Italian Consumer-Protection Agency Concludes HP Investigation
On December 9th, the Autorita Garante Concorrenza Mercato (AGCM), a consumer-watchdog government agency in Italy, announced that it had concluded......
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 9, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
On December 9th, the Autorita Garante Concorrenza Mercato (AGCM), a consumer-watchdog government agency in Italy, announced that it had concluded......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 8, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
The new models support MFP Voice with Amazon Alexa, which allows users to perform basic copy and scan operations through simple voice commands
Canon / Commercial & Production Printing
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 7, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
The drupa production and commercial in-person trade show scheduled for next June in Dusseldorf, Germany has been cancelled. Instead, the......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 7, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
In an email, a Panasonic executive stated that the future of the business is “untenable and unpredictable,”
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 7, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
The Wall Street Journal reported on December 6th that a U.S. agency has concluded that there was no wrong doing...
“We’re rebalancing the system value towards hardware to reduce our dependency on supplies.”
Canon / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / News / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 4, 2020 · Last modified December 11, 2020
Five leading Japanese office-equipment makers have cut their payrolls by about 16,000.
Among the trends that COVID-19 has accelerated has been the decline of office print volumes, making it more imperative for......
On December 3rd, Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, announced that it obtained toner-cartridge removals from Amazon ecommerce sites for Canada,......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 3, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
Lexmark International today released the next generation of its Markvision solution for managing printer and MFP fleets. This next-generation version,......
Brother / Canon / HP / Inkjet / Managed Print & Document Services / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 3, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
However, the pandemic has accelerated adoption of ink-tank inkjet printers, which is likely to continue into next year.
“We seek to become a digital services company. This approach will enable us to survive and prosper well into the future by growing out of being an office equipment manufacturer.”
HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News / Ninestar
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 2, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
Ninestar Corporation’s G&G group reported today that its third-party ink cartridges are not affected by HP Inc.’s latest firmware upgrade......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 2, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
According to Canon, included ink bottles provide up to 30-time more printed pages than conventional ink cartridges.
Commercial & Production Printing / Konica Minolta / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 1, 2020
“Our launch of the C4080 Series is yet another important step in enhancing our line of color production printers, providing an easy transition into digital printing.”
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 1, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
A non-practicing patent holder, the Midwest Athletics and Sports Alliance (MASA), a subsidiary of Midwest Youth A&S, Inc., which is...
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