This Week in Imaging: Lexmark’s China Channel May Be Key Advantage
Lexmark’s “strategy to increase hardware placements and leverage its owner’s relationships and capacity in China offers it the potential to offset declines elsewhere.”
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Canon / Financial News / Fujfilm / HP / Lexmark / Toshiba
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 29, 2020 · Last modified June 8, 2020
Lexmark’s “strategy to increase hardware placements and leverage its owner’s relationships and capacity in China offers it the potential to offset declines elsewhere.”
Featured Posts / Financial News / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 28, 2020
To say times have been tumultuous at HP Inc. is perhaps an understatement. The company has not only had to......
Featured Posts / Financial News / HP / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 27, 2020 · Last modified May 28, 2020
HP reported that demand for office and graphics printers and MFPs “slowed down dramatically as COVID-19 spread and markets shut down.”
Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 27, 2020 · Last modified June 4, 2020
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that it’s concluded a patent-infringement dispute with LD Products, Inc. in the U.S.......
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today released its April 2020 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total...
Fitch stated that Lexmark’s recent performance has generally been in line with Fitch’s expectation and better than larger printer competitors.
Featured Posts / Financial News / Konica Minolta
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 26, 2020 · Last modified May 27, 2020
Company hit by COVID-19 lockdowns, U.S.-China trade-war tariffs.
Toshiba TEC of Tokyo, Japan, today reported results for its fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2020. Net sales......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 22, 2020 · Last modified June 2, 2020
In a sign of the times, LD Products – which traditionally sells third-party ink and toner supplies – is now......
Financial News / Fujfilm / Fuji Xerox / Fujifilm / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 22, 2020 · Last modified June 2, 2020
Fujifilm’s Document Solutions’ business was affected by lower exports to Europe and the U.S., as well as by the COVID-19 pandemic.
First, the bad news: recent research from Quocirca reveals that almost 80 percent of those working from home are printing......
Commercial & Production Printing / Konica Minolta
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 21, 2020 · Last modified June 2, 2020
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. today introduced a new addition to its production-printer line-up, a MICR version of its AccurioPress......
Brother / Canon / Epson / HP / Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 21, 2020 · Last modified June 8, 2020
Worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals (HCP) contracted 7.5 percent year-over-year to 21.1 million units in the first quarter of 2020......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 20, 2020 · Last modified July 21, 2025
Canon U.S.A. today expanded its imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX Series with the launch of new A3 monochrome copier/MFPs ranging from mid-range......
Epson / Featured Posts / HP / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 20, 2020 · Last modified July 21, 2025
One thing that struck our interest recently was research from market-research firm International Data Corporation (IDC). According to IDC, not......
Financial News / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 19, 2020 · Last modified July 21, 2025
Sharp Corporation of Japan today reported results for its fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2020. Sharp noted that......
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