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HP is capitalising on soaring demand for A3
business inkjet printers – up 83% in Western
Europe in the first quarter of the year, according
to IDC – with the launch of the HP OfficeJet
7510 Wide Format All-in-One.
Offering borderless printing in sizes up to A3 and
speeds of up to 15 B&W/8 colour pages per minute,
the MFP enables small businesses or workgroups
of 1-5 people to produce high quality marketing
material in-house.
The HP OfficeJet 7510 uses pigment-based ink
for water-resistant, smear- and fade-proof output at
a
50%
lower
cost per
page than
colour laser printers.
It costs £139.99 and features a 6.75cm colour
touchscreen for ease of use and easy access to
time-saving printing apps. HP ePrint, Apple AirPrint
and Wireless Direct Printing provide easy printing
from smartphones and tablets.
Canon enhances PSP education
programme
Canon has enhanced its training and education programme for
print service providers (PSPs) and in-house print departments
with new themed workshops and curriculum-based education
packages.
The Essential Business Builder Program (EBBP) gives access to
a suite of industry-leading guides, together with local educational
workshops and independent mentors to help PSPs improve
performance and increase profitability.
New workshop topics include:
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Digital marketing and how to maximise opportunities across
new communications platforms;
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Business management and how to identify existing business
models and competitor offerings; and
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Planning for change, with separate dedicated workshops for
in-house operations and graphic arts environments.
In addition, Canon is complementing its workshop-based
training with on-going reading, tools and logical action plans that
can be accessed on Canon’s Digital Dimensions customer portal.
A3 colour printing at
half the cost of lasers
Recycled from
the start
Dutch start-up Refil is inviting
businesses to minimise the
environmental impact of 3D
printing by using recycled
filament made from plastic
bottles (translucent) or used
car dashboards and door
panels (black). Awarded ‘Best
Material Development for
3D printing in 2015’ at this
year’s 3D Printing Europe
exhibition, Refilament can be
used in any FDM 3D printer.
The 1.75 and 2.85mm string
contains no toxic dyes and
comes wrapped around a
100% recycled cardboard
spool. Refil co-founder
Casper van der Meer said:
“Using our refilament instead
of ordinary filament instantly
makes everything you print
recycled.”
Power protector
Battery Backup Power
recommends the use of
uninterruptible power supplies
(UPS) when 3D printing, as it
can take hours to complete
a job and any interruption
or interference to the power
supply can result in defects
to the print or damage to the
printer itself.
The US company warns that
conventional UPS are unlikely
to provide the durability and
capacity required by a 3D
printer. Instead, it recommends
systems that pack more
batteries for longer run times,
have higher load capacities,
pure sine wave output, metal
enclosures and other attributes
designed to keep a 3D printer
running smoothly.
Sharp MFPs
Sharp has launched two modular 75ppm A3 mono MFPs for
departments and large workgroups. The MX-M654N and MX-
M754N feature a 10.1in colour touchscreen display and Sharp’s
Open Systems Architecture (OSA), which enables them to connect
to cloud applications, such as Cloud Portal Office, Sharp’s cloud
storage and document sharing solution. Wireless connectivity
enables smartphone and tablet users to print and scan using the
Sharpdesk mobile app.
Print management cloud services win new friends
The proportion of UK-based
organisations using cloud
services for print and file
management has increased
by almost 50% since 2014,
according to new research
from the Cloud Industry Forum.
Its survey of 250 IT decision-
makers found that 28% of
organisations that have a file
and print management service
currently host it in the cloud, up
from 19% in last year’s survey.
A further 16% plan to move to
the cloud in the future.
The proportion of
organisations using cloud for
document management also
grew, up to 38% from 30% in
2014.
Joe Doyle, Marketing
Director at Annodata,
said that cloud print and
document management
services were starting to take
off as businesses felt more
comfortable with the cloud.
He said: “This holds true for
organisations of all sizes, but
particularly for those in the mid-
market, who arguably stand to
benefit most from this kind of
approach to print management.
With sprawling and inefficient
print estates, which often
consist of hundreds of different
devices, cloud-based print and
file management solutions offer
the opportunity to control costs
and rebuild from the ground up,
incorporating new efficiencies
and easing the burden on the
IT department.”
Doyle added: “For all talk
of the paperless office, the
printed page shows no sign of
going away. But the fact is that
no one really knows what the
next year will bring, let alone
the next five years, so investing
in agile technology solutions is
critical. Cloud-based Managed
Print Services, which can scale
both up and down in line with
business demands, allow
businesses to remain agile and
maintain competitive advantage,
unencumbered by unnecessary
print resources and the time
needed to manage them.”
A Battery Backup Power 600
VA / 360 Watt UPS protecting a
FlashForge Creator 3D printer.
