th, 2008 | 0 comments

Q: When I print from the Windows XP Picture and Fax Viewer using the Photo Printing Wizard, my prints look too dark. What is wrong? A: Some Epson printer drivers produce darker output from the Windows XP Photo Printing Wizard with Service Pack 2 (SP2) when used with their default color settings. We will be. Read more...

Epson continues it's war on Compatible ink Cartridges

May 8th, 2008 | 1 comment

  Epson America Inc. announced that vigorous enforcement of its ink cartridge patents continues on many fronts following the Final Determination and Exclusion Orders by the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”). The decision made in October 2007 bars imports of infringing ink cartridges for Epson printers in the USA and Canada. “Epson strongly recommends that. Read more...

Why Photo Paper is very special

May 6th, 2008 | 0 comments

A piece of paper is a rolled-out mix of wood pulp and cloth, right? And photo paper is wood pulp and cloth with varnish on top. Yet, printer and ink makers try and tell us ink and paper form a ‘technology system’ which governs the look and quality of our photos. Surely they’re just trying. Read more...