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ECi announces MPS software integration

The software provider’s e-automate software will now work with Etactic’s programmes. The software, recently updated, functions as part of an MPS programme, and in this case will integrate with business services company Etactic’s custom invoicing products to “provide...

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Japanese MPS market set to grow

New research predicts the sector will grow by 15.49 percent by 2019. The market data, from Research and Markets’ Managed Print Services (MPS) Market in Japan 2015-2019 report, predicts a “shift toward additional services” including business processes and IT provision...

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HP Botswana counterfeit case continues

A witness for the OEM claims it “paid him to secure samples for investigation” against Longhurst Holdings. Mmegi Online shared the latest updates in the case, which was reported on yesterday by The Recycler. Longhurst Holdings are accused of selling counterfeit HP...

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Circular economy could create three million EU jobs

A report by WRAP has identified the extra jobs that could be created by 2030. The report, Economic growth potential of more circular economies, shows that expansion of the circular economy “could create three million extra jobs and reduce unemployment by 520,000”...

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“I didn’t see half the people I usually see at the show,” reported one exhibitor at the end of the January event, and I told him to send me a list of the companies and people he was expecting to see at the show and he thought were not there. I didn’t hear from him,...

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Tonerman suffers warehouse break-in

Police hunt thieves after £180,000 worth of OEM consumables were stolen from Tonerman’s premises. Detectives are hunting thieves who struck on Sunday 22 June at the Tonerman premises in Northwich, UK, with the company the UK’s leading supplier of surplus OEM printer...

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Lexmark launches new content capture software

Perceptive Checklist capture “automates the process of gathering related documents and data” from computers, mobile devices or MFPs, which is said to help with the capture process and free workers to “focus on customer service and compliance”.

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GfK discusses print market recovery

 Oscar Diamond, the market analyst’s Account Manager for Office, said that improvements in inkjet technology have led to a surge in business sales. He said that the UK market recovered in March and April, overcoming a weak start to grow by 9.9 percent in volume and...

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US cartridge retailer discusses business challenges

Billings Ink & Toner’s owners talked about starting their business and the challenges they’ve faced. Billings Gazette interviewed Selena Wang, who runs Billings Ink & Toner with her husband Michael in Billings, Montana. The store supplies printers as well as...

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ECi provides business system for Badger Office Supplies

Users of the Horizon, Progress and Vision business management systems will be able to access new trading partners under the agreement. The opXML system can be used for stock enquiries, purchase orders, purchase order acknowledgements, invoices and credits, allowing...

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