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Welcome again to Monday with Mark, our rapid-fire recap of office technology news from the previous week. Today’s aggregation covers the crazy-busy cycle of February 2 through 6th, 2026, as compiled by EIC Mark Vruno. Highlights:
- CEO Enrique Lores, a 36-year HP veteran, has stepped down and sets to take the reins at financial tech firm PayPal.
- Brother Industries wants to acquire wide-format printing OEM Mutoh for $220 million (USD).
- U.S. Southeast dealer Milner promotes Tim Combs to VP of managed technology and IT services.
- In Texas, DOCUmation acquires Document Solutions dealership, a Xerox platinum agent.
Plus, read the latest office technology news about Brother, Canon, Color-Logic, CONNECT, Dscoop, Economics Watch, ePS, Epson, Fiery, Heidelberg, KDI Office Technology, Keypoint Intelligence, Komori, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Minuteman Press, Pacific Office Automation, PGSF, Pulse Technology, Ricoh, TD, Synnex, Visual Edge IT, Xerox, and more.
Details on The Cannata Report’s office technology news highlights from the past week:
- At HP, board member Bruce Broussard was appointed as interim CEO as Lores departs.
- OEM Brother to buy Mutoh (offering nearly $49 per share) to get into wide-format print business.
- Milner promotes Combs to vice president of managed tech, IT services, and cybersecurity.
- DOCUmation buys Xerox dealer Document Solutions in East Texas.
- Ecomomics Watch: of global markets and the geopolitical economy.
- New Keypoint Intelligence reports forecast global wide format printing market through 2029.
- Pennsylvania-based KDI Office Technology earns back-to-back DocuWare awards for 2025 and 2026.
- Ricoh is title sponsor of USF’s “Selling with the Bulls” intercollegiate sales competition.
- New Canon CaptureOnTouch software offerings: for select imageFORMULA document scanners.
- Visual Edge IT hires Cameron Jones as VP of strategic initiatives and chief of staff.
- Pulse Technology installs electronic billboard adjacent to Chicago-area highway.
- Minuteman Press franchise launches Personalize it! print-on-demand program.
- Konica Minolta’s Laura Blackmer honored as 2026 CRN channel chief for sixth time.
- Xerox releases fourth-quarter and 2025 full-year financial results.
- TD Synnex named a 2026 Fortune “World’s Most Admired” company.
- POA ranks as #1 large tech services provider in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
- Color-Logic releases EVE, a free embellishment value estimator.
- Epson and Threshold partner to bring color innovation to visitor management and security.
- Fiery launches JobFlow Pro, an AI-assisted prepress automation platform.
- Packaging software firm eProductivity appoints Mackenzie Henderson as chief people officer.
- Sharp makes Fortune 2026 list of “World’s Most Admired Companies.”
- PGSF, ePS Software, and Graphic Communications spearhead auction at CONNECT user conference.
- She*t for Brains workplace mental health resource on site next month at Dscoop EDGE Denver.
- Kyocera introduces inkjet printhead with more than 1,500 nozzles for industrial material applications.
- Komori America mourns passing of President Kosh Miyao.
- Brother refreshes A3 inkjet line-up with next-generation engine.
- Meet the winners of The Cannata Report’s 40th Annual Dealer Survey prize drawing!
