MFP Weekend Industry Notes from 1/04/2010

- Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, announced he is renewing his effort to sue Apple, Google, Facebook, eBay, AOL and other companies for patent infringement. The patents at issue are owned by Interval Research, which was founded by Allen and Xerox’s David Liddle in 1992.


- Pitney Bowes announced that Patrick Keddy, Executive VP and President, will retire at end of year.

- Hewlett Packard announced it sold an Indigo W7200 production color system to Schmidt Printing of Byron, Minnesota.

- Adobe Corp. reported it first billion dollar quarter. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, Adobe achieved record revenue of $1.008 billion.

- Brother announced a new promotion where customers who buy replacement ink cartridges get a free music download from EMI.

- Fuji, maker of most Xerox copiers, announced that future models will have “Smart Power Saving Technology”, where power will provided on an as needed basis. For example, if end user is scanning, then power is not supplied to print engine to save electricity.

- Impact of proposed new leasing rules studied. PricewaterhouseCoopers stated that it conducted a survey of the impact of proposed new rules that would do away with off-balance-sheet accounting for equipment leases. The study revealed that 24% of companies surveyed would experience an increase in debt of over 25%.

- Kyocera (aka Kyoto Ceramic Company) announced the following awards won:

o BLI stated that test of FS-1320D and FS-1370DN b/w laser printers delivered “flawless” reliability

o Industry Analysts Inc. gave “most reliable” rating to TASKalfa 250ci and TASKalfa 300ci color laser MFPs

o BERTL gave “Outstanding” ratings to FS-C2125MFP and FS-3140MFP

- Kyocera announced it now offers an embedded/panel integration HyPAS connector for docSTAR Eclipse document management system.

- Office Products Analyst Inc. stated that in a recent survey of 232 printshop owners:

o Kodak NexPress production color systems were rated the most reliable

o Sharp b/w MFPs (not production units) were rated most reliable

o Canon products were least reliable.

- Canon apparently is planning on selling a LCD manufacturing division to Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. of Taiwan (aka Foxconn) for $1.2 billion.

- Canon announced it plans on buying controlling interest in Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. of Reno, NV, which makes lithium ion electrical energy storage systems.

- A new survey conducted by Lexmark finds that 7 out of 10 offices workers that have access to wireless connection to their printers do not use it, due to connectivity and security issues.
- According to Contextworld, the best selling desktop color laser printer in the world is the Samsung CLP-315, beating out the HP Color LaserJet CP2025n by twice as many sales.

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A Jersey Shore Christmas

Yeah, it's been 5 whole days since I've blogged, and shame on me, but I've been up to my ears in honey due things to do to get ready for Christmas!  To my boss, I've also been concentrating on closing the year strong and making sure that I'm shutting down the store on the 17th for a well deserved break (crossing my fingers).

So, being on the road so much give me time during my lunch break (right) to cruise on those less traveled roads, cut through towns with names like Scobeyville, Ocean Grove, Lake Como,  and Squankum. With time on my hands, and a digital camera, I bring you some of the finest decorated home for Christmas at the Jersey Shore.

Geez, I think the dates wrong on the camera, however this picture was taken in Belmar, NJ

I really enjoyed the large wrap around porch and the enormous amounts of garland.

Sea Girt, NJ

One of my favorites here, especially the colors of the house. I believe this shot was taken in Sea Girt, NJ.  Awesome!

Sea Girt, NJ

Another Majestic home in Sea Girt, NJ just a couple of blocks from the beach!

Light House in Sea Girt, NJ

Light House in Sea Girt, NJ, across the street is the boardwalk an then the ocean.

Inn at the Beach

Don't remember what town this was, however it's right off the beach in either Avalon, Belmar or Spring Lake.

Belmar, NJ ?

Another grand ole house at the Jersey Shore, simple decorating makes it another one of my top
choices!

Twin Lights Light House, HIghlands (rear pic)

This is a picture from the back of the Twin Lights Lighthouse, name twin light because there are two towers on either side of the structure. The first time I saw the Twin Lights I thought it was a castle on top of the hill.  Wait until you see the view in the next picture.

Twin Light Light House, Highlands, NJ

It's just an awesome structure that sits on one of the highest points on the East Coast of the US.  This lighthouse over looks the Atlantic Ocean, Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers along with Sandy Hook Bay.









That's all I have time for now, will try to get some additional pics of other home at the Jersey Shore, hope you  enjoyed them.

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