January 2014

Canon announced the launch of the Laser Shot LBP-5000, an exacting colour printer that features Canon Europe’s first All-In-One colour cartridge, as well as space saving, smart vertical design. With an optional Canon brand network board and a maximum capacity of 500 sheets this device makes perfect sense for small offices and professional users. The LBP-5000 is a new product in the colour Laser Shot range, positioned just below the LBP-5200.

CROSS Supplies GmbH will exhibit again at the REMAX 2010 which this year will be jointly held from January 30 to February 2 with the PAPERWORLD as a cooperation of the Recycler Magazine and the Messe Frankfurt.

With over 140 exhibitors and dayly several seminars and conferences to various topics the REMAX exhibition is the major show for the aftermarket consumable industry in Europe. The show offers a great opportunity to meet with leading suppliers, get the latest market news and collect valuable information.

If you are distributor of compatible toner for Copiers/MFPs and/or laser printer you therefore should not miss that event and visit us at our booth H54 in hall 4 of the Messe Frankfurt.

For more information about the REMAX please contact us or visit www.therecycler.com/remax-europe-2010.aspx.

Canon announced in Japan the introduction of five new additions to the Image Runner series lineup. The devices are the high end models of high-performance networked multifunction office systems delivering
output speeds up to 105ppm.

All three models are equipped with the company’s proprietary A-Si (amorphous silicon) drum which ensures high image quality and life-time.

Kyocera Mita has launched three new colour multifunctional devices designed to meet the needs of high volume office document requirements.

The TASKalfa 550C, 650C and 750C offer print speeds of 55, 65, respectively 75ppm in A4 b/w and colour mode at 1200×1200 dpi. All machines have advanced colour management funcitionality, comprehensive paper handling facilities and superior ease-of-use which ensure they perform to the highest standards even in the most demanding office environment.

CROSS Supplies GmbH will exhibit again at the REMAX 2010 which this year will be jointly held from January 30 to February 2 with the PAPERWORLD as a cooperation of the Recycler Magazine and the Messe Frankfurt.

With over 140 exhibitors and dayly several seminars and conferences to various topics the REMAX exhibition is the major show for the aftermarket consumable industry in Europe. The show offers a great opportunity to meet with leading suppliers, get the latest market news and collect valuable information.

If you are distributor of compatible toner for Copiers/MFPs and/or laser printer you therefore should not miss that event and visit us at our booth H54 in hall 4 of the Messe Frankfurt.

For more information about the REMAX please contact us or visit www.therecycler.com/remax-europe-2010.aspx.

OKI printing solutions expanded its MultiFunction Product (MFP) range
by introducing the new compact B4500 series MFPs replacing the B4520 and 4540 MFP`s. The new devices are ideally suited to an office environment for monochrome printing, copying, faxing and color scanning. The B4500 series MFP`s offer 20ppm printing speed and 13 seconds first page out capability.

For even greater productivity OKI is introducing the B6300 A4 printer in the EMEA market area comprising 6 printers called B6200,B6200n,B6200dn,B6300,B6300n and B6300dn. All of these printer offer 34ppm printing speed and time to first copy in 8.8 seconds.

Document imaging specialist Kyocera has announced a strong increase in year on year sales for the six months to September 2009, demonstrating that the company is in a good position to navigate the current cost consious business climate.

Kyocera achieved a 15% sales increase in Q2 over last year’s performance. These sales figures have been driven by strong performances in the public sector and the success of recently launched products in the colour range.

Sales Director Graham Cox comments: “Today’s challenging business conditions make it essential for organisations to strip uncontrolled cost out of their operations. Printing has understandably come under scrutiny and customers are looking for a complet package offering streamlined, efficient performance alongside low running and service cost. Kyocera’s Managed Document Strategy (MDS) which is supported by our comprehensive portfolio of printers, MFPs and software solutions, offers unbeatably low cost of ownership alongside high reliability and this is a message that is resonating strongly with our target markets”.

According to an InfoTrend study color printer, printer MFPs and UCPs are the most important class of products of the office workgroup. InfoTrends projects that placements of b/w office printers and copiers are peacking and will decline over the next five years as office color machines become the dominant products in most product segments. Vendors that do not have an agressive color strategy will loose market share and consumables revenues.

Recent research findings strongly suggest that vendor should shift their development resources towards color printers and UCP (Universal copier/printer) devices and away from new, clean-sheet designs of conventional monochrome devices. The focus of any new b/w product developments should be on further reducing costs but not on adding features.

Furthermore, the research studies predict that the digital color market will grow 20% a year through the end of the decade, creating radical shifts in revenue and page volume and transforming the face of the printing industry. The market for digital color is currently generating over 58 billion pages in the U.S and results in over 42’000 hardware placements in production environments. This production market purchases USD 4,46 billion in digital color equipment, services and supplies (excluding paper)and generates almost USD 25 billion in retail value of print (source: InfoTrend, February 2006).

The forecast indicates that color prints will generate the highest growth with single-function and multifunctional color laser printer experiencing 53,7% and 49,3% growth rates, respectively. In 2004 color devices generated 1 out of every 10 prints. By 2009 they will produce 1 out of every 3 prints (source: Info Trends, January 2006).

The forecast indicates that cut-size pages will continue to dominate teh market, accounting for 90% of the market by 2009. Pages imaged on color devices are also expected to grow. Color pages accounted for approximately 13% of all pages during 2004 and this percentage is expected to reach 37% by 2009 (source: Info-Trend, January 2006).