Roland has earned three 2010 European Digital Press (EDP) awards for its metallic wide format inkjet printer/cutters and printer ink.
EDP gives the coveted awards for outstanding innovation and honors the best products of the year introduced in the European market. Roland took first place in three categories:
Best Wide Format Print&Cut Machine: VersaCAMM VS-640 64″ wide format metallic inkjet printer/cutter
Best Emerging Technology Printer: SOLJET PRO III XC-540MT 54″ wide format metallic inkjet printer/cutter
Best Alternative Ink Technology: Metallic Silver ECO-SOL MAX ink
“As part of the Roland DG family worldwide, we are honored that our wide format inkjet printing technology has earned these prestigious awards,” said Rick Scrimger, vice president and general manager for Roland DGA Corp. “Metallic Silver ECO-SOL MAX ink brings new capabilities to businesses, making it easier and more affordable than ever to print metallic and pearlescent colors. We are proud to offer this innovative ink formulation in our newest VersaCAMM and SOLJET printer/cutters.”
The EDP awards follow a long history of industry accolades for Roland including previous EDP awards. The company also has received eight DPI Product of the Year awards, including a 2009 award for Metallic Silver ECO-SOL MAX ink.
In addition to the metallic silver ink, Roland metallic inkjet printer/cutters offer CMYK and white inks, production-level print speeds and Roland Intelligent Pass Control for superior image quality Plus, Roland’s integrated print/cut technology combines printing and contour cutting in one device for a seamless production workflow. Roland metallic inkjet printer/cutters come with Roland VersaWorks RIP software and support coated and uncoated media for a wide range of applications including signs, banners, vehicle graphics and wraps, labels, decals, point of purchase displays and custom apparel.
L ithium-ion battery technology keeps improving by (theoretical) leaps and bounds, but what good’s that to you when you’re faced with a dead TV remote? Brother Industries has a plan, and it doesn’t involve printer ink for once — the Japanese printer company’s developed a set of prototype batteries you simply shake to charge. AA and AAA battery models are already in the works, though you shouldn’t expect to slot them into cameras or R/C cars, as the miniature electromagnetic induction generators inside are designed for infrequently used gadgets and provide as little as 10mW (or as much as 180mW) when shook. Of course, when it comes to TV remotes there’s an even lazier way for couch potatoes to squeeze the juice, but we have to imagine standard-sized cells have a slightly better chance at market.
Using remanufactured or refurbished inkjets is great for the environment and your pocket as well. Help us save our environment and at the same time, offer tremendous savings with all your printer inkjet and computer peripheral needs.
If you’re looking for another way to Go Green, but, like many of us, are trying to stick to a budget here’s another resource you might not have heard about yet: Refurbished or Re-manufactured printer ink cartridges.
In many instances, the price of printer cartridges can become cumbersome and may even surpass your printer’s original cost. It’s also a risk to the environment to throw away a used cartridge. Plastics can take almost a thousand years to break down and, even then, permanently leave microscopic fragments and base chemicals in the environment.
Space Coast Trading, Inc. www.Spacecoast-Trading.com is a company that specializes in the sales of high quality, re-manufactured ink cartridges. As a proud Green company, they reduce, reuse or recycle 98% of their materials. They’ve done all they can to reduce their carbon footprint, and are striving to make products that will help you do the same.
Is it as good as an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)??
YES!! Space Coast Trading uses the latest techniques, technology, dyes and pigments in the remanufacturing of inkjet cartridges. The remanufacturing is not outsourced, but rather is done right here in the USA by competent and qualified people.
• All cartridges are hand-inspected upon arrival.
• They are fully cleaned, inside and out, to eliminate any potential clogging by old ink.
• Every cartridge tank is simultaneously filled in a vacuum, to ensure no air is introduced.
• Final testing is done to make sure every cartridge is at optimal standard.
• They are then professionally clipped, sealed and packaged, keeping them fresh until use.
The savings of using remanufactured inkjet cartridges are then passed on to you, the customer, who also reaps the benefit of waste reduction, environmental safety and reduced fossil fuel consumption.
The Best Part: Space Coast Trading is so committed to their remanufacturing process that they have a 100% money back guaranty!
So, what do you have to lose?? How about some of that carbon footprint you’ve been lugging around!
The Campus Environmental Center (CEC) at UT handles recycling of aluminum cans and #1 and #2 plastics. There are 24 large, blue barrels located throughout campus for outdoor recycling. They can only accept plastic bottles without lids. Please do not put full bottles or anything that has been used for food or hygiene purposes in these barrels.
Indoor recycling is a voluntary program which you can sign up for. Volunteers “adopt” barrels indoors and are responsible for carrying bags of recycling to a pre-designated pick-up location. Student drivers collect bags usually once a week. The CEC cease operations during the winter and spring breaks, so do arrange for a pickup prior to these holidays. Please visit their Web site if you have any additional questions or concerns or would like to adopt-a-barrel.
Ink and Toner Cartridges
The Campus Environmental Center (CEC) recycles ink and toner cartridges from UT and from your home. Sign up online and create a collection point in your office or department. When it has 5-20 cartridges, you can call a student volunteer to do a pickup. Once again, these pickups are handled throughout the school year and are not operational during winter break or spring break. Make sure you get a pick up before these breaks. You can also drop off your printer cartridges at the CEC office in SER 207.
Document Solutions Printing Services also recycle printer ink cartridges only from UT. Through them, you can drop off a box of cartridges at any Campus Mail pick-up location, at the Mail Services Building, or call 512-471-6523 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 512-471-6523 end_of_the_skype_highlighting to arrange a large pickup. Another option is to drop them off at any office product store (e.g. Office Depot, Office Max).
Computer manufacturers must take responsibility for dealing with electronic waste to ensure toxic trash doesn’t fall into the wrong handsDell, the world’s second largest PC manufacturer, announced earlier this month that it is imposing a ban on the export of used equipment bearing its name to developing countries – unless the equipment is in full working order and intended for legitimate use.The idea is to undermine the huge trade in e-waste, too much of which ends up in giant trash piles in Africa, India and China, from where it is dismantled, burned, treated with corrosive chemicals and otherwise persuaded to give up tiny amounts of chemicals that can be sold on. The big question is why all the other manufacturers don’t have a similar policy.I’ve seen these toxic waste operations in action. They call it recycling, but it’s extremely damaging. In an industrial wasteland outside New Delhi in India, I watched as children as young as eight dunked bare circuit boards in acid to create a residue of copper for sale to a local works. Child labour? You bet. Health and safety? You have to be joking.
A family of migrant boys from Bihar, India’s poorest state, told me they got used to the acrid fumes that had them coughing and giddy within minutes of coming on the job. “At the end of the day we have a strong drink and we are OK,” one laughed. It’s an evil trade. But how do you stop it?Dell admits that it cannot wave a magic wand and ban its used products from export. But it has a worldwide policy of accepting back without charge all used Dell equipment. It requires all its contractors to accept the used equipment, to follow the new rules – and to act as whistleblowers on rivals who do not.”This is a very significant announcement,” Barbara Kyle of the Electronics Takeback Coalition in the US told Associated Press earlier this month.
The e-waste trade is the unacceptable face of recycling. Greenpeace reckons that as much as 80% of the electronic waste sent for recycling in the US ends up being “recycled” using dangerous low-tech methods in foreign countries. And, despite Europe’s tougher laws, a lot gets through the net there, too.Just a few months ago, Computer Aid International, a charity that gives old computers a new life in schools and other places in developing countries, criticised Britain’s Environment Agency for failing to conduct an investigation after British e-waste turned up in the hands of child dismantlers in west Africa.”What are the other manufacturers doing to ensure a responsible outcome for the equipment?” asked Tony Roberts, of Computer Aid International. “All manufacturers should be held accountable for the disposal of any product manufacturer by them.”Many other companies offer take-back services. But that is very different from imposing rules on their supply chains. And on closer examination, the take-back services often seem half-hearted at best.
The printer maker Lexmark is currently covering Britain with posters advertising its environmental credentials and encouraging users of its printers to print less. Good for them. But what about the e-waste?In the US, if you want to safely recycle an old Lexmark printer, you have to pay the bill for shipping your printer back to its offices in Tennessee.
A study by Greenpeace this month of the environmental record of electronics companies did not give Dell a great record because it had been slow to eliminate some toxic ingredients from its products. But at least it is now taking a strong stand about making sure those toxins don’t get into the wrong hands and it should rise up the Greenpeace chart.
Its rivals will have to do a lot better to keep up. Greenpeace singled out the largest computer manufacturer Hewlett Packard on its handling of e-waste. HP claims to have been “an industry leader in reducing its impact on the environment … for 50 years”, but Greenpeace didn’t agree. It criticised HPs weak scheme for voluntary take-back of its equipment amongst other things.Also criticised for failing to handle e-waste were Acer and Lenovo, whose “commitment to social responsibility” does not highlight e-waste.These companies need to quit the greenwash and get real about ending this bogus recycling business