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Konica Minolta Celebrates it’s 150th Anniversary!

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Konica Minolta celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, with hopes to soar as a growth company again.

The Japanese Company’s roots go back to the year 1873 when 25-year-old Rokusaburo Sugiura started selling photography materials after having his photo taken.

Konica Minolta Camera - 150th Anniversary of the Company!

Konica Minolta’s New CEO Toshimitsu Taiko announced that the company’s 150th anniversary is a new start and opportunity to reinforce the company and strengthen it back up after the many challenges it experienced last year due to supply chain issues with lockdown in China and the impact the war in Ukraine continues to have on resources and energy prices.

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Taiko’s mission is to accelerate Konica Minolta forward and restore the confidence of its employees as well as restoring trust of stakeholders, shareholders, investors and customers. The CEO’s tactic to achieve these goals is by addressing every single problem with honesty and sincerity.

CEO Statement about Konica Minolta's 150th Anniversary!

Mr Taiko also expressed his heartfelt appreciation to everyone who supports Konica Minolta around the world. It’s been made clear that the company positions the huge milestone as a chance for further growth of people and society.

Konica Minolta’s mission to help the Homeless

Konica Minolta has also worked with charities to combat homelessness and help those in need. For example, for the second consecutive year, Konica Minolta works with Crisis at Christmas to help homeless. They also collaborated with the Aimar Foundation. They have managed to install print management software and printing devices at hotels and day centre sites across London. This helped provide access to vital information and documentation, to help them take the first step out of homelessness.

We fully support Konica Minolta’s actions to help decrease the homeless population. We also encourage our customers to buy Konica Minolta products and help support their cause. Buying our compatible products not only helps the struggling homeless, but also contributes to helping save our wonderful environment!

Some Konica Minolta products you can find on our site below:

4519402 Drum Unit (4519402)

8938621 Black Toner Cartridge (8938621)

A06V353 Magenta High Capacity Toner Cartridge (A06V353) to fit the Konica Minolta Magicolor 5570DH Printer

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Plastic Usage in GM Technology

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GM Technology, the Global Leader of Refurbished Photocopiers and Toner Cartridges, has stopped the use of plastic bags in the packaging of their remanufactured toner cartridges. The old plastic packaging is replaced with new bags made of only environmentally friendly products. The new packaging is made of biodegradable film and recyclable brown Kraft Paper. The transparent part of the bags is made of vegetable cellulose instead of plastic.

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GM Technology predicts that they will save 10,000 plastic bags a week with this upgrade, making the remanufactured toners even more environmentally friendly.

 Though the change may seem quite small, the smart decision to reduce the amount of plastic used by GM Technology has an incredibly positive impact on the environment.

More and more companies are focusing on their environmental impact in as much detail as possible. Recycling and a more ecological approach is being taken. Plastic use is decreasing in many companies – both on a large and small scale. Whether its avoiding plastic bags or separating recycling and general waste, the awareness of the effect we have on the environment is increasing and being taken into account by companies.

Plastic Waste - Bottles, Wrappers, Packaging

GM Technology’s Plastic Use

GM Technology, the Global Leader of Refurbished Photocopiers and Toner Cartridges stopped using plastic bags in the packaging of their remanufactured products. The old plastic packaging is replaced with new bags made of only environmentally friendly products. The new packaging is made of biodegradable film and recyclable brown Kraft Paper. The transparent part of the bags is made of vegetable cellulose instead of plastic.

GM Technology predicts they’ll save 10,000 plastic bags a week, making the remanufactured toners even more environmentally friendly.

 Though it may seem insignificant, the decision to reduce amounts of plastic used by GM Technology has a positive impact.

Contributing to a healthier Environment with PremiumCompatibles

More and more companies are focusing on their environmental impact in as much detail as possible. Recycling and a more ecological approach is being taken. Plastic use is decreasing in many companies – both on a large and small scale. Whether its avoiding plastic bags or separating recycling and general waste, the awareness of the effect we have on the environment is increasing and being taken into account by companies. We hope that the changes we make today help the environment and reverse the harm already done to our planet. Help us make it happen by buying products that are as environmentally friendly as possible! Try out our website, where we offer a range of products that we make with environmental impact in mind. We encourage you to buy our incredible toner cartridges. Try our ink cartridges! We have a wide range of products to offer for low prices!

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The History of Printing and Communication

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On this day, in 1814, ‘The Times’ of London became the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press. Today, we will look at how the delivery of information and news evolved over the course of history. The History of Printing and Communication is actually quite incredible, really.

Printing throughout History

Before the printing press was invented around the year 1436, word of mouth was the primary source that news and information was spread. Returning merchants, sailors and travelers brought news from town to town and from village to village. Ancient scribes often wrote this information down. Letters and scrolls were delivered from one place to another. Many different materials were used to write down information by hand, such as clay, papyrus, wax and parchment. People delivered information as quickly as possible by using different forms of transportation they had at their disposal at the time – horses, ships and homing pigeons delivered information to distant locations. Until the printing press was invented, things like newspapers and posters took a long time to write and were difficult to distribute to a mass audience.

Printing Press - History of Printing

The printing press increased the speed of communication and spread of knowledge. A lot of time was saved printing books and manuscripts and the development and improvements made to the printing press eventually gave us modern printers. The first modern electronic printer was the EP-101, created by the Japanese company Epson in 1968. It was a tiny printer, which weighed just 2.5kg. Charles Babbage, “The Father of the Computer”, designed the first computer printer even earlier. However, his mechanical printer design wasn’t built until 2000.

Modern Printing

Printing Today

Today, printers are widely available to everyone in shops. Additionally, with those printers come ink cartridges, toners and paper (among many more products). One great example of a shop that sells printing facilities is PremiumCompatibles! We are proud to play a small role in the history of printing and communication. We also encourage YOU, dear reader, to help us preserve the history, which has helped advance, educate and inform humanity. We’ve even made it easier for you – Use our Coupon Code: PC1222 and Claim 10% Off with EVERYTHING on our site!

We hope that this short history about printing and evolution of communication was entertaining and interesting to read. If you wish to contact us about anything, you can visit our store or see our Contact Us page here. You can also call our number or get in touch with us on our Social Media Accounts. All links and information are provided at the end of this Blog Post.

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The Printer – Inkjet & LaserJet, which one was first?

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Almost a millennia ago there were two very interesting ways to print your images or literature. One being block printing. Block printing involves carving wood to imitate images or letters and pressing it onto paper whilst covered in ink. This method came with many disadvantages such as the print wearing off and needing to use one block for each page. If you needed 10 pages, worth of prints than you would have to produce 10 blocks. The Printer took a lot of work and care to function properly, as intended.

There was also Gutenberg’s printing press that was more efficient as it was the beginning of the modern era. Another method was to hire a scribe. Hiring a scribe would mean that you had time and money on your side! However, hiring a scribe was time consuming and expensive. The reason behind this is that a scribe would reproduce and illustrate a whole document or even a book by hand!

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The method of printing has always remained the same. The main property actually needed for any sort of printing was Ink! Therefore, printing has not changed but the equipment to print has evolved to make your life and mine easier. The equipment used is more advanced and durable.

Inkjet technology were followed by Laser printer technology in the consumer market. Xerox released a Laser printer called the Xerox 9700 Laser Printer. Additionally, Canon collaborated with HP and Apple Computer in 1984 to release the HP LaserJet. This was a consumer version of the laser printer.

What was the first printer?

EP-101 was the first digital printer created by Epson in 1968. The other commercial printers used mechanism from machines like the typewriters and Teletype machines.

The earliest form of printing was around 200AD in China where the Chinese were carving a design into blocks of wood. Once carved, the Chinese would then Ink the raised part of the wood.

Best Printers for your Cartridges!

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Top 9 Printers this year.

  1. Epson XP-900 Printer – The Expression Premium XP-900 is very popular and affordable, all-in-one solution. Perfect for printing high-quality glossy photos and documents up to A3. You can buy affordable compatible Ink Cartridges on our website. It also offers mobile printing options making this a versatile and easy to use printer.
  2. Epson EcoTank ET-14000 – Fantastic value printers that include hassle-free A3 printing. Perfect for home and office printing. Further, this printer delivers the lowest A3 cost-per-page on the market. It also delivers high yields at a low cost due to the ultra-high capacity Ink tanks.
  3. Canon TS3150 PIXMA All-in-One Inkjet Printer– Can be printed using Canon Print app, Airprint and Mopria by connecting to a smart device. Prints vivid borderless images.
  4. HP Officejet 3830 All-in-One Multifunction printer– The easiest way to manage your prints from your smartphone or tablet. Simplify tasks while saving time and money with this affordable, easy-to-use all-in-one with fax. It fits in nearly any space and works quietly in the background.
  5. HP ENVY 6032e All-in-One Wireless Inkjet Printer– This printer offers a print, scan and copy feature. Additionally, it can automatically print double-sided on A4 paper. You will not only save money on the paper but the compatible Inks also. Furthermore, You will not need to plug into your computer to print your important documents as it comes with built-in Wi-Fi.
  6. Brother MFCJ6530DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax– This printer is the best for creative projects. This printer can save you some time and money, as you do not have to buy the equipment pieces separately each time.
  7. Epson EcoTank ET-2810 All-in-One Wireless Inkjet Printer– Print up to 4,500 monochrome pages and up to 7,500 colour pages.
  8. Brother HLL2350DW Monochrome Wireless Laser Printer– A small and efficient printer for your office with wireless printing from a mobile device or a tablet. It also includes a larger than average paper input. You will not need to keep refilling the paper input.
  9. Canon PIXMA TS5151 All-in-One Wireless Inkjet Printer– Like many of the Canon Pixma printers you can download the Canon PRINT app to connect with the TS5151 through Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on Android devices. This is also a printer that you can print from social media and scan to the cloud storage services using the link through the app.

Make sure to check these printers out!