O Último Domínio do Japão: Canon, Epson e Brother
Brasileiros no Japão
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Japan lost its leadership in cell phones, TVs, and computers. But there's one sector where it still dominates the world today—and almost no one realizes it: printers. In this video, I show how Canon, Epson, Brother, and Kyocera control the precision mechanics that make printers work, even when the label on the front is from another brand. You'll understand why HP, the world's largest printer seller, uses Canon motors in most of its laser printers—including the 1984 LaserJet and the 1985 Apple LaserWriter. And how Epson, which originated from Shinshu Seiki (Seiko's timing division for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics), surpassed HP in inkjet leadership, according to IDC data from the 3rd quarter of 2025. The central point is the business model: selling the machine with a tight margin and profiting from supplies. In 2003, the cost per milliliter of original cartridges was about seven times higher than that of vintage champagne. And the inkjet droplets, measuring 1 to 2 picoliters, have a diameter smaller than the thickness of a human hair. And there's the part that almost nobody talks about: those who operated and still operate these conveyor belts, under a zero-tolerance regime, were largely Brazilians. The volume that sustained the assembly of this empire passed through our hands. In the end, I ask the question that matters to those who are here: how much does it cost, in the long term, to work on these lines as a contractor? Leave your comment telling us about your experience in a factory here in Japan. And don't forget to like the video and subscribe to the channel for more analyses like this.
00:00 Chapter 0: Opening (Japanese dominance and the champagne trap)
01:34 Chapter 1: The invention that management ordered to be stopped (The story of Xerox)
02:46 Chapter 2: 1984, the motor inside the American case (The LaserJet and Canon)
04:26 Chapter 3: Epson came from a stopwatch (The origin in Seiko watches)
05:27 Chapter 4: The drop that came out by accident (Canon's accidental invention)
06:23 Chapter 5: The layer that nobody can copy (Dominance of the Japanese market)
07:30 Chapter 6: The conveyor belts and the December test (Brother and the level of demand from factories)
09:07 Chapter 7: The financial trap (The business model of expensive ink)
10:54 Chapter 8: The data on the table and its history
#canon #epson #brother #Japan #Printers #JapaneseTechnology #BraziliansInJapan #Dekassegui
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20 Comments
Fora que o fato de uma garrafa de tinta preta da HP ter menos ml da Canon.
Até as impressoras mais comuns o cartucho é caro eu uso até não conseguir ler mais kkkk
Quanta informação em um único aparelho de impressora 🖨️
Meu primeiro emprego no Japão nos anos 90 foi em uma fábrica de celulares em Miyagi-ken que se chamava NDK em Furukawa shi
Lá os únicos japoneses eram os chefes o restante todos eram dekasseguis 😅época do bum 💥
Foi também a única fábrica de eletrônicos que eu trabalhei
Depois foi só bucha 😅😂
Vídeo excelente em todos os detalhes ✨👏👏👏👏
Mas acabou que não trabalhei apenas fiz entrevista
Acabei indo pra Sony lá em Fukushima
Hoje estive em Ibaraki rodei 638 km pra ir levar pedra para uma construção
O Último Domínio do Japão: Canon, Epson e Brother
Brasileiros no Japão
26,966 views
Japan lost its leadership in cell phones, TVs, and computers. But there's one sector where it still dominates the world today—and almost no one realizes it: printers. In this video, I show how Canon, Epson, Brother, and Kyocera control the precision mechanics that make printers work, even when the label on the front is from another brand. You'll understand why HP, the world's largest printer seller, uses Canon motors in most of its laser printers—including the 1984 LaserJet and the 1985 Apple LaserWriter. And how Epson, which originated from Shinshu Seiki (Seiko's timing division for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics), surpassed HP in inkjet leadership, according to IDC data from the 3rd quarter of 2025. The central point is the business model: selling the machine with a tight margin and profiting from supplies. In 2003, the cost per milliliter of original cartridges was about seven times higher than that of vintage champagne. And the inkjet droplets, measuring 1 to 2 picoliters, have a diameter smaller than the thickness of a human hair. And there's the part that almost nobody talks about: those who operated and still operate these conveyor belts, under a zero-tolerance regime, were largely Brazilians. The volume that sustained the assembly of this empire passed through our hands. In the end, I ask the question that matters to those who are here: how much does it cost, in the long term, to work on these lines as a contractor? Leave your comment telling us about your experience in a factory here in Japan. And don't forget to like the video and subscribe to the channel for more analyses like this.
00:00 Chapter 0: Opening (Japanese dominance and the champagne trap)
01:34 Chapter 1: The invention that management ordered to be stopped (The story of Xerox)
02:46 Chapter 2: 1984, the motor inside the American case (The LaserJet and Canon)
04:26 Chapter 3: Epson came from a stopwatch (The origin in Seiko watches)
05:27 Chapter 4: The drop that came out by accident (Canon's accidental invention)
06:23 Chapter 5: The layer that nobody can copy (Dominance of the Japanese market)
07:30 Chapter 6: The conveyor belts and the December test (Brother and the level of demand from factories)
09:07 Chapter 7: The financial trap (The business model of expensive ink)
10:54 Chapter 8: The data on the table and its history
#canon #epson #brother #Japan #Printers #JapaneseTechnology #BraziliansInJapan #Dekassegui
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Music
"The Piano Says - Good News" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/
https://danirosenoer.wixsite.com/
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