The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago Third Week of October 2015
It's Sunday afternoon somewhere around 3PM in New Jersey. Within the hour I'll be back to work trying to figure out a plan for the last week of the month.
Enjoy these great copier threads from 5 years ago this week!
3D and wide format colour printing to be showcased at Konica Minolta’s The Future of Design Seminar
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the new innovations can help them turn their ideas into profitable projects. The Future of Design Seminar series will provide insights on how Konica Minolta can support firms in gaining a competitive edge in their industry; and how 3D printing can help organisations win more business. The program also introduces participants to the KIP 800 series high speed colour toner print solution in addition to 3D and KIP 800 showroom overview and demonstrations. Konica Minolta’s The Future of Design
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How Did You Come Up with the Name of the Print4Pay Hotel?
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the digital copier age,there was aweb based application that Ricoh used for configuration of their digital copiers. That site was called "Connectivity CafÉ". At or around 2003, I posted a threadwhich bashed Ricohin their Aficio League (they had a forum then) in reference tothe first of one of the first 80ppm production copierthat was a real dog. The system could not reproduce half tones very well,I was ok with that, what I was not OK with, is the that Ricoh new that system would not do half
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Canon Brings Wide-Format Textile Printing Solutions to the U.S. Market with Media One Partnership
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, Media One will become an authorized reseller of the OcÉ Arizona series of flatbed printers. Media One, an expert in the large-format soft signage market, will support Canon Solutions America’s efforts with its technical knowledge and after-sales support thereby contributing a high level of expertise to the partnership. In addition to this new set of dynamic and leading-edge services and technologies, Canon Solutions America will now be able to offer its customers a full soft signage solution, which
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Daily Printing Plans to Boost Productivity with Xerox iGen 150 Press, Bourg Bookletmaker
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PLYMOUTH, Minn.—October 19, 2015—A recent multi-product acquisition by leading print and marketing services provider Daily Printing has streamlined its production, Web storefront, short-run booklet making and financial processes, while improving output quality. The acquisitions—a Xerox iGen 150 digital press with a Xerox EX 150 Print Server Powered by Fiery and a Bourg BMEx Booklet Maker—became operational in late June and are expected to enable growth, provide new opportunities for customers
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Media One strikes soft signage agreement with Canon Solutions America
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instantly have a proven industry leader with a nationwide salesforce, key financing for our customers and an award winning flatbed printer." In addition to this new set of dynamic and leading-edge services and technologies, Canon Solutions America will now be able to offer its customers a full soft signage solution, which will include the ability to offer financing through Canon Financial Services. "This is an important partnership for our organization as we continue to expand our range of print
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Publishers, Inkjet Experts, Paper Suppliers Talk Change at Ricoh’s Book Publishing Symposium
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, Finch Paper , JP Gould Specialty Papers , Mitsubishi Imaging and Mondi . Feedback from attendees on the value of the technology and event included: “The detail and the sharpness of the inkjet samples were better [than expected]. The Ricoh Pro VC60000 can do well for POD [print on demand]. Getting single-copy only production is the goal.” —Johan Van Slooten, Elsevier “It’s fair to say that four-color inkjet is ready for primetime.” —Bill Barry, Macmillan “The symposium presented by Ricoh on inkjet
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Has your sales team swallowed the "Jagged" Little Digital Pill?
reciting the rest in your head. What does Alanis Morissette and Mary Poppins have to do with any of this? Well, 1995 was a technology transition year. Growing up in the copier/office automation industry, Ricoh introduced to the business world the Imagio MF200, a digital photocopier. Ricoh laid the groundwork as this device (regardless if it worked correctly) forever changed how office workers could copy and print documents. Though an analog copier and a digital copier did the same thing, make
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Ricoh Imaging Appoints Linnea Wolken to Top Marketing Post
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brings to Ricoh over 15 years of formulating and executing marketing strategies for business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies, including US West, Qwest, Papa Murphy's and PepsiCo. She spent the last decade at Hunter Douglas, where she managed the flagship Duette brand of window coverings and led the product and marketing team. During her tenure, the company saw a 25 percent increase in sales. "This is such an opportune time to join Ricoh Imaging, as it has just launched some ground
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3D FAB+PRINT TOUCHPOINT AT drupa 2016
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, Leapfrog, Mimaki, Roland, Ricoh, Xerox, TU Chemnitz, Stratasys and Massivit 3D Printing will present exciting solutions. drupa will take place from May 31 - June 10, 2016 at the fairgrounds in DÜsseldorf, Germany “It was important for us to pick up and focus on this topic. The potential of 3D printing in many vertical markets shouldn't be underestimated. In particular, spare parts for mechanical engineering or packaging design offer huge opportunities for machinery manufacturers, users and also
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Sharp Welcomes Software Developer Umango To The Sharp Partner Program
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conversion and imaging software complement Sharp's range of Sharp OSA-enabled MFP devices. "We are happy to welcome Umango into the community of Sharp OSA developers," said Vince Jannelli , Sr. Director, Software Product Management, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America. "Umango provides a comprehensive document capture and processing software that when coupled with Sharp OSA-capable MFPs can enable organizations to become more efficient." Umango has developed an embedded software
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Loffler Companies Named GBC ACCO Brands Dealer to Support Minnesota and Western Wisconsin Binding and Finishing Needs
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. Komen Race for the Cure, and many other worthy causes that help the communities in which the Loffler team lives and works. About Loffler Companies, Inc. Loffler Companies has been exceeding the needs and expectations of its clients for office technology and services since 1986. It provides copiers and printers ( Canon , Konica Minolta , HP, Lexmark, and Océ , managed print services , telephone systems (NEC and ShoreTel), IT Solutions , voice recording systems, software workflow technologies and
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Ricoh with new ways to transform business at drupa 2016
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Ricoh with new ways to transform business at drupa 2016 FULLSTORY Ricoh will bring a range of products and services to drupa 2016 that will enable Print Service Providers to step ahead on their paths of transformation. Encompassing new opportunities, and routes to greater productivity and profitability. The world's largest printing trade fair is scheduled for 31 May to 10 June at the Messe, DÜsseldorf, Germany, and Ricoh will once again be located in Hall 8a. Ricoh’s busy stand at drupa 2012
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DocuWare Certifies New Production Scanner from Kodak Alaris
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DocuWare Certifies New Production Scanner from Kodak Alaris High-speed scanner passes rigorous tests to boost productivity and integrate seamlessly with ECM software New Windsor NY, October 22, 2015 – DocuWare, a global leader in the ECM industry, has tested and certified the Kodak i4850 Scanner with its latest version of document management software, DocuWare 6.8. Kodak i4000 Series Scanners are aimed at the mid-volume production market. DocuWare’s testing and certification was performed on
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Epson Now Shipping SureColor P-Series Large Format Printers
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and professional photographers, graphic designers and commercial printers and leverage the Epson UltraChrome HD eight-color ink set. Epson UltraChrome HD and HDX inks leverage next-generation Yellow pigment ink technology for up to twice the overall print permanence than previous generations 1 , plus improved black density for prints with greater impact and optical clarity. "The SureColor P-Series incorporate the latest in printing technology and we are very excited to begin shipping these new
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Print Audit Forms Top 100 Seat Based Billing Executive Council
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Executive Council is evidence of our commitment.” Invitations to Top 100 Summit members have been sent out and registrations are exceeding expectations. Registered Top 100 SBB Council members will work together over a 12 week period to generate the following SBB deliverables: - SBB Pricing Billing Models - Standardized SBB Contracts - SBB Sales Marketing Collateral For more information about Seat Based Billing (SBB) for managed print, the primer can be downloaded HERE . To learn more about
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OKI Data Americas to Debut its Expanding ColorPainter Line of Printers and Solutions at the SGIA Expo
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quality and ease of use. The flexible and reliable ColorPainter W-64s wide-format printer delivers rich glossy color output. Its advanced technologies and industrial printheads are designed for longevity and used to maximize productivity. This 64 inch printer is affordable, reliable, easy to use and maintain, and produces high-resolution output with consistent color density in all print modes. In addition, OKI Data will also debut the following specialty printing devices to SGIA attendees
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Toshiba announces EasySeries digital signage displays
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Oct. 19, 2015 Toshiba's Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., recently announced the immediate availability of the TD-EEasySeries, a family of fully featured digital signage displays, designed specifically for the commercial market. Intended to be ideal for a wide range of use cases in the retail, corporate, education and restaurant/bar verticals, the TD-EEasySeriesmodels are commercial displays with 16/7 operation, 1080p full-HD resolution, a full
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Sharp Energy Storage Solutions For Businesses
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, General Manager and Co-Founder of Sharp’s Energy Systems and Services GroupSharp SmartStorage® Energy Storage Systems , generously answered some questions aboutSharp’s energy storage solutions for CleanTechnica . 1. Who are some of your customers? Sharp is currently targeting the commercial and industrial segment for behind-the-meter solutions in the US, specifically customers that are suffering from expensive peak demand charges. We find that the market need is most immediate in California, New
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ULTIMAKER RELEASES OPEN-SOURCE FILES OF THEIR 3D PRINTERS
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0/19/15, 07:40 PM (AMSTERDAM)- Ultimaker, a top 3D printer manufacturer, is leading the open source 3D printing movement by sharing the files for all of their 3D printers with the public. Working to foster a community collaboration of like-minded people to share ideas and inspire other users, Ultimaker is dedicated to improving its 3D printing technology to reflect what the customers really want. By turning its audience into a development partner, Ultimaker expects to learn and understand the
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Re: How Did You Come Up with the Name of the Print4Pay Hotel?
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I thought all this time that it was the 1224C that got you canned from Aficio League! There was certainly plenty of bad to say and many a bad placement that could have been avoided had Ricoh been forthright in their launch of that unit. As a matter of fact, it was just last week that we happened to be blessed with a visit from the guy who was our DSM for that launch. He is now much higher on the Ricoh food chain. We remenisced about the day he launched the 1224C. He said back then that we
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Re: How Did You Come Up with the Name of the Print4Pay Hotel?
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He said something like, "Ricoh would never launch a product like that and not tell us about it." bahahahaha!!!
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Today in History, Chester Carlson.....
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In 1938, the first Xerox photocopy was made by Chester Floyd Carlson, an American physicist. Carlson spent 20 years trying to find a company to produce his machine. Haloid Co. first marketed a Xerox copier in 1959 and then changed its name to Xerox Corp.
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MT Business Technologies announces move to Columbus Arena District
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operations in Cleveland , Columbus and Toledo . MTBT provides total office solutions with an emphasis on managed printing services, managed IT support, document management and copier servicing and maintenance. It is the largest independent RICOH dealer in the United States . Learn more at www.mtbt.com . SOURCE MT Business Technologies RELATED LINKS http://www.mtbt.com
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Why is the number of printers decreasing?
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Michał Gembal, CMO Arcus S.A. By Michał Gembal, CMO Arcus S.A. According to data from Context, deliveries of printing devices throughout the EMEA region (Europe, ME and Africa) decreased by 8 percent in Q1 2015 compared to Q1 2014. The Western European market has entered a period of stagnation (sales are not growing), while demand in the Middle East has decreased considerably. Such data may suggest that digital document flow has ousted printing devices from offices, just as electronic mail and
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Panasonic Unveils Feature Rich A4-size Departmental Scanner
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-S2087 scanner includes robust features, such as: High-Speed Duplex Scanning: Operates in the highest speed class of all A4 departmental scanners, the KV-S2087 scans up to 85 pages per minute and up to 170 images per minute, at either 200 or 300 dpi for black-and-white or color documents. Large Document Feeder: Holds up to 200 sheets of paper, saving time between set-ups for better overall efficiency. Digital Imprinter: Enables text data to be added to a scanned image without physically printing
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BTA Southeast & IBPI Partner to Host Consecutive Events
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its dealer members. IBPI’s membership is composed of more than 380 independent commercial copy, print and IT dealers located throughout the United States. Its members, which have a combined annual sales volume in excess of $4.7 billion, sell and service all OEM copier/MFPs and print devices, along with providing managed print and managed network services. For more information, visit www.ibpi.net .
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Contex Reports Success of Recently Launched SD One Wide Format Scanner in the U.S.
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Gigl, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, National Azon, a national distributor of wide format scanning solutions. Contex customers are turning to the SD One to eliminate the need to outsource the scanning function, saving considerable resources. Easily transportable, the scanner gives users the flexibility to place it where it’s needed. Users can capture changes to drawings and other documents as they occur, with date and time stamping. The SD One comes with built-in cloud connectivity
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IntelliChief Automating Document Management and Workflow at the IOFM AP & P2P Conference
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validate with data in their enterprise resource planning system (ERP) or Line of Business application, for lifecycle-managing all related documentation, and facilitating an optimized interdepartmental processes workflow. Areas of use include Accounting (purchase-to-pay and order-to-cash), Finance, Customer Service, Human Resources, Legal, Operations and other paper and process-intensive departments, supporting process time and cost savings throughout organizations. To review the IntelliChief's
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Lexmark for Sale?
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Potential buyers of printer maker would include other technology companies, private-equity firms Lexmark International Inc. is exploring strategic alternatives including a possible sale of the company, according to people familiar with the matter. http://www.wsj.com/articles/le...f-company-1445546085
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OneContent™ Achieves Certification with PaperStream IP Image Enhancement Solution
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blur correction for smooth dot matrix print and better OCR and reproduction. Additional features of PaperStream IP include: Preset Profiles: Reduced setup time with preset profiles that include a selection of black and white, color or auto-color. The driver's defaults provide perfect images utilizing advanced features such as auto orientation, blank page removal, deskew, and hole punch removal. Assisted Scanning: In the rare instances when a document's background is not automatically cleaned
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NEWS: EFI Declares Victory in Patent Litigation
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about fueling customer success with products that increase competitiveness and boost productivity. To do that, we develop breakthrough technologies for the manufacturing of signage, packaging, textiles, ceramic tiles, and personalized documents, with a wide range of printers, inks, digital front ends, and a comprehensive business and production workflow suite that transforms and streamlines the entire production process. ( www.efi.com ) Follow EFI Online: Follow us on Twitter: @EFIPrint Find
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Mike Coon Elected as New Officer of the Executive Committee of the National Equipment Finance Association
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responsible for Axis' buy and sell activities. He will focus on selling Axis-originated contracts to other financial institutions as well as purchasing transactions from banks and other leasing companies. Coon was most recently a Vice President at Lease Corporation of America, where he was responsible for developing and managing relationships with lessors and banks as well as for the wholesale funding division. Gordon Glade, founder and CEO of Axis, said, "Mike Coon is going to lead the company's
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