The new portfolio is designed for more flexible layouts to meet the demand of new office and market trends.
Printing and Imaging
HP unveils two new print platforms for today’s office with LaserJet Managed E800/E700 series
by Mark Cox •
Printing and Imaging
Channel Programs, Data Capture/Point of Sale, Mobility, Printing and Imaging
Zebra Technologies establishes SMB specialization
by Mark Cox •
Zebra’s new specialization is not targeted at a broad partner base but at a fairly select number of partners who already have an SMB practice, and is focused on making those practices even more profitable and effective.
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Printing in a hybrid workplace world
by Robert Dutt •
Epson’s Kaila Murphy joins us on the podcast to discuss what printing looks like in a world where some people are in-office, some people are work-from-home, and some people alternate between the two.
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Managed Services, Printing and Imaging
HP looks to simplify managed print with new Managed Print Flex, cloud-first Managed Print Service subscription plan
by Mark Cox •
HP Managed Print Flex is designed to satisfy both the needs of home and remote-based workers, as well as those in conventional offices.
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Channel Programs, Printing and Imaging, Small Business
Zebra makes big downmarket and upmarket moves, including first entry into SOHO market
by Mark Cox •
In addition to its new SOHO-focused ZSB Series printer, being launched today, Zebra has strengthened its relations with its high-end strategic partners by adding an Alliance track to their partner program.
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Printing and Imaging, Small Business
Sharp Electronics of Canada focuses on small office and home office with major expansion of A4 portfolio
by Mark Cox •
The eight models, which will be available in February, are all net-new machines, and six of them are suitable for small office and Work From Home environments.
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Printing and Imaging
Epson bets print market will remain changed post-pandemic
by Robert Dutt •
Partners — particularly smaller dealers — are “crushing” the transition from A3 to A4 as print becomes more distributed, a change Epson Americas executives suggest is going to live on long past the end of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Channel Programs, Computers, Green, Printing and Imaging
HP unveils new lighter, smaller PCs and printers at Reinvent Partner Event
by Mark Cox •
HP is touting the newly announced product, as well as new and enhanced services, as critical in a new normal workplace that wants devices that are a better fit with distributed work locations rather than central offices.
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How the pandemic is changing printing
by Robert Dutt •
Epson product manager Kaila Murphy discusses how printing demand has changed in a work-from-home world and surfaces some new and unexpected print opportunities for partners in this edition of the podcast.
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Channel Programs, Printing and Imaging
Lexmark beefs up partner capabilities with enterprise service, revamped channel program
by Mark Cox •
The new Lexmark Connect program emphasizes making Lexmark easier to do business with, while the Cloud Print Management service has been extended from direct sales to channel partners.
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Computers, Hardware, Printing and Imaging
Channel Go-to-Market changes driving Sharp Electronics growth in Canada
by Mark Cox •
Carmine Cinerari, who has led Sharp Electronics Canada since 2008, talks with ChannelBuzz about the company’s re-emergence since its acquisition by Foxconn, and particularly how channel-focused changes in Canada have grown the business.
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Cloud, Printing and Imaging
ThinPrint feels on cusp of next big thing with ezeep for Windows Virtual Desktop launch
by Mark Cox •
Now that WVD has launched, enterprise print management vendor ThinPrint expects to see gradual but inexorable demand for eZeep for WVD, backed by Microsoft’s support for WVD generally and ThinPrint specifically, as their printing launch partner.
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Printing and Imaging
Lexmark fleshes out roster of small workgroup-focused GO line with new entry level products
by Mark Cox •
The GO line was designed to strengthen Lexmark’s push downmarket with product specifically designed for the market, and the new models provide colour options at the entry level.
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Cloud, Printing and Imaging
ThinPrint looks to leverage Microsoft endorsement on Windows Virtual Desktop with new partner program
by Mark Cox •
The German print management service provider was named a launch partner around Windows Virtual Desktop, and has designed the new program to assist partners to integrate their ezeep solution into technology and business workflows.
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Printing and Imaging, Sponsored Content
Reinventing mindsets around recycling: How HP closed the loop with Canadian innovation
by HP Sponsored Content •
HP has manufactured more than 3.8 billion ink and toner cartridges with recycled plastics as a result of an innovative partnership with Montreal-based recycling pioneer The Lavergne Group.
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Printing and Imaging, Sponsored Content
The coming of age of business inkjet
by Robert Dutt •
Epson’s Scott Marsic discusses the benefits of business inkjets for both customers and partners, and why partners should “take a look at Epson” in this video interview.
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Podcasts, Printing and Imaging, Sponsored Content
Why sustainability is becoming a must-have, not a nice-to-have
by Robert Dutt •
HP Canada sustainability lead Frances Edmonds discusses why more businesses need to pay attention to the sustainability of their print environment, and what solution providers can do to help in this edition of the podcast.
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Printing and Imaging
HP expands into digital textile printing
by Mark Cox •
The first two models in the new Stitch S Printer series are an entry level machine designed for simplicity and for new and low-volume users, as well as a production workhorse.
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Podcasts, Printing and Imaging
How HP is thinking about the office printing business
by Robert Dutt •
HP office printing boss Tuan Tran discusses the vendor’s new printers and why solutions providers should pay attention to them, and how predictive analytics will eventually slash managed print service call costs by two thirds.
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Printing and Imaging
Want to sell HP 3D printers? Here’s what you need to do
by Robert Dutt •
New HP global 3D printing boss Christoph Schell on what skills he’s looking for from partners
