News (47)

  • HP unveils specialised printers, scanner

    Hewlett-Packard has unveiled two Designjet printers aimed at the technical design market, and a device for high-speed document scanning.

  • Lexmark tones up for printer fight

    Lexmark plans a major product unveiling next week aimed at raising the stakes in the laser printer battle with Hewlett-Packard, according to industry sources.

  • Apple, Dell leap on Victoria green IT plan

    Victorians will now be able to ditch their unwanted, end-of-life technology equipment in a green fashion following the launch of a state IT take-back program -- with support from big name vendors including Apple, Dell and HP.

  • Microsoft gives bar codes a splash of colour

    After years of being decked out in monochromatic stripes, the bar code is going color.

  • Baiting print punters onto the Web

    Publishers are looking for a bridge to lure magazine and newspaper readers across to corresponding Web sites, which is why odd little images are appearing on the pages of more publications.

Features and Case Studies (21)

  • Bankstown print refresh boosts green space

    For Bankstown City Council, a 170,000-resident council south-west of Sydney, a desire to regain control of its printing environment -- and to reduce its impact on the environment -- recently led to a complete reconsideration of its printing, scanning and faxing processes.

  • Who guards the guards: Security

    Who predicted the death of the password -- and spam? Why is PKI not ubiquitous? Who makes these daft predictions anyway? ZDNet.com.au looks at how the security market was supposed to shape up, according to so-called "experts".

  • Photos: HP unveils enterprise printers

    At its Winning Edge event in Beijing, HP took the wraps off several new printers including large-format Designjets, a new document scanner and it's latest and greatest, Edgeline, an inkjet designed to replace high-volume office photocopiers.

  • Leaving your prints all over the place

    Print documents are already being drawn into the world of digital security, and it's happening faster than we think.

  • Antivirus: Tools for SMBs

    Security is an essential requirement to providing a reliable, consistent IT infrastructure. In this report, we look at how one financial concern battles viruses and showcase a string of antivirus solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses.

Reviews (139)

  • Editor's Pick: 5 Inkjet Printers

    Whether you need a home photo printer or a cheap SOHO workhorse, this selection of the best inkjet printers will have something to suit.

  • Brother MFC-7440N

    The Brother MFC-7440N prints quickly and is fairly inexpensive to sustain, but we simply can't get behind a printer with poor quality graphics, significant hardware defects, and a boring design.

  • Canon Pixma MX850

    The Canon Pixma MX850 is a small, versatile multifunction printer suited to a small office looking for a cheap, do-it-all machine. It offers a broad range of features and reasonable document print quality, but don't expect top quality colour prints.

  • Lexmark X5250 All-In-One

    For less than AU$300, the Lexmark X5250 All-in-One has just about everything from photo printing features to scanning and copying. It's fast, too.

  • HP Photosmart C8180

    At AU$599, the Photosmart C8180 sits in Hewlett-Packard's lineup as one of its most expensive All-in-One (AIO) players. With a suite of features, it's not without a few missteps. The photo quality is better than average and the hardware is well-designed, but the lack of an auto-document feeder (ADF) and painfully slow print speed prevent us from giving this otherwise excellent printer a better rating.

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