The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago
Third Week of April 2006
Tonight a spent a few minutes on the web hunting down some old copier pics and newspaper ads. I have no clue as to the manufacturer of the copy machine that is pictured. I posted up ads for Canon, Minolta and Royal copiers here.
Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 15 years ago this week!
Should Ricoh develop a fax option for thier new HV series?
Art Post (Guest) ·
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Konica Minolta bizhub C351
Art Post (Guest) ·
Has anyone been up against Konica Minolta bizhub C351.Looking for some weakness in the bizhub
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Re: BizHub
Art Post (Guest) ·
hidden costs associated with the way they are conducting business NOW! When I was a new rep, I had to rely on giving boxes away, becuase I lacked the fundamentals of knowing the FAB Fature Advantage and Benefits of my product. As I learned the FAB's of each system I was able to close more deals with more profit. I also knew when I had a price priing and then switched to selling price along with FAB. Get the boxes out on the street and repeat sales will follow. The Minolta/Konica is easy to beat
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TOSHIBA E-STUDIO 282
merlin ·
QUESTION; HAS ANYBODY RUN INTO THE NEW TOSHIBAS. I JUST LOST A DEAL TO A NON-PROFIT ACCOUNT TO A TOSHIBA 282. IT HAD RADF, DUPLEX, 3 PAPER TRAYS, FAX/PRINT/SCAN. THERE SELL PRICE WAS $ 4,976. I ALSO RAN AGAINST A E-STUDIO 16CPM WITH ARDF, DUPLEX, FAX/PRINT WITH A SELL PRICE OF $ 2,269.
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Re: BizHub
Shaja ·
Remember Dale Carnegie: "arouse in the other person an eager want." Here's one small thing that is a huge benefit from one user's perspective: We sell Konicas and Ricohs. We currently have a C450 and a 3224C on our network inhouse, and I use both in my marketing work. I prefer using the Ricohs for their ease of use when color is not critical. The Ricoh RPCS print driver is a dream! Put that puppy on your laptop and get your prospect's hand on the mouse to try it, and they will want it
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Re: New High Volume Fax Poll
Neal ·
i fully understand what you all are saying, however, it certainly can cause more headaches that it would be worth. I don't doubt the value can be shown, i just think that in providing solutions for a customer we need to step outside of the box instead of having it just because Canon or Konica Minolta or for that matter Oce' Imagistics has it. With the advent of the smaller mfp's that work so well I would rather build one into the mix and make the service/supply agreement included in a blanket
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imageCLASS MF6500 Series.
Art Post (Guest) ·
MF6550 and a 1,000-page memory capacity for the MF6560 and MF6580 models, PC Faxing, sequential broadcasting and activity reports make the new imageCLASS products ideal for customers requiring comprehensive faxing applications in a compact desktop product. Canon imageCLASS laser printer - Paper handling Paper handling is achieved with each model incorporating a duplex ADF that can handle up to 50-page originals to allow two-sided copying, printing, scanning, and faxing (on the fax models). Each
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New Fax MFP High Volume Poll
Art Post (Guest) ·
It's been a awhile since we had our last poll in reference to high volume MFp's with a fax option. With more companies needing cost reduction and many companies still rely on in-bound fax reception. I added a new poll for HV Faxing, here's the link http://p4photel.com/eve/forums...481032871#7481032871
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Re: New High Volume Fax Poll
Neal ·
I for one do not understand the concept of adding faxing to a production unit. I have sold against this idea and it seems to me that having faxes in the mix of copying and printing is not a good thing. I can see more ways to sell agin it than fer it.
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Re: New High Volume Fax Poll
Art Post (Guest) ·
Neal: Here's a few scenario's for faxing in the HV units: Customer needs to lower costs, becuase they have a high volume of in-bound fax. Customer does not want to add another server to the mix. Customer has graduated with you through the MFP's and has always gad a fax in his MFP and believes this is the right way to reduce costs. Customer has remote facilities and through out the US and having someone else set up a fax server option to print to the 2051, and then maintain the fax server, does
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goofy question
beachcopy (Guest) ·
Is there a report that says how many machines in each segment Ricoh will sell in a year? Past years or future sales, just an idea would be fine. Really looking for 35-45 black and white and 50 - 75 numbers. Thanks guys
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Oce Imagistics fx2080 and sx1480 compact MFPs
Art Post (Guest) ·
copying, fax, network printing and network scanning. The sx1480, a 14 ppm fax MFP, targeted to fax intensive environments, also provides convenience copying, printing and color scanning. Consolidating faxing, network printing, copying and scanning, the fx2080 is one of the first desktop multifunction devices in its class to offer a Touch Screen Operator Panel, providing a new level of ease of use, allowing customers to program "one-touch" soft keys to create customized workflows to steer documents
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BizHub
garland79 (Guest) ·
I'm pretty new to this type of highly competitve BS. I just want to know if anyone has been loosing sales to the C250, C350,etc. How many times is it going to happen before I can break this chain of events? I'm getting tired of handing my money to Minolta!
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Re: Konica Minolta bizhub C351
Art Post (Guest) ·
This is a re-post from the AF League I know this message is old, but I have found myself in the same situation. I did not see any replies. If you have used any selling advantages with the 3245C over the c351, please let me know! Thanks.
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Re: @ Remote is Here!!
JasonR ·
Ok, so what Percentage of your customers have 500 copiers? Not that many eh? I understand the device can monitor more than one device, thank you. As my post said, I was wondering where the cost/benefit point is and saying it isn't worth it for one machine. Anyone have any thoughts about this? Where do you see putting in this device?
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Re: @ Remote is Here!!
Art Post (Guest) ·
Large Accounts, where the fleet is 25 or more systems. I think that's about it, Ricoh has stated that they will be adding more features, just a question of what features. Maybe we can develop a list of feaures here and then propose them Art
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Re: Ricoh 1055 PDF Printing Problems with Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and higher
Mike N ·
The problem the customer is having is that when they print any size PDF (8.5x11; 8.5x14; 11x17), using version 7.0, it shrinks the document down to wallet size.
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Re: Ricoh 1055 PDF Printing Problems with Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and higher
Jomama (Guest) ·
That sounds serious! Check in printer prefereces on one of the tabs there is a print to ____%. I havent used acrobat for a while. It is such a resourse hog and it just too big. And V7 is the worst! It is something like 27Megs. Often when you shut it down it doesnt release the reaourses properly. There is a program out called FOXIT. It is a PDF reader and is only 2M in size. I use that instead and havent seen a problem with it so far.
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Re: Ricoh 1055 PDF Printing Problems with Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and higher
v-tec ·
I would look elsewhere for a problem. I haven’t seen any problem printing from acrobat to any size paper.
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Re: Scan to folder on 2003
JasonR ·
There's firmware for the 2035/45 (and I hear the 2022/27 but haven't looked) on the Ricoh TSC site. Have a technician install the firmware and it will scan to a 2003 server. The 30 series works out of the box, no need for firmware upgrades. No firmware yet for the 2051/2060/75.
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Re: CANON CLC 4100 / 5000
JasonR ·
Just so you know, the 6870 is a business class machine with poor color quality. The 4100 and 5000 are top-of-the-line graphics color copiers with near-photographic quality. Totally different beasts. I'm an SE so I don't know street pricing, sorry. =\
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Re: BizHub
Darth Vader (Guest) ·
I totally agree about the ease of use with the RPCS drivers. My customers LOVE using them. But I do have one question for you, when you said, "I prefer using the Ricohs for their ease of use when color is not critical." Just out of curiosity, why did you word it that way? Why did you say you prefer the Ricoh only when color is not critical?
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Re: Here's my dilema, can you help?
No problem. Actually, a customer showed me this trick. There are so many things in Windows that I often don't know or forget they are there. If I recall correctly, when you use Windows to route the faxes in this manner it can also save them to folder.
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Re: New High Volume Fax Poll
Former Member ·
I think we need it to compete in that arena with Canon. I recently upgraded a customer from a 2045 to a 2060 and what I did was included a 1515F in the deal. The price point was still close to the Canon, I created enough added value to justify the cost. In this case there was space available where in some cases space is an issue.
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Re: goofy question
Art Post (Guest) ·
My only quess is to check with Ricoh Corp, maybe the Cannata Report. Art Post
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Re: New High Volume Fax Poll
Art Post (Guest) ·
Actually, my issue came about because Imanage large corp client that is located outside of my territory. The customer needed to upgrae his 2045 that has a fax option to a 2051. Since have no control over the installation (located in Midwest), I did no trust anyone else installing a fax server solution, thus "my" need to have a High Volume unit with faxing. Art
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Re: New High Volume Fax Poll
Darth Vader (Guest) ·
I can see reasons for having it and for not having it. I'm not saying that we need every feature offered by our competition, but I do feel we need this one. I'm getting more and more requests for faxing in this series. In fact, we are placing a bid Monday where the customer specifically requested 50 CPM or higher with fax option. I know that we are the ONLY one bidding that does not offer this option. Due to office space confinements, this customer will not consider other options.
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SeriPrinter improvements
Two new bulletins just posted to TSC deal with some troubling factors of SeriPrinter performance. Bulletin #'s S025/S027 - 022 & 023 announce the availability of non-stick coated screens, eject boxes and eject roller assemblies. I am hoping that this will improve performance in lower volume environments to increase the comfort zone of selling into those environments, and also provide a more stable environment for high volume users.
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BERTL 3260 Report
Art Post (Guest) ·
Attached is the report from BERTL for the 3260 This document has been archived, please send me an email in if you are intertested purchasing an unlock code. art@p4photel.com ricoh_aficio_color_5560.pdf
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