Fujitsu launches an addition to the ScanSnap series-- the ScanSnap iX500 scanner with built-in wifi connectivity allowing "PC-less" scanning to Android and iOS mobile devices.

Also compatible with Mac OS and Windows PCs via USB 3.0, the iX500 takes a "scan-to-everywhere" approach with easy scanning to cloud-based storage services such as Evernote, Google Docs, Dropbox, SugarSync and Salesforce.

The scanners appears on Windows PCs as a "ScanSnap Folder," essentially a Windows folder one can open Continue reading...

Stare for long enough into the abyss and the abyss will stare back at you, Nietzsche said. Or, in the case of CES 2013, you will get a look from the maddest things at the show-- such as the Tat'z Nail'z nail inkjet printer.

The name says it all, really. The oddly named device first takes a photo before printing it on your fingernails. The process is surprisingly quick (around 10 seconds) and soon enough you too can have a photo-quality image of your own face on a fingernail or two.

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Canon rolls out a set of printing and scanning solutions for the holiday season-- the Pixma MG6320 and MG5420 All-in-Ones (AIO), the Pixma iP7220 printer and the CanoScan 9000F Mark II scanner.

The MG6320 and MG5420 have a sleek and compact design, with a low-height body and a redesigned paper casette allowing the printer to sit flush against a wall. The MG6320 carries a 3.5-inch touchscreen, while the MG5420 has a similar 3-inch display, and both have built-in wireless printing capabilities allowing Continue reading...

In a perhaps unsurprising move, Lexmark kills its inkjet printer business as part of "restructuring action," closing off a Philippines inkjet supply manufacturing facility and eliminating all global injket development efforts.

The cost cutting measure (one Lexmark hopes will bring annual savings of up to $95 million) also eliminates 1700 jobs worldwide. The company already cut 625 jobs earlier.

The Lexmark inkjet printer business was not a very healthy one-- H2 2012 inkjet revenues for the company Continue reading...

A research note from Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore leaves very little to the imagination-- the title says "Dead-tree format is dying," and the inside shows the inevitable decline of all printer vendors over the last few years.

The research combines supplies and hardware revenues from major printer vendors (including Canon, Epson, HP, Xerox and Lexmark) over the last 10 quarters, showing dramatic declines in both unit shipments and revenues.

Results for Q2 2012 are "particularly weak as Continue reading...

Probably sharpened by competition against Apple, Samsung no longer fears the competition-- at a recent Milan launch event, Samsung declared war on the dominance HP and Xerox in business printers.

Not only refreshing its printer range, Samsung is also adding technologies learnt from the smartphone arena. High-end Samsung printers now carry touchscreen UIs, with 7-inch touchscreens for A3 copiers/printers and 4.3-inch displays for A4 printers.

The UI allows users to customise up to 40 short-cuts, Continue reading...

Kodak launches the ESP 3.2-- an entry-level all-in-one printer/scanner combo with a feature set ideal for mobile device users.

The package not only offers scanning, copying and printing, but also handles wireless printing tasks. It lacks an ethernet port, connecting to PCs via USB and wifi.

Wireless printing comes through Google Cloud Print, Kodak's email printing service and Pic Flick app (available on Blackberry, iOS and Android devices).

The printer also features a 2.4" LCD touchscreen (handling Continue reading...

The printer market grows by a "slender" 0.2% Y-o-Y in Q3 2011, remaining virtually flat and shipping 6.4M units according to IDC-- while revenues experience a -11.9% Y-o-Y decline and fall to $2.8BN.

In comparison, Q3 2010 revenues total $3.1BN.

Both consumer and commercial print hardware demand are stalling across W. Europe as economies struggle with the sovereign debt crisis, the analyst says. The only segment showing "robust growth" within commercial print products is the laser MFP product segment.