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Samsung Electronics this month is shipping a new line of monochrome laser printers aimed at small and midsize businesses and workgroups. The ML-2250 Series prints 22 pages per minute at up to 1,200 dot-per-inch resolution. Equipped with a 166MHz processor, the new printer has 16MB of DRAM (dynamic RAM) memory, which can be expanded to […]

Printer giant Lexmark International Inc. on Monday reported double-digit earnings and revenue growth for the second quarter of 2004. The Lexington, Ky., company took in a profit of $136.6 million, or $1.02 per share, on revenue of $1.25 billion, topping its year-ago profit of $101.7 million, or 77 cents a share, on revenue of $1.12 […]

For small and midsize businesses looking to buy a color laser printer, theres good news: Several new models are available, and prices have plummeted this year. The bad news? With all the options, picking the right printer can be daunting for many SMBs. Finding the right combination of speed, quality, service and price is akin […]

Canon last week unveiled a networked digital multifunction device that does more than just print, scan and copy. The Color ImageRunner C3220 includes Canons Java-based MEAP (Multifunctional Embedded Application Platform), which allows users to install and run up to 18 applications on the device. For example, software could be installed to imprint corporate logos on […]

Weighing only 1.18 pounds and measuring 5.7 by 4.4 by 1.6 inches, Citizen Americas new PD-24 printer is designed for printing on the go. The PD-24 portable printer is suited for point-of-sale or point-of-service applications, enabling, for example, mobile retail workers to print receipts of credit card transactions or health care workers to print patient […]

With its color laser desktop printers, Ricoh is aiming to give small and midsize businesses more networking options. The new models—which include the Aficio CL1000N, CL2000N and CL3000e—offer 802.11b and Bluetooth wireless interfaces as optional features, company officials said. USB 2.0, parallel and 10/100BaseTX Ethernet connectivity comes standard. The $899 Aficio CL1000N prints 31 pages […]

Just a few days after Yahoo Inc. pulled the plug on the enterprise version of its free instant-messaging client, America Online Inc. will announce today that its halting sales of its two-year-old enterprise offering, AIM Enterprise Gateway. AOL officials said the company will continue to invest in services to help users of its free AIM […]

Yahoo has canned sales of the enterprise version of its free instant-messaging client, officials said Friday. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company will now turn its focus to its free Yahoo Messenger client for both business and consumer users, Yahoo Inc. spokeswoman Terrell Karlsten said. To help enterprises monitor and manage employees use of Yahoo Messenger, Yahoo […]

Aimed at bolstering business presentations, ViewSonic Corp. last week took the wraps off three projectors and a 42-inch plasma display. For business travelers making off-site presentations, ViewSonic introduced the PJ255D, a portable projector weighing in at 2.1 pounds. “This is really for the road warrior,” said ViewSonic product manager Jeff Muto. “Its something light to […]

Mizuho Capital Markets, a midsize New York trading company, used to deal primarily in paper documents, and as such, it did little to automate or digitally protect them. In fact, until Sept. 11, 2001, all of the companys hundreds of thousands of business-critical paper documents were stored in fireproof filing cabinets in its 80th-floor offices […]