List of printer companies

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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.

Contents

A

NameProductsStatusReferences
A. B. Dick
Advanced Matrix Technologymerged to AMT Datasouth
ALPS
AMT Datasouth
Avery Dennison
Apple List of Apple printers exited printer business
ASK Technology3D Printer3D Printers manufactured
Axonixnow known as Mozaex
Axis EnterprisesUV Printers Supplier

B

NameProductsStatusReferences
Bell-Mark
Benson, Inc. Wide format, color and B/W electrostatic printersAcquired by Schlumberger
Brother
Bull spun off to Compuprint

C

NameProductsStatusReferences
Canon Inkjet, Laserjet, All-in-One
Centronics acquired by GENICOM
Checkpoint Metocontinuous-feed laserbecame Checkpoint Systems
exited printer business
Citizen serial matrix
CodimagWaterless Offset Printing
Cognitivethermal
Colorjet
Compuprint
Computer Peripherals Inc merged into Centronics
ComtecMobile printersacquired by Zebra
Compress UV PrintersFlat bed uv printers - commercialNow available in USA
Copalacquired by Nidec to form Nidec Copal
Control Data Corporation printer business merged into Centronics
Coldesi

D

NameProductsStatusReferences
DASCOM serial matrix, thermal, mobile
Datamax-O'Neil thermal bar code label printers (desktop and portable)
Dataproducts acquired by Hitachi Kochi
Datasouthmerged to AMT Datasouth
Decision Data defunct
Delphax Technologies inc
Diabloacquired by Xerox
Digital Equipment Corporation printer business acquired by GENICOM
Dell
DTGPRODTF Printers, DTG Printers, DTF Ink dtgpro.com

E

NameProductsStatusReferences
Eastman Kodak
Eltronthermalacquired by Zebra
Epson
Everex (Abaton div.) laseracquired by Formosa Plastics group

F

NameProductsStatusReferences
Facit defunct
Fargo
Fujifilm
Fujitsu
Fuji Xerox was majority owned by Xerox, now majority owned by Fujifilm

G

NameProductsStatusReferences
GENICOM merged into TallyGenicom
airline ticketing business acquired by IER
GCC Printers defunct
General Electric printer business spun off as GENICOM

H

NameProductsStatusReferences
Hitachi printer business acquired by Ricoh
Heidelberg
Hewlett-Packard

I

NameProductsStatusReferences
IBM IBM 3800 spun off printer business as Infoprint
InfoPrint acquired by Ricoh
Inkedibles Edible Inks, Edible Ink, Direct to Food, Frosting Sheets, Edible Paper, Cake InkInkedibles.com
NameProductsStatusReferences
Innotransfers

J

NameProductsStatusReferences
Juki

K

NameProductsStatusReferences
Kentek LED page printersdefunct 2003
Kodak mobile inkjet
Konica merged to Konica Minolta in 2003
Konica Minolta
Kyocera

L

NameProductsStatusReferences
Lake Erie Systemsserial matrix
Lanier color/mono laser, GELJETDivision of Ricoh
Lenovo laser, inkjet
Lexmark serial matrix, laserstopped Inkjet production in 2012
LiPi Data sys. serial matrix, laser, inkjet, color

M

NameProductsStatusReferences
Mannesmann Tallyleveraged buyout into Tally
MapleJetJet PrinterJoined Complete InkJet Package
Minolta printer division merged to Minolta-QMS in 2000
Minolta-QMS merged to Konica Minolta in 2003
Memorex Telexbecame MTX
Microcom CorporationThermal Printerbecame MTX
MTXbecame Visara

N

NameProductsStatusReferences
Nakajima
NEC thimble printers (NEC Spinwriter), serial matrix printers / color serial matrix printers (NEC Pinwriter), color thermal transfer printers (NEC Colormate), thermal inkjet printers (NEC Jetmate), wax thermal printers / variable dot thermal printers / dye sublimation printers (NEC SuperScript), laser printers (NEC Silentwriter, NEC SuperScript), color laser printers (NEC SuperScript), APC/Astra printersprinter business acquired by Fuji Xerox in 2001
Nidec Copal dye sublimation printer
NipsonDigital Printing - High Speed - Magnetography

O

NameProductsStatusReferences
Océ Océ was purchased by Canon in 2010 [1]
Oki Electric Industry
Olivetti
Output Technology
Office Automation Systems Inc (OASYS)Laser printers with a language similar to Kyocera's Prescribe.

P

NameProductsStatusReferences
Panasonic serial matrix, laser
Pentax mobile inkjet, continuous form lasermobile printer group acquired by Brother
Printer System Corporationacquired by GENICOM
Printekserial matrix, thermal, mobileSells rebadged Dascom/Tally printers since 2016
Printer Systems Internationalserial matrix, continuous form laser
Printronix line matrix, thermal, continuous form laser
PSI Engineeringenvelope laser c/w feeder, continuous form laser, document automation, folder & feeder finishers, friction feeders, packing slip printing and feeding systems
Prototype & Production Systems, IncDICE UV industrial inkjet printers and presses. 4 color and monochrome DICE UV inkjet color printer
ProcoloredDTF transfer printer, UV inkjet printer, UV DTF sticker printer, ransomware, cryptocurrency stealers [2]

Q

NameProductsStatusReferences
QMS merged to Minolta-QMS in 2000
Qume daisywheelacquired by Wyse

R

NameProductsStatusReferences
Rank Xerox acquired by Xerox
Ricoh
Riso Kagaku Corporation
RJSthernalacquired by Elton
RN Mark Inc.thermal inkjet printers, and Piezoelectric DOD high resolution inkjet printers

S

NameProductsStatusReferences
Samsung A4 Mono & A4 Colour Laser, A4 MFP Mono & A4 MFP Colour, A3 MFP Mono & A3 MFP ColourSold to HP for $1.05B in Sept. 2016 http://fortune.com/2016/09/12/hp-dion-weisler-samsung-printer-acquisition/
SatoThermal
Seiko
Seiko Epson
Sewoo
Sharp
Siemens Nixdorf
Source Technologies
Swecoin Acquired by Zebra in 2006
Syscanmobilemerged to Syscan-ID
exited printer business
Star
Star Micronics

T

NameProductsStatusReferences
Tally serial matrix, line matrix, lasermerged into TallyGenicom
TallyGenicom serial matrix, line matrix, laser, thermal, mobileU.S. assets purchased by Printronix
European assets purchased by Dascom
TEC
Tektronix Phaser brand solid ink color, dye-sublimation printersprinter business acquired by Xerox
Teletype
Texas Instruments serial matrix, inkjet, low-end laser, airline ticketingprinter business acquired by GENICOM
Toshiba
Trilogcolor serial matrix printersacquired by Centronics
TVS Electronicsdot matrix printers

U

NameProductsStatusReferences
UBIX Corp.Konica Minolta, Bizhub, brother,acquired by UBIX Corporation

V

NameProductsStatusReferences
Versatec electrostatic plotteracquired by Xerox

X

NameProductsStatusReferences
XeikonHigh speed continuous forms printers
Xerox Xerographic (Laser) Printers - Office through Production Color, High Speed Aqueous Inkjet presses, Solid Ink Inkjet presses, etc.
Xerox International Partners
(Fuji Xerox)

xanté

W

NameProductsStatusReferences
Wipro Technologies

Z

NameProductsStatusReferences
Zebra Label, Mobile, Card and Kiosk Printers. Thermal, Thermal Transfer and Retransfer technologies.

References

  1. Agence France-Presse (2010-03-04). "Canon's Takeover of Oce Completed". IndustryWeek. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  2. https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/this-usd6-000-professional-grade-direct-transfer-printer-comes-with-plenty-of-viruses-for-no-extra-cost-unless-it-also-steals-your-crypto/