Printers

4 ways to avoid data risk from printing

Secure document management minimizes the exposure of sensitive printed, faxed or scanned data to anyone but the personnel who have a “need to know.”

  • By Dan Waldinger

Brother debuts compact, full-page mobile printer for public safety

Brother Mobile Solutions’ PocketJet 7 offers faster print speeds and broader wireless capabilities.

  • By Amanda Ziadeh

NIST outlines guidance for security of copiers, scanners

The guidance covers protecting information processed, stored or transmitted on replication devices, which are those that copy, print or scan documents, images or objects.

  • By GCN Staff

Brother workgroup printers offer enterprise-level security

Brother International introduced two workgroup printers with enterprise-level security and built-in workflow management tools.

  • By GCN Staff

'Innovation lab' puts Air Force brain power on DOD-wide issues

The Air Force Technical Applications Center created an innovation lab dedicated to developing technologies at a lower cost to reduce operations maintenance and overhead.

  • By Mike Cipriano

Army preps on-the-spot 3D printing process for the battlefield

The Army Research Lab and Purdue University develop a process that would let soldiers repair damaged parts on aircraft and ground vehicles on the spot.

  • By John Breeden II

Print2Cloud247 offers secure mobile printing on any printer

The company's Universal Cloud Release Station, on display at FOSE, can be tied to a PIV of CAC card.

  • By Greg Crowe

Printer analyzer can keep energy phantoms at bay

Verdiem's Print & Power Analyzer crunches the data on printer use and helps agencies save on costs.

  • By John Breeden II

Label printers can keep a server room from getting out of control

Epson America's portable label makers can help organize everything from office files to cluttered cables.

  • By John Breeden II

Some Samsung, Dell printers vulnerable to remote attackers

Certain Samsung and Dell printers made by Samsung have a firmware flaw that could let hackers access to sensitive information on the devices, the U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team reported.

  • By Paul McCloskey

Back in the real 2D world, agencies still need printers

HP releases a couple of workhorses that would be right for small to mid-size public-sector offices, for those times when you’re not printing an airplane.

  • By John Breeden II

3D printing grows up, can now arm itself

As the administration funds research into the technology, one hobbyist shows he can print a working semi-automatic rifle.

  • By John Breeden II

Mobile lab 3D-prints gear as needed in Afghanistan

The Army's new expeditionary lab develops and produces prototypes and other equipment on the spot.

  • By Kevin McCaney

Will money be printed at 100,000 dpi?

Researchers have found the point at which printing meets reality. What could government do with it?

  • By John Breeden II
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Students 3D print a boat from milk jugs -- are jetliners next?

If a student team can build a homemade 3D printer that can produce a boat, the administration's $60 million foray into advanced manufacturing technology could hold promise.

  • By Kevin McCaney

ColorQube proves you can't judge green by power use alone

The Xerox ColorQube 8900X printer has great graphical capabilities, is an environmentally friendly office companion, and can anticipate your print times.

  • By John Breeden II

Do agencies have a place for open-source hardware?

Open-source electronics components are emerging from university laboratories and entering the public arena.

  • By Henry Kenyon

USDA looks to cut costs with managed print service

The Agriculture Department has awarded Lexmark a $50 million, five-year deal for a mix of software tools, services, custom solutions and strategies to improve print efficiency.

  • By Rutrell Yasin

Could hackers steal info, start a fire using your printer?

Columbia University researchers say they've discovered a flaw in certain Hewlett-Packard printers that would let hackers take control of the devices, launch an attack or cause the printers to overheat.

  • By Greg Crowe

The 11 best products of 2011

The GCN Lab picks the top 10 IT products of the year, plus one overall winner.

  • By Greg Crowe and John Breeden II

Want a paperless office? Let people work remotely.

The push toward mobile technologies and teleworking won't eliminate office printing, but it could help reduce it at last.

  • By Kevin McCaney