The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago

industrial printing portfolio. In spring of 2016, Konica Minolta will present KM-1, a 4-color digital printing machine. ‘During the development of this press, we talked to potential customers and listened closely to their needs,’ said To****aka Uemura, general manager, CP Business Division/Sales Headquarters, Konica Minolta. ‘We are really proud of the outcomes of the extensive development phase and are positive that our new label press serves requirements that are yet unmet within the converter market

• RICOH SP 213Nw – Outstanding Personal Printer • RICOH SP 3600DN – Outstanding Budget-Friendly Printer for Small Workgroups • RICOH SP 4510DN – Outstanding Printer for Mid-Size Workgroups Solution Awards • Ricoh Streamline NX – Outstanding Document Imaging Solution Suite • Ricoh Device Manager NX Enterprise – Outstanding Fleet Management Solution • Ricoh HotSpot Enterprise – Outstanding Enterprise Mobile Print Solution Environmental Awards • RICOH MP C6003 – Outstanding Achievement in Energy

MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., today announced its continued support of, and commitment to, the growth of businesses throughout the Vermont region. The industry-leading print solutions and professional services provider is set to work with companies of all sizes across the state, and will help create new opportunities through robust printing offerings, information and document management software

manufacturer of document imaging solutions and document management systems, including colour and monochrome multifunctional products and printers and wide format devices. KYOCERA's products are renowned for their unique long-life imaging components that provide greater reliability, less waste – resulting in a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) over the life of the product. The KYOCERA Document Solutions portfolio does not stop at hardware. A full suite of business applications and consultative

Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., was formed to harness the power of Canon’s in-depth knowledge of information flow and world-class imaging technology. Utilizing Canon's vast collection of imaging technology and development tools along with select third-party enterprise applications, Canon Information and Imaging Solutions delivers compelling market-driven solutions in the area of business process

added the youtube(takes about 20 seconds for the sound to start) trailer to the left column of this blog. My thought was to change the title up somewhat to "Those Magnificent Men (and Women) and Their Copy Machines" and give every one a short reveal of how Print4Pay Hotel Members and their Copier Dealerships give back to the community. Giving back to our communities is what make our Dealerships unique and special. Special thanx to all of the Print4Pay Hotel members that responded in our

this is awesome!! Niche devices are the wave of the future for the industry!

production grade 3D printers . It is a place to educate yourself on the benefits of 3D printing, as well as work with the Hawk Ridge Systems team of 3D design and manufacturing experts to prototype your own models. With the most popular ProJet 3D professional series , the technology includes color jet, multi jet, and stereolithography (SLA). The ProX Production Series includes metal and nylon selective laser sintering (SLS) technology in addition to large frame SLA systems. The 3D Printer Buyer’s Guide

responsive touch functionality allows several people to write on the same touch screen at the same time. Whether in the boardroom or the classroom, Sharp changes the way you communicate. Sharp's printing and document management solutions have been honored with multiple awards including Buyers Lab's highly coveted 2015 Summer Pick, for "best in class," noting superlative reliability and performance. Representatives will be on hand to speak about how Sharp's document management solutions can help

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- thINK, an independent community of Canon Solutions America production print customers, today announced that its first conference, thINK 2015, was an overwhelming success. The event, held September 8-10, 2015 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, drew more than 350 attendees, making it the largest user group event for inkjet production printing. "We knew when we started that there was pent up demand for an event like this," said Mark DeBoer, Director

fragmented and competitive with a large number of global and local developers of 3D-printed printers, materials, and software. As of 2014, Stratasys Ltd. (Israel U.S.) held the leadership position in the global 3D printing medical devices market. New product launches; product enhancements; partnerships, agreements, and collaborations; mergers and acquisitions; and geographic expansions are the major strategies adopted by most of the market players to achieve growth in the 3D printing medical devices

Sharp Corp. will miss its first-half profitforecast and is poised to lower its target for the full year as rising competition among suppliers of liquid-crystal displays pushes down prices, a person familiar with the matter said. Its shares fell the most in more than four months. The supplier of displays to Apple Inc. expects to fall short of its 10 billion yen ($83 million) outlook for operating income when it reports earnings for the six months ending Sept. 30, the person said. The company may

Ricoh has announced it has been listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for three years in a row, obtaining the industry best score in four categories: "Innovation Management," "Privacy Protection," "Environmental Policy/Management System" and "Climate Strategy." DJSI, compiled by Dow Jones and RobecoSAM Group, was the first global sustainability index to assess a company's corporate sustainability from the economic, environmental and social developments aspects. Its process is

Summit was the most collaborative andthought provoking eventI've ever attended. How could it not be, with the minds of the7 Deadly Sinners (of print) in attendance? There was and will be additional conversations about Seat Based Billing for printed pages. Too me, not an MPS expert (however, I'm an expert with copiers), I was mesmerized with the talk track that centered about the pro's and con's of seat base billing. I'm a fan of seat based billing, because I believe that we need to understand our

Is it just me, or does West McDonald look like Wolverine? I watched the Seat-Based Billing video that was posted from the Top 100 Summit. Definitely some interesting points going back and forth. Print Audit has done a great job of persistently marketing seat-based pilling to the copier industry.

ends unless we are the MS provider as well.That being said what you MUST have is in-depth data on the printing behaviors of every user that could possibly print in the client's business. This includes remote users since they could print over VPN or occasionally when they go on campus. You have to know to what devices each user prints, how much is mono vs. color, how much Ledger is printed, how much color is printed from Outlook the web, etc. From there, you must collaborate with the key

I will also add since you mentioned wanting to do this on copiers/MFPs: our industry also needs to get the idea that MPS only has to do with printers A4 MFPs out of their heads. Output is output, our clients don't see any difference so why should we? Properly deploy what systems meet the client's needs (or just get rid of them if that is best) be of service in whatever way you can. Hell, our customers want all of this stuff to go away (just wait til the Millenials are in the C-Suite). Either

reduces IT complexities by removing dependencies on print servers, print drivers and complex print fleets — all while managing every printed page in an organization. As user requirements for printing change and IT infrastructure evolve, Equitrac Office lets you easily adapt to these changes with a unique choice of how to deploy printing — using print servers, direct IP printing or a hybrid model that includes both. This allows you to tailor your print environment according to the specific needs

pressure-sensitive labels while keeping production costs, maintenance costs and set-up times as low as possible." Designed for prime label converters and commercial printers, the Epson SurePress L-4033AW is an easy-to-operate seven-color inkjet digital label press with white ink that makes high-quality, short-run label printing easier and more efficient, even on clear and metallic substrates. Delivering exceptional print quality and accurate color reproduction, as well as innovative printing

Anyone have any ideas for what machine (low end) we could placed to fit this need. It is a very small printer and these envelopes are printed for florists to go on arrangements. Currently doing it offset and want to go digital with it. Most every spec i've seen shows 3x5 as the smallest size. We are a Canon, Ricoh, Lexmark, Samsung, and Muratec dealer so if anyone can help with some info for one of those brands that would be great.

Suite, Graphics East will be able to centrally manage a complete end-to-end workflow, including Web-to-print ordering. Graphics East will also integrate EFI Fiery ® digital front end systems for cut-sheet digital and VUTEk ® superwide-format inkjet printing, giving the company even more power to efficiently handle its growing digital printing operations. Once the system is installed later this year, Graphics East will have the state-of-the-art efficiencies needed to continue driving growth while

"September 29th, 2015 Phoenix Arizona – LMI Solutions, an award winning provider of remanufactured print cartridges, remanufactured printers and Managed Print infrastructure is pleased announce a strategic investment in Parts Now, North America’s premier value-added supplier of printer parts and related accessories. The investment made by LMI Solutions will bolster the capacity of both organizations to strengthen their value propositions and help customers grow both their imaging businesses

Tx, awesome post! The conclusion for managed IT was at our own round table and not the general audience. One of the dealers in my group is heavily involved with managed IT, and thought it would be great offer. Yes, it was stated that MNS is only used by copier dealers and should be referenced to what you described. TY for the awesome reply!!

Is it just me, it seems that the general rule of thumb for the copier industry to end users is "the take or leave approach". Meaning, come hell or high water we're not going to change the way we bill, the way we support, or the financial solutions that we offer. While I was at the Top 100 conference, a rep from Wells Fargo spoke about the billing options that they now have in their leases. One of the options was for seat billing for managed IT services. My thought is that if it's available for

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Print Audit By West McDonald, Vice President of Business Development, Print Audit Owner, FocusMPS It’s hard to believe that the 2015 Top 100 Summit has come and gone. All the planning. All the new ideas. All the effort. All the risk of trying something new. The fear of hoping that people would get something valuable from it all. Here are the Top 5 things that blew me away at the Top 100 Summit: 1. Location: Park City, Utah is one of the most gracious locations

developing the company's global field marketing strategy, leading global alliances and demand-generation activities. In his 20-plus years of experience in the marketing field, Murphy has held key positions at Avaya, Ricoh Co. Ltd./IKON Office Solutions and Pitney Bowes. "Dan Murphy brings tremendous skill, strategic vision and innovative leadership to our marketing group," said Sergio Horikawa, deputy president, OKI Data Americas. "OKI Data is pleased to announce Dan's appointment as senior vice

Czech funny you should mention that "wolverine" look, it was actually one of the "challenges" at the event. Whom ever had the most completed challenges won a MS Surface tablet. I did not win.

Very nice coverage....

No, Art. You're spot on. I haven't had many jobs outside the industry, but the majority of the old guard is so proud of the way they've always done it & receives so much validation from other dealers with the same mentality (via BTA, CDA, SDG, et al) that they often refuse to admit the need to change until it's practically too late. There are ideas & concepts that I brought up 3-5 years ago that were considered to be "interesting but not really necessary" that we're suddenly latching...

Great minds think alike!

So refreshing to see our industry being open, social and online like this!!

Almost three years ago, I wrote the above blog. I want to do a 2015 version. Please either post here or go to the forums and write a short paragraph about how your company is giving back to the community so that we can post the 2015 version of "Those Magnificent Men (Women) and Their Copy Machines". It would be great to see how we all contribute. Please post below. I re-posted the older version on the blog tonight also. Here is the link for the forums.

And i thought onlt the dealer i work for closes the month early. Question for those of us that close early. Do you like or dislike closing early?

Have you tried the generic PCL driver that is built into Mac's operating system? Just set it up as an IP printer and select "Generic PCL" from the driver drop down. It works with every Ricoh I've tried.

Why are they changing the target?? Makes zero sense. Shouldn't they find a way to hit the target instead of lowering it just to impress the shareholders?

How true, I agree

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provides greater efficiency, productivity and cost savings – up to 50 percent in total labeling costs – for higher volume industrial and manufacturing applications. The Epson SureColor T3270 24-inch color printer features the Epson PrecisionCore TFP ® print head and Epson UltraChrome ® XD pigment ink to provide an unprecedented combination of precision, performance and brilliance. Incorporating the latest in printing technology, the T3270 creates accurate large-format prints well-suited for a

I wish I could do that, but they're printing through PaperCut on the server for tracking and rules. Good idea, though.

WASHINGTON , Sept. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- What: FSTEC is a 2 day conference focused exclusively on food service in support of both commercial and noncommercial channels. Product Showcase: Epson will demonstrate its new Epson TM-m10 and TM-m30 mobile printers that feature a sleek design, small footprint, and a modular case as well as the Epson Cloud and OmniLink ® intelligent printer series with built-in processing power and unique ePOS™ technology and the Epson TM-L90 Plus LFC printer

Party Like It’s 1999: Rockin’ it at the Top 100Summit by Print Audit Print Audit’s quest to organize a new conference in this mature printing and imaging industry defies logic at first. Attendance at industry conferences is way down from ten years ago. The number of conferences held during the calendar year are down as well. What’s behind this bold (or maybe naÏve) attempt to add a high caliber conference to a mature industry that, at times, just seems burned out on conferences as a whole? Have

I don’t know about you, but the PageWide XL product launch comes up in every conversation I’ve had recently about large format printing. HP has created overwhelming buzz and anticipation in the channelfor “the fastest large-format production printer” . But the big question remains: How will PageWide XL actually perform? I had the opportunity to see the new PageWide XL line in action at HP offices in Alpharetta, GA. I was completely taken aback by the print speeds compared to legacy devices. The

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