Lexmark

October 14, 2015 – Lexmark was awarded “Best A4 Manufacturer, 2015 (MFP and Printer categories)” among all surveyed dealers by The Cannata Report, sweeping the A4 segment with both category wins. “Lexmark is honored to be named ‘Best A4 Manufacturer of the Year’,” said Ron Read More

Apple’s ever-popular iPhone and iPad devices are a great replacement for bulky laptops if you just want to browse the web, watch videos or listen to music. They’re also much better for producing business documents and helping you organize your business life than people typically Read More

If the annual Cannata Dinner isn’t the document imaging industry’s premier networking event, I don’t know what is. I’d be hard pressed to come up with another event that brings together such a diverse group of industry movers and shakers in a relaxed, non-competitive, low-sales, Read More

October is going to be insane. I mean that in a good way. It all starts on Sept. 30th (I know, technically not October, but close enough.) with Fraser Advanced Information Systems Customer Appreciation Lobster Dinner in Blandon, PA. This will be my fourth time attending and it’s Read More

I received an interesting e-mail last week from Ken Stewart of Photizo Group about the best MPS brands in 2015, based on feedback from more than 600 MPS decision makers who are either engaged with or actively evaluating an MPS contract in the U.S. and Canada. According to Read More

A few weeks ago Lexmark presented a Webinar for press and analysts, updating us on what’s going on. There was a lot of information to sort through, some of it old, some of it new, but none borrowed and none blue, all painting a vivid portrait of the current state of affairs at Read More

Like many businesses in Japan, March 31 is the day the fiscal year ends for most Japanese copier and printer makers and a few weeks later we begin learning how the respective companies did. This year was no different, so in the days just before this magazine went to press, Epson, Read More

Lexington, KY, May6 21, 2015 – Lexmark International, Inc. today announced that it has closed on its acquisition of Kofax Limited. Lexmark acquired Kofax in a cash transaction for $11.00 per share, for a total enterprise value of approximately $1 billion. This acquisition Read More

What a ride it’s been for Datamax President Barry Simon since entering the industry in the early 1980s. What started with office supplies has evolved into a career selling office technology and Managed IT. Simon’s Little Rock, Arkansas-based dealership is a major player in its Read More

LEXINGTON, Ky., April 7, 2015 – Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK), a global technology leader, today introduced the company’s new corporate brand and logo. The rebranding reflects both the evolution of the company as well as its vision for the future. Since Read More

If Lexmark International’s acquisition of Kofax isn’t one of the document imaging industry’s biggest stories of the year to date I can’t come up with too many others at the moment. But with all due respect to Lexmark International, who would have thought that the Lexington, KY Read More

Hardware manufacturers based in the United States have been through the wringer. After being pummeled by the Great Recession, Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, and Xerox—along with many others in the industry—were surprised to find that the hardcopy market stayed soft even after the Read More

Lexington, KY and Irvine, CA, March 24, 2015 – Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) and Kofax Limited (NASDAQ and LSE: KFX) today announced that the two companies have entered into a merger agreement in which Lexmark will acquire Kofax. Under the terms of the merger Read More

Attorneys for a number of hardware manufacturers are ramping up for what appears to be a very busy year. Canon, Hewlett-Packard, and Lexmark all have lawsuits pending in various U.S. federal courts against firms both foreign and domestic. The defendants are alleged to have Read More

While the market for digital imaging hardware and supplies is mature and various segments are declining, most copier companies have been reporting improved revenue for the past couple of years. The majority of copier makers are Japanese companies of course, and they’ve benefited Read More