TONERNEWS.COM FOR TODAY / 12 -19- 2012

Houston Audits Office Depot And Finds Overcharges of $6.6M  

By Emily Roach
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
The city of Houston has joined the list of governments who claim Office Depot failed to honor the best-pricing guidelines provided for in their contracts. Houston revealed the results of an extensive audit Friday covering the years 2006-2010, the estimated overcharges of $1.7 million to $6.6 million....More 

Kyocera Europe Still Publishing Remanufactured Toner Propaganda  

Of the toners tested by TÜV Rheinland, Kyocera Genuine Toner performed best
Kyocera Genuine Toner is more reliable, has higher image quality and produces less waste than Third Party Toners tested
December 2012 TÜV Rheinland, the internationally-recognised, impartial technical testing, inspection, certification, consultation and training expert, has recently delivered results that show Kyocera Genuine Toner to be significantly better than the third-party toners tested, based on every criteria measured, including print quality, reliability and wastage. Kyocera Document Solutions, one of the world’s leading document solutions companies, welcomes these unbiased results.....Read More 

Canada :Consumers Face Big Increase In Eco Fees For Printers  

By Ellen Roseman
If you buy a floor standing printer or photocopier, you could see the price soar next month, thanks to Ontario’s eco fee program.
The eco fee on large printers and copiers will go up to $341.20 on Jan. 1. That’s up more than 10 times from the $32.50 fee that has been in force since April 2010.
Technological change is behind the steep increase, says Jonathan Spencer, executive director of Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES), the company running the electronic waste recycling program on behalf of producers....Read More

Many Young Adults Ditch Laptops for Smartphones

Smartphones are more important to young adults in the U.S. and three other countries than laptops, desktops or tablets, according to a survey of 1800 18- to 30-year-old users in 18 countries.
The laptop was still preferred over the smartphone by Generation Y users in the remaining 14 countries in the survey, but usually by only a small margin, according to the online survey of full-time university students and workers between ages 18 to 30 was conducted by a research unit within Cisco...More

HP Reveals Revamped 2013 Strategy for Chinese Market  

After six quiet months on the job, HP China chief Yi Xiaohui has come out with a public announcement of the division’s strategy to reach the domestic market, Sina Techreports.
Yi unveiled a five-fold plan to reporters yesterday in one of his first media appearances as the head of HP’s China operations since he left Lenovo to take the role in June.
Lenovo, in fact, is HP’s toughest competitor in the PC market, having recently claimed the title of world’s largest PC vendor, at least according to some industry estimates. HP, for its part, has cast doubt on the figures, but at this point,..Read More

Epson's Kodak Moment

Minoru Usui is rising to the challenge, seeking to leverage on Seiko Epson Corp's core strengths in technology and high quality manufacturing to regain lost ground.
By Amit Roy Choudhury


-PHOTO: YEN MENG JIIN
YOU could say that Minoru Usui had his "Kodak moment" shortly before he took over his present job as President of Seiko Epson Corporation in 2008. This was when he realised that there was a distinct possibility that the illustrious Japanese electronics company was in danger of going the way of Kodak, the famous US brand which had fallen into irrelevance because it did not keep up with the changing market and consumer preferences....Read More