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Commercial & Production Printing / Featured Posts / News / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 20, 2018 · Last modified March 21, 2018
In the United States, the Association of American Publishers reported that e-book sales declined 18.7 percent over the first nine months of 2016, with paperback sales up 7.5 percent over the same period, and hardback sales up 4.1 percent.
Designed for micro and small business the new two printers are designed to fit “absolutely anywhere,” and will be available in April 2018. HP hasn’t released pricing yet, but has indicated that they will be it lowest-priced printers.
Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / News / Ninestar / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 19, 2018 · Last modified April 25, 2018
U.S.-based Katun Corporation, which makes third-party clone toner cartridges, recently reassured customers that it isn’t a target of the massive......
Eastman Kodak / Financial News / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 16, 2018 · Last modified March 21, 2018
Revenues for the full year 2017 were $1.5 billion, down 7 percent from 2016. The revenue decline was driven by volume and pricing declines within the company’s commercial print business and volume declines in the company’s consumer inkjet and industrial film and chemicals businesses.
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News / Ninestar / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 16, 2018 · Last modified April 25, 2018
The preliminary injunction is based on the infringement of the German portion of Canon’s European patent EP 2 087 407 relating to a drum unit and a process cartridge.
Canon / Commentary / Epson / HP / Market Reports & Forecasts / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 16, 2018 · Last modified March 21, 2018
While inkjet-printing continues to make gains in production and commercial printing, office inkjet printing also continues to grow, as evidenced......
News / OKI / Partnerships
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 16, 2018 · Last modified March 23, 2018
OKI says that this new collaboration with SYNNEX will simplify the purchasing path for existing resellers of OKI’s business and office products, consolidating all hardware and consumables transactions through SYNNEX.
Featured Posts / News / Ninestar
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 15, 2018 · Last modified April 25, 2018
The complaint to the ITC asserts that the companies infringe on Canon’s U.S. Patent Nos. 9,746,826; 9,836,021; 9,841,727; 9,841,728; 9,841,729; 9,857,764; 9,857,765; 9,869,960; and 9,874,846. The toner cartridges and imaging drum units are used in HP laser printers.
Commercial & Production Printing / Electronics for Imaging / New Products / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 15, 2018 · Last modified March 20, 2018
Introduced earlier this month in Europe, the five-color Ricoh Pro C7200X (Graphic Arts Edition) cut-sheet production printer series is said to have been designed and engineered for graphic-arts applications, while the four-color ProTM C7200 series has been developed to help enterprise print rooms reduce operational costs.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 15, 2018 · Last modified March 20, 2018
Prior to founding Zygoquest, Dudek was vice president of acquisitions for IKON Office Solutions, a $5.5 billion company acquired by Ricoh Corporation.Dudek has evaluated transactions “ranging from the smallest transactions to the largest deals in the office products industry – from million-dollar deals to billion-dollar deals.”
Featured Posts / News / Partnerships / Security
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 15, 2018 · Last modified March 21, 2018
Xerox also partners with McAfee to provide whitelisting security. With whitelisting, only approved files can run on Xerox MFPs and printers, providing significantly more protection than traditional black-listing tactics that let through all files except those explicitly defined.
HP / IT Solutions & Services / Managed Print & Document Services / News / Partnerships
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 14, 2018 · Last modified March 23, 2018
“These new A3 products will not only strengthen our relationships, but have a direct, positive impact on our portfolio of solutions we can offer our clients.”
Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 14, 2018 · Last modified March 20, 2018
The inkjet market was characterized by a significant shift towards refillable ink-tank models.
Fuji Xerox / News / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 13, 2018 · Last modified March 21, 2018
In the past several weeks, activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin, who together own about 15.2 percent stake in Xerox,......
Market Reports & Forecasts / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 13, 2018 · Last modified March 20, 2018
When compared to the previous quarter, there was a dip in the performance of most categories, except for inkjet MFPs, which continued to show rising growth.
Cloud / Featured Posts / Managed Print & Document Services / News / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 13, 2018 · Last modified March 14, 2018
Xerox notes that many federal government agencies close budget gaps with spending cuts. However, it says federal agencies can “save millions” by looking in an unexpected place – document management.
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