irvine california key people werner heid ceo & president products industrial printing solutions number of employees 600 worldwide website https printronix.com printronix is an american supplier of line matrix printers . for more than 40 years printronix has been addressing global customer needs in the supply chain space by providing enterprise grade industrial printing solutions . featuring robust energy saving line matrix printers printronix products streamline operations reduce costs and help organizations sharpen their competitive edge . with its headquarters in irvine california printronix employs personnel through its 14 offices worldwide . 1 contents 1 products 2 history 3 references 4 external links products edit printronix s printers are primarily used in industrial environments for printing high volume labels bar codes invoices manifest and bill of lading documents delivery sheets reports build broadcast sheets green bar and bank statements . in 2013 printronix introduced design enhancements and improved functionality with the p8000 cartridge printer series to achieve the broadest flexibility greatest compatibility and lowest ownership cost of virtually any other print technology . the series builds upon the workhorse tradition of all printronix line matrix technology delivering maximum uptime low cost of ownership and reliable performance . the p8000 series is the ideal solution for buyers looking to minimize operating expense without sacrificing output reliability regardless of operating environment . 2 printnet enterprise suite pne a web based application allowing administrators to network and manage all printronix line matrix printers from a single computer was launched in 2007 . pne gives the user total control of their worldwide print operation your fleet is at your fingertips with printnet enterprise . by combining the recommended integrated ethernet adapter and java based software remote printer management extends your reach from anywhere you have a computer and connectivity . configure and monitor printers from any desktop computer and any location in the world . designate events and be alerted to printer issues with email and mobile phone alerts . complete compatibility with any printronix printer when equipped with the optional ethernet . 3 besides its printers printronix also offers consumables parts accessories service and software . history edit printronix was founded in 1974 by robert a. kleist and business partner gordon barrus and david mayne . working out of a garage in playa del rey california the printronix team developed a 300 line per minute lpm prototype line printer called the p300 4 series . in january 2008 printronix was acquired by vector capital 5 and became a private company and in 2009 printronix acquired its closest competitor tallygenicom . 6 as a result of the tallygenicom acquisition printronix now owns the intellectual property for the tallygenicom line printers . printronix was acquired by corona investment partners 7 a new york city based private investment firm in january 2013 . werner heid 8 was appointed ceo of printronix in 2015 taking over from randy eisenbach who retired from the board after a 6 year tenure . heid was the ceo of iomega corp before taking over the reins at printronix . 1976 printronix goes public and trades on the nasdaq . 1981 opens holland manufacturing facility and expands global operations to europe middle east and africa . 1985 operations expand into asia pacific with the opening of the singapore facility . 1995 printronix enters the indian market and signs agreement with wipro . 1998 expansion into the china market . 2001 printronix acquires rjs and enters the scanner verifier market . 9 2008 acquired by vector capital printronix becomes a private company . 10 2009 printronix acquires tallygenicom . 11 2013 corona investments acquires printronix . 12 references edit https www.tallygenicom.com information default.aspx id 2147483693 printnet 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retrieved 2016 08 16 . bda advises on divestment of printronix to corona investment partners pr.com . www.pr.com . retrieved 2016 08 16 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title printronix & oldid 734820301 categories manufacturing companies based in californiahidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 16 august 2016 at 22 34 . text is available under 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