The Week in Copiers 5 Years Ago Second Week of September 2015
I had some big news today. Well it was big for me and may or may not be big for others. Most of you that I sell a lot of wide format MFP's. I've been with the Ricoh wide format product since 1998. There are or let me say there were three toner based wide formats models that Ricoh offers to their dealers and direct channel. Seems COVID19 has now caused Ricoh to eliminate both the MP W7100 and MP W8140 (10 ppm & 14ppm) from their lineup. Thus leaving only one toner based wide format. I asked myself what happens when a client needs four rolls? The answer is they will now buy Oce (Canon) or KIP. I'll be blogging more about this shortly.
Enjoy these threads from five years ago this week!
Konica Minolta bizhub(R) PRESS Ranks Highest Among Leading Competitors in Head to Head Quality Comparisons
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Konica Minolta attributes surpassed the quality of high priced devices. Solidifying its premiere position within the industry, test runs from the cost-effective Konica Minolta digital presses consistently scored at or near the top. This clearly debunks the myth that commercial printers need expensive solutions to produce high quality printing. ITL conducted independent evaluations at commercial printing plants, collecting empirical data from press runs in production environments, not from a
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Ricoh brings innovative, new production print and communication capabilities to GRAPH EXPO 15
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, expand their production printing programs and meet organizational goals. RICOH Pro C9110 is a high-speed, heavy segment production color digital printer that prints up to 130 ppm and supports paper weights of up to 400 gsm in simplex and duplex. It simplifies and expedites print production and allows printers to offer their customers more options, giving them time and flexibility to expand their business. RICOH Pro 8100e is a series of monochrome production printers that give users the
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Konica Minolta and Solimar Systems Deliver End-to-End Workflow Management with Strategic Partnership
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placement in the Leaders Quadrant on the Gartner 2014 Magic Quadrant for Managed Print Services (MPS) and Managed Content Services (MCS). Konica Minolta has been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for eight consecutive years. Konica Minolta, Inc. has also been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for three years in a row. For more information, please visit: www.kmbs.konicaminolta.us and follow Konica Minolta on Facebook
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Research and Markets: Managed Print Services (MPS) Market in Japan 2015-2019 - Shift toward Additional Services (BPS and IT)
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MPS solutions, which can result in more investment in the printing environment and an increase in the overall operational cost. Also, they do not know the advantages of using MPS in the organization, as it helps in better transparency and communication with employees. Key Vendors - Canon - Fuji Xerox - Konica Minolta - Ricoh Other Prominent Vendors - Epson - HP - Kyocera Document Solution - Lexmark - OKI - Pitney Bowes - PrinterCorp - Sharp - Toshiba For more information visit http
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Ricoh improves on a popular color printer
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20,000. The printer supports high-volume host printing 1 enabling a retailer, for example, to automatically print packing slips and return labels as online purchases pour in. New energy-saving features include an Eco Night Sensor that shuts the printer down when ambient light fades. PANTONE ® color matching support helps ensure documents look precisely as their creator intended. The manufacturer's suggested retail price for the RICOH SP C440DN is $1,499 . For details on Ricoh's full line of
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Canon Solidifies and Extends its Strongest Color Print Solutions Portfolio with the New imagePRESS C10000VP Digital Color Press
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September 08, 2015 09:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time MELVILLE, N.Y.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today launched the imagePRESS C10000VP Series, addressing the demand for the flexibility of digital output that meets offset print quality and color consistency requirements. Engineered to run a wide range of media types and weights without sacrificing overall productivity, the imagePRESS C10000VP Series supports a monthly duty cycle of up to 1.5
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Canon U.S.A. Launches Five New imageCLASS Laser Multifunction Printer Models with Enhanced Connectivity and Workflow Support
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touch interface.” For the first time, through the MF700 and MF600 Series, Canon imageCLASS printers offer wireless direct connection mode, which allows a user to connect their mobile device directly to the printer without the need for a Wi-Fi router or pre-existing Wi-Fi network for easy access, as well as scan-to-cloud support, which can be accessed via a new and enhanced bundled scanning software application from Canon called MF Scan Utility, to send important scanned documents directly into
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Dealer Marketing Launches Social Sales Academy to Equip Copier Reps to Use LinkedIn
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selling services to copier dealers and managed services providers. In addition to the Social Sales Academy, Dealer Marketing provides website design, blogging, social media management and search engine optimization services. Learn more at www.dealermarketing.net
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Abbey Marketing Communications buys Ricoh Pro C9110
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SRA3-type colour digital printer and allows us to offer our customers more out of the norm formats for direct mail.” The business also operates a range of Canon OcÉ, Heidelberg and Konica Minolta litho and digital machines, NBS D-40 thermal printers for plastic card printing and a range of finishing equipment. The company said the investment in the GMC Inspire document composition software will bring new innovation to the firm’s production facilities. “Not only will we now be able to receive files
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Sharp To Unveil New Monochrome light production Copiers @GRAPH EXPO 2015
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show-goers a sneak peek of the latest additions to the Sharp Pro Series light production lineup with its upcoming 105 ppm and 120 ppm monochrome models. The MX-M1055 and MX-M1205 document systems will offer EFI's latest Fiery ® MX-PE11 Print Server, and boast Sharp's signature 15.4" (diagonal) touch-screen display with full control of Fiery ® Command Workstation ® at the operation panel of the machine, a capability still unmatched in the industry. In addition to previewing the future monochrome
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Canon U.S.A. Launches Océ ColorStream 3000 Z Commercial Inkjet Printing System
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MELVILLE, N.Y.—September 10, 2015—Canon U.S.A., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is today launching the OcÉ ColorStream 3000 Z series, a high-speed commercial inkjet printing system designed to provide industry leading productivity in spatially restrictive environments. The OcÉ ColorStream 3000 Z series. The OcÉ ColorStream 3000 Z series, created in the image of the popular OcÉ ColorStream 3000 range, aims to provide equal quality, speed and reliability with an improved design, more
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MGX Copy of San Diego Installs First Ricoh Pro C9110 Production Color Digital Printer
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MALVERN, Pa.—September 10, 2015— Ricoh Americas announced that MGX Copy , a San Diego- based online printing company, has added the Ricoh Pro C9110 . To increase production time and color quality, MGX Copy selected Ricoh’s newest high-speed, heavy segment production color digital printer. “Our competitive edge has always been that we realize our customers seek to deliver new and innovative solutions that transform marketing as we know it,” said Lawrence Chou, CEOof MGX Copy. “Without a doubt
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Xerox Introduces Xerox Revolution Digital Photo Paper
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developers.” Other digital photo printing technologies require a varnish to be applied after printing to make the image permanent, but Xerox Revolution Digital Photo Paper was engineered to eliminate the need to add any specialized coating. Because there’s no longer a need for a second production step to achieve permanence and archival quality, the products are compatible across a wide range of xerographic printers from production presses to large format desktop printers. That means you can
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Canon Solutions America Launches the Performance Resource Center
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-media services to print centers without the burden of purchasing expensive software. "Canon has put in place the Performance Resource Center to address key challenges that the industry is facing with an arsenal of valuable tools and information for the in-plant and CRD sector," said Barbara Pellow, group director at InfoTrends. "This tool set is designed to support and enhance in-plant operations of all sizes." The portal comprises content sections dedicated to Business, Sales, Marketing
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Ricoh expands production print portfolio to help printers capture more business
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-line finishing. As clients’ needs continue to become more time sensitive and require the flexibility of printing on larger sizes with thicker stocks, these additions help printers deliver the information their customers want affordably and effectively. The RICOH Pro 8100e series features both multifunction RICOH Pro 8100se series models and printer-only RICOH Pro 8100e series models with speeds up to 135 pages per minute. These models enable printers to churn through high-volume jobs quickly and
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Leading Equipment Manufacturers Showcasing Mohawk Substrates at GRAPH EXPO 15
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towers. Mohawk (Booth # 3002c) will occupy a 10×20-foot booth within the Materials Matter area, where attendees can obtain samples of high quality envelopes, innovative digital substrates and a new line of swatchbooks . Mohawk’s extensive digital portfolio will be showcased both in the Mohawk booth and by original equipment manufacturers in attendance at GRAPH EXPO, including, Canon, HP, Konica Minolta, MGI, Ricoh and Xerox “Our OEM partners attend GRAPH EXPO to present their equipment in the best
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Square 9® Announces New Strategic Alliance
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services. The new partnership enables Konica Minolta customers to optimize business processes through a sophisticated bizHub bEST integration with Square 9’s award-winning SmartSearch product line. Through advanced collaboration, users gain robust ECM capabilities including capture-and-index as well as search-and-print support, directly from the control panel of any current version Konica Minolta multifunctional printer. “We are proud to partner with Konica Minolta, a company with which we share
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Canon Adds AirPrint Support For Newest imageCLASS Laser Multifunction Printer Models
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AirPrint Compatibility Delivers Virtually Seamless Mobile from iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Continuing to meet the needs of its customers, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that the five newest imageCLASS multifunction printer models – the Color imageCLASS MF729Cdw/MF726Cdw, Color imageCLASS MF628Cw/MF624Cw, and imageCLASS MF217w now support AirPrint wireless 1 printing from iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch devices. 2 As an industry leader, Canon continues
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Xerox Initiative Helps Global Channel Partners Capitalize on Strong SMB Product and Services Opportunity
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drive growth.” The new ‘Innovate to Grow’ initiative is designed to advise channel partners on how to accelerate the sales cycle for Xerox’s application builder tools, managed print services (MPS) and Xerox ConnectKey ® multifunction printers (MFPs). It includes a set of tools such as sales talk tracks, videos, marketing toolkits, competitive intelligence and a Partner Solutions Playbook, showing partners how to use Xerox assets to build repeatable, automated and customized workflows that
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Canon Extends its Color Print Solutions Portfolio with imagePRESS C10000VP Digital Color Press
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driving Canon’s strategy, and the demand for taking the imagePRESS line to a next level of quality, with extended media support, and into a higher volume band has been heard,” said Junichi Yo****ake, senior vice president and general manager, Business Imaging Solutions Group, Canon U.S.A. “Now with the next generation imagePRESS our customers will be able to deliver a broader range of print products to their customers. Thus creating the strongest digital color production lineup we have ever
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New Ricoh MP C306ZSP & MP C306ZSPF Spec Review
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Smart Operation Panel that is offered on Ricoh's A3 MFP Color devices!! Woohoo! Want some additional juicy info? There's going to be an MP C406ZSPF too!! Hold them horses ....., it seems for now these systems are only available in Ricoh Europe, but, I'm thinking these units will be available in the US market soon, and the "Z" will be dropped for the US market. I have no clue what the "Z" represents, maybe the Smart Operation Panel? Here's a few of the specs: 10.1 inch Smart Operation Panel (Color
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Canon Solutions America Announces Strategic Partnership with the University of Notre Dame
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through high volume, continuous feed, digital and traditional printing, and document management solutions. A wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., Canon Solutions America is headquartered in Melville, N.Y. and has sales and service locations across the U.S. For more information on Canon Solutions America, please visit csa.canon.com . Canon is a registered trademark of Canon Inc. in the United States and elsewhere. OcÉ is a registered trademark of OcÉ-Technologies B.V. in the United States
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Océ VarioPrint i300 Inkjet Press to be Demonstrated to Thousands of Visitors at Canon EXPO New York 2015
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MELVILLE, N.Y., Sep 08, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The sheetfed inkjet color revolution has begun, and Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, solidifies its position as worldwide leader in inkjet technology with the success of the OcÉ VarioPrint i300 printer. Designed to help accelerate the printing industry’s transition from offset to high-volume digital output, this breakthrough solution in high-speed inkjet will be showcased to thousands of visitors at Canon EXPO from
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Eight Reasons Why You Need to Become A Premium P4P Hotel Member
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Nothing is for FREE, we've heard this over and over through out our sales careers right? We share information, we are the relentless, we drive the sales, we generate additional clicks, we seek new customers, we (Print4Pay Hotel) members are the top sellers in the industry. Our need for knowledge translates to increased sales, generates additional GP and above all helps us provide for our families. Without a doubt, the Premium Members of the Print4Pay Hotel are the best of the best. However, we
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IT Naledi Solutions appointed as the official distributor for Print Audit
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information on user printing habits, Print Audit can make significant changes to customer's printing costs, their environmental impact and their printing efficiency," commented Hashiem Bardien, Sales and Marketing Director at IT Naledi Solutions. "In addition, by exploiting Print Audit's Policy Manager, corporates or users with multiple printers from several vendors are able to implement policy decisions re the use of these devices in their own environments, regardless of whether these
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Ricoh's Interact community event brings users together to discover new trends to help foster operational advancements
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management expert Tobias Saalfeld . For more information about Ricoh's production print portfolio, please visit www.ricoh-usa.com/rpp . | About Ricoh | Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo , Ricoh Group operates in about 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2015 , Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,231 billion yen (approx. 18.5 billion USD
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Loma Terrace wins free Eco-friendly copy machine from Toshiba
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Loma Terrace Elementary School was named one of 250 schools across the country to win a free eco-friendly color copy machine from Toshiba America Business Solutions. The new machine will help Loma Terrace reduce its carbon footprint, reduce waste, save money on printer-related costs, all while teaching students the importance of being environmentally friendly. The school is one of two winners in the El Paso region to have the new system donated. This prize is another example of the district’s
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Re: Ricoh improves on a popular color printer
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The RICOH SP C440DN prints documents in black and white at a cost of 1 cent per page and in color for 5 cents , well under typical costs of 7 cents per page and up. Note from Art: Interesting right, wonder if this includes parts, labor and maintenance
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Epson Introduces New SureColor P-Series Large Format Printers
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CHICAGO , Sept. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- (Graph Expo, Booth #841) -- Epson is once again redefining large format commercial ink jet printing with the announcement of the SureColor ® P-Series line-up. Incorporating the latest imaging technologies, including Epson's PrecisionCore ® TFP ® printhead, the new P-Series printers deliver extraordinary performance for the professional printing industry along with unparalleled color matching capabilities. Leveraging Epson's UltraChrome ® HD eight
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Ricoh Wide Format update
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Heard through the grape vine that there will be an upgrade of the W3601 due for the first quarter of 2016. Any one else hear this or have anything to add. My wide format sales are now pathetic!
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Xerox Will Debut Latest Digital Production Color Solutions at GRAPH EXPO 15
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NORWALK, Conn.—September 9, 2015—The Xerox booth at GRAPH EXPO 15 will providesolutions for graphic communications firms seeking ways to become more automated, more productive and create pages that are more personal. Xerox will showcase an array of high-end digital color printing technologies, workflow solutions and business development tools that enable print providers to take advantage of opportunities in the rapidly expanding digital production color market, projected to grow from nearly
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EFI Wins Nine Must See ’Ems Awards with New Technology Innovations for Print Businesses
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(Pressroom: Wide-Format) EFI PrintFlow® Software for Packaging (Management Systems) EFI Fiery Final Fix Software (The Future of Print). “ We have been fortunate to win 44 Must See ’Ems Awards during our five-year streak as the leading technology provider in this highly respected competition, and I believe it reflects something very positive about EFI’s culture as a customer-focused developer of leading-edge products ,” said Ghilad Dziesietnik, EFI’s chief technology officer. EFI is exhibiting in
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FreeFlow Core Cloud Wins 2015 MUST SEE ‘EMS Award to Lead Impressive Array of Xerox Workflow Announcements
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NORWALK, Conn.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--The Xerox FreeFlow ® Core Cloud has won a 2015 MUST SEE ‘EMS award to lead a robust rollout of new Xerox FreeFlow workflow solutions at Graph Expo . FreeFlow Core Cloud, the latest release of the primary platform offering in Xerox’s leadership workflow automation portfolio, is one of four enhanced workflow solutions Xerox is announcing at Graph Expo to address the automation needs of today’s print providers. “To survive in today’s highly competitive print
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Re: 8 Ways to Generate More Sales Leads for your Sales Hungry Organization
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I'm out on sales calls all day, dang!
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See what the New Ricoh MP C306ZSPF and MP C306ZSP can do for you:
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Wow!!! Check out these cool units!! Love the display!! http://www.ricoh-europe.com/pr...ion-panel/index.aspx
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GreatAmerica Uses Salesforce to Streamline Financing Process with Quoting Integration
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a great financing partner of Epicor,' said Kevin Hingley, Director of Sales at Epicor, a long-time GreatAmerica customer. 'With the new integration of Salesforce, it will be easier and more efficient to process finance applications and gain approvals.' GreatAmerica customers using Salesforce will be able to quote monthly lease payments within the application and submit credit applications. “Our integration with Salesforce streamlines the financing process for our customers,” said David Pohlman
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OneTouchPoint Embraces the Inkjet Movement with Installation of the New Oce VarioPrint i300
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quality and robust prints that can withstand the challenges associated with finishing.. "It's an exciting time for both our company and OneTouchPoint as we work together on this momentous installation," said Mal Baboyian, executive vice president, Large Format Solutions/Production Print Solutions, Canon Solutions America. "Our relationship has yielded great success in the past, but this is an unprecedented moment for both of us." "Our company is very appreciative of Canon Solutions America's
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Copier Lead RFP for Canada
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Photocopier – Our copier is broken beyond repair – Jen will look at the cost of purchasing a new one, purchasing a used one and see if anyone has one to donate http://www.cremona.ca/minutes/sep1515.pdf
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100 plus Copier Lead/RFP in Delaware
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http://bidcondocs.delaware.gov...SU_15-02-09-01Copier(ReBid)_RFP.pdf
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Canon Expo 2015
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Well I had a great time in NYC this past week at the expo. It was mind blowing the things Canon is doing with their other divisions. I also had a great time taking the ferry over toHighlands, NJ and having dinner with Art and his wife. Most of the copier stuff was geared towards the Oce' production and Oce' wide format. The new Canon gear was placed around other areas being used to demo software products/solutions but none was actually in the Copier area being shown. The one new machine that I
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Top Companies in the 3D Printing Market 2015-2025: Revenue Prospects, Market Shares and Competitive Landscape Analysis
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LONDON , Sept. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- In a broad sense 3D printing is not a new phenomenon. The first commercial 3D printers were designed and launched in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, additive manufacturing (AM) has now reached a growth phase after twenty years of incubation. With the number of vendor companies multiplying and new technologies being developed annually, the 3D printing market is undergoing something of a renaissance. Expertise in alloys
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Employee tied up, robbed at Midwest Copier Exchange in Orange County, deputies say
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — An employee was tied up and robbed Thursday morning at a local business, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the victim, who was not hurt, was the only person inside the Midwest Copier Exchange on Currency Drive shortly before 9 a.m. when two gunmen went inside and demanded money. Surveillance cameras were recording inside the business when the robbers tied up the employee, officials said. Deputies home that footage will help them catch the
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