In April 1997, Xerox introduced the DocuCentre 220/230 digital copiers and the DocuPrint N24/32 network printers, both with a newly developed tabloid-format Fuji-Xerox print engine. A little over a year later, multiple OEMs were using the same Fuji-Xerox print engine for products sold in both the US and world marketplaces. This expanding roster of leading OEMs emphasized the growing importance of this print engine to cartridge remanufacturers as it became the leading competitor to HP deparental network printers and multifunctional digital copier offerings.
The cartridges used by these printers offered multiple benefits to remanufacturers. The all-in-one design, simple disassembly, Canon - type development technology, and high OEM cartridge list pricing (at the time) made it an excellent profit opportunity.