Brother shakes up expectations with vibration-charged low-power batteries

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 [...]

HP unlocks printer regionalization

FLOGGER OF EXPENSIVE PRINTER INK HP will help one of its users who found that moving countries fell afoul of the firm’s divide and conquer strategy.

Earlier this week, The INQUIRER reported that Michelle Sullivan wasn’t able to use her HP Photosmart C7180 printer after moving from Australia to Malta. After Ms Sullivan’s failed attempts to [...]

Lexmark and Close the Loop

Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) sells printing and imaging products and solutions in more than 150 countries and reported $3.9 billion in revenue in 2009. By designing with the environment in mind, Lexmark engineers products and packaging to reduce impacts in production and chooses materials with the widest range of opportunities for recovery and reuse.

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Generic Ink Cartridges Are One of the Easiest Options

Cutting back on the amount of money that you need to spend for the basics is an important factor when you are trying to make a profit from your business.  This being said, there are still some essential expenditures which you will need to keep up with if you plan on operating at a normal [...]

Making Sure That Your Generic Ink Cartridge Works For You

Turning to a generic printer ink cartridge will allow you to have a cheaper option available when you want to keep your printer active and running for as long as possible.  The only catch is that these generic products are often not manufactured directly to the highest quality that the name brand products will be, [...]