For about a year now we have been waiting for the big split of HP into two new entities. HP Inc will carve out the PC and printer business and leave HP Enterprise with the IT services business, and converts the old $50 billion (€45 billion) business into roughly half....
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Kyocera sales and profits grow
Net sales grew 1.2 percent, while profits increased 13.1 percent and income before tax went up 14.5 percent year-on-year for 1H2015. Net sales came in at ¥722 billion ($5.97 billion/€5.41 billion), up from the 2014 figure of ¥714 billion ($5.91 billion/€5.35 billion),...
Konica Minolta adopts baby rhinos
The seven orphaned rhinos live in the ‘Care for Wild’ sanctuary in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province. The OEM will cover all maintenance costs relating to food, shelter and medication for the animals, IT Web reported. Once the rhinos reach sub-adult age, they will...
Ricoh launches wide-format devices
The MP W7100 and MP W8140 can print 14 D-size monochrome documents per minute and scan full colour originals, to be sent to recipients “with the press of a button”.
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Ricoh releases new MFP
The MP C306 prints at 31ppm on paper up to 8.5 inches by 14 inches in size, and is the first to offer the OEM’s 10.1-inch Smart Operation Panel as standard, with Ricoh claiming it is “among the most energy efficient” in the industry.
Epson adds to WorkForce line
The Pro WF-6530 MFP is powered by PrecisionCore printhead technology, and can print up to 4,000 pages in colour and black per cartridge at 24ppm, with 50 percent savings on costs compared with colour lasers.
Scientists develop memory ink
The ink can be printed onto surfaces with an inkjet printer, and contains microscopic ceramic cubes 10,000 times thinner than a human hair, which digitally store information in binary code.
Staples ink discount excludes Epson and HP
A 20 percent discount for printer ink distributed Staples greatly limited its use, as the small print says it “excludes all toner, Epson ink and toner, HP ink and toner”. Consumerist reported that a Staples customer had sent them the now expired coupon, saying “I’m...
China and US fuel ink raw material growth
Asia Pacific and North America are “key contributors” to the growth of the micronised polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) market, of which printing ink is the main consumer.
Cartridge World France opens Paris headquarters
The new base in the Ivry-sur-Seine district was launched with an event attended by franchisees and partners, as well as banks and the new HQ’s staff. Ludovic Detammaecker, a robotics engineer who has been a franchisee for more than 12 years in Lille and Dunkirk, gave...