Epson Printing

Five leading printer ink brands have linked up to deliver a cartridge recycling scheme in Singapore designed to make it easier for consumers to be green. Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson and Lexmark are taking part in Project Homecoming, the country's first branded printer ink and toner cartridge recycling initiative. Combined with the support of the National Environment Agency (NEA) and National...

We recently blogged about how printers were being used toprint circuitry.. Well, last week a group of scientists from Cambridge university released a paper describing their efforts to print with circuits with a modified Epson ink-jet printer . The Science Using ferro-electric polymer inks has been possible for some time but the components made tend to have poor performance and are much...

In a recent interview with the BBC chief executive of Epson, Minoru Usi spoke about his work with the company, where he sees their future efforts leading. Most interesting to me were his statements on what he sees as the next big things in the printing industry. Environmental Everyone's going green at the moment and Epson will be no different. Aside from their recycling program, which offers...

Although they haven't shouted very loudly about it, some of Epsons newest Printers do in fact include support for Apples AirPrint technology out of the box. AirPrint allows Mac, iPhone and iPad users to print straight from their wireless devices to any AirPrint enabled printer whether they already have a wireless network or not. No extra drivers are required for the devices as everything is...

Printer Sales Bomb! UK Printer sales bombed by 15 percent in unit terms during the second quarter of 2011, compared with the same period a year ago, with lasers the only sector to show growth.  According to research conducted by Context and reported in CRN, inkjet printers plunged off a cliff face during Q2 with sales shrinking by 41 per cent, all in one (AIO) inkjets also slid albeit not as...

Cybercriminals are always looking for easy ways to break into your network, whether at work or at home. In a talk at this summer's DefCon19 conference, security researcher Deral Heilanddemonstrated various ways to compromise multifunction printers. These include printers that can scan to a file, scan to email, and fax documents, and the vulnerabilities he found are similar across all...

Overview The Aculaser C1100 uses an unusual carousel mount for its toners, giving it high quality output, yet Epson have managed to ensure that it doesn't lose any of the speed associated with laser printers. Ratings Paper Capacity 180 sheets Print Speed (A4) 25 ppm Print Cost (A4 Compatible) 0.92 pence Print Cost (A4 Original) 1.79 pence Machine...

Overview The Epson EPL-N3000 offers good value for money as a general-purpose, mono laser for the larger office. It produces high speed, high quality text prints through a no-nonsense interface. The built-in paper tray is a useful addition, while available expansion units offer duplex, as well as high capacity paper handling. It would have been good to see a walk-up USB socket to support more...

Epson Stylus Office BX300F When you look at a picture of this all-in-one, you're quite likely to have a double-take over the price. Can you really get what looks like a full-function device for under £50? Well, yes and no. It's true the all-black cased machine does have a 120-sheet paper tray at the back, from which pages are fed to a telescopic equivalent at the front. It's also true there's a...

Overview The R285 is a no-frills photo printer, but by sacrificing exciting additions Epson have made a very good printer that is more than affordable for the average hobbyist. Ratings Paper Capacity 120 sheets Photo Life 98 years Print Speed (6x4) 25 seconds Print Speed (A4) 4 ppm Print Cost (A4 Compatible) 0.91 pence Print Cost (A4 Original) 3.26 pence Machine...