Sales of color-laser printers and multi-function devices that copy, print, scan and fax, have provided growth spurts, even as traditional black-and-white printing and copying shrinks.

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As part of a growing trend to produce energy-efficient products, HP announced today a bunch of changes in its line of printers, including a color laser jet printer that it says uses up to 65% less energy than other similar printers.

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Xerox claims that its printers, which can crank out 80 pages a minute, can target specific areas of a page for color printing using a material that is cheaper than what is used in standard laser printers.

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