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by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 16, 2025
If a recession hits and companies curtail printing, the “enemies of print” – Microsoft, Google, and SaaS vendors – seize the moment to push scan-to-cloud, e-signature, and workflow automation. Printing then becomes an option, not a requirement.
Move is said to be an effort to counteract the company’s ongoing financial losses.
It’s not just lower print volumes: printer and copier/MFP companies face a host of other challenges such as more demanding security, dealer consolidation, lower supplies and service revenue, and integrating with digital workflows.
“Attackers are using polished animations like fake loading bars and password prompts to make malicious sites feel credible and urgent.”
AI isn’t making printers and copiers irrelevant, instead, it’s making them more useful, by reducing wasted toner and prints made in error, reducing time-consuming tasks, and making print and document workflows faster and more efficient.
One perennial piece of advice for office printer/MFP dealers and OEMs is that with office print volumes steadily declining, commercial and production print offers a new revenue stream in a market that’s adjacent to office print and has healthy projected growth rates…
Commercial & Production Printing / Featured Posts / Fujifilm / Fujifilm Business Innovation / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 1, 2025
New AI print-job automation features include scanning documents and automatically recommending best image quality enhancements, such as sharpening text or fine lines. AI also detects scenes within photos or images, such as people or landscapes, and applies appropriate corrections.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 26, 2025 · Last modified November 27, 2025
Company also announced restructuring plan that will eliminate 4,000 to 6,000 employees.
Commercial & Production Printing / Featured Posts / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 25, 2025
Company notes that while A4 office print market volume is declining at 1.9 percent annually, digital color production printing will grow at an average annual rate of 12 percent through 2030.
Earlier this month, S&P Global Ratings downgraded Xerox’s credit rating from B- to CCC+, based on the…
The impact of AI is everywhere nowadays, but it’s also quietly making big changes when it comes to the copier/MFP…
One of the biggest challenges facing small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) in today’ s modern, connected workplace are cybersecurity threats, which can potentially cost businesses tens of thousands…
Our own take is that the Supreme Court, which is currently considering the legality of the tariffs, has made multiple skeptical comments about the tariffs, and they are likely to be overturned. That in turn could lead to many lawsuits like Ricoh’s..
Our six-month snapshot of company revenue and earnings shows some clear winners and losers; revenue for most tended to be flat, but many reported surging operating profit, typically as cost reductions paid off.
On November 10th, Brother Industries of Japan reported financial results for its second quarter and first half, with both ending......
Aggressive restructuring program yields strong profit despite lower sales.
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