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In today’s world of ever changing technology it is hard to even begin to explain how HP has come out on top as the world’s premier printer provider. It often confuses the average person without the history of events or even the desire to study the back and forth struggle that companies go through to fight for their share of the market place.

For me it is fairly easy being exposed to the industry for over 22 years and the results are staggering when you sit back and look at the evolution of the industry. I have always enjoyed the gurilla style marketing that takes place in the corporate world. I also enjoy handing out a good ole butt whipping from time to time in the same arena. I have always found that small businesses can react and counter larger corporations advertising campaigns quicker because of the politics that are involved at the corporate levels. But for you just sit back and pay attention to why HP Toner Cartridges are used more widely than any other cartridge on the market is almost unimaginable. I assure you that before the end of this article you will be happy, outraged and even sold on how all of this has come about.

At the inception of the laser printer there was a fight from the get go between 2 companies, IBM and Xerox for first to market printers. Yes there were other companies like Epson, Minolta and others but not so much a force in the laser industry at that time. For IBM it was to get customers to use laser printers and their supplies for Xerox there name was based on copiers and they wanted to add laser printers to most of their customers. IBM basically was a electronic computer company while Xerox had built its name on copiers. vantage IBM. So Xerox went on to build smaller more personal copiers while IBM started pumping out laser printers.

Arising quickly problems had to be overcome . First and foremost IBM got into several lawsuits involving smaller remanufacturers making cartridges for their printers. This was not interpreted lightly by IBM and ultimately ended up in the supreme court where IBM lost and the Magnusm Moss act was passed whereas companies could not merchandise link. (Sell a printer and require a buyer to only use their cartridge) .

Out of frustration with the legal system and the loss of suplemental income struck a deal with Lexmark to take over the printer division. Lexmark was the first company to introduce the lockout chip. When remanufacturers started duplicating the chips and making the Lexmark cartridges once again Lexmark sued the whole industry in a $13 million copyright infringement lawsuit.

Enter HP who also was in the process of making the computer chips and installing them on their cartridges. But HP was doing this process not to lock out the rival but alternatively was using the technology to help notify to the consumer of the toner levels and other to the point(p) information about the cartridge. So a deal was stricken with several companies that sold remanufacturing components and HP that HP would help the industry in return the industry would help HP place machines and counter Lexmark in the lawsuit and ultimately win. The beginning for HP and the demise of Lexmark. At the time all of this was taking place HP had built(a) a market share of about 70% and Lexmark had 8% and everyone else was fighting for their share of the unexpended 22%.

With the competition for market share and residual income the goal each company is working frantically to develop a low cost printer that utilizes profitable supplies. Lexmark has upped the lockout feature making it nearly unsufferable to duplicate. IBM has Lexmark build their machines while Brother has seperated their cartridges into 2 parts the toner cartridge and the drum cartridge increasing its supplies and yielding higher profit. Samsung, well cheap would be an understatement for the machine whiles supplies are costly and cut a deal exclusively with Office Depot the #2 office supply store in the US. Without through planning Dell jumped in bed with Lexmark and has struggled since with the complications and cost of their so called free printer with the purchase of a computer system. HP well they went to the top when they found a way to get Staples the worlds largest office supply store to agree to remove their remanufactured cartridges in exchange for all the profit of HP printer sales along with rebate payments from HP on every machine they sell and to accumulate all of the evacuate cartridges they can in an effort to forbid remanufacturers from having the ability to compete. Oh yea and Staples has HP Toner available just about cheaper than any other vendor is allowed to sell it at. (By contract from HP or they will remove you as a vendor.)

All in all HP is the most prefered printer for a reason. It’s easier to setup and use. They have by far the best english speaking support staff and the technology and availability is by far the best. Cartridges are readily available most anywhere. They promote recycling but try not to advance remanufacturing. (loss of profit is not acceptable)  As of this article 85% of all printers in use today are HP and as a result for the first time in HP’s history the printer division specifically drew in the majority of profit through sales of HP printer supplies in the first fourth of 2010. One can only assure that with the push by HP to make color laserjet printing process more affordable for home use and the fact that the machine takes 4 cartridges the bulk of HP’s profit is going to come from selling HP Laserjet Toner.

Technical inventions represent the fundamental structure of our modern world. We seem to be unable to do anything without technology. One of the inventions many of us cannot do without is the PC. The latest developments in the field of computers have brought us the notebook computers. When discussing about laptops, which are also referred to as small notebook computers, we actually imply small PCs for flexible use.

We can virtually retrieve all the basic components in laptops from desktops. Thus, laptops have a display screen, a built in keyboard, a pointing device replacing the mouse and a battery power source. The difference lies in the fact that all these components are to be found into one single unit that is also portable. The batteries are the main distinction and individual feature specific to laptops, but the recharging mode is carried out through an AC/DC adapter that allows extensive functionality.

The thin shape of the devices definitely led to their being called notebook computers. Laptops thickness seldom goes higher than 1.5 inches and their dimensions range from 10×8 inches (13 inch display) to 15×11 inches (17 inch display) or up. Furthermore, they are not heavy, weighing between 3 and 12 pounds. The design of most laptops as the flip form factor, is meant to protect the screen of the computer when it is closed.

Personal computers were produced for the first time at the beginning of the 1970s and not long after those years the idea of portable PCs – laptops, appeared. The person who imagined this was Alan Kay of Xerox PARC. In 1972 he put his idea on paper under the name of Dynabook. The first laptops were available on the market only in 1981. The Osborne 1 and then, in the same year, the Epson HX-20 were the first portable computers commercially available. Since then laptops have developed and become more and more proficient.

Unfortunately, besides the obvious advantages of laptops, there are also some disadvantages. First we need to see the good parts to be able to investigate the flaws. The main and most important good bit about laptops is evidently the flexible use they are suitable for. In addition, laptops allow work continuation in case of accidental power outages. The cheapest laptop computer is also more economical and does not produce as much heat as desktop computers do. The disadvantages of laptops come from the standardization and compatibility issues. In spite of some international standards for the making of the elements for the peripherals and add-in PC cards in desktop computers, the processor and hard driver manufacturing part does not fall subject to any international regulation yet.