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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Ok, I was wrong...again....
Some of this conjecture was incorrect. Changing the orientation of the page as it enters the printing engine was, in theory, allowing one more page to be printed during each printing cycle.
After further research, this will not work.
In the present configuration of the Edgeline the print heads cover only 8.5 inches. When an 11x17 copy or print is generated, the page needs to be passed under the heads twice, decreasing the throughput speed very significantly. So, if paper is injected in a portrait orientation, the page would need to pass under the heads twice.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
It's True, I was Wrong
So far the timeline goes like this:
1. HP and IKON team up to put the Hawks(9055, 9065) in the field.
- HP and IKON split.
2. HP looks to work with Global.
- Global is purchased by Xerox.
3. HP signs DANKA as a national re-seller.
- Konica Minolta buys DANKA.
...you can't make this stuff up...
And for a TimeLine on DANKA, check this.
And a very good article by Chris Hundley of the St. Petersburg Times about the difference in companies, and the subsequent acquisition of both check this out.
How this will effect the Edgeline one can only guess.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Simple Tips for Your Printing
Here is a pretty good blog from HP that is full of quick tricks on configuration and use of printing devices.
I liked the video clip on "defaults"
Check it!
PurchasEdge
One of my pet-peeves is not using devices or programs to their full capacity - like when end users print a large document out on a laser and walk it over to a connected copier and make 12 copies. Instead of printing directly to the device.
This is why I bring this little program up and encourage every HP customer to check into it.
New Print Devices and Services from HP
A quick press release about new HP offerings.
Check the starting price for the Edgeline.
Rumor of "more aggressive" supply pricing structure - but nothing published.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Edgeline at 300 Page Per Minute
"I have analyzed in depth all the HP white papers on Edgeline and from this have worked out that HP could easily make a 20 inch width color data center printer that could operate at a speed slightly in excess of 300 pages/min.
I know this is not as fast as the new range of high-speed color printers from Agfa, IBM, Kodak, Océ, Screen and Xerox, but Edgeline technology would allow HP to sell this 300 plus page/minute printer at a fraction of the price all of these new printers are selling for. Not everyone in the corporate data center market wants to run 1,000 pages/minute, and many would want to have multiple slower printers rather that relying on one super-fast device."
Perhaps the announcement of the planned acquisition of Exstream is also a pre-announcement of the HP Color Data Center Printing System. It will be interesting to see how this news develops in the coming months."
This is very interesting, no? See this post of mine and try to read "through" it - and see how HP "expands"into new market niches? See this post.300 ppm!!? wha, wha, whaaaaaaat?