David Murphy: HP`s Web Print Guru
Why would a software and Web services guy take a job at a printing
company? HP's David Murphy explains why he did just that. - Last
September, Hewlett-Packard named David Murphy to head a new Web
Services and Software unit within the companys Imaging and Printing
Group. Murphy, who previously served as chief financial officer of the
enterprise software maker Mercury Interactive (which has since been
acquired by HP) as well ...
HP Goes Outside the Box to Save Print Dominance
Hewlett-Packard keeps pace with market demands as smaller printer
rivals jockey for position. - Four times a year, Gartner and a host of
other technology research firms issue updated surveys on the printing
business looking at total units shipped and breaking out market-share.
Because of HP's longstanding dominance in printing, these surveys can
often read like a report on how far the numbe...
SEH Print Server Serves Up Energy Savings
SEH Technology's Linux-based ISD300 print server runs on 12 watts of
power, as opposed to the 100 watts of comparable models. - When it
comes to saving IT time, power and space, every bit helps, even the
choice of print servers. One print server, the ISD300 Intelligent
Spooling Device from Germany-based SEH Technology, is a .5-by-19-inch
Linux-based box, running at a modest 12 watts, rather than the over 100
watts of typi...
HP Exstream Takes Printing Business in New Direction
To understand HPs big bet on Exstream, Exstream must be viewed, not as
a printing business, but as a company that joins printing and
enterprise software. - Early in 2008, just days before IBM agreed to
shutter its printing business to focus more on enterprise software,
Hewlett-Packard made what might have appeared to be a bold step in the
other direction. It bought Exstream Software, a fast-growing printing
business based in Lexington, Kentucky. H...
Xerox Calculates Your Green
Xerox claims its environmental impact calculator measures the money
your wasting and carbon footprint your making. - From old printers that
are always on but in use only a few minutes a day to unnecessary print
jobs, a fleet of printers, copiers and multifunction printers are
probably more wasteful of energy than the server farm everyone wants to
turn green. Xerox customers are getting some idea of just how w...
Vendors Stream to Greener Printing
Vendors are jumping over each other to prove they have consumable,
recycling and conservation cred. - Vendors are jumping over themselves
to prove there are printer- and MFP-related ways to reduce energy use
and be kind to the environment. Samsung Electronics America announced
March 12 at the spring Press and Reseller Summit the launch of its
PrintCycle program as part of the company's newly red...
Faster Canon Multifunction Printers Help Cut Costs
The performance of new multifunction devices continues to improve for
the same or better prices. - Canon U.S.A. announced March 3 four new
black-and-white multifunction laser copiers in its imageClass line,
intended for use in small and home offices: the MF6540 ($599), MF6590
($699), MF6595 ($999) and MF6595cx ($1,145). All four models are
scheduled to begin shipping to retailers in April. By re...
Kodak Aims Digital Media Products at Midmarket
Kodak is expanding its target market for digital output and imaging
products to midsize and small-office customers. - The AIIM/OnDemand
Conference amp; Exhibition events have traditionally featured digital
printing and workflow solutions for print service providers, reflecting
the product offerings. quot;Last year we launched and showed the new
NEXPRESS M700 Digital Color Press big iron, quot; said Dave Wig...
Saving Green by Printing Green
There is a lot more to printing green than a sleep mode and an Energy
Star label. - Mention Green IT and the conversation turns bashfully to
the lowly network printer. After all, printers are a big consumer of
resources, such as electricity, toner/ink and paper ? all of which cost
money and leave users with a less than ?green? feeling! Sure, plenty of
printers offer a sleep mode or...
Playing Fast and Loose with Printer Specs
Here are some specs to be wary of and others you should ask about, even
though manufacturers tend to skip them. - Choosing the right printer is
hard enough when you have all the information you need. It gets harder
when manufacturers tout printer specifications that don't tell you what
you need to know. Here are some specs to be wary of and others you
should ask about, even though manufacturers tend to skip the...
Lexmark Proving Its Chops in Health Care
The company is taking steps toward a tailored suite and services for
the vertical market. - Lexmark International announced Feb. 25 software
and services updates for its Lexmark Clinical Assistant MFP to enable
health care offices to reduce their multifunction printer fleet
management costs and improve productivity. The announcement was made at
the 2008 Annual Healthcare Information...
Canon MFPs Vulnerable to FTP Bounce Attack
The vulnerability affects 20 Canon multifunction printers and could
allow remote attackers to redirect traffic to other sites via the PORT
command. - Researchers at Indiana University have raised an alert for a
difficult-to-fix vulnerability affecting certain Canon Multifunction
printers. The flaw, which affects about 20 different Canon MFP models,
could allow remote attackers to redirect traffic to other sites via the
PORT command. This is...
eCopy Scans Directly To Business Applications
eCopy simplifies scan acquisition and management with a new family of
MFPs. - eCopy unveiled a family of three document imaging applications
for use with multi-function printers and network-attached scanners Feb.
13, to replace it's single eCopy ShareScan software for front-office
workers scanning and capturing directly to business applications. The
three document imaging ap...
Canon Adds Equitrac Tracking to imageRUNNER Devices
Canon's imageRUNNER device runs document tracking right from the
printer interface. - For companies looking to provide document tracking
and management through the interfaces of their multi-function printers,
Canon's imageRUNNER MFPs now support print tracking software from
Equitrac. MEAP (Multifunctional Embedded Application Platform) enabled
imageRUNNERS will run Equitrac's softwa...
Could Your Printer Be a Health Information Hazard?
One security expert says your printer may be the weak link in your
hospital's network. - According to one security expert, it's possible
to infiltrate an otherwise HIPAA-compliant hospital network from an
unlikely place the printer. Peter Mongroo, head of global health care
marketing for Aruba Networks, said low-level peripherals such as
printers and scanners are often overlo...
