Laser Printer Information

The Saga Continues Back in November we told you about a flaw in some HP laser-jets that may have allowed their security to be compromised, possibly even turning your friendly printer into a fire hazard! At the tail end of last week HP responded to the situation by releasing a patch to remove the vulnerability. While HP maintains that no-one has complained of falling victim to the exploit,...

It's the time of giving again, and one of the most popular gifts at Christmas is a new printer. But what printer should you buy this Christmas? We've trawled through existing special offers and used our industry expertise to select the best printers for your requirements. We've also used our knowledge of printer cartridge running costs. If a printer is incredibly expensive to run, we haven't...

Refurbished printers are second hand printers that have been professionally tuned up, cleaned and then sold on. They’re often avoided due to a general fear of refurbished electronic goods, but if you’re a savvy shopper you can find some amazing deals. Read on to see the reasons you should consider buying a refurbished printer, and the pitfalls to avoid....

Pantum, the Chinese printer manufacturer is ready to launch it's range of Laser multifunction printers in the US and Europe by the end of this year. The big players Canon, HP, Lexmark (ex IBM), Brother, Epson and of course Xerox have controlled the global printer and copier market over the past 30 years. In a quest to attract the most possible customers, printing industry suppliers have been...

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...

So, a new version of Windows looms upon the horizon, and with it comes the usual inundation of driver upgrades for the plethora of printers currently on the market. Windows 7 appears to be a sort of compromise between the user-friendly interface of XP, and the security and robustness of the newer Vista. Having been designed on nearly identical architecture as Vista, most drivers should...

Over the past few years printer manufacturers have moved into making their devices more and more all purpose, with all of the major manufacturers offering Printer/Scanner/Copier and some with built in fax capability as well.  Up until recently this was purely innovation by the printer manufacturers hoping to attract consumers to a single device which takes up less desktop space and is much more...

During the first half of the year (2008), the Europe Middle East and Africe (EMEA Region) saw printer sales grow by 2.2% standing at 23.8 Million units.  Central Eastern Europe and Middle East and Africa regions enjoyed the strongest growth, with shipments increasing more than 14 per cent in both. The market research firm Gartner revealed that the major players consolidated their positions,...

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                      ...

Printer sales fall behind PC sales I'm sure that you, like me, have bought a PC/Printer bundle in the past?. It would seem that these are now a thing of the past and since 2003 the number of printers sold has dropped below the number of PC's sold, and in fact that sales of PC's have increased in 2007 by 14% worldwide, but printer sales rose by just 3%. Five years ago Printer Sales were the...