Panasonic Closing its Document-Scanner Business
In an email, a Panasonic executive stated that the future of the business is “untenable and unpredictable,”
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 7, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
In an email, a Panasonic executive stated that the future of the business is “untenable and unpredictable,”
Panasonic’s on-board image processing allows the scanners to perform core image processing functions that are normally performed at the PC side, which is said to increase efficiency by reducing the resources required by the host PC.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 3, 2018 · Last modified May 8, 2018
Steve Young, president and CEO of Square 9 Softworks, explained that Square 9 has been working with Panasonic for close to two years, noting, “We’re trying to re-define the notion of (document) capture…and the reach of capture.”
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 13, 2018 · Last modified April 24, 2018
This week in the printing and imaging industry was notable for two high-speed inkjet announcements from two vendors, with Kyocera...
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 6, 2017 · Last modified October 16, 2017
As you may well know, we at Wirth Consulting “think ink” and have to make constant efforts to curb our...
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 4, 2017
Each year the world produces more than 300 million tons of paper. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, printing...
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 18, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2018
Printer and copier/MFP security is in the news again this week, mainly due to the recent high-profile business-focused wannacry ransomware...
HP / News / OKI / Panasonic / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 16, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2018
According to The Recycler, OpenPrint LLC filed three lawsuits on August 3rd in the United States District Court for the...
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 23, 2017 · Last modified June 29, 2017
“The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” So said the imitable American author Mark Twain, and nearly the...
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 21, 2017
Panasonic System Communications Company of North America (PSCNA) today introduced two new Intel Core i5-Tablet powered high-volume network scanners for...
Document Scanning / News / Panasonic
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 6, 2017 · Last modified April 13, 2017
According to Panasonic and its service records, its document scanners are achieving virtual zero-failure rate. “At Panasonic, we are especially...
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 9, 2016 · Last modified December 20, 2016
Clash of the titans? For sure. The news this week was dominated by the titans of our industry: Xerox promises in...
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 6, 2016 · Last modified December 21, 2016
Panasonic System Communications Company of North America reports that it’s entered into an agreement with Square 9 Softworks that will...
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 18, 2016 · Last modified December 14, 2016
Remember when newsletter such as this were full of news about new printers, copiers, and MFPs? While there’s still lots...
Document Scanning / News / Panasonic
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 15, 2016 · Last modified December 14, 2016
Panasonic System Communications Company of North America today rolled out two new high-volume production document scanners, the KV-S8127 ($14,995 SRP)...
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