The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago Second Week of November
After 40 years of selling (all copiers) it's been an interesting ride to day the lease. In January I'll be starting my 41 year in the same industry, in the same state, in the same territory. Yes, at times I think about retiring and then I'm reminded that I'm not done yet. I still have goals that I'd like to accomplish but not for myself, now it's more about passing the torch of knowledge to others.
Enjoy these copier threads from 15 years ago
Hacking copiers, software focus raised at document management conference
ART POST (GUEST) ·
. For every dollar in solutions sold, a company will sell $4 or $5 of hardware along with it, he said. "A lot of people just don't get that yet," he said. Among the biggest opportunities are document capture and creation, document management and document output management, said Joel Mazza, another InfoTrends/CAP Ventures director. A panel of vendor representatives from Konica Minolta, Ricoh, Sharp Electronics and Toshiba America Business Solutions agreed that solutions are the way to go, but said
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Xerox Science Restores Color to B&W Faxes
ART POST (GUEST) ·
-white printer, fax or copier. Conference Presentation At the Society for Imaging Science and Technology's annual Color Imaging Conference here, Braun and Ricardo L. deQueiroz, who's on the faculty of the Universidade de Brasilia in Brazil, are describing their work in a paper called "Color to Gray and Back: Color Embedding into Textured Gray Images." The presentation is one of six being made by Xerox researchers at the conference this week. Color: Gone, But Not Forgotten Braun and deQueiroz
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Ricoh to Make EDAM Studies Available for
ART POST (GUEST) ·
/CAP Ventures’ Corporate Consulting Group utilizes an Enterprise Document Assessment Methodology (EDAM®) to predict the total document cost for an entire organization. These services have been proven accurate over the past 10 years and encompass all enterprise document costs in the office, internal production, and outside commercial printing environments. This agreement enables Ricoh to provide its customers with a personalized view of their organization’s document costs, in their terms and under
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Here is an interesting deal
ART POST (GUEST) ·
Here is an interesting deal that was won with the use of Ricoh's PrintMail. It would be great to share this with all the sales reps. ............................................. Martin Polack and Jeremy Burns of Polack Corporation recently captured a Konica Minolta client AND converted them to color using PrintMail as the hot button. KM had been trying to interest the Marantha Baptist Church in a B2C device to replace their mid range mono machine for some time but the Church just didn't see a
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Question to Print Audit on PA Forum
ART POST (GUEST) ·
We are currently printing .plt files from Plot Client WIN (Ricoh Software for wide format drawings). With Plot Client WIN we are able to "batch" plt files so they can print as one document to the Aficio 240W. The documents are printing, however PA5 is only billing or tracking the job as one page. Whether we send 2, 10, or 50. It's always one page. We are using the 240W Plotbase printer driver. Can you help?
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Cross Reference for Ricoh Parts
PLUSINC (GUEST) ·
Is there a cross reference guide out there for Ricoh Parts. Like what part is compatible with one or more machines. I would really appreciate help with this. Thanks. Vance Milford
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Ricoh Vision 2005
ART POST (GUEST) ·
Mike and myself will be at Ricoh 2005 Vision in San Diego for the rest of this week. Please keep on posting and Mike and I will check in from time to time. If we have time we will try to post updates on new products and or solutions as we hear of them. Is there anything special anyone is looking for, please call me on the cell 732.977.1211 Art
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Re: Secret code 'traces copies'
JASONR ·
Yes, the code reveals the unit's serial number, and yes this has been around for years. (I remember learning about it in about 1992). At the time I was told that the Goverment threatened to ban the sale of color copiers in the US (counterfeit concerns) unless Canon developed a method to track the serial number of each machine in each copy. This is also why most color machines will not make a copy if they cannot detect their own serial number.
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Re: SNMP and Plot Client Win
All good points. I agree that building the Plotbase Server into the machine investment is the way to go. However, Plot Client Win must be installed on client machines to print sets to the wide format system. There doesn't seem to be a way to get around having to turn on SNMP without having an OS CD. It doesn't seem to be necessary to have the original licensed OS cd for the specific computer, but it is necessary to have one for the specific OS. When working with companies that have a good IT
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Re: E-Copy just like all the rest.....#$%$
Art, Much like you, I sell for a relatively small dealership. We have taken on e-copy and I am going to be trained on the software (or at least on selling it) next Wednesday. Here's what I don't understand: I would find it incredibly unlikely that my dealership spent $12,000 to take on this product. I am wondering if you have a less than honorable e-copy rep and I will be reading your post at the meeting next Wednesday to the group (that should put the rep on his heels right off the bat). My
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Re: Color matching 3228/35/45
JASONR ·
Yes, it is possible to assign your own ICC/ICM profile for the copier. In the driver, click the "color management" tab and select "manual". Then assign is the color profile you wish your machine to use. I have to point out here that assigning a profile in this way does little to improve the prints from the machine. Changing profiles can only limit the gamut of the output you will recieve, never make it larger. Let me explain... my 3228 is currently printing 100% of it's possible gamut (total
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E-Copy Just Like All The Rest!!!!!
ART POST (GUEST) ·
A customer asked for e-copy for a new 3235C, I remembered ready the press release that we now have e-copy available for Ricoh systems. I called the rep we talked, he said our dealership needed to buy a ecopy starter kit. He never mentioned the price of the kit. He gave me retail pricing for e-copy, so I sold one! It was that or lose the sale to Canon. We then called the rep, and now he states that the starter kit is $12,000!!!!! We are not a large dealership by any means, and now my order is in
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E-Copy just like all the rest.....#$%$
ART POST (GUEST) ·
A customer asked for e-copy for a new 3235C, I remembered ready the press release that we now have e-copy available for Ricoh systems. I called the rep we talked, he said our dealership needed to buy a ecopy starter kit. He never mentioned the price of the kit. He gave me retail pricing for e-copy, so I sold one! It was that or lose the sale to Canon. We then called the rep, and now he states that the starter kit is $12,000!!!!! We are not a large dealership by any means, and now my order is in
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Re: Question to Print Audit on PA Forum
ART POST (GUEST) ·
Hi Art, Unfortunately, this is a known limitation of Print Audit 5. Plot Client WIN (and other similar plot-submission tools) bypass the Windows print drivers when they generate multiple copies the file you are plotting. As a result, Print Audit 5 can only detect the first copy being generated, and will only report that one page was printed. While there is currently no way to have Print Audit automatically track the number of plots being generated, there are a couple of workarounds that you can
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Re: SNMP and Plot Client Win
V-TEC ·
Who setup operating system? Make sure it’s not XP upgrade. We get PCs with XP PRO only … And set them up ourselves. At first customers and sales reps would supply the pc and we would always run into problems in front of the customer. Now, we’ve setup over 40 plotbase PCs in house, with no problems.
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Re: Ricoh to Make EDAM Studies Available for
I am being told that this will probably only be available to Ricoh Branches. I am waiting for the definative. The CAP Ventures guy isn't responding.
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Re: LW410 /Aficio 470W Autocad 2005 driver
V-TEC ·
After running the HDI program from the 240 CD. Open AutoCAD and click “plotter manager”, “add a plotter wizard”. Click “next” and select “My Computer”, then next. The model box appears, select “have disk” (see file to navigate location) and select “CAD2004” and driver. Continue. The attached HDI for 2005.bmp has been moved to www.documentmall.com accountname: art_post username: p4pusers passcode: goodpals select the p4p user cabinet, then the wideformat folder, then Ricoh Folder, then ACAD
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Re: E-Copy just like all the rest.....#$%$
STEVEN BREAULT (GUEST) ·
Hello wyzguynyuk: We are an Authorized P4P Vendor. VircoSoft is a developer/distributor of fine document management products catering to the copier dealer industry. In fact I was in the industry before founding VircoSoft. Our goal is to provide quality products, priced to give our resellers the upper hand in virtually any competitive situation. WE DO NOT CHARGE A FEE TO REPRESENT OUR PRODUCTS We let our products, support and service do our talking for us. You get results, everyone wins! Befor
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Re: 1515 CQ
JOMAMA (GUEST) ·
toner bottle. And the question would have lingered in my head. Later when they refilled the bottle again, I would have been back for the same thing. Dont get me wrong, I appreciate the feed back, of all the posting I did of this, he was the only one who replied. Thanks again copier doc. Doc, cheap indeed! and these is a liquor store that specializes in $700. bottles of wine!!
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Re: Color matching 3228/35/45
Tnx for your reply! We have tried to use different profiles with the Windows drivers, but we cant see any difference. (In my opinion the quality is super) But, my client wants to adjust fx. gamma for each color in order to match the exact colors. In other words they would like to make their own profiles (I know; within the gamut of the printer) I've worked with it yesterday and my biggest concern is that I cant seem to find the proper place to put the ICC profile on the Mac. Is there any
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Re: E-Copy Just Like All The Rest!!!!!
How about some help from you Canon guys. For all the Art does for us, surely you can find it in your heart to sell him an eCopy.
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Re: E-Copy Just Like All The Rest!!!!!
TED ·
We are a Canon dealer, and we haven't committed to the e-Copy because of the investment. We haven't had a customer who needed it for us to invest in it yet...otherwise I would help.
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Re: Color matching 3228/35/45
JASONR ·
Ok... First, you said "PS driver", so I was looking at a PS driver on a PC. Applying this profile does not in any way help you match exact colors. All that ICC/ICM profiles do is define the Gamut of the printer. All that does is help your driver map colors that are out of gamut into the gamut of the printer. If you want to apply an ICC profile in OSX, copy your ICC profile to System/Library/Colorsync/Profiles. Then in Printer Manager, click on your printer and click the "Colorsync" icon at the
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Re: Cross Reference for Ricoh Parts
PLUSINC (GUEST) ·
Thank you Vince but I already have that Model Cross Reference guide. The reason I was asking is because Konica has a catalog for each part number and with each part number is shows what machine its compatible with. I will have to reasearch it more in the internet. Thank you all for your help. Vance
Re: Here is an interesting deal
FOXTROT ·
quote: PrintMail Hi, where do i get more info/samples on this product? Where can i download the video? Thanks DB
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Re: Color matching 3228/35/45
We have tried to do as you suggest, but nothing happens! It is as if the copier overrules our new (Mac)profile. Even if we try to use another profile in the Windows drivers (PCL and PS) then absolutely nothing changes! In CMYK Simulation you can choose User Settings. What does that mean?
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Re: Who is going to Vision?
TED ·
You were embarassed to ask, Jim? That sounds strange coming from a salesman. Usually salesmen don't mind asking anyone anything. Heck, we are probably some of the pushyist people on the planet. Jim, maybe you need to get out in the field more and knock on a few doors to bolster your confidence. (Ha-Ha)
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Re: Who is going to Vision?
There is a difference between asking tough questions and looking stupid doing it but you're too sharp to know anything about that. Are you going?
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Re: OKI 1624 MFP
BEACHCOPY (GUEST) ·
Hey Art, you guys do cpc on the oki's? Include all supplies? Is cost same as ricoh product? Thanks
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RISO Introduces Finisher and RIP Options for HC5000
ART POST (GUEST) ·
Hunter, Director, Full Color Business Unit for RISO, Inc. HC5000 Users According to Hunter, HC5000 printers have been sold to customers in a wide array of industries including churches, print-for-profit, in-plant print shops, manufacturers, wholesale distributors, associations, real estate, IT service companies, finance companies and universities. The HC5000 represents a breakthrough in full color digital printing, delivering an unparalleled combination of speed, affordability and output
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OKI 1624 MFP
ART POST (GUEST) ·
One of the fastest color multifunctional systems in its class: network-ready printing with full-color output at up to 16 ppm, black & white at up to 24 ppm** Convenient, high-quality copying in full-color at up to 16 cpm, black & white at up to 24 cpm** ScanSoft® PaperPort® and TextBridge® software for converting scanned documents to editable digital files; scanning files directly to PCs, e-mail, and FTP sites; PC faxing (via PC modem); document processing, accounting, and management
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