This Week in Imaging: A Closer Look at Printer/MFP Security
With news about serious security breaches steadily streaming across our desktops, the importance of cyber security continues to increase more......
Category: Opinions
HP Inc.: How 3D Printing is Set to Change Manufacturing
In the following blog post, HP Inc. outlines the evolution of manufacturing – from the First Industrial Revolution to 3D......
Consumer Reports: ‘Third-Party Ink Cartridges Can Save You Money, But It Pays To Be Cautious’
Consumer Reports recently published the results of its annual printer survey, with 37 percent of respondents saying they’ve tried using third-party......
What You Should Know – The State of Mobile Printing
Many years ago, mankind invented computers. This created the need to produce hard-copy output for communication and archival purposes. The...
Five Ways to $ave on Ink – We Analyze Ink-Saving Programs, Strategies, Technology, and Printers
We’re big fans of inkjet and firmly believe that it’s the imaging technology of choice for the new millennium. It’s...
This Week in Imaging: Brother Moving Upmarket; Epson Ramping Up; Decision Time for Sharp?’
This week’s op-eds discuss the new Brother/Amazon ink service, the doings of Brother International, Epson and Sharp Corporation, Cost per......
Is Printer/Copier Reliability Testing Still Relevant?
We’ve been in the business of office-product testing and evaluation for longer than we care to mention. Nevertheless, for a...
It’s Official: Half of USB Devices Have Unpatchable Security Flaws
Following up our article on BadUSB malware, the security researchers that discovered the vulnerability have since tested the USB controller chips...
Has ‘BadUSB’ Malware Effectively Killed USB Devices in the Enterprise?
As our industry is a major source of secure hardware and workflow solutions for the security-conscious enterprise, this news is...
Updated – What You Should Know About Continuous Ink-Supply Systems
Note: This post has been updated due to the results of our extensive Project CISS Hands-On Test. There have also......
Windows 8.1 Update is Welcome Refinement but Microsoft Sucker-Punches Start-Button Whiners
I visited the Windows Store last night and attempted to update three of our Windows 8 PCs: Lenovo IdeaPad Lynx...
What is NFC Touch-to-Print and Why it’s a Big Deal for Mobile Printing
We posted a story yesterday that leads with an announcement that Hewlett-Packard is now offering optional NFC (Near Field Communication)......
An Evening with HP @ New Work City (not a typo)
Last night, Kathy and I attended a Hewlett-Packard event held at New Work City located at 412 Broadway, just off the intersection......
Our Take on Ricoh’s MDS Strategy
We’ve heard this song before, starting around the turn of the century—it used to be called “document management.” Ricoh, along......
Some Dealer-Channel Digital Imaging Vendors Are Finally Coming Around To B2B—Who Is And Who Isn’t?
When Wirth Consulting decided to perform a comprehensive Head2Head Comparison Reporton entry-level monochrome network MFPs, we found that the category...
Hands-On Test Report: Epson’s B-510DN Business Color Ink-Jet Printer Gives Color Lasers A Run For Their Money
Wirth Consulting has just completed a Hands-On Test Report on what we feel is a really important digital imaging device,...
