Headline Rollup

HP Countersues Memjet; Canon Wins Suit in Russia; Ricoh Sells Property, Joins Climate Pledge; Possible Investment in Sharp; DocuWare Grows; Samsung Considers Robots, India; Xerox HR Portal; Huawei Invests in Cloud; IoT at CES

Adobe e-Sign; Ricoh and Nuance; Sepialine Acquires Technesis; EFI Buys CTI; HP Biggest Drupa Exhibitor; FTC Delays Staples-Office Depot Decision; Dell Global Technology Adoption Index; Mobile Search

Michael S. Dell, MSD Partners and Silver Lake Lead Transaction to Combine Dell and EMC, Creating Premier End-to-End Technology Company The transaction will be valued at about $67 billion, making it one of the largest deals in the technology market, and will include VMware which will remain an independent, public company. Dell and CDW Expand…

HP Introduces New Partner Programs for Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. HP unveiled the details of Partner First and Partner Ready, the new partner programs for HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, respectively. Lexmark Brings Expanded Enterprise Software and Solutions Portfolio to Oracle OpenWorld 2015 Lexmark will exhibit its software and solutions for financial…

Seiko Epson Concerns; FX Sees Revenue Boost From MPS; Autonomy’s Mike Lynch Countersues HP; LumeJet Assets Bought; Konica Minolta Acquires Viztek; Lexmark Printer Business to Suffer; e-Signatures and Lying; Apple Watch at Target

Canon Partners with BOX; Nuance, Samsung Extend Partnership; Konica Minolta Buys IT Weapons, Introduces Mobile Print Solution; OKI Data TX; Samsung Mobile Payment; Print Audit Top 100; Robot Revolution in China; “Perfect Data”

OKI Extends COREFIDO; Epson EcoTank in Times Sq; PrinterLogic Mobile Printing; CW Print Manager; MI Sues HP; HP on Graphics Growth; Xerox PARC’s Self-Destructing Chip; Print Day; Clover Imaging

New HP LaserJets; HP India; Kyocera Buys Ceyoniq Group; Print Tracker webAdmin 2.0; Toppan Printing EPD Samples Shipping; Kofax Customer Communications Manager 4.4; Konica Minolta Dispatcher Phoenix Mobile App; Edwards Business Systems Named a Xerox Authorized Dealer

HP Job Cuts, Financial Outlooks Post-Split, Cloud Biz; Epson PictureMate PM-400, Nimble Software Partnership; PrintFleet Samsung XOA-e; Xerox Printed Memory; Dell in China

Epson Debuts Expression Premium Series, SureColor P-Series; HP PageWide Web Presses; Ricoh Graph Expo Announcements; Xerox Business Development Resources, PARC micro-chiplet printer; Canon Performance Resource Center, Fiery digital front ends; Fujifilm Acuity LED 1600 II; Avery Dennison Cuts Emissions

HP LaserJet Pro 400 Series; Ricoh SP C440DN; Xerox Channel Initiative; Konica Minolta Partners with Sigsense, Square 9; Sharp Adds to Pro Series; Fujifilm to Strengthen MFP Biz; Lexmark’s Rooke on ECM; Tablet Use Rises in Educ.; Hitachi’s AI

Canon Announces: 5 imageCLASS MFPs, C1000VP, Varioprint i300, imageRUNNER ADV Desktop, PRISMADIRECT, and image processing tech; New HP Printing Boss; EFI Introduces Midmarket Productivity Suite; Amazon Will Introduce a $50 Tablet; Ex-Fuji Xerox Chairman Yotaro Kobayashi Passes Away

Xerox Buys inVentiv Patient Access Solutions (iPAS), an inVentiv Health company; Konica Minolta Debuts Workshare connector; Ricoh Launches eBinder; IPOA Adds its Supports to Lexmark Case; Largest Counterfeit Toner Seizure; Sharp Sells HQ Buildings; HP Fortify; NHS Paperless Goal Shifts; PrintFleet Partners with ACM Technologies

HP Introduces New Instant Ink Subscription Program Printers; Xerox Introduces New Brand Strategy; Bulk Mail Costs Go Up in Australia; Staples Lowers Copy/Print Prices; Toshiba Further Postpones Annual Securities Report; PrintFleet Partners with ACM; Print-Rite Releases New Brother Compatible Chip; Acer for Sale; Amazon Limits Two-Day Shipping

New Mobile Printing Solutions: Ricoh HotSpot Express, Canon PRINT Business; ECi Naverisk 2015; Print Tracker Customer List Import Feature; Polaroid Scientist at Impossible Project; Facebook and Google Photo Tools; AI at Amazon and Alibaba; Hitachi Robots

Xerox Acquires RSA Medical; HP Q3 Financial Results Released; Apogee Buys Balreed; Katun Incorporates Print Audit’s MSPCertifed.com Ratings; Epson Australia Recycles 3 Million Cartridges; Fujifilm Strengthens Sales Structure in Indonesia; Social Networks; IoT Risks

Canon Debuts 7 New PIXMA Printers in the US, and 3 New PIXMA Inkjets in the UK; LMI Solutions Announces 50% Production Expansion; Konica Minolta Introduces bizhub Marketplace Chameleon; Katun MPS Profit Calculator; ECi Acquires JumpTrack; Brother Profits from Domino Buy; Electronics-Store Spending Down

Digitek/Print Audit Partner; Ricoh Patents Remlox; ‘Unprinter’ Gets Funding; Epson EcoTank; Fujitsu Paperless Brainstorming Room; Toshiba May Book Loss, Appointing Outside Directors; Phone Reading on the Rise; Lenovo Cuts 3,200 Jobs; Wipro, Intel Joining International M2M Council (IMC) IoT Association

Memjet Sues HP for Patent Infringement; Epson SureColor Textile Printers; HP Big Data, Security; Privacy vs. Security; ‘Smart’ Objects are a Dumb Idea; Domtar Issues Sustainability Report; Reduse Receives Funding for Unprinter; Photizo Group’s Brand Performance Index

Four New Multifunction Konica Minolta bizhubs; Canon MAXIFY Mentor Program; New Oki Data Textile Printer; IBM Buys Merge Healthcare; Outsourcing; Esko and Serilon Enter a Distribution Deal; Japanese Companies to Boost Capital Spending; PCs Not Dead; GE Cloud Hacker Bait

RR Donnelley Splits into 3; YSoft SafeQ Updates; CIOs Worry Over Cloud Security; Case for Business-Grade File Sync and Share; New Konica Minolta MEMS Printheads; Zebra Acquires ITR Mobility; Kodak, Avery Dennison 2Q; E-Ink and E-Paper; IBM’s Watson for CVS

Epson Financials, EcoTank Printers; Canon Hosts MDS Council; Toshiba Responds to Investigative Report; Domtar, Samsung, Stratsys Earnings Reports; Neopost/Esker Joint Venture Finalized

Canon Leads Nikkei Market Share List; EFI, Ricoh Partner for Walk-Up Printing; Social Media Satisfaction Up, Facebook Makes Gains; HP Buys Stackato; Paper Demand Down, Profits Up at UPM, IP; Spain Cracks Down on Intellectual Property Infringement, Arrests 3; Two Sides Campaign Successes; UF Health Shands Deploys Lexmark VNA; PrintFleet Milestone; Lobbying by Tech Giants

Xerox 2Q; Amazon AWS Sales; DocuWare First Half; Stora Enso Cuts Paper; Domtar at SDCC; JK Group Adds Sawgrass; Intel, IBM Cloud; ZVerse & 3D Systems Partner

OKI Acquires SII; Kofax Claims Agility; Katun new PrintFleet LINK Partner; New Canon Hardware Products; Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C71hc; EFI 2Q Financial Results, Fiery API; FMAudit/Doc Assess Integration

Lexmark Announces 2Q Results, Kofax View+; Xerox Changes Government Healthcare Strategy, Demonstrates Transportation Solutions; Konica Minolta Continues ECM Expand, Collaborates on Robots; Toshiba Chiefs to Resign; Canon Enters 3-D Machine Vision Market; Huawei Bets on Europe to Lead IoT; HP Renewable Energy

ECi Adds to PSN; Ricoh Clickable Paper; Fujifilm Chairman Interview; Japan Summer Bonuses; Appleton Coated: New Recycled Content Paper; IBM’s Watson in Africa & Middle East; MakerBot Sued; RAM Replacement

Ricoh Acquires Impromat-CZ spol. s.r.o. and Impromat Slov spol. s.r.o., of Czech Republic and Slovakia, Releases Pro C7100, Enhances Software; Kyocera Introduces New ECOSYS MFPs; New Canon ImageRUNNERs; Death of PCs NOT Exaggerated; Staples Hits Recycling Milestone; Totalpost Buys Cartridge Remanufacturing Technology Ltd.

Konica Minolta Bolsters Mobile Printing; GIS Acquires Conestoga; HP Enterprise Can’t Sell Itself; HP Tackles Big Data; Microsoft Cuts Phone Div, Increases Cloud Prices; Oracle Hires for APAC Cloud; Forest Certifications; Crowdfunding; IBM on Millennials

Xerox: Adds New Tools for XPPS, Wins NHS Contract, Appoints MD in India; Konica Minolta Buys WEBCOM, Sawae; EFI Gets Matan, Reggiani; Cisco Picks Up OpenDNS; Amazon Cloud Drive for Mobile; Toshiba: $800M Error; IT Services Industry Has a Problem