Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Why IT will cheer HP's move to merge printing and PCs OPINION Growth in software and services isn't reason enough to fix something that was never broken in one of the industry's most established vendors. What Meg Whitman is trying to tell her new customers
Friday, March 11, 2011
Xerox researcher wins prestigious printing award The vice-president of Xerox's Canadian research lab said the Robert F. Reed Technology Medal came one day after he became a grandfather for the first time. The award recognizes outstanding scientists and engineers in the graphic communications industry
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Google offers print from Android, iPhone The new feature requires a Windows PC running Chrome OS attached to the printer
Monday, January 24, 2011
Non-profit hopes to cut printing costs with tablets ChildNet says accessing documents through mobile devices could reduce the need to print, a significant expense
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Four myths busted in the printing business A Xerox Canada exec lists the printing myths that are preventing businesses from running efficiently. Is your business plagued by legacy thinking and bad habits?
Monday, August 09, 2010
FCC filing offers bit of detail on mystery HP device Information about HP's eStation Zeen filing raises more questions about the company's plans
Monday, June 07, 2010
HP enables remote printing via an e-mail address The company says customers can send documents from mobile devices directly to a printer. Each printer with ePrint capability will be assigned its own e-mail address
Monday, May 31, 2010
Dell adds document management features to printers The company expands the usability of printers by embedding document management software. Dell tries to gain control over the flow of documents in organizations
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
REVIEW: Samsung ML-2525W While pricing for wireless and laser printing is on the decline, there aren’t a lot of models on the market that include both. The Samsung ML-2525W is one of those exceptions that hits the sub-$200 price point with a smart, compact design that works well in any home or small office space.
Thursday, April 01, 2010
HP to keep investing in hot print services market With a formidable rival in Xerox and new competition on the way from Dell, senior HP executive Bruce Dahlgren promised significant investments to its new managed print services unit. The company also did not rule out future acquisitions to support the printing services group
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Dell to enter managed print services market Dell is eyeing the growing amount of data in organizations and could enter the managed print services market later this year. The company would compete with Xerox and HP
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Solutions to 3 perplexing Mac printer problems Tips on how to deal with disappearing printers and other woes
Sunday, April 27, 2008
HP adds Easy Select UI to enterprise MFP line Hewlett-Packards's M9050 is designed to let IT managers set it up once and walk away. A Canadian product manager goes over how important the right control panel can be
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Pembina Trails blazes into digital printing savings A Winnipeg school district has as many users and branch locations as a lot of Canada's largest enterprises, and its network overhaul has become the backbone for a project to reduce the time and money spent on documents
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Shark tank 
Monday, January 31, 2005
Would you want to do business with you? Over the last several months, in this column and in other articles, we've made a number of references to vendor relationships. Often, it's to make a point in which the vendors come off looking, well, not so good. In fairness to the vendor community we should acknowledge that it takes two to make a relationship, and it may be worth a moment to examine our own roles as customers. 
Friday, December 31, 2004
IT Focus news briefs, Jan. 1, 2005 OASIS unveils new standard, XINK makes a mark on RFID, NCR boosts wireless reliability, SGI visualizes Linux
Thursday, October 14, 2004
By the way, there is one more thing to plug in Back in the early '80s, this Canadian pilot fish was selling a vertical market software product to the self-storage industry in the U.S. Fish was in London, Ont., when he received a call from a new installation in southern California.
Thursday, May 13, 2004
Oki Data puts emphasis on colour After laying low for the last several months, printer manufacturer Oki Data Americas Inc. introduced a plethora of new printers during a press event recently held in New York. 
Thursday, May 13, 2004
Page-flipping woes When the federal government department where this pilot fish used to work first got computers, they were plunked on the employees’ desks. “Everyone was told, ‘There you go — use them,’” says fish. This was essentially all the training end users got, and fish ended up being the go-to guy because of his computer hobby. 
Monday, April 07, 2003
Study: Internet, e-mail driving thirst for paper New technologies are not bringing about the so-called "paperless office," but are in fact driving corporate Canada's thirst for more printing capabilities, according to findings presented in Toronto Monday.
Thursday, February 20, 2003
Lexmark looks to SMB Targeted to the distributed-printing enterprise and the small- to medium-business (SMB) space, Lexmark Canada Inc. recently released the Lexmark T420d monochrome laser printer.
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
HP puts Dell printer deal on ice Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) has stopped selling its printing and digital imaging products to Dell Computer Corp., as the two companies jockey for position in a move one analyst likened to "marital jealousy" played out through largely symbolic, though still irksome, behavior.
Thursday, May 16, 2002
Introducing the new HP Now that the merger is a go, Compaq Computer Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. wasted little time in creating a new corporate structure and product roadmap for the Canadian marketplace, although the new entity remained tight-lipped on the issue of job cuts.
Sunday, January 20, 2002
Ericsson and DNP to partner on Bluetooth chip design L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. has signed a licensing deal with Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (DNP) of Japan, the first of a series to provide Bluetooth designs based on Ericsson technology to third-party manufacturers, Ericsson announced Friday.