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Xerox announced it sold a DocuShare CPX Enterprise Content Management solution to The Copernicus Group Independent Review Board, which will use the system to share and store critical biomedical research documents for the Food and Drug Administration.
Xerox announced that its XMPie variable data software can now be integrated into PrintStream Fulfillment System web-to-print software from Streamline Solutions.
According to Gartner, 16% of worldwide software sales will deliver as a service. According to Saugatuck, 40% of new software sold will be cloud-based.
InfoTrends predicts that print production workflow software sales will increase 5.2% per year through 2014. By 2014, it projects the total spend in the category will be $8.6 billion.
New use for recycled paper. Nike Corp. announced a new pair of sneakers, called “Women’s Premium Print Pack”, that are made from shredded magazines.
Pitney Bowes announced it is opening up a new Federal Litigation Support Center in downtown Washington DC. Details:
o capable of scanning 500,000 pages per month
o PB already has a similar facility in Grand Rapids, MI
o Will be used to fulfill a $950 million contract it won from Dept. of Justice
o Also will support Lockheed Martin, CACI and USIS
o Includes Kodak high speed scanners
o IPRO eCapture software installed
o Clearwell ECA software
o Will have total of 50 employees covering 2 shifts
Toshiba announced it is entering the electronic book market, with its new Toshiba Biblio Leaf:
o Solar powered
o 6” b/w touchscreen display
o 800x600dpi
o 2GB RAM
o SD memory card slot
o WiFi and 3G wireless connections
o $20/month subscription
o 12 hour battery life
o Expected price of $150.00
Toshiba announced it will outsource some of its system chip manufacturing to Samsung of South Korea. This will allow the company to grow its memory chip production.
Toshiba announced it is selling its Nagasaki, Japan system chip plant, which was losing money, to Sony Corp. for $599 million. Sony will use the plant to make CMOS sensors for cell phones and digital cameras.
Toshiba launched the world’s first 3D HDTV set that does not need special 3D glasses. The 12” flat screen, called Regza GL1, will sell for $1400.00
Toshiba announced that revenue from its nuclear plant business may reach $12 billion in next 3 years
Toshiba announced it is working on a new copier that will be a “Green” machine. Details:
o Produces instantly erasable output
o Documents can be turned blank by heating them with a special device
o Uses special toner that loses its color when heated
o Printouts can be reused at least 5 times
o Top speed of 30ppm (b/w only)
o Will cost 30% more than current 30ppm model
Canon estimates its sales in Asia to increase 40%, and that it will account for 30% of its total revenues.
Canon announced that it expects it operating profit for the fiscal year to end at $4.8 billion. This forecast is half the record levels it reached in 2007.
Canon was sued for patent violation by Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. for allegedly infringing on patents involving video compression technology.
Fitch announced it has downgraded Sharp’s debt from BBB+ to BBB, due to concerns over Sharp’s ability to sustain a 3% operating EBIT margin.
Hewlett Packard revealed that it spent $1.6 million on lobbying the federal government in the third quarter, which is twice its normal spending levels.
Hewlett Packard announced it won a managed print services contract from 3M Australia:
o reduced devices from 130 to 72
o will supposedly save $170,000 per year
o page cost reduction of 90%
o 14 sites and 700 employees
o Also included Perceptive Software document management and Adobe electronic forms solutions
Hewlett Packard detailed the success of its last 4 years of trying to put counterfeit print cartridge makers out of business:
o Conducted 4,723 investigations
o Covered 88 countries
o Resulted in 3,733 enforcement actions (raids and seizures)
o Confiscated 47.2 million cartridges
- Avatron Software announced a new $2.99 app, named Print Sharing, that allows Apple iPad, iPhoen and iPod users to print wirelessly from their mobile device.
- Lorree Ann Capps of Anderson, South Carolina was sentenced to 30 months in prison for making fake $20 bills using a color copier.
Janelle Newsome and Richard Gladfelter were arrested for allegedly creating fake $10 and $20 bills using a color copier in South Charleston, WV.
OpenText announced version 5.3 of Edocs document management software:
o support for rapid remote deployment
o maintenance can now be carried out remotely
o support for MS Office 2010
o will add social media tools and apps next year
Omtool AccuRoute received a 5 Star rating from BLI. Omtool AccuRoute is a middleware scan/OCR data capture application that competes with Nuance eCopy and NSi AutoStore, and is very popular in the legal vertical market, and sold primarily by IKON/Ricoh.
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2 comments:
I just love these idiot people who attempt to make funny money on colour copiers.
What most people, including most people in the printer/copier industry do not know is built into the imaging controllers is technology to record when the images of money is scanned and or copied.
I was an Engineer at Kyocera for several years and I will tell you this on the Kyocera colour laser units, when someone attempts to scan, copy or print images of US currency, EU and for that fact most currency the image controller identifies the images as those of currency and proceeds to shut the machine down completely and the error code generated cannot be reset by anyone.
This security feature renders the unit completely inoperable and stores any information about the user who attempted to perform the act (ie if user codes are used).
I know this for a fact as there was a Sales person at a dealership who attempted to make copies of $20USD. The dealership required all staff to use ID codes to operate the units in the showroom. When the unit shut itself down, I was called by them asking what had happened. I played it off at first as we were instructed in the event of such an occurance to contact the US Secret Service before looking at the unit. The next day I was met at the account by two Secret Service Agents who proceeded to lockout the company and arrested the individual under suspicion of counterfitting.
So to those Sales and Technical individuals who work in the industry, please, please, please advise all of your customers and staff for that much NOT to attempt making funny money.
Inkjet printers just do not have the capabilities as laser devices do, to check for currency images. People who are stupid enough to try counterfitting currency deserve the punishment they get.
What about cloud solutions for multifunctional printers? Document management is already taking place in the cloud so why would not connect the MFP to the cloud?
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