No. 26 Industry News * Dealer Owner/Manager Conference Call * Lexmark Announces Third Quarter Results * Hitachi Data Systems Forms Global Solutions Development & Support Organization * Toshiba Business Solutions Acquires Portion of Northern Business Systems * Dell Plans to Open Printer Distribution Center * Purdue Researchers Trace Documents by Fingerprinting Printers Product News * LaserFiche and OmniRIM Partner to Create Doc Management Solution * New Updates to Multi-Laser’s PrintFleet Optimizer Software Solution * QIP Publishes Quick Reference Catalog Imaging Technology, Education & Exposition 2005 To Register visit: www.itexshow.com Imaging Index DANKY $3.43 0.05 IKN $11.56 0.01 GISX $32.25 0.63 XRX $14.65 0.11 HPQ $18.38 0.13 CAJ $49.08 1.29 RICOY $102.40 3.90 LXK $81.05 0.73 OCENY $13.89 0.06 EFII $17.57 0.06 ADBE $53.58 0.51 October 19, 2004 11:15 AM October 19, 2004 Dealer Owner/Manager Conference Call Our featured solutions writer, Darrell Amy, is hosting a Dealer Conference Call titled “The Top Five Surefire Ways to Miss Out on the Solutions Opportunity—and 12 Ways to Ensure Success.” The 45 minute call will be offered two times on Wednesday, November 10th. Recordings will also be available. VIEW FULL ARTICLE Lexmark Announces Third Quarter Results Lexmark International, Inc. announced financial results for its third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004. Third quarter revenue was $1.266 billion, an increase of 9 percent compared to $1.157 billion last year. Diluted net earnings per share for the quarter were $1.17 and include a non-recurring benefit of 15 cents per share from the resolution of income tax matters. Without this tax benefit, earnings per share would have been $1.02, an increase of 29 percent compared to a year ago. VIEW FULL ARTICLE Hitachi Data Systems Forms Global Solutions Development & Support Organization Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd, announced the formation of a unified product and services organization tasked with solution strategy, development, and support under the leadership of Ken Beaudry, who was promoted to executive vice president and general manager. VIEW FULL ARTICLE Toshiba Business Solutions Acquires Portion of Northern Business Systems Toshiba Business Solutions (TBS) announced it has acquired the Rochester and Syracuse, N.Y. offices of Northern Business Systems, a leading independent dealer of Toshiba office equipment in western and central New York and New Jersey. Northern Business Systems’ Rochester & Syracuse offices will be merged with Business Methods, a previously acquired TBS Subsidiary headquartered in Rochester, N.Y. The newly combined company will be led by Steven Sauer, president of Business Methods. VIEW FULL ARTICLE Dell Plans to Open Printer Distribution Center Dell Inc. plans to open a distribution center in West Chester, Ohio to support its national printer and accessories business. The center is scheduled to open in November and will employ about 250 people within its first year of operation. It will be managed and operated by Dell and Oakland, Calif.-based APL Logistics Ltd. VIEW FULL ARTICLE Purdue Researchers Trace Documents by Fingerprinting Printers Purdue University researchers have developed a system allowing investigators to trace an individual computer printer's unique "fingerprints." The technique is geared to helping law enforcement agencies looking into counterfeiting, forgeries and homeland security matters, but as yet only works for laser printers. VIEW FULL ARTICLE LaserFiche and OmniRIM Partner to Create Doc Management Solution Laserfiche will partner with records management software developer OmniRIM Solutions, Inc. to create a comprehensive solution for managing the lifecycle of physical and electronic documents, including e-mail, photographs, and scanned records. As a member of the newly-created Professional Developer Program (PDP), OmniRIM will work to integrate Laserfiche software with its simple interface for finding all records within an organization and managing them from creation to destruction. VIEW FULL ARTICLE New Updates to Multi-Laser’s PrintFleet Optimizer Software Solution Multi-Laser Inc., an industry leading compatible imaging supplies and solutions provider, announced updates to their total network device management software, Printfleet Optimizer. “PrintFleet Optimizer was our answer to the industry need for an accurate, vendor neutral device relationship management solution”, stated Norman McConkey, General Manager of Multi-Laser; “Since our official launch of the solution during the ITC conference in Miami, Fl in May, we have had a tremendous response.” VIEW FULL ARTICLE QIP Publishes Quick Reference Catalog Quality Imaging Products, QIP, is pleased to announce that its new quick reference catalog, volume 16, is now available. “With over 300 remanufactured and compatible cartridges, our new catalog features more products than ever before,” says, Tim Purugganan, QIP’s Marketing Manager. 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