Rolando Martinez · Senior Director of Marketing, Production Print · CANON
Canon has one of the largest booths at PRINTING United 2026 in Las Vegas — and even with 9,600 square feet, Rolando Martinez says they still couldn’t bring everything.
Morten B. Reitoft meets Rolando to look at just how broad Canon’s production portfolio has become, spanning toner, sheetfed inkjet, continuous-feed inkjet and an increasingly extensive range of wide-format technologies.
In wide format, the Colorado XL takes Canon’s UVgel technology into a completely different production class with an 11-foot hybrid platform, while Arizona and the DigiTech Texas platforms cover flatbed applications, automation and even robotic handling.
But much of the conversation focuses on production inkjet.
The new varioPRINT iX1700 fills an important space between high-volume toner and Canon’s faster sheetfed inkjet platforms. For commercial printers looking to move more work from toner — or begin shifting offset applications into inkjet — it provides another step on the production ladder.
At the other end is the varioPRESS iV7.
The B2+ inkjet press isn’t physically at PRINTING United, but Canon is demonstrating its capabilities through an interactive experience. For Rolando, the iV7 illustrates how dramatically inkjet has evolved: quality is increasingly comparable with offset, while productivity is now moving into territory traditionally associated with conventional presses.
And toner isn’t standing still either. Canon is showing the second generation imagePRESS V900 II, demonstrating that development continues across both technologies.
The result is an increasingly broad production portfolio where printers can choose technology based on volume, turnaround time, applications and economics rather than simply deciding between “digital” and “offset.”
Competition remains strong, and Rolando welcomes it. But Canon clearly believes that as commercial printers continue moving work toward digital production, having technologies that span from toner through B2+ and continuous-feed inkjet puts the company in an interesting position.
And Morten has one prediction: one day every offset printer may also have a varioPRESS iV7.
Rolando doesn’t seem to disagree.
Watch Morten B. Reitoft’s conversation with Rolando Martinez from Canon at PRINTING United 2026 in Las Vegas.
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Mauricio Lomelín · Kyocera | Expanding Digi...
English description below: Desde FESPA México 2026, Claudia Mendoza conversa con Mauricio Lomelín, de Kyocera, sobre la evolución de la impresión digital, las nuevas oportunidades para la industria gráfica y la estrategia de la compañía para ampliar su presencia en el mercado de impresión de producción. Mauricio presenta la TASKalfa Pro 15000c, conocida como Victoria, un equipo de inyección de tinta con tecnología propia de Kyocera, capaz de producir hasta 150 páginas por minuto y alcanzar volúmenes de un millón de páginas mensuales. Con aproximadamente 30 equipos instalados en México y 1.000 a nivel mundial, según Mauricio, la compañía continúa consolidando su presencia en aplicaciones como la producción de libros, los documentos transaccionales y la impresión de grandes volúmenes. La conversación también presenta Nova, la nueva propuesta de equipos de producción láser de Kyocera, diseñada para complementar la tecnología inkjet. Mauricio explica cómo la combinación de ambas tecnologías permite a los impresores desarrollar procesos de producción más flexibles, reducir costos operativos y avanzar hacia la impresión bajo demanda. La sustentabilidad, la eficiencia energética, la integración de software y la transición de la impresión tradicional a la digital completan una entrevista que muestra las oportunidades que Kyocera identifica para el futuro de las artes gráficas. --- At FESPA Mexico 2026, Claudia Mendoza speaks with Mauricio Lomelín from Kyocera about the company's expanding presence in production printing and the growing opportunities for print service providers transitioning from conventional to digital technologies. Mauricio introduces the TASKalfa Pro 15000c, nicknamed Victoria, a high-volume inkjet press powered by Kyocera's proprietary printhead technology. Capable of producing up to 150 pages per minute and handling monthly volumes of up to one million pages, the system targets applications ranging from book production to transactional documents. According to Mauricio, Kyocera has approximately 30 installations in Mexico and recently reached 1,000 installations worldwide. The interview also explores Nova, Kyocera's new production toner systems, which complement its inkjet technology and enable printers to combine different production methods. Mauricio discusses how these solutions support the transition toward digital and on-demand printing while emphasizing low operating costs, productivity, and workflow integration. Sustainability, energy efficiency, variable data printing, and Kyocera's broader ambitions in the graphic arts industry are central themes in a conversation about the changing requirements of modern print production.