| When you're looking for ink for printers, two | | | | printers is a new breakthrough in 21st Century |
| names rise to the top of the pile: HP inkjet | | | | photographic imaging. |
| cartridges and Epson ink cartridges. Of course, it | | | | Epson has long been a household word in both |
| really depends on what brand printer you own, | | | | consumer and business printing, simplifying |
| but if you're after high quality prints, HP and Epson | | | | solutions for specialized operations like the first |
| will deliver quality both in the printers they make | | | | seven-color archival desktop photo printer to |
| and in the ink they develop for their printers. | | | | offering the home-computer user an Epson ink |
| Actually, the word "develop" pretty well sums up | | | | cartridge that tells you when it's running dry! |
| the difference between HP inkjet cartridges, | | | | The company is a subsidiary of the Japan-based |
| Epson ink cartridges, and their competitors. Both | | | | Seiko Epson Corporation, which evolved from K. |
| of these giants in the printing industry continually | | | | Hattori & Company, a company that was |
| put your money back to work for you by | | | | established in 1881 and involved in the importing |
| researching, developing, and implementing the | | | | and exporting of clocks and watches. In 1968, |
| most current innovative technologies to deliver | | | | Suwa Seikosha (the parent company of the Seiko |
| the best print solutions to their customers | | | | Group) developed the first commercially |
| including the ink for the printers they market. | | | | successful printer mechanism, the EP-101. In 1975, |
| Hewlett Packard didn't start out making HP inkjet | | | | the Epson brand was established and since that |
| cartridges. In fact, they didn't start making ink for | | | | time Epson has been the forerunner of many |
| printers. HP was started in 1939 by Stanford | | | | innovations in desktop printing and ink for their |
| classmates, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard who | | | | printers. Epson prides itself in its century-long |
| made an audio oscillator-an instrument used by | | | | development of precision solutions for its |
| sound engineers and then sold eight of them for | | | | customers. |
| use in the movie Walt Disney movie Fantasia. | | | | An attribute Epson and HP share is their attention |
| Hewlett Packard's dedication to providing their | | | | to precision detail; both continually deliver the best |
| customers with new technologies has carried | | | | not only in products such as their printers but also |
| them through the decades. In 1978, HP dove into | | | | in support products like the ink for the printers |
| the field of desktop printing and in 1984 released | | | | they sell. Another characteristics these companies |
| the "Thinkjet" and later that year, the HP Laserjet | | | | have in common is their dedication to doing |
| Printer. The dependability and affordability of | | | | business in an environmentally responsible manner |
| these two HP Printers changed the direction of | | | | in the understanding that preserving their market |
| the entire printing industry. This year, HP's | | | | is as important as broadening it. |
| development and release of Vivera Ink for | | | | |