Western Europe Printer and Copier/MFP Shipments Slide in Second Quarter
Business inkjet shipments also fell slightly, but they remain positive for the first half of 2018.
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Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 15, 2018 · Last modified October 25, 2018
Business inkjet shipments also fell slightly, but they remain positive for the first half of 2018.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 14, 2018 · Last modified August 21, 2018
“This will really hurt industry giants like Hewlett-Packard in the United States and other U.S. printer OEMs wanting a piece of the growing China market,”
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 13, 2018 · Last modified August 16, 2018
With this latest release, Therefore Online now includes a multi-language feature, which provides for cloud collaboration with popular EFSS providers such as Box and Microsoft OneDrive.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 13, 2018 · Last modified August 16, 2018
Oval Partners, a San Francisco based multi-family office private equity firm, today announced a new partnership with RS Business Machines,...
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Epson / Featured Posts / HP / Inkjet / Nuance / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 10, 2018 · Last modified August 22, 2018
HP Inc.’s recent announcement that (as part of its expansion into the $55 billion A3 copier industry) it’ll be purchasing......
Managed Print & Document Services / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 10, 2018 · Last modified August 16, 2018
Print Audit Embedded installs directly onto Sharp OSA-enabled MFPs, allowing users to control and recover printing, copying, faxing and scanning costs.
“Konica Minolta, has reached a special milestone, fueled by our continued growth in the imaging sector.”
Brother / Financial News / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 9, 2018 · Last modified August 16, 2018
Total sales for the quarter were up 2.0 percent, while sales for Brother’s Printing and Solutions segment were up 0.7 percent.
Financial News / News / Nuance
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 9, 2018 · Last modified August 16, 2018
Nuance also announced a $500-million share-repurchase program, and a $150-million debt repayment.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 8, 2018 · Last modified October 15, 2018
Toshiba reported net profits of ¥1.02 trillion ($9.16 billion) for the quarter, up from ¥50.33 billion a year before, as it received ¥966 billion in gains from the sale of the memory business.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 8, 2018 · Last modified August 16, 2018
Canon states that it recognizes and respects intellectual property rights, but as this litigation demonstrates, it “also remains committed to vigorously defending itself against false and frivolous allegations of infringement of others’ intellectual property.”
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 7, 2018 · Last modified August 28, 2018
Other vendors that have integrated voice command into their printers and copier/MFPs include HP Inc., Xerox , and Sharp..
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 7, 2018 · Last modified October 15, 2018
The two critical RCE flaws (CVE-2018-5924, CVE-2018-5925) can affect various HP Envy, Deskjet, Officejet, DesignJet, PageWide Managed, PageWide Pro, Photosmart, AMP, Ink Tank, and Smart Tank Wireless printers.
Document Scanning / Epson / New Products / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 7, 2018 · Last modified August 8, 2018
Epson America today expanded its high-speed document-scanner line with its new Wi-Fi-enabled FastFoto FF-680W High-Speed Photo and Document Scanning System......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 7, 2018 · Last modified August 13, 2018
Under the program, Epson monitors the ink usage of registered customers and shares this information with reseller partner Network Group.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 7, 2018 · Last modified July 21, 2025
Visual Edge Technology of North Canton, Ohio, reported yesterday that it had acquired Technocom of North Carolina for an undisclosed...
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