This Week in Imaging: Toner Wars, Clover, Canon, More
The aftermarket printer-supplies wars continued this week, with the Daily Monitor reporting that Ughandan government authorities confiscated five tons of...
Featured Posts / Imaging Supplies / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 26, 2019 · Last modified August 5, 2019
The aftermarket printer-supplies wars continued this week, with the Daily Monitor reporting that Ughandan government authorities confiscated five tons of...
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 19, 2019 · Last modified August 5, 2019
While breathtaking stories such as this tend to get the headlines, many enterprises still don’t see the security risks inherent in today’s printers and MFPs.
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 18, 2019 · Last modified July 29, 2019
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, continues its campaign to have unauthorized, third-party laser-printer supplies removed from the Amazon ecommerce website,......
HP / Imaging Supplies / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 16, 2019 · Last modified July 29, 2019
Channel Asia reported today that in a joint effort with local law enforcement, HP Inc. has seized counterfeit ink and......
Featured Posts / HP / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 16, 2019 · Last modified July 29, 2019
On July 11th, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded its ratings for 4L Technologies Inc., the parent company of Clover Technologies, to......
For anyone who’s followed the printer/copier consumables’ market over the years like we have, one of the most incongruous news...
This week in the irony department, China’s Ninestar – itself accused of toner-cartridge patent infringement by Canon Inc. – is suing another company for ink-cartridge patent infringement.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 9, 2019 · Last modified July 23, 2019
LD Products recently reported that testing showed that its new-build Gold Line toner cartridges “received positive independent third-party testing.”
Among the findings of a new 2019 survey is that building a copier sales team has become more challenging because of a tight labor market and high turnover.
Two other office-imaging equipment makers, Ricoh and Konica Minolta, have also begun shifting some production out of China.
The United States and China have agreed to restart trade talks, and the Trump administration will hold off for now......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 28, 2019 · Last modified July 15, 2019
CRN reported on June 26th that German customs officials recently seized thousands of fake HP printer supplies and computer components. Following......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 28, 2019 · Last modified July 1, 2019
According to Bloomberg, the United States may be willing to suspend the next round of tariffs on an additional $300...
Executive Management / HP / Inkjet / Memjet
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 27, 2019 · Last modified July 8, 2019
“Memjet technology is being adopted by a growing list of OEM partners that service a variety of print markets.”
Commercial & Production Printing / HP / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 26, 2019 · Last modified July 8, 2019
The acquisition is said to continue HP’s focus on providing industry-leading solutions to customers and commercial printers using HP presses, HP Indigo, and HP PageWide Industrial printing systems.
“The differentiation between the two portfolios is going to stay fairly high.”
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