Patent involving two-dimensional sensor for monitoring printhead position in inkjet printers assigned to OEM. Eastman Kodak has been awarded patent number 8,317,292, filed in December 2009, relating to its method of detecting the position of a printhead in an inkjet...
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Static Control hosts successful seminar in Portugal
Aftermarket manufacturer and supplier reports seminar was “huge success”. Static Control has announced that it recently held a seminar in Fátima, Portugal that has been deemed a “huge success”, with those in attendence representing two-thirds of the country’s...
Shareholders sue HP over Autonomy deal
Former CEO Leo Apotheker, CEO Meg Whitman, Barclays and Perella Weinberg Partners among houses sued by investors. Stakebuzz has reported on the decision by HP investors to sue the OEM’s directors and auditors and Autonomy founder Mike Lynch over misrepresentation of...
HMRC urged to get tougher on UK corporate tax avoidance
MPs and Public Accounts Committee call for more to be done by HM Revenue and Customs to fight against tax avoidance by UK businesses. BBC News reports that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been told to do more to tackle the issue of corporate tax avoidance by...
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New kind of employment contract announced in UK
Chancellor of Exchequer announces plans for employee-owner employment contract. George Osborne MP has announced that there will be a new type of employment contract in the UK that will see the introduction of ‘employee-owners’. HM Treasury states that the new...
Growth continues in wireless devices market
IDC reports two percent year-on-year growth of wireless devices market during 3Q12. Despite the hardcopy peripherals market seeing “challenging conditions” with unit shipments declining 12.7 percent year-on-year to 27.4 million units in the third quarter of 2012, the...
Large-format printer shipments see decline
IDC finds worldwide shipments fell five percent year-on-year during third quarter of 2012. IDC reports that worldwide shipments of large format printers (LFP) fell to 73,000 units in 3Q12, a decline of five percent compared to the same quarter last year, despite some...
Kyocera launches new printers for UK education network
The monochrome and A3 colour machines are designed for schools and universities. The FS-2100DN monochrome A4 and the FS-C8500DN colour A3 machines have been released by the OEM for purchase by members of the National Printer Agreement, which aims to “instil confidence...
OKI Data announces mobile printing partnership
Printer manufacturer makes reseller agreement with connectivity solutions provider. The partnership between OKI Data and California-based Lantronix will see the OEM become the first printer manufacturer to resell Lantronix’s xPrintServer iOS print server appliance...
Cartridge World Chicago bemoans roadworks
30 percent loss of sales since construction began in May 2011, due to continue into the new year. Cartridge World Wheaton, Chicago, and a number of other local businesses have lamented significant loss of sales since a $52.6 million (€41.1 million) lane-widening...