This Week in Imaging: Cartridge Supply-Wars Heat Up
This week in the office-imaging industry was noteworthy for another aftermarket cartridge remanufacturer, LMI Solutions, reporting financial difficulties, following on......
HP / Imaging Supplies / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 23, 2019 · Last modified September 3, 2019
This week in the office-imaging industry was noteworthy for another aftermarket cartridge remanufacturer, LMI Solutions, reporting financial difficulties, following on......
Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / Lexmark / Managed Print & Document Services / Ricoh / Sharp
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by Terry Wirth · Published December 14, 2018 · Last modified January 8, 2019
Like HP Inc., Canon will now be selling both laser-based and business-inkjet for the office.
Brother / Canon / Epson / Featured Posts / HP / Imaging Supplies / News / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 4, 2018 · Last modified June 5, 2018
The ISC also stated that a recent study by Trade Partnership Worldwide prepared for the Consumer Technology Association and the National Retail Federation estimates that the tariffs would cause U.S. consumers to pay $529 million more than they now pay for ink and toner cartridges.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 24, 2018 · Last modified May 3, 2018
FollowMe’s business intelligence engine is said to make it easy for organizations to implement enterprise-wide printing policies, such as allowing color printing only when authorized by the organization, or automatically enforcing that email messages are printed in monochrome.
Canon / HP / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / Managed Print & Document Services / Market Reports & Forecasts / Xerox
by Terry Wirth
by Terry Wirth · Published March 30, 2018 · Last modified April 4, 2018
The report valued the global managed print services market at $28.63 billion in 2016.
HP / Konica Minolta / Ricoh / Sharp / Xerox
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by Terry Wirth · Published December 2, 2017 · Last modified December 12, 2017
This week we found ourselves in lovely Phoenix, Arizona, covering the Sharp 2017 National Dealer Meeting. As you know, last......
Featured Posts / Financial News / Lexmark / Mergers & Acquisitions / News / Ninestar
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 11, 2017 · Last modified April 25, 2018
On July 11th, China’s Ninestar Corporation – formerly known as Apex Technologies and which last year, along with a consortium......
Healthcare / Lexmark / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 21, 2017 · Last modified February 28, 2017
Lexmark International today announced a new imaging solution that connects Lexmark copier/MFPs to EDCO Health Information Solutions’ Solarity platform, which......
Executive Management / Lexmark / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 6, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2018
On September 1st, Innovolt, Inc., a provider of power-protection solutions and analytics, reported that it had appointed Phil Boatman as......
3D Printing / Electronics for Imaging / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Large Format / Legal Proceedings / Memjet / Office Superstores / OKI / Sharp / Wide Format / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 8, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2017
There was lots of industry news this week, with the breakdown by topic roughly as follows: inkjet: 3 articles (HP......
3D Printing / Epson / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / Market Reports & Forecasts / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 15, 2016 · Last modified May 18, 2016
This week as we were reporting on a new reseller program from Epson America that provides resellers of Epson business......
3D Printing / Canon / Cloud / Commercial & Production Printing / Document Scanning / Epson / Inkjet / Lenovo / Lexmark / Samsung / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 8, 2016 · Last modified November 29, 2016
The tech history has a long history of April Fool’s Day pranks, and last Friday, the folks at Samsung Printing......
Lexmark / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 17, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2018
According to a post at the International Imaging Technology Council (IITC), third-party toner-cartridge remanufacturer Impression Products, will appealing last month’s federal......
Canon / Lexmark / Mergers & Acquisitions / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 18, 2016 · Last modified May 18, 2016
Bloomberg News reports that Japanese companies that include Canon Inc. and Ricoh Company have expressed interest in purchasing Lexmark International’s......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 17, 2016 · Last modified June 21, 2017
Lexmark International is launching ReadSoft Online R8 for accounts-payable processing. The cloud-based solution is designed for small and mid-size businesses......
Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Epson / Financial News / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 29, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
This week’s op-eds discuss Canon, Lexmark, and more. The economic slowdown in China continues to have global repercussions. This week......
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