MAC address vendor

Action Imaging Solutions — 00:09:B9 (MA-L)

Primary prefix
00:09:B9
Block
MA-L

Summary

// what this is
Action Imaging Solutions is registered to MAC prefix 00:09:B9 in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with 00:09:B9, that block was registered by Action Imaging Solutions — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device.
// analyst note
Single-OUI registration but with verifiable company substance (documented corporate history, address match, named products, continuity to a currently operating manufacturer) — not a bare shell registration.
[ 01 ] — Context

About this vendor.

Updated  ·  Confidence: Medium

The IEEE MA-L registry lists a single OUI, 00:09:B9, assigned to "Action Imaging Solutions" at Kings Hall, St Ives Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, GB PE27 4WY — a St Ives, Cambridgeshire address that matches the current office of Colortrac Ltd, a UK manufacturer of large-format document, CAD, and photo scanners founded in 1989. Colortrac's own corporate history page states the company traded as "ACTion Imaging Solutions (AIS)" from late 1999 — after acquiring ANAtech and Tangent Imaging Systems — until reverting to the Colortrac name in December 2003, which lines up with an OUI registered under that trading name during the same window. Independent driver-archive listings for Colortrac/ANAtech/Tangent-branded large-format scanner hardware corroborate that this was a genuine scanner manufacturer rather than a bare shell registration, and the line of business continues today under Colortrac, now part of Global Scanning. No security incidents, CVEs, or malware are associated with this OUI or vendor.

IEEE assignment
00:09:B9 → "Action Imaging Solutions," Kings Hall, St Ives Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, GB PE27 4WY [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry (line 5476), the Wireshark manufacturer database (line 2476)
Registry / block size
MA-L (24-bit OUI); only one OUI found under this exact registrant name in the cached the IEEE MA-L registry/manuf snapshot, and no corresponding rows in the IEEE MA-M registry (MA-M) or the IEEE MA-S registry (MA-S) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry, the IEEE MA-M registry, the IEEE MA-S registry
HQ / country
Kings Hall, St Ives Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, GB PE27 4WY [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L
Company identity
registrant address matches Colortrac Ltd's current St Ives, Cambridgeshire office; Colortrac traded as "ACTion Imaging Solutions (AIS)" from late 1999 (post-acquisition of ANAtech and Tangent Imaging Systems) until reverting to the Colortrac name in December 2003
[Likely] — https://www.colortrac.com/historyofinnovation/, https://www.colortrac.com/about/
Device types
large-format document/CAD/photo scanners (Colortrac/ANAtech/Tangent-brand hardware and drivers), not networking equipment [Likely] — https://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=89106, https://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=90374, https://www.colortrac.com/about/
Company substance
substantive — identifiable manufacturer with documented corporate history, physical-address corroboration, named products, and continuity to a currently operating company (now part of Global Scanning); not a bare single-OUI shell
[Likely] — https://www.colortrac.com/about/, https://www.colortrac.com/historyofinnovation/
Multiple OUI assignments
No — only 00:09:B9 found under this registrant name in the cached registry files [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry, the Wireshark manufacturer database
Registration date
Unknown / not applicable — IEEE's public OUI data publishes no assignment or registration date; maclookup.app shows "Date Registered: 05 June 2002" for this prefix, but that is a third-party database artifact, not an IEEE fact, and is not recorded here as such
[Confirmed] — https://maclookup.app/vendors/action-imaging-solutions
Security context
no CVEs, malware, or security incidents found associated with this OUI or vendor; legacy scanner peripheral hardware with low general security relevance [Unknown] — no supporting citation found
[ 02 ] — OUI prefixes

Assignments by IEEE.

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// registered prefixes1
  1. 00:09:B9MA-L
[ 03 ] — Related

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