Canon Photo Quality Printing

Canon, leader in imaging technology, is pleased to announce the smallest Bubble Jet flatbed multifunctional printer, scanner and copier with direct photo print capability - the SmartBase MPC200 Photo.

Designed for home and small business use, this new model in the SmartBase range produces crisp copies and prints and can also print full-colour photos directly from a digital camera memory card, without the need for a PC. This is Canon's first fully featured All-In-One device to offer direct photo printing and allows users to print photographs quickly and easily at home or in the workplace.

Photo quality printing

The SmartBase MPC200 Photo delivers outstanding photo prints. Its high print resolution of 2400 x 1200 dpi ensures high-contrast prints and a broad colour range, even on plain paper. The SmartBase MPC200 Photo delivers a fast 14 ppm in monochrome and 10 ppm in colour. It further distinguishes itself from other models in the SmartBase line up with its borderless printing and copying capabilities in both A4 and 4"x6" formats.

Photo functions

By simply inserting their digital camera's memory card (using an adapter) into the Canon SmartBase MPC200 Photo, users can print their photos directly from the card without the need for a computer. The MPC200 Photo is supplied with a PCMCIA Compact Flash" card adapter but is also compatible with SmartMedia", SD card" and Sony Memory Stick® providing the appropriate adapter is used.

Additionally adjusting the photo settings is easy with the user friendly control panel, enabling users to directly print out A4 or 4" × 6" high-contrast borderless photos on any paper type.

The SmartBase MPC200 Photo comes with various software packages to guarantee excellent quality photos. The innovative Exif Print standard improves the way digital cameras and printers work together. It allows images to be printed exactly as the photographer intended at the time they took the picture and ensures optimised high quality output every time. Furthermore, Canon's Easy Photo Print software means users can quickly and easily select and edit images for perfect printed results

The SmartBase MPC 200 Photo uses Canon's Vivid Photo technology. This enhances photos by using the printer's capabilities to go beyond the colour limits of a PC monitor and therefore achieve more precise results.

Photo-quality copying and scanning

As a digital canon colour copier, the SmartBase MPC200 Photo has all the features normally associated with a dedicated high-quality machine with a copy resolution of 600 x 600 dpi monochrome and 1200 x 1200 dpi colour. At 14 pages per minute in monochrome, and 10 ppm in colour, the SmartBase MPC 200 Photo delivers fast copying speeds. This machine also boasts a 25-400% zoom function as well as other convenient features such as 2-on-1 copying and a 'Fit to Page' option.

The SmartBase MPC200 Photo is also a high-performance scanner, giving resolutions of 600 x 1200 dpi optical, up to 9600 dpi enhanced. While colour reproduction is ensured by 36-bit colour depth, the 256 shades of grey scale give clear monochrome scans. By using the Multi-Photo scan function, separate images that were scanned in a single take will be saved as separate files.

Quality

The combination of high-resolution printing capability and Advanced MicroFine Droplet TechnologyTM means that the SmartBase MPC200 Photo consistently provides crisp, high-contrast results, even on plain paper. Canon's Advanced MicroFine Droplet Technology gives the most accurate dot placement, sharpness and density possible so that print quality is always consistently high. Twenty five years light fastness* is guaranteed when using Canon's Photo Paper Pro (PR 101), meaning bright colours, crisp blacks and sharp-looking documents with no ink-bleed or fading.

Surprisingly compact, the high performance SmartBase MPC 200 Photo measures less than 40 x 55 cm. With an attractively styled metallic lid and the universal operation panel, this user-friendly All-in-One is ideal for creative households or small businesses where space is at a premium and high quality can not be compromised.

The USB Full Speed interface ensures full compatibility with Windows® 98, ME, 2000 and XP. The SmartBase MPC200 Photo can be installed within minutes, thanks to the multifunctional concept; just a single cable and one computer driver is required.

"This is a really exciting new product for us. It builds on the strength of our new SmartBase range and is the first time Canon has offered a great looking, compact multifunctional that can also print outstanding quality photos directly from a digital camera's memory card. We believe that with such high quality, high speed multifunctionality, the MPC200 Photo will be an extremely popular model," says Malcolm Hills, Head of Canon Consumer Imaging in the UK .

Investments Shropshire

Nationwide launches new range of Fixed Rate Bonds paying up to 6.15%

Nationwide Building Society has today launched a new range of Fixed Rate Bonds offering highly competitive interest rates and guaranteed returns for savers. The following new Fixed Rate Bonds will be
available:

* One year Fixed Rate Bond
* Two year Loyalty Fixed Rate Bond
* One and two year Fixed Rate e-Bonds

Nationwide's new two year Loyalty Fixed Rate Bond, paying a highly competitive rate of 6.15%, will provide a guaranteed return for savers and is available to over 8 million existing members.

A new one year Fixed Rate Bond paying 6.10% and a new range of one and two year Fixed Rate e-Bonds paying 6.15% will be available to new and existing members.

Nationwide's previous range of Fixed Rate Bonds were withdrawn from sale at close of business on Thursday 14 June 2007.

Tim Hughes, Nationwide's head of savings, said: "We have a range of excellent deals offering guaranteed returns for savers. All of our Fixed Rate Bonds now pay over 6.00% and members can benefit from
a very competitive rate of 6.15% on our two year Loyalty Fixed Rate Bond and e-Bonds.

"This is a good time for savers to review their savings portfolios and make sure they are benefiting from the competitive rates which are currently available."

This news is sponsored by Investments Shropshire

Trailers

http://www.wire-trailers.co.uk announced today a massive increase in enquirys for their trailer products thrugh their online website.

The new website went live recently and within days had started generating enquiries for trailers, golf trailers, bike trailers and camping trailers. All of which are available for imidiate delivery.

Bluetooth Headsets

www.lowpricememory.co.uk stock Bluetooth Headsets from big name brands such as Jabra and also from the leading mobile phone brands such as: Nokia Bluetooth Headsets, Motorola Bluetooth Headsets, Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Headsets and Samsung Bluetooth Headsets. Most Bluetooth headsets are compatible with any mobile phone which has Bluetooth capabilities.

Shropshire Mortgages

The rapid growth in house prices in Northern Ireland has contributed to the number of first-time buyers reaching its lowest level for 26 years, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said today. The chairman of Council of Mortgage Lenders Northern Ireland, Derek Wilson, urged the newly formed Northern Ireland Assembly to tackle the shortage of affordable homes which has helped fuel spiralling house price inflation over recent years.

House prices have trebled in 10 years, and the number of first-time mortgage buyers has more than halved in five years. The average house price in Northern Ireland is currently £210,349 - this is higher than the UK average mortgage (£205,797) and is more than three times its 1996 level. And while house prices have been increasing, the number of first-time buyers has fallen into decline – from 18,300 in 2001 to just 8,000 in 2006.

Addressing over 150 delegates at the Hastings Europa Hotel, Council of Mortgage Lenders Northern Ireland chairman Derek Wilson said:

“Over the past year house prices in Northern Ireland have outstripped the rate of increase in other areas of the UK. It is no surprise that with house price inflation reaching 23.4% in 2006 we now have the lowest number of first-time buyers entering the mortgage market since 1980.”

“Council of Mortgage Lenders urges the Northern Ireland Assembly to address affordability constraints by implementing some of the reforms proposed in Sir John Semple’s report on affordable housing. This includes increasing the supply of affordable housing and examining whether a shared equity scheme - like HomeBuy in England - could play a part in helping more first-time buyers on to the property mortgage ladder.

“Mortgage lenders already offer a range of innovative mortgage products to help people buy their first home, but they cannot solve the affordability issue on their own. Council of Mortgage Lenders looks forward to working with the Northern Ireland Executive and the Social Development Committee to find ways of helping those who want to become home-owners.”

This article is brought to you in association with MLM Financial specialist in Shropshire Mortgages.

Light Reactive Welding Helmet

Now available online at r-tech welding light reactive welding helmet.

R-tech have a ful range of light reactive welding helmets that can be supplied throughout the uk. For further information about light reactive welding helmets visit www.r-techwelding.co.uk

Office Products

US-based Office Depot has enhanced its ink and toner recycling programme. Until 31 March, customers who return eligible used ink and toner cartridges to any Office Depot store in the US will be given the choice of receiving one free ream of the company's EnviroCopy 35 per cent post-consumer recycled (PCR) content paper or saving $2.50 on their next purchase of any ink, toner or fax product. Since the programme was launched in January 2002, more than 12 million ink and toner cartridges have been recycled and the initiative has been expanded to include retail customers, business customers and Office Depot employees around the world.

Ink Cartridges

The Stationer’s Company’s ‘Surviving & Profiting by E-trading’ Autumn event held last night at Stationer’s Hall in London attracted 120 people. Chaired by author Robert Heller, speakers included Mike Swarbick, head of partnership programme team, DTI, Ron Wotherspoon of ECI2 and Nick Hodges of Oyez Professional Services. Swarbick focused on the government’s ambition to make the UK the leader in technology and the Internet using three approaches: -6,000 UK online centres located mainly in libraries to provide public access to the Internet Ink Cartridges; -http://www.ukonline.gov.uk/ as the future entry point for all government services & information, including total online tendering in the short term; and -http://www.ukonlineforbusiness.gov.uk/ as a site to help businesses get up to speed with the Internet. He said that business-to-business online trading is expected to reach £300 billion by 2005 and that Internet sales are currently at £12.5 billion. ECI2’s Ron Wotherspoon gave an introduction to computerisation and the Internet, with a demo of the company’s Prolink for the Web given by Paola White. Nick Hodges spoke about Oyez Professional Service’s online activies and said that the company was targeting 30% electronic trading by 2003.

Ink Refill

Staples Inc has announced the environmental progress from its initiatives to protect natural resources and says it has made ‘significant enhancements’ this year. The company says average post consumer content by all paper products offered for sale has increased from 19% to 27% and renewable power use has grown from less than 2% to 10% of total US electricity consumption. In 2003 it also introduced new environmental initiatives, including the launch of a new recycling programme for cell phones and other mobile electronics and a promotional programme for recycling ink jet and laser toner cartridges.

Low cost Ink

Zebra Pen (UK) has announced that its agent in Greece, Gattegno, has been awarded the contract to provide Zebra pens to the Olympic Committee at the forthcoming Games. The products that have been selected are: the Tapli ballpoint pen; the AX5 and AX7 liquid ink pens and the Tapli automatic pencil.

Ink Cartridge Purchasing Tool

http://www.internet-ink.co.uk/ has been launched as an Internet-based purchasing tool which has been designed ‘to reduce time and expenditure on ordering everyday business expenses, from pens and staplers to floppy discs and printer ink cartridges’. The company says that the facility has already made a significant difference to the bottom line of twenty companies. The web site works by providing access to a multitude of suppliers, with all price negotiation carried out by Bestpricepurchase, removing the need for tendering and annual contract arrangements. The system has been developed by Bestpricepurchase chief executive Elie Jankelewitz, who has worked with many International businesses as a troubleshooter: “I developed the service after encountering the same problems in companies all over the world. I was regularly seeing staff spend unnecessary amounts of time on ordering office goods and it was plain to see that it was proving difficult for them to achieve the best prices where there was a good relationship with the supplier. "Bestpricepurchase takes these problems away as the system does all the work. It's fully transparent so that integrity is maintained throughout the whole purchasing process and special features have been developed such as the favourites list, to reduce spend on 'nice to have' items. All these things add up to a massive saving on time and money.” The company says that suppliers to the system also enjoy multiple benefits as the web site provides access to a wider customer base, reduces the cost of sales and allows companies to create instant promotions.

Dealer of the Year

Croydon based Impact has won DYMO's Dealer of the Year 2004 at the DYMO ID Sales Conference in Barbados. Impact saw an 80 per cent increase in DYMO purchases year on year. Managing director, Dennis Dobson, says: "It was a real team effort between DYMO and ourselves. They put together a great marketing programme and raised the awareness of the brand and we capitalised on it.” Cardiff-based SET won the award for Marketing Excellence for the second year running. SET's Rob Street says: “We really went to town with local marketing initiatives across the whole Esselte range of products. We linked up with Welsh rugby, running promotions to win T-shirts and tickets to the games and that has helped us increase our sales.” Euroffice won E-commerce DYMO dealer of the year as the most successful Internet DYMO dealer, selling more than 1,500 DYMO LabelWriters in the past twelve months. Codex won Esselte Ireland’s DYMO Dealer of the Year. With purchases well in excess of 100,000 euros. Internet Ink Award went to internet ink for supplying Ink Cartridges at such a low price online.

Baby Scan

Apeekaboo Imaging is The Obstetric division of Universal Ultrasound Ltd Apeekaboo Imaging and has today anunced their new website has been launched. The new website has information about Baby Scanning, Gender Scan, Sexing Scan, Viability Scan, Early Pregnancy Scan, Nuchal Scan, NT Scan, Combind blood test, Dating Scan, 2d Scans, 3d Scans and 4d Scan.

For further information about this new website visit www.apeekabooimaging.co.uk

Optimised Shopping Cart

Linesave have announced the launch of its latest online shopping cart system.

This new optimised shopping cart is fully featured.

For full details about the new optimised shopping cart please visit the website.

Sony Projectors

European AV distributor MultiVision has teamed up with Sony Projectors in a drive to generate more profit for the IT channel. Launching the initiative, Mike Pullon, MultiVision’s MD, comments: “The distinction between AV and IT strategies is increasingly getting smaller. In the past, Sony Projectors products were selected on their ability to meet the identified presentation needs of the application. Today, while image integrity remains absolute, it is important to understand the IT environment in which the sony projector product is to be used. This is driven by the shift in end user sony projectors buying decisions, where the purchase of presentation technology sits firmly in the remit of the IT department.” MultiVision says its aim is to help resellers recognise that a sony projector or sony plasma screen is a computer peripheral – and one that promises solid margins. It adds that the technology that is built into Sony Projectors new product range makes wireless connectivity and the ability to integrate an AV solution into a network totally achievable. Mike Pullon says resellers should talk to MultiVision because in addition to comprehensive inventory, flexible finance arrangements and efficient logistics the company can offer them access to much more support. He says: “For example, we offer the most comprehensive sony projectors support programme in the industry. Our MotiVate scheme helps to identify prospects, target messages to them, and follow up the contact – all at the touch of a button. Other on-line tools include downloadable price lists, product comparisons and technical support to name but a few. Add to that a major new sony projectors lead generation strategy which is due to launch shortly and you can see how serious we are about working proactively with this channel.

Sony Projectors and Sony Plasma screens can be purchased online.

The best place to purchase Sony Projectors in the UK is from www.shopuk.co.uk

Shropshire Mortgages

Nationwide Building Society today announces an increase in rates on its range of fixed rate and tracker mortgages. The new rates are available from Friday 1 June 2007.

The new details are as follows:
Home Mover
Two year fixed rate mortgages(with £499 fee) available from: 5.68%
Two year fixed rate mortgages (no fee) available from: 6.08%
Two year fixed rate mortgages (with £999 fee) available from: 5.53%
Three year fixed rate mortgages (with £499 fee) available from: 5.88%
Five year fixed rate mortgages (with £499 fee) available from: 5.68%
Ten year fixed rate mortgages (with £499 fee) available from: 5.68%
Two year tracker mortgages (with £599 fee) available from: 5.28%
Two year tracker mortgages (no fee) available from: 5.68%
Lifetime tracker mortgages (no fee) available from: 5.79%

Remortgage and Additional Borrowing
Two year fixed rate mortgages (with £499 fee) available from: 5.78%
Two year fixed rate mortgages (no fee) available from: 6.18%
Two year fixed rate mortgages (with £999 fee) available from: 5.68%
Three year fixed rate mortgages (with £499 fee) available from: 6.03%
Five year fixed rate mortgages (with £499 fee) available from: 5.78%
Ten year fixed rate mortgages (with £499 fee) available from: 5.78%
Lifetime tracker mortgages (no fee) available from: 5.94%

Existing Nationwide mortgage customers get a £100 discount off their reservation fee when they switch from one Nationwide product to another, buy a new home or borrow additional monies.

Nationwide will also be increasing the maximum loan to value (LTV) for remortgages from 90% to 95%.

Nationwide will withdraw its current range of products at 11.59pm on Thursday 31 May 2007.

MLM Financial supply nationwide mortgages. you can visit MLM Financials website at www.mlmfinancial.co.uk