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.
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Products |
Status |
References |
A. B. Dick |
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Advanced Matrix Technology |
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merged to AMT Datasouth |
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ALPS |
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AMT Datasouth |
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ANZAC |
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Apple |
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exited printer business |
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Axonix |
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now known as Mozaex |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
DASCOM |
serial matrix, thermal, mobile |
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Dataproducts |
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acquired by Hitachi Kochi |
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Datasouth |
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merged to AMT Datasouth |
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Decision Data |
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defunct |
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Delphax |
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Diablo |
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acquired by Xerox |
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Digital Equipment Corporation |
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printer business acquired by GENICOM |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
Eastman Kodak |
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Eltron |
thermal |
acquired by Zebra |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
Facit |
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defunct |
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Fargo |
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Fujitsu |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
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IBM |
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spun off printer business as Infoprint |
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InfoPrint |
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Products |
Status |
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Juki |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
Lake Erie Systems |
serial matrix |
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Lexmark |
serial matrix, laser, inkjet |
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LiPi Data sys. |
serial matrix, laser, inkjet, color |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
Mannesmann Tally |
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leveraged buyout into Tally |
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Minolta |
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merged to Minolta QMS |
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Minolta QMS |
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merged to Konica Minola |
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Memorex Telex |
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became MTX |
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MTX |
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became Visara |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
Nakajima |
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NEC |
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printer business acquired by Fuji Xerox in 2001 |
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Nidec Copal |
dye sublimation printer |
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Nipson |
Digital Printing - High Speed - Magnetography |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
Panasonic |
serial matrix, laser |
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Pentax |
mobile inkjet, continuous form laser |
mobile printer group acquired by Brother |
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Printer System Corporation |
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acquired by GENICOM |
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Printek |
serial matrix, thermal, mobile |
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Printer Systems International |
serial matrix, continuous form laser |
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Printronix |
line matrix, thermal, continuous form laser |
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PSI Engineering |
envelope laser c/w feeder, continuous form laser, document automation, folder & feeder finishers, friction feeders, packing slip printing and feeding systems |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
QMS |
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merged to Minolta QMS |
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Qume |
daisywheel |
acquired by Wyse |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
Rank Xerox |
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acquired by Xerox |
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Ricoh |
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RISO |
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RJS |
thernal |
acquired by Elton |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
Tally |
serial matrix, line matrix, laser |
merged into TallyGenicom |
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TallyGenicom |
serial matrix, line matrix, laser, thermal, mobile |
U.S. assets purchased by Printronix
European assets purchased by Dascom |
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TEC |
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Tektronix |
Phaser brand solid ink color |
printer business acquired by Xerox |
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Teletype |
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Texas Instruments |
serial matrix, inkjet, low-end laser, airline ticketing |
printer business acquired by GENICOM |
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Toshiba |
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Trilog |
color serial matrix |
acquired by Centronics |
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TVS Electronics |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
UBI |
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acquired by Intermec |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
Versatec |
electrostatic plotter |
acquired by Xerox |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
Xeicon |
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Xerox |
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Xerox International Partners
(Fuji Xerox) |
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Name |
Products |
Status |
References |
Zebra |
Label, Mobile, Card and Kiosk Printers. Thermal, Thermal Transfer and Retransfer technolgies. |
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References
- Webster, Edward (2001). Print Unchained: 50 Years of Digital Printing, 1950-2000 and Beyond. Dra of Vermont. ISBN 0-9702617-0-5.