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The photobook market in
the US, Western and Eastern
Europe grew by $120 million
or nearly 10% in 2013 to
reach $1.4 billion, according
to new research from
Futuresource Consulting.
“The photobook market
is alive and kicking, and
remains one of the more
robust segments of the photo
imaging market,” said Jeremy
Wills, senior market analyst at
Futuresource Consulting.
“We’re seeing value growth
across the USA and Europe,
which will stretch out across
the next three years, with
volume growth continuing
beyond that period. In the short
term, the sector will continue
to be driven by viral marketing,
greater consumer awareness
of services and the potential
for orders from smartphones,
tablets and social networking/
image sharing platforms,
largely as a result of a
significant marketing spend
from the industry.”
Online ordering channels
dominate the consumer
photobook market. In-store
ordering of photobooks is
also expected to increase, as
photobooks are increasingly
produced in-store.
Futuresource expects
market value to exceed $1.6
billion by 2016.
Kyocera solutions
Kyocera has extended its
solutions portfolio with the
EveryonePrint mobile print
solution and Docuware
document management.
EveryonePrint enables printing
to any printer/MFP from any
device via email print, web
print, driver print, mobile
app and Google cloud print.
It works seamlessly with
print management solutions,
such as PaperCut and
Equitrac, offering end-to-end
encryption and ID card/PIN
print release for enhanced
security. Docuware enables
organisations with paper-
intensive processes to digitise,
archive, index and retrieve
documents at the MFP.
OKI OCR
OKI Europe is offering
Recognition Server optical
character recognition (OCR)
from ABBYY as a low cost add-
on for its MFPs. Recognition
Server provides OCR and
conversion of images into MS
Office formats (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint) or searchable
PDF and PDF/A. This enables
organisations to streamline
end-to-end document
workflows and drive operational
cost efficiencies through the
conversion of documents and
images that they deal with on a
daily basis.
Photobook market a picture of health
in brief
Bee sanctuary
Canon UK is doing its bit to
preserve the country’s bee
population by establishing
an official, Friends of the
Earth-recognised Bee World
location at its headquarters
in Woodhatch, Reigate. The
grounds of Canon’s HQ include
bee hives looked after by a
professional bee keeper and
areas sown with wild flowers.
Xerox opens new
innovation centre
Xerox has opened a new
innovation centre in Aubagne,
France. The 91,000 square
foot Impika Inkjet Innovation
Centre showcases Impika’s
aqueous inkjet devices
alongside the company’s
production and R&D facilities.
“The centre offers an
interactive and engaging
setting where customers and
prospects can experience inkjet
technology on their terms – free
to explore, learn and challenge,”
said Andrew Copley, president
of Graphic Communications
Operations, Xerox.
He added: “It represents a
significant milestone in our inkjet
strategy since acquiring Impika
in 2013. Our plan to provide
both aqueous and waterless
inkjet technology is on track and
gaining momentum. Print service
providers know we are serious
about inkjet.”
Products on display include
the Impika iPrint Compact, iPrint
Reference, iPrint eVolution and
iPrint eXtreme, as well as the
iEngine 1000 and 1000L.
Warranty fears put people off compatibles
One in four consumers
believes they risk invalidating
their printer’s warranty if they
use a different brand of ink or
laser cartridge.
An independent study
commissioned by Cartridge
World also found that one in 10
believes that using a different
brand of printer cartridge would
damage their printer.
Nearly 40% of those
questioned said they had
been informed by automated
messages on their printer to
use the same brand of ink or
toner as the printer; over a
third (34%) claimed they were
informed by a retailer that using
an alternative printer cartridge
could damage the printer or
invalidate its warranty.
Allan Corder, CEO of
Cartridge World UK, said: “When
buying a printer cartridge,
consumers should be aware
they do not need to purchase
the same brand as the printer
they have at home, or in the
office. We are keen to put the
record straight and dispel the
myth that only printer-branded
cartridges need to be used.
“At Cartridge World, we have
our own quality brand of ink and
laser printer cartridges that are
compatible with all major brands
of printer. They’re a great value
alternative to printer brands.
In fact, you can enjoy savings
of up to 30% by switching to
Cartridge World, plus we offer
a free printer audit through our
Business Direct Service.”
Cartridge World’s Business
Direct service includes a number
of value-added options including
a free printer audit, advice on
best value printing solutions and
a free delivery service.
Toshiba TEC is the official office
automation supporter of the
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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