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HP / Mergers & Acquisitions / Samsung
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 1, 2016 · Last modified February 23, 2017
The Korea Times reports that Samsung Electronics of Seoul, Korea, said it’s a new subsidiary, called “S-Printing Solution,” that separates......
3D Printing / Amazon / Cloud / Commercial & Production Printing / Electronics for Imaging / Epson / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / Managed Print & Document Services / Photo Printing / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 28, 2016 · Last modified September 5, 2017
We’ve always admired Ricoh for the quality and innovation of their products and their distribution skills. This week they introduced......
Epson / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 21, 2016 · Last modified February 22, 2017
The National Advertising Division reported today that Epson America has said it will voluntarily and permanently stop advertising claims that its......
3D Printing / Brother / HP / Inkjet / Lexmark / Surveys & Studies
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 21, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2017
For those following the business-inkjet market, the big news this week was Brother International’s announcement of four new INKvestment printers......
HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 20, 2016 · Last modified February 8, 2017
On October 13th, HP Inc. updated the performance of its PC and printing businesses, reporting on growth of its Instant......
Financial News / HP / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 14, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
HP Inc., which focuses on PCs and printing, reports that it will cut about 3,000 to 4,000 jobs over the next......
Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 14, 2016 · Last modified February 15, 2017
The fierce war in the after-market toner and ink supplies market continues to simmer. As print, and particularly copy volumes,......
HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News / Security
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 13, 2016 · Last modified November 15, 2016
As promised HP Inc. has released a firmware update that unblocks use of non-HP, third-party ink cartridges. In September, thousands......
Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Legal Proceedings / Security
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 11, 2016 · Last modified April 20, 2017
The European Toner and Ink Remanufacturing Association (ETIRA) is said to be considering filing two complaints concerning alleged “anti-competitive behaviour”......
HP / New Products / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 5, 2016 · Last modified February 21, 2017
Back in the 1990s when desktop laser printers were first introduced, they cost thousands of dollars, but today HP Inc.......
3D Printing / HP / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 4, 2016 · Last modified November 2, 2016
Half of the custom parts in HP Inc.’s two new 3D printers – which will begin shipping by the end......
HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 4, 2016 · Last modified November 15, 2016
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says that HP Inc.’s apology and promise of a firmware upgrade that would un-block use......
3D Printing / Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 30, 2016 · Last modified February 8, 2017
While the issue appears to have been resolved, with HP Inc. apologizing and promising to issue a remedying firmware update,......
HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 29, 2016 · Last modified July 13, 2017
Along with apologizing for a recent firmware upgrade that blocked users from using third-party, non-HP ink cartridges in various HP......
3D Printing / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Dell / Document Scanning / Epson / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Kyocera / Mobile Print/Scan / Panasonic / Samsung
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 23, 2016 · Last modified November 15, 2016
While much has been written analyzing what will be the effects of HP Inc.’s pending acquisition of Samsung Electronics’ Printing......
HP / Mobile Print/Scan / New Products / News / Photo Printing
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 22, 2016 · Last modified September 5, 2017
While HP Inc. has been in the news for its decision to enter the A3 copier/MFP market and its pending......
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