Weekend MFP Industry Notes Newsletter
4-25-2010
- Xerox, at the OnDemand show in Philadelphia, allowed the public to see their new color production print models, the 800 Digital Color Press and 1000 Digital Color Press featuring:
o Actually made by Fuji of Japan
o Base MSRPs of $350,000 and $395,000 respectively
o Xerox hired Frank Romano (famous RIT professor) to create video endorsing this product
o In same size frame as the huge Xerox iGen4 (74” high) and weighs 3,197lbs.
o Unlike the iGen units, these new models use polymerized toner (called EA for polymerized “emulsion aggregate” technology)
o Unlike iGen units, does NOT use fuser oil that can drip inside engine, so this unit has paper drawers underneath the engine for smaller footprint than iGen
o 80ppm and 100ppm top speeds respectively
o Advertised as offering “2400dpi” (not true 8 bits per pixel as Xerox takes a pixel from a 600dpi data stream and divides it into 4 quadrants to get 2400dpi effect)
o 4 tandem OPC drum design with expected life of 800,000 impressions per drum
o Uses dual corotron grids that are self-cleaning
o Uses 5 toner cartridges, as the fifth is clear toner, for optional flood gloss or spot gloss applications (this is first color toner unit with in-line gloss coating, as the Kodak NexPress’s NexGlosser is an off-line device)
o Uses a mylar film transfer belt called a “Intermediate Belt Transfer System” or “IBT Technology”
o Uses fuser belt system instead of traditional fuser rollers, using a dual fuser to run thick stocks at same speed as plain paper
o “In-line Belt Cooling” along with paper decurl mechanism to reduce paper curl
o Requires a 240v/50amp outlet
o Recommended monthly volume of 300,000 pages per month
Maximum duty cycle of 1.75 million pages per month
o Comes standard with two 2,000 sheet paper drawers
Optional LCT adds two more 2,000 sheet paper drawers
Maximum paper capacity of 8,000 sheets
Auto tray switching with on-the fly paper add feature
Maximum paper size of 13”x19.2” out of any paper source
Heavy or coated paper out of any drawer
Optional tray insert to handle 4”x 6” postcard media
Maximum paper weight handling up to 350gsm
o Xerox promises back to front registration of 0.5 millimeters for auto duplex output
o Has “Customer Replaceable Unit System” called SMART technology, meaning the customer is responsible for replacing 40 different cartridges, even though they must have a service contract from Xerox.(this includes 5 different toner cartridges, 5 different drums, mylar IBT transfer belt, fuser belts, paper feed tires, etc.)(even though the customer will be responsible for performing most of the service, Xerox apparently has no plans for discounting the click charge)
Customer is provided with a special screwdriver that allows them to open up the doors of the machine
o Xerox plans on submitting the units for certification (Pantone, FOGRA, etc.)
o Customers have choice of EFI Fiery, Kodak Creo, or Xerox branded FreeFlow print controllers
o Optional “Profit Accelerator” programs to teach customer how to market & sell output, includes DVD, templates, VDP samples and more
o Finishing options include:
Interface Module (required purchase to attach any finishers)
GBC hole punching system
GBC punch and bind (up to 100 sheets with plastic bind)
5000 sheet stackers (can have two maximum)
Fold unit (C and Z folding)
200 sheet post process cover inserter
Booklet maker (25 sheet booklets maximum) with optional face trimmer
Tape binding up to 125 sheets
Plockmatic Pro booklet maker (30 sheet booklets) with face trim
- Xerox forecast second-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as customers renew spending on printing and office services. Details:
o Per-share profit this quarter, excluding some costs, will be at least 20 cents
o Customers are spending more on services to help them manage documents, after curbing budgets amid the recession.
o The rebound, plus a sales boost from the purchase of Affiliated Computer Services Inc., helped Xerox increase sales 33 percent last quarter.
o “People want to hear tangible evidence of decent integration coming out of the chute,” said the San Francisco- based analyst, who rates the shares “hold” and doesn’t own them. “They need to give people confidence.”
o Sales of copier and printer supplies also picked up as corporate spending rebounded from the depths of the recession last year, climbing 15 percent on a pro-forma basis.
o Announced 2,500 job cuts last quarter, leading to an additional $140 million in savings.
o Spent $796 million on research & development in 2009
o Equipment sales decreased 24% from 2008
22% decrease in color MFP sales
Paid $1.6 billion to buy equipment, parts and supplies from Fuji of Japan
• Lead time is 90 days
o Paid a total of $145 million to acquire ComDoc (Ricoh dealer with HQ in Ohio)
o Total debt of $9.264 billion
o The first-quarter loss was $42 million, or 4 cents a share, compared with a profit of $42 million, or 5 cents, a year earlier.
- Xerox announced it sold two Xerox iGen3 production color systems (MSRP of $640,000 each) to Martech, a printshop in Kansas City, KS.
- Xerox announced it sold a Xerox DocuColor 7002 production color system to AlphaGraphics print shop in Henrico, VA.
- Xerox launched DocuShare eForms, which converts customer forms into digital PDFs.
- Xerox launched a new promo to boost sales of its ColorQube MFPs (aka the “crayon copiers”), that is directed at religious and education verticals. Details:
o National Religious Organization contract
o Catholic Purchasing Services contract
o Educational & Institutional (E&I) contract
o If customer purchases or leases a new ColorQube, and pays an additional $250 base monthly service/supply fee, there is no click charge for any b/w output or “useful” color output
“useful” color means that less than 1.2% of 8.5”x11” document has some color toner on it
o Full color pages are $0.028 each from click one
o Uses chunks of wax that are heated in cast iron tubs into a liquid, which is then sprayed onto the paper
- Xerox now offering a “Scan to Searchable PDF” option for the following models:
o WorkCentre 7232, 7242, 7328, 7335, 7345, 7346
o WorkCentre 7655, 7665, 7675
o WorkCentre 5632, 5638, 5645, 5655, 5665, 5675, 568
- Xerox launched the WorkCentre 5700 series of b/w MFPs:
o Base MSRP starts at $7475
o Includes seven models
o Replaces current 5600 series
o Speeds up to 90ppm
o Scan/fax/copy/print
o Scans in color
o Support to IPV6
- Xerox announced it sold five production print units to APS Group, a printshop in Uxbridge, England. Sold were:
o Xerox Nuvera 144MX
o Xerox 4112
o Xerox DocuColor 5000
o Two Xerox iGen3 systems
- Xerox launched the WorkCentre 7120 color MFP featuring:
o 20ppm top speed color or b/w
o Base MSRP of $6,999.00
o Auto duplex
o 4 tandem OPC drum design
o Polymerized toner (called Xerox EA-HG or “emulsion aggregate high gloss”)
o 50,000 page per month maximum duty cycle
o 7” color touch screen LCD control panel (does not tilt or swivel)
o Document feeder holds up to 110 originals, top speed of 55opm
o 50 sheet stack bypass tray
o Maximum sheet size of 11”x17”, up to 256gsm
o Comes standard with two 520 sheet paper drawers
Can add two more 520 sheet drawers
Optional envelope tray holds 60 envelopes
o Optional internal finisher staples up to 50 sheets
Optional external finishing provides stapling, hole-punching and booklet making
o 8.1 second first color copy out time
o 40 second warmup time
o 600x600dpi (2/4 bits per pixel selectable)
o Optional fax board (up to 3 lines)
Optional Internet fax
o Built-in print controller
Actual maker unknown (most likely Marvell Technology)
2GB RAM and 80GB hard drive
667MHz processor
10/100BaseT & USB ports (1000BaseT Gigabit Ethernet not available)
Optional EIP (extensible interface platform for embedded applications)
PCL and XPS print drivers standard
• Optional PostScript print driver
Comes standard with scan to email and scan to folder
• Optional scan to USB, scan to network, scan to desktop
• Optional print and scan from USB thumb drive
• Optional scan to searchable PDF
• Optional thumbnail preview
Optional Data Security Kit
- More proof of economic recovery for copiers. The Copier Network of San Leandro, CA has noticed an increasing trend for copier repossessions and other general office equipment in the United States due to the tough economic times. As a nationally established asset recovery company The Copier Network has the privilege of foresight to predict the economy’s coming up’s and down’s. However, recently, Copier Network has noticed a slight decrease in the number of repossession assignments, which may suggest the economy is recovering. (Preliminary forecast for Repo assignments in 2010 is to be about 15% less than 2009.)
- Fujitsu battle with its former president, Kuniaki Nozoe, continues. The latest allegation is that Fujitsu’s board allegedly offered the president “hush money” of $2.9 million, if he would resign quietly.
- Fujitsu launched a computer keyboard that is made with biodegradable plastics, called the KBPC PX ECO keyboard.
- Fujitsu announced it will spend $537.3 million to upgrade its data centers to offer cloud computing (possible price of 30 cents per hour)
- Fujitsu hired John Hanley as Application Division Managing Director, who will be tasked with 3 year plan to double revenue from custom customer applications.
- Pitney Bowes announced it will expand its relationship with Riso to sell the Riso ComColor color inkjet systems. These Olympus made models will be marketed through Pitney Bowes offices nationwide (which may be why Riso is apparently closing its own branches in the U.S.)
- Some customers still prefer the TIFF format for scanning instead of PDF:
o TIFF stands for “Tagged Image File Format”
o works well with CAD programs, and geographic info systems
o file structure is simpler
o originally developed by Aldus Corp, in 1986 (which sold out to Adobe)
o bitmap format
o files are very difficult to alter
o suitable for storing many pages of a single fax in a single file
o better compression algorithms to make files smaller
- Clearwell Systems announced it sold an eDiscovery software package to Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, a 200 attorney law firm with 7 offices in South Central U.S. and Colorado.
- Panasonic launched the KV-S5055C desktop scanner offering:
o A3 sheet size scanning
o 200 sheet ADF
o Color or b/w
o Self-cleaning brush mechanism to clean platen scan glass
o Image management
o Scans both sides of original at same time
o Top speed of 90opm
o Multi-sensor ToughFeed feed mechanism
o Paper dust reduction module
o Ion-rich breeze to reduce static and dust
o Double feed skip
- Kodak’s CEO, Antonio Perez, stated that he plans on Kodak generating $250 million to $350 million per year in patent licensing revenue. Details:
o Program actually started during tenure of former Kodak CEO, Dan Carp.
o Kodak invented the digital camera in 1975
o Kodak has reported only one full year of profit since 2004 (in 2007)
o Kodak filed lawsuits against Apple Computer and Research in Motion Ltd. (makers of Blackberry) for patent infringement.
o Apple countersued claiming that Kodak is using its digital processing technologies
o Received $550 million from Samsung to settle lawsuit
o Received $400 million from LG Electronics to settle lawsuit
o Has 30 licensing agreements now in place, including Nokia, Sony, Motorola, etc.
- In the court case “Ghods versus Citicorp”, the judge ruled that just because a copier experienced service problem, the customer (Ghods) is still responsible for making lease payments.
- Nuance announced new features for eCopy ShareScan:
o Document Conversion Extender which enables customers to turn paper documents into fully-formatted Microsoft Word, Excel and RTF (rich text format) files
o The OCR (optical character recognition) engine has been improved to offer 50% more accuracy
o The OCR engine is now 30% more accurate than other middleware solutions
o Forms Processing Extender enables customer to route and process paper forms, including ability to extract data and perform automated database look-ups ($995 per MFP)
o Available OCR SDK (software developer kit) & API (application program interface) making it easier for other software vendors to connect to eCopy
o Support for 3D capture for book scanning
o Export to over 100 formats, including eBook and audio book
o Scan-to-redaction allows keywords or phrases to automatically remove sensitive information with results printed to redacted copy or sent to user as redacted PDF file
o Scan-to-highlight results in a paper-search feature that finds and highlights info hidden within stacks of paper, with highlighted document either printed or sent as PDF
- Zoran Corp. of Sunnyvale, CA, which makes print controllers for many MFP manufacturers, announced a new controller called the “Inferno” offering:
o Uses Linux with Quatro RISC processor
o 10/100/1000BaseT ports
o Zoran also makes controllers for DVD players, digital cameras, cell phones and cable TV boxes.
- Toshiba announced it is launching a new series of hands-on workshops to teach its dealers how to sell Managed Print Services and Professional Services. Details:
o Classes held in Washington DC, Dallas, Irvine & Chicago
o Speakers include employees of Toshiba, HP, Lexmark and Strategy Development
o Launched by Toshiba’s VP of Marketing, Bill Melo
o There is no charge to attend
- Toshiba announced that it won four awards in the 2010 BERTL Readers’ Choice Awards:
o Total Solution Provider in the Overall Manufacturer Award Division
o Environment Sustainability
o Workflow Integration
o Output Quality for the Toshiba e-STUDIO5520c/6520c/6530c series.
- Toshiba expects to report a big loss in the financial year just ended:
o expects a net loss of ¥20 billion (US$215 million) for the fiscal year that ended in March
o Sales are expected to come in at ¥6.38 trillion, which is a slight drop from the ¥6.4 trillion that was predicted in January
- Microsoft released results of a survey that showed:
o Most small and midsize businesses (SMB) will be spending more on IT in 2010
o 64% stated that they will spend more, compared with 23% in 2009
o Overall spending expected to increase 16% over 2009 levels
o 19% expect to use cloud based services
o 74% will use more remote workers
o 52% admitted to storing a document on a company server and never finding it again
o 39% state that their company does not have any guidelines for storing documents
- Oce’, a division of Canon, announced it sold the following production print systems:
o JetStream 2200 color inkjet system, VarioStream 7650 b/w system and VarioStream 9240 color toner system to ABRAMO Printing & Logistics of Calabria, Italy
o JetStream 1000 color inkjet system to Pubblipost of Florence, Italy
- Oce’ launched the DFS30, which is an optional tape binding system for its VarioPrint b/w production print systems.
- Oce’ now shipping the VarioStream 7120 offering:
o roll fed b/w system
o 114ppm top speed
o Flash fusing technology (does not use heated fusing rollers or belts)
o Can print on labels, foils, forms and plastic cards
o Uses LED instead of laser
o 600x600dpi
o Also available as the 7160 which offers top speed of 150ppm
- GEMMS, maker of electronic medical records software (EMR) announced that it will hire 69 more people and spend $2.1 million to expand its office in Carmel, Indiana due to increasing sales to the healthcare vertical in the U.S.
- Copier data security in the news. CBS network TV affiliates across the U.S. are airing investigative reports reporting to the general public that many copiers with hard drives that companies have traded in, still have confidential information stored on the hard drive, that may wind up in the wrong hands when the copiers are remarketed to new customers. Sample of customers that inadvertently exposed data when they traded in their copiers:
o Buffalo, NY Police Department (Toshiba copiers)
o Tommy Bahama stores
o Affinity Health Plan of New York
o The copiers involved were all made prior to 2008, which means they were made before most vendors introduced hard drive encryption or disk overwrite features
- Rochester Software Associates (RSA) won “Best of Show” awards during the current OnDemand trade show in Philadelphia:
o RSA WebCRD Web-to-Print software
o RSA KDKPrint SMARTBOARD conversion software (converts Kodak proprietary format to PS or PDF)
o RSA SurePreview previewsa job onscreen as a finishied product using WebCRD
- Cason Research predicts that digital color page volume in North America will grow from 10% of all digital pages in 2008 to almost 50%, more than 325 billion pages, by 2017.
- Street pricing for production print systems recently seen in the print for pay marketplace:
o Ricoh Aficio PRO C900 with Fiery/SR5000 finisher/LCT for $58,000 with color clicks at $0.046 and b/w clicks @ $0.009. 11”x17” billed as one click.
o Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C9065 PRO w/Fiery/bookletmaker/hole-punch/LCT for $32,470 with color clicks @ $0.05 and b/w clicks @ $0.01. 11”x17” billed as one click.
o Xerox 700 Digital Color Press w/Fiery/LCT/finisher for $48,300 with color clicks @ $0.049 and b/w clicks @ $0.0129. 11”x17” billed as one click.
o Ricoh Aficio PRO 907EX w/controller/PostScript/bookletmaker/hole-punch/LCT for $24,900 with b/w clicks @ $0.0041. 11”x17” billed as one click.
- According to BuyerZone, here is average street pricing of document management software systems:
o $3,000 for entry level system with less than 10 users
o $6000 for small system with 10+ users
o $25,000 to $80,000 for mid-sized system with up to 100 users
o $500,000 for enterprise level (hundreds of users)
- United Stationers Supply Co., a large nationwide office supply distributor headquartered in Illinois, announced it has made a minority investment in NER Data Corp., which refills toner cartridges, offers generic printer parts, and provides a Managed Print Services program.
- Apple Computer has filed a patent application for a color computer monitor that will use special filters to display CMYK, instead of traditional RGB. Unknown when and if product will actually be launched.
- Canon launched new b/w copiers, the imageRUNNER ADVANCE 8000 series featuring:
o IR-8105, offering top speed of 105ppm b/w, base MSRP of $50,000
o IR-8095 offering top speed of 95ppm b/w, base MSRP of $39,000
o IR-8085 offering top speed of 85ppm b/w, base MSRP of $33,000
o All models can scan in full color
o Document feeders can scan both sides of original at same time
o Top scan speed of 100opm for b/w and 50opm for color
o Maximum paper capacity of 7,700 sheets
o Maximum paper weight handling of only 80lb.
o Maximum paper size of 13” x 19.25”
o On the fly paper or toner replacement
o Full color touch screen LCD control panel
o Use polymerized toner (called “pO” by Canon)
o 1200x1200dpi
o Optional embedded applications via Canon’s MEAP (multifunction embedded application program)
o Finishing options include; cover insertion, hole-punch, stapling, folding and booklet making
- Canon also launched new b/w copiers, the imageRUNNER ADVANCE 6000 series featuring:
o IR-6075 with top speeds of 75ppm b/w, base MSRP of $28,000
o IR-6065 with top speeds of 65ppm b/w, base MSRP of $21,500
o IR-6055 with top speeds of 55ppm b/w, base MSRP of $17,000
o All models can scan in full color
o Document feeders can scan both sides of originals at same time
o On the fly toner or paper replacement
o Full color touch screen LCD control panel
o Use polymerized toner (called “pO” by Canon)
o 1200x1200dpi
o Optional embedded applications via Canon’s MEAP (multifunction embedded application program)
o Finishing options include; cover insertion, hole-punch, stapling, folding and booklet making
- Canon announced is has authorized Docutrend Imaging Solutions as a full line dealer. Details:
o Approved by Mark J. Chisamore, Canon U.S.A. channel sales manager
o Docutrend President is Aaron Rubin
o In 2009, Docutrend ranked as the 10th fastest growing solutions provider on CMP Media's annual Fast Growth 100 list.
o Earlier this year Docutrend opened a state-of-the art facility in Totowa, NJ, bringing warehousing and back office operations under one roof.
o Founded in 2002
o Already a dealer for Sharp and Savin
- Canon finally moving copier factory to China? According to Shanghai Daily newspaper, Canon’s managing director, Katsuichi Shimizu, Canon is considering opening up a plant on Chinese mainland to lower manufacturing costs. Besides Japan, Canon currently has factories in Thailand and Vietnam.
- Canon announced the grand opening of new office in Rhode Island:
o Located at 117 Metro Center Boulevard in Warwick (in metro Providence)
o 15 sales and service employees, with plans for growth
o 4,400-square-foot facility includes a state-of-the-art showroom
o Will report to Jeff Fernandez
o Part of a major national expansion which has resulted in the opening of offices in 15 metropolitan areas in the last year
- Rosetta Technologies announced it will sell MICR (magnetic image character recognition) toner that supposedly will work in 90, 110 & 135ppm Ricoh production print b/w copiers.
- Ricoh announced that in Australia, it will resell EFI PrintSmith MIS software, which is used by printshops to manage their business. EFI normally sells this product directly to printshop owners, so Ricoh is testing this in one country, and may offer it in the future in the U.S.
- Ricoh gave out some details about its last fiscal year end performance:
o operating profit is 44% larger than originally forecast due to cost cutting measures (massive layoffs)
o operating profit of $697 million
- Equitrac announced it has hired Eric Rodriquez as its VP of Direct Professional Sales, focusing on selling to the legal vertical market. Details:
o Eric started his career at IKON in Chicago
o Then worked as sales manager for C2 Legal
o Founded and become CEO of Ribstone Systems (since he now left Ribstone, some are reporting that Ribstone is going out of business, which would be bad news for all the law firms in the U.S. that bought Canon imageRUNNERs with Ribstone/MEAP embedded)
- Hewlett Packard made some announcements regarding their Managed Print Services programs:
o has developed a cloud printing application, HP ePrint, leveraging their full corporate capabilities and partnering with the remote printing pioneers PrinterOn.
o partnering with Research In Motion (RIM), HP has developed a mobile print application for Blackberry devices which is used at 1,800 FedEx Office locations and 1300 Hilton-related hotels (Hampton Inns, DoubleTrees, and several other brands)
o Smart Decision Suite – this collection of management tools is designed to offer a complete set of MPS management tools.
o Exstream enhancements – this enhanced application will further enable the planning and management of complex print projects and campaigns.
o Print center solutions – stressing the need to offer clients “on-site, near-site and off-site” production solutions to extend core print capabilities, HP is prepared to offer a variety of flexible fulfillment options.
- HP now shipping 3D printers, called the DesignJet 3D featuring:
o Made by Stratasys of Minnesota
o Makes three dimensional models using molten plastic
o Base MSRP of $15,000
- HP addresses channel conflict. During a presentation in front of its independent dealer/VARs, HP’s VP Stephen DiFranco stated:
o Has some resellers that have up to 16 different HP reps calling on them
“Mark Hurd (CEO) didn’t give me the magic wand. I asked for it, but he didn’t give it to me. I can’t fix all this overnight. But I’ll focus on backend operations. We’ve got to get better reporting. We don’t tell you how well you’re doing often enough.”
“We need to be more responsible to you on how we report”
o When asked about HP reps trying to sell direct to reseller’s own customers; “with 330,000 people and 20% of the market, it’s hard to control all the cats. I’m not surprised that some enthusiastic sales person might present a direct solution. I just need to know about it to help you fix that. I would love to say we have perfect control over every HP sales person in the world, but well, they are sales people.”
“To sell direct is not our directive. It’s not what Mark Hurd wants. I need to hear specifics (of channel conflict), by the way. I have to take rumor, get it to fact, then I can act”
HP’s direct sales force is only supposed to call on a list of 780 accounts nationwide.
- HP announced that Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has installed an HP Indigo WS6000 Digital Press in its Printing Applications Laboratory
o the advanced industry research facility that HP uses to certify compatibility of media for use with Indigo solutions
o Members of the lab staff at the Rochester, NY-based institute now certify media for the HP Indigo WS6000, an important step that helps substrate manufacturers successfully bring new products to market.
o Like all HP Indigo solutions installed at RIT, the press also provides valuable hands-on learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in the institute's highly respected School of Print Media.
- HP’s VP, Vyomesh Joshi, who is in charge of printer/MFP division, stated that the company plans on opening up an inkjet development lab in Singapore. In the past, all development was done in U.S.
- HP now offering version 10.0 of its free Web JetAdmin utility software that monitors MFPs and printers featuring:
o behaves like a Windows application
o common task assistance
o access via existing Microsoft permissions
o discovery of devices using Windows Active Directory
o role-based customization
o supply replenishment reporting
o customizable ad hoc reporting
o faster screen to screen movement
o IPsec security features
o Support Windows Vista
o discovers USB connected devices
o authentication manager
o ability to erase hard drives in device
- InfoTrends anticipates that Managed Print Services will achieve growth of 22% over the next five years, and that MPS will control over a quarter of supplies in the U.S. and Europe (excluding paper) by 2013.
o John Shane, a Director at InfoTrends, stated, ”MPS is expected to control as much as 25-30% of the supplies market by 2013, but its disruptive impact on this market is not yet fully understood. With such large numbers at stake, it’s vital for vendors in the supplies market to understand what MPS means to them.”
- Carlson Marketing reported results of a survey regarding building relationships with customers:
o Average company loses 10-30% of its customers every year
o Average company loses 50% of its customers every 5 years
o 50% of buyers claim they’d never do business with a company again if it took more than one day to resolve one of their customer service issues (i.e. billing, etc.)
o Proactively soliciting feedback from customers provides 15-20% more cross-selling and upselling opportunities
o More than 66% of companies that communicate with their buyers via weekly or monthly newsletters increase loyalty
o Buyers who receive regular contact are 4 times more likely to recommend a business to a friend or collegue
- Samsung puts convict back in his job. Even though he was convicted of criminal tax evasion charges in connection with massive slush fund and bribery network scandal, South Korean President lee Myung-bak pardoned Lee Kun-hee, former Samsung chairman. Samsung announced that he was rehired and given his title back.
- Kyocera is planning on launching the following MFP products later this year:
o FS-3040mfp & FS-3140mfp, which are desktop 32ppm A4 b/w units
o FS-C2026mfp & FS-C2126mfp, which are desktop 28ppm A4 color units
o 65ppm and 75ppm A3 color MFPs
Not production print units
Optional fax
12”x18” paper support
Up to 140lb. paper support
Banner printing
10.2” color LCD
Optional Fiery controllers
o 20, 30, 35, 45 & 55ppm color A3 MFPs, based on engine in current 500ci model
Optional fax
Optional Fiery controller
o 65ppm and 80ppm A3 b/w MFPs
o 35, 45 & 55ppm A3 b/w MFPs
o No plans to make a segment 6 product
- Kyocera has hired Peter Cybuck, formerly of Ricoh and Sharp, to lead new data security initiative for future MFPs.
- Kyocera’s president and CEO, Mike Pietrunti, announced that the company is looking to add dealers in Salt Lake City, Denver, Phoenix and Houston. (it lost dealers it had in last couple of years due to acquisitions)
- More data security issues. A vendor survey of more than 200 hospital executives finds instances of health information data breaches and medical identity theft continue to increase despite new federal regulations like the breach notification rule and the Red Flag rules
o Identity Force, a Framingham, Mass.-based vendor of identity theft prevention services, conducted the survey between March 30 and April 13 among members of the American Hospital Association. The company received e-mail outreach assistance from the AHA, which previously endorsed its services. Survey findings include:
Some 41.5 percent of responding hospitals have 10 or more data breaches annually, up 121 percent from a similar survey done in 2009. Twenty percent of respondents have at least 20 breaches annually.
Fifty-six percent of respondents believe the health reform law either will not change or will increase instances of medical identity theft. Yet, 71 percent of the hospitals, on average, investigate fewer than 50 possible cases of misuse of identity each year and 34 percent don't keep good patient ID records.
Only 15.7 percent of respondents believe they are in good compliance with security provisions of the HITECH Act; 48 percent don't know if their vendors and business associates are in compliance.
- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas announced the launch of the CS-2000A Spectroradiometer. The CS-2000A offers:
o measuring ultra-low luminance levels of various light-emitting devices and flat-screen televisions such as LCDs, plasma displays, organic EL displays, LEDs, etc. as well as performing high-accuracy measurements corresponding to scotopic relative luminosity
o high-end spectroradiometer model attaining an additional decimal place of performance in measuring low luminosity to meet further demands from the market
o world’s best ultra-low luminosity analyzer, has the capability to ensure accurate measurements as low as 0.0005 cd/m2 and enables contrast measurements of 1,000,000: 1, the contrast achieved by the newest display devices.
o provides highly accurate measurement results essential for developing and manufacturing LEDs, organic EL displays, and various other light-emitting devices
o provides results for high-definition displays, responding to the ever-increasing demand for gradation with near-life texture.
- Proposed HIPAA (healthcare information portability & accountability act) Privacy Rule regulations could be published in the Federal Register within the next 120 days
o On April 12, HHS sent regulations for review to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) per HITECH requirements, according to privacy and security experts.
o Asked when it believes rules will be public, a spokesperson from OCR, which oversees enforcement of the HIPAA privacy and security rules, wrote in an e-mail to HIPAA Update April 14, “HHS cannot predict the OMB timeline.”
o John R. Christiansen of Christiansen IT Law in Seattle says he expects to see the regulations made public some time between the end of this week (not likely, he says) and the end of the summer.
o OIRA has 90 days to review the regulations, though the head of the submitting agency can extend that time and OIRA may request a one-time 30-day extension, says Jana Aagaard of the Law Office of Jana Aagaard in Carmichael, CA.
- Hyland Software announced it has won contracts for its OnBase document management software as part of an electronic health record (EHR) system, from the following medical facilities:
o University Hospitals (UH) - Cleveland, Ohio, with locations throughout Northeast Ohio, integrates OnBase with the Eclipsys EMR (electronic medical records software)
o Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, established in 1943 as a community hospital, is the core of TMC HealthCare, Southern Arizona's regional non-profit hospital system, integrates OnBase with the Epic EMR.
o The Vancouver Clinic, Vancouver, WA, established in 1936, providesd healthcare to the Southwest region of Washington state, has more than 700 employees, integrates OnBase with the Epic EMR.
o OnBase ECM software suite is used by more than 1,000 healthcare facilities worldwide
o OnBase has 19 percent year-over-year growth in healthcare
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