New Year Best Deals on Printing Supplies

As the new year comes close, many printing suppliers and known company offer great deals for consumers. Different premium quality printing supplies are know out in the market and online stores. To help you find the best printing supplies that will surely suit your needs, I provided useful information where you can find these deals over the internet.

To get you started, here is the list of different printing supplies products.

*The list is updated as of December 31, 2011 (GMT +08:00, Philippines)


PRINTERS

Canon imageCLASS MF4450

Product Type: Multifunction Laser Printer

Regular Price: 395.00

Discounted Price: 114.99 + Free Shipping (Depends on your location)

See specification and can be purchased at: Buy.com

Brother MFC-J435W

Product Type: All-in-One Inkjet Printer

Regular Price: 99.99

Discounted Price: 69.99

See specification and can be purchased at: Bestbuy.com

Kodak HERO 5.1

Product Type: All-in-One Inkjet Printer

Regular Price: 129.99

Discounted Price: 101.97 + Free Shipping with Super Saver Shipping

See specification and can be purchased at: Amazon.com

Dell P513W

Product Type: All-in-One Inkjet Printer

Regular Price: 165.97

Discounted Price: 124.99 + Free Shipping (Depends on your location)

See specification and can be purchased at: Dell.com

Epson Artisan 730

Product Type: All-in-One Inkjet Printer

Regular Price: 199.99

Discounted Price: 124.95 + Free Shipping (Depends on your location)

See specification and can be purchased at: Adorama.com

Lexmark Genesis S815

Product Type: All-in-One Inkjet Printer

Regular Price: 149.99

Discounted Price: 119.99

See specification and can be purchased at: Target.com

Konica Minolta 1600W

Product Type: Color Laser Printer

Regular Price: 229.00

Discounted Price: 85.00

See specification and can be purchased at: Adorama.com

HP Officejet Pro 8600

Product Type: e-All-in-One Inkjet Printer

Regular Price: 199.99

Discounted Price: 159.46

See specification and can be purchased at: Amazon.com

TONERS/INKS

TONER BOSS

No Coupon Required - Volume discount! Buy 3 or more of the same cartridge and get up to 15% off!
TBLEAF11 - 5% off and free shipping on purchases $75 or more.
No Coupon Required - Free shipping on ALL ink cartridges. No minimum!
No Coupon Required - Free shipping on purchases $49 or more.

COLOR TONER EXPERT

No Coupon Required - Get FREE shipping on all orders $100 or more (before tax)
CTE40 - $40 off on all orders $299 or more (before shipping & tax)
CTE5 - 5% Off & Free Ship on Orders $150 or more (before shipping & tax)

CARTRIDGE WORLD

Visit this site for more specific information about cartridge world's best deals at your place.

http://printable.retailmenot.com/merchant/cartridge-world

Hope it helped you out in finding the right equipment and other supplies for your printing needs.

A BLESSED NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!

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How to avoid or fix hacked HP printer?

A response about HP's flaming-printer.

If you feel that your printer runs different or something strange on its function. It is better to start worrying about your printing machine, because there might be unauthorized person accessing it.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) Company recently released a firmware update concerning the reports of consumers and experts that some of their printer products can be set into flame. This update said by the firm can fix the weakness of the LaserJet's firmware and make its security more reliable to the users.

So, how this kind of printer set into flame by hackers?

Back in November of 2011, according to the reports of MSNBC a group of researchers in Columbia University found out that some LaserJet printer models from HP contains a remote firmware updates. Researchers did offer an update on its firmware accompanied with malicious software that enables unauthorized access to take control of the printer.

After accomplishing the task of taking control of your printer, they can do harmful tasks like accessing your information, disabling your printer and the worst is setting it into flame. How they can do it? It is simply continuous heating up the ink-drying component of the laser printer to set in on fire.

How can I avoid or fix the firmware problem?

To avoid this to happen on your printer, you can update it on the company's support website (HP support) under "Drivers" category to make sure that you will get the real product update. But as of now, if your printer was already controlled or accessed by the hacker there is no way to get rid of it or even reverse the process. This firmware is not like a virus on your PC that you can delete or quarantine when the proper antivirus update came. Once you got the firmware, you own it forever.

To make it more safe, try to add firewall on your network security. This will help protecting your exposure over the network and disallow unauthorized firmware upload to your laser printer.

Want to know more about HP? visit their website at HP.com, but if you are looking for great quality toner cartridges like the HP 128A laser toner cartridges you can have them now on stores near you or search it online to save your money using coupons.

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5 Tips in Printing Using Different Types of Inkjet Papers

There are different kinds of papers that you can mount on inkjet printers, the double sided, heavy and thick papers are common. But maintaining the machine and its printing quality is a hard work to do. So, I came up with these few tips that can help in your printing venture.

Always keep in mind that even there are same inkjet printer models they are different in function, operation and specifications. Better not to expect the same result or process of maintenance if you obtained one another.

Here are some useful tips to help maintain your machine in good condition.

1. Using your printer often requires daily maintenance. You can use cotton art papers and also a especially designed two sided inkjet papers, maintain your feed mechanism clean often. Don't forget to clean the feed rollers of your printer after a box of matte paper you use, because the coating makes each sides very smooth and might result in wrong feed of papers.
2. In placing your paper on the tray, avoid pushing the paper tray guide against the paper leaving no space in between. The best thing to do is leave more the 1/4 inch of gap between the paper and the guide. Also, place a stiff card stock or even a chip board on the bottom feed of the sheet tray. This will able to keep your paper upright and closer to the feed rollers. But make sure when you do this your print count are set to avoid not to feed the board.
3. Allow a little amount of air to release excess of coating or paper dust, and to easily separate paper sheets. You can use fan.
4. Curling the edge of the paper slightly upward. Why you need to do this? It can help the printer to process more easier.
5. Use your printer's special functions/features (usually on heavy types of paper). This will allow your printer to function correctly and avoid printing errors. Adjust your setting according to the kind of paper you are going to use. Check the printer manual if you want to know more about the settings/options of the printer.

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Great Printer Models and Applications in 2012?

Did you enjoyed this years wireless connectivity of your printer inside your home or office? What about thinking that you can print images from another city or even across the country? In 2012 you will experience great innovations from top quality brands.

This year (2011) might be a harsh year in some countries printing industry. But, most printing industry experts expected that by the year 2012 where great printing models and applications will be released can help increase or improve the printing usage and businesses all over the world.

Behind the Cloud and Mobile Printing

By the year 2012 there will be more special features added on every devices, the said year will give you more options such as on mobile devices that can connect on a local device wirelessly when used to print, while for cloud technology it will allow using electronic mail (e-mail) to print different kinds of documents and photos to a remote printer using its own e-mail address.

Mobile Printing

The end-user or the consumer will start using his/her own phone applications that will able to send photos or documents straight to a nearby printer using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

Cloud Printing

There are two giant companies that now provides cloud print services for free. The Google's Cloud Print App. and The Apple's AirPrint.

• Google Cloud Print - It is already available in the market but only in beta form, it allows every person to print using their e-mail on any printer devices that can be accessed through an internet connected computer. New printers from different brand such as HP, Epson and Kodak can be used to print via internet even without a PC.

• Apple AirPrint - This app allows you to use Wi-Fi to process a wide range of different printing jobs straight from an iOS devices to a compatible AirPrint printer. The list of compatible printers are still growing and includes Cannon, Epson, Lexmark, Brother and Kodak.

The Leaders in Printing

Back in 2010, Hewlett-Packard (HP), a supplier of wide range of HP inkjet cartridges, HP laser toner cartridges and other printing supplies reveals a web-based printing application that can print everything from maps to movie tickets. Also, they launched the consumer version of ePrint, that lets every user to print job from their email anytime, anywhere using enabled ePrint HP printer.

Within the same time, Lexmark introduce their SmartSolutions, a collection of great applications for every Lexmark exclusive printers. It allows every user to display their RSS news feed or even the weather reports on its color LCD screen.

Melissa Riofrio, Senior Editor of PCWorld said "The year 2012 will be a good one for printers. Though the underlying technology hasn't changed much, the addition of mobile printing via Wi-Fi and of cloud printing via email now allows printers to follow their users onto their smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices."

Let us all expect that the year 2012 will turn out to be good for printing technology and industry. I conclude that printing industry will never die because it is in the culture of every business and in most individuals.

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Dell 1355cnw Multifunction Color Printer Review

Let's take a short review on Dell's newest multifunction printer. The 1355cnw is the new pal that you can trust in your business, having a nice output and economical LED engine.

So, what makes this printer good for your business? Dell 1355cnw is good to set up for your business using LED engine that fits well in what every person or business need. It does not use huge amount of space, that makes it better for small or medium sized business, also, it has a wireless connectivity and great quality color print outs that can make you more proud on your reports or other printed stuffs.

But, the only thing that makes this thing imperfect is its print engine, that was so slow that makes you wait and no auto duplex.

Far end of it, the Dell 1355cnw wireless connection and its easy controls can lead your group, team or business on easiest printing process, but it only takes a little patient in printing multiple documents.

This printer is best with Mac and Windows operating systems, it can printout for about 30,000 pages per month and can also perform as a high quality scanner. Having a 150 sheet paper tray makes it more suitable for small to medium sized businesses with only moderate printing usage/needs.

Dell also offers different great quality of inks and toners such as Dell 3110CN toner that can help improve your image to its best.

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How to find the right type of paper for photo printing

In searching for the right type of paper that will best suit your photo printing you should pay attention on the different characteristics of the paper. Because having the wrong choice might have a huge impact in the quality of your print-outs.

To make it more successful also try to experiment using different kinds of paper, making sure that you will have the prints that you wanted. I'm pretty sure that there is a paper that will fit for every type of job. Also, try to check  out some online reviews about the photo paper that is good for your printer. To help you here are some of the characteristics of photo paper that you should consider in printing.

Characteristics of the paper

Thickness

The thick papers are appropriate to use in photo printing using an inkjet printer, they are more durable than thin papers. It is most often measured in "mil" and it can have a more traditional photo feel same photo that came from a photo lab. Search for a paper that has a higher opacity rating if you are going to mount your photos, it will not show your mounting surface and distort your photo.

Color

There is a saying that the brighter the paper, the better the photo will be, which is not true. There are scales in measuring the light reflectivity or the brightness of the paper: TAPPI scale and ISO Brightness Scale. So, the higher the brightness, the whiter the paper will appear, which results and make an accurate color. But avoid ISO Brightness over 104/TAPPI rating over 92, because it indicates that the paper contains a fluorescent whitening agents that can damage or degrade the quality of the ink/toner over a fairly short period of time. Buy those who have a lower values to make your photo last longer.

Paper Finish

In this characteristic you can choose between glossy and matte paper finish. A matte finish papers are more absorbent type of paper that consists of paper particles, ink-receptive coating and air. These papers are more stable over time. While glossy paper finish are far more complex with different chemicals added to generate a reflective surface. It can provide a higher color contrast and saturation.

For more knowledge about printing, you can visit TonerBoss.com. They are one of the leader in printing suppliers that provides top quality brands such as HP, Lexmark, Xerox, Dell and other toner cartridges.

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Efficient Laser Printer from HP

The leading firm in managed print services according to IDC recently announced variety of range of Monochrome, All-in-one (AIO) and Color LaserJet single function printers that aims on adding high efficiency. These set of products are sold in the market and they can give you satisfying result even by using remanufactured laser toner cartridges.

Newly released printers best works using with HP Smart Web Printing technology, which you will notice a reduce in paper waste by accurately scaling between the Cloud Technology and Documents/Images to be printed. Also, the modern released printers are more faster than the previous models.

According to them, the newly released range of color LaserJet and Monochrome printers embodies HP's commitment to innovation and help provide greener environment. The line of products are much more affordable and does not consume big space. These are specially designed for individuals or groups that wants to save money and at the same time looking for great qualities.

Hewlett-Packard wants to promote its wide range of products starting from home office and small to medium sized firms. New printers were announced by Hewlett-Packard (HP) India.

If you want to find quality laser toner cartridges like the HP CB435A Laser Toner Cartridge, you can visit an online trusted merchant like ColorTonerExpert.com for more details.

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Choosing the right printer paper is very important

Making the right choice when it comes to printing paper can benefit you in the long run. It can help you avoid photo-fading, protect your copies in humidity, give more quality in print, etc.

Most brands in the printing industry does not only recommend their printer, toner and ink products, but they also suggest having a great pieces of papers to enhance their product quality and make their customer more satisfied.

According to them the quality of prints highly depends on the quality of the product that every consumer used, it depends on the paper selection, ink or toner cartridge and printer that you use. Having an inappropriate product might affect your quality printing output. For example if you have an HP laser printer even though if it is compatible with other toner cartridges, you should only use HP laser toner cartridges this will best suit the printer and help produce more quality prints.

So, if you want a highest quality printing job result, you should start to invest in something good.

If you want to know more information about printing you should visit TonerBoss.com, they are the online leader in print supplies plus they provide a free shipping of laser toner cartridges products.

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Print Images that will Last Longer

Most of us think that images or photos developed using a printer won't last longer. But using tools and equipments that is appropriate for your printing machine, generated images/photos will last for generations. There is nothing better compared to a well chemically engineered materials.

But no matter what we do in protecting these great memories of us, it is exposed on different environmental conditions like moist and sunlight. These are one of the causes why some photos starts to get smudge or blur. But there is a way where you can protect your photos longer or even a lifetime.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) spend their time in finding different ways and perform testings to find a better solution.  Today, we enjoy the benefits of this great research and innovation from HP. A fade-resistance technology discovered at Wilhelm Imaging Research, the outcome - paper and ink that process with your own printer and generate a photo that can last for generations.

A test shows that the new HP inkjet print cartridges incorporate on HP Premium Plus photo paper can resist fading twice as long as the photos processed in a lab.

HP also offers a great line of quality laser toner products like the HP CE285A, a compatible black toner for your laser printer.

* I suggest that you should only purchase branded inks from the authorized seller or otherwise you will experience a lower print quality or a clogged print nozzles, if you want to save more money, buy extra-large capacity cartridges.

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10 Best Affordable Multifunction Printers

Starting from the 3rd quarter of 2009 to present, Multifunction Printers or also known as  MFP's are getting more popular, mostly in business industry. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) - The overall sales of colored laser multifunction printers that performs scanning, copying, fax and printing, grew 21% since March 2011.

These MFP's are commonly used for business by different workgroups because of its different functionalities and affordability. Here are some affordable multifunction printers that you can purchase in the market.

*Price as of December 12, 2011 and some may vary depends on the retailer.

1. WorkForce 840 by Epson - This products was named as the "World's fastest all-in-one-printer" among inkjet products, for double sided printing. WorkForce 840 can also access using mobile devices such as BlackBerrys, iPhones and more.
   
   
   
   Price: $299.99
   Printing Technology: Ink
    
2. MFC-J6910DW by Brother - It is an inkjet printer that has an embedded support over the internet. This product uses a super high yield ink cartridges that can make output for up to 2,400 (black) and an estimated of 1,200 pages for colored prints. It scan different document sizes for up to 11" x 17".
   
   
   
   Price: $379.00
   Printing Technology: Ink
    
3. Officejet Pro 8500A by HP - You can connect to this technology anytime, anywhere using a mobile device and an access on the cloud technology. It can help you save cost for about 50% against laser printers and it only uses 80% less supplies by weight, according to HP.
   
   
   
   Price: $449.99
   Printing Technology: Thermal
    
4. MFC-9970CDW by Brother - Is it possible to get a high-yield laser toner cartridge while saving your money at the same time? By using MFC-9970CDW from Brother the answer will be "YES". Also, you can use different apps to print in JPEG and PDF format such as, Android, iPrint&Scan and iOS.
   
   
   
   Price: $699.99
   Printing Technology: Laser
    
5. Color Laser 3115cn by Dell - Good for small to medium sized workgroup that requires color reproduction. It is a multifunction printer that has ColorTrack feature that will let you create a user or department accounts and allow or prohibit printing options per account.
   
   
   
   Price: $899.99
   Printing Technology: Laser
    
6. Phaser 6180MFP/D by Xerox - This printer is been a part of Xerox dry ink technology, it means that it does not use laser toner or inkjet cartridge instead it only use solid ink. Since it is melted on the surface, it produce more consistent, sharp color across pages and media.
   
   
   
   Price: $949.00
   Printing Technology: Dry Ink
    
7. ImageClass MF9220Cdn by Cannon - It puts high-end technology into a modest-size system. It also runs with Cannon User ID Management, that lets you track and disable printouts that put by different users.
   
   
   
   Price: $999.99
   Printing Technology: Laser
    
8. X548dte by Lexmark - Specially designed for midsize working groups that are interested in having more productive machine. Being connected in the network, it enables you to scan and distribute copies of the image for over 30 individuals or network folders and allows you to store data. The firm reward its members benefit from the lifetime pricing guarantee that cost of Lexmark toner cartridges, making sure that their printer will stay the same for as long as they have it.
   
   
   
   Price: $1,749.00
   Printing Technology: Laser
    
9. FS-C2126MFP by Kyocera - It is a product that in-lines with one of the long life machines of Kyocera's eCOSYS. Having the company's extra-durable drums, the printing engine segregate the toner from the drum, to make 300,000 pages.
   
   
   
   Price: $1,808.94
   Printing Technology: Laser
    
10. LaserJet CM3530fs by HP - A product that produce a lot of short-run printouts that is best suited for small group. Print a 3-5 page job in less than 40% of average printing time with a built-in stapler.
    
    
    
    Price: $2,999.00
    Printing Technology: Laser

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Brand new printers are sold with a little amount of ink or toner in the cartridge?

There are different brands of printer that comes with different specifications and cartridges. But, recently reported one of the customers received only a little amount of toner in the cartridge. So, how this is happen? are there any violation on consumer rights?

As most of us thought that buying a brand new printer will be accompanied with a brand new ink or toner cartridge in full amount. But as I researched online, I found out that these brands of new printers are often and very common to be sold with a little amount of toner. Is it legal? Yes it is, Before you purchase or use the printer, read the small printed wordings on the outer part of the box and checked if all the parts are included in the package. But you will also notice that printer cartridge only contained enough amount of toner or ink for the setup, this what makes it legal.

Most customer would not easily notice this and think that the amount of cartridge provided are in full. But, the truth is, it is only enough for the dry run (testing) process.

The Story of Mike James in purchasing a brand new printer

Mr. James bought an HP color laserjet CP1215 from PC World. The reason why he choose this is because it can print approximately 2,200 of printed pages in black toner. He is not a printing fanatic, so he expected that it would last.

But unexpectedly after printing a hundred page the black toner cartridge runs out. When he call for support and reported what happen on his printer to the provider. He was told that the cartridge incorporated in the brand new printer can only hold enough toner to setup a printer.

I hope that this short true story from Mr. James brought us a good lesson to learn. "Read before you complain".

Do not assume everything it is better to ask for advice on shop assistant to give you valuable information regarding the product or the service that you want to acquire.

According to the Consumer Protection Regulation of 2008, If the customers are provided or given with incorrect information, they have the right to file a case or get legal redress against the provider.

For more information about ink and toner cartridges you can visit an online merchant or expert for any advice such as TonerBoss.com, they provide full support with regards to the product that you need, plus they offer a free shipping of laser toner cartridges in the US continent.

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Google Chrome: Cloud Print Application Update

Dated Tuesday, December 13, 2001 - Google finally make the 16th update of their cloud print app on the latest version of Chrome. The purpose of the update is to allow different individuals to print from the browser (ex. web pages) to the printers that are cloud connected.

The update of Google Chrome also focused on medium and high-risk vulnerabilities. See Chrome 16 update on PCWorld.com.

"People with Chromebooks have always had access to the latest and greatest Google Cloud Print features, but today, we've reached a new milestone: starting with the latest release of Chrome, anyone using the browser on Windows, Mac and Linux will be able to print any web page to Google Cloud Print," said Akshay Kannan, Product Manager of Google Products.

Google cloud print was introduced in April 2010 and launched in January 2011. This is the best way to make different manufacturers to create their own internet/cloud connected  printers.

Before Google made this update, using Cloud Print before was not allowed to different WebPages using a special Cloud Print button. But today, users can use Google Chrome  to print to a Cloud Print-ready printer.

While google have this powerful tool, Firefox also had an extension that can make WebPage printing more customized. Deleting all of the unwanted page elements, all you need to do is to visit Web Printing Blogpost.

Here are some ink cartridge coupons that you can use on your online shopping. You can use these on purchasing different brands and products such as Xerox, Lexmark, Epson, HP, Brother and more...

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HP's WebOS Goes Open Source: Hewlett-Packard open its door to the public, offering more opportunities

Palo Alto, California - With the growing numbers of mobile operating systems user, Hewlett-Packard (HP) decided to unconcealed its smartphone WebOS operating system into open source. This will offer more opportunities for mobile app developers and firms.

According to Meg Whitman, President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard. The WebOS is a platform specially designed to be mobile, cloud-connected and easily accessible. This contribution on the innovation of technologies helped the community of developers and companies to be more creative and advance to the newest generation of different devices and apps.

HP also stated  that they will make WebOS's underlying code available under and open-source license so that individuals, partners, developers, HP engineers and hardware manufacturers will be able to deliver an ongoing improvements and latest versions to the mobile market.

They also added that with the combination of the WebOS platform and the skills and knowledge of the open-source community will result to a better improvent for different applications and services for the next generation of devices.

The WebOS mobile operating system was bought by HP together with its inventor Palm for the amount of $1.2 billion. WebOS could get some support from different smartphone makers, but might get upset with the Android developer Google which is planning to purchase Motorola.

Hewlett-Packard is one of the largest company in printing industry. It supplies different kinds of innovative printer, such as inkjet and laser printers. They also contribute to make a better printing output using the latest technology in inkjet and laser toner cartridges. Above all of these inventions, HP is also a part of green movement that is concerned in environment.

If you want to get more information about HP you can visit their website at hp.com or purchase their products such as HP 128A toner from different trusted online seller like ColorTonerExpert.com.

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Hewlett-Packard (HP) reveals a mobile application that can recognize counterfeit HP toner and ink products

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12 December 2011 - This day, Hewlett-Packard or also known as HP reveal their new mobile application tool that can help their customers to specify/recognize the fake HP ink and HP toner cartridges without a hustle.

According on the statement of the HP representative in Kuala Lumpur, it is said that the new HP eSupplies Mobile App allows the user to scan the product's security label on its packaging (whether it is an ink or toner) to make sure that the product came from HP.

"The new HP Mobile Authentication tool features an innovative technology that will better protect customers from fraudulent printing supplies," said Bernard Chiang, Country General Manager, HP Imaging and Printing Group.

The packaging of every HP products are now have a printed Quick Response (QR) code. So, you can scan on security label of the HP toners and inks to verify its authenticity.

When you scan the QR code of the product using mobile application for scanning QR code, it will direct you to the HP Mobile Authentication tool and you can validate the label.

If you want to learn more about QR codes you can check my past blog post.

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Mobile Devices vs Print Media: What is preferred by the adults?

A report released by eMarketer, which is conducted by the New York-based market research firm. That adults use most of their time with their mobile devices rather than with the print media (newspaper and magazines).

Dated December 12, 2011, The average adult spends 65 minutes (1hr : 05mins) with their mobile device, while on the print media is only 44 mins. 10 minutes spends on reading magazines and 26 minutes on the news papers. see the data below.

This would be the first year since eMarketer started taking their time tally back in the year 2008, where adults spent most of their time in mobile technology than on prints.

But, we still do not know how much time of these adults spent on mobile devices reading magazines and newspapers over the internet.

For mobile advertisers, this is a great news for them. Having a longer average of time means a higher possibility that they are going to be seen by vast variety of consumers. Mobile advertising is expected to continue its growth by 2015 sharing Billion dollar to the market.

How about printing? does printing industry will continue to grow? Accoring to the marketresearch.com:

"Despite the ubiquity of digital content, the centuries old printing business is still with us; reports of its demise have been premature. The printing industry went through a digital revolution of its own in the 1990s, and digital techniques have been rapidly replacing traditional offset presses ever since. The new technologies have allowed it to evolve capabilities geared toward more customization, better document management, and environmentally conscious materials and methods."

"The printing category covers the technologies enabling the new and traditional printing industry and the evolution of the printing service sector. The reports cover new concepts such as Web to Print as well as individual printing sectors such as periodical manufacturing, marketing and advertising printing, and books."

So, let us hope that printing industry continues to grow and provide more opportunity to all of us.

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