The Week in Imaging: Toshiba Nuclear Woes & Toshiba Tec; Ricoh Product Refresh; More
This week saw a new chapter in the ongoing state of Japanese copier/MFP vendors. First, virtually all of these vendors......
3D Printing / Commercial & Production Printing / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / Pantum / Ricoh / RISO / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 17, 2017 · Last modified February 28, 2017
This week saw a new chapter in the ongoing state of Japanese copier/MFP vendors. First, virtually all of these vendors......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Document Scanning / Epson / Executive Management / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Inkjet / Lexmark / Nuance / RISO / Sharp / Toshiba
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 10, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2018
One of the most interesting things we came upon this week was from Epson Japan, which is readying for launch......
Konica Minolta of Tokyo, Japan, reports that it’ll launch its AiLingual service this spring. This cloud-based solution is designed for......
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......
Financial News / Konica Minolta
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 1, 2017 · Last modified February 9, 2017
Yesterday, Konica Minolta of Japan announced financial results for its nine-month fiscal period of April 1 to December 31, 2016,......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 17, 2017 · Last modified January 24, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc. of Japan reports that Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. and Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH are......
3D Printing / Canon / Epson / HP / Konica Minolta / Kyocera / Patent-Infringement / Toshiba / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 23, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2018
As 2016 comes to a close, we’d thought we’d take a light-hearted look into our crystal ball and discuss some......
3D Printing / Canon / Cloud / Commercial & Production Printing / Document Scanning / Electronics for Imaging / Epson / Fuji Xerox / HP / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / OKI / Panasonic / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 18, 2016 · Last modified December 14, 2016
Remember when newsletter such as this were full of news about new printers, copiers, and MFPs? While there’s still lots......
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......
Commercial & Production Printing / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 8, 2016 · Last modified November 9, 2016
On November 7th, Konica Minolta of Tokyo, Japan, reported that its opening a “strategic” business base in France in order......
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.......
Financial News / Konica Minolta
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 1, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
Konica Minolta of Tokyo, Japan, reported results for its fiscal half-year (the six months from April 1, to September 30,......
Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / HP / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Market Reports & Forecasts / News / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 6, 2016 · Last modified September 8, 2016
The worldwide production-printer market maintained its growth streak in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16), recording a 10.0-percent increase in......
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......
Commercial & Production Printing / Konica Minolta / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 1, 2016
Konica Minolta of Tokyo, Japan, reports that it’s establishing its first dedicated production-printer sales company in Seoul, South Korea, called......
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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