Neowin News Feed for: Printing

Guide: What is Universal Print?

Usama Jawad — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:00:01 +0000

Universal Print sounds like a magical solution for many enterprise customers, but what does it actually do? Read more...

Microsoft is bringing macOS integration to Universal Print

Steve Bennett — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 12:30:01 +0000

Universal Print, a key Windows feature allowing for printing from any app within the OS, is planned to get full native integration with macOS later this year, bringing its benefits to the platform. Read more...

Microsoft Edge 102 has broken printing for some users

Alap Naik Desai — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:26:01 +0000

The latest version of Microsoft Edge arrived just a couple of days ago. Several admins and users have complained that the update breaks printing. Only downgrading or using other browsers could help. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Love from Sega, broken Windows services, and Ignite news galore

Usama Jawad — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 17:16:01 +0000

It's been a very busy week in the Microsoft world, primarily due to the Ignite conference this week. Join us as we unpack that, Windows update woes, and more in our Microsoft Weekly digest. Read more...

Microsoft's PrintNightmare patch breaks printing for some... again

Usama Jawad — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 12:26:02 +0000

Microsoft has recently revealed that a KB update in August's Patch Tuesday effectively breaks printing for some organizations by repeatedly requiring admin credentials when printing. Read more...

Debian 11 "bullseye" stable release is finally out, brings exFAT support and more

Sayan Sen — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 08:16:01 +0000

The first stable version of Debian 11 (codenamed "bullseye") has been released earlier today by the Debian Project. It comes with a lot of new packages and features, like exFAT support, and more. Read more...

Cisco: PrintNightmare is being exploited by "Vice Society" to inject ransomware

Sayan Sen — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 15:28:01 +0000

According to a report, Microsoft's PrintNightmare security flaw is being exploited by a ransomware group called Vice Society. This group is apparently using an associated DLL to infect systems. Read more...

Microsoft confirms Windows 10 printer crashes after Patch Tuesday updates

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:16:01 +0000

Following a number of reports that this month's Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 10 were causing blue screens of death with certain printers, Microsoft has now acknowledged the problems. Read more...

Mozilla releases Firefox 86 with Total Cookie Protection

Paul Hill — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:04:01 +0000

Mozilla has launched Firefox 86. It comes with a new anti-tracking tool, support for simultaneous Picture-in-Picture videos, a better printing screen, and performance and stability enhancements. Read more...

Weta Workshop shows off its 3D printing capabilities with incredible robot skeleton

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 19:36:01 +0000

If you have ever wanted to see 3D printing taken to a whole new level, Weta Workshop is offering a behind the scenes look at its various creations for the upcoming film, Ghost in the Shell. Read more...

HP apologizes, says it will allow its printers to use third-party ink cartridges... for now

Andy Weir — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:12:01 +0000

After admitting that it had pushed an update to some of its printers that forcibly disabled third-party cartridges, HP now says it will offer an optional update to remove that 'security feature'. Read more...

HP buys Samsung's printer business for $1.05bn; Samsung to buy up to $300m of HP shares

Andy Weir — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:20:01 +0000

HP has agreed to purchase Samsung's printer business in a deal worth $1.05 billion - and under the terms of the acquisition, Samsung will acquire between $100 million and $300 million of HP shares. Read more...

Microsoft adds printing support to Office for iPad

John Callaham — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:57:36 +0000

Microsoft has now finally added printing support to its first major update for its Office for iPad apps, along with SmartGuides in PowerPoint and even more improvements. Read more...

You can't print via Office for iPad - but that could change

Andy Weir — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 03:20:18 +0000

Office apps for the iPad lack many features included in the full desktop applications, including the ability to print - but Microsoft hints that this function could be introduced if users demand it. Read more...

State Department forces takedown of 3D gun blueprints

Christopher White — Fri, 10 May 2013 01:06:34 +0000

The United States Department of the State has forced Defense Distributed to remove the blueprints from their website. Although the site has complied, has the genie already been let out of the bottle? Read more...

3D printing breakthrough: Print your own working gun

Christopher White — Sat, 04 May 2013 03:00:54 +0000

The world may be in for a shock because it looks like we'll soon have the ability to use a 3D printer to create a fully working plastic firearm. What does this mean for the future? Read more...

Windows 8 app printing features explained

John Callaham — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:56:26 +0000

Microsoft has revealed more information on how Windows 8 app developers can add printing features into their software, using the print contract to communicate with the print platform. Read more...

Infographic: The Printed Word and a Time of Choice

Steven Parker — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:52:53 +0000

Time for another infographic! Today we look at the countries with the largest printing industries, including the USA, UK and Japan, and explores the sectors in which printing is most prominent. Read more...

How much ink do the world's inkjet printers use each year?

Steven Parker — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:29:14 +0000

Next year, over 314 million inkjet cartridges will be sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and 942 million cartridges that will be sold across the world in 2012; or thirty cartridges per second Read more...

Trivia: Printing all the way to Mars and back

Steven Parker — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:08:31 +0000

Did you know that if you stacked all the pages printed in the world in 2010 in one giant stack, they would reach to the moon? That's 356,400 kilometers - more fun facts inside. Read more...

Windows 8 printing features detailed

John Callaham — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:01:31 +0000

In a new post on the official Windows 8 blog, Microsoft talks about how it has improved the printing features in the next version of the Windows operating system, along with printing with Windows RT. Read more...

A green laser that “unprints” toner from printed paper

Alfonso Maruccia — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:26:35 +0000

British researchers have developed a laser setup capable of erasing toner from a printed paper and enabling its reuse. The process works well for three times in a row at least. Read more...

Moo partners with Facebook to create business cards

Paul Ferson — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:54:22 +0000

Printing company Moo has joined a venture with Facebook in order to bring the Timeline profile design to the world of business cards, after the newer profile design went public. Read more...

Zink to Step-Up Production of Inkless Printing Paper

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:43:12 +0000

Inkless printing company ZINK Imaging has completed its purchase of Konica Minolta's manufacturing facility in North Carolina, enabling ZINK to step-up production of paper for its Zero-Ink print process. ZINK Paper is special photo paper... Read more...

HP Charges Into Retail Photo Printing Market

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:42:14 +0000

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday announced its entry into the $35 billion retail-photo-printing market, introducing a self-service photo kiosk and an in-store photo studio that will initially installed in Albertsons Inc. supermarkets and Longs Drug Stores.... Read more...

PowerUser.tv Ep 20: Printing Organs, Net Anonymity, Xbox360

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:20:48 +0000

This week the gang at PowerUser.tv discuss a biomedical breakthrough that allows doctors to print human organs, more privacy and anonymity slipping away on the Net thanks to the US Senate and chipmakers,... Read more...

CSR debuts low-cost Bluetooth printing

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:01:50 +0000

Cypress Semiconductor and the UK's Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) have teamed up on a low-cost Bluetooth attachment for USB printers that allows wireless printing directly from Bluetooth-enabled devices. The USB dongle combines Cypress' USB On-The-Go... Read more...

Photography Industry Sees Printing Growth

Sat, 08 Mar 2003 20:14:38 +0000

With feverish demand for digital cameras fueling growth in the photography industry, manufacturers hope to persuade consumers that printing pictures is just as important as snapping them. Printing of digital photos, whether... Read more...

Proposal Aims to Ease Digital Photo Printing

Mon, 02 Dec 2002 15:32:05 +0000

A group of six digital still camera makers and printer vendors, including Sony and Hewlett-Packard, have jointly proposed a new industry standard that allows images recorded by a digital still camera to be printed out... Read more...