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New Toshiba e – STUDIO MFPs Bring Affordable Ledger Size Printing to SMEs
If you want to print in large sizes, then the conventional wisdom suggests that you will need to find a larger floor space to keep such a printer. In addition to this, printing in larger sizes typically also means having to deal with higher costs. All this is especially relevant in the case of enterprise level printing where quality is as important as size and speed.
After all, the capability to print large sizes at the price of slow speed, low quality, or simply high costs isn’t something that any business would accept. The alternative is to simply buy a really high end Multifunction Printer (MFP) which can provide all this.
However, spending large sums of money may not be an option for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) who rely on efficiency and are restricted by financial limitations. These problems have been dealt with very suavely by Toshiba with the launch of the new Toshiba e – STUDIO MFPs. The new Toshiba e – STUDIO MFPs include models such as the e – STUDIO™2802AM and the e – STUDIO™2802AF.
The new Toshiba e – STUDIO MFPs have combined the capability of printing in 8.5 inches x 11 inches (letter size) and 11 inches x 17 inches (ledger size) without compromising on elements like cost and space. Because of the space saving design of the new Toshiba e – STUDIO MFPs and their ability to deliver increased capability with affordability, these MFPs are ideal for small to medium scale businesses and workgroups.
In addition to providing versatility in printing sizes, the new Toshiba e – STUDIO MFPs boast of other highly useful features. The first of these is the improved colour scanning capability which makes it possible for materials to be scanned and sent electronically in quick time. Apart from this, the new MFPs also have the faxing capability. Another excellent addition to the new Toshiba e – STUDIO MFPs is duplexing capability. These new models come standard with a reversing automatic document feeder and an automatic duplexing unit.
These new features only add to the usefulness of the new Toshiba e – STUDIO MFPs, which boast of exceptional standard features. For instance, these MFPs have a good printing speed of 28 pages per minute especially when compared to competing machines in the same segment. The resolution these MFPs are capable of printing in are in the range of 2400 dpi x 600 dpi.
Efficiency and speed are also hallmarks of the new Toshiba e – STUDIO MFPs. Both these MFPs only take about 18 seconds to warm up and a further 7 seconds to churn out the first printed sheet. Both the models also feature a paper drawer with the capacity to hold 250 sheets in addition to 50 extra sheets for ledger size printing. The two e – STUDIO MFPs also boast of mobile connectivity compatibility with both Apple and Android operating system based devices.
The two new Toshiba e – STUDIO MFPs have been designed in a way that they are environment friendly which dovetails with the Original Equipment Manufacturer’s (OEM) overall strategy of minimising environmental impact. Each of the two new Toshiba e – STUDIO MFPs is also ENERGY STAR awarded making it highly energy efficient.
Indian MIT Graduate Develops Technology for Drawing Ink from Air
You’re lucky. You found generic cartridges that not only provide quality similar to genuine cartridges but actually provide it at drastically reduced prices. There are countless printer users out these who haven’t really explored the world of generic cartridges because they think that the print quality of these cartridges is lower than that of OEM cartridges. While the bad decision may be theirs, they must feel financially wrung out every time they have to replace cartridges.
Generic cartridge user or not, if you print a lot then it is likely that you also think about the amount of money you spend on replacement cartridges. If you’re a business owner, then a good percentage of your operational finances must be going towards replacement cartridges. The worst bit is that there are technological solutions out there that can counter the ever rising cost of printing ink. In fact, there are so many alternatives that people are coming up with contraptions in their own garages!
Take Anirudh Sharma, for example. Anirudh is an MIT graduate who grew up in India. This MIT researcher managed to use experiences from his younger days in India to devise a whole new contraption that takes the pollution in the air and turn it into low grade printing ink.
While in India, Anirudh experienced the infamous pollution of the country which included soot or carbon particulate matter was a common occurrence. In addition to this, Indians have this superstitious penchant for using soot in the form of ‘Kajal’ or Kohl to ward off evil spirits. This Kajal is produced from the simple process of collecting soot off candles.
Anirudh questioned these two facts with respect to why soot from pollution can’t be converted into something useful just like Kajal. Even though his project wasn’t intended to have political or environmental significance, the curiosity of Anirudh Sharma made his Kaala (Black in Hindi) Printer project environmental and politically significant.
The device devised by Anirudh Sharma is simplicity itself. It used a candle to create the soot because burning is essential for soot to be produced. This soot was collected with the help of an old computer fan into the container of a syringe. The collected soot is mixed with oil (olive oil) and rubbing alcohol (vodka) to make it liquid.
Then, the collected soot mix in the syringe is injected into a modified cartridge container. The cartridge needs to be modified simply because the holes in the print head of the cartridge are designed for finer ink particles. Anirudh’s version of the printing ink is low grade and not processed which means that the particles in the ink are too big to go through the smaller holes of a standard cartridge.
However, if the print head holes are made larger, then the printing process works fine. The resolution that Anirudh’s Kaala Printer can print in is in the range of 96 dpi.
Anirudh believes that there is potential in his contraption if the technology is improved further. According to him, with modifications, his collected ink can be as good as the ink sold by OEMs but still remain cheaper. The affordability of this ink is based on its source. For example, this contraption can be modified to collect soot from a late model diesel engine which can fill an ink cartridge in a matter of 60 minutes. Alternatively, the same technology can be used with a chimney which would only need 10 minutes to fill up a standard ink cartridge.
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