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HP highlights recycling efforts
Ink supplies maker HP has highlighted the efforts it makes to ensure its operations are sustainable that have seen it send more than two billion pounds in weight of electronics to recycling since 1987. This is the equivalent to 36 Statues of Liberty, the firm said,...
New tablet launch ‘to increase competition in market’
Consumers looking for a new tablet PC - which they can use alongside printer supplies to produce documents without connecting to a PC - may find there are an increasing number of options available. Although Apple's iPad device remains the market leader, with...
Printer sales rise in UK
Ink supplies may have been a popular purchase in recent months, as it has been revealed that the printer market in the UK grew by six per cent in the third quarter of the year. According to research by Context, sales of inkjet printers were mainly responsible for the...
Photographer to display snaps at National Theatre
Photographs by Pete Clark from Ravensmoor that may have been printed using ink supplies are to go on display at the National Theatre in London after he won a competition. The 22-year-old, who works in John Lewis, submitted his snaps to the Landscape Photographer of...
Epson printer ‘among unique holiday line-up’
Those searching for a new printer could be interested in a new offering from Epson which the manufacturer is claiming part of a unique set of products it is releasing on to the market. It has unveiled the Epson MegaPlex MG-50 combo digital dock projector, Epson...
The right printer ‘can help a firm to deliver cost savings’
Firms may need to shop around carefully when it is time to buy a new laser printer, due to the importance of picking one that enables them to deliver cost savings to customers. Eliot Harper, managing director of publishing company eliot, stated he found the...
HP DJ-1051 ‘offers all the basics’
People seeking a printer that covers all of the basics could be tempted to invest in the HP DJ-1051 device. According to product-reviews.net, the device covers all the basics expected from a machine pitched at the home office market, from copying and scanning to...
Amateur snappers given street photography tips
Amateur photographers have been given tips on getting the perfect snap to print out at home. John Carvill, writing for the Guardian, explained how street photography is "rife with ironies and contradictions". He noted it often depends how the person being...
Bangladeshi photographer chronicles train surfing
A Bangladeshi photographer has begun collecting snaps on train surfing in the Asian nation. G M B Akash told Slate: "When the train starts your feet will shake and you will try to hold something, but there is nothing to hold on to." He explained how over the...
Artist prints avalanche of photos for exhibition
Printing supplies will have been used massively by an artist who has unveiled his new exhibition. Erik Kessels decided to print every single photograph uploaded to social media site flickr over a 24-hour period and the snaps are now on display at Foam in Amsterdam,...
Oceans of Eleven
We all know and respect the 11th of November as Remembrance Day, the day when we honour those brave servicemen and women who gave their lives defending our country. This year, the 11th of November falls in the 11th year of the century. 11/11/11. The first century of every thousand years is the only time we really have licence to shorten the year to the last two digits. In a hundred years time, 2111, it just seems wrong that we would abbreviate the year to 11.
So to celebrate this momentous once in a millennia occasion, CartridgeMonkey have decided to bring you 11 interesting facts about the number 11.
Home office workers ‘prefer inkjet printers’
Inkjet cartridges could be in demand after it was revealed that home office workers prefer inkjet printers to other types of devices. According to a poll conducted by PC Advisor, 49 per cent of respondents stated that they would prefer an inkjet printer to a laser...