IBM & INGRAM MICRO IN DISTRIBUTION PACT

IBM, Ingram’s Nimax Ink Printer Distribution Pact
IBM on Wednesday unveiled a global distribution deal for its high-end production printers with Ingram Micro’s Nimax unit.Nimax will act as a channel source for IBM’s Infoprint 6700 Thermal/RFID, Infoprint 6500 and Infoprint 4247 impact printers, according to IBM’s Boulder, Colo.-based printing unit and Nimax.The Nimax unit of Ingram Micro, which the Santa Ana, Calif., distributor acquired in 2004, focuses on automatic identification/data capture (AIDC), point-of-sale and mobile products. The printers IBM has targeted for distribution through Nimax play into that core focus.A thermal printing unit, the Infoprint 6700 supports barcode solutions and has flexible media handling, as well as an option for RFID printing. The Infoprint 6500 is a line matrix printer, and the Infoprint 4247 is a high-output unit targeted at manufacturing, distribution and transportation solutions.