This Week in Imaging: DX is Here to Stay, But Vulnerabilities Remain
DX (digital transformation) is here to stay, replacing many paper-based processes, but it’s not without its vulnerabilities, from minor to......
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Canon / Cloud / Epson / Featured Posts / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts / News / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 18, 2020
DX (digital transformation) is here to stay, replacing many paper-based processes, but it’s not without its vulnerabilities, from minor to......
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 17, 2020 · Last modified December 24, 2020
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that it had obtained new take-downs of third-party toner cartridges from the Amazon......
Canon / Epson / HP / Lexmark / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 17, 2020
Un-coated free sheet (UFS) paper shipments decreased 17 percent compared to November 2019.
According to the firm, the office printing and imaging industry continues to suffer from a series of issues caused by “un-intelligent” office printer/MFP fleet-monitoring tools.
Epson / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 16, 2020
“Nevertheless, infringers continue to import and sell ink cartridges that infringe Epson’s patents in flagrant violation of the ITC’s general exclusion orders and United States patent law.”
Canon / HP / Konica Minolta / Mobile Print/Scan / News / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 15, 2020 · Last modified December 16, 2020
Pharos Systems International has introduced the latest version of Blueprint Enterprise. Update 3 provides administrative improvements and several new features, including touchless......
Sharp Electronics of Canada reported on December 14th a new technology partnership with ELATEC Inc. of Palm City, Florida, under......
Taiwan-based electronics giant Foxconn, which is the parent company of Sharp Corporation, was hit by a ransomware attack, according to......
Canon / HP / News / Security / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 14, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
“The hybrid workplace is here to stay and it is imperative that organizations mitigate the risk of data loss by protecting printing endpoints in both the home and office environments.”
Brother / Imaging Supplies / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 11, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
Brother International U.K. recently introduced a supplies-subscription program, similar to those offered by HP Inc. and Epson, for its desktop......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 11, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
Xerox Holdings today announced that it has appointed Xavier Heiss as chief financial officer, a role he’s filled on an...
Commercial & Production Printing / Eastman Kodak / Featured Posts / HP / Konica Minolta
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 11, 2020
Digital industrial, commercial, and production printing has long been touted as an alternate revenue source for office-equipment companies and their......
Commercial & Production Printing / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 10, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
“The Ricoh B2 inkjet press … is going to be a game changer for the commercial print market.”
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 10, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
Private-equity firm Platinum Equity announced on December 9th that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ingram Micro......
On December 10th, Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, announced that at its request, Amazon had removed a number of third-party......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 9, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
This is Canon’s second time earning a spot on the A list in the Climate Change category, having first made the list in 2016, and its first time in the Water Security category.
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