Archive for September, 2008

From the end of September 2008, Epson will be accepting large format printer ink and toner cartridges in its recycling scheme.  The present scheme has been running in Europe since the beginning of 2006 and is now an integral part of Epson's Environmental Vision 2050 sustainability program. The Scheme provides collection boxes throughout Europe and South Africa and is designed to handle...

With HP dominating the world market for printers, Korean upstart Samsung are claiming to be number one worldwide for sales of Colour Multifunction devices.  According to market research company, IDC, Samsung's A4 colour laser multifunction printer sold over eighty thousand units with a 30.9 percent market share worldwide for the second quarter in this year. With the recent launch of the...

Roy's gone and done it again and bought too much stock of USB Memory Sticks.  We've got shelves full of 1GB bars, so for a limited time we are going to give you one if you buy two!, BTGOF (That's buy two get One Free) which doesn't really scan  as well as BOGOF, but is still a good deal. So to recap, if you purchase two 1GB USB Memory Sticks (those things that the government keep losing) you...

You can bring hope and a smile to some of the world's poorest children. This annual project enables caring individuals, families, schools, churches, businesses, and other organisations to fill ordinary shoe boxes with small toys, school supplies, sweets, and other gifts for needy children around the world. Operation Christmas Child sends a message of hope to children in need around the...

Epson have just released a new set of high capacity cartridges, which they are defining with the picture of a Rhino.  We already have Chameleon's, and Frogs (which the girls in stores are not very fond of picking!), the marketing department at Epson must be working overtime to come up with these images.   Anyway the good news is that we now have Rhinos weighing down our shelves...

According to a recent report by Trade Publication Channel Web Samsung has replaced Lexmark at number 5 in the Printer Manufacturer Market Share for the first half of 2008.  The league table at the moment has HP at Number 1 (as usual) and is: Manufacturer          Market Share HP                            44.6% Canon                      16.4% Epson                      ...

Global Electronics Manufacturer Samsung has been hit by a lawsuit in the US.  Alleging that it programs its printers to report that it is out of ink or toner before the cartridge is actually empty.  Los Angeles based Consumer-Law firm Kabateck Brown Kellner filed the suit alleging that Samsung deliberately designs its printers to flash an "empty" message and shut down - even when there is a...