This Week in Imaging: Samsung Makes Ho-Hum Printers ‘Smart’
We’ve heard much about “smart copier/MFPs,” but Samsung appears to be taking it a step further, making mundane printers without......
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......
Brother / Managed Print & Document Services / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 12, 2017 · Last modified January 17, 2017
PrintFleet, a provider of managed print services (MPS) software reports that it’s partnered with Brother International in order to provide......
Brother / Canon / Epson / HP / Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts / Samsung
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 6, 2016 · Last modified December 13, 2016
Worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) shipments declined 3.0 percent to 25 million units in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), according......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 14, 2016 · Last modified November 15, 2016
In the following blog post, Brother International’s Steve Feldstein takes a long at the typical mid-size company print-fleet deployment, and......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Dell / Electronics for Imaging / Fujitsu / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Samsung / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 11, 2016 · Last modified November 22, 2016
While the United States was on the receiving end of quite a bit of disruption on Tuesday – with Donald......
Brother / Financial News / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 10, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
In defiance of many Japanese printer/MFP vendors that have recently reported poor financial results for the first half of their......
3D Printing / Brother / HP / Inkjet / Lexmark / Surveys & Studies
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 21, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2017
For those following the business-inkjet market, the big news this week was Brother International’s announcement of four new INKvestment printers......
Brother / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 18, 2016 · Last modified November 30, 2016
Designed for small businesses and offices, Brother International has introduced new color inkjet INKvestment printers and All-in-Ones that it says......
Canon / Epson / Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 31, 2016 · Last modified February 23, 2017
The rate of decline in the worldwide hardcopy peripherals market slowed in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16) with shipments......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Cloud / Financial News / Mobile Print/Scan / Ricoh / Samsung
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 12, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
The news this week primarily involved Canon, and if you judge the content, it appears as though it’s on the......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 10, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
Brother International of Japan this week reported results for its April to June quarter, with sales falling four percent year-over-year......
Brother / Fujitsu / Legal Proceedings / News / Ricoh / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 17, 2016 · Last modified November 2, 2016
In the seemingly strange-bedfellows news category this week was news of a Cartridge World-Samsung partnership. Under the partnership, Samsung has......
Brother / News / Surveys & Studies
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 15, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2017
According to a recent survey sponsored by Brother International, the 2016 Brother Business Survey, small businesses still rely on the tried-and-true......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / Memjet / Océ / Ricoh / Sharp / Toshiba / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 20, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
When it rains it pours, and this week, we have a host of important news from HP Inc., Memjet, Xerox,......
Brother / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / New Products
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 18, 2016 · Last modified November 15, 2016
Brother International today added two new A4 color inkjet All-in-Ones to its INKvestment series, the MFC‐J985DW ($199.99 ESP), which it......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 10, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
Brother International of Japan reported financial results for its fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2016, with net sales......
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