This Week in Imaging: Is This Inkjet Printers’ Achilles’ Heel?
After performing this test protocol, researchers found that, with intermittent use, many inkjet models delivered half or less of their ink to print pages.
Canon / Cloud / Epson / Inkjet / Scanners
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 24, 2018 · Last modified October 25, 2018
After performing this test protocol, researchers found that, with intermittent use, many inkjet models delivered half or less of their ink to print pages.
Epson enjoyed the largest year-over-year shipment growth, increasing 5.1 percent to more than 4.1 million units shipped.
Canon / Epson / HP / Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 21, 2018 · Last modified October 25, 2018
In the copier segment, Canon maintained its leadership with 37.7 percent unit market share.
Brother / Canon / Cloud / Eastman Kodak / Epson / HP / Inkjet
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 17, 2018
When we think of hacking of printers and copier/MFPs, we tend to think of hackers using more sophisticated methods -......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 13, 2018 · Last modified August 16, 2018
With this latest release, Therefore Online now includes a multi-language feature, which provides for cloud collaboration with popular EFSS providers such as Box and Microsoft OneDrive.
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Epson / Featured Posts / HP / Inkjet / Nuance / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 10, 2018 · Last modified August 22, 2018
HP Inc.’s recent announcement that (as part of its expansion into the $55 billion A3 copier industry) it’ll be purchasing......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 8, 2018 · Last modified August 16, 2018
Canon states that it recognizes and respects intellectual property rights, but as this litigation demonstrates, it “also remains committed to vigorously defending itself against false and frivolous allegations of infringement of others’ intellectual property.”
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 7, 2018 · Last modified August 28, 2018
Other vendors that have integrated voice command into their printers and copier/MFPs include HP Inc., Xerox , and Sharp..
Canon / Electronics for Imaging / Featured Posts / Fuji Xerox / HP / Konica Minolta / Kyocera / Lexmark / News / Nuance / Ricoh / Sharp / Xerox
by Terry Wirth
by Terry Wirth · Published August 3, 2018 · Last modified August 15, 2018
The big news this week was HP Inc.’s announcement that it’s seeking to purchase U.K.-based Apogee Corporation, which is said......
Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 31, 2018 · Last modified August 2, 2018
Earlier this year, Canon Inc. launched a massive legal offensive against clone toner-cartridge sellers, announcing that it had filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against 49 manufacturers, distributors and sellers of third-party clone toner cartridges and imaging drum units, among them, GPC Trading.
3D Printing / Canon / Epson / HP / Kyocera / Lexmark / Nuance / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 27, 2018 · Last modified August 2, 2018
This week saw important news from Xerox and Kyocera Document Solutions (see below), but one thing caught our eye. HP......
During the second quarter, sales of office copier/MFPs were up compared with second-quarter 2017, due to expanded sales of color models.
3D Printing / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Epson / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Large Format / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 13, 2018 · Last modified August 2, 2018
It’s perhaps a sign of the times that a significant portion of our news this week (aside from the near......
Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Large Format / News / Océ
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 10, 2018 · Last modified July 17, 2018
Canon U.S.A.’s Canon Solutions America today announced its collaboration with Color-Logic, a provider of decorative and reflective color-communications systems. As......
Canon / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 3, 2018 · Last modified July 10, 2018
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that the Seoul Central District Court of South Korea concluded Canon’s patent-dispute lawsuit......
Canon / Imaging Supplies / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 27, 2018 · Last modified July 9, 2018
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, reported that Moreinks Ltd., as well as its managing directors agreed to resolve their pending......
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