Stories by Dan Littman

Epson STYLUS PHOTO R800

Using separate ink cartridges for each colour, the Epson STYLUS PHOTO R800 adds red and blue inks to the standard set of cyan, magenta and yellow inks; but it omits the light photo cyan and light photo magenta found in many six-colour photo printers....

Epson PictureMate

The Epson PictureMate's design suggests portability and recreation: it has a handle and looks like a small silver-and-black boombox. Despite its size and portability, the PictureMate doesn't run on batteries, though you can buy an optional car adapte...

HP Photosmart 7760

HP's Photosmart 7760 delivers great photo quality and is moderately priced. In addition, it's well-equipped to print photos from memory cards or directly from a digital camera.

Sony DPPEX50 Digital Photo Printer

Like other dedicated snapshot printers, the Sony DPPEX50 dye-sublimation printer can work without a computer. You can drive it from a PictBridge camera, and it has slots for Memory Stick and CompactFlash cards. Despite the printer's on-board control ...

HP Deskjet 9650

The HP Deskjet 9650 has a wide carriage that can handle paper 33 centimetres across and up to 10 centimetres long--and its paper-feeding smarts don't stop there.

Lexmark Z615

If your criterion for choosing a printer is spending the least amount of money possible to get passable print quality, then the Lexmark Z615 is a reasonable choice. But unless your printing needs are very modest we recommend you invest a little more ...

Dell, IBM ship competing laser printers

Dell Computer this week makes its first venture into the printer market, releasing a line of printers developed with Lexmark and going up against some established players.

Lost in the ozone: Epson photos fade

Contrary to ads promising fade-resistant, long-lasting photos, colour prints made with several Epson Stylus Photo ink jets turn orange in locations with heavy concentrations of ozone in the air, Epson officials confirm. The company offers to buy your...

Xerox WorkCentre 490cx

We compare the HP OfficeJet G85 and Xerox WorkCentre 490cx multifunction devices.

HP OfficeJet G85

We compare the HP OfficeJet G85 and Xerox WorkCentre 490cx multifunction devices.

Tektronix Phaser 850

The Phaser 850 colour laser printer is more expensive than its rivals, but has a fast graphics speed.

Photo editors storm the Web

We look at three graphics packages ideal for jazzing up those Web sites: PhotoImpact 5, PhotoSuite III and Picture It 2000.

Epson expands inkjet line

Epson has added two new inkjets to its line of printers, which the company thinks will appeal to home and small office users.

HP utility enables easy Web printing

Printing from Web pages can often be a messy and paper-consuming nightmare. Printer vendor Hewlett-Packard has come up with a solution -- a software tool that gives you excellent control over printing Web pages. (You can even set it up to print the f...

Simple Web site in a dozen clicks

I think I've discovered the easiest do-it-yourself Web pages on the Net: Ventura Communications Internet's TreeWay, which walks you through setting up your own site in about two minutes flat. And did I mention that it's free?

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