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Lexmark revenues fall in third quarter

Revenue for 3Q2015 to $851 million (€769 million), down from $918 million (€829 million) for the respective quarter of 2014, while the gross profit margin fell to 37.6 percent from 38.9 percent. The OEM’s Inkjet Exit division saw its revenue decline 48 percent, while...

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Empty Canon photo cartridges retain images

A wedding photographer has discovered that cartridges for Canon’s Selphy line of compact photo printers keep faint copies of the printed images once the device has been used. Romanian photographer Florin Kiritescu opened up the empty cartridge for his Canon Selphy...

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Thailand top counterfeit cartridge supplier to EU

The Asian country was the lead originating country for fake printer cartridges coming into Europe in 2014, while China was the overall primary supplier of counterfeit goods, accounting for 80 percent. Following China was Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Turkey and...

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Kyocera develops OEM-only chips

The OEM has created printer cartridges with chips that “would not allow foreign products except that produced by the OEM”, in collaboration in Nigeria with documents solutions provider MFI Office Solutions. Together the companies have developed the “hi-tech” solution...

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HP launches PageWide machines in India

The range includes the XL 8000 printer, the 8000 and 5000 Blueprinters, the 5000 printer and MFP, and the 4000 printer and MFP, with HP stating that the machines offer the “fastest large-format production printing available”.

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Canon launches new devices in South Africa

The five single-function machines – four monochrome and one colour – include the i-SENSYS LBP250 series, the imageRUNNER 1435P and imageRUNNER ADVANCE C350P, which the OEM say will “address the document and flexible working challenges” for SMBs and workgroups.

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LMI reports “strategic investment” in Parts Now

The remanufacturer says its investment in the parts supplier will “bolster” both companies. The “strategic investment from LMI in Parts Now will “bolster the capacity” of both companies, according to the remanufacturer, and help both to “strengthen their value...

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UK comedian mocks ink prices

Dave Gorman said in his stand-up TV show Modern life is goodish that being gifted an Epson Stylus Photo R800 was like “being given a puppy that only eats gold”. The British comedian told a member of his audience he could have the device for free, but then destroyed it...

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Digitek sponsors marketing webinar

The distributor is backing the imaging channel webinar “How to use inbound marketing to dramatically increase web traffic, get more leads, and earn way more sales”.

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Ricoh unveils workgroup laser printer

The SP C440DN prints at 42ppm in sizes up to 8.5 inches by 14 inches at resolutions up to 1,200 x 1,200dpi, and is said to integrate newest workstyles while allowing mobile printing with Ricoh’s Smart Device Print&Scan app.

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