This Week in Imaging: Is the Ink/Toner and Gasoline Analogy Correct?
The fierce war in the after-market toner and ink supplies market continues to simmer. As print, and particularly copy volumes,......
Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 14, 2016 · Last modified February 15, 2017
The fierce war in the after-market toner and ink supplies market continues to simmer. As print, and particularly copy volumes,......
HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News / Security
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 13, 2016 · Last modified November 15, 2016
As promised HP Inc. has released a firmware update that unblocks use of non-HP, third-party ink cartridges. In September, thousands......
Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Legal Proceedings / Security
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 11, 2016 · Last modified April 20, 2017
The European Toner and Ink Remanufacturing Association (ETIRA) is said to be considering filing two complaints concerning alleged “anti-competitive behaviour”......
Dealer Channel / Imaging Supplies / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 5, 2016 · Last modified June 21, 2018
Clover Imaging Group (CIG) and MWA Intelligence report that they’ve formed a new partnership under which CIG’s imaging products, such as...
HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 4, 2016 · Last modified November 15, 2016
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says that HP Inc.’s apology and promise of a firmware upgrade that would un-block use......
Epson / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 4, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2018
On September 26th, Epson America reported that it had filed a complaint for trademark infringement and a request for a......
3D Printing / Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 30, 2016 · Last modified February 8, 2017
While the issue appears to have been resolved, with HP Inc. apologizing and promising to issue a remedying firmware update,......
HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 29, 2016 · Last modified July 13, 2017
Along with apologizing for a recent firmware upgrade that blocked users from using third-party, non-HP ink cartridges in various HP......
Imaging Supplies / New Products / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 27, 2016 · Last modified November 15, 2016
A press release from a Russian agency called “Business-Inform” states that Russia – long dependent on printers and copier/MFPs sourced...
Hewlett-Packard / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 27, 2016 · Last modified November 15, 2016
An Alabama law firm, Heninger, Garrision, Davis (HGD), has filed a lawsuit against HP Inc. alleging that HP Inc. printers......
3D Printing / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Dell / Document Scanning / Epson / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Kyocera / Mobile Print/Scan / Panasonic / Samsung
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 23, 2016 · Last modified November 15, 2016
While much has been written analyzing what will be the effects of HP Inc.’s pending acquisition of Samsung Electronics’ Printing......
Hewlett-Packard / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 19, 2016 · Last modified March 29, 2017
HP Inc. has responded to thousands of complaints from consumers last week that their non-HP, third-party ink cartridges no longer......
3D Printing / Education / Imaging Supplies / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 7, 2016 · Last modified April 20, 2017
North American retailer of printer and toner cartridges Cartridge World, which has some 1,700 retail stores across the United States...
Amazon / Imaging Supplies / News / Samsung
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 31, 2016 · Last modified November 15, 2016
Samsung Printing Solutions reports today that its German and U.K. customers will now be able to automatically reorder their print......
Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 31, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2018
On August 31st, Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, reported that it had filed a request for a preliminary injunction and......
Financial News / Imaging Supplies / Mergers & Acquisitions / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 18, 2016 · Last modified December 14, 2016
Reuters reports that Clover Technologies Group – said to be the world’s largest collector and recycler of depleted printer cartridges, as...
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