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  1. Surveying three years' worth of data, we found that some vendors' ink prices are going up faster than inflation. bit.ly/KJRzSz+
  2. The new @HP Photosmart 5520 e-All-in-One is a good bargain inkjet MFP, with auto duplexing and a touch control panel. bit.ly/IT32zE+
  3. Ever wonder how much your printer is really costing you over time? Try our printer cost calculator and find out. bit.ly/IFA9rP
  4. And yes, we will also show that if you print a lot, you must buy a (usually more expensive) printer with the cheapest possible ink/toner.
  5. We all want a cheap printer; none of us wants pricey inks/toners. But if you don’t print much, cheap/pricey could be OK. Math coming soon!
  6. Which printer vendors give you the cheapest inks? @Kodak is best across the board, but others offer good pricing, too. bit.ly/HftocZ+
  7. Is this the year of the business inkjet? HP's new Officejet 6700 Premium e-All-in-One is another good ‘un.http://bit.ly/HbNhnp+
  8. #HP printers have premium features/pricing and ongoing revenue stream. Can a commoditized PC biz learn from that—or just milk its profits?
  9. @dtnick @PCWORLD Ha ha, on the 3d floor, I don't catch 6th floor germs AND I don't get Nyan Cat song stuck in my head!
  10. Which MFP has 300 sheets of input, a 50-sheet ADF, and full print/scan/copy duplex support? The $400 color inkjet, not the $400 color laser.
  11. @HP_SmallBiz That's actually the 8600 plus...
  12. $400 inkjet hits 12.9 ppm printing plain text, $400 color laser hits 12.2 ppm. So far, high-end business inkjets winning on speed AND cost.
  13. In case you were worried, maintenance routines did the trick. Still, two units, both with output probs out of box. My life with printers!
  14. Printer I’m testing has (I think) a drum flaw: a persistent vertical line. I get a 2nd unit, and it appears to have a DIFFERENT drum flaw.
  15. A $400 inkjet charges 1.5-1.6 cpp for black, about 2 cpp for color. A $450 color laser charges at best 2.5 cpp for black, 4 cpp per color.
  16. Epson's WorkForce Pro WP-4540 is the third color-laser-killing business inkjet MFP I've seen recently--a great trend! bit.ly/yxpwmN+
  17. HP’s Photosmart 5510 is marred some by the lack of automatic duplexing, more by the lack of help with manual duplexing: bit.ly/wJwNdH
  18. How do Brother's $400 MFC-9125CN color LED and HP's $450 Laserjet Pro M451nw color laser compare to high-end business inkjets? Testing now!
  19. Testing this week: Epson's WorkForce Pro WP-4540 All-in-One Printer, another business inkjet/color laser killer. Review coming soon!
  20. Epson's WorkForce 845 shows how office-minded inkjets' speed, features, and cheap inks beat out low-end color lasers. bit.ly/zJj1Tn+