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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.

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Name Products Status References 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 Axis Enterprises UV Printers Supplier https://uvprinterindia.com

B

Name Products Status References Bell-Mark Benson, Inc. Wide format, color and B/W electrostatic printers Acquired by Schlumberger Brother Bull spun off to Compuprint

C

Name Products Status References Canon Inkjet, Laserjet, All-in-One Centronics acquired by GENICOM Checkpoint Meto continuous-feed laser became Checkpoint Systems exited printer business Citizen serial matrix Codimag Waterless Offset Printing : VIVA 340 Evolution, VIVA 340, VIVA 420 Available all around the world http://codimag.com/en/contact Cognitive thermal Colorjet https://colorjetgroup.com/ Compuprint Computer Peripherals Inc merged into Centronics Comtec Mobile printers acquired by Zebra Compress UV Printers Flat bed uv printers - commercial Now available in USA Copal acquired by Nidec to form Nidec Copal Control Data Corporation printer business merged into Centronics Coldesi

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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 Technologies inc Diablo acquired by Xerox Digital Equipment Corporation printer business acquired by GENICOM Dell dtgpro

E

Name Products Status References 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 Fujifilm Fujitsu Fuji Xerox was majority owned by Xerox, now majority owned by Fujifilm

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

Name Products Status References Innotransfers

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 in 2003 Konica Minolta Kyocera Mita

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Name Products Status References Lake Erie Systems serial matrix Lanier color/mono laser, GELJET Division of Ricoh Lenovo laser, inkjet Lexmark serial matrix, laser stopped Inkjet production in 2012 LiPi Data sys. serial matrix, laser, inkjet, color

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Name Products Status References 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

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Name Products Status References 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

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

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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 Sells rebadged Dascom/Tally printers since 2016 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 Procolored DTF transfer printer, UV inkjet printer, UV DTF sticker printer https://www.procolored.com/

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

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Name Products Status References Rank Xerox acquired by Xerox Ricoh Riso Kagaku Corporation RJS thernal acquired by Elton RN Mark Inc. thermal inkjet printers, and Piezoelectric DOD high resolution inkjet printers https://www.rnmark.com/

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Name Products Status References Samsung A4 Mono & A4 Colour Laser, A4 MFP Mono & A4 MFP Colour, A3 MFP Mono & A3 MFP Colour Sold to HP for $1.05B in Sept. 2016 http://fortune.com/2016/09/12/hp-dion-weisler-samsung-printer-acquisition/ Sato Thermal http://www.satoamerica.com/ Seiko Seiko Epson Sewoo Sharp http://global.sharp/ Siemens Nixdorf Source Technologies Swecoin Acquired by Zebra in 2006 Syscan mobile merged to Syscan-ID exited printer business Star Star Micronics

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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, 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

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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

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Name Products Status References Xeikon High 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)

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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.

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