Category: News

Jabil, Forecast 3D to Install More HP 3D Printers, Expect to Produce Millions of 3D-Printed Parts

Jabil is a U.S.-based global manufacturing company, with more than 100 facilities in 29 countries. It’s complementing its U.S.-based HP Multi Jet Fusion installation with six additional production-ready HP Jet Fusion 4210 3D printers in Singapore, bringing its total to a dozen HP 3D printers.

Ringdale’s FollowMe Embedded Available for Lexmark’s Latest A4 Printers and Copier/MFPs

FollowMe’s business intelligence engine is said to make it easy for organizations to implement enterprise-wide printing policies, such as allowing color printing only when authorized by the organization, or automatically enforcing that email messages are printed in monochrome.

Xerox, Fujifilm Said to be Renegotiating Proposed Merger; Other Interested Buyer Revealed

On Wednesday, Xerox also said that Xerox shareholders should disregard information from Icahn and Deason, stating the two are conducting a “highly disingenuous campaign” that distorts and omits key facts about Xerox and the proposed merger. 

HP Updates on New Dealer Progress, A3 Managed PageWides, Accessibility, Security

On April 18th, HP Inc. held an online Webinar for analysts, providing more information on its progress recruiting office-imaging dealers, as well as more information on its new A3 Managed PageWide copier/MFPs for dealers, new Accessibility Assistant, and new printer security, including a new HP Printer Security Plug-In.

New MPS Monitor SDS Version Provides Enhanced Remote Monitoring, Management of HP Fleets

On April 18th, MPS Monitor SDS, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for remote management of printers and for managed print services, released a new version that’s said to revolutionize technical-support services for HP printers and copier/MFPs.

Deason, Icahn, Urge Xerox Partnership with HP, Apple, Others, Monetization of IP

On April 17th, activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason, seeking to stop Fujifilm’s acquisition of Xerox for $6.1 billion and the creation of a new combined Xerox-Fuji Xerox, released a detailed presentation, Rescuing and Revitalizing an American Icon, that presents alternatives to the proposed deal.

Xerox Awarded Public-Sector Contract for Supplying Printers, Copier, MPS, Document-Services

The agreement is said to make it simple for agencies to purchase Xerox offerings ranging from single-function desktop printers, to high-end digital presses, managed print services (MPS), software offerings, centralized print services, and workflow automation solutions. The National IPA agreement extends through February 2021.

Icahn, Deason, Accuse Fujifilm, Xerox CEO of Deceiving Xerox Board

In the letter, the two investors, who together hold approximately 15 percent of Xerox shares, state that “Both the substance of the proposed value-destroying transaction and the conflict-tainted process by which it was hatched are an insult to long-suffering Xerox shareholders and make a mockery of well-established corporate governance norms.”

New Epson WorkForce Pro ET-8700 Features Two Years’ Worth of Ink, New Compact Design

The WorkForce Pro ET-8700 features Epson’s innovative Replaceable Ink Pack System (RIPS) technology in a new compact form factor, with up to two years of ink included in the box –  enough to print up to 16,000 black pages (based on average monthly print volumes of about 450 pages) and 11,000 color pages.