Revenue Down, But Profits Up for Brother’s Fiscal Year
Brother Industries of Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, today reported results for its fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2019. Revenue was ¥683 billion......
Brother / Financial News / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 8, 2019 · Last modified May 20, 2019
Brother Industries of Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, today reported results for its fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2019. Revenue was ¥683 billion......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 15, 2019 · Last modified May 20, 2019
As it continues in its efforts targeting the B2B and office document-imaging market, on April 12th, Brother International U.S. announced new integration with the OnTask document-workflow solutions platform marketed by content-processing software company Accusoft.
Market Reports & Forecasts / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 22, 2019 · Last modified March 26, 2019
According to IDC, the brightest spot for the quarter was HP’s positive year-over-year performance of 3.6 percent growth in unit shipments.
Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Electronics for Imaging / Epson / Financial News / HP / Inkjet / Lexmark / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 18, 2019
In what should probably surprise no one,The Epoch Times reported this week that Ricoh is shifting some of manufacturing out of......
Acquisitions / Brother / Epson / HP / Mopria / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 6, 2018 · Last modified January 2, 2019
Among the news this week was Brother International’s announcement of a TAA-compliant printer and MFP. For those not familiar with......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 5, 2018 · Last modified December 18, 2018
TAA refers to the Trade Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. & 2501-2581), which is intended to foster fair and open international trade.
In Brother’s Printing & Solutions group, sales were down 0.3 percent, but operating profit was up 29.0 percent.
Brother / Featured Posts / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 18, 2018 · Last modified October 22, 2018
With this launch, Brother say its hybrid ink-cartridge/ink-tank technology is now available to business-level customers with the new models providing business features, functions, and technology, including automatic duplexing and 11″x17″ printing.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 11, 2018 · Last modified August 11, 2020
Brother International Corporation announced today several initiatives involving the company’s strategy for mid-to-large size business customers. The company also announced......
Epson enjoyed the largest year-over-year shipment growth, increasing 5.1 percent to more than 4.1 million units shipped.
Brother / Canon / Cloud / Eastman Kodak / Epson / HP / Inkjet
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 17, 2018
When we think of hacking of printers and copier/MFPs, we tend to think of hackers using more sophisticated methods -......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 15, 2018 · Last modified November 7, 2018
Brother’s new models are said to feature faster print speeds, robust build improvements, and “touch to connect” printing with Near Field Communications (NFC) on select models for mobile print and/or scan with NFC-enabled mobile devices.
Brother says it re-engineered its ink cartridges to hold more ink, and also created an internal ink-storage tank for delivering more ink.
3D Printing / Brother / Fuji Xerox / HP / Imaging Supplies / Lexmark / OKI / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 21, 2018 · Last modified June 27, 2018
Fujifilm’s filing of a $1 billion breach-of-contact lawsuit this week in federal court against Xerox for scrapping the $6.1 billion......
Featured Posts / Inkjet / New Products / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 20, 2018 · Last modified June 21, 2018
Brother International Corporation today launched new A4 color inkjet printers and All-in-Ones for small and home-office environments. The new Brother...
Brother / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Document Scanning / Financial News / Fuji Xerox / HP / Inkjet / Large Format / Legal Proceedings / Patent-Infringement / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 18, 2018 · Last modified May 24, 2018
Although Fujifilm of Japan clearly isn’t happy that Xerox has called off the merger deal, there’s a good case to......
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