This Week in Imaging: Hardware and Supplies Price Increases Likely
With the current U.S. inflation rate at 7.9 percent, it’s no surprise that pricing for document-imaging equipment and supplies will likely be on the rise.
With the current U.S. inflation rate at 7.9 percent, it’s no surprise that pricing for document-imaging equipment and supplies will likely be on the rise.
This week’s news was marked by the latest research from International Data Corporation that showed global office printer and MFP shipments declined 17.6 percent year-over-year…
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 16, 2022 · Last modified March 18, 2022
Konica Minolta of Tokyo, Japan, today issued updates to its policies on the Ukrainian crisis. The company is now joining......
The document-imaging industry have seen a number of major leadership and management changes…
Management changes continue at Konica Minolta…
The moves are said to drive a turnaround for the company’s Office and Production Print businesses, and foster its Industry and Healthcare businesses.
Featured Posts / HP / Konica Minolta / Toshiba / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 25, 2022
Back in the day at any Xerox conference, you would hear a lot about office and production hardware, and related......
Appointment reflects company’s strategy for transforming its business portfolio, which includes strengthening its core businesses, and focusing on new businesses.
Epson / Konica Minolta / Kyocera / OKI / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 4, 2022
This week’s most interesting news was Oki and Ricoh’s announcement that they’ve teamed up to develop an A3 printer engine......
Featured Posts / Financial News / Konica Minolta / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 1, 2022
Office unit reports lower sales of A3 MFPs, as well as order backlog, but improvement for Professional Print business.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been two distinct trends in the document-imaging industry: companies have introduced markedly...
Commercial & Production Printing / Konica Minolta / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 25, 2022
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. today launched the AccurioPrint 2100, a new monochrome high-speed 100-ppm digital press. It’s designed for......
Brother / Featured Posts / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / Ninestar
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 21, 2022
“How Work Works Now” campaign promotes Brother’s Partner Program, which is designed to recruit document-imaging equipment dealers for its A4-focused printer and MFP line, highlighting A4 over A3 advantages.
The company also noted that its two copier/MFP production sites in China have been using 100-percent renewable energy sources since 2019.
Back in the heyday of office print, about the mid-1990s, consolidation may have offered advantages when office print was much stronger, but may not today, as companies continue to seek to diversify.
Konica Minolta to focus on digital-transformation solutions, as well as using its imaging technology for industry and healthcare.
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