Will anybody buy the A3 DP-C business from Panasonic?

Yes, they are very dependable and reliable boxes. There were rated #1 by JD Powers and Associates in 2006 and 2008 for color. They brought features to the table that at the time back in 2008 were some hot commodities. We beat Ricoh, KM, Xerox, Canon machines everyday with these boxes. I have customers that swear by these boxes. The problem for many years is that Panasonic has been very slow to bring out anything new and slowed down on the R&D side. I could never figure out why they had sparse showings in certain market segments. I think Panasonic was shooting for the majority of potential customers needs. They had patented technologies that no other manufacturer had. Panasonic was the ONLY box that you could leave the lid up to make a copy and not get solid black. They were the first to build SD card technology into the machine since Panasonic was the originator of the SD card itself. Have you ever noticed that Panasonic Plasma TV's only have SD card slots and no USB? I really doubt Panasonic would sell the A3 market to anyone since they are very protective of their patents. They are still using their patents on the A4 units....but the 1st attempt at A4 was not very good and very disappointing compared to the good A3 boxes. The A3 was made by the MFP division and the A4 were made by the printer division. This has been in the making for the last few years....and now the A3 line is history.