The Sister Edition · Royal Blue · 2026

The Modern Register

The web edition of the 41-page blue companion: the 474 machines of the present day, the twelve marques still standing, and what became of everything the red edition filed. Every plate in this edition is original line-art, so — for once — nothing is withheld. Same masthead, same rules, new ink.

The Marques

CanonimageFORCE — the great renaming XeroxStill here, which took some doing RicohThe empire consolidates its badges KyoceraThe house that Mita built Konica MinoltaIt took both of them SharpThe BP era, under new management Toshiba TecThe copier that erases itself Fujifilm Business InnovationThe divorce and the debut HPThe printer company crashes the party LexmarkNow a Xerox company, badge pending The InsurgentsEpson & Brother, pressing in from A4

The Features

The Editor’s LetterThe briefcase reopens Where Did They Come From?Every 2026 nameplate, traced to its ancestors The Modern MatrixFiled by segment; the argument moved The TimelinesFour technologies, 1990→2026, as geometry The Factory ShareEtria: rivals on one production line The Finishers Live OnThe sorter’s heirs, still unphotographed The White RectangleAn industrial-design elegy “AI-Powered”The fuzzy logic of 2026 Full TiltWhere the machines can still be heard — a pilgrimage The EnthusiastsJust a Printer, and the people who film the trade for love The Ten-Hour CopierThe ambience genre; the machine as sleep aid The Register Never ClosesA closing note, and an open drawer