Printer Essentials.com, Inc. (commonly "Printer Essentials" or "PE") is a privately held U.S. distributor of printer and imaging consumables headquartered in Reno, Nevada (5190 Neil Road, Suite 205). Founding dates reported by third parties conflict — a company-sourced industry profile says 1999, while Nevada corporate records and BBB filings list a business start around 2000 and incorporation in 2010. Ownership is private; no ticker or parent company is disclosed in public sources. Size estimates are unreliable and inconsistent: Kona Equity lists roughly 10 employees and ~$1.7M revenue, while RocketReach estimates ~$21.3M; neither figure is audited, and no credible public source supports a specific headcount band.
Products / operations. Printer Essentials is an operating company, not a shell licensor. It describes itself as a direct importer, remanufacturer and wholesale distributor of compatible imaging supplies — laser and copier toner, inkjet cartridges, fax rolls, printer and POS ribbons, fuser and maintenance kits, paper and media, plus projector lamps and laptop batteries. Its trademarks (e.g., "Premium Imaging Products," filed 2001) cover wholesale distributorship services for computer, printer, photocopier, facsimile and imaging supplies. It sells through resellers and dealers rather than direct retail, and has marketed TAA-compliant, "Made in America" cartridge lines and managed-print-service support programs.
Patent-litigation posture. The company appears once in our tracked data, as a defendant and never as a plaintiff — the profile of an operating company defending a supplier-side infringement action, not a patent assertion entity. That single matter was an International Trade Commission Section 337 investigation rather than a district court case, filed by Hewlett-Packard.
Notable case. Hewlett-Packard Company v. Microjet Technology Co., Ltd. et al. (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-446), complaint filed December 22, 2000, instituted January 19, 2001. HP alleged infringement of six patents (including U.S. 4,827,294; 4,635,073; 4,680,859; 4,872,027; 4,992,802; 5,409,134) by imported replacement inkjet cartridges for HP 51626A and 51629A models. Printer Essentials was named a respondent alongside Microjet, Price-Less Inkjet Cartridge, Cartridge Hut and ABCCo.net. The investigation as to Printer Essentials was terminated early by an initial determination (Order No. 7) granting a joint motion with HP based on a consent order; the Commission declined review. The merits of the allegations against Printer Essentials were not adjudicated.