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Epson's Latest All-in-one Printer Costs

Epson America on Tuesday introduced the Stylus NX400, a new all-in-one printer compatible with Macs and PCs priced at US$99.99.

The NX400 outputs black and color text at up to 34 pages per minute. An all-in-one device that features a built-in scanner, it has a 2.5-inch LCD you can use to edit and print photos without having to use a Mac to see what you're doing. It sports one-touch copying and scanning buttons and produces smudge-resistant prints using Epson's "DURABrite Ultra" ink cartridges.

The printer's maximum output resolution is 5760 x 1440 optimized dots per inch (DPI); the scanner's resolution is 1200 DPI. The scanner features a 48-bit color bit depth. The printer can output 4 x 6-inch borderless photos and can print on up to 8.5 x 11 inch paper.

The printer sports a built-in PictBridge port for printing from PictBridge-equipped printers; it also has built-in memory card slots compatible with Compact Flash, Memory Stick, SD, SDHC, MultiMediaCard, xD-Picture Card and other formats.

System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later.

HP's latest printer sells for less than it costs, says analyst

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Hewlett Packard's 8250 inkjet printer, targeted at consumers who will want to print pictures at home, costs $199 in stores, but it probably costs $199.80 to make, says Doug Moore, an analyst at research firm Current Analysis. The manufacturing cost estimate might be ten percent high at best, but either way, that doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room.

"It's the (business) model for the low-end inkjet market. The manufacturers reap whatever they are losing on the printers on the supplies," he said.

HP is trying to recover lost ground in the inkjet market to companies like Epson as well as encourage people to actually print at home. Commercial sites such as Wal-Mart have dropped their prices so much that it's now often cheaper to buy prints from commercial services than to print at home, said Amber Shore, another Current Analysis analyst. However, the lower price points HP is touting could draw in consumers. The home printer also gives one the immediate gratification, she added.

Gerber Ships World's First Cationic Ink Jet Printer

Imagine an ink jet printer that is capable of printing on virtually any surface and creates prints that are dry and ready to use immediately after printing. That's what Gerber's Solara ion printers do. Before you get too excited, let us mention that there is a good chance that you will get a sticker shock when you see the Solara's price tag. But then, it isn't really a consumer product - but a fascinating technology nevertheless.

The Solara ion can print on media that are up to 64" (1.6 m) wide and up to 1" (2.54 cm) thick. The printer covers up to 639 square feet per hour at a resolution of up to 1440 dpi, delivering "intense reds, greens, and blues" through its CMYK engine, according to the manufacturer. The prints are durable enough to be used outdoors and are promised to remain intact for up to three years. Gerber said that the Solara ion uses a piezo-based, drop-on-demand cationic UV curable printing technology.

Obviously, this isn't your average inkjet printer that you would use to print letters or tax returns. Gerber says that the device is targeted at printing applications such as billboards, fleet graphics or vehicle wraps. Both rigid and rollable media are supported by the device.

There wasn't any exact information on the price of this printer. Gerber, however, mentioned that the Solara ion offers better performance than any other wide format UV system on the market today for under $150,000.

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