Panasonic Closing its Document-Scanner Business
In an email, a Panasonic executive stated that the future of the business is “untenable and unpredictable,”
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 7, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
In an email, a Panasonic executive stated that the future of the business is “untenable and unpredictable,”
Brother / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Document Scanning / Financial News / Fuji Xerox / HP / Inkjet / Large Format / Legal Proceedings / Patent-Infringement / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 18, 2018 · Last modified May 24, 2018
Although Fujifilm of Japan clearly isn’t happy that Xerox has called off the merger deal, there’s a good case to......
Document Scanning / Featured Posts / News / Panasonic / Workflow Solutions
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 3, 2018 · Last modified May 8, 2018
Steve Young, president and CEO of Square 9 Softworks, explained that Square 9 has been working with Panasonic for close to two years, noting, “We’re trying to re-define the notion of (document) capture…and the reach of capture.”
3D Printing / Canon / Commentary / Epson / HP / Inkjet / Kyocera / Lexmark / Memjet / Panasonic
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 13, 2018 · Last modified April 24, 2018
This week in the printing and imaging industry was notable for two high-speed inkjet announcements from two vendors, with Kyocera......
HP / Konica Minolta / Legal Proceedings / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 25, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2018
A new “patent troll,” Diversity Observation , has recently emerged and is targeting Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. with a......
Document Management / Document Scanning / Featured Posts / Panasonic / Surveys & Studies / Workflow Solutions
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 4, 2017
Each year the world produces more than 300 million tons of paper. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, printing......
3D Printing / Financial News / Fuji Xerox / HP / Imaging Supplies / Kyocera / Legal Proceedings / OKI / Panasonic / Patent-Infringement / Security / Toshiba / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 18, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2018
Printer and copier/MFP security is in the news again this week, mainly due to the recent high-profile business-focused wannacry ransomware......
HP / News / OKI / Panasonic / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 16, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2018
According to The Recycler, OpenPrint LLC filed three lawsuits on August 3rd in the United States District Court for the......
Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Kyocera / Market Reports & Forecasts / News / Panasonic / Samsung / Toshiba / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 23, 2017 · Last modified June 29, 2017
“The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” So said the imitable American author Mark Twain, and nearly the......
Document Scanning / Featured Posts / New Products / News / Panasonic
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 21, 2017
Panasonic System Communications Company of North America (PSCNA) today introduced two new Intel Core i5-Tablet powered high-volume network scanners for......
3D Printing / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Dealer Channel / Document Scanning / Hewlett-Packard / Kyocera / Lexmark / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 7, 2017 · Last modified June 21, 2018
Probably the most intriguing news this week came from Ricoh USA, which seemed to indicate in an announcement that it......
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......
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 / 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.......
3D Printing / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Dell / Document Scanning / Epson / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Kyocera / Mobile Print/Scan / Panasonic / Samsung
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 23, 2016 · Last modified November 15, 2016
While much has been written analyzing what will be the effects of HP Inc.’s pending acquisition of Samsung Electronics’ Printing......
3D Printing / Canon / HP / Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 19, 2016 · Last modified December 14, 2016
We’re in the slow summer-doldrums in North America at this point in the calendar, but two bits of news stuck......
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