Six months after Xerox announced plans to vacate its 30-story office tower and former headquarters in Rochester, NY, and move all its employees a few miles away to Webster, NY, the company announced plans to eliminate jobs at the Webster campus, according to local news reports. The Democrat & Chronicle reported that Xerox informed employees that
One day after Brother released a much-anticipated line of A4 color LED printers and MFPs for small-office and home-office (SOHO) users, Ninestar announced that its own replacement cartridges “will be Coming Soon!” Brother’s new-seven model family includes the MFC-L3710CW, MFC-L3750CDW, MFC-L3770CDW, HL-L3210CW, HL-L3230CDW, HL-L3270CDW, and HL-L3290CDW. Prices on these machines range from $199 to $399,
LaserCycle USA, Inc., a Colorado-based document-management solutions provider, has acquired ALPS Altus, Inc., an office-equipment dealer and services provider based in Irvine, CA, doing business under the name A Laser Printer Service. In a press release announcing the deal, Zygoquest Group, a provider of merger and acquisitions (M&A) services that oversaw the transaction, describes A
On August 13, International Data Corporation (IDC) reported an overall decline in shipments of hardcopy peripherals (printers and MFPs) in Western European during the second quarter of 2018, although there were some shipment growth in some equipment categories and in some countries. We have become accustomed to reading such reports about Western Europe; however, it
German cartridge remanufacturer KMP AG announced that company shareholders have acquired a 49 percent stake in Chinese electronics parts manufacturer Shenzhen Tec-Motion Technology Co., LTD. Tec-Motion develops and produces electronic accessories such as car chargers and power adapters for mobile devices, surge protectors, and sensors for health and environment monitoring, according to KMP’s announcement. KMP said
On August 8, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. hosted a ceremony to mark the official ground breaking on the expansion of its Ramsey, NJ, headquarters. Rick Taylor, president and CEO of Konica Minolta, led the ceremony, which was attended by federal, state, and local government officials; representatives from industry trade associations; chamber of commerce members;
Last week, HP released a security bulletin reporting that a third-party researcher identified a vulnerability in certain HP inkjet printers. As a result, HP is offering a firmware update to address the vulnerability. The news follows HP promoting a “Bug Bounty” program that pays white hat hackers to test the vulnerabilities of HP enterprise printers
On July 31, Aster announced that it has released replacement toner cartridges for Brother monochrome laser printers and MFPs that use the OEM’s TN-730, TN-760, and TN-770 toner cartridges, as well as a replacement for Brother’s DR-730 drum unit. Aster’s replacement cartridges are compatible with Brother’s DCP-L2550DW, HL-L2350DW, HL-L2370DW, HL-L2370DW XL, HL-L2390DW, HL-L2395DW, MFC-L2710DW, MFC-L2730DW,
Katun Corporation, the Minneapolis, MN-based distributor of OEM-alternative consumables that was acquired earlier this year by General Plastic Industrial (GPI) of Taiwan (see “GPI Closes Acquisition of Katun”), has announced the introduction of Katun Business Color toner cartridges for use in various Sharp A3 color MFPs. The new toner cartridges are for use in the
It has been quite a week in terms of companies announcing integration with ECi Software Solutions’ e-automate PO Processor application. First, LD Products announced the completion of Gold line PO Processor integration for the e-automate platform (see “LD Products Announces E-Automate PO Processor Integration”). Next, ECi announced what it described as a “key integration” between
