If you're looking to outfit your business with a new printer, now is a great time to buy a color laser. Whether you're a single user who prints newsletters at home or you're buying for a corporate marketing department that designs collateral materials, you're in a buyer's market. Color laser printers are becoming progressively faster, smaller, and cheaper to operate than ever before, and with prices starting at $300, they're affordable for all budgets.

The lowest-end (sub-$500) color laser printers, while incredibly affordable, are typically slow and have limited paper capacity--and they aren't cheap to operate, due to the relatively high cost of consumables. Printers in the $500-to-$1000 range are faster, handle more paper and different paper sizes, and cost less to maintain than inexpensive models. If you're prepared to pay over $1000, the sky's the limit: You'll find printers with workhorse print speeds, large-capacity paper trays, lower costs per page, and sophisticated paper options. Here are a few key features to consider when looking for a color laser that will work best for your business.

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Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE:HPQ) stronger-than-expected third- quarter performance may have helped lead a rally on Wall Street Wednesday, but its earnings report released Tuesday revealed a decline in its imaging and printing business. While the company reported revenue of $28 billion, up 10 percent year-over-year, its Boise-based imaging and printing division - traditionally accounting for about 27 percent of HP's revenue - experienced a 14 percent decline.

In an investor call on Tuesday, CFO Cathie Lesjak said that consumer printer hardware units were flat and commercial printer hardware units were down 9 percent year-on-year.

"Within IPG (Imaging and Printing Group) we are focused on reducing our cost with ongoing initiatives to improve supply chain efficiency and lower product costs," she said. "We are investing these savings in targeted growth areas including the enterprise and graphic arts. We will continue to be prudent in our pursuit of lower end units and will balance growth and profitability to drive long- term results."

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Canon Vietnam Company's laser printer factory in northern Bac Ninh province, the second phase, was officially inaugurated on August 22 at the Que Vo Industrial Park after eight months of construction.

This is the factory with the highest output owned by Canon in the world. It production hit 14.4 million products a year.

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Research shows that millions of used ink and toner cartridges are tossed away each year, falling victim to an end of life cycle in a landfill or incinerator. While many groups are attempting to increase consumer awareness, it doesn’t always seem that the message is getting through. If this is the case with you, consider these facts supplied by the recycling group eCycle:

* This year, only 20% of these petroleum-based, plastic cartridges will be recycled. The remaining 80% will ultimately end up in landfill.

* The average used toner cartridge weighs about 3 lbs. It is composed of 40% plastic, 40% percent metal and 20% other materials. The plastic is made of engineering-grade polymers which take over 1,000 years to decompose. 97% of these combined components can be recycled or reused.

* Three quarts of oil are used in the production of every toner cartridge and 2 ounces of oil are used for the production every inkjet cartridge.

* The recovery and reuse of empty printer cartridges diverts millions of cubic feet of material from waste disposal, saving us the millions of tax dollars needed to pay for additional landfill management.

* One school can use 350 printer cartridges per year.

* Each student will use a minimum of 6 to 10 inkjet cartridges per year.

* A medium-sized business can use 900 to 1,600 cartridges per year.

Amazing, isn’t it? The next time you are tempted to toss away an empty cartridge, think about this list and do the right thing. Recycle!

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Multifunction laser printers are all the rage and it’s a pretty simple move to stick an A4 flatbed scanner on top of an existing mono laser printer to produce one. With a bit of fresh tooling to produce a different case design and the firmware to handle the scan and copy functions, companies can charge a premium for the extra functionality in the new device. Kyocera Mita has a range of multifunction machines, based on a similar engine to its FS-1030 laser printer, and the entry-level model is the FS-1118MFP.

Don’t be fooled by the number of pictures of this machine with an Automatic Document Feed (ADF) on top of its scanner. While this is an option, you have to pay extra for the FS-1118MFPDF, or upgrade with the DP-100 Document Processor, to get it. The basic machine has a simple cover for its A4 flatbed.

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The Middlesex County register of probate has been suspended from his position after he was allegedly caught stealing thousands of dollars from copy and cash machines.

John Buonomo, 56, was videotaped by state police going to the cash machine inside the office of deeds, opening a box with a key he was not supposed to have and taking out cash, prosecutors said.

Officials said that it happened 18 times during a three-month period. Witnesses said that Buonomo came in on days he was not working.

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Xerox India has recently unveiled its new line of printers and Multi-Function Devices (MFD) for offices. The Color-in-Office series has five products targeted at corporate, large enterprises, SMEs and advertising and design houses with an aim to increase color penetration in the A3 and A4 category in offices.

The product line up includes the WorkCentre 7232, 7328, 7655, the Phaser 6180 and the 8860. The 7232 and the 7328 are A3 MFDs with a print rate of 10 ppm for color and 30 ppm for B&W and 26 ppm for color and 28 ppm for B&W respectively. While the 7655 is an A3 Multi-Function Printer with a print rate of 40 ppm for color and 55 ppm for B&W, the 6180 is a MFP with a print rate of 20 ppm for color.

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Printers are essential in any home or office as it can print your documents on the fly. And while there are a lot of printers to choose from (some going as low as $50), there will always be a product that can do more than just ‘print.’ The new Lexmark printer is just that – it is a 3-in-1 printer that connects to your wireless network so you can print anywhere.

The wireless function is easy to set-up: all a user has to do is to install the driver on the computer, type in the wireless network password (if enabled), and let the printer hook itself up to the network. If there is no wireless network available, one can opt to hook the printer up via the USB port.

The X4650 can copy documents, scan photos, and print photos or documents. It comes with a PictBridge port for instant printing and has two memory card slots that can read SD, Memory Stick, xD, MMC, CF, and MD cards.

The power, copy, scan, photo, start, colour/black, cancel, setup, left and right, OK, and back buttons are found on top of the printer, along with a monochrome LCD that displays the function and setting options.

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Toshiba America Business Solutions announces the expansion of its mid-volume color printing line-up with the introduction of the e-STUDIO 2330c color multifunction product (MFP). Joining Toshiba's e-STUDIO2830c/3530c/4520c color MFP series launched in June 2008, the Toshiba e-STUDIO2330c answers the needs of small to mid-sized businesses and satellite offices that want a full-featured, fast color MFP with an entry-level price-point. Like the rest of the mid-volume color MFP family, the e-STUDIO2330c features Toshiba's next generation e-BRIDGE controller for efficient processing and multi-tasking, the Easily Replaceable Unit design that minimizes maintenance downtime, and supports direct scanning to, and printing from, portable USB memory drives.

The new e-STUDIO2330c color MFP boasts a print speed of 23 pages-per-minute (PPM) for color, and 28 PPM in monochrome, with a first copy out time of approximately eight seconds, providing fast color printing to businesses with moderate output needs. Utilizing Toshiba's enhanced laser image technology (e-Fine), the e-STUDIO2330c delivers best-in-class color clarity and rich text renditions in all scanning, printing and copying jobs. Supporting print resolutions of 2,400 x 600 dots-per-inch (dpi) and 10-bit scanning resolutions of 600 x 600 dpi, the e-STUDIO2330c provides razor-sharp text and superior graphic detail in all printed documents.

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Head to your local Target to scoop up an Epson Stylus CX7450 multifunction printer for the impossibly good price of $29 (plus tax). It prints, copies, and scans in color, employs a smart ink system, and doesn't require you to wait on a rebate.

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