Keynote Speakers for 14th Annual Inkjet Summit Announced

The Inkjet Summit has announced Canon U.S.A., Inc., KYOCERA Document Solutions America, RICOH Graphic Communications, and SCREEN Americas as keynote sponsors of the 14^th anniversary event. Produced annually by PRINTING United Alliance, Printing Impressions, and In-plant Impressions, this year’s event will be hosted at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Villas in San Antonio, TX, on April 27-29. 2026. More details about the Inkjet Summit can be found at ijsummit.com.

The Inkjet Summit delivers significant value for attendees and sponsors. Senior managers and executives will find a comprehensive agenda that offers strategic insights to enhance their businesses. Attendees engage directly with industry leaders and peers, fostering a rich environment for knowledge sharing.

Canon, Kyocera, Ricoh, and Screen have signed on as keynote sponsors, positioning the Inkjet Summit as the premier event for printing industry executives seeking to explore market-leading solutions from over 50+ top-tier solution providers.

“As a proud Keynote Sponsor of the Inkjet Summit, Canon U.S.A., Inc. is committed to advancing innovation and accelerating the adoption of production inkjet technology,” says Kiyoshi Oka, executive vice president and general manager, Marketing Strategy Unit, Canon U.S.A. “The Inkjet Summit fosters a powerful exchange of ideas, providing attendees with the strategic insight and confidence to transition to inkjet, while offering Canon invaluable feedback that helps shape and strengthen our industry-leading solutions. With our expanding sheetfed portfolio, we are empowering print providers to optimize operations, drive new efficiencies, and scale for long-term success. We are proud to continue our support of the Inkjet Summit and its role in moving the industry forward.”

“We’re proud to return as a Keynote sponsor of the Inkjet Summit, an event that not only reflects SCREEN’s long-term commitment to the inkjet community but dovetails so well with our culture of relationship building,” says Ken Ingram, President of SCREEN Americas. “The Summit remains an essential gathering for inkjet thought leadership in the printing industry, and it’s where meaningful conversations about the future really happen. With the excitement of a new venue and so much news to share about the full launch of the Truepress Jet 560HDX, we’re looking forward to connecting with customers and showing how SCREEN continues to help our partners achieve new levels of productivity and quality.”

Dustin Graupman, Senior Director, Ink Jet Division, KYOCERA Document Solutions America says, “KYOCERA is thrilled to continue our support of the Inkjet Summit as a Keynote Sponsor in 2026. It’s incredible to reflect on how far we’ve come since introducing our first production inkjet product to the market in early 2020, and to now find ourselves helping shape the direction of the industry just six years later. Having personally been involved with this event since 2013, I can say without hesitation that it remains both my favorite industry gathering and the most valuable for customers. What sets this year apart is how quickly the production print landscape is evolving. KYOCERA’s market-leading inkjet technologies are now reaching a broader global audience through expanding distribution partnerships with prominent brands like Ricoh and Xerox. These collaborations underscore a major shift in the industry: leading organizations are increasingly aligning around proven inkjet platforms to accelerate adoption and deliver stronger value to their customers. We’re proud that KYOCERA’s technology is helping power this next wave of inkjet growth. With PRINTING United Alliance’s continued focus on inkjet as a transformative, industry defining technology, the Inkjet Summit continues to offer the perfect forum to engage, educate, and build relationships with key decision makers who are preparing their organizations for the future. We’re excited to contribute, collaborate, and help drive the next chapter of production print together.”

Derrick, Rankin, Vice President, RICOH Graphic Communications Strategic Sales & Business Development states, “Inkjet Summit is important to Ricoh because it brings together print leaders who are serious about turning technology investment into measurable profitability. The largest gains are now coming from automation, integration, and the elimination of manual touchpoints across the production floor rather than incremental print speed. Ricoh’s inkjet strategy is built around delivering highly automated, end-to-end production platforms, integrating hardware, software, finishing, and workflow into a cohesive system that reduces labor dependency, increases uptime, and drives predictable output. We believe profitability is created through operational efficiency as much as through print volume. With our comprehensive inkjet portfolio, Ricoh helps print providers architect production environments that align automation, data, and application strategy, enabling growth across commercial printing, direct mail, in-plants, publishing and transactional segments. By co-innovating alongside our customers, we focus on lowering total operating costs, increasing application flexibility, and creating platforms that can scale as their business evolves. Inkjet Summit gives us the opportunity to engage with leaders who are thinking strategically about transformation, and we’re excited to contribute to that dialogue in 2026.”

The Inkjet Summit will gather a curated group of leaders to explore how trends, technologies, and solutions in inkjet printing can influence their business success. This distinctive hosted-event format offers numerous networking opportunities for both attendees and sponsors, featuring social events, private case study presentations, and prearranged one-on-one meetings.

Interested in sponsoring or attending? Visit ijsummit.com or email ijsinfo@napco.com to reach a member of our team.

About PRINTING United Alliance
PRINTING United Alliance is the most comprehensive member-based printing and graphic arts association in North America, comprised of the industry’s vast communities. The Alliance serves industry professionals across market segments with preeminent education and training via iLEARNING+, workshops, events, research, government and legislative representation, safety, and environmental sustainability guidance, as well as resources from our leading media brands – Printing Impressions, Packaging Impressions, Wide-format Impressions, In-plant Impressions, Apparelist, and Promo Impressions. The Alliance is also a global leader in standards training and certification for printing and graphic arts operations across the entire industry supply chain.

PRINTING United Alliance also produces the PRINTING United Expo, the most influential days in printing. The expansive display of technology and supplies, education, programming, and services are showcased to the industry at large, and represents all market segments in one easily accessed place.