Memjet is working on a new “mechanical” ink-jet print head that it calls “pure MEMS.” According to Memjet’s Jeff Bean, VP of Brand & Communications, the print head is about two or three years away from reaching the market. Printerandpaper.com reports that the new print head’s ink nozzles will incorporate unique tiny moving flaps that according to [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Lomond to show First Memjet-Based Office MFP at Drupa
U.K.-based Lomond will show the first Memjet-based office MFP, the EvoJet Office Pro310 at the drupa show being held in Germany. Lomond, a paper and ink manufacturer, began its partnership with Memjet in April 2011. The company is also launching a printer-only version, the EvoJet Office 2. Both printer and MFP are based on Memjet’s full-color ink-jet printing and page-width print heads [...]
Silverbrook Refutes Kaiser Foundation Allegations, Will Contest Lawsuit
Several days ago, we wrote about the George Kaiser Family Foundation’s lawsuit against Silverbrook Research and its founder, Kia Silverbrook, inventor of high-speed Memjet ink-jet printing technology, alleging fraud (see the story here). Yesterday, a representative for Silverbrook Research contacted us and asked us to publish this statement refuting the allegations: Statement by Silverbrook Research Pty Limited “The George [...]
Kaiser Foundation Sues Memjet Inventor and Silverbrook Ltd.
Tulsa World reports that the George Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization based in Tulsa, OK, has filed a lawsuit suit against Kia Silverbrook, common-law wife Janette Faye Lee, and their patent-holding company, Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd., alleging fraud. The suit also alleges that after agreeing not to sell Memjet technology to third parties as part of the Kaiser [...]
Xante Previews Memjet-Based Excelagraphix at European Trade Show
Xanté, which markets wide-format and commercial print systems, previewed its Memjet-based Excelagraphix 4200, a wide-format color ink-jet printer based on Memjet’s ink-jet imaging, at the FESPA trade show in Barcelona, Spain. The firm expects to begin shipping in June. The Excelagraphix 4200 uses Memjet Waterfall Printhead Technology, which incorporates a 42″ wide print head that delivers more than 3 billion drops of [...]
TonerGiant Now Selling Memjet-Based EvoJet in UK
U.K-based TonerGiant has begun begin selling Memjet’s 60-ppm color ink-jet printer, which it is branding as the Lomond Evojet K2, in the United Kingdom. List price for the Evojet K2, which can be purchased at the TonerGiant Web site, is £736.00. Using today’s currency exchange rates (1 British pound = 1.5832 U.S. dollars), that £736.00 translates [...]
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