On April 11, HP announced that it has expanded its A3 printer and MFP lineup with new PageWide machines for transactional and contractual channels. HP announced the devices at its Executive Forum 2018, but it did not provide much information about the hardware at the time (see “HP Announces New A3 Hardware, Tools, and More at
On May 22, Epson America announced its new WorkForce Pro WF-C8000 family of A3 color business inkjets, which includes the WorkForce Pro WF-C8190 single-function inkjet printer and the WorkForce Pro WF-C8690 multifunction inkjet. The introduction is just the latest in a string of recent inkjet hardware introductions from Epson. In April, the company announced the
Earlier this month, Lexmark announced the availability of new midrange A4 monochrome laser printers and MFPs: the MS and MX 320, 420, 520, and 620 series. There are a dozen models altogether, including the single-function MS321dn, MS421dn, MS521dn, MS621dn, and MS621de and the multifunction MX321adn, MX421ade, MX521de, MX521ade, MX522adhe, MX622ade, and MX622adhe. And that’s not
In a new product introduction aimed at young, mobile, smartphone-wielding consumers who increasingly “blend their personal online brand and real life persona,” Canon U.S.A. has introduced the IVY Mini Photo Printer, a pocket-size photo printer that uses ZINK zero-ink thermal printing technology to produce 2 × 3-inch photos. Canon’s IVY launch comes about a year and a
On April 17, Epson America announced the newest model in its line of “cartridge-free EcoTank printers”: the WorkForce Pro ET-8700 EcoTank all-in-one. The ET-8700 is an A4 inkjet all-in-one, but whereas its siblings in the EcoTank line are aimed at consumers and small-office/home-office (SOHO) users, the ET-8700 is aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
On April 10, Epson America announced three new A4 inkjet all-in-ones for the home: the Expression Home XP-5100, the Expression Premium XP-6000, and the WorkForce WF-2860. Epson says that Expression Home XP-5100 is designed for everyday home printing needs, the Expression Premium XP-6000 is aimed at busy families that print photos, and the WorkForce XP-2860
On April 3, Kyocera Document Solutions America announced the introduction of five new MFPs, including the TASKalfa 3212i and 4012i A3 monochrome MFPs, the ECOSYS M3655idn and M3660idn A4 monochrome MFPs, and the TASKalfa 307ci A4 color MFP. Kyocera promotes the new devices as offering “the wireless connectivity required in an increasingly mobile professional world.”
In March, HP Inc. announced that it was “pushing the boundaries of printing” with the introduction of the LaserJet Pro M15 and M28 series. These monochrome laser devices—the M15 series are printers and the M28 series are MFPs—are billed as the world’s smallest lasers in their class. (HP is comparing the new units to sub-$100
On March 6, Canon U.S.A. announced some additional new models in its imageCLASS lineup, including the imageCLASS LBP162dw and LBP214dw A4 monochrome laser printers and the imageCLASS MF424dw and MF426dw A4 monochrome laser MFPs. The announcement follows Canon’s announcement just a few weeks earlier of three new monochrome imageCLASS devices: the single-function imageCLASS LBP215dw and
On March 6, Kyocera Document Solutions America announced a new high-speed, high-volume A3 monochrome MFP: the TASKalfa 9002i. Featuring output speeds of up to 90 ppm, the TASKalfa 9002i is an addition to Kyocera’s lineup and becomes the highest-speed model in its A3 monochrome lineup, sitting above the 70 ppm TASKalfa 7002i and the 80
