Samsung has reportedly sent a letter to European resellers of Uprint cartridges warning them of intellectual property violations, according to an article by The Recycler. The letter apparently warns resellers of the compatible cartridges that Samsung “has used its best endeavors to discover the identity of the supplier of the products” but because the OEM
The monochrome laser MFP market has improved both worldwide and in Western Europe in recent quarters. For example, International Data Corporation (IDC) reports that worldwide monochrome laser shipments grew 5.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, with most of this growth due to the MFP segment (see “Worldwide Hardcopy Peripheral Market Kept Growing in
The worldwide market for low-end monochrome laser MFPs is finally improving following several dismal years. With the Western European hardware market finally showing some signs of life, printer vendors are jockeying for market share in this market segment. UK-based market research firm CONTEXT has shared some vendor market-share data for monochrome laser MFPs with print
Samsung has moved forward in its litigation against resellers of new-build Samsung-compatible toner cartridges. In November 2013, a Munich court awarded Samsung a preliminary injunction against seven unnamed distributors that would prevent them from selling the new-build cartridges that violate Samsung’s patents (see “Samsung Steps Up Efforts to Combat Clones in Europe”). According to Digital
InfoTrends has published an interesting look at how the North American office-equipment market fared in 2013 in terms of shipments and market share. Rival research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) recently reported its estimates for the worldwide hardcopy peripheral market for the fourth quarter and full year 2013 (see “Worldwide Hardcopy Peripheral Market Kept Growing
The low end of the monochrome laser hardware market crashed in 2009, as the worldwide economy plunged into recession. Following a rebound in 2010, the monochrome laser market declined again in 2011 and 2012, due to a series of natural disasters affecting manufacturing capacity and supply chains, the sovereign debt crisis impacting the European economy,
On March 11, Union Technology International (MCO) Co. Ltd. (UTec), global master distributor of Print-Rite products, announced that it has added new Print-Rite compatible color toner cartridges to its lineup, including some Brother and Samsung SKUs that are popular with small-office/home-office (SOHO) users and small workgroups. The company has compatibles for Brother’s TN-221- and TN-225-series
Earlier this month, UniNet, one of the remanufacturing industry’s chief component suppliers, announced a slew of new products for remanufacturers. The firm’s latest offerings include solutions for the Epson, Lexmark, Samsung, and Xerox laser devices, but one of the most long-awaited of these solutions is chips for Lexmark’s T650 series monochrome laser printers. New Products
International Data Corporation (IDC) has released a study on the hardcopy peripherals market in India for the 2013 calendar year. Overall, the report shows that shipments declined by 0.1 percent year-over-year to 3.1 million units. “Both consumer and commercial markets were weak in the first half of 2013, but with the help of aggressive consumer
International Data Corporation (IDC) announced on February 19 that the worldwide market for hardcopy peripherals, defined as printers, copiers, and MFPs, grew for the second consecutive quarter during the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to the same period the year prior. Data from the Framingham, MA-based market research firm’s “Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker” indicated