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Xerography may be seasoned, yet the 79-year-old technology invented by physicist Chester Carlson still works remarkably well. His photocopying process uses an electrically charged…

A year ago, if you had told Andre D’Urbano, executive director, sales and marketing, RISO, Inc., the company would not need to conduct a live product demo ever again…

I first met Reed Melnick about 15 years ago when he was president of Nevill Document Solutions in Irving, Texas, one of the top Kyocera dealers in…

It is said that all good things must come to an end. Or maybe things change. That’s certainly the story when it comes to the shift from toner to inkjet printing taking place right…

Access the September 2019 Production and Industrial Print Issue via PDF and posts here. Dear members and friends, It’s no secret that…

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…

CJ Cannata and Scott Cullen provide top-line insight into current diversification trends, including Security, Smart Office Solutions, and Production and Industrial…

By now, it should come as no shock that the statistics for printing in color are compelling. According to a recent Xerox study, business documents reproduced in color are resulting…

Have you ever thought about the ink? Between our visits to PRINT and EFI Connect, we continue to see increasing numbers of inkjet devices, primarily designed for…

Inkjet technology is poised to make a huge splash across the independent dealer channel. But is the channel ready for inkjet. Some OEMs think so. To get a sense of…

One of the nice things about visiting dealers in Baltimore, at least for us, is that we can drive or take a train. Carol and I elected to drive, and CJ took the train from…

he first time I called on Advanced Business Systems in Cockeysville, Maryland, 45 years ago, I was a DSM for Saxon Industries. I remember meeting the owners…

The Cannata Report will close out a year marked by substantial travel with a visit to Toshiba’s U.S. headquarters in Irvine, CA, to meet with the manufacturer’s…

I arrived in Chicago for Print 18 on Sunday September 30th wondering if the rumors about the show being on life support were true. What I saw and heard over the next…

From September 30 through October 3, The Cannata Report is set to attend PRINT 18 in Chicago. Ever since we began covering this show in 2001, the conference has…

Many dealers still think of RISO, Inc. as a digital duplicator company. They’re not wrong, but if Andre D’Urbano, RISO’s director of dealer sales and corporate…

Over Jim Loffler’s nearly 40-year career selling office technology, there aren’t many products or services he hasn’t been able to sell. With a commitment to his…

It was our pleasure to host our third annual elite partner dinner at Tiro A Segno of New York, a private club and the oldest Italian American heritage organization in the U.S….

As we plotted out our 2018 Dealer Tour, we made sure to include the Stewart Organization in Dallas/Fort Worth with headquarters in…