The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
the last week of September 2010
The push is on and the last quarter of the year is upon us. Who will be the winners and the losers? After speaking with a few more Office Equipment Dealers this week I'm encouraged with the rate of transformation that is taking place. Dealers are not waiting for things to happen they are making things happen. More and more dealers are adopting new services and products for their clients. The question becomes when do the copier manufacturers become irrelevant to the Office Office Equipment dealer?
Enjoy these most popular threads from ten years ago this week.
Konica Minolta Launches the Perfect Digital Alternative for Print Professionals
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executive interview, please contact Rachel Reed at Rachel.Reed@kmbs.konicaminolta.us . Availability The bizhub PRESS C8000 is available now through Konica Minolta's North American direct sales and authorized dealer sales channels. About Konica Minolta Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop.In 2009, Konica Minolta was named Supplier of the Year by both the Allegra Network and the National
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Konica Minolta Business Solutions today launched its Optimised Print Services (OPS) o
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According to Konica Minolta national manager managed print services, Iain Barnfield, the new consulting service analyses how a company is using all its print and multifunction devices and then develops a tailored solution to monitor, manage and optimise printing services. “It is designed for, but not limited to, companies operating at least ten separate devices and typically employing more than 50 people.” “We have listened to what the market wants and have sought to improve on similar services
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Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc is currently seeking a BRANCH TECHNICAL
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Program. Employee Referral Bonus Program. Ongoing professional development training. State-of-the-art office products. Visible, exciting work supporting the sales of cutting edge technology and workflow solutions. Konica Minolta is Proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D Committed to Affirmative Action.
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Count on Konica Minolta for Award-Winning Technologies at GRAPH EXPO
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-saving design. New Product Introductions – Konica Minolta will unveil a new series of color digital presses designed to strengthen our market-leading position in the production print arena and enhance print professionals’ return on investment (ROI). Printgroove – In light production printing, CRD and small- to mid-sized print shop applications, Printgroove® is the key to greater output power and increased satisfaction for customers and corporate clients. It can accept input in any format
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Xerox Color 800/1000 presses drive profit, extend digital printing capabilities
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Xerox Color 800/1000 presses drive profit, extend digital printing capabilities Friday, September 24, 2010 Press release from the issuing company Rochester, N.Y. – Print providers looking to increase the worth of every page they sell are using Xerox Corporation's Color 800/1000 Presses to capture jobs once reserved for offset printing. The presses – introduced earlier this year – offer the sharp images and quick turnaround times needed for sophisticated sales collateral, direct marketing pieces
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Xerox Color 800/1000 presses drive profit, extend digital printing capabilities
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Xerox Color 800/1000 presses drive profit, extend digital printing capabilities Friday, September 24, 2010 Press release from the issuing company Rochester, N.Y. – Print providers looking to increase the worth of every page they sell are using Xerox Corporation's Color 800/1000 Presses to capture jobs once reserved for offset printing. The presses – introduced earlier this year – offer the sharp images and quick turnaround times needed for sophisticated sales collateral, direct marketing pieces
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Does any National Copier Vendor still have their own in house leasing service?
Does Xerox still have Xerox Financial Services? I think not, they subcontract to GE Capital? Is not GE Capital trying to get out of the copier business? Who does Canon use? Who does Ricoh/ IKON use? Who does Konica Minolta use? Who does Pitney Bowes use? For all of these vendors, do they actually operate their own Leasing Company or do they subcontract it out to someone like CIT or DLL and put their brand name on their leases.
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Kyocera Mita America Expands Managed Print Services Offering; Authorizes Business Tec
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more document imaging devices and, ultimately, become the end-user's "single source" for managing printed pages and hardware. Kyocera’s industry-leading MPS program, Managed Print: SimplifiedSM, includes a nationwide network of Kyocera Certified MPS Dealers that help organizations find significant savings on current print output costs, improve the return on investment (ROI) and lower total cost of ownership on existing printers and MFPs through print optimization and best practices. Additionally
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New Report Positions Xerox No. 1 in Managed Print Services
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hundreds of thousands of dollars in document- related costs. Using Xerox's "print governance" feature, the newest addition to the company's MPS portfolio, Rialto will bump savings to nearly half a million dollars by better managing print across its 25 buildings. QinetiQ, a leading defense technology and security company, based in the U.K., cut energy usage and greenhouse gases by 44 percent with its Xerox MPS strategy. Xerox also helped QinetiQ improve security and compliance with radio-frequency
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Xerox Positioned in Leaders Quadrant of 2010 Managed Print Services Report
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and expand the range of MPS offerings is evidenced by its Enterprise Print Services (EPS). Xerox EPS goes beyond traditional MPS offerings as the first service to help gain control of documents being printed, shared and stored across the entire enterprise – whether in the office, by mobile and virtual workers or in the print center. As the market leader in MPS, Xerox's client list includes global leaders like The Dow Chemical Company, Fiat Group, Ingersoll Rand, and Procter Gamble. Xerox also
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AIM Mail Centers Embrace Mobile Technology by Upgrading to Ricoh HotSpot MFPs
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(MFPs). Ricoh HotSpot MFPs offer mobile users the added convenience of printing remotely and enable users to print securely across the Internet, without the need for a device-specific driver or special software. Mobile printing solutions for the Ricoh HotSpot MFPs are powered by PrinterOn®. "Ricoh HotSpot MFPs fit into the future vision of our AIM Mail Center stores, which are becoming business solution centers rather than shipping centers," said Michael Sawitz , CEO, AIM Mail Centers. "Ricoh
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Xerox Debuts iGen4 EXP; Elevates Industry's Most Widely Used High-End Digital ...
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, visit http://www.xerox.com/tr/products or call 800-ASK-XEROX. Note: For more information on Xerox, visit http://www.xerox.com or http://news.xerox.com . For open commentary, industry perspectives and views from events visit http://twitter.com/xeroxcorp , http://twitter.com/xeroxproduction , http://twitter.com/xeroxevents , http://www.xerox.com/blogs or http://www.xerox.com/podcasts . Xerox(R), iGen4(R), FreeFlow(R) and the sphere of connectivity design are trademarks of Xerox Corporation in
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Pacific Northwest’s Largest School District Enrolls Westbrook Fortis to Reduce Docume
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accessible from most Internet browsers. For more information, call (203) 483-6666 or visit http://www.westbrooktech.com . About IKON IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (http://www.ikon.com), a Ricoh company, is a leading provider of innovative document management systems and services, enabling customers to improve document workflow and increase efficiency. IKON integrates copiers, printers and MFP technologies, and document management software and systems, to deliver tailored, high-value solutions, implemented
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$12,419 Federal Contract Awarded to Ricoh Americas
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[September 23, 2010] (Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Ricoh Americas Corp., West Caldwell, N.J., won a $12,419 federal contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Md., for Alficio MP 8001 digital copier system.
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HP Recognized as a Leader in 2010 Managed Print Services by Analyst Firm Report
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documents in electronic processes. By seeking to enlarge the scope of their MPS this way, organizations can maximize cost savings and process improvements." HP MPS is a flexible, scalable offering that provides organizations a clear path for turning their printing and imaging environments into vital, value-added assets that drive business growth. With one of the industry's broadest portfolios of products, solutions and services, HP helps customers improve workflow and maximize results so they can meet
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RISO to feature next generation of inkjet printing at Graph Expo
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printers is so fast, affordable and dependable, customers have found great cost savings in direct mail, transactional documents, and many other commercial applications," said Todd Deluca, president and chief operating officer of RISO, Inc. The three ComColor models showcased at Graph Expo will be shown printing a unique transpromotional MICR application with embedded digital security pantographs, variable data envelopes, newsletters, booklets, and more. The combination of ComColor inkjet printing
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Print Audit® President and CEO Named as Finalist for Prestigious Award
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. By providing businesses with innovative and practical print management software solutions, the company has helped customers recapture over $150 million in printing and photocopying expenses while saving an estimated 190,000 trees a year. Print Audit has offices located in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Canada and the United States. For more information on Print Audit, please contact: Angela Onstine 1.877.412.8348 pr@printaudit.com http://www.printaudit.com Facebook: http
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New Brother Color Laser Printers Deliver Category-Leading Performance
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-4570CDWT) features category-leading print speeds, automatic duplex printing, wired or wireless networking, generous standard paper input capacity and an exciting new design. The new models will be available beginning in October 2010 . "Small business owners are increasingly expected to do more with less, and this new series of color laser printers from Brother offers them the flexibility to print higher volumes of documents – such as multiple copies of presentations or sales brochures needed for a
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"Wanted" Ricoh 615C PS option
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Post Script 3 Unit Type C1500, need one of these new or used can anyone give me a price, just in case I can't get a new deal approved.Art
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Commissioners Award Copier Contract
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Purchasing director Cathy Mosier outlined the bid specifications for the commissioners. Mosier said the bids were opened on Sept. 7 and there were five bidders. . . The Richland County Commissioners Tuesday awarded the price per copy contract to MT...
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Lead in Wyoming Color Copier
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The P4P Cafe has generated a lead for the zip code 82214 in Wyoming, looks to be Northwest of Fort Laramie.30PPM color device, please email me for details!
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HP Unveils World’s Most Collaborative Large-format Printer Solutions
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expensive to maintain. The HP Designjet T7100 Printer features a modular design that allows customers to easily upgrade the device as technology progresses and that helps the printer integrate seamlessly into existing IT infrastructures. The printer eases and accelerates print production for customers by offering: speeds of up to 165 A1 prints per hour, unattended printing with the capacity to manage up to three media rolls and the HP Smart Roll Loading System. The HP Instant Printing Pro accessory
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Re: Ricoh Ends Relationship with Ratio
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Let me further clarify my post. My understanding is this, Ratio Germany has filed for bankruptcy and no longer doing business. Ratio America is now its own entity and doing business seperately. They drive the Plotbase PM website and are selling Plotbase/Rip Cube etc. There is legal discussions that will allow Ratio to work with Ricoh. I think Ricoh recognizes the embedded is not sufficient but is tied legal on their actions. Also, Ricoh is still provide tech support for the controllers that
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Re: Does any National Copier Vendor still have their own in house leasing service?
Konica Minolta uses GE, DLL, US Bank
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Future Lead!!
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SAPULPA CITY COUNCIL Consider approving the amended Order and Lease Agreement(s) with Document Imaging Solutions, LLC., and DeLage Landen respectively for maintenance service and lease of all Digital Sharp and Samsung Color Copiers for the City of Sapulpa for the period of October 21, 2010 through October 01, 2012, and authorize the Mayor to execute all related documents.
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4 Key Considerations for Paper-Based Hospitals Looking to Go Electronic
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says hospitals often misunderstand the concept of deploying an electronic system. He adds they should be mindful that although EHRs will certainly provide many benefits, they should not be naïve about the savings in paper supplies they may seek through making health records electronic. "If you look at a 350-bed hospital, there are approximately 2.5 million documents being printed in that hospital and only 20-25 percent is related to medical records," he says. "The overwhelming majority of documents
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Re: Booklet printing with saddle stitch using Adobe Indesign CS5
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Here is an update. Yesterday while on site the end user informed me that if he printed the document to PDF from Indesign which will print the document to a file, then tries to print the original Indesign document, it will print. After creating a PDF but not printing that PDF but printing the same document in Indesign, why will it then print. Does it do something to the original document when it is printed to PDF, fix some errors in the document? When trying to print the original document in
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Re: Does any National Copier Vendor still have their own in house leasing service?
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Canon has Canon Financial, all of the others? I believe they are all third party.
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Re: Does any National Copier Vendor still have their own in house leasing service?
If I'm not mistaken, Canon Financial is still wholly owned by Canon but I don't think anyone else has their own leasing company anymore.
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Re: Booklet printing with saddle stitch using Adobe Indesign CS5
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John: Wish I could help, what has Ricoh stated? Can anyone else help John?
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Re: Booklet printing with saddle stitch using Adobe Indesign CS5
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Ricoh is absolutely no help. I hope someone from Ricoh reads this post. Who do you hire up there? They have absolutely no clue. Very disappointed. Much thanks to JasonR from RJ Young for your input. John
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Re: Does any National Copier Vendor still have their own in house leasing service?
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Ricoh has Ricoh Financial Services, which is wholly owned by Ricoh
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Re: Does any National Copier Vendor still have their own in house leasing service?
I think if you look into it that you will find that you are mistaken. Their lease document says Ricoh but the rest of the document is either De Lage Landen (DLL) or GE. They used to use DLL almost exclusively but seem to be mostly GE now.
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Re: Does any National Copier Vendor still have their own in house leasing service?
Partially correct...Ricoh Financial Services (wholly owned)still exists and is primarily used for Major Accounts whereas Commercial or SMB accounts are financed through 3rd party vendors, i.e. GE, DLL, etc.
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Re: Booklet printing with saddle stitch using Adobe Indesign CS5
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We solved the problem. We changed a setting within InDesign CS5 from "Binary" to "ASCII". I do not know why this works since that same setting in InDesign CS4 is set to "Binary" but it fixed the problem. Much thanks to JasonR for taking the time to call me and discuss the problem. Not alot of people would do that and I really appreciate it. I have attached a screen shot of the change from within InDesign CS5. Feel free to comment on why this would have made a difference as I have no clue. John
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Re: wide format specialist
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I totally agree with Jrlz. Don't split, they aren't selling it, they aren't comp'd on it. Lead fees are the way to go. Besides, the reps would complain either way!
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Office machine blamed for medical building fire
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XENIA, Greene County — A malfunctioning copier and fax machine is to blame for a fire that started at a medical building in the 300 block of North Detroit Street, across from Shawnee Park. The total estimated damage cost is believed to be approximately $175,000, according to Xenia Fire Chief Jeff Leaming. Approximately, $100,000 is the damage to the building. The fire at 330/322 North Detroit St. was reported 7:07 a.m. The building has two levels, and fire officials believe the fire started on
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"What is" Section 179
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your business) to move in a positive direction. For most small businesses (adding total equipment, software, and vehicles totaling less than $500,000 in 2010), the entire cost can be written-off on the 2010 tax return. For businesses adding even more than $500,000, the write-offs are still substantial. See the following graphic for an example of the savings thatis currently available to you after the 'Small Business Jobs and CreditAct of 2010' passed in September 2010. Limits of Section 179
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Océ and Intersections Inc. Demonstrate
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, meeting industry security standards for the payment card industry. More Color and More Capacity The high capacity and performance of the Océ JetStream system have also given Intersections the added capacity to pursue other segments that require secure printing. Intersections can expand its client base and offer the service to more markets, because the Océ JetStream printer provides the ample capacity and reliability to produce hundreds of thousands of reports each month. The live demonstration
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