House of Lords vellum scrapping row goes viral

A House of Lords decision to scrap the centuries old tradition of recording Acts of Parliament on vellum has sparked an outcry, with the story going viral on social media with the #savevellum hashtag. 



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Epson Develops World First Compact Office Papermaker

Epson is reported to have developed the world’s first compact office papermaking system that is able to re-manufacture paper from waste shredded paper without using water.



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Brother Revamps Its Small Business Laser Printers

To kick start 2016 Brother embarked on a sweeping new product launch. With new research showing that despite efforts to purge paper from the workplace, printing is still alive and kicking in the office and the company have had a huge revamp of its monochrome laser printer portfolio.

In short, toner cartridges and printer ink cartridges are here for the long term and printers continue to evolve to meet the demands of the modern office and Brother has overhauled its range of monochrome laser printers.

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Lexmark Supports the EU’s ‘Circular Economy Strategy’ On Recycling

In the UK 24 million homes have a computer or laptop, 90% of these devices are connected to a printer with each of these printers using 2-3 printer cartridges per year. On top of this many offices use laser printers and vast amounts of toner cartridges.

With a call-to-action to the printer cartridge industry in Europe Lexmark have urged all manufacturers and suppliers it to support a range of measures to curb waste and encourage reuse and recycling.
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Sprint-Ink just published a new article - What is a Managed Print Service?

We have just published a new article about Managed Print Services!

A Managed Print Service will also take into account every device used for printing such as Office desktop printers, multifunction printers, copiers, scanners, fax machines and high-volume printers. The cost of printer paper, printer ink cartridges, toner cartridgesand other supplies is also taken into account and will be optimised to reduce office consumables waste.
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3D Printers now available at Sprint-Ink

With CoLiDo, Ultimaker and XYZprinting 3D printers and Filaments we have a wide range of 3D Printers and consumables. 

With 3D printing continuing to grow in popularity, 3D Printers in the home, school and business are on the increase and looking for low cost 3D printers and filaments has become a necessity, to reduce the costs involved.

With some of the biggest brands in the 3D printing world we have everything you need for your 3D printer, we even have service packages that you can optimise to your requirements.

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HP’s new PageWide range boasts faster poster printing

With the ability to print posters at speeds up to 30 prints per minutes, HP claims that its new PageWide printers are up to 60% faster than the fastest monochrome LED printers on the market.

HP’s new PageWide range

Print studios, architects, engineers and reproduction houses are HP’s main targets. The largest printer, the HP PageWide XL 8000, offers high-end production printing with printer ink cartridges that can print up to six rolls of paper for high volume jobs.

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Hp’s New Pagewide Range Boasts Faster Poster Printing