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