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Despite the urge to immerse ourselves in digital communication and not look back, businesses still rely on printers to deliver their messages when no other channel can. Think of the promotional material you’ve been making for that upcoming trade show or those annual reports for the next stakeholder meeting. For better or worse, think of those posters strewn about the office reminding everyone to vote on a fancy dress theme for the looming Christmas party. A good printer can make all the d …

HP has been under fire over the past few years for some of its questionable business strategies directly affecting customers and competition, with the latest lawsuit targeting its recent attempts to monopolise ink sales. The company introduced a firmware update to their e-series LaserJet printers in 2022 making the device only compatible with HP-branded replacement ink cartridges without informing customers that third-party ink would disable their printer. Customers simply hit accept on the f …

Looking to buy a Brother label maker for your home or office? In the past, it might have been as simple as choosing the only machine available. But now, there are countless Brother label printers to choose from and they all specialise in different applications. Whether you're a parent labelling your child's school books or a business printing barcodes for inventory items or eCommerce orders, there’s quite literally a Brother label maker for you. All Brother label printers come in a w …

There are a few notable reasons why printer manufacturers produce their own branded printer cartridges. For starters, genuine printer cartridges can provide printer users with a guaranteed level of print quality and printer performance. And any regular printer users may know all too well that manufacturer-produced replacement cartridges also tend to be accompanied by manufacturer markup prices.But the world of printing is changing in a major way. There are now reputable producers of com …

Our home and office printers can actually be pretty versatile machines. Alongside being able to produce printed documents, there are printers that can also be used to print studio-quality photographs and art prints in a range of different sizes, matte or glossy brochures and pamphlets, and even stickers. Some of the best art printers (namely sublimation printers) can even allow creative types the opportunity to produce their own iron-on prints. It’s crazy to think just how many application …