This Week in Imaging: A Look at Who’s on the Home-Office Bandwagon
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been two distinct trends in the document-imaging industry: companies have introduced markedly...
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been two distinct trends in the document-imaging industry: companies have introduced markedly...
Although sales were significantly affected by the unsettled situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic profit significantly exceeded pre-COVID 2019 profits.
The beginning of this new year has seen a number of acquisitions, including the most common, document-imaging dealers acquiring other document-imaging dealers.
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, reported today that it ranked third for the number of U.S. patents awarded in 2021, becoming the only company in the world to have ranked in the top-five for 36 years running.
Canon has engineered a clever way to temporarily solve the current chip shortage for its toner cartridges, but it also means third-party supplies can’t be detected.
Due to the worldwide semiconductor shortage, Canon Inc. is temporarily manufacturing some of its toner cartridges without chips.
Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Epson / Fujifilm Business Innovation / HP / Large Format / Market Reports & Forecasts / News / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 23, 2021
Fastest growth to occur in Asia-Pacific region and in UV-curable ink segment.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 22, 2021
“The shortages from spare parts and increase in logistics costs are expected to continue until the end of 2022, impacting printer supplies.”
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 21, 2021
Of note is that forthcoming Quocirca research reveals that mid-size and large enterprises are receptive to a single provider that offers both managed print services and IT services capabilities.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 2, 2021 · Last modified December 20, 2021
Manufacturing constraints and logistical issues were the main causes for most brands to not have enough inventory to fulfill orders.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 1, 2021
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that it’s concluded patent-infringement disputes with several Chinese toner-cartridge makers. The companies include......
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 23, 2021 · Last modified December 20, 2021
“Chip shortages and (an) increase in logistics costs will continue to impact the supply of printers.”
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 16, 2021 · Last modified December 20, 2021
We look at who’s recovering and who’s not, how growth is slowing for some, but not others, and the several factors influencing these results.
Since June 2018, the total number of alternative toner-cartridge listings removed from Amazon is 24,082.
Canon noted that although demand for office copier/MFPs continued to recover, there was only a moderate recovery due to the shortage of semiconductor chips.
For instance, consumers are often choosing to read paper books or articles as a way to take a break from their device screens.
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