Firmware Case Against Epson Dismissed
A class-action lawsuit filed against Epson in October 2019 alleging that the firm’s printer-firmware update blocked use of third-party ink......
Epson / HP / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 14, 2020 · Last modified February 24, 2020
A class-action lawsuit filed against Epson in October 2019 alleging that the firm’s printer-firmware update blocked use of third-party ink......
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 13, 2020 · Last modified February 24, 2020
A wrap-up of Canon’s latest Amazon toner take-downs so far this month, plus a new patent-infringement settlement.
Fuji Xerox / Imaging Supplies / News / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 13, 2020 · Last modified February 24, 2020
Last month, Fuji Xerox – now 100-percent owned by Fujifilm and soon to be called Fujifilm Business Innovation Corporation – announced that it had developed the world’s first “adhesive” toner using its own Emulsion Aggregation (EA) toner manufacturing.
Canon / Imaging Supplies / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 31, 2020 · Last modified February 11, 2020
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today reported on the hundreds of third-party toner cartridges it’s had removed from the Amazon......
Epson / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Managed Print & Document Services
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 29, 2020 · Last modified February 11, 2020
Epson is forecasting an approximately 30-percent increase in sales of ReadyPrint-compatible models over the next several years in Europe.
Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Lexmark
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 21, 2020 · Last modified February 3, 2020
Ninestar Corporation of Zhuhai, China, and parent company of Lexmark International, announced that it’s officially launching its G&G Instinkt program,......
Canon / Electronics for Imaging / Featured Posts / Google / HP / Imaging Supplies / Konica Minolta
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 17, 2020 · Last modified February 3, 2020
This week again gave us another glimpse into how vendors are expanding from a slowing office-printing market. First, expand the......
On January 14th, Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, announced that Amazon had removed a number of unauthorized third-party toner cartridges......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 10, 2020 · Last modified January 21, 2020
On January 10th, Static Control announced that it’s increased distribution for the continental United States for cartridge customers. It also......
Amazon / Canon / Featured Posts / Fuji Xerox / HP / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 10, 2020
The Xerox sales rep in Asia-Pacific can just say that Xerox dropped the “Fuji” to make things simpler – the Fujifilm Business Innovation sales rep may have to explain a lot more.
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 8, 2020 · Last modified January 21, 2020
On January 7th, Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, announced that Amazon had taken down a number of unauthorized toner cartridges......
Canon / Epson / Featured Posts / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 3, 2020 · Last modified January 21, 2020
Over the years, lower pricing and commoditization has also affected not just low-end inkjets and lasers, but high-end office copiers.
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 23, 2019 · Last modified January 7, 2020
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that it had filed several infringement reports with Amazon seeking removal of a......
Epson / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 20, 2019 · Last modified January 7, 2020
Epson also filed two new ink-cartridge patent-infringement complaints.
Canon / Featured Posts / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Lexmark / News / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 18, 2019
Here’s our list of the most important events, developments, and trends in the office-imaging industry in 2019.
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 16, 2019 · Last modified January 7, 2020
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, is continuing in its strategy to have third-party unauthorized allegedly patent-infringing toner cartridges removed from......
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