Technology Trends

It”™s been a busy year in Tokyo for printer manufacturers that have enhanced their existing showrooms or opened new ones to showcase their latest printing…

Everybody talks about workflow. You have to have one; you have to document it; you have to improve it continuously; no workflow, no profit; and so on. Let’s…

While many businesses still require and insist on A3 copier/MFPs, the last decade has increasingly seen companies switch to A4 devices. The advantages of A4…

The vendor equipment finance business at TIAA Bank is embarking on a series of digital initiatives to serve its dealer partners more effectively. “We’ve always…

GreatAmerica University keynote speaker Zach Basner, director of inbound training & video strategy for Impact, an inbound marketing company, offers…

Konica Minolta Japan (KMJ), which is responsible for the Japanese market at Konica Minolta, Inc., is strengthening its sales structure under President Jun Haraguchi and…

“Change is the new constant,” is probably the best phrase to describe our fast-paced personal and business lives. Experts keep telling us print is dead, and in a traditional…

EFI and Atlantic, Tomorrow’s Office are blazing a trail, going where no dealer or EFI has ever gone before. EFI has created a new partner program that allows Atlantic…

Initially, Frank Mallozzi, chief revenue officer at EFI, encouraged us to attend ITMA Barcelona 2019, especially since EFI had acquired Reggiani Machine in July 2015…

We believe textile printing is another opportunity for our dealer audience and that was our motivation to attend this important global textile printing showcase.

Attending the ITMA Barcelona exhibition and conference gave us a sense of an exciting new market that is being created by digital engines driven by powerful front ends…

Many dealers remain curious about casting lines into the production printing revenue stream and wading deeper into higher-volume output waters. The first step is…

When it comes to production and industrial print, what has begun as a trickle could soon become a wave. Seeking to address the evolving dynamics of the print industry,…

The current U.S. administration’s tough stance on trade negotiations with China has finally affected the MFP industry. Most recently, the U.S. announced that…

There’s no better way to get a clear picture of a distant country’s managed print services landscape than to talk to someone who helped shape that industry. A couple of…

During HP Inc.’s (HPI) Annual Reinvent Conference in Houston this past spring, I caught up with The Cannata Report’s 2018 Woman Influencer Anneliese Olson,…

Diversification enables dealers to become “stickier” with their customers, offering more than just traditional office printing technology. An emerging product segment…

Over the last several years, virtually all enterprises have seen the important advantages of scanning and digitizing paper documents, and subsequently processing and/or…

On May 1, 2019, the Reiwa era began in Japan. That’s the day Emperor Akihito’s eldest son, Naruhito, ascended to the throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan, concluding…

In all too many venues inhabited by digital print systems, the mantra of the day is “get the job out the door.” Some jobs are easy-peasy, while others are black holes of…

The latest MFPs have more functions such as the ability to expand functions of processing various business workflows automatically with cloud support. For…

I am not too fond of off-the-shelf, mass-produced things. I love the individual touch. For many day-to-day objects, this isn’t possible, and in many cases, I understand…

What does it take to win at managed IT? That’s the million-dollar question and one dealers of all sizes have struggled with at one time or another. But we aren’t…

In April, BEI Services released what it described as the industry’s first iDaaS (Imaging Device-as-a-Service) model for dealers. The company demonstrated its…

Would you rather sell a commodity or value?If commodities are your preferred offering, you need to think hard about whether that is a good long-term…