List of printer companies

This is a list of companies who produce or have produced digital printers. This list includes only those companies who have actually designed and manufactured printers, not those who have only offered rebadged products.

A

Name Products Status References A. B. Dick Advanced Matrix Technology merged to AMT Datasouth ALPS AMT Datasouth ANZAC Apple exited printer business Axonix now known as Mozaex

B

Name Products Status References Bell-Mark Brother Bull spun off to Compuprint

C

Name Products Status References Canon Centronics acquired by GENICOM Checkpoint Meto continuous-feed laser became Checkpoint Systems exited printer business Citizen serial matrix Cognitive thermal Compuprint Computer Peripherals Inc merged into Centronics Comtec Mobile printers acquired by Zebra Copal acquired by Nidec to form Nidec Copal Control Data Corporation printer business merged into Centronics

D

Name Products Status References DASCOM serial matrix, thermal, mobile Datamax-O'Neil thermal bar code label printers (desktop and portable) Dataproducts acquired by Hitachi Kochi Datasouth merged to AMT Datasouth Decision Data defunct Delphax Diablo acquired by Xerox Digital Equipment Corporation printer business acquired by GENICOM

E

Name Products Status References Eastman Kodak Eltron thermal acquired by Zebra

F

Name Products Status References Facit defunct Fargo Fujitsu

G

Name Products Status References GENICOM merged into TallyGenicom airline ticketing business acquired by IER GCC Printers General Electric printer business spun off as GENICOM

H

Name Products Status References Hitachi printer business acquired by Ricoh Heidelberg Hewlett-Packard

Name Products Status References IBM IBM 3800 spun off printer business as Infoprint InfoPrint

J

Name Products Status References Juki

K

Name Products Status References Kentek LED page printers defunct 2003 Kodak mobile inkjet Konica merged to Konica Minolta Konica Minolta Kyocera Mita

L

Name Products Status References Lake Erie Systems serial matrix Lenovo laser, inkjet Lexmark serial matrix, laser, inkjet LiPi Data sys. serial matrix, laser, inkjet, color

M

Name Products Status References Mannesmann Tally leveraged buyout into Tally Minolta merged to Minolta QMS Minolta QMS merged to Konica Minola Memorex Telex became MTX MTX became Visara

N

Name Products Status References Nakajima NEC printer business acquired by Fuji Xerox in 2001 Nidec Copal dye sublimation printer Nipson Digital Printing - High Speed - Magnetography

O

Name Products Status References Océ Oki Data Olivetti Output Technology

P

Name Products Status References Panasonic serial matrix, laser Pentax mobile inkjet, continuous form laser mobile printer group acquired by Brother Printer System Corporation acquired by GENICOM Printek serial matrix, thermal, mobile Printer Systems International serial matrix, continuous form laser Printronix line matrix, thermal, continuous form laser PSI Engineering envelope laser c/w feeder, continuous form laser, document automation, folder & feeder finishers, friction feeders, packing slip printing and feeding systems

Q

Name Products Status References QMS merged to Minolta QMS Qume daisywheel acquired by Wyse

R

Name Products Status References Rank Xerox acquired by Xerox Ricoh RISO RJS thernal acquired by Elton

S

Name Products Status References Samsung A4 Mono & A4 Colour Laser, A4 MFP Mono & A4 MFP Colour, A3 MFP Mono & A3 MFP Colour Seiko Seiko Epson Sharp Siemens Nixdorf Source Technologies Swecoin Acquired by Zebra in 2006 Syscan mobile merged to Syscan-ID exited printer business Star Star Micronics

T

Name Products Status References Tally serial matrix, line matrix, laser merged into TallyGenicom TallyGenicom serial matrix, line matrix, laser, thermal, mobile U.S. assets purchased by Printronix European assets purchased by Dascom TEC Tektronix Phaser brand solid ink color, Di-sublimation Printers printer business acquired by Xerox Teletype Texas Instruments serial matrix, inkjet, low-end laser, airline ticketing printer business acquired by GENICOM Toshiba Trilog color serial matrix acquired by Centronics TVS Electronics Dot matrix Printers

U

Name Products Status References UBI acquired by Intermec

V

Name Products Status References Versatec electrostatic plotter acquired by Xerox

X

Name Products Status References Xeicon Xerox Laser Printer - Mid range and High end (1000 page per minute), Color printers of all range, Engineering Printers - LED Printer, Piezo Ink Jet plotters, Docutech series digital press etc. http://www.xerox.com/ Xerox International Partners (Fuji Xerox)

W

Name Products Status References Wipro Technologies

Z

Name Products Status References Zebra Label, Mobile, Card and Kiosk Printers. Thermal, Thermal Transfer and Retransfer technologies.

References

• Webster, Edward (2001). Print Unchained: 50 Years of Digital Printing, 1950-2000 and Beyond. Dra of Vermont. ISBN 0-9702617-0-5.