Happy Cinco de Mayo! In today’s “Monday with Mark,” Editor-in-Chief Mark Vruno rapidly recaps the previous week’s office technology news, which really picked up as the new month started. Some highlights:
- Xerox earnings miss Q1 estimate in seasonally lowest quarter as equipment and post-sale revenues decline
- Learn how Ricoh is redefining MFP scanning; the OEM also has developed high-strength, full-color 3D printing technology.
- Congratulations to Texas dealership DOCUmation on marking 35 years in business!
Plus, read the latest from Agfa, Canon, Crawford Technologies, DOCUmation, Donnellon McCarthy, Fujifilm, Hytec, Minuteman Press, PRINTING United Alliance, Ricoh, RR Donnelley, Tecnau, USPS, Wells Fargo, and more.
In other industry coverage, how can dealers can prepare for tariffs? Japanese multifunction printer OEMs are bracing for impact in mid-July, but many manufacturing operations already have been relocated in Southeast Asia, informs OA Life reporter Tetsuo Kubo. Meanwhile, Kate Gragg previews our in-depth cybersecurity content by issuing a dealer alert in What to Do If You’ve Been Hacked! Oh, and I caught up with longtime Printing Impressions editor Mark Michelson, who retired last fall after a career spanning nearly 40 years. Our “Exit Interview” is a fun trip down Memory Lane with glimpses into the future.
DEALER ALERT: Four different dealers will have a chance to win more than $8,000 ($2,000 each) in prize money by taking our 40th Annual Dealer Survey (linked below). Are you one of them?
View The Cannata Report’s office technology news highlights from the past week:
- Take the CR Dealer Survey: our 40th edition!
- Ricoh is redefining MFP scanning with its new, straight-path SD Series.
- Fujifilm wins iF Design awards for 26 products.
- Meet the Minuteman Press franchise owner in CT who achieved >$1 million in gross sales last year.
- Canon and Summa join forces for advanced wide format roll cutting solutions.
- Which two new inkjet, wide format powerhouses is Agfa “unleashing” at FESPA this week in Berlin?
- Crawford Tech’s new doc cloud software meets ADA compliance requirements.
- Ohio dealer Donnellon McCarthy in multiyear sponsorship with Columbus Crew pro soccer club.
- Quocirca’s Cloud Software Print Vendor Landscape Report for 2025 shows more growth.
- Canon customers receive visits from university students studying inkjet technology.
- Francis McMahon, recently “retired” from Canon, joins Tecnau as Americas president & overall CMO.
- PRINTING United Alliance releases unified printing taxonomy.
- High score: USA Today gives Canon 4.5 stars for hardware & electronics customer service.
- Ricoh develops full-color 3D printing for high-strength healthcare applications.
- Congrats to Texas dealer DOCUmation on its 35th business anniversary this year!
- A look at Xerox’s Q1 earnings report . . .
- U.S. Postal Service names Providers of the Year, including RR Donnelley in the Mail Service category.
- Wells Fargo announces common stock dividend and repurchase program of up to $40 billion.
- Hytec VP Bruce Nelson added to Service Council’s Industry Advisory Board.
