On August 7, Canon announced four new inkjet all-in-ones designed for home-office users and one new inkjet all-in-one designed for home users who love crafts. The new lineup includes three A4 inkjet all-in-ones, the PIXMA TR4520, TS6220, and TS8220, and two A3 devices that can print up to 11 × 17-inch sheets or 12 × 12-inch borderless photos, the
On July 26, Seiko Epson announced that its cumulative global sales of high-capacity ink tank printers have now reached 30 million units. Last year, Epson announced it had sold 20 million units (see “Epson Has Sold 20 Million High-Capacity Ink Tank Printers”), only about nine months after announcing it had sold 15 million units (see
On July 18, Brother International launched an interesting pair of new A4 inkjet all-in-ones in the United States: the INKvestment Tank MFC-J995DW and MFC-J995DW XL. The new machines replace the MFC-J985DW and the MFC-J985DW XL from 2016 (see “Brother Expands INKvestment Line of Inkjet All-in-Ones”). While we wouldn’t say that the inkjet technology employed in
In early July, Samsung Electronics announced the Samsung Inkjet Plus series, a new family of refillable ink tank devices for the Korean market. There appears to be three models in the new family: the SL-J1560, SL-J1560W, and SL-J1563W. All three are A4 inkjet all-in-ones with print, copy, and scan functionality. The announcement is interesting for
Last month, Brother International announced four new models in its Brother Work Smart series of A4 inkjet all-in-ones designed for home users and small and home office environments. The new lineup includes the MFC-J491DW, MFC-J497DW, MFC-J690DW, and MFC-J895DW. With the new machines, Brother has also introduced inkjet cartridges, the LC3011 and LC3013 series. In Brother’s
On May 17, International Data Corporation (IDC) reported that although shipments of hardcopy peripherals (printers and MFPs) declined in Western Europe in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the year-ago period, the decline was smaller than forecast and some OEMs had a good start to the year. Western European hardcopy peripheral unit shipments shrank
On April 9, London-based IT market research firm CONTEXT reported that sales of printer hardware through distributors in Western Europe declined by 6 percent year-over-year early in the first quarter of 2018, continuing the slowdown that the firm noted in the fourth quarter of 2017 (see “CONTEXT Finds Strong A3 Business Inkjet Sales Slow Rate
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
At Actionable Intelligence, we try to keep the focus on printers and consumables, not politics. But the looming trade war between the United States and China is something we are watching very closely. In this instance, it appears that politics may have a very real and disruptive effect on the printer and supplies market. Tariffs
You may have seen Mashable’s headline about a “massively viral” video claiming ink cartridges are a scam or maybe you follow Gregory Austin McConnell on YouTube. But for those of you who have not seen it yet, well-known YouTuber Mr. McConnell posted a new video on March 15 in which he tackles a topic familiar
