Kodak On the Move

As for why Kodak left the copier business, Mark Weber, director of business development for Kodak's Graphic Communications Group, points out that, back in the late '90s, most of the 150,000 Kodak copiers in the market were analog machines.

"The demand for digital copiers was growing in all segments," he says. "Kodak only had a high-end digital solution, the eventual Kodak Digimaster product. The remaining base was vulnerable for replacement. Selling off the division at that time proved to be a wise move."