Industry Trends
Charles Brewer takes an in-depth look at the new Officejet Pro X series, HP's recently announced business-class inkjet machines. Although Brewer sees many features that office users will appreciate, the jury is still out on whether or not the devices will succeed in the marketplace.
- By Charles Brewer
- Jan 01, 2013
Industry Trends
Robert Palmer takes a look at "The Business of Business Ink: Forging a New Market." There has been much discussion over the past few years about the potential for ink-based printers and MFPs to penetrate the office imaging market. Recent announcements make the landscape even more interesting — see how in this Recharger article.
- By Robert Palmer
- Dec 01, 2012
Industry Trends
Actionable Intelligence's Charles Brewer looks at Kodak's and Lexmark's failures in the inkjet marketplace, examining where each company went wrong. Such an exploration reveals what’s going on in today’s market, and it provides a cautionary tale of what happens to firms that dismiss the demands of the buying public. It seems that either the two companies were genuinely unaware of prevailing market conditions, or they chose to consciously ignore what was happening in the marketplace. In the end, however, whichever scenario is true doesn’t matter. The results are the same: Kodak and Lexmark are out of the desktop inkjet market.
- By Charles Brewer
- Nov 01, 2012
Industry Trends
Actionable Intelligence's Charles Brewer takes an in-depth look at Memjet, a company notorious for its slow start. However, the company has made up a lot of lost ground over the past couple of years. Read more for details on this company’s dynamic past, present and future.
- By Charles Brewer
- Jul 01, 2012
Charles Brewer acknowledges that empties have been considered the lifeblood of the remanufacturing industry. No empty, no reman — it’s that simple. In the past, the demand for this most precious raw material was largely met. These days, however, it appears demand for empties is outpacing the supply. Find out more about this change and what is happening today.
- By Charles Brewer
- Jun 01, 2012
According to the data in Lyra's latest report, from which this article is taken, several factors will contribute to renewed growth in this market from 2011 through 2015 as the recession recedes, including a shift in the product mix from tricolor to single-color cartridges.
- By Larry Jamieson, Ann Priede
- Dec 01, 2011
Makers of desktop inkjet machines have been busy this year, with many inkjet hardware vendors releasing machines with either new printing technologies, new ink cartridges or both. Actionable Intelligence's Charles Brewer explains that 2011 saw no shortage of inkjet hardware as he dives into some of the devices and trends in this segment of the industry.
- By Charles Brewer
- Nov 01, 2011
Lisa Weber profiles German ink manufacturer OCP GmbH in this month’s case study. Learn more about this colorful company and its race to keep up with the OEMs.
- By Lisa Weber
- Oct 01, 2011
Actionable Intelligence's Charles Brewer completes a two-part series examining some of the advancements made in inks and toners as well as the cartridges that they ship in. He looks at recent trends in terms of the composition and performance of the latest consumables along with what’s happening with operating costs.
- By Charles Brewer
- Oct 01, 2011
With 80 percent of U.S. companies having at least one inkjet printer in active use, there are a lot of cartridges being used as well. How many of them are aftermarket?
- By Leika Kawasaki
- Mar 01, 2011
As its name, invented from a combination of the words “sensory,” “science” and “ingredients," seems to suggest, it is Sensient Imaging’s medley of strengths that enables it to stand out.
- By Raegen Pietrucha
- Mar 01, 2011
Inkjet ink formulation is a very intense process. Much of print-test evaluation is test preparation; it cannot be stressed enough how much your quality control and test printer’s maintenance affect final print results.
- By Mark Hibbard
- Mar 01, 2011
When it comes to aftermarket ink cartridges, running on empty can be torture to the average consumer — without the proper education and assistance from you.
- By Allen Luthy
- Dec 01, 2010
Part 3 of this series on ink in the office examines Brother, Canon and Epson's attempts at business inkjet, and discusses whether they will succeed.
- By Charles Brewer
- Dec 01, 2010
Part 2 in this series looks at two recently released business-class inkjet printers.
- By Charles Brewer
- Nov 01, 2010
In Part 2 of this three-part series, learn more about quality inkjet production.
- By Allen Luthy
- Nov 01, 2010
In today’s slower economy more print shops are exploring their options. Many are buying remanufactured wide-format cartridges or bringing their empties to a refill shop and finding
significant cost savings without perceived loss of convenience or quality.
- By Jim Andreottola
- Oct 01, 2010
In spite of the fact that inkjet machines are the printer of choice for homes and small offices, the recession had a profound effect on inkjet printer shipments in 2009.
- By Larry Jamieson
- Oct 01, 2010
To understand the ink cartridge opportunity in North America, you have to dig deeper than a superficial glance at the numbers.
- By Scott MacKenzie
- Oct 01, 2010
To grow unit placements and page volumes, inkjet hardware manufacturers must be able to lure business users away from their beloved electrophotographic machines.
- By Charles Brewer
- Oct 01, 2010