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Laser Printers More Toxic Than Cigarette Smoke

Emissions from office laser printers can be as unhealthy as cigarette smoke, according to an Australian professor who is now calling for regulations to limit printer emissions.
Office workers breathing easy since smoking was banned in public places in the U.S. and U.K. can start worrying again, according to research from the Queensland University of Technology's Air Quality and Health Program, led by physics professor Lidia Morawska.

The average printer releases toner particles that can get deep into the lungs and cause respiratory problems and cardiovascular trouble, according to Morawska's team, part of the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health, and specialists in atmospheric particles.
The team tested 62 laser printer models--all relatively new--and found that 17 of them were "high emitters" of toner particles. Despite using similar technology, office photocopiers do not emit particles, the team found.

The particles have not had a full chemical analysis, but some are potential carcinogens, according to a report in The Sydney Morning Herald. Several of the high emitters were Hewlett-Packard LaserJet models, such as the 1320 and 4250, although eight HP LaserJet 4050 series printers were shown to have no emissions, according to reports.

The printer-emissions data were discovered by chance when an investigation of office ventilation systems, carried out jointly between the university and the Queensland Department of Public Works, found five times as many particles indoors as those produced by traffic outdoors. Using an electronic sniffer, researchers traced the emissions to printers. The emissions were found to increase during the day, when printers were left on standby or in full operation.

Toshiba Wins 3 Awards from Bertyl

IRVINE, Calif., (January 10, 2007) – Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. (TABS) today announced it again has received accolades from Business Equipment Research and Test Laboratories (BERTL®), earning three Five-Star “Exceptional” Awards for its e-STUDIO™ 2500c, 3500c and 3510c multifunctional products (MFPs). Out of the hundreds of copiers, printers, fax, MFPs, color and production devices reviewed each year, only a small number are recognized with the prestigious Five-Star, Highly Recommended rating.

“We are thrilled to again be recognized by such a respected testing lab as BERTL for the exceptional quality and performance of TABS products,” said Steve Rhorer, vice president, marketing, TABS. “Toshiba is committed to developing tools that foster a higher quality of business and increase productivity for our customers.”

The Five-Star rating is reserved exclusively for devices that deliver an outstanding range of business-critical features and functions, innovation, easy to use, well-designed and represent exceptional value for end-users.

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Toshiba's New 1.8-inch HDD Achieves 100GB - The World's Largest

TOKYO--Toshiba Corporation, the industry leader in bringing high storage capacities to small form factor hard disk drives, today announced a 1.8-inch drive that offers a storage capacity of 100 gigabytes, the largest*1 capacity yet achieved in this class of HDD. The new drive, MK1011GAH, employs perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology and an improved error correction code to secure the highest*2 areal density of any 1.8-inch HDD in the market, 240.8 megabits per square millimeter (155.3 gigabits per square inch). Toshiba will start mass production of this new best-in-class drive from January 2007.

Packing larger data capacities into small form factor HDD is a must to support continued advances in the notebook PC market and to meet growing demand for personal digital media supporting high capacity audio and video applications. Toshiba's new 1.8-inch drive builds on the Company's leadership in this key product segment as the first HDD in its class to achieve a 100GB capacity. This latest Toshiba advance meets needs for enhanced, lightweight storage capacities and will support the development of future generations of smaller, lighter, more powerful mobile PC. In the personal digital media market, the new drive's unrivaled capacity will support storage of multiple data sources, including home video and movies, and will bring users improved functionality.

Alongside capacity improvement, Toshiba has also improved power consumption*3 to 0.003W/GB, as defined in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Energy Conservation Law, assuring a more environmentally friendly design. The new drive also complies with the EU's RoHS directive, which came into force in July 2006.

Toshiba takes HD DVD to the Next Level With 51GB HD DVD-ROM Disc

Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7, 2007 and Tokyo, Japan, January 8, 2007 -- Toshiba Corporation today underlined the versatility and high capacity of the HD DVD format with the announcement that the company has developed a triple-layer HD DVD-ROM (read only) disc with a capacity of 51 gigabytes. The new disc can store up to 7 hours1 of high-definition video and adds an extended capacity, high-end option to the already extensive line-up of HD DVD-ROM discs. Toshiba aims to secure approval of the new disc by the DVD Forum within this year.
The new ROM disc has a three-layer structure, with each layer storing 17GB of data. The advances capacity over current ROM discs, which hold 15GB of data in each layer of a single-sided disc. Continued improvement in disc mastering technology has achieved further minimization in the recording pit, supporting a further boost in capacity to 17GB in single layer and a full 51GB on a single-sided triple-layer disc. Toshiba has confirmed the disc structure and its successful operation.
The new disc shares the same disc structure as standard DVD and previously announced HD DVD formats: two 0.6-mm thick discs bonded back-to-back. This time-tested physical structure offers proven volume manufacturing at little cost increment.

Toshiba Launches Signature Windows Vista PC

LAS VEGAS (CES Booth #12832) — Jan. 7, 2007 — Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the Portégé® R400 notebook computer. Highlighted by two world’s first technologies, the Portégé R400 is the product of a joint collaboration between industry giants, Toshiba and Microsoft, to create the signature Windows Vista™ PC.

“The goal of this collaboration was to produce a mobile computing solution, which would showcase the expertise of both Toshiba and Microsoft and create the signature Windows Vista PC,” said Mark Simons, vice president and general manager, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division. “We are confident the Portégé R400, with its breakthrough technology, will appeal to the highly successful mobile computing user.”
“Together with Toshiba, we wanted to advance the state-of-the-art in mobile computing by designing a notebook computer that takes full advantage of the new mobile PC technologies in Windows Vista,” said Mike Sievert, corporate vice president, Windows at Microsoft. “Our customers will benefit from advances in mobile software capabilities and the fresh approach to style and ergonomics offered by the Portégé R400.”

Toshiba’s Portégé R400 is the world’s first notebook computer with the ability to automatically synchronize e-mail and calendar events through the integration of Microsoft’s Active Notifications. This exclusive technology helps ensure accurate and timely information is available to the user — whether the system is on or in suspend mode. To assist with this synchronization process, the Portégé R400 features Toshiba’s ConfigFree®, which helps detect and connect to the strongest and most reliable network connection available.

To further enhance the functionality of the system’s automatic e-mail synchronization capabilities, the company added the Toshiba Edge Display to the Portégé R400. Located on the front edge of the Portégé R400, this secondary display serves as the user’s Personal Information Assistant allowing the user to easily monitor his/her inbox and calendar activity. To ensure full benefits of the convertible design, the Toshiba Edge Display is viewable in notebook or tablet mode and even when the unit is stored in a carrying case.

With the Portégé R400, Toshiba is announcing the world’s first wirelessly dockable notebook computer. This seamless approach eliminates the daily hassle of connecting and disconnecting peripherals and delivers the convenience and simplicity that mobile users demand. Through the integration of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology with wireless digital video capabilities, the Portégé R400 docking experience is designed specifically for desktop use and can automatically connect when the notebook comes within proximity of the Toshiba Wireless Port Replicator. The Toshiba Wireless Port Replicator will be compatible with new Portégé R400 models — both products are targeted for availability in the second quarter of 20071.

As a convertible notebook computer, the Portégé R400 combines a patent pending elevated rotational hinge2 and a 12.1-inch diagonal widescreen LED backlit high-brightness display with wide viewing angle. This screen technology combined with Microsoft Windows Aero™ delivers a rich and brilliant visual computing experience.

A bold design statement, Toshiba employed a dramatic white and black color scheme to the Portégé R400. This distinctive approach delivers a level of elegance and sophistication to satisfy the needs of successful mobile professionals, discriminating technology enthusiasts, C-level executives and small business entrepreneurs. The high-gloss finish of the Portégé R400 features an ultraviolet, clear coat for greater scratch-resistant than standard paint.
The integration of a biometric fingerprint reader, multi-level passwords and a TPM 1.2 encryption module as part of the company’s exclusive EasyGuard™ technology3 helps safeguard the Portégé R400 against unauthorized access, data theft, and virtual attacks. This sophisticated, yet simple, strategy helps preserve confidential company data and sensitive personal information to deliver a high level of tranquility to Portégé R400 users.
The Portégé R400 comes with a three-year standard limited warranty4, which includes carry-in support at Authorized Service Providers throughout the country, or the customer may use any of the more than 3,000 UPS Stores for packaging and delivery of the product to a centralized depot for prompt service turnaround. Customers can also choose to upgrade the notebook’s service plans, including up to four years of extended service plans.

Toshiba's Portégé R400 with Genuine Windows® Vista™ Business has a starting price point of $2,595. Configurations will also be available with Genuine Windows® Vista™ Ultimate. The Portégé R400 will be available on Jan. 30, 2007 through Toshiba’s reseller, mail order partners and direct from http://www.toshibadirect.com/.

Toshiba Ranks Best Overall

TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC. RANKS “BEST OVERALL” IN OFFICE PRODUCTS ANALYST’S ANNUAL COLOR END-USER SURVEY


End-User Survey Rates TABS MFPs Best in 12 of 20 Sub-Categories within Reliability, Image Quality, Functionality and Total Cost of Ownership


Irvine, California (December 18, 2006)


Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. (TABS), is proud to announce that it achieved the highest overall rating in the Office Products Analyst’s (OPA) Annual Color End-User Survey. Among the 20-plus competing brands, Toshiba ranked “Best Overall” with a cumulative rating of 9.3 out of 10. TABS also received the highest average ratings in both effectiveness and performance, as well as the four core survey categories including: Reliability, Image Quality, Operability & Functionality and Maintenance & Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).


“We congratulate Toshiba on this impressive achievement,” said Andy Slawetsky, president, Industry Analysts, Inc. “Based on the results of this study, anyone in the market for a color device should consider Toshiba products.”


The OPA Annual Color End-User Survey represents opinions from 128 verified end-user responses encompassing 253 installed devices including multifunction products (MFPs), copiers and printers. Participants rated devices in a variety of categories on a scale of 1 - 10 (one being lowest, 10 highest). TABS users consistently rated its full-color products higher than users of any other brand in the OPA survey, with a 15 percent gap between TABS and the lowest ranked brand, and a 3.3 percent gap over the second-highest-rated brand.


“We are thrilled to receive such rave reviews from Toshiba’s end-user customers through the OPA Survey,” said Kay Fernandez, director products & solutions marketing. “The show of continued satisfaction from our customers validates TABS technology leadership in the market and our commitment to developing only the highest-quality products.”

Toshiba Earns Gold and Platinum

TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC. EARNS PLATINUM AND GOLD STATUS IN THE BERTL READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS


Toshiba Recognized For Six Awards Including Color Reliability, Service & Support, Speed of Installation, Running Costs, Value and Training


Irvine, California (December 18, 2006)


Further underscoring its technological leadership, Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) is proud to announce that it again has received top honors in Business Equipment Research and Test Laboratories’ (BERTL®) prestigious Readers’ Choice Awards program. Now in its third year, the awards recognize those office equipment manufacturers deemed “most outstanding” as surveyed by end-users and purchasing decision makers. TABS was recognized with six awards, including:


Color Reliability – Reseller Platinum Award
Training – Reseller Platinum Award
Onsite Service & Support – End User Gold Award
Running Costs – End User Gold Award
Speed & Efficiency of Installation – End User Gold Award
Value for Money – End User Gold Award


BERTL’s Readers’ Choice Awards are the cumulative findings culled from thousands of BERTL surveys over the past year to determine “the most outstanding manufacturers” in the digital imaging marketplace. Unlike other industry awards which are chosen by a small group of industry pundits, BERTL Readers’ Choice Awards are decided by its readers, the most experienced technically savvy and discerning digital imaging equipment buyers and users in the world. Survey respondents rated the quality of products, service, reliability, and functionality of equipment among other categories, with 23 digital imaging equipment manufacturers included in the survey.


“TABS is particularly proud to receive six BERTL Readers Choice Awards because it’s Toshiba’s end-users who have rated our services so highly,” said Steve Rhorer, vice president marketing, TABS. “Toshiba prides itself on its commitment to developing products that create a higher quality of business and increase productivity. These awards validate that we’re meeting the needs and demands of our customers.”

Toshiba wins ACE Award

Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS), a leading U.S. and international distributor of copiers, facsimiles and multifunction printing products, is proud to announce that it has won the 2006 ACE Award for Outstanding Service Support Satisfaction from CustomerSat, the leader in real-time customer feedback solutions. The CustomerSat ACE Awards certify, acknowledge and celebrate outstanding achievements in customer satisfaction. The third-party recognition underscores TABS’ focus on providing irresistible value to its customers through the highest standards of customer satisfaction.


“We applaud TABS for its commitment to providing a superior customer service experience,” said John Chisholm, chairman & CEO, CustomerSat. “Other measures come and go, but customer satisfaction is the most consistent and enduring predictor of business performance. The CustomerSat ACE Award confirms to the world TABS’ dedication to customer satisfaction and its success in achieving it.”


Toshiba’s high marks in “Outstanding Service Support” come directly from Toshiba Business Solutions (TBS) dealers who, in accordance with CustomerSat criteria, poll their customers directly and frequently to measure satisfaction levels. Receiving a CustomerSat ACE Award demonstrates both rigorous application of customer feedback processes and outstanding performance as measured by those processes. It also recognizes TABS’ commitment to outstanding service support for its customers – from the company’s top-down focus on celebrating the customer, to its standard of delivering a “wow” experience every time.


“We are thrilled to receive the CustomerSat ACE Award. In our highly competitive industry, the ACE Award validates that Toshiba's superior service and support sets us apart from the competition,” said Rick Taylor, president and CEO, Toshiba America Business Solutions. "At TABS, our priority is to put customers first and provide them with irresistible value. We are proud that our customers recognize these efforts by rating our service so highly."

TABS Announces Strategic Alliance with DocuWare

Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) announced its strategic alliance with DocuWare, an integrated document management (IDM) solution that automates business processes by managing any type of document, regardless of format or source, in a central document pool. The relationship will permit DocuWare certified Toshiba dealers to offer DocuWare’s IDM software, enabling their mid-size business customers to automate business processes. The software allows customers to electronically store and quickly search for and retrieve documents, increase efficiency and reduce operational costs while simultaneously addressing regulatory compliance issues.

“The alliance between Toshiba and DocuWare provides a complete and scalable solution that focuses on ease-of-use, from capturing documents to managing and automating processes - a solution that we know is in high demand for our customers,” said Michael Szot, Senior Product Manager, TABS. “Integrating DocuWare into Toshiba’s broad range of digital copiers and multifunction products will allow our customers to maximize the potential of their digital documents every time a copy is made.”

With DocuWare software, digital documents are available to automate business processes such as accounts payable or receivable. In addition, digital data can be managed, stored, archived, retrieved, printed, e-mailed or faxed anywhere in the world, in a safe and secure environment. Because the solution is extremely scalable, it also is suitable both for single-users or enterprise-wide.

“We designed DocuWare to be easy to use, easy to train, easy to administer and most of all easy to maintain,” said Greg Schloemer, President, DocuWare Corporation. “As a result, DocuWare’s competitive price along with its focus on ease-of-use, provides the highest enterprise content management functionality and the lowest total cost of ownership on the market today. We’re eager to work with Toshiba dealers so they can share these benefits with their customers.”
DocuWare’s worldwide distribution model is only through authorized DocuWare dealers. The authorization is based on the successful completion of intensive computer-based and classroom training for at least one technical and one sales professional. The sales training focuses on solution selling with over 200 tools to support the solution sale and consulting process. This structured sales process, in combination with the strong support of Regional DocuWare sales directors, ensures that DocuWare dealers can succeed in the ever-evolving solution business.

Toshiba Re-Rite Office Automation Software

Office automation software that brings the paperless office closer to reality Convert hard copy documents into fully editable and searchable files Discover who is printing what and how much Scanned documents are delivered to a network drive or directly to your mailbox simply, efficiently and in full colour Driven by advanced OCR technology Fast, accurate and simple to use Fully compatible with, and enhances all scan-enable Toshiba e-STUDIO MFD systems

Convert Hard Copy Documents To Editable Files

The paperless office is closer to reality with RE-RITE office automation software. It will enhance your Toshiba e-STUDIO MFD by allowing it to automatically convert scanned paper documents into fully editable and searchable files. RE-RITE will convert a scan of any fixed hard copy original you can put through the e-STUDIO device into a number of editable formats including: DOC (Microsoft Word) PDF (Adobe Acrobat) XLS (Microsoft Excel) HTML (Web page) e-BOOK (MS Reader) RE-RITE delivers these fully digital files to a network drive or directly to your mailbox simply, efficiently and in full colour. Driven by advanced OCR technology, RE-RITE is fast, accurate and simple to use since it's a server (host PC) based application making it available for many users on a single licence. Now there's no need to re-type or re-format documents that are only available as hard copy originals. The time saved in simply scanning and converting to fully digital documents is astonishing and will make work quicker, easier and more accurate.

Fabulous Functionality

RE-RITE offers a battery of functions as standard. You can select Scan to Network Drive with file format attached or choose Scan to email with an attachment in your preferred file format. Scan to File and email in selected file format is also available as is received fax converted to your preferred file format. And you can even choose Multiple Users with selectable file format and destination. Selectable file formats supported include: Word (DOC) Excel (XLS) Rich Text Format (RTF) PDF Text (text only) PDF Image Substitution Text PDF Image on Text (text under image) Open eBook (LIT) HTML Tabular Data Format (Unicode and ANSI encoding) Unformatted Text (Unicode and ANSI encoding) Formatted Text (Unicode and ANSI encoding) Comma Separated Value (CSV) (Unicode and ANSI encoding)

Toshiba Launches the e-STUDIOT901/1101/1351 Series

The e-STUDIO 901/1101/1351 series of high-volume monochrome digital multifunction products (MFP) with optional network printing and scanning capabilities, give users access to its network through a 10.4” Super VGA TFT (thin film transistor) LCD remote Touch Screen Control Panel that sits above the copier at eye level. With a 8,050 maximum paper capacity and extended drum life lasting up to two million copies, the e-STUDIO901/1101/1351 is designed for busy corporate environments with large workgroups of 30 or more. A unique three-drawer large capacity feeder option features both ledger- and letter-size handling. The e-STUDIO901/1101/1351 with 100-sheet Reversing Automatic Document Feeder scans both black and white and color originals at an equal speed of 80PPM and includes a scan-to-email feature for network scanning needs. Finishing features include 100-sheet stapling, user selectable 2/3 hole punch, a saddle stitch option for booklet making and a Z-folding feature.

Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. - www.copiers.toshiba.com

Toshiba Business Solutions Announces 46th Dealer Acquisition

IRVINE, CA – Further growing its nationwide network of wholly owned subsidiary operations, Toshiba Business Solutions (TBS) today announced the acquisition of Arizona-based Business Equipment Group (BEG). The transaction represents TBS’ 46th acquisition since the inception of the company’s business expansion plan, supporting the overall objective of bolstering the TBS operation by acquiring leading independent dealers in strategic markets, including Arizona.
“With the acquisition of BEG, we’re continuing to realize our strategic growth objectives in key markets, particularly Arizona – a territory that until now, TBS did not have any in-market presence,” said Wayne Wilkinson, vice president / general manager, TBS. “BEG’s strong management team and aggressive business objectives mesh seamlessly with the TBS organization, and its solid heritage and reputation in the Arizona marketplace poise us for continued success.”

Headquartered in Phoenix, BEG operates from six locations throughout Arizona and San Diego, and has been in business for nine years. Prior to the acquisition, BEG sold only competitive brands of office equipment products. The company employs 155 people under the leadership of president Phil Blake and CFO, Frank Udvare, who will each remain in their current role.
“In our highly competitive industry, clients need an office automation partner that can really grow their business and take it to the next level,” said Phil Blake, BEG president. “Toshiba has the breadth and resources that enable us to do just that, and with its focus on customer satisfaction, our companies share the same core values. We’re thrilled to join the TBS family!“

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Toshiba Releases 2 New Color Copiers

e-STUDIO4500C (Toshiba)
45 PPM Color, 60 PPM B&W Multifunction Product Complete Copying, Printing and Scanning Functionality
Versatile Paper Handling and Finishing Options
First Copy Out Time of 6.5/7.5 seconds (BW/FC)
7,400- Sheet maximum Paper Capacity




Features

General Features
45 PPM Color
60 PPM Black & White
High-quality copying, printing, and scanning
Simple to use, minimal operator training
Up to 12" x 18" paper
Finishing options include stapling, hole-punching and booklet making

Copier Features
Scan Once, Print Many for maximum productivity
Walk-up users can access a variety of finishing functions
Determine color usage with user codes
Standard 100-Sheet RADF for simplex and duplex scanning

Printer Features
Choice of controllers: Low cost embedded or Fiery E-7000
Fiery Command Workstation reduces printing conflicts
The Fiery Driver alerts users of potential printing conflicts
Adobe PostScript 3 is standard with EFI Controller

Scanner Features
60/45 images per minute scan speed (BW/FC)
Scan resolution up to 600 dpi
Create TIFF/JPEG/PDF files from hard copies
Scan to e-mail, scan to file and network TWAIN

Our Product Line

Digital Copiers - Our selection of digital copiers ranges from affordable desktop units to high-end production systems with speeds up to 135 pages per minute

Document Solutions - Whether you need to Manage, Organize, or Distribute your documents; we have a hardware and software solution to help you streamline your document processes and workflow.

Fax Machines - Toshiba Fax Machines are built tough to handle the most demanding environments. Models range from low-end departmental units to high-volume dual line units with large paper supplies. Or simply add a fax board to any of our eStudio copiers and enjoy the lowest possible supply cost and Free Network Faxing.

Network Printers - Still need a few printers here and there? We offer a wide variety of printer solutions in both Color and Black and White Network-Ready printers with speeds up to 50 pages per minute.

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