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Author: Kathleen Wirth

3D Printing / IT Solutions & Services / Managed Print & Document Services / News

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Reflecting Managed IT and MPS Expertise, NovaCopy Changes Name to NovaTech

Founded in 1999, Novatech has 12 locations and revenues of $83 million. It sells Konica Minolta and Canon copier/MFPs and printers, as well as portable 3D scanners; HP Inc. Multi Jet Fusion 3D printers; and Marketforged 3D printers.

Document Management / Document Scanning / News / Nuance

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Nuance OmniPage Server 2 Features Integrated Document Classification, Enhanced Language Support, More

With its OCR (optical character recognition), OmniPage automatically convert scanned paper documents into PDFs. It also automatically converts other popular file formats , such as TIFF and JPEG, into various word processing, spreadsheet, and other document types, including DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, RTF, TXT, text PDF, searchable PDF, and PDF/A.

Amazon / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Featured Posts / Financial News / HP / Imaging Supplies / News / Ricoh

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This Week in Imaging: How IKON, Lanier, Savin Acquisitions Have Made a Tough Road for Ricoh

At first it seemed the acquisition of IKON would only be a boon for Ricoh. After all, IKON was said to be the world’s largest independent provider of copier/MFPs, printers, and related services, with over 400 offices in North America and Western Europe, regional sales and service training facilities, a roster of Fortune 500 customers, and revenues of $4,167 million for its fiscal year before it was purchased by Ricoh.

Amazon / Imaging Supplies / News

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Printer, Ink, and Toner Sales Soar at Amazon

“While leading retail chains struggle to stay afloat, Amazon is seeing strong growth across the board in sales of office appliances, like printers, scanners and shredders, as well as consumables and office accessories,” commented Nathan Rigby, vice president of sales and marketing for One Click Retail.

Canon / Featured Posts / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News / Ninestar / Patent-Infringement

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U.S. ITC to Investigate Canon’s Patent-Infringement Allegations Against Third-Party Toner-Cartridge Sellers

Canon filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Static Control in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina on February 28th, alleging that Static Control’s replacement toner cartridges and imaging drums designed for use in Canon and HP laser printers infringe on Canon’s patents.