This Week in Imaging: The ‘Lowly’ Desktop Printer Makes a Comeback
Among the findings: Dedicated printers assigned to a single employee may become more common in the U.S.
Canon / Fujfilm / Fuji Xerox / HP / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 14, 2020 · Last modified August 31, 2020
Among the findings: Dedicated printers assigned to a single employee may become more common in the U.S.
Canon / Featured Posts / HP / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 12, 2020
Among the findings: Dedicated printers assigned to a single employee may become more common in the U.S.
Canon / Epson / HP / Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 12, 2020 · Last modified August 14, 2020
Western Europe’s distributors sold an unprecedented number of ink-tank inkjet printers in the second quarter of 2020, according to the......
Canon / Featured Posts / HP / Market Reports & Forecasts / News / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 11, 2020 · Last modified August 14, 2020
Not surprisingly, market-research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) recently forecast that worldwide page volumes printed from office and home devices......
According to research by International Data Corporation (IDC), the Western European printer and MFP market declined by 10.4 percent in......
Brother / Canon / Epson / HP / Imaging Supplies / Managed Print & Document Services
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 7, 2020 · Last modified August 14, 2020
Meanwhile, the drama continues at Kodak.
Canon / News / Security / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 6, 2020 · Last modified July 21, 2025
Canon Inc. and Xerox and both appear to have been hit by ransomware attacks launched by the notorious group Maze.......
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 5, 2020 · Last modified August 20, 2020
This week, Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, continued in its campaign to remove unauthorized, third-party toner cartridges designed for use......
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 3, 2020
On July 31st Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, provided updates on the third-party toner cartridges that, at its request, Amazon......
This week saw the beginning of quarterly earnings releases from office-imaging vendors, with Canon, Kyocera, Konica Minolta, Kyocera and Xerox......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 29, 2020 · Last modified August 10, 2020
Canon notes that with the trend of at-home remote workers, unified communications solutions are increasingly in demand for remote workforces, as is securing enterprises’ network infrastructure.
Canon reported “Rapid drops in actual demand in various businesses and …limited business activity. As a result, we sank into the red for the first time on a quarterly basis.”
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 24, 2020 · Last modified August 3, 2020
The program includes an optional legal waiver; currently, the legality of COVID-19 employee lawsuits have not yet been adjudicated.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 24, 2020 · Last modified August 3, 2020
Although at least once a week it seems, we receive encouraging news of a coronavirus vaccine or treatment, it seems......
“The best thing you can do as a manager right now is to suspend your disbelief and put utmost trust and confidence in your employees that they will do the right thing…”
Brother / Canon / Cloud / Featured Posts / HP / Lexmark / Managed Print & Document Services / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 22, 2020 · Last modified July 21, 2025
For existing printers, customers can simply use a Universal Print connector application that connects printers to Universal Print, but printers that natively support Universal Print will offer the best cloud experience.
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