This Week in Imaging: Busy Days at Epson; Konica Minolta Diversifies
This week as we were reporting on a new reseller program from Epson America that provides resellers of Epson business...
Category: Market Reports & Forecasts
Xerox Blog: Consider ConnectKey 2016 MFPs with Language Translation, Print & Scan to Cloud, eMail & QR Mobile Printing
From Xerox’s Small Business Solutions Blog: “Thinking back to office life 5 or 10 years ago, how we work has...
3D-Printing Market to Hit $30.19 Billion by 2022 According to MarketsandMarkets Report
According to a new market-research report published by market-research firm MarketsandMarkets, the 3D-printing market is expected to reach $30.19 billion U.S. by...
IDC: Sharp Drop in India’s Printer/Copier Market; High-Capacity Ink-Tank Printers Expected to Make Gains
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), the Hardcopy Peripherals (HCP) market in India dropped by 17.3 percent sequentially in Q4...
3D-Printer Industry Soars to $5.2 Billion in 2015, According to Latest Wohlers Report
Consulting and 3D-printing market-research firm Wohlers Associates reports that the desktop 3D-printer market grew by $1 billion for the second-consecutive...
Canon Rolls Out Slew of New imageCLASS Laser Printers, MFPs with AirPrint, Google Cloud Print, NFC, Mopria Mobile Printing
Canon’s new imageCLASS MF416dw. On April 1st, Canon U.S.A. announced that it’s refreshed and expanded its imageCLASS lineup with 11...
This Week in Imaging: Foxconn-Sharp Finally Done Deal; HP-Memjet Developments
By now everyone’s likely heard that this week, Foxconn purchased a controlling, 66-percent increase in Sharp Corporation of Japan –...
IDC: Foreign Brands Dominate China’s 3D-Printer Market, but China Desktop Brands Making Some Gains
Based on its latest report, China 3D Printing Market Analysis 2014-2015, market-research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) announced today that the...
This Week in Imaging: Voice Commands for your MFP/All-in-One?
With Samsung introducing new document-imaging solutions from voice-recognition specialist Nuance Communications, we got to thinking: how come we have smartphones...
IDC: Global Production-Printer Market up 5.2 Percent in Fourth-Quarter 2015
The worldwide production-printer market increased 5.2 percent year-over-year in unit shipments in the fourth quarter of 2015 (4Q15) to approximately...
Top 3D-Printer Brands Moving Away from Consumer 3D Printing
Last month, European IT market-research Context reported its sales-research data indicates that global 3D-printing market leaders Stratasys and 3D Systems...
Kodak and Carbon 3D to Jointly Develop 3D-Printing Technology
On March 11th, Eastman Kodak announced that it had signed a joint development agreement with Carbon3D to work together on new opportunities...
IDC: 45-PPM Color-Laser Segment Continues to Show Strong Growth in 4th Quarter
According to IT market-research firm International Data Corporation’s Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker, the overall worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market decreased...
Global IT Spending to Significantly Slow in 2016, Reports IDC
Worldwide IT spending is expected to post a major slowdown in 2016, as economic weakness in emerging markets and saturation...
Epson Increasing Production of Ink Bottles for High-Capacity Ink-Tank Printers, All-in-Ones
Last month, Epson of Japan reported that it would be tripling production of its PrecisionCore color inkjet print heads, while...
Slow Quarter for Western Europe Printer/Copier Market, Severe Decline for Standalone Inkjet Printers
According to research by market-research firm International Data Corporation (IDC), the Western European printer and copier/MFP market declined 4.9 percent...
