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• Parliament House declared a No-Smoking Zone from today
• WeP launches printing services
• Cannon introduces a multifunctional device
• Durian eyes office furniture market
• Siemens multi-slice scanner
• Epson introduces new printer
• CMC to launch Biometric solutions
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Parliament House declared a No-Smoking Zone from today

Jul 05, 2004: The august Parliament House may enter a new phase in its distinguished life, with its General hall and lobbies being declared a ‘No Smoking’ zone and out of bound for those members and others concerned who enjoy sending puffs of swirling rings circling into pure thin air courtesy alluring cigarettes. The same has been announced by the speaker Mr Somnath Chatterjee after a meeting with various party parliamentary leaders and would be passed in the coming session.

When asked whether the other age old menace of betel leaf (pan) chewing will also meet the same fate, he said the same was not discussed but would be considered at a later date. It is revealed that several young Parliament members had taken up the matter and recommended its ban. It may also be added that the nation’s highest court Supreme Court had banned smoking in all public buildings.

The twin combination of smoking and pan chewing has played havoc with people’s lives and also caused environmental degradation. Once the darling of the masses and the classes alike, of late both have come to be recognized as an evil that needs to be curbed and a reign of clean and neat environment spread to usher in the era of clean and good living and possibly high thinking.

WeP launches printing services

Jan 24, 2003: Hyderabad: WeP Peripherals Ltd, Previously known as Wipro ePeripherals Ltd, has launched its WeP Print and save services at the Gitex Hyderabad 2003 organised by Dubai World Trade Centre. The company provides printing services for any organization where the minimum print requirement is at 1,000 copies per month. The printer will be set up and maintained by the company and it is collecting only a fixed price per copy.

Cannon introduces a multifunctional device

Jan 23, 2003: Imaging major Cannon has recently introduced the MPC 200, a multifunctional device that can print scan and copy. It can make borderless prints of 14 pages per minute in black and 10 ppm in color and is capable of copying at the touch of a button. It scans documents at a resolution equivalent to 9600 dots per inch. The MPC 200 also allows users to print borderless photos directly from a digital camera memory card or from a PC.

Durian eyes office furniture market

Jan 20, 2003: New Delhi: After capturing a sizeable chunk of the residential segment of the organised furniture market, Mumbai-based Durian Industries Ltd has set its sights on the untapped office furniture market.A highly unorganised sector, the Indian furniture market has recently seen the presence of few foreign brands like Gautier of France, Danish Flexa, Hurtado from Spain, German Moll and Italian Saporiti. A number of local players are content to merely import furniture and re-sell them, often under a new brand. Durian Industries, for instance, imports furniture from all over the globe and re- sells it under the brand name Durian.

The official launch of its range of imported office furniture will commence beginning next financial year. The company has, however, already bagged a couple of big orders including one to furnish a 1,000 seat call centre in Gurgaon and a 200-room hostel in Hyderabad. The imported office furniture will be sold through exclusive showrooms.

Siemens multi-slice scanner

Dec 23, 2002: Siemens has introduced a multi-slice CT scanner (Somatom Sensation 16), capable of acquiring 32 slices per second with sub-millimetre thickness, leading to fast coverage along with ultra high resolution. Along with volume, resolution and speed, the scanner runs on the syngo user interface software with integrated 3-D image processing that allows a wide range of clinical applications.

Epson introduces new printer

Dec 16, 2002: Epson has introduced the Epson EPL 5900L, designed for the small office and home segment. This is the first of its kind of printer, aimed significantly at reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to this segment. The Epson EPL 5900L cartridge contains enough toner to last 6,000 sheets of paper while the photoconductor unit will last for 20,000 sheets more than twice as long as any other printer in this class. In addition, the Epson EPL-5900L has revolutionised the quality of monochrome printing using the MicroGray and BiriTech technologies at an impressive resolution of 1200 dpi.

CMC to launch Biometric solutions

Dec 02, 2002: CMC Computers has introduced biometric based solutions for time office applications and as security system for door access and visitor tracking applications. Other product range introduced by the company are figerprint scanning, barcode/magnetic stripe, proximity card and smart card readers. These products are designed to work with the avilable local areanetwork or telephone lines.