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Eighth Consecutive Quarter of Revenue Growth for EFI
Electronics For Imaging (EFI) has reported its eighth consecutive quarter of revenue growth, reporting $163.1 million in revenue for its fourth quarter, up 12 percent versus fourth-quarter 2010 revenue of $145.0 million. For fourth-quarter 2011, the company reported income of $11.5 million, or $0.25 per share, compared to $8.1 million, or $0.17 per share, for fourth-quarter 2010. For [...]
Xerox Earnings Up, but Revenue Flat for 4th Quarter; Retires ACS Brand Name
Xerox reported earnings of $375 million for fourth-quarter 2011, up from $171 million a year ago, but fourth-quarter revenue ($6 billion) was flat. Earnings for the fourth quarter were 26 cents a share, versus 12 cents a share a year ago. In the fourth quarter, business process outsourcing (BPO) revenue was up eight percent, and document [...]
MakerBot Unveils Next-Generation Personal 3D Printer: The Replicator
MakerBot Industries unveiled its next-generation personal 3D printer, the Replicator, which comes fully assembled, and features a build area that’s twice the size of its predecessor, the Thing-O-Matic, so that it can build larger 3D objects (the Replicator’s build area is about the size of a loaf bread or 300 cubic inches). At pricing of $1,749.00, the Replicator is also [...]
Lexmark Lands MPS Deal with Anheuser-Busch
Lexmark has just signed a five-year agreement with Anheuser-Busch, a subsidiary of brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev, to provide managed print services. Lexmark will supply printers and MFPs to the brewing company, as well as print-fleet management, to Anheuser-Busch locations across the United States, including corporate offices and breweries, and Labatt Brewing Company locations in Canada. As part of the contract, Lexmark will [...]
Ricoh Resumes Production at Laser-Printer Plant in Thailand
Ricoh Company of Japan reports today that it’s re-opened a laser-printer plant in Thailand. Although the plant was not affected by flooding in Thailand last fall, the company says it had suspended production since October 17th last year because of difficulty in sourcing some parts. Ricoh says it resumed production by the end of 2011, [...]
Photo Gallery – Konica Minolta “Inspire Customer Passion” 2012 Conference and Expo
Mr. Blurrycam took a variety of photos using a 7″ HTC EVO View 4G tablet PC of Konica Minolta’s “Inspire Customer Passion” Expo & Conference held January 15-18 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Overall, the photos are not too bad considering it was the first time he used a tablet PC to take photos. The [...]
Court Approves Citigroup Financing for Kodak as it Begins Reorganization
Eastman Kodak, which yesterday announced that it was seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks to reorganize, reported that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has approved initial availability of $650 million in interim Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) financing by Citigroup. The financing will enable Kodak to continue to pay employees, fulfill orders, [...]
Kodak Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Eastman Kodak announced this morning that it’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. In its press statement, the firm stressed that it will continue to deliver goods and services to customers throughout the world, and that non-U.S. subsidiaries are not included in the U.S. [...]
Actor Ben Stein Suing Kyocera Mita
The Wall Street Journal reports that actor Ben Stein is suing the U.S. branch of Kyocera Mita, which is headquartered in Fairfield, NJ, for breach of contract. According to the Journal, Stein, who is suing for $300,000, alleges that the firm dropped him from an ad campaign after learning about the actor’s views on global warming. Read the [...]
Canon MFPs Compatible with ShareScan for Healthcare
Canon U.S.A. reports that it and partner Nuance Communications have successfully completed testing of interoperability between Nuance’s eCopy ShareScan v5 document scanning and distribution software with Canon imageRunner Advance and MEAP-enabled imageRunner MFPs for Electronic Health Record (EHR) applications. Electronic Health Record applications are designed to replace paper-based document workflows with more efficient and accurate digital workflows. Canon says it and Nuance successfully [...]
