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>>Company Update<<

3) FUJI XEROX TO RECALL PRINTERS

(type: ARS Company Information)

Fuji Xerox announced that the company is recalling 259,000 printers

equipped with a faulty engine that has caused some printers to catch

fire. The printers affected by the recall are sold under the Fuji Xerox

brand name, as well as 15 other domestic manufacturers and five overseas

manufacturers. Manufacturers affected by the recall include Casio

Computer, Toshiba Corporation, Hitachi, and Fujitsu.

The fires occurred with three types of printer engines made by Fuji

Xerox and were a result of certain printer parts becoming overheated.

The engines were included in 640,000 printers sold between 1993 and 2001

as part of an original equipment manufacturer agreement. Fuji Xerox

estimates that approximately 259,000 printers containing the faulty

engine are still in use.

Fuji Xerox announced that it will replace the faulty printer parts for

free. Although Fuji Xerox did not give an estimate for the total cost

of the recall, it estimates replacement costs to reach a few thousand

yen per printer. However, Fuji Xerox did state that the company will

book an extraordinary loss of 600 million yen (US$4.8 million) for the

April-September time period due to the recall.

As a result of the recall, Brother International Corporation has issued

a recall of approximately 100,000 multi-function printers and laser

printers. Brother received two reports of the printer overheating and

fire, with one incident causing minor property damage. The recall by

Brother affects the HL-1040, HL-1050, HL-1060, and MFC-P2000 models.

Brother Japan has issued a recall of 780 faulty HL-1040 laser printers.

Brother Industries will notify its users through its Web site and major

newspapers, and will exchange the defected products for new products.
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