Copier Industry News & Notes

Kodak loses court case:

• The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against Kodak
• The court stated that Kodak cannot charge more to refurbish Versamark print heads if customers were using ink from Collins Inkjet, rather than genuine Kodak ink
• The Kodak Versamark, is a high speed production inkjet system

Canon opens new showroom in Singapore:

• Will be located in the Singapore Sports Hub, a 35 acre multi-sports facility in city of Kallang
• The showroom, called Canon Print Hub, will also serve as a printshop for the facility

Annodata publishes survey of law firms:

• Surveyed 100 IT Directors from law firms
• Only 42% have a managed print services contract in place
• 50% have no plans to implement a MPS contract
• 55% say their main focus is to save money
• 20% want to improve reliability
• 3% want to improve security

Sharp may get an investor:

• Hon Hai Precision (aka Foxconn) of Taiwan is considering investing $835.5 million in Sharp, according to Sankei Shimbun newspaper
• Hon Hai assembles electronics for other companies, for example it makes iPhones and iPads for Apple
• Hon Hai’s investment would be made to support Sharp as it undergoes massive restructuring
• In return Hon Hai would have a role in the company’s operations and access to intellectual property
• The investment would give Hon Hai a 20% stake in Sharp
• Hon Hai’s CEO Terry Gou, proposed an investment in 2012, but Sharp refused to give him a say in the company’s management

Sharp completes sale of solar unit:

• Canadian Solar Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of Recurrent Energy, a solar power division of Sharp Corp.
• Recurrent had 7 late stage projects, located in California and Texas

Sharp may spin off its LCD unit:

• According to Reuters News Service, Sharp may have to sell off its LCD panel business in order to appease its main lenders
• The LCD division accounts for 1/3 of Sharp’s total revenue

Xeikon win production color contract:

• Xeikon announced it placed a 3030 system at Berco Labels of Quebec City, Canada
• The 3030 is an entry level narrow web digital color dry toner press, with 1200x3600dpi, and media width of up to 13”

Print Audit launches new MPS tool:

• Print Audit, provider of managed print services to dealers, announced a new Business Intelligence Dashboard
• Will marry device, document, and user information related to office document production
• Provides dealers a view of printer and MFP footprint compared to market at large
• Breaks down the current vertical market penetration and opportunities that exist

Xerox win production color contract:

• Won placements from Print Bound of Melbourne, Australia
• Includes two iGen 150s, and two Color 1000 presses, all production color toner systems
• Will be used primarily to produce on-demand booklets.

Hewlett Packard gets assist from U.S. Customs

• U.S. Customs officers stopped Ninestar Technology of China from importing print cartridges into the U.S.
• The cartridges are advertised as able to work with HP printers and MFPs

Hewlett Packard former employee pleads guilty

• Paul R. Fite, 53, admitted to using his HP credit card to deposit cash in his checking account while working for the company
• Also used card to pay for plane tickets, hotel stays and meals for his paintball team
• Total fraudulent charges totaled $158,000

Hyland launched version 15 of OnBase ECM:

• Re-architected mobile platform, a new app in the Windows Store, and new integration points between OnBase apps and other enterprise mobile apps
• An enhanced experience for users of case based applications including integration with MS Outlook 2013
• Improved integrations with complimentary cloud based applications including Docusign
• Streamlined user experience and improved data capture tools for invoices

Gartner survey of 3D printer usage:

• Gartner surveyed companies and asked them why they will pursue purchase of 3D printer
• 24.5% = Prototyping
• 16.1% = Product Development
• 11.1% = Innovation (create items that are impossible using traditional methods)
• 9.6% = increase efficiency
• 9.4% = cost reduction
• 8% = develop customized products
• 4.8% = new revenue source
• 4.5% = improved or expanded product line
• 4.2% = transform customer experience
• 3.4% = improve supply chain
• 3.1% = improve logistics

Okidata launches new A3 color MFP, the MC873dn featuring:

• Top speed of 35ppm
• 4 tandem OPC drum design
• LED instead of laser technology
• 9.5 second first page out time
• 1200x600dpi (does not offer true 8 bits per pixel)
• Recommended monthly volume of 1K to 10K/month
• Auto duplex standard, supports up to 220gsm
• 7” color LCD touchscreen
• Toner yields of 10,000 pages based on 5% coverage
• Drum yields of 30,000 pages
• Fuser yield of 100,000 pages
• Transfer belt yield of 80,000 pages
• Paper supply maximum of 2,005 sheets with options
• Paper drawers hold up to 176gsm & bypass holds up to 256gsm
• Fax board standard
• No finishing options, as paper exits in front, not side
• Auto reversing document feeder holds up to 100 originals
• Built-in print controller
• Actual maker unknown
• 800MHz processor
• PCL, PS and XPS print drivers standard
• 10/100/1000BaseT & USB ports standard
• 1.25GB RAM & 250GB hard drive

Large dealer makes another acquisition:

• Marco, run by Jeff Gau, and headquartered in St. Cloud, MN, announced company has acquired Better Business Equipment
• BBE, founded 47 years ago, is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and has 1400 customers

Quick Printing magazine publishes stats:

• Number of franchise print for pay locations in the U.S. by brand:
• Minuteman = 769
• Franchise Services (aka PIP, Sir Speedy & Multicopy) = 370
• Alliance Franchise Brands (aka Allega, American Speedy, Insty Prints, Speedy Printing and Zippy Print) = 276
• Alphagraphics = 245
• ICED (aka Kwik Kopy, Ink Well, Franklin’s, American Wholesale) = 141
• Sales by Job Type:
• Digital color = 25.1%
• Offset = 19.3%
• Brokered = 17.4%
• Finishing/mailing = 13.4%
• B/w digital = 8.3%
• Prepress = 7.9%
• Wide format = 7.4%

Ricoh wins production contracts:

• Won from Prasad Printers of Mangalore, India
• Placed a C751EX production color system and Pro 907EX b/w system
• Will be used to produce books, magazines, tabloids
• Won contract from Interprint of Swindon, England
• Placed two Pro C901S production color systems, Pro 907 b/w system and two Pro C9110 production color (130ppm) systems
• Will be used to produce light packaging, direct mail, books, promotional materials, brochures and business cards

Kyocera management change:

• Current president of Kyocera Document Solutions, Katsumi Komaguchi, will move to Vice Chairman position
• New president is Takashi Kuki, who joined company 33 years ago

InfoTrends publishes research on color output:

• U.S. digital production color volumes total about 160 billion impressions in 2013, and will reach 320 billion by 2018
• Production color inkjet accounted for 37% of the total production digital color volume in 2013, and will account for 61% in 2018

 

 

Adobe released results of survey of office workers:

• 76% = reliant on paper documents at work
• 59% = reliant on paper documents at home
• 50% = believe will be reliant on paper in 5 years
• 83% = ability to be productive at work is hindered by outdated ways of working with documents
• 61% = would change jobs solely for the sake of dramatically reducing the amount of paperwork required of them
• 43% = blame the volume of email attachments that they receive for making their work life more complicated
• 82% = missing documents and version control problems were the most frustrating document problems
• 63% = believe that electronic documents are secure
• 52% = feel emotionally attached to their paper documents

Cartridge World to revamp its stores:

• Based on its research, it plans on updating all of its 500 stores in the U.S.
• 76% of business customers use online ordering as primary source for print cartridges
• 58% of SMB customers still prefer instore experience
• Home based businesses do more instore shopping
• Will offer a “full range of B2B printing solutions that fill a need neither big box nor office supply stores meet”

Kodak wins contract:

• Placed a PROSPER 6000C production color inkjet system at Wilen Direct, a commercial printer in Deerfield Beach, FL
• Will be used to produce variable data direct mail pieces

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Samsung booth at HIMSS show:

• Samsung announced it will have its MFPs and printers on display at the HIMSS healthcare technology show
• Will also be demonstrating “follow me” cost recovery solution from Ringdale

Xerox wins contract from hospital:

• Won managed print services contract from Luton & Dunstable Hospital
• Located in Luton, England
• Converted 1.25 million sheets of paper medical records to digital
• Implemented a “Scan Centre” inside the hospital

Peer60 published results of survey:

• What are your hospital’s purchasing intentions in 2015:
• 58% = ICD-10 Migration
• 50% = population health management
• 48% = patient engagement
• 31% = revenue cycle management
• 26% = EHR
• 26% = data analytics
• 24% = data security
• EHR market share for all hospitals of all sizes:
• Meditech = 19%
• CPSI = 15%
• Cerner = 13%
• McKesson = 11%
• Siemens = 9%
• Healthland = 7%
• Epic = 5%
• GE = 4%
• Allscripts = 4%
• None = 4%
• EHR market share for IDNs with more than 1000 beds:
• Epic = 30%
• Cerner = 30%
• GE = 20%
• Allscripts = 10%
• McKesson = 10%
• EHR market share for systems with 501-1000 beds:
• Siemens = 25%
• Epic = 17%
• Cerner = 17%
• Meditech = 13%
• NextGen = 8%
• McKesson = 8%
• GE = 8%
• EHR marketshare for 251-500 beds:
• McKesson = 27%
• Cerner = 19%
• Siemens = 15%
• Meditech = 12%
• Epic = 8%

 

 

Apple partnership with IBM:

• The partnership will launch 4 healthcare-related apps at the HIMSS show
• The apps include:
• an iPhone communication system for nurses
• iPad workload app for hospital charge nurses
• a notification and lab status app for hospital tech
• app that allows home care nurses to upload info to an EHR

Epic launches Care Everywhere:

• Epic EHR customer, Sutter Health of northern California, now allows clinician access to patient medical records from other Epic users including:
• Kaiser
• UCSF
• Stanford
• UC Davis
• John Muir
• Washington Hospital
• CVS Minute Clinics
• Benioff Childrens Hospital of Oakland

Epic wins contracts:

• Lifespan, the largest healthcare system in Rhode Island, went live
• Total cost of system will be $100 million over next several years
• Forbes Hospital of Pennsylvania, replacing Allscripts

eClinicalWorks launches new EHR feature:

• New feature for its EHR for the ambulatory market
• Will allow integration of data from patients’ wearable fitness tracking devices with their records
• Devices supported include Fitbit, iHealth, Jawbone and Withings

athenahealth CEO to host fundraiser:

• athenahealth, an EHR for ambulatory care providers, has CEO, Jonathan Bush
• he is hosting a $10,000 per person fundraiser for his cousin, which is presidential contender, Jeb Bush

 Allscripts settles lawsuite:

• The EHR vendor will pay $10 million to settle a 2012 class action lawsuit with investors
• The company was accused of hiding problems after acquisition of Eclipsys, another EHR maker

Healthcare leads cloud security adoption:

• CipherCloud conducted survey of several verticals, in regards to their investment in data security for cloud storage
• 38% = healthcare and pharmaceutical industries
• 25% = banking and finance
• 9% = government

HIMSS releases EHR adoption data for 2014:

• HIMSS is the Health Information Management Systems Society
• Has released 7 stages of EHR adoption, with Stage 7 being the highest.
• Percentage of IDNs and Stages achieved:
• Stage 7 (complete EMR, CCD transactions to share data, data warehousing, data continuity with ED, ambulatory, OP) = 3.6%
• Stage 6 (physician documentation, structured templates, full CDSS, full R-PACS) = 17.9%
• Stage 5 (closed loop medication administration) = 32.8%
• Stage 4 (CPOS, clinical decision support) = 14%
• Stage 3 (nursing/clinical documentation, flow sheets, CDSS, error checking, PACS available outside of radiology) = 5.1%
• Stage 1 (ancillaries, lab radiation, pharmacy all installed) = 2%
• Stage 0 (all three ancillaries not installed) = 3.7%

HIPAA/Data Security update:

• Pacific Medical Center of San Francisco notified 844 patients that a former pharmacist had illegally accessed their PHI.
• Indian River Medical Center of Florida notified 30 patients that their PHI was exposed when a patient web portal malfunctioned.