New Brother, HP, and Oki Data Mono Laser Printers Fuel 15% Growth in 2004 Shipments: Desktop Monochrome Laser Market Grows as Major Vendors Refresh Their Lines
Looking to capitalize on the monochrome laser printer market's recent growth, Brother, HP, and Oki Data led the charge in new monochrome printer introductions in 2004. A new report from Lyra Research, "The Hard Copy Observer Spotlight: 2004 Desktop Monochrome Laser Printer Market," estimates that worldwide desktop monochrome laser printer shipments grew a dramatic 15 percent to 14.1 million units in 2004, led by 22 percent growth in the personal segment. "An abundance of new monochrome laser printers introduced in 2004 coupled with aggressively lower prices and more robust feature sets drove the market's growth in 2004," says Ann Priede, managing editor of The Hard Copy Observer, a monthly newsletter published by Lyra Research. (For more information on the Observer, see http://www.lyra.com/lh3m.nsf/Newsletters/HCO.) "Now, customers are using their personal monochrome laser printers for more applications and are relying less on more expensive workgroup and departmental devices."About the Report Series"The Hard Copy Observer Spotlight: 2004 Desktop Monochrome Laser Printer Market" is part of Lyra's "Hard Copy Observer Spotlight" report series. These product-planning reports combine all of the year's events in the desktop monochrome laser, color laser, and ink jet markets into three convenient, easy-to-use resources.
Each report includes information on how products and prices changed from January through December, current market trends, a review of the competitive landscape, and selected articles from The Hard Copy Observer. Written by the Observer's editors, these reports were designed to help product and marketing executives develop and hone plans for 2005 and beyond. More information on The Hard Copy Observer Spotlight report series can be found at www.lyra.com.About Lyra ResearchFounded in 1991, Lyra Research is recognized worldwide as the leading provider of market, product, and technology information and analysis focused on the imaging industry. Lyra Research provides targeted information on printers and copiers, digital photography, and imaging supplies to more than 2,000 clients in more than 40 countries. Lyra's portfolio of services includes leading industry newsletters, special market reports, webcasts, advisory services, conferences, and custom consulting.Contact:Andre RebeloMarketing ManagerLyra Research, Inc.617-454-2658e-mail protected from spam bots.
APTIKA Announces a New Partnership with Evolis for the Distribution of ID Card Printers in North America
The Montreal-based company Aptika, which is committed to offering high-performance security products and services, enhancing security and managing personnel and crowd movement, now offers the Evolis New Pebble ID Card Printer in the USA and Canada.Aptika has been designing and distributing powerful and reliable photo card management solutions worldwide: IDpack Plus, IDpack Pro and IDpack Lite that design and produce photo ID cards, security badges and nametags. Aptika also offers a great range of IDpack Certified Hardware and other ID card related products. The new partnership with Evolis allows Aptika to offer the smallest, most efficient printer on the market. With its new design, new colors and advanced technology, the Evolis New Pebble is the most ingenious card printer of its generation! The New Pebble comes complete with its own Windows? drivers, and a 2-year Unlimited Warranty.
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Perfect Photo Prints
Copyright 2006 Peter Horner
There are many ways to share your landscape photos with digital photography, but photo prints remain the most popular.
Prints can be framed and hung up on the wall to show your photos off to friends and family.
Creating the perfect print can become even more challenging if your monitor isn't calibrated properly.
You will have suddenly wasted your time, paper and ink on a print which doesn't match what you see on your monitor.
Read these quick tips for getting the best prints possible.
Dpi and Ppi - When you make a print of one of your photos on an inkjet printer, a lot is happening inside the printer.
Inkjet printers work by spraying ink dots of cyan, magenta, yellow and black from nozzles while they pass over the paper.
Most inkjet printers have a print resolution of 1440dpi and some printers go as high as 5760dpi.
In general, the higher the resolution of your printer...
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Inkjet printer technology
Inkjet printer technology was developed by some of the biggest names in the business in the late 70's. There were actually two technologies developed, one based on heat and the other based on an electric current applied to a crystal. Both methods are used to force the ink out of the ink cartridge on to the paper.Printers that use heat to acheive this are called thermal printers. These are very popular. Most home inkjet printers are thermal printers.
The heat causes the ink in the ink cartridge nozzle to bubble and then burst, spraying the ink on to the printer paper. The other technology uses a crystal, often a piezo crystal, that changes shape with the application of electricity. The change of shape causes the ink to be placed on to the paper. This process does not heat the ink. This technology is used by one of the biggest printer brands in the business.Both processes have their strong points and generally produce excellent results..
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The Best Carbs For Low Carbers
With the popularity of low carb diets such as Atkins, The Zone, and South Beach, more and more people are becoming aware of the bad effects to the body of too much carbohydrate consumption. As people try to cut down on their carb intake, it should be noted that not all carbs are created equal.In a nutshell, there are two kinds of carbohydrates, simple and complex. Some refer to them as bad and good carbs, fast and slow digestion carbs and other possibly confusing lingo. Here's the scoop.SIMPLE...
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Expert Guide to SOny's HDV camcorder
The Sony HD camcorder, the Handycam HDR-FX1 is being marketed by the company as ?world's first HDV 1080i consumer camcorder'. But at $3,700, it's price tag is stretching the consumer label somewhat.However, there's no doubt the the industry sees HD video as a consumer format and prices will come down over the next couple of years. This Sony HD camcorder is just the start of what is sure to be an avalanche of HD camcorders from electronics companies over the next few months.So, does this mean we...
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Steam Showers
Water is the source of life. It is used for drinking, watering plants, cooking or bathing. Water in gaseous form is called vapor or steam, which is used for powering engines, pressing clothes and also plays important roles in health and relaxation.
Steam baths have been popular for years, though in modern times this turned out to be more a part of the relaxation process. It helps to open pores, relax muscles and increase blood circulation.
Nowadays people are often going in...
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Your young men shall see visions...
Recently, I was outside and heard a pounding...chopping sound coming from the woods out front. And come to think of it, I had been hearing this for the past few days. I asked my daughter what all the noise was about and she said, "The boys are making a dugout canoe!". Well, I had to go check this out for myself...As is usually the case, when given the opportunity for free time, my boys elect to go outside and play. We don't watch any TV in our house, and we don't own any video games....
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