This Week in Imaging: The Year in Review – From Xerox and Lexmark, to AI, Tariffs, and More
For 2026, we expect OEMs to scramble to receive tariff refunds, while continuing to deploy AI, cloud, and new security solutions.
For 2026, we expect OEMs to scramble to receive tariff refunds, while continuing to deploy AI, cloud, and new security solutions.
As 2025 ends, we’ll be taking a look at some of the key events at the major office print and copier/MFP companies in 2025…
Canon / Featured Posts / Financial News / HP / Konica Minolta / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 16, 2025
If a recession hits and companies curtail printing, the “enemies of print” – Microsoft, Google, and SaaS vendors – seize the moment to push scan-to-cloud, e-signature, and workflow automation. Printing then becomes an option, not a requirement.
It’s not just lower print volumes: printer and copier/MFP companies face a host of other challenges such as more demanding security, dealer consolidation, lower supplies and service revenue, and integrating with digital workflows.
Canon Inc. of Japan today announced that it’s reported to Amazon that certain toner cartridges sold on Amazon infringe Canon’s......
While traditional analog printing offers advantages in cost-effective large-scale, high-volume print production, digital printing offers advantages in flexibility and short-run efficiency that can’t be matched by analog, helping to fuel digital’s growth in North Americ
Irish company Malikie Innovations has sued Canon Inc. and its U.S. subsidiary, Canon U.S.A. for patent-infringement…
Our six-month snapshot of company revenue and earnings shows some clear winners and losers; revenue for most tended to be flat, but many reported surging operating profit, typically as cost reductions paid off.
Canon Inc. of Japan today reported results for its third quarter and last three quarters…
Canon / Featured Posts / Konica Minolta / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 24, 2025
Because production print is becoming more important in the office document-imaging industry, this post examines its current status and key industry players.
Market-research firm IndexBox has just published a new report: Northern America – Printers, Copying Machines And Facsimile Machines – Market......
Canon owns all the key components in the printing process – print heads, inks and drying – enabling it to optimize the system’s performance more easily.
According to the latest research from market-research firm Research and Markets, growth in the large format printer (LFP) market is......
Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Featured Posts / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published September 30, 2025
“This innovative solution brings the proven advantages of our unique UVgel technology to the 3.2m market for the first time, combining it with extensive automation…
Canon U.S.A. today announced the expansion of its PIXMA product portfolio of desktop printers and All-in-Ones for home and small......
Some are betting tariff reversal will remain in effect, while U.S. government petitions Supreme Court to hear case.
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