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Recharger Magazine January 2010

January 2010


Briefing

EPEAT Meeting Offers Aftermarket Global Representation

Industry representatives met with OEMs and government officials to craft environmental guidelines for purchasing imaging supplies. The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)helps purchasers evaluate, compare and select electronic products based on their environmental attributes.


Beyond Consumer Awareness: Security Printing Trends

Counterfeit products and fraud are a huge, money-making industry, but companies are fighting back with advanced security printing technologies.


State of the Industry

While the gloom of the global recession still lingers, the many opportunities that arise from adversity make the industry poised to create a profitable market in the coming year.


Company Profiles

The Tenacious Vision Of Gary Starkweather

The inventor of the laser printer led the fight for affordable printing, with a dream of a laser printer on every desk.


Four Questions With Todd Thibodeaux, CompTIA


Global Spotlight

The State of the Remanufacturing Industry in Brazil

The Brazilian remanufacturing industry remains focused on overcoming the challenges brought on by the world’s economic recession.


De-Mystifying the Indian Aftermarket

India is on the radar of every OEM and supplier of aftermarket consumables, but virtually all companies vying for a slice of the market are struggling with the approach that they need to adopt to become viable.


Management

Defining the Edges of Leadership

Every leader has an inner and outer edge. Understanding how they are related is key to effective leadership.


Sales & Marketing

What's Your Tiebreaker?

Unless you want to compete on price, you have to clearly differentiate from your competition. You have to have a tiebreaker.


Step-by-Step / Remanufacturing Instructions

Remanufacturing the Xerox WorkCentre 4150 Toner Cartridges

The Xerox WorkCentre 4150 cartridges are extremely easy cartridges to do, since all the normal wear parts like the PCR, developer roller, etc. are in the drum unit. These cartridges are just a supply hopper with a waste chamber.


The Lyra Report

Desktop Inkjet Ink Trends

Lyra Research recently teamed with Recharger Magazine to publish a new report on the ink jet market sponsored by Ninestar. The paper provides a comprehensive view of the last decade in the ink jet ink market, desktop and wide-format ink markets, OEM and aftermarket issues, and emerging technologies. This article contains excerpts from the report.