This Week in Imaging: Revisiting the Benefits, and Possibility, of an HP-Xerox Merger
The big question is probably how much – if at all – HP wants to continue to invest in the A3 copier/MFP market.
Canon / Featured Posts / HP / Konica Minolta / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 9, 2021
The big question is probably how much – if at all – HP wants to continue to invest in the A3 copier/MFP market.
Proposed U.S. legislation would ensure that every American has access to affordable, reliable high-speed broadband – something about 23 percent of Americans lack access to, according to the Pew Research Center.
Research note sends shares of Xerox up 1.8 percent in trading.
HP Inc. has launched a new ad campaign for its Instant Ink automatic ink-replacement program. The ads feature a vampire......
The COVID-19 pandemic has had various effects throughout the world, and one of them is likely higher prices for printers,......
Brother / Canon / Cloud / HP / Konica Minolta / Kyocera / Microsoft / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 25, 2021
On June 18th, Microsoft provided a list of printer partners and printers and MFPs that support Microsoft Universal Print. Universal......
Canon / Featured Posts / HP / Konica Minolta / Kyocera / Managed Print & Document Services / Market Reports & Forecasts / News / Ricoh / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 24, 2021
However, 85 percent say they’ve seen a decline in print volumes, while 53 percent have little confidence that print volumes will return to pre-COVID levels.
There were severe shortages of both consumer and entry-level business inkjet MFPs during April, which heavily contributed to the overall decline in sales.
Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Epson / HP / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 11, 2021
“While shipments in some segments took a step backward after a very strong fourth quarter, the overall shipment numbers remained strong in Q1.”
Acquisitions / Epson / HP / Imaging Supplies / News / Ninestar / Staples
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 11, 2021
Staples’ best known tagline is “Yeah, we’ve got that.” This week, that might have been truer than ever with news......
Brother / Canon / Epson / Featured Posts / Financial News / HP / Kyocera / Ricoh / Sharp / Toshiba / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 10, 2021
We compare office-imaging companies’ revenue, profits, and losses for 2020, one of the most disruptive years ever for the industry.
HP also released its 2020 Sustainability Report, noting that sustainability is an increasingly important driver of customer purchasing decisions, helping HP win more than $1 billion in sales in 2020.
On June 7th, HP Inc. announced the release of its Sustainable Bond Framework, which the company will use to issue......
Featured Posts / HP / News / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 4, 2021 · Last modified June 7, 2021
HP continues to see the A3 contractual segment as a growth opportunity for the company.
Canon / Electronics for Imaging / Featured Posts / HP / Ninestar / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 4, 2021 · Last modified June 8, 2021
In the last two years, the office-imaging industry has faced several severe challenges. First were U.S. tariffs imposed on printers,......
“Currently there is not enough supply to keep up with the robust demand and the resurgence of COVID in Southeast Asia is creating additional pressures on our supply chain.”
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