According to The Hollywood Reporter, a California Superior Court Judge has dismissed most of actor Ben Stein’s breach of contract lawsuit against Kyocera Mita of Japan. Stein filed a lawsuit in January after Kyocera Mita hired him to star in television commercials for its printers and MFPs in a deal worth some $300,000, but Kyocera Mita later backed out of [...]
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Lexmark Ramps Up MPS In India
Lexmark is expanding its managed print services capabilities (MPS) in India as a part of a plan to achieve a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 78 percent for its India operations. Lexmark recently completed three software acquisitions, which included: Brainware: a provider of intelligent data capture, strengthens Lexmark as a technology provider in business [...]
HP Trots Out New Class of Web-Enabled LaserJet MFPs, Printers, Mobile-Printing Solutions
Hewlett-Packard rolled out a host of new printers, MFPs and mobile-printing solutions today, as well as new security and workflow solutions, nearly all targeted at the small and mid-size segment, with leading-edge feature sets that include wireless connectivity, cloud connectivity, advanced touch screens, mobile printing, and even remote printer control. New Desktop Printers, MFPs, Scanner [...]
HP Officejet 150 Mobile AiO – Videos and Photo Gallery
A three-part video series and gallery of photos taken during our Hands-On Test of the the Officejet 150 Mobile All-in-One ($399.99), a portable, battery-powered All-in-One that measures ~3″x”7.5″x14″ and weighs in at ~6.5 lbs. It includes an AC power adapter and rechargeable Lithium Ion battery (print up to 500 pages on a charge). It can [...]
HP Regains Lead in Worldwide PC Market
Market-research firm Canalys reports that in first-quarter 2012, Hewlett-Packard regained the lead in the worldwide PC market from Apple, which had overtaken HP in PC shipments in fourth-quarter 2011. Canalys reports that Apple shipped some 11.8 million iPad tablet PCs in first-quarter 2012, bringing its total PC shipments to 15.8 million, but HP’s shipments were higher by around [...]
Memjet Adds Fuji Xerox to OEM Partner List
Last week we reported that Memjet added both Toshiba TEC and Canon’s Oce as new OEM partners – this week it’s adding Fuji Xerox of Japan, which will develop a wide-format full color-ink jet printer using Memjet components. Under the partnership, Fuji Xerox is integrating Memjet technology and components into a roll-fed, wide-format printer that’ll be [...]
Free NetGear App Makes Virtually Any Printer AirPrint Compatible
NetGear, Inc. has upgraded its Genie App so that virtually any printer or MFP, whether connected to the network or via USB, is compatible with Apple’s AirPrint mobile printing solution. Previously, Apple mobile users could only print to AirPrint-compatible printers and MFPs - unfortunately, though, only a small range of printers currently are AirPrint-compatible. With the new NetGear Genie App, however, [...]
Kaiser-Silverbrook Lawsuit Settled, Memjet to get Silverbrook IP Portfolio
The contentious legal proceedings involving the George K. Kaiser Family Foundation’s lawsuit against Silverbrook Research co-founder and world’s most prolific patent holder Kia Silverbrook and his partner have come to an end, with all litigation in the U.K., Ireland, and United States (Oklahoma) settled under a new agreement. A representative for Silverbrook confirmed to us that [...]
Lomond EvoJets Compatible with PrintFleet’s MPS Management
PrintFleet, a Canadian provider of software for managing enterprise printer and MFP fleets, has expanded its MPS software to include managing Lomond’s newly introduced Memjet-based EvoJet Office printer and MFP designed for the European office market. The expansion enables MPS providers to deploy Lomond’s EvoJet Office printer and MFP into European MPS channels and accounts. PrintFleet says it’s certified both Lomond EvoJet Office devices as [...]
Toshiba TEC partners with Memjet for Color Ink-Jet Office MFPs
Memjet announced a partnership with Toshiba TEC Corporation of Japan under which the two are developing new office MFP products incorporating Memjet color ink-jet printing technology. Memjet also announced OEM partnerships with several other firms, including Canon’s Oce group (see below). Under the partnership, Toshiba TEC, a Toshiba group, will initially work to integrate Memjet components into an MFP targeted for the [...]
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