Auto-Maker Daimler to Install Ricoh Rapid-Prototyping 3D Printer
Ricoh Europe reports today that auto-manufacturer Daimler has chosen Ricoh’s first Ricoh-branded 3D printer, the RICOH AM S5500P for producing prototypes.......
3D Printing / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 6, 2017 · Last modified March 14, 2017
Ricoh Europe reports today that auto-manufacturer Daimler has chosen Ricoh’s first Ricoh-branded 3D printer, the RICOH AM S5500P for producing prototypes.......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Eastman Kodak / Electronics for Imaging / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Imaging Supplies / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / Mergers & Acquisitions / OKI / Patent-Infringement / Ricoh / Samsung / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 3, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2018
This week, Konica Minolta announced new EFI Fiery digital front ends (DFEs) for its new Accurio toner-based production presses, the......
3D Printing / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Electronics for Imaging / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Konica Minolta / Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / Océ / Ricoh / Toshiba
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 24, 2017 · Last modified March 7, 2017
While fax is considered an old technology (and considering that it was invented in 1843 by Alexander Bain, it certainly......
3D Printing / Commercial & Production Printing / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / Pantum / Ricoh / RISO / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 17, 2017 · Last modified February 28, 2017
This week saw a new chapter in the ongoing state of Japanese copier/MFP vendors. First, virtually all of these vendors......
3D Printing / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 16, 2017 · Last modified February 21, 2017
Market-research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) has just unveiled its latest predictions for the 3D printing in a market report...
3D Printing / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 7, 2017 · Last modified January 18, 2018
Ricoh U.S.A. reports that it’s partnering with UL – the well-known global safety-science organization – to provide training in additive manufacturing......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Dell / Epson / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / OKI / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 3, 2017 · Last modified February 9, 2017
The latest financial reports from major copier/printer vendors in Japan are as typical, full of good news and bad. The......
3D Printing / ABBYY / Commentary / Commercial & Production Printing / Dell / Document Management / Electronics for Imaging / Executive Management / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / OKI / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 27, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2018
As far as toner-based printing is concerned, OKI is as innovative as they come. Not long ago, OKI introduced the......
RTMWorld reports that Print-Rite, a China-based manufacturer of non-OEM toner and ink cartridges, and a 3D-printer manufacturer, opened a first-ever...
3D Printing / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Eastman Kodak / Electronics for Imaging / Epson / HP / Inkjet / Kyocera / OKI / Samsung / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 20, 2017 · Last modified January 18, 2018
At the 17th annual EFI Connect Conference for EFI production- and commercial-printing this week, new Xerox CEO Jeff Jacobsen revealed......
Brother / Canon / Eastman Kodak / Epson / HP / Inkjet / Lexmark / News / OKI / Patent-Infringement / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 13, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2018
We’ve heard much about “smart copier/MFPs,” but Samsung appears to be taking it a step further, making mundane printers without......
Earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Polaroid announced a new line of consumer 3D printers and 3D...
3D Printing / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 10, 2017 · Last modified January 17, 2017
Worldwide purchases of 3D printers, materials, software, and related services are expected to total $13.2 billion in 2016, according to...
3D Printing / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Document Scanning / Epson / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Inkjet / Kyocera / Lexmark / Panasonic / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 9, 2016 · Last modified December 20, 2016
Clash of the titans? For sure. The news this week was dominated by the titans of our industry: Xerox promises in......
3D Printing / Eastman Kodak / Epson / HP / Inkjet / Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / Market Reports & Forecasts / Samsung / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 2, 2016 · Last modified December 13, 2016
Lexmark International’s $3.6 billion leveraged acquisition by China’s Apex Technology, maker of ink and toner printer cartridges, and a consortium......
3D Printing / Canon / Document Scanning / Financial News / HP / Market Reports & Forecasts / Nuance / Samsung / Scanners
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 24, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
The new Samsung Smart MultiXpress M5360RX A4 black-and-white copier/MFP that was launched this week is intriguing for a number of......
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