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Canon cuts full-year outlook

Prolonged Euro crisis and Japanese boycott in China contribute to the OEM’s projection decrease. Canon has announced a cut in its full-year outlook following a disappointing Q3 operating profit, brought about by a severe decline in sales in China with consumers...

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Green Project settle in Canon suit

US imaging supplier Green Project, Inc. has settled with Canon regarding the company’s alleged patent infringement of Canon’s US patents 5,903,803 and 6,128,454, listed as “process cartridge, electrophotographic image forming apparatus, driving force transmission part, and electrophotographic photosensitive drum”.

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Cartridge World aids YWCA recycling effort

Aftermarket supplies franchise supports Massachusetts town environmental effort. Cartridge World is among dozens of partners supporting the activities of the YWCA Green Team, started as a small group of volunteers that initiated recycling efforts at the 2000 Lowell...

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Xerox reports bleak Q3 results

Equipment sales revenue down 17 percent in downbeat conference call with OEM CEO. Industry Analysts has reported on the Xerox Q3 2012 results, noting that “it was not one of their best earning periods to say the least”, as ten categories within the earnings release...

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Workshop held for ex-Lexmark employees

Lexington workshop aims to benefit those made redundant in Lexmark’s recent lay-offs. WKYT reports that a group in Kentucky held a workshop to help those affected by Lexmark’s job cuts, following the OEM’s announcement that it would shut down its Lexington-based...

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Canon releases printer software in Japan

Two new software applications for PIXUS-series inkjet printers announced by OEM. The Asahi Shimbun reports on Canon’s release in Japan of two new software applications for use with its PIXUS-series inkjet printers. Owners of the PIXUS-series printers, which are...

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Japanese and Australian stock futures fall

Decline in stock futures for Japan and Australia reported, as global economic growth slows and Spanish borrowing costs soar. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that Japanese and Australian stock futures fell this week with Canon’s American Depository Receipts (ADRs)...

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Latin America anticipating increase in mobile printing

Study reveals office equipment and supplies vendors expect mobile printing to increase in Latin America. InfoTrends conducted a study, titled Market Pulse 2012: Latin America, which surveyed IT decision makers in the office equipment and supplies market in Argentina,...

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Technology ecolabels questioned

PC Pro journalist Nicole Kobie questions whether the technology industry’s efforts to be eco-friendly merely amounts to greenwashing. Brazenly stating that “[environmental issues aren’t] foremost in most consumers’ minds”, Nicole Kobie, PC Pro journalist, has...

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