This Week in Imaging: The U.S.-China Trade War and the Office-Imaging Industry
Ricoh, for its part, announced this week that it will move some of its printer and MFP production out of China and into Thailand in order to evade U.S. tariffs.
Ricoh, for its part, announced this week that it will move some of its printer and MFP production out of China and into Thailand in order to evade U.S. tariffs.
Featured Posts / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 16, 2019 · Last modified May 30, 2019
List 4 contains hundreds of Chinese products that U.S. President Trump has threatened to impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on, including copier/MFPs.
While we often hear about the many user frustrations associated with office printers, this week we’d like to give a...
Two significant news items hit the document-imaging world this week. First, was Electronics for Imaging’s announcement that it’s agreed to...
Supported by a network of certified and trained IT-services professionals, Ricoh says its IT services supports the growth of its customers through enhanced customer service, and productivity.
One thing that caught our eye this week was the home page for Canon Inc., which showcases digital cameras –...
Ricoh USA announced today that it’ received the 2019 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award for continued leadership...
One of the office-imaging industry’s perennial trends was on display this week with HP Inc.’s introduction of new OfficeJet Pros....
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 11, 2019 · Last modified March 18, 2019
“Leveraging the subscription business model changes how our customers interact with and continually receive value from our devices. This is a fundamental shift…”
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 1, 2019 · Last modified April 18, 2019
We’re sure many in the industry breathed a sigh of relief this week when President Trump announced that the United...
Ricoh notes that security threats, such as unauthorized user access and information leakage, are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and that small- and mid-size businesses often can’t afford dedicated IT administrators to combat these threats.
Commercial & Production Printing / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 26, 2019 · Last modified April 18, 2019
The fastest model .provides an increased monthly duty cycle (maximum monthly volume at rated speed) of four million pages
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 7, 2019 · Last modified February 26, 2019
This week’s news was dominated by Xerox, which at its Investor Day meeting this week, outlined a broad set of...
Financial News / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 7, 2019 · Last modified February 26, 2019
Selling, general and administrative expenses for Ricoh’s Office Printing group “decreased significantly due to the effect of structural reforms.”
3D Printing / Canon / Electronics for Imaging / HP / Inkjet / Lexmark / News / Ricoh / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 1, 2019
One of the interesting things about technology is that we can’t always see where it will eventually take us, a case in point being drop-on-demand inkjet printing.
3D Printing / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 28, 2019 · Last modified February 6, 2019
Ricoh discussed its current research that would bring its 3D printing into a new market: 3D biomedical printing, for producing, for instance, an exact replica of a patient’s heart.
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