Epson Stylus Pro 3800 printer banked Italy's most prestigious recognition for environmental achievement, the 2007 ecohitech award at a ceremony in Milan on 29th October. The printer’s exceptional design results in production of unbelievable image quality. The Epson Stylus Pro 3800 uses Epson’s revolutionary UltraChrome K3™ Ink with industry leading 8-color pigment technology professional-quality color and black-and-white prints. The 17-inch wide printer integrates MicroPiezo AMC Print Head technology to produce distinguished images at the maximum resolution of 2880 x 1440dpi with variable sized droplets as small as 3.5 picoliters. Other features include Accuphoto™ HD Screening, high-capacity paper feeder (120 sheets of plain paper), one high speed USB 2.0 and one 10/100 BaseT Ethernet interface for connectivity.

The jury's appraisal of Epson's award, given in the "Energy Saving and CO2 Reduction" category, states, "The Epson Stylus Pro 3800 is a compact printer developed and produced in accordance with the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). In comparison with the previous models, the estimated CO2 emissions during the whole product life are reduced by 44% and the amount of the resources used during the production is reduced by 55%. The printer is EcoLeaf certified. " Via:Epson

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Xerox Corporation released their new color laser printer, Phaser 6130 with advanced features for small business units to make color printing more affordable. The high quality printer produces professional color documents at 12 pages per minute and prints brilliantly with Black & White ink at a fast rate of 16 pages per minute. Utilizing Xerox’s environmentally friendly Emulsion Aggregation High Gloss Toner it produces textures with crisp text and uniform color

“High-quality color prints are no longer off limits to budget-conscious small and mid-size businesses,” said Russell Peacock, president, Xerox Office Group. “The Phaser 6130 is an ideal entry-level color printer because it’s fast, reliable and delivers impressive quality page after page.”

The network color laser printer integrates a faster 333MHz processor, 1GB memory, a 250-sheet paper tray for maximizing uptime and thus increasing productivity. The Phaser 6130 prints at 600x600x4 dpi resolution with 16 shades of color per pixel and includes true Adobe PostScript3, Pantone-approved color, continuous tone and Xerox Color Correction tables deliver professional-looking color for presentations. The Phaser 6130 is available for purchase in North America, Europe and Latin America through Xerox direct sales, resellers at a price of $449 will be available in other regions in November.

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Kingston Technology Company, Inc., showcased the upgrades to its admired CompactFlash® Elite Pro series of Flash Memory cards. These upgrades will increase the overall performance of the cards, helping amateur and professional photographers to achieve higher standards from their high-end imaging devices and digital workflow applications. The upgrades include higher transfer rates up to 25MB/second (read) and 20MB/second (write), along with storage capacities up to 16GB.

“Imaging pros have high expectations of their equipment and simply cannot afford to have memory cards limit productivity,” said Mark Akoubian, Flash memory product manager, Kingston®. “Kingston’s new CF Elite Pro card provides high capacity and increased read and write speeds to help photographers work quickly during the capture and download processes.”

The CompactFlash Elite Pro series is available in 2-, 4-, 8- and 16GB capacities with ample of space for capturing and storing endless number of images in RAW, JPEG, TIFF and other large file formats. Backed by Lifetime warranty and 24/7 live customer support the Kingston CompactFlash Elite Pro Cards are available as

Part Number Capacity and Features MSRP (U.S. only).
CF/2GB-S2 2GB CompactFlash Elite Pro card $ 62.00
CF/4GB-S2 4GB CompactFlash Elite Pro card $ 77.00
CF/8GB-S2 8GB CompactFlash Elite Pro card $ 154.00
CF/16GB-S2 16GB CompactFlash Elite Pro card $ 308.00

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SCX-4725N belongs to the Samsung’s influential range of multifunctional devices, especially designed to enhance productivity of small office environments. The multifunction device enables high speed documentation at a fats rate of 24ppm for copying and printing with 1200 x 1200 dpi as maximum resolution. The cost effective device increases utility by integrating daily functions of copying, scanning, faxing and printing in a single unit. It also features innovative SmarThru™ web based utility for remote device management and includes superior Network Ready (10/100BaseTX) unit for network printing. With an in-built 30 sheets Document feeder it also includes 250 sheets main tray. Other features include USB Port for direct printing, Toner Save Button to reduce toner usage by 40% and LCD screen of 2 line x 16 characters.

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Xerox Corporation paved their way in the full-color, continuous feed printing market through the release of their up-to-the-minute high-speed printer. Xerox's 490/980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System produces high quality, brilliant documents such as transactional statements, invoices with promotional marketing messages, direct-mail pieces containing coupons, membership cards, newsletters and mush more. The system uses xerographic imaging and flash-fusing technology with dry toner making it compatible to wide variety of substrates to produce documents at 600dpi resolution. Capable of printing 226 feet per minute (69 meters) or 493 images per minute two-up on simplex on 8.5" x 11" paper, it also features duplex printing and easily prints 986 images per minute in duplex mode. The system is available in Japan, China and the Pacific Rim, and is supposed to be released in Europe in the first half of 2008, followed by North America and other prospective markets with an anticipated price of U.S. $1.8 million per engine.

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Polaroid presented their new, exciting digital camera, the T743 featuring effective 7 Mega-pixels of power with 4x of optical zoom packed in a compact, slim body. The high optical zoom enables clear viewing of distant objects is also perfect for larger picture sizes. The larger 3” LCD screen is an added benefit allowing enhanced editing as well as better composition of shots. Through its 32 MB of internal memory and extensive support to SDHC / SD card, it easily records motion pictures or videos to store them for lifetime. The unique Camera will be available in the Japanese market in the month of November.

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Kyocera Mita America Inc. displayed their new Color and B&W Console Printer specifically designed for bearing the load of busy workgroups and business units, the Kyocera Mita EcoPro C320DN Printer. It produces exceptional and consistent color output at an unmatched speed of 32 pages per minute without compromising with quality for increased productivity. The C320DN holds up to 1,100 paper sheets for convenience and gives a duty cycle of 125,000 pages through Kyocera's ECOSYS Printer Technology. It also incorporates Kyocera's Amorphous Silicon (ASi) Drums and Maintenance Kits for an industry-leading 300,000 impressions for maximizing Uptime and efficiency. Its specifications include embedded duplex, 10/100BaseTX Network Interface and USB Host Interface with additional 500 x 2 Sheet Paper Drawers or a 3,000 Sheet Paper Deck, optional memory upgrades and Printer HDD, advanced finishing and Data Security Kit as enhancements.

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Kyocera Mita America showcased their powerful Black & White printer from the EcoPro series, the Kyocera Mita EP 510DN Console Laser Printer. This powerhouse has been designed to match the needs of larger enterprise workgroups, departments and businesses to give a monthly ducty cycle of 300,000 pages. It easily prints superior documents at the rate of 51 pages per minute through Kyocera's patented Amorphous Silicon (ASi) Drum which lasts up to 500,000 impressions. Integrating Kyocera's ECOSYS Printer Technology it also features 1,200 Sheet Paper Capacity, Embedded Duplex and 10/100BaseTX Network Interface and USB Host Interface for direct printing through ThumbDrive. It offers an additional 500 x 2 Sheet Paper Drawers or a 3,000 Sheet Paper Deck, optional memory upgrades, advanced finishing and Data Security Kit as enhancements.

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Kyocera Mita America Inc. presented one of the newly announced printers from the EcoPro series, Kyocera EP C270N Printer. This exceptional printer features superior design and functionality to make it best for busy workgroups with mass documentation. Incorporating the Kyocera's Organic Photoconductor (OPC) Drums and Maintenance Kits it gets power to produce 200,000 impressions with limited user involvement. EP C270N produces high quality prints at 600 x 600 dpi as maximum resolution to easily give a monthly duty cycle of 1,000,000 pages. Its specifications include 10/100BaseTX Network Interface, print speed of 26 pages per minute, paper capacity of 600 sheets with enhanced High Speed USB 2.0 port.

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Kyocera Mita America rolled out their hottest B&W Desktop Laser Printer from the EcoPro series, the Kyocera Mita EP 470DN Printer. With Kyocera Mita’s reliable technology the printer focuses at improving productivity of busy workgroups and departments. The EP 470N produce high quality output at a fast speed of 47 pages per minute with 1200 x 1200 dpi as maximum resolution. Like other printers in the EcoPro series it also includes the 10/100BaseTX Network Interface and enhanced USB Host Interface for connectivity. It holds up to 600 documents and incorporates the Kyocera's patented Amorphous Silicon Drum lasting up to 300,000 impressions with Kyocera's ECOSYS Printer Technology which reduces user involvement for handiness.

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Kyocera Mita America, Inc. introduced their new Desktop Printer, the Kyocera Mita EP C220N Printer. The printer gives an affordable solution to daily documentation of mid sized workgroups and business units. The printer produces quality output at a quick speed, 22 pages per minute for color and monochrome prints. C220N integrates Kyocera's Organic Photoconductor Drums and Maintenance Kits lasting up to 200,000 impressions with Kyocera's ECOSYS Printer Technology to reduce user intervention for convenience. The printer has standard paper capacity of 600 sheets, also allows duplexing and includes 10/100BaseTX Network Interface for connectivity. Additionally it offers three 500 Sheet Paper Drawers and optional memory upgrades as enhancements.

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Kyocera Mita America, Inc. released their latest Black & White Laser printer from the newly launched EcoPro series, the EP 370DN printer. EP 370DN incorporates unique design to suit busy workgroups and businesses to print high quality output at 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution. The Laser Printer has been optimized to produce superior prints at a fast speed of 37ppm without compromising with quality. EP370 holds up to 600 sheet of paper and features three optional drawers with capacity of 500 sheets per drawer. It includes enhanced 10/100BaseTX Network Interface with USB Host Interface for network and direct printing. Furthermore it offers benefits of duplex printing through integrated unit and uses Kyocera's ECOSYS Printer Technology to minimize user intervention with option to replace the toner container which lasts more than 15,000 pages.

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Datacard Group unveiled their new Datacard® SP55k kiosk card printer with exclusive design for compatibility with Kiosks. The Sp55k features easy operability with three variable configurations for flexibility. The metal mounting frame enables affixing the printer to the kiosk housing for protection, the Datacard supplies detailed technical documentation to configure the model according to each kiosk design and an optional Datacard® printer driver SDK for convenience. With SP55k you can issue your business cards in full color, personalized through magnetic stripes and bar codes in an instance. The printer never compromises with quality and utilizes Datacard® Certified Supplies featuring Intelligent Supplies Technology™ for best prints and less user intervention.

“The ability to immediately distribute cards to end users in many dispersed locations puts kiosks in high demand in a variety of markets, including the retail, hospitality, financial and transportation sectors,” said Connell Smith, vice president of desktop solutions for Datacard Group. “The SP55k kiosk card printer is built on the Datacard® SP55 print engine, which gives it the proven reliability that is critical for unattended operation. In addition, its several configuration options support numerous kiosk styles—a truly cost effective solution for large scale installations.”

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Kyocera Mita America, Inc. announced the release of the new EcoPro series of printers with four color and three black & white solutions. One of the color solutions, EcoPro C170N has unique design fit for small or mid size workgroups and business environments to increase productivity. With maximum printing resolution of 600 x 600dpi, the EP C170N gives a rapid speed of 17 pages per minute and capacity to store up to 600 sheets to give a monthly duty cycle of 50,000 pages. Using Kyocera’s Organic Photoconductor Drums, which are rated for 100,000 impressions, user intervention is reduced. It includes enhanced support for 10/100BaseTX Network and High speed USB 2.0 connections. It features optional product enhancements including 500 Sheet Paper Drawer, duplexing unit and memory upgrades.

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Sony introduced its new digital Camera, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T2 in striking colors and remarkable design. T2 offers a large amount of storage with its 4GB of in-built Flash memory with Memory Stick Pro Duo expansion. With its 1/2.5-inch CCD image sensor, the 8.1 Mega-Pixel camera also features 2.7” inch touchscreen LCD panel. Furthermore it includes Sony’s Face detection technology with innovative smile shutter for maximum exposure and 3x Carl Zeiss zoom lens to take beautiful images of distant objects. T-2 features optical image stabilization to reduce image blur, high ISO sensitivity of 3200 with 1920 × 1080 pixels as maximum resolution.

Sony Cyber-Shot T-2 integrates Sony PMB Portable software to directly publish photos and videos to popular websites such as Crackle(TM), Flickr(TM), Photobucket(TM), Shutterfly(TM) and YouTube(TM).The user- friendly software initiates as soon as the device is connected with a compatible pc via enahanced USB connection. Additionally the camera features new scrapbooking option with 16 colorful designs to view photos on the camera's anti-reflective screen. You can add up to eigh-Shot t different creative effects to your photos, such as blurring and filter effects through the software. The Sony Cyber-Shot DSC T-2 will be available for sale by December for a price of $350.

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“There’s been explosive growth in the use of webcams to do instant messaging as a quick way to keep in touch across long distances, for work and for pleasure,” said Alice H. Chang, CyberLink CEO. “And with the huge availability of web cameras — both built into notebooks and standalone units — CyberLink YouCam creates a fun way to talk to friends online, with all kinds of expressive effects that can be used with a web camera.”

CyberLink YouCam can be purchased online in multiple languages including English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), German, Japanese, French, Italian, Korean, and Spanish in the following configurations:

YouCam (single user) USD 34.95 and Euro 24.99 YouCam (2-license pack) USD 49.95 and Euro 34.99 YouCam (4-license pack) USD 69.95 and Euro 49.99

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Samsung Electronics the world-over leader in digital imaging introduced its new high speed, color laser printer CLP-611NDK in the Korea market. Packed with unique features it easily prints color as well as Black & White documents at the speed of 20pps, supports duplex printing for maximum use. Furthermore its SyncThru function enables remote management of linked printers and quantity of toner remaining. CLP-611NDK uses large toner to easily print 5,500 Black & White pages or 5,000 Color pages with its high- input cartridge storing up to 850 pages.

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Oki Data America announced that company’s feature rich B4545 multifunction product will be available at a lower price to provide a better value. B4545 provides a compact footprint and unique features such as LDAP compatibility; duplex scanning, full keyboard layout; PC-independent scan-to-email and scan-to-network capabilities; LAN fax compatibility; and ability to scan-to and print-from the USB flash drive. It is the only Black and white MFP in its class to provide utility with a large number of functions. B4545 includes OmniPage® and PaperPort® software to help users get the best from their MFP and optimize their business process. You can get your own OKI B4545 MFP at an unbelievable street price of $449.

“Wrapped into one small, space-saving device, the B4545 MFP is the ideal and most versatile solution for small and medium businesses that are in need of improving their office efficiencies,” said Eliana Franco, Senior Marketing Manager, Monochrome Multifunction Products, Oki Data Americas. “A lowered street price enhances the users’ investment and exemplifies OKI Printing Solutions’ commitment to its customers – to provide a solution that upholds its competitive benefits at a better value.”

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Digital Foci unveiled its new digital key chain photo viewer ‘Pocket Album’. The integrated 1.5- inch LCD screen enables you to share your precious moments with your friends and family anywhere. The Pocket Album easily stores up to 74 pictures on its 8MB internal memory, the Lithium-Ion battery enables 9 hours of power, enhanced USB 2.0 connectivity, it also features built-in clock with automatic on/off timer and the AC adapter to recharge the battery. Additionally it includes Photo Viewer Software to convert JPG & BMP images from you computer to the Album with easy to use features for slide show, editing, cropping and rotating photos before automatically resizing them for optimal storage. It is available in black, silver and blue at a price of $39.95.

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Ricoh Americas Corporation, a renowned leader of digital imaging solutions introduced a new security feature Enhanced Locked Print-Extended Edition (ELP-EX) document security solution. The software has been optimized to protect confidential documents in shared printing environments; ELP-EX now comes with the new proximity card solution for enhanced security. With the proximity card functionality users login automatically by swiping the card directly to the readers directly connected to the Ricoh MFP and easily resume job cache. Furthermore it locks a document to be held at the MFP until the authorized user releases it and only those documents can be viewed which relate to a specific user ID and password while sensitive documents remain hidden.

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Pentax the renowned leader in digital imaging is organizing an eight-day DSLR Photography Workshop Cruise scheduled to embark from Ft. Lauderdale, FL to ports in the Southern Caribbean on March 14-22, 2008. During the workshop PENTAX K100D Super digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras will be available for use by attendees. Being the eighth in the series this workshop provides training in digital photography, imaging techniques and printing. The PENTAX K100D Super features 18-55mm zoom lens (35mm equivalent, 27-83mm), Shake Reduction, Automatic Dust Removal, 2.5-inch LCD monitor, and ISO sensitivity to 3200 making it the perfect for tourists or travel photographers.
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The cruise will stop at three matchlessly gorgeous islands, St. Maarten, St. Lucia and St Kitts in the West Indies. All attendees who enroll will receive hardware and software gifts, those who don’t yet own a DSLR will be able to reserve a new PENTAX K100D Super for a month log period before the cruise.

For more information on the cruise visit: http://www.dpcorner.com/cruise or call 800-652-2267.

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Intermec announced the release of their new series of compact printers, the PF8 series especially designed to meet the requirements of space-restricted applications. The series is available in thermal transfer (PF8t) or direct thermal (PF8d) versions and prints at a high speed up to four inches per second. The series includes a Connect to Print kit with software, drivers and cables for easy printer set-up, it also features the largest ribbon capacity in its class and a powerful 32-bit RISC processor for rapid management graphic-intensive label formats. The series suppoprts a wide variety of 1D and 2D symbologies, including DataMatrix and QR codes with a high resolution of either 203 or 300 dots-per-inch. The series supports a wide variety of 1D and 2D symbologies, including DataMatrix and QR codes and features print heads with either 203 or 300 dots-per-inch resolution. The PF8t is available now worldwide with the PF8d following in November 2007.

“This product is closely aligned with key end user requirements,” cites Kevin Permenter, AIDC Analyst at Venture Development Corporation. “Footprint reduction, ease of use and loading, packaged solutions, and out-of-box experience are some of the most desirable characteristics for end users of this class of bar code printers.”

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