Kyocera Mita has updated its range of monochrome A3 multifunctional products (MFPs) with the launch of the KM-3050,4050 and KM-5050. The new devices are the successors to the KM-3035,4035 and 5035 series and offers the same Kyocera Mita engine but with features such as faster scan speeds and a larger memory.
The new range has a maximum paper capaciy of 4’200 sheets while the toner cartridge yields 34’000 copies at 6% coverage.
With the launch of a new series of multfunctional products from Kyocera Mita, medium-sized offices now have access to A3 colour printing and copying.
All three devices are using dual component toner and the manufacturer’s own controller. The KM-C3225 and C3232 print at 32ppm (A4 in b&w) and 25/13 and 32/16 in A4/A3 colour respectively. The KM-C2520 has a print speed of 20/10 ppm and 25ppm in A4 black & white.
Nashua Corporation announced that its previously announced planned sale of certain of its toner and developer asstets to KATUN closed as scheduled on March 31, 2006 with certain assets remaining to be transferred. The assets involved in the transaction included certain toner and developer formulations and related equipment. The remaining assets are expected to be transferred to KATUN within the next three months.
According to the InfoTrend`s recently released U.S. Print on Demand forecast, the production copying and digital printing market in the USA will account for 921 billion prints in 2010, generating total annual equipment, supply and service revenued of nearly USD 19 billion. Meanwhile the retail value of print will near USD 73 billion.
Color print on demand continues to be the driver behind this growth, which is primarily due to the success of production color devices (printer and copiers with speeds of 24ppm and higher). It is expected that the installed base for production color devices in the USA will grow annually 23% until 2010.
Black & white print on demand will grow at a much slower rate than color due to continued shift of b&w to color devices. It is expected that the annual b&w printing volume will reach its peack in 2009.
Samsung recently introduced the CLP-650N laser printer offering print speed of up to 21ppm in black and color. The device has a duty cycle of 45000 pages per month and a cost per page of 2,4 US-Cents in monochrome, respectively 12,1 US-Cents in color. According to Samsung the cost per page can be lowered by up to 40 percent when using the “TonerSave” feature which is extending the life of the toner cartridge up to 40 percent.
Canon Europe announced the launch of its new smart office colour four drum multifunctional printers (MFPs)- the iR-C3380/i and iR-C2880/i
offering print, copy, scan, send and fax functionality.
The four devices are Canon’s completely new colour MFPs with colour speeds of 30 and 28ppm. Besides many finishing options and productivity increasing software the devices come with Automatic Colour Sensing (ACS) which recognises when a paper is in colour or
black&white and prints the document accordingly.
Ricoh Europe B.V launched 3 new all-round models – the Aficio MP-161, MP-161L and MP-161LN which are equipped with an increasing number of
functions. All models provide standard automatic duplexing and advanced paper handling.
Prints are produced at speeds of up to 16ppm and ideal for monthly copy volumes of 5’000 copies. Furhter, the devices offer very low sound emission level and power consumption.
Xerox announced its most affordable desktop colour laser printer and multifunction product (MFP) designed for small business as a replacement for business inkjet printers and all-in-one devices.
The Phaser 6110 colour laser priter prints up to 4ppm in colour and 16ppm in black&white at a print resolution of 2400×600 dpi. Available in four configurations at a starting price of EUR 274.00 the device will be available from November 2006.
Canon USA Inc. announced availability of a series of new powerful, yet affordable colour devices for large and small office environments.
Based on four-drum technology the C5180,C4580 and C4080 delivery printing speeds of 51,45 and 40ppm for letter sized documents in b&w
and 51,45 and 36ppm for colour output.
While the C5180 is already available the other models will become available by the end of 2006.
HP will purchase 3COM, a leading provider of networking switching, routing and security solutions, for approximately USD 2,7 billion. The terms of the transaction have been approved by HP and 3COM boards of directors.
The acquisition of 3COM will expand HP’s Ethernet switching offerings, add routing solutions and strengthen the company’s position in China as one of the world’s fastest growing markets.
The combination will add a large research and development team in China that will drive the acceleration of innovations of HP’s networking solutions.
