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office inkjet
Memjet makes
further inroads
into office printing
Toshiba announces plans to launch an inkjet MFP
based on Memjet technology
...printer
solutions are
becoming
ever more
important
to resellers
and their
customers...
HP’s other new solution, HP Access Control,
addresses the security of printed documents by
requiring users to authenticate themselves by PIN
code, Windows log-in or card/badge at a device
to release a print job. The server-based solution
includes HP Mobile Release software that
lets users view and release print jobs via their
smartphone by scanning a barcode or QR code
displayed on the device they want to print to.
HP Access Control Express, an SMB bundle
for resellers, provides PIN release and HP Mobile
Release. HP AC Professional adds card release,
usage controls and print rules so that web pages
are always printed in mono, for example.
Document scanners
Like several other printer companies (e.g. Brother
– see page 25), HP is addressing the related
market of document scanning with a series of
network and standalone scanners. Although
these tend to be bought in a different way to
printers – i.e. as
part of a complete
solution – the
latest models are
a good fit with HP
printers and share
some of the same
features. HP's new
desktop scanner, the
HP Scanjet Enterprise
7000 s2, for example,
supports Quick Sets
for easily executed
workflows.
There is no doubt that
printer solutions are becoming
ever more important to resellers
and their customers, as businesses
seek to gain control over print costs and
streamline business processes. However, the need
to integrate apps and solutions into existing
workflows and provide office-based and mobile
workers with an easy way to interact with them
means that innovation at the hardware level
remains essential.
At the recent unveiling of Brother’s 100ppm mono inkjet printer (see
page 25), Toshikazu Koike, global president and chairman of Brother
Industries (Japan), would not be drawn on whether laser or inkjet is
likely to dominate the future of office printing.
This reticence speaks volumes about the growing significance of inkjet
technology within the workplace, as companies like Lexmark, HP, Epson and
Brother (and even Xerox with its related solid ink technology) position A3 and A4
business inkjets as affordable alternatives to laser devices.
Another potentially significant player in office inkjet printing is Memjet, which
has developed an A4 printhead with 70,400 inkjet nozzles delivering 1600 x 800
dpi colour output at 60 pages per minute, or 12 inches per second.
The printhead can
be used singly
or in tandem
for very fast
print speeds. At
drupa, Océ was
showing Project
Velocity, which combines five Memjet printheads to achieve speeds of up to 500
A0 prints per hour, 15 times faster than conventional inkjet systems.
As well as being used by OEM partners, such as Delphax, Colordyne, Océ,
Xante and Fuji Xerox, for large format, digital and industrial printing applications,
Memjet technology is used in office devices from Lenovo (in China), LG, Lomond
and, in the future, Toshiba TEC.
The latter has just announced a partnership with Memjet to develop a 60ppm
MFP based on Memjet's printhead, controller, software and ink, whilst also
exploring possible applications of Memjet technology for labels and logistics
printing.
Lomond, which was the first to bring an office device to market in the form
of the Evojet Office, has also announced plans to launch a Memjet-based MFP in
Q3, the Evojet Office Pro, along with a new design of printer, the Evojet Office 2,
with a larger manual feed tray and other improvements.
An interesting feature of Lomond’s devices is that they are designed to be
used with the first OEM-authorised refilling program. The CartRegen system
allows resellers to offer customers a refilling service that saves 40% of the cost
of a new ink tank.
www.memjet.com
www.evojet-direct.co.uk
HP Scanjet 700
Memjet printhead
and Evojet Office printer (below)