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Printing Giant Lexmark Targets Asia After £2.5bn Chinese Takeover
Lexmark finds a buyer as it continues to move away from printers into software
Xerox Confirms Company Split, Denies Icahn Pressure
End of an era for tech titan as Xerox reveals it will split into two companies, but denies Icahn was the reason
Lexmark Wants To Make Throwing Away Ink Cartridges Illegal
Printer and cartridge vendor Lexmark pushes EU to implement compulsory recycling schemes
IT Life: Staying Secure
Canon Europe's Quentyn Taylor tells us about printers, Amara's Law, and why business agility is crucial to success
Carbon3D Printer ‘Grows’ Objects From Pool Of Liquid
Terminator film used as inspiration of new 3D printer that “grows” objects from a pool of liquid
HP Finally Makes First 3D Printing Move With Multi Jet Fusion
Revolutionary open-source platform should pave the way for cheaper and more effective 3D printing, HP says
Sony Digital Paper Aims To Reduce Printing Costs And Save Environment – For £661
Sony Digital Paper device to arrive in May, targeting paper intensive businesses, organisations and universities
Canon To Buy US Nanotech Chip Firm
Purchase of Molecular Imprint’s semiconductor business allows Canon to push for nanoscale manufacturing processes in semiconductors
Lantronix Adds Mobile To Print Server Range
Lantronix's xPrintServer Cloud Print Edition allows existing printers to connect to Android mobile devices
MakerBot Releases 3D Scanner To Market
A 3D scanner has gone on sale so people can scan in everyday objects and then reproduce them with a 3D printer
Xerox: How Research Can Make Services Green
Xerox Research gets to work on efficiency for its growing services business, says Tom Blodgett
US Scientists Plan On-Demand Robots
A team from MIT wants anyone to be able to go to a shop, get a design and print their own cybernetic machines
Thinfilm Teams With Xerox PARC For Printed Memory Device
The Palo Alto Research Center has teamed up with Thinfilm to develop non-volatile memory on plastic sheets
Researchers Use Graphene For Printable Electronics
Cambridge scientists use wonder-material graphene to improve speed and density of printable electronics
Why E-Invoicing Fits The Bill
Companies should stop clinging onto paper-based processes and switch over to e-invoicing to save time and money, says Ricoh's Martin Hurley
Cisco, Xerox Put Mobile Printing Into The Cloud
Cisco and Xerox are teaming up to allow businesses to print from any device to any printer via the cloud
Xerox Debuts Greener colorQube Solid-Ink Printers
Xerox claims lower energy and less waste than laser printers as it launches two solid-ink ColorQube printers
Apple Offers Wireless Printing For iPad With ‘AirPrint’
Apple continues to expand its hardware functionality after it released a beta version of its AirPrint wireless printing for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
OKI Targets Mid-Market With New LED Printers
New LED printers offer energy-saving features and compact footprint for cost-conscious businesses
How Smart Printing Practices Reduce Environmental Impact
Up to 80 percent of a printer's environmental impact comes from paper consumption. Lexmark's John D. Gagel shares his advice on how to reduce the volume of pages you print