IDC: Small Increase in Global Printer and MFP Shipments in Fourth Quarter; Gains for HP, Epson
The worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market increased 0.6 percent year over year to 26.6 million units shipped in the fourth......
Brother / Canon / Epson / Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 7, 2017 · Last modified March 14, 2017
The worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market increased 0.6 percent year over year to 26.6 million units shipped in the fourth......
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......
Canon / Healthcare / Mergers & Acquisitions / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 21, 2017 · Last modified February 28, 2017
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, reports today that it’s concluded a share transfer agreement to acquire the shares of Toshiba......
Brother / Canon / Dell / Epson / Featured Posts / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / News / OKI / Ricoh / Samsung / Security
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 6, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2017
Just last week, researchers in Germany published a blog post listing various printer security vulnerabilities, while on February 4th, Bleeping Computer......
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......
Brother / Canon / Epson / Featured Posts / Hewlett-Packard / Inkjet / News / Surveys & Studies
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 31, 2017 · Last modified February 22, 2017
The Consumer Reports National Research Center has released the results of its survey of some 36,000 subscribers, finding that “price......
Canon / New Products / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 17, 2017 · Last modified February 28, 2017
Canon U.S.A. today launched its new imageRUNNER ADVANCE 4500 Series of black-and-white A3 copier/MFPs that incorporate its third-generation imageRUNNER ADVANCE......
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......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 12, 2017 · Last modified January 17, 2017
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, reports that it’s again ranked first among Japanese companies and third overall for the number......
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......
Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Electronics for Imaging / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 15, 2016 · Last modified February 16, 2017
On November 10th, Electronics For Imaging (EFI) announced that it’s again partnered with Canon to make available new EFI Fiery......
Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 14, 2016 · Last modified February 15, 2017
The fierce war in the after-market toner and ink supplies market continues to simmer. As print, and particularly copy volumes,......
ABBYY / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Large Format / News / Security
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 13, 2016 · Last modified December 21, 2016
Canon U.S.A. reports that it’s launching its new Océ PlotWave 550 large-format monochrome printing system for the AEC (architecture, engineering,......
Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Legal Proceedings / Security
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 11, 2016 · Last modified April 20, 2017
The European Toner and Ink Remanufacturing Association (ETIRA) is said to be considering filing two complaints concerning alleged “anti-competitive behaviour”......
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, reports that’s been recognized by the China Environmental United Certification Center (CEC) as the country’s......
Canon / New Products / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 22, 2016 · Last modified February 28, 2017
Canon U.S.A., Inc. today announced its new third-generation imageRUNNER ADVANCE C7500 Series, which consists of three new A3 color MFPs......
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