Toner Cartridges: Should You Use Remanufactured or Compatibles? by Andrew F James
First a little history.... In 1938, the first invention that would lead to the laser printer and toner cartridge was patented. The process, knows as "electro photography", used a dry printing method, not that different than today's laser printer. It was 1948, however, before the commercial... Everything changed in 1984 when Hewlett Packard began to market the "LaserJet" printer. ... In fact if you hunt around you’ll probably find a company will pay you for them as they need a constant stream of empties coming through so they can remanufacture them.

Xerox - Its Journey with Ink by John Sollars
Chester Carlson inventor of xerography founded the Haloid Company on April 18, 1935. The company manufactured and sold photographic paper! It was based in Rochester New York. In the year 1942 Carlson received U.S. patent No. 2,297,691 on Oct. 6 for electrophotography, later called xerography,... Xerox also manufactures compatible cartridges and claims to be a high quality alternative to Hewlett-Packard cartridges! ... A solid ink printer consists of only three major components- the print head that applies ink to print drum, the print drum that transfers image to paper and the controller,...

Printer Ink Cartridges - The History by Martin Smith
You are working at your computer and trying to print out important documents and all at once you find you are out of ink. Years ago that would have presented a big problem. Printers used ribbons or daisy wheels to print on paper. Let's take a look at the evolution of printer ink cartridges. ... 1984 - Hewlett-Packard released the first home-based desktop laser printer. ... 1949 - Haloid Company began to commercially developed electrography for the first time. ... I cannot imagine the hard work that created the ink jet printer cartridge, as we know it.

Printer Cartridges - Step Back in History by Martin Smith
You are working and trying to print out important documents when you discover that you are out of ink. This would have been a big drawback in the past. Most printers years ago used daisy wheels or ribbons to print documents. The evolution of printer cartridges should be looked at. ... The first home-based desktop laser printer was released in 1984 by Hewlett-Packard. ... The Haloid Company for the first time in 1949 developed electrography for commercial use. ... An old wine press was used by Gutenberg in 1452 along with moveable type and oil based ink to build the first printing press.

Finally, Your Inkjet Printer Cartridge Details Will Speak For Themselves by Joseph Mercado
Did you know? Ink cartridges are tiny gadgets with mundane features, which are indispensable to the inkjet printers which suck them dry. They’re also very expensive, which I am sure you can vouch for that based on personal experience. Two ink cartridges can be more money (as high as $80) than... This was sometimes called a tri-color cartridge, as you may know referred to by Hewlett Packard. ... Refill Rebuttal: Canon, Hewlett-Packard, and Lexmark all use thermal print head technology. ... I loaded our Lexmark Z65 with a new $30.00 black cartridge, company-rated at 600 pages.

Getting Started With Your New Printer by John Sollars
If you have recently bought yourself a new printer, follow the directions in the manual for setting up cables. Put the installation CD into the CD drive and follow the set up instructions. If you are using Windows 95/98, select Start Menu, then select Printers. ... Given below are the website URLs for the popular brands: Hewlett Packard — http://welcome.hp.com/country/uk/en/support.html?pageDisplay=drivers Canon — http://software.canon-europe.com/ Epson — http://emeasupport.epson-europe.com/downloads.aspx?LNG=en-EU Lexmark —...

ABC's Of DVD Drive Abbreviations by Jason Kohrs
The number of different formats available in DVD drives can be confusing to anyone in the market for one. The list is much longer, but to address a few of the common formats, we have DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM ,DVD+R DL and DVD±RW. ... The Alliance “is a voluntary group of industry-leading personal computing manufacturers, optical storage and electronics manufacturers” with members such as Dell, Hewlett Packard, Sony, and Phillips Electronics. ... DVD±RW is not actually a separate format, but the designation given to drives capable of both –R/–RW and +R/+RW operation.

Will Microsoft's Strong Anti-Piracy Stand Drive People to Linux? by George Lunt
Microsoft is due to release its new Vista operating system either toward the end of this year or at the beginning of next year. Will this new operating system be as successful as Microsoft's other offerings? Microsoft's own greed could end Windows reign as the leading desktop operating system. ... If you're a big PC maker like Hewlett-Packard, you get a discount on OEM versions of Windows. ... This is what Linux companies like Redhat and Novell do. ... They don't even have to make it open source (reveal its internal code); just make it free.

Data Quality Best Practices for Salesforce.com by Chris Badger
Executive Summary An effective plan for entering, cleaning and updating the data for your salesforce.com (SFDC) system is critical for achieving success with SFDC. According to industry experts poor planning for managing the data entry/data quality issue has historically been one of the largest... The most common problem with duplicates is account records entered with different company names, ex HP, Hewlett-Packard. ... Hewlett-Packard has 761 linked sites within their US operations alone! ... Matching redundant account records using a company name and address can be difficult given...

IT Resource Planning by Nida Rehman
The new buzz word for companies looking to the future An oft-heard mantra these days is aligning IT with the business. Many IT departments are struggling to evaluate how well they service their customers' needs or even to demonstrate what value they provide. ... Suppliers such as Hewlett Packard, Computer Associates (CA), BMC Software and Peregrine have, to date, concentrated mainly on the supply side of the equation, but are likely to flesh out the demand management piece over time, perhaps by partnering with different point product vendors or alternatively by acquisition.