Welcome to Monday with Mark, our rapid-fire recap of office technology news from the previous week. Today’s curation covers the busy cycle of May 11 – 15th, 2026, highlighted by:
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota dealership A&B Business Solutions merges with Oklahoma-based JD Young Technologies. The respective ownership teams have been friends for more than 25 years.
- Katun’s Arivia MFPs are now compatible with inepro Spider RFID and mobile authentication solutions.
- Michigan-based Applied Innovation earns a pair of dealer awards from Ricoh USA.
Plus, read the latest office technology news about Ace Twill, Agfa, Alexander Joseph & Associates, Amazon, Arden Software, Associates International, AuthX, Domino Printing Sciences, DPI Lab, ecoprintQ, Epson, FESPA, Fiery, FSEA Print Embellishment Conference, Google UCP, Graph-Tech USA, GSI Digital Link, Hybrid Software. Interpack, Linx Printing Technologies, Meteor Inkjet, Minuteman Press, Print Digital Convention, Pulse Technology, Scodix, TeamLogic IT, textile and wide-format printing, Xeikon, and more. Don’t miss our fresh content coverage of cybersecurity and managed IT services.
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Details on The Cannata Report’s office technology news highlights from the past week:
- 2 dealers merge: Like JD Young, A&B Business Solutions is a multi-generational, family-owned business.
- Secure RFID and mobile authentication from inepro is now available on Katun multifunction printers.
- Ricoh recognizes Applied Innovation with ProVision Dealer Partner and Production ProDealer awards.
- Chicago-based dealer Pulse Technology to host May 20 open house at Northwest Indiana location.
- Epson’s new commercial high=speed desktop document scanners feature three-year limited warranties.
- Could ecoprintQ’s AuthX offering be the ID/access management revenue stream you need?
- Delaware print service provider Associates International has acquired Ace Twill of New Jersey.
- Linx Printing Technologies launches 9000 Series continuous inkjet printer range.
- New Catalyst VisionAI from DPI Laboratory is bringing intelligence to UV print production.
- Secure packaging workflows: Hybrid Software joins Amazon’s Transparency Service Provider Network.
- Arden Software to share glimpse into the future of packaging design at Utah user conference.
- New Fiery FS700 Pro digital front end platform combines max print productivity with ops resilience.
- Next month’s FSEA Print Embellishment Conference in Nashville to feature an array of innovation.
- Graph-Tech USA has hired digital inkjet veteran Norman Roeber as part of its sales development team.
- Beyond the Asian market, Xeikon expands its Ecolyne subscription-based label printer model globally.
- Scodix launches world’s first digital embellishment solution for corrugated and rigid substrates.
- GSI Digital Link: Domino introduces the Gx-Series PRO Printhead for thermal inkjet, variable 2D coding.
- Books on demand: Meteor Inkjet awarded for enterprise sustainable development in the U.K.
- Google UCP: The European print industry is helping to shape the future of AI-driven commerce.
- These projects are sparking excitement ahead of the PRINT DIGITAL CONVENTION next month.
- Agfa and Hybrid Software to bring full variable data to digital folding carton production.
- A TeamLogic IT franchisee in Florida talks about the benefits of networking and mentorship.
- Minuteman Press franchise in NY scores marketing partnership with Minor League Baseball team.
- The global digital textile print market, valued at $5 billion last year, could exceed $12 billion by 2034.
- Channel brands: Does your office technology facility pass the “mop test?”
