Kodak to quit making its desktop inkjet printers

arpinum · Sep 28, 2012

I would like to be corrected on this statement: Kodak is showing itself incapable of restructuring into a profitable company, and liquidation in the future seems a real possibility. More value might be had selling the commercial printing business to Canon, and selling or closing all other divisions. I'm not seeing much synergy between the groups in their new proposed structure.

Photo Engineer · Sep 28, 2012

Prof_Pixel said:
See thread (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Sorry I missed this thread. I caught the news only on the evening news.

PE

Prof_Pixel · Sep 28, 2012

Photo Engineer said:
Sorry I missed this thread. I caught the news only on the evening news.

PE

Five months to go and counting.

Photo Engineer · Sep 28, 2012

Yeah, we should get together and have a few beers!!!!!

Well, the GEH cafe does not have a liquor license. Will that do?

PE

Prof_Pixel · Sep 28, 2012

Photo Engineer said:
Yeah, we should get together and have a few beers!!!!!

Well, the GEH cafe does not have a liquor license. Will that do?

PE

Ron, was that a question for me?

Fred

Photo Engineer · Sep 28, 2012

Yep. I may be over there a lot this fall!

PE

RattyMouse · Sep 29, 2012

arpinum said:
I would like to be corrected on this statement: Kodak is showing itself incapable of restructuring into a profitable company, and liquidation in the future seems a real possibility. More value might be had selling the commercial printing business to Canon, and selling or closing all other divisions. I'm not seeing much synergy between the groups in their new proposed structure.

There really does not seem to be a plan at Kodak on how to get to the right size quickly. Unfortunately, I have to agree with you that liquidation is most likely in the cards. Kodak is going to need a real favorable judge in order to survive into mid 2013.

railwayman3 · Sep 29, 2012

nickrapak said:
I think the major problem is the switch between 32-bit and 64-bit processors. I have an old printer that uses Polaroid Spectra film, but it only works with Windows ME (bleh) and older. It was fine using a Win98 VM with my old XP computer (32-bit), but when I moved up to a 64-bit CPU, all of the legacy equipment stopped working.

Exactly so, and as said above, it's probably not worth getting too worried if it's just a cheapy printer which won't upgrade due to lack of a driver, as with my old Canon. However, Epsom do supply 64-bit drivers to download, and these work fine with both my printer and scanner. The other work-round is, of course, and as I do, and that is to keep a copy of XP or other 32-bit on a partition for use when necessary. (I even still have a working version of Windows 98 on another PC so as to be able to use some older astronomy gear!)

wblynch · Sep 29, 2012

Next you're going to tell me Kodak quit selling Christmas Tree Lights!

Please, say it ain't so.

Photo Engineer · Sep 29, 2012

I just bought a Kodak USB port. It has the EK label but the imprmateur of another company.

PE

ambaker · Sep 29, 2012

I bought some Kodak rechargeable batteries off Woot.com. What's next Kodak loa ensued to anything and everything like Polaroid?

brianmquinn · Sep 30, 2012

Terry Christian said:
PE, that's exactly what happened with my Kodak dye-sublimation printer. It will only run on one version of Windows (XP), so now I have a rather large paperweight.

I am running Windows 7 Pro and was able to get my printer dock to work when I use XP mode.

Kodak to quit making its desktop inkjet printers

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