Toshiba America Business Solutions (TABS) is introducing eConnect for Perceptive Software connector, which will enable Toshiba’s e-STUDIO MFPs to connect with Perceptive Software’s process- and content-management software. From an e-STUDIO MFP’s control panel, users scan the documents, which are then routed to Perceptive software for storing or processing the documents. With the latter, for instance, Perceptive […]
Mark Mathews Leaving Toshiba
Mark Mathews, president and CEO of Toshiba Business Solutions (TABS), will be leaving the company on May 3rd. Currently, TABS has not announced a replacement for Mathews, who has been with the company for 20 years. Noboru Sawata will serve as interim replacement. In the press release announcing his resignation, Mathews notes that TABS finished […]
New Toshiba A4 Color MFPs Feature A3-Size MFP Capability
Toshiba America Business Solutions is introducing its new e-STUDIO287cs, 347cs, 407cs A4 color MFPs that feature the company’s next generation e-BRIDGE controller technology, and are designed for small to mid-size businesses. MSRP pricing for the new MFPs, which will be available through Toshiba authorized dealers, ranges from $2,899 to $4,499.According to Toshiba, complete e-BRIDGE support for […]
Save-A-Pet Gets Technology-Makeover Donation from Toshiba America
It’s good news for the pets being rescued by Save-A-Pet of Grayslake, Illinois, which recently won a Technology Makeover contest sponsored by Toshiba America Business Solutions as part of Toshiba’s Helping the Helpers charitable program. Save-A-Pet, is located in Grayslake, Illinois, and is an animal rescue and adoption center. The Chicago-area charity was one of nearly […]
Toshiba Appoints Hisao Tanaka as New CEO
Reuters reports that Toshiba Corporation of Japan has promoted Hisao Tanaka to chief executive officer. Tanaka, who will assume the position at the end of June, is a 40-year Toshiba veteran and long-time manager of procurement and manufacturing for Toshiba’s consumer electronics division. He currently serves as a corporate senior executive vice president, and will take over […]
Toshiba Signs on Massachusetts Dealer Bay Copy
Toshiba America, Inc. has signed on Bay Copy as as a Toshiba product dealer. Bay Copy will carry a variety of Toshiba offerings, including copiers and MFPs. Bay Copy also sells digital-imaging equipment from Konica Minolta, Muratec, and Lexmark. Bay Copy will be Toshiba’s main distributor in the South Shore/Eastern Massachusetts market as a Toshiba dealer, according […]
Toshiba to Donate More than $200,000 in Technology Equipment to Non-Profits with Technology Makeover Contest
Toshiba America Business Solutions will be donating more than $200,000 in new technology equipment to non-profit organizations through its second annual Toshiba Helping the Helpers Technology Makeover contest. The contest is open to any nonprofit charity in the United States with a valid 501 (c) 3 status. The grand prize winner receives a $102,000 technology makeover, […]
Toshiba Wins Managed Print Services Contract from Western State Contracting Alliance
Toshiba America Business Solutions reports that it was awarded a two-year managed print services (MPS) contract by the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA). Out of the six vendors selected to provide MPS for WSCA government agencies and departments, Toshiba received the highest rating based on WSCA’s pricing and technical criteria. Under the terms of the […]
Toshiba TEC Launches Eco-Friendly MFP that Can Erase Images and Text so Paper Can be Re-Used
Toshiba TEC of Japan has announced the world’s first MFP that can erase images and text on paper, the e-STUDIO 306LP MFP, which uses erasable toner, and the e-STUDIO RD30 station, which erases the toner using heating. The system will be available in Japan beginning in February 2013, to be followed by a worldwide roll out. […]
Toshiba Makes Foray into Managed Business Services – MPS Message is Print Less
Toshiba America Business Solutions – otherwise known as TABS – is today expanding into managed business services with the launch of a new organization, Toshiba Managed Business Services (http://toshiba-solutions.com), which will be led by Bill Melo, who is vice president of marketing, services and solutions for TABS, but will now also serve as general manager […]
Toshiba to Pay $30 million to Settle Alleged LCD Price Fixing
Toshiba Corporation of Japan has decided to settle claims of alleged antitrust violations in the LCD-panel business with a $30 million settlement. The agreement is subject to approval by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco). This settlement follows an $87 million July 3 jury verdict against Toshiba. While Toshiba says […]
Toshiba America Business Solutions Moving National Headquarters – But Will Stay in Irvine, CA
Toshiba America Business Solutions is moving its national headquarters to its 445,419-square-foot campus at 9740 Irvine Boulevard in Irvine, CA, relocating from its current headquarters at 2 Musick Drive in Irvine, CA. The new location is also occupied by Toshiba America Information Systems. “Our decision to move our national headquarters to the larger Toshiba campus […]
Toshiba TEC Introduces Print-on-Demand for e-Studio MFPS
Toshiba TEC is introducing a new Print on Demand application, called e-Bridge PODApl, that will enable users to print stored documents on demand from Toshiba e-Studio MFPs, including documents stored on storage servers, and, coming soon, documents stored on cloud servers. The application enables users to search for and print documents from an e-Studio’s touchscreen […]
New Toshiba A3 e-Studio Color MFPs Start at $5,339
Toshiba has rolled out four new A3 (11″x17″) e-Studio color MFPs, starting at $5,339, with two models incorporating Toshiba’s e-Bridge Open Platform. The new units use LED, toner-based printing technology. The e-Studio2050c/e-Studio2550c incorporate Toshiba’s e-Bridge Open Platform support for adding business and workflow solutions, as well as optional connectors for SharePoint, Exchange and Google Docs. They also have a […]
Toshiba Calls Off Controversial National No-Print Day
Michael Makin, president and CEO of Printing Industries of America, reports that Toshiba America has called off its National No-Print Day. Makin had strongly objected to the Toshiba initiative, as we previously reported, which Toshiba said was designed to raise awareness of the environmental impact of printing. As we had suspected, Toshiba representative Bill Melo, […]
Printing Industries of America Slams “Ridiculous” Toshiba No-Print Day
Michael Makin, president and CEO of the Printing Industries of America, a trade association for commercial and graphic-arts printers, has strong words for Toshiba’s recent call for a day of no printing, “Needless to say, we find such a proposal ridiculous and an insult to the more than 800,000 Americans who owe their direct livelihood […]
New Compact A3 Color MFPs from Toshiba TEC UK
Toshiba TEC UK Imaging Systems rolled out new A3 color MFPs, the e-STUDIO2550CSE, which the firm says are the smallest A3 color products in their class, have print speeds of up to 25 ppm, color scanning up to 50 originals per minute, and maximum 2,900-sheet paper capacity from up to five different paper sources. The series […]
Toshiba Advocates for National No-Print Day
It may seem a bit like Exxon Mobile calling for a day of not driving your car, or McDonald’s calling for a day of healthy eating, but kudos to Toshiba America Business Solutions for calling for a boycott of printing on October 23, 2012, and launching a campaign for more environmentally responsible printing. The aim […]










