HP is the most secure????
- Numerous industry and IT news organizations reported on a vulnerability in the fax boards of many HP devices
- Check Point Research of Israel reported that in many HP inkjet MFPs, a hacker can dial up the fax number, send a specially created image file containing malware by fax to the MFP, allowing attacker to penetrate one access point in order to enter the customer’s entire network.
HP dealer executive leaves firm
- Thomas Jensen, a 15 year HP veteran, announced he is leaving company to “focus on new opportunities”
- “He was the face of the channel for HP and did a lot of good work for partners. Thomas was the liason, the glue that kept the HP channel together”; stated Mark Romanowski, member of the HP Partner Advisory Council.
Fujifilm reports earnings
- total revenue down 1.2% to 564.9 billion yen ($5.1 billion) for the last quarter
o operating income up 8.2% to 36.9 billion yen ($332.3 million)
o operating margin improved 0.5% to 6.5%
o net income decreased 35.3% to 28.3 billion yen
- Document Solutions division (printers and MFPs) revenue down 6% to 241.1 billion yen ($2.2 billion)
o Hardware revenue down 8.2% to 139.7 billion yen ($1.26 billion)
Printer hardware revenue down 22.5% 30.1 billion yen ($271.4 million)
o Production services revenue down 8.9%
o Solutions and services revenue down 2.9%
o operating income up 43.4% to 14.9 billion yen ($134.5 million)
o Operating margin improved to 6.2%
o The maker of most of the Xerox-branded MFPs and printer hardware announced “fundamental structural reforms” centered on its Document Solutions business with the goal of realizing 50 billion yen in savings by the year ending in March 2020 by cutting 10,000 jobs, shuttering and consolidating manufacturing sites, shaking up management, and retooling its product lineup
August 19th 2018
Xerox announces more layoffs
- Several news outlets reported that Xerox laid off an number of employees across the U.S. and Canada
- Position affected include; IT, software engineers, system engineers, program managers, program support, and finance managers
Xerox Global chief is out
- Dan Cooper, who was the President of Xerox’s Global Imaging Systems division, is apparently now managing partner at Jamcoop LLC of Virginia
- No replacement has yet been named by new Xerox CEO, John Visentin
Xerox wins production print contracts
- Award from PrintPro Digital & Offset Printing of Winnipeg, Canada
o Installed new Xerox Iridesse production color laser system
o Will be used to enter the packaging market
o equipped with six toner stations, CMYK + metallic gold or silver plus clear toners
o will market output to customers in the manufacturing, mining, healthcare and automotive industries, as well as academic institutions, not-for-profits and associations
o used to produce marketing collateral, flyers, postcards, tags, direct mail, catalogs, guides, manuals and annual reports.
Toshiba TEC gives out more earnings detail
- In the first quarter posted net sales down 1.1% to 114.4 billion yen ($1.03 billion)
- operating profit rose 26.9% to 4.3 billion yen ($38.4 million)
- operating margin improved to 3.7%
- Printing Solutions division (which includes MFPs) net sales down 0.1% to 47.1 billion yen ($423.9 million)
o stated it will focus on development of vertical markets and new business
o sales declines in the Americas
o operating income down 3.5% to 1.5 billion yen ($13.7 million)
o operating profit margin slid from 3.3% to 3.2%
Intel sells chips for artificial intelligence
- sold at least $1 billion in artificial intelligence processor chips during 2017
- marks the first time Intel has disclosed its revenue from AI processor chips.
- has spent the past several years modifying its central processor units to become better at AI training
Ricoh ordered to cooperate with auditors
- the government of India has ordered Ricoh’s division in India to cooperate with its auditors for conducting a detailed forensic audit of the books of accounts of Ricoh
- had banned 7 former Ricoh India employees from the securities market for alleged fraud pertaining to the distortions in financial statements
Canon updates its cloud doc management
- introduced the next generation of Therefore Online, its cloud-based information-management solution that it introduced in 2014
- claims that 68% chief information officers and senior IT decision makers surveyed cite profitability and productivity as key benefits to using the cloud in business processes over the next two to five years
- new version includes new features:
o a multi-language feature
o provides for cloud collaboration with popular EFSS providers such as Box and Microsoft OneDrive
o bi-directional Therefore Portal for customers where they can both upload and access information to folders that they have access to, based on their user login credentials.
o direct integration with uniFLOW
o direct access to office documents from Therefore Navigator
o ability to edit documents in Therefore Web Access
o ability to integrate with compatible DocuSign software
o new index data types
o ability to stamp PDF documents automatically in a workflow
o comes pre-configured with six horizontally focused folders with 21 categories with index values
Canon booth at legal vertical event
- announced what it will be demonstrating at its booth at the ILTACON 2018 legal vertical trade show at Gaylord Resort in National Harbor, MD
- uniFLOW solutions for printing, scanning and device management
- Nuance content connectors for iManage document management system
- Secure Print
- Scan to OCR to route to iManage and OpenText ECM
- Canon Smart Document Assistant to automate process of making contextual associations with case-related materials
Canon sponsors Big South Conference
- “Official Imaging Partner” for The Big South Conference. a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I
- Its football teams are part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)
- full member institutions located in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia with affiliates in Georgia and New Jersey
Oval Partners buys another dealership
- acquired RS Business Machines of Sandusky, Ohio, aka MCPc Imaging and Printing, LLC
- Dealer for HP, Synnex, Canon, Konica Minolta, Lexmark
- founded in 1976 by Paul Tamburrino Sr.
o is run by daughter Gina Vincent as the CEO, Paul Tamburrino Jr. as the Sr. VP of Service, and Steve Tamburrino in the role of Sr. VP of Sales
o will report to Fank Gaspari, CEO of FlexPrint
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 smartphone plan
- planning to launch its newest premium smartphone
- for the Samsung S9, analysts expect Samsung to ship 31 million units this calendar year, which is far less that Apple's 41.3 million units shipped in its most recent quarter
- Samsung is planning to offer a version with 512 gigabytes of internal memory
- users can increase this figure to 1 terabyte with expandable storage
- The Wall Street Journal found that Samsung made approximately $97 from every Apple iPhone X unit sold on the new OLED display alone that Samsung supplies
Samsung may close smartphone plant
- considering suspending operations at one of its mobile phone manufacturing plants in Tianjin, China due to slumping sales and rising labor costs, the Electronic Times reported
- has focused its major mobile phone investments on production facilities in Vietnam and India and opened the world’s biggest smartphone factory outside New Delhi
- the Tianjin plant in China produces 36 million mobile phones a year
Amazon Echo can spy on you?
- A security flaw in Amazon Echo speakers allows hackers to spy on users
- allows criminals to use a modified version of the smart speaker to hack into other Amazon Echo devices
- eavesdrop on your private conversations at home, researchers have found.
- hack involved removing the flash memory chip on an Echo speaker, modifying it and then soldering it back into place
- modified version of the smart speaker could then hack into other Amazon
Echos after connecting to the same local area network (LAN)
LMI loses lawsuit
- LaserMasters LLC, also known as LMI Solutions, a toner cartridge remanufacturer, had filed lawsuit against Bruce Andre, former owner of Global Printer Services, and a rival printer remanufacturer called Liberty Parts Team
- final judgment issued in favor of the defendants and against the plaintiffs, and case dismissed
- LMI acquired laser printer remanufacturer Global Printer Services in 2014 then subsequently acquired printer remanufacturer Printersdirect as part of strategy for LMI to become a major player in the remanufactured laser printer business
- also acquired laser printer parts supplier Parts Now in 2015
- lawsuit claimed that Mr. Andre and Liberty Parts Team schemed to damage LaserMasters’ printer remanufacturing business thereby breaching various agreements related to the sale of Global Printer Services
- argued that they acquired Global Printer Services from Mr. Andre in June 2014 for $5.5 million plus 75,000 shares in LaserMasters
o as part of the deal, Mr. Andre agreed to an asset purchase agreement that stated that Mr. Andre could not solicit GPS customers
o Mr. Andre also agreed not to make “derogatory or disparaging” statements about GPS, LaserMasters, or the Willerts.
o Mr. Andre had served as president of GPS under its ownership by LMI, but he left and joined Liberty Parts Team
o alleged that after Mr. Andre poached key GPS employees and Liberty Parts Team and entered the printer remanufacturing business and directly compete against GPS
o tried to woo away GPS customers by telling them that LaserMasters had closed down operations for GPS and Parts Now
- LMI could be ordered to pay Liberty Parts Team’s attorneys’ fees and court costs.
Apple Mac laptops have vulnerability
- a bug in setup tools for some Mac laptops has the potential to allow a "well-funded, motivated" hacker to compromise the device the first time it connects to Wi-Fi, Wired magazine reports
- targets Macs using Apple's Device Enrollment Program and its Mobile Device Management platform
- "We found a bug that allows us to compromise the device and install malicious software before the user is ever even logged in for the very first time,"
o "By the time they're logging in, by the time they see the desktop, the computer is already compromised."
- Apple released a fix to the bug in July, however, Macs that have been shipped with the older operating system will still be vulnerable, according to Wired.
Brother launches new color A4 MFPs
- HL-L3290cdw offers top speed of 25ppm for base MSRP of $329
o 250 sheet paper supply
o Single sheet bypass
o Flatbed platen (no document feeder)
o Auto duplex
o No LCD touchscreen
- MFC-L3710cw offers top speed of 19ppm for base MSRP of $349
o 250 sheet paper supply
o Single sheet bypass
o 50 sheet document feeder
o Auto duplex
o 3.7” color LCD touchscreen
Production print in faith-based vertical
- As detailed in article in InPlant Printer magazine
- Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
o Canon imagePRESS C800 production color laser
o Xerox Versant 80 production color laser
o Used to produce worship aids, programs, event flyers, brochures and booklets
- LDS Church of Salt Lake City, UT
o Xerox iGen4 production color laser system
o Xerox Nuvera b/w laser system
o Canon Oce’ VarioPrint 6000 b/w system
o Used to produce books of scripture, magazines and curriculum materials
- Church of Scientology International of Commerce, CA
o HP Indigo 7200 production color system
o Fujifilm J Press 540W production color inkjet system
o Used to produce magazines, booklets, promo materials, banners, billboards
- Community Bible Church of San Antonio, TX
o Ricoh Pro C7100 production color laser system
o Used to produce worship ads, bulletins, business cards, letterhead, envelopes and posters
- First United Methodist Church of Lubbock, TX
o Xerox Color C60 production color laser system
o Xerox Workcentre 5855 b/w laser system
o Used to produce bulletins, weekly announcements
- Seventh Day Adventist Church of Silver Springs, MD
o Xerox Color 550 production color laser system
o Xerox 4112 production b/w laser system
o Used to produce agendas, training manuals, financial statements and cards
Global market for inkjet growth
- Research published by Smithers Pria
- Inkjet printing market will grow 9.4% per year to $109 billion by 2023
- Total value of inkjet printing in graphics and packaging applications will reach $69.6 billion
- Total inkjet print volume of 749 billion A4 prints
- Consume 103,700 tons of ink
- End users will spend $8.7 billion on ink
- Inkjet equipment sales will reach $3.6 billion
Denver dealer makes acquisition
- LaserCycle, owned by Kirk Peck, and a dealer for HP, Lanier/Ricoh, and Sharp, announced it has acquired ALPS Altus of Irvine CA
- ALPS (a laser printer service) markets Xerox, Brother and Samsung products