Canon Reports Record Sales for Second Quarter and First Half, Raises Forecast
Company also reports healthy growth for both office and commercial print segments, and is receiving U.S. tariff refunds.
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Company also reports healthy growth for both office and commercial print segments, and is receiving U.S. tariff refunds.
Tariffs however are likely to be overturned by the Supreme Court, which has ruled that executive agencies cannot make decisions of vast “economic and political significance” without explicit instruction from Congress.
With manufacturers prioritizing high-profit AI server chips, standard RAM shortages have caused component costs to spike.
Company also reports healthy growth for both office and commercial print segments, and is receiving U.S. tariff refunds.
Tariffs however are likely to be overturned by the Supreme Court, which has ruled that executive agencies cannot make decisions of vast “economic and political significance” without explicit instruction from Congress.
With manufacturers prioritizing high-profit AI server chips, standard RAM shortages have caused component costs to spike.
Ricoh to combine Asuene’s sustainability AI platform with its global customer base and decarbonization expertise to provide customers with end-to-end support, from measuring CO2 emissions to implementing reduction measures and preparing disclosures.
Commercial & Production Printing / Kyocera / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 23, 2026
Highlights will include Kyocera’s preview of the TASKalfa Pro Tandem, which it will launch in the fall, while Sharp will preview two new color print-production systems.
On July 21st, Katun Corporation reported that its Arivia copier/MFP portfolio is now fully compatible with Cartadis’ TCM4, TCM4-BLE (Bluetooth),......
Canon Inc. of Japan today announced that it has successfully removed certain toner cartridge offerings from selected European Amazon marketplaces......
Caution about dealers relying heavily on legacy print volume revenues, as well as stricter due diligence, may be causing slow down…
Quantum-resistant security tools will defend printers and data from attacks that aren’t here yet – but will be, and as the U.S. government begins mandating these security tools, others will soon follow.
The world’s leading PC maker, Lenovo, which is headquartered in Beijing, China, announced a novel new use for inkjet-printing…
On July 17th Brother International U.S.A. launched its new GTX300 Hybrid Garment Printer, a professional-grade hybrid color inkjet printer with......
ConnectWise Platform said to be the industry’s first purpose-built managed service provider (MSP) solution for predictive maintenance.
Program provides protection against usage fluctuations, with consistent costs regardless of print volumes.
AI-powered document processing isn’t perfect – providing about 95 and 99 percent accuracy when processing well-structured digital office documents – but neither of course is labor-intensive manual human document processing.
New solutions will enable Canon production print customers to gain better visibility into their print production environments and optimize them for enhanced efficiency.
Platform is said to streamline the entire maintenance process, from pre-visit preparation to on-site service, thereby helping reducing device downtime. In pilot trials it demonstrated improvements in spare-parts preparation accuracy, as well as reductions in service time.
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