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OEM Canon U.S.A. adds to its Industry-leading, web-fed production inkjet portfolio with the new ColorStream series for printing on standard, offset uncoated and inkjet-treated papers.

June 25th webinar with Kingston Training will introduce Continuum Training, a sales training layer built into the Cricket Continuum’s dealer membership program.

Helping dealers to understand and resell AI agents: “Think of AGI as software capable of performimg virtually any task that a human can accomplish using a computer,” says Gary Lavin, founder of CEO Juice, which is the newest member of The Consortium.

See the TASKalfa Pro 15000b, Kyocera’s new monochrome commercial inkjet printer, at the 2026 edition of PRINTING United Expo in Las Vegas in September.

With final regulatory approval and the launch of GreatAmerica Bank, the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based office technology equipment financing firm enters its next phase of growth as a national bank.

The partnership leverages the longstanding HPG reputation for innovation and hands-on education, making them the ideal partner for demonstrating and selling the transformative capabilities of Visualis3R in the print industry, says Color-Logic.

Our rapid recap of the previous week’s office technology news.

Higher ed leadership event at historic Fenway Park sparks critical dialog on AI, campus innovation, and the future of higher education, Canon reports.

The flagship model in the REVORIA PRESS series for high-end professional printing features new color capabilities, Fujifilm says.

More than 30 additional industry-leading vendors to support the Wide-Format Summit, the printing industry’s only hosted, large-format, attendee event next month in Florida.

64-Inch wide DTFilm printer delivers twin-roll flexibility, automated maintenance, and high-speed production for garment decorators, says Epson.

The aftermarket could be the key to making more money and more margin for dealers in the office technology channel, says Katun’s Ron Petrucci.

Fossil CO₂ emissions from UPM operations and purchased energy fell by 38% per tonne of paper last year in Europe.

MARCIEAssist is the first agentic AI capability to automate the work of customer communications management (CCM), says Messagepoint.

Revoria Press models PC2120S/PC2120, EC2100S/EC2100, and SC285S/SC285 win Red Dot product design awards, reports Fujifilm.

Customer-driven recognition highlights Square 9 Softworks’ powerful return on investment (ROI) in just 15 months.

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Tasha Ventimiglia, group dirrector for LOUPE Americas (formerly Labelexpo Global Series), reflects on a quarter-century of label exposition history.

Nashville-based dealer RJ Young teamed up with spinoff colleagues at Velocity1 for Music City’s premier business technology networking event.

Membership in imaging industry “think tank” aims to drive smarter service management across the print ecosystem, says Circuitry.ai.

Boissonneault, the U.S. OEM’s North American channel president, talks about Xerox go-to-market strategies, the Lexmark integration, and partner relations.

What fresh thinking does the ’26 class of thirty-something young influencers bring to the office technology dealer channel?

National distributor ISI is unlocking new revenue opportunities for dealers with Toshiba barcode and label printers.

More than 7,000 of the nation’s best students participated in 114 SkillsUSA and leadership competitions, including graphic communications, that took place last week in the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

Employees come together to mark a half-century in business and recognize Terry and Karen Newsom, the co-founders of Pacific Office Automation.

Seasoned channel executive, who also will head up global channel go-to-market, brings a wealth of partner-led growth expertise to Mitel as demand for integrated-hybrid communications solutions accelerates worldwide.