With money in short supply these days, everyone wants to find a way to trim costs. One expense that could be on the chopping block--and one that Macworld readers repeatedly gripe about--is ink prices.

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Canon printers can be found nearly everywhere nowadays. Corporate offices in New York, university dormitories in the United Kingdom, and homes in different countries all over Asia have Canon printers. But how did they enter the printing solutions business when this company started out as camera and camera-related gadgets manufacturers?

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Everyone needs to learn how to cut back a little more on all of the spending which we do. Whether you are in charge of a business or are simply looking to reduce the amount of money that you spend with your home computer, figuring out the best approach to reducing will be important. One easy step toward doing this will come through the way that you use your printer. It’s no secret that printer ink is expensive and when you’re looking for the best method of conserving with your budget, you should consider buying printer ink in bulk.

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Hewlett-Packard, one of the biggest names in printing, is dipping into the 3D printer market through a deal with Minneapolis, Minn.-based Stratasys, the companies said Tuesday.

3D printers let people create three-dimensional models out of designs created on a computer, constructing the model by either removing material from a block or by building it up gradually from another material. Stratasys will manufacture an HP-branded 3D printer set for release later this year.

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All printer cartridges, be they ink or toner, have their total output measured in 5% coverage pages. Because of the misunderstanding floating around this figure, Stinkyink have chosen to combat it with a user-friendly article detailing what exactly this means. It can be found on Stinkyink’s blog, here, alongside other articles, including guides to printing, updating drivers for Windows 7, and a multitude of reviews of popular printers.

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The world's first "Zero Ink" 4 x 6-inch photo printer has been announced from a team-up - promising more products in the future - from ZINK and Pandigital.

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Crumbs! It's not quite in the same league as the Heinz USB Microwave, but we like this toaster in the shape of an inkjet printer.
Just pop two pieces of sliced bread in the top, choose from four different heat settings and wait for your toast to drop onto the tray below.

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Hoping to tap into the public's frustration over the cost of using ink-jet printers, Kodak decided two years ago to sell ink at half the price of its competitors. Now, the company is saying how much customers would have saved had they switched to Kodak. Competitors, meanwhile, are disputing their claims.

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If you ever fancied a home 3D printer but thought they were out of your budget, MakerBot Industries has the solution. Their 3D home printer cost only $750 a faction of industrial 3D printer which can set you back a few thousand without any problem. It comes in a kit form which includes everything you need to build your very own 3D Printer.

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Combination printers and photo frames seem to be in this year: Epson has just announced the PictureMate Show, a new device that combines a 4 by 6 photo printer with a 7-inch photo frame.

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When you try and search for stuff to read concerning printers and printer ink cartridges, you will not only find legit and totally predictable stuff such as printer reviews and posts related to energy consumption and the environment; you may also find a thing or two where printers and printer cartridges suddenly play a rather unexpected role

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Hewlett-Packard Co.’s complaint seeking to bar imports of certain printer cartridges that it claims use protected technology won review by U.S. trade officials.

The U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington yesterday said it would investigate the complaint brought last month by Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest maker of personal computers and printers.

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In a push to make digital photo printing easier, Canon launched a portable talking printer – the Selphy ES40. In theory, the printer should talk you through any complications you might encounter while printing.

But at first glance, it wasn't clear why the voice guidance was necessary. The buttons on the printer are labeled in a clear, simple manner and the menus were easy to navigate. I wasn't sure I was going to need any voice guidance.

But I turned it on anyway.

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Epson has launched an inkjet printer with white ink aimed at the packaging proofing market.

The Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 is a 610mm wide (24in) printer which uses the first water-based white ink.

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A new handheld printer that's the size of a mouse and weighs just 250g can print onto anything from notebooks to napkins.

The Print Brush, made by a British company called PrintDreams, prints up to A4 size in black and white, at resolutions of 600dpi. The company says that it's the smallest printer in the world.

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Lexmark’s inkjet printers have had a pretty rough ride from PC Pro in recent reviews and Greg Caster, senior development manager for inkjet R&D, admitted to me yesterday that its 2008 range was simply a step behind its competitors. To change that, Lexmark is finally moving to individual inks for its next all-wireless range of inkjet all-in-ones, and introducing a fantastic touchscreen interface that I’ll come to later.

But the real news for me - and for anyone who ever has trouble choosing a printer - is the way Lexmark’s eight-product line has been assembled.

Currently, buying a printer is a confusing experience, with too many competing manufacturers, each with too many printer ranges that contain too many similar models and accept too many different cartridge types. Even within a single manufacturer’s product range, the variation in quality and speed can be staggering.

So Lexmark is taking a different approach, one that makes choosing a printer so simple for consumers I can only beg and plead with Canon, HP, Epson and the rest of the inkjet world to flagrantly copy it.

Put simply, whether you buy the base consumer model for $99, the premium $399 business device or any of the six models in-between, you’ll get the same underlying print engine.

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If you go by sales figures and consumer recognition, Canon and HP are the two top printer brands. This isn't a great surprise — both companies make well-built, fast, great quality printers and multifunctions to suit a range of homes and small businesses. Whether you're looking to print school assignments, lab-quality photos or business documents, there is bound to be a printer from either of these manufacturers to suit your needs. The question is: which brand is better and for what purposes?

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In September, a soy-based toner created with soybean oil will be available for select laser printers.

For more than a decade, the Ohio Soybean Council has worked in partnership with Battelle to develop an environmentally-friendly toner using soybeans.

AgriTone replaces traditional petroleum based toner.

(SEE THIS) is releasing the AgriTone premium replacement toner cartridges.

They are a series of remanufactured laser toner cartridges containing toner that is 35 percent or more biobased.

In 2008 alone, the company collected more than 900,000 cartridges through its Empty Core Collection Program and recycled more that 1 million pounds of raw materials from its manufacturing process

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Both Canon and Brother are well-known names in the world of printers. Moreover, their multifunction printers are also quite popular and are a great choice for people who want to conserve space and yet want all the functionalities on offer.

When it comes to printer sophistication, Brother MFC steals a march over its other competitors. Not only are they light in weight but also compact. Moreover, apart from the usual functionalities they can also record messages. My Brother MFC also performs the role of an answering machine. Moreover, the Brother MFC has a multitasking scanning function, which not only scans pictures and documents but also emails.

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Hewlett-Packard, HP to its friends, has always been a very innovative, progressive company so it should be no surprise that HP has come up with a brilliant way to reuse printer cartridges and prevent them from filling up our dumps. HP recycles non-degradable plastic printer cartridges into printerheads for their Photosmart D5460 printers.

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One of the most common questions heard in office supply stores is this: “I have an old printer. Can I use remanufactured printer cartridges as replacements?” The answer is not a simple yes of no. Each printer owner has to research the subject and make up their own mind whether they want to use OEM or remanufactured printer cartridges.

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Preparing for a major launch of new inkjet printers next month, Lexington-based Lexmark International recently took a look back before looking ahead.

Later this week marks the 15th anniversary of the company's first Lexmark inkjet printer, the Lexmark ExecJet 4076 IIc.

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For this one, Broida takes us through being able to get the Brother HL-2170W Wi-Fi laser printer for only $49.99. He warns us not to be surprised by the fact that a quick look at the product page will tell you that the printer is up for grabs for $69.99, a good $20 more than what Broida is sharing as the cost for the printer; it is not necessarily, however, going to be your initial cash outlay for the machine. Getting the price trimmed down to $49.99 is a deal that, according to Broida’s own words, will require you to “jump through a few hoops”.

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What we may be writing next may seem funny, but believe us when we say that these things actually happen. We are far from being neat freaks, but we are not total slobs either (at least we don’t think so!). So what we see on a couple of our favorite shows – Clean House and How Clean is Your House? – can sometimes amaze us. Okay, so our idea of kicking back to watch TV is a bit different – but hey, we found a few tips on what your printer is NOT supposed to be based on the stuff that we saw people do.

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We have talked about making changes to our printing habits to save on cash and using our printers to generate even more savings. But how about actually using our printers as a revenue-generating device? And no, we are not talking about printing your own greenbacks, although there are those who have certainly done so and (almost!) got away with it.

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