| When purchasing printers or multifunction
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| | printed page, moving the paper under the
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| copiers for an office, trade-offs are
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| | fixed printhead, and an ink system that
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| typically made. Is the speed appropriate
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| | can adapt to different requirements. The
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| for a workgroup or a department? Is
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| | new ink contains colorants that
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| color or monochrome output sufficient?
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| | immobilize rapidly on the paper to ensure
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| If color, would ink technology or the
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| | consistent dot size, high color
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| faster laser technology be better?
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| | saturation, and high optical density.
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| Typically, if color output is needed, the
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| | Prints dry rapidly at 70+
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| user must decide between the photo
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| | pages-per-minute, resist smear (even from
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| quality of an ink technology or the
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| | a highlighter) and are water resistant.
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| slightly more grainy output of a color
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| | Will the quality be good?
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| laser. Of course, the color laser can
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| | Edgeline technology also includes
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| print much faster than the ink technology
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| | intelligent and self-calibrating writing
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| so that is also a factor. If a large
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| | systems to deliver consistent image
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| volume of output is necessary, the user
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| | quality. The printheads are designed to
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| must choose a color laser because ink
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| | print at 1200dpi. This equals the best
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| printing is just too slow and ink
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| | native resolutions of current products.
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| machines are not built to handle volumes
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| | The printheads also know when a specific
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| of paper. In many cases however, laser
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| | nozzle is acting up and it's duties can
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| printing is more costly to print (per
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| | be passed to an adjacent nozzle. There
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| page) than ink technology.
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| | will also be a 2-pass option for further
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| Edgeline technology from Hewlett Packard
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| | increasing print quality.
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| promises to deliver the best of both ink
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| | Will it be more expensive?
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| and laser technologies. It will bring
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| | Pricing has not been released as of the
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| low machine cost, low operating costs,
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| | date of this writing, but the base
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| fast print speeds and photo quality
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| | technology is already in use and HP is
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| output.
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| | promising best-in-class operating costs
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| What is Edgeline?
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| | as well as reliability, quality and
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| Edgeline is the result of 4 years and 1.4
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| | speed. The machine itself should not
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| billion dollars of research and
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| | cost more than current color laser MFPs
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| development by Hewlett Packard. What they
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| | due to the much simpler mechanics. There
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| created was a patented process to
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| | will be no high voltage power supply,
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| economically manufacture an inkjet
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| | laser scanner mechanisms, transfer belts,
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| printhead that spans the entire width of
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| | or fuser assemblies. And those are just
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| a printed page. This means that during
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| | the major components. In fact, the
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| printing, only the paper moves not the
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| | machine will only need to move paper
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| printhead. Combined with new ink
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| | passed the printheads. This is much
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| formulations, the speed of the printer
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| | simpler than any current design.
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| can be increased to 71 pages per minute
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| | When will it arrive?
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| with outstanding image quality. The
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| | Multifunction devices utilizing this
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| printheads are very reliable, designed to
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| | technology are expected to be shipping
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| last for 2 million printed pages or the
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| | during the second quarter of 2007.
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| useful life of the machine itself.
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| | Because of all its advantages, it is very
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| Three Key Elements
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| | likely that you will see this technology
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| The three main features of this system
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| | in an office near you before the end of
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| are a printhead that spans the entire
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| | this year.
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