The History of Canon - From an Optical Lab to a Multimedia Giant! by John Sollars
Canon, according to the dictionary means is a general law, rule, principle or criterion; church decree or law; member of cathedral chapter; body of writings accepted as genuine. Now what I am talking about is a company that manufactures user-friendly products! ... Laser Beam Printing Another important technology in the field of printing by Canon was the development of laser beam printers (LBP). ... Product Chronology To go through a brief chronology of Canon’s printing and copying history - Canon successfully developed the laser beam printer in 1975.

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. ... Xerox released the world's first business laser printer the Xerox 9700 in 1978. ... The first home-based desktop laser printer was released in 1984 by Hewlett-Packard. ... When choosing a printer find out what kind of cartridge it will use.

Color Inkjets by Richard Romando
Color inkjets are perfect for small companies or private parties. Color printers have enabled computer-users to engender and turn out color documents in artistic and vibrant ways. Coupled with either desktop publishing software or a graphics program, color printers can make eye-catching outputs... They emit ink droplets on the surface of the paper by using jets or nozzles. ... Branded inkjet cartridges are expensive compared to laser cartridges but a growing number of thrifty consumers resort to compatible off-brand inkjet cartridges.

Guide to Buying a New printer by Andrew Gates
One of the more perplexing decisions when faced with choosing a new printer is which print technology is going to suit you best. At the moment there are two main printing systems: the laser technology, using toner cartridges and a transfer drum assembly; and ink jets using ink tank cartridges... Other things you might consider How paper travels through a printer can affect your whole printer experience. ... The printer driver provides the software interface to your printer, offering you on-screen control over copies, page size, orientation, resolution, text smoothing and paper thickness...

History of Hewlett Packard and Ink by John Sollars
Hewlett Packard’s tryst with ink took off when it acquired a company named F.L Mosley based in California in 1958. Mosley was manufacturing recorders and plotters for industrial applications such as continuous process monitoring systems, data loggers and the like in the 1950’s. ... Its first printer was the “ThinkJet” in 1984 based on the inkjet technology and later the “DeskJet” printer also based on inkjet technology and the “Laser” printer as the name suggests based on laser technology. ... There is a difference between printer ink and toner - printer ink is a liquid that is applied to...

Solving Image Problems on HP Laser Printers by Bill Tucker
There are several image related problems that can occur. If you want to save money and repair it yourself this article is for you. Read about the most common image related problems that HP Laser Printers have and how to resolve them. Here are a few examples of image related problems: Blank,... Now that you have stopped the paper midway, carefully remove the cartridge and the paper from the machine. ... If it does then it is in the cartridge, or possibly it could be in the Laser or scanner assembly.

Printer Buying Guide by Jeffrey Lawrence
Printers are essential peripherals, performing a critical role as they render electronic information into tangible records or material output. You’re simply not using your computer to its fullest potential if you are unable to print reports, presentations, letters, photos, or whatever it is you... Before you buy a large quantity of third-party paper, try a few samples by printing the same photos on both the printer manufacturer’s paper and the third-party paper, and then compare the results. ... For this purpose, a printer’s paper path can give an indication of how it handles paper:...

Inkjet Printers in the Office - Print Quality Characteristics to Look For by Jimi St. Pierre
Although laser printing technology today offers printer speeds in exceeds of 50 pages per minute on general office printers, inkjet printers are now commonplace in small business and home user environments. With improvements in inkjet print speeds, the days are long gone when laser was... Inkjet printers have problems here more than laser printers mainly because of the interface between liquid ink and paper. ... Individual printer products differ widely in their control of so called ink splatter .

A Market Study of Colour Printers by John Sollars
The printer manufacturing market seems to be a booming one. Manufacturers are no doubt eyeing expansion and coming up with newer products to capture the burgeoning market. The manufacturers are interested in the colour -printer sector for purely reasons of expansion. ... Other costs included laser power supply, consumables assembly, fuser assembly, paper assembly, control panel assembly electronics assembly, final arrangements, etc. ... Offering a dpi resolution of 1200*1200, this network ready colour laser printer has an outstanding colour output and can print up to twenty pages per minute.

Digital Printing by Ken Marlborough
Digital Printing is the process of producing digital images on physical surfaces such as paper, photographic paper, film, cloth and plastic. Using this technology, one can print directly without using any intermediate mediums, such as a film negative or a plate-making machine. ... Variable imaging uses the laser printer, inkjet printer or digital press for printing. ... Computer-to-Imagesetter, computer-to-plate (commonly known as digital plate making) and computer-to-plate-on-press are the various digital imaging techniques.