MiD Solutions 4 Documents is a nationwide supplier of award winning business technology and a comprehensive managed print service provider.
MiD is a Main Dealer for Epson, HP, Lexmark, Sharp and Toshiba products and a trusted reseller for other manufacturers, including OKI, NEC, and Tiny Tablets. This allows us to assess your business needs and offer the very best solution that matches those needs, unlike companies that are tied to a single brand.
In addition to the hardware, MiD also offers a Managed Print Service which provides not only a full installation and training but all the maintenance and ink or toner your machine needs throughout its life, at a fraction of the cost and hassle many companies experience, spending hours online looking for cheap ink cartridges or cheap toner cartridges for their machines.
The 21st Century is digital. Multifunction Printers are usually networked and now provide scanning functions that allow documents to be digitised and archived centrally so that they can be accessed at any time and from any location. As more and more digital documents are accumulated, it is just as important to have them organised and managed as it is for the physical ones stored in filling cabinets around the world.
MiD offers a range of Document Management System solutions that capture your business information, automate workflows, simplify processes, boost productivity, secure information, meet GDPR requirements, and start a digital transformation in your business.
Founded over 100 years ago in Nagoya, Japan, Brother’s first European base was established in Ireland in 1958. In 1968 Brother acquired the Jones sewing machine factory in Manchester, and the company began to grow very quickly in the UK.
Brother produced the very first high speed dot matrix printer in 1971, Brother’s first venture into office technology. Brother’s produced the world’s first multifunction device that would print, copy and scan, in 1995. Brother manufactures a variety of home and office products, including laser printers, inkjet printers, label printers, scanners, multifunction printers, and copiers.
Canon is a global provider of digital imaging technologies, including cameras and printers. Founded in Japan in 1937, they employ over 198,000 people across Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
In 1947 the company became Canon Camera Company Inc. and continued the development of inovative camera technology. In 1975 Canon developed their first laser printer. Canon still provide camera and printer technology, from single function machines to multifunction inkjet and laser printers, including imageRUNNER, iSENSYS, and Pixma brands.
Epson’s predecessor, Daiwa Kogyo Ltd was established in 1942 and the company created the Seiko Marvel, a mechanical watch in 1956 which started off Epson’s watch business. In 1968, Epson launched the EP-101 which was the world’s first miniature digital printer.
The Epson Corporation was established in 1975 and merged with Suwa Seikosha Co. Ltd in 1985 becoming Seiko Epson Corporation which they are known as today. Today, Epson are focused on creating home and office products such as printers, wide format printers, projectors, and scanners and are constantly developing new ways to meet and exceed environmental standards.
In 1934 two electrical engineer graduates, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard became friends and began working together to create their brand in a garage in Palo Alto, California. In 1938 HP invented their first product named the HP Model 200A, a resistance-capacitance audio oscillator. HP entered the business computing industry in 1972, invented their first HP LaserJet in 1984 and by 1993 had already sold 10 million printers. Today, HP are still heavily involved in the business technology industry, constantly creating new products from laptops to computers and laser printers to wide format inkjet machines.
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Kyocera was established in Japan in 1959 as Kyoto Ceramic Co. Ltd, specialising in fine ceramics. In 1982, four companies including Kyoto Ceramics merged together to form Kyocera Corporation. In 2000, Kyocera acquired photocopier manufacturer, Mita Industrial Company Limited, creating KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc in 2002. Today, Kyocera play a main part in the laser printer and multifunction laser printer industry, catering for users who are looking for fast, high-capacity machines.
Lexmark was founded in Kentucky in 1991 and launched its first new products, the IBM Personal Printer Series II, IBM 4226 Dot Matrix printers and the 4029 series of IBM Laser Printers. In 1993, Lexmark introduced their first monochrome inkjet printer and by 1994 had created the industry’s first laser printer capable of reaching true 1,200 x 1,200 dots per inch. In 2013 Lexmark decided to focus solely on developing their laser printers. Today, Lexmark are still putting a lot of work into the quality and performance of their laser printer range, from their mono laser printers to their A3 multifunction printers.
OKI has been leading the world in customer-led innovation for over 130 years. Employing more than 25,000 people in 120 countries. In 1984, OKI was established in Europe centering their business around Dot Matrix printers which is still a core part of their business today. In 1989 OKI introduced Europe’s first LED printers, the OL400 and the OL800, and in 2009, introduced their standard three-year warranty available on their machines which was a first for the printing industry. Today, OKI are still focusing on their Dot Matrix range along with their colour/mono LED laser printers and MFP’s.
OKI machines are considered some of the best in the industry for their versatile media handling capability, often used to print POS display media for retail, hospitality, education, and the office, and labels, invoices, and BOMs in warehouses, production lines, and offices. The introduction of CMYK plus high density white-under single pass printing, generating vibrant, standout results on a wide range of light, dark and transparent media, has made the OKI PRO9000 series the first choice for many businesses.
Established in 1936, Ricoh Company, Ltd. is based in Tokyo, Japan, and operates globally, with over 108,000 employees worldwide. Ricoh specialises in office and production printing markets.
in 1955 the company introduced their first diazo copier named Ricopy 101. The RICOPY FT4060 was invented in 1982 and was the first plain-paper copier to use dry-toner.
In 2009 Ricoh released their first digital, full-colour MFP series which included the imagio MP C3500RC and imagio C2500RC. Rioch still produce a range of colour and mono laser printers.
Established in 1969, Samsung began by producing black and white TV’s, in the 70’s the company expanded production into washing machines, refrigerators and microwaves. Today the company is perhaps best known for its high quality LED TVs and mobile phones.
Samsung’s first mono laser multifunction printer was produced in 1990, and followed in 2003 with their first colour laser printer.
Current Samsung printers pride themselves in having a stylish, compact design and easy to use features. In 2013 Samsung released the worlds first NFC-enabled colour laser printer.
The Sharp Corporation is a Japanese based multinational corporation that employs more than 50,000 people worldwide and designs and manufactures electronic products. Originally founded in Tokyo in September 1912, it takes its name from the Ever-Sharp mechanical pencil, which was invented by its founder Tokuji Hayakawa in 1915.
Hon Hai, a Taiwan-based electronics company that trades as Foxconn, acquired a 10% stake in the company in March 2012 and increased this to a 66% controlling stake in Sharp in 2016.
Today, Sharp manufactures a wide range of electronic products, including multifunction printing devices, audio-visual equipment for both the office and home entertainment, video projectors, LCD panels, solar panels, mobile phones, microwave ovens, air conditioners, cash registers, CMOS and CCD sensors used in cameras, and flash memory.
Japanese multinational, Toshiba Corporation, has its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Formed in 1939 from the merger of Shibaura Seisaku-sho, formerly Tanaka Seizo-sho, Japan’s first manufacturer of telegraphic equipment since 1875, and Hakunetsu-sha & Co., Ltd., founded in 1890 to manufacture lamps. The merged electronics company became Tokyo Shibaura Denki (Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd.) and soon well became known worldwide as ‘Toshiba,’ which became its official name in 1978.
Toshiba, a market leader in sustainable business practices, manufactures a diverse range of products; office equipment, such as multifunction printers, copiers, and scanners; information technology and communications equipment and systems; electronic components and materials; power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems; consumer electronics, such as home appliances; medical equipment and lighting, as well as providing logistics support.
Xerox started as the Haloid Company in 1906, originally manufacturing and selling photographic paper. Chester Carlson, born in 1906 discovered xerographic printing in 1938 which helped fuel Xerox’s growth and devel opment. Xerox then created the world’s first xerographic copier in 1949 named the Model A Copier. The Xerox 9700 invented in 1977 became the industry’s first xerographic laser printer. Today, Xerox are still one of the biggest competitors in the market producing A4 and A3 laser printers with high specifications.
MiD Solutions 4 Documents is a main dealer for market leading worldwide brands including Epson, HP, Lexmark, Sharp and Toshiba, and a trusted reseller for other manufacturers, such as OKI, NEC, Tiny Tablets, and Yellow Door software. MiD product ranges fall into three main groups: Print Solutions, Visual Communications, and IT and Telecommunications.
Print Solutions include single function printers; multifunction printers and copiers (also known as MFDs or MFPs); four and five colour graphics printers; large format, high quality photo and graphics printers; large format CAD plotters; large format scanners; and label and barcode printers.
Print Solutions also covers Managed Document Systems. Such document management and workflow automation systems empower organisations to capture, process and use information productively and start a digital transformation of the way they operate. Our managed document systems and support ensure your infrastructure is open to those who need it, when they need it, and with documents that are up to date at all times, whilst managing security and costs.
This category also includes our Managed Print Service, which provides automatic toner supplies and automatic meter reading submission, significantly reducing the user intervention needed to manage multifunction devices.
Visual Communications is an increasingly important method of communication with customers and staff. It covers everything from stand-alone Digital Signage in a shop; a Welcome Display in a church or doctor’s surgery; a Digital Sales Board in an office; right up to multi-screen displays and large Video Wall installations for retail, control rooms, or conference centres.
It also covers a wide range of touchscreen technology, including interactive touchscreen activity tables for use in education and care settings; interactive information displays for retail, travel hubs and hotels; and business touchscreens that enable engrossing presentations and real-time collaboration between people in different geographical sites.
IT and Telecommunications encompass the design, implementation, and support of the 21st century digital workplace, including both hardware and software, internet, and phone systems. For most organisations, maximising up-time and minimising interruptions to business are essential and the team at MiD are experts in providing and maintaining systems for our customers.
Customer Service: This exceptional level of customer service is essential to our business, because it is essential to our customers. MiD is a customer-centric company, meaning everything we do is structured around meeting our customers’ needs. Customers rely on us to keep their hardware, be that printers, digital displays, or IT systems, up and running so that they can get on with running their business or organisation with the peace of mind that we provide tier one customer support. MiD works with businesses large and small, public sector and not-for-profit organisations across the UK and the constant stream of 5 star Goggle Reviews is testament to our staff’s dedication to customer service.
If you are looking for a printer, display, IT, or telecoms, MiD should be your be your first port of call.
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