Epson, Bent on Inkjet Domination, Opens New Factory
Akita Epson Corporation, which is part of Seiko Epson of Tokyo, Japan, reports that it’s completed building a new factory......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 17, 2016 · Last modified February 28, 2017
Akita Epson Corporation, which is part of Seiko Epson of Tokyo, Japan, reports that it’s completed building a new factory......
3D Printing / Commercial & Production Printing / Electronics for Imaging / Epson / Financial News / HP / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Kyocera / OKI / Panasonic / Ricoh / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 4, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
Again this week, several copier/MFP Japanese vendors reported weak financial news, and slower results for MFP and printer sales year-over-year.......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 1, 2016 · Last modified February 28, 2017
Seiko Epson of Tokyo, Japan, reported on October 28th that it’s begun construction of a new print-head factory at its......
3D Printing / Amazon / Cloud / Commercial & Production Printing / Electronics for Imaging / Epson / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / Managed Print & Document Services / Photo Printing / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 28, 2016 · Last modified September 5, 2017
We’ve always admired Ricoh for the quality and innovation of their products and their distribution skills. This week they introduced......
Epson / Financial News / Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 27, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
Seiko Epson of Japan has reported results for its second fiscal quarter that ended on September 30, 2016, with revenues......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 25, 2016 · Last modified October 26, 2016
The Khaleej Times reports that Epson of Tokyo, Japan, is planning a bigger push into the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and......
Epson / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 21, 2016 · Last modified February 22, 2017
The National Advertising Division reported today that Epson America has said it will voluntarily and permanently stop advertising claims that its......
Epson / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 4, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2018
On September 26th, Epson America reported that it had filed a complaint for trademark infringement and a request for a......
3D Printing / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Epson / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Inkjet / Kyocera / Large Format / Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / Mergers & Acquisitions / News / OKI / Patent-Infringement / Ricoh / Samsung / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 16, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2018
In a development that’s likely to generate many, many pixels of news coverage, HP Inc. announced this week that it’s......
Epson / Inkjet / New Products / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 13, 2016 · Last modified February 21, 2017
Epson America today rolled out its new Expression Premium XP-640 “Small-in-One” color-inkjet All-in-One ($149.99 MSRP). The new All-in-One is said......
3D Printing / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Epson / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Kyocera / Large Format / Market Reports & Forecasts / Mobile Print/Scan / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 9, 2016 · Last modified February 21, 2017
Interesting news from Canon this week includes a crop of new monochrome imageCLASS desktop All-in-Ones, and, on an entirely different......
Canon / Epson / Hewlett-Packard / Large Format / Market Reports & Forecasts / News / Wide Format
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 6, 2016 · Last modified November 17, 2016
Market-research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) reports that its Worldwide Quarterly Large Format Printer Tracker indicates that the worldwide large format......
3D Printing / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Document Scanning / Epson / HP / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Market Reports & Forecasts / Memjet / Mobile Print/Scan / News / OKI / Patent-Infringement / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 2, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2018
Last week we discussed the evolution of printing and the document, from the Gutenberg press to the cloud and 3D......
Document Scanning / Epson / New Products / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 1, 2016 · Last modified December 14, 2016
Epson America today introduced two new workgroup color document scanners, the DS-530 ($399.99 MSRP) and DS-1630 ($299.99 MSRP), which Epson 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 / Epson / Fujitsu / Hewlett-Packard / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / OKI / Patent-Infringement / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 5, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2018
Blame it on the rapidly strengthening Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar and euro, slower economic growth in China, Brexit,......
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