LD Products has announced the completion of Gold line PO Processor integration for the e-automate platform. In December 2017, LD Products launched its new Channel Partner Division and its new Gold line of new-build OEM-alternative toner cartridges aimed at dealers and managed print services (MPS) providers (see “LD Products to Court Dealers and Resellers with
Canon, the respondents, and the Office of Unfair Import Investigations (OUII) all recently filed Markman, or claim-construction, briefs in Canon’s Section 337 investigation currently before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). A Markman hearing is scheduled for August 30. This is a crucial pretrial hearing in patent cases during which a judge hears evidence and decides
Aftermarket cartridge return rates and success rates have been a hot topic in recent weeks. First, Clover Imaging Group (CIG) promoted that it had achieved a 99.6 percent cartridge success rate with its remanufactured cartridges in 2017 (see “CIG Notes Improved Cartridge Success Rate Scores”). Now, LD Products has announced that its Gold line of
Earlier this year, SpencerLab, a well-known Melville, NY-based independent test laboratory, released the results of a competitive ink comparison study for North America comparing the quality and performance of original HP inkjet cartridges to aftermarket inkjet cartridges and finding the OEM cartridges to be far superior. Following the release of the HP-commissioned study, we heard
In general, nothing makes a company become quiet faster than being named a defendant in a lawsuit. But the hue and cry over Canon’s recent monochrome toner cartridge litigation in the United States is almost unprecedented, with OEM partners Canon and HP using the litigation to try to strike fear in the hearts of channel
The Age of Amazon has wrought changes that are both beneficial and detrimental to consumers, other businesses, and communities. Plenty of articles have been devoted to the “Amazon problem,” whether that means the closing of retail stores and emptying malls and strip malls, the bankruptcies of once-major retail chains, the types of jobs lost and
As we explored in Part 1 of this series, over the last 24 years, Amazon has grown to become a critical channel for a wide variety of products, including printer supplies. Gaining access to tens of millions of customers has been great for ink and toner cartridge vendors, but Amazon has also adversely affected the industry.
LD Products is taking its LD Gold line of new-build compatible toner cartridges to the ITEX show in Las Vegas next week, along with a number of prizes to give away, to convince dealers and resellers that they don’t have to live with ever-shrinking margins. In December 2017, LD Products launched its LD Gold line
Of the many forces shaping the imaging supplies industry today, one stands out as having truly transformed how all industry participants do business and the market conditions they face: e-commerce and the rise of online marketplaces. Today, there are many online marketplaces including Taobao, Tmall, eBay, and JD.com. While it may no longer be the
On April 18, Bluedog Distribution Inc. became the second respondent/defendant to settle with Canon. A consent judgment and permanent injunction has been entered against the firm in district court. But even as Bluedog has settled, other firms are readying themselves for a fight. On April 20, ACM Technologies, Arlington Industries, LD Products, Ninestar, Print-Rite, Static
