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
A. B. Dick
Advanced Matrix Technology		merged to AMT Datasouth
ALPS
AMT Datasouth
Avery Dennison
Apple	List of Apple printers	exited printer business
ASK Technology	3D Printer	3D Printers manufactured
Axonix		now known as Mozaex

B

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

C

Name	Products	Status
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
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 Technologies inc
Diablo		acquired by Xerox
Digital Equipment Corporation		printer business acquired by GENICOM

E

Name	Products	Status
Eastman Kodak
Eltron	thermal	acquired by Zebra
Epson
Everex (Abaton div.)	laser	acquired by Formosa Plastics group

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		defunct
General Electric		printer business spun off as GENICOM

H

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

I

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

J

Name	Products	Status	References
Juki

K

Name	Products	Status
Kentek	LED page printers	defunct 2003
Kodak	mobile inkjet
Konica		merged to Konica Minolta in 2003
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
Mannesmann Tally		leveraged buyout into Tally
MapleJet	Jet Printer	Joined Complete InkJet Package
Minolta		printer division merged to Minolta-QMS in 2000
Minolta-QMS		merged to Konica Minolta in 2003
Memorex Telex		became MTX
Microcom Corporation	Thermal Printer	became MTX
MTX		became Visara

N

Name	Products	Status
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 printers	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
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
Prototype & Production Systems, Inc	DICE UV industrial inkjet printers and presses. 4 color and monochrome DICE UV inkjet color printer

Q

Name	Products	Status	References
QMS		merged to Minolta-QMS in 2000
Qume	daisywheel	acquired by Wyse

R

Name	Products	Status
Rank Xerox		acquired by Xerox
Ricoh
Riso Kagaku Corporation
RJS	thernal	acquired by Elton

S

Name	Products	Status
Samsung	A4 Mono & A4 Colour Laser, A4 MFP Mono & A4 MFP Colour, A3 MFP Mono & A3 MFP Colour
Sato	Thermal
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
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, dye-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 printers	acquired by Centronics
TVS Electronics	dot matrix printers

U

Name	Products	Status	References
UBIX Corp.	Konica Minolta, Bizhub, brother,	acquired by UBIX Corporation

V

Name	Products	Status	References
Versatec	electrostatic plotter	acquired by Xerox

X

Name	Products	Status	References
Xeikon	High speed continuous forms printers
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.
Xerox International Partners (Fuji Xerox)

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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.

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