This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago

RAMSEY, NJ, Aug 12, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announces that the company will debut innovative new technologies for the graphic communications industry at PRINT 13 from September 8-13 at McCormick Place South in Chicago. At Konica Minolta Booth #518, visitors can witness Konica Minolta's full array of EnvisionIT Production solutions and services that offer the capabilities commercial printers need to improve

in mind that we're also fighting the battle with Toshiba, KonicaMinolta and Kyocera with their knock off models. I'm thinking (these are my thoughts)there are two major reasons for embedded Plotworks in all of Ricoh's wide format LED models. The first reason is thatRicoh needed batch plotting for their MDS approach with larger accounts. Meaning, how the heck could Ricoh offer to solve wide format printing issues with Major accounts if none of their devices were capable of batch plotting? They

, resulting in an ever-increasing demand for short-run print jobs. “We started experiencing the kind of immense growth we’d hoped for, but we really didn’t know how quickly it would come about,” said Thomas. “That presented some challenges.” Thomas instinctively called her friends at CSA. After reviewing a number of Canon digital printing solutions, she and her brother found themselves in agreement with Tummino that the Canon imagePRESS® C6010 was the best fit for Royal Printing’s growing commercial

mobilizes information from job creation through printing and finishing. The three-part solution includes TotalFlow Prep software for fast, accurate print setup, TotalFlow PrintManager to optimize printing efficiency, and TotalFlow ProductionManager for advanced print management capabilities. "As a services company, we're committed to helping our customers work as productively as possible with our production printers," said Tim Vellek, Vice President, Production Printing Business Group, Ricoh Americas

MALVERN, Pa., Aug. 8, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Americas Corporation today introduced a new series of color multifunction products (MFPs) with significant improvements in image quality, ease of use and support for advanced workflows. The RICOH MP C3003/MP C3503/MP C4503/MP C5503/MP C6003 series ranges from 30-60 pages per minute and offers: Connectivity to a range of cloud services for scanning document storage, mobile printing and collaboration through Ricoh's optional Ricoh Integrated

High-productivity wide format inkjet printer can print over 6,000 square feet in one hour MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is taking high-speed production to a new level in the wide format arena with the North American launch of the OcÉ ColorWave® 900 printer. Visitors to the Canon booth 502 at the PRINT® 13 show in Chicago (Sept 8-12, 2013) will see the OcÉ ColorWave 900 printer as it makes its debut appearance in North America. Canon will be taking

browser and it's connected to the web. That means no additional software to run on a server, no maintenance costs for the software and no downtime. UDOCX allows you to scan the document as PDF/A, have it OCR'D add Metadata and then sendit to the likes of MSOffice 365, SharePoint, Dropbox, Alfresco and Xerox Docushare while depositing the document in the right location every time. UDOCX (Fenestrae)now has partnerships with Ricoh, Xerox, Canon, Fujitsu, Alfresco. Mircosoft, Sharp and Xerox Docushare

Canon and Getty Images Focus on the IAAF World Championships in Moscow Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced today that Canon Europe and Getty Images, a leading creator and distributor of award-winning photography, video and music worldwide, will unite to provide imaging excellence at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow from August 10-18, 2013. Through Canon's role as Official Partner of the IAAF World Athletics Series and Getty Images' role as Official

high-quality image and color control on the RICOH MP C6502/MP C8002 is simple with the new Fiery® E-22B Print Controller. This new Fiery option provides users with greater management and control for more complex color workflows that require fast and accurate image processing. Along with multiple finishing options, including newly designed flat-fold booklet finishing, the RICOH MP C6502/MP C8002 ensures color projects achieve professional-grade results. For details on Ricoh’s full line of

business to help prospects to lower their costs that are related to hardware, service and supplies. Since most copiers aka MFP's are leased there is usually a fixed cost associated with the lease and in some cases the monthly or quarterly service and supplies. Once we have the price that the customer is paying most sales people will try to see if they can lower the cost by swapping out the old lease with a new lease (upgrade the existing lease). This is where it gets sticky, when you're working

Excellent analysys Art, I appreciate your taking the time to let us know the latest on this fiasco. It makes sense why they did it now that you explained it so well, but I would wager it will bite them later when sales plummet. I kind of gave up selling wide format due to getting kicked by Oce a few times and then the price increase. I did sell a Savin 3406 before the software mandate and it replaced a 2404 with Ratio that they got tired of paying for updates. They do not need the benefits of

improved internal technology means less passes are needed when printing for fast production (approximately 1.5 times faster than the previous iPF9000S). The iPF9400S comes with bright colour reproduction and an updated print head ink sequence, to enable the printer to increase speed while printing - making it ideal for poster production. Canon has also developed the Photoshop Plug-In to include a layout function with automated size adjustment, ideal for gallery wraps. In addition, the accounting

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today announced it received recognition for its Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and its mono, color laser and multi-function (MFP) printer devices from Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) in the U.S. BLI recognized Samsung with a Summer 2013 Outstanding Achievement Award in Innovation for its groundbreaking use of NFC to simplify mobile print, scan and fax capability. In addition, the Xpress M2825DW and M2875 Series and ProXpress M4020ND devices were

Muratec Completes A4 Monochrome Product Line Refresh with the Launch of the MFX-3590 Multifunction document solution delivers innovative printing, faxing and scanning to the desktop Plano, Texas (August 8, 2013) - Muratec America, Inc., manufacturer of multifunction office equipment and business productivity solutions, announces today the availability a new A4 monochrome multifunction printer (MFP), the MFX-3590. “We’re very excited to complete our A4 monochrome product line refresh with the

, senior director and general manager, Corporate Communications Division, Canon U.S.A. “The Envirothon is a great way for high school students to learn about sustainability, the environment and management of our natural resources. Canon’s corporate philosophy of Kyosei – all people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future,corresponds with these values – education and environmental responsibility are important to us." The North American

Art, it's a part of the industry that I doubt you will get rid of. I would like to add my own "observation". I don't think that 99.9% of dealers do a good deal. If 99.9% was the case these instances would not even be noticed because they would be unheard of. I think the reality is that around 60-70% of dealers are OK. Another point is that the leasing companies do not give a damn about the state of the copier at the end of a lease. As long as the customer has made all the payments they're happy

powerful and a much cheaper alternative to most Doc Management Systems out there! Working with PDFs that can be annotated in Adobe Reader is a major step towards a "less paper"office in the SMB market. I would love to read more about popular Xerox/Ricoh/Toshiba solutions if you get a chance to write about them sometime.

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 13, 2013-- Kofax(R) plc (LSE: KFX), a leading provider of smart process applications for the business critical First Mile(TM) of customer interactions, today announced that it recently closed four Kofax MarkView sales totaling $2.4 million. Collectively, the customers will process more than one billion invoices annually. The four organizations chose Kofax MarkView for Accounts Payable for its ability to automate the capture and processing of invoices for

IRVINE, CALIF.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kofax® plc (LSE: KFX), a leading provider of smart process applications for the business critical First Mile™ of customer interactions, today announced that it recently closed four Kofax MarkView sales totaling $2.4 million. Collectively, the customers will process more than one billion invoices annually. The four organizations chose Kofax MarkView for Accounts Payable for its ability to automate the capture and processing of invoices for improved efficiency

Anyone have any tips for me, I'm doing a 5100en demo Monday. They already saw the KIP 7900. They will have a "problem PDF set" that they said printed quickly on the KIP. I will have to print it out as well. Got a screaming fast new PC to run Plotworks for this demo. I'm concerned about the Transparency setting KIP has. thanks.

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I totally agree with you on this one. As of this morning I am seeing the new CW2200 as it is being setup, I am thinking, is this the best that Ricoh can come up with? In my opinion it will only cheapen the Ricoh name with this unit that looks like it is several different pieces that are now married together to create this unit. As you stated, Ricoh made decisions without consulting any of the Rep's that are actual in the field listening to the end user. I started selling Ricoh's wide format

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When you've been in the busy as long as I've been you see many reps come and go, however for those of us that stick around we have a tendency to never leave the business. I met Monte through the Print4Pay Hotel forums many years ago, it may have been in 04 or 05, even though we've never met we've been able to help each other with information through the P4P forums and ever now and then we get the chance to chat on the phone. A few months ago, Monte introduced me to CC Scan and gave me a

Red Deer County is issuing this RFP to replace its currently owned copiers and printers with a new managed print solution that can provide the features and functions described herein. Red Deer County is seeking a solution from a single vendor that will provide all equipment, supplies and maintenance to fully support its printing and copying environment. Darren Young Phone403)350-2150Fax:4033469840Response Submission:same http://www.bids.ca/notice_details.php?tender_no=RFP 02/13 prov=ABPC

One of the biggest obstacles up until recently, was having to answer to a Sales Manager, who was totally incompetent, and the micro management he adopted in trying to gain kudos with management for his failure to produce a winning team formula was ridiculous. Fortunately, they have since given him the boot, and life is starting to get back to normal.

The Samsung machines are very impressive. I am not an easy person to impress. Great touchscreen and the menus make sense to the customer. Searchable PDF, OCR and a workflow app similar to DigiDocFlow right out of the box. The machines are well built on par or better than anything competitors like Sharp or Toshiba have out there. They really do have a lot to offer and the pricing is incredible. We brought on Samsungas our secondary line. As for Ricoh, I hope they step it up on the dealer side

Sorry Grant but I have to call you out.It is a big mistake for salespeople to assume that what is true in their case, is true across the board. It causes the salesrep to make mistakes in judgement and may cause them to unintentionally misinform their prospect. Anything that isn't required by law is negotiable and therefore will vary from lease company to lease company and dealer to dealer. So two dealers using the same lease company may have negotiated different terms.

Here's the math: 6,000 Square Feet / 60 minutes=100 square feet per minute Divide that by 3 (if your wide format is 36") to get linear feet per minute = 33.3 Divide that by 2 (since D is 24" long) to get 16.67 per minute This machine's rated speed is 12,000 sq feet an hour,or 200 square a minute. Divide that by 3.5 (since the machine is 42" width) to get 57.14 linear feet per minute. If you are printing D size prints, divide that by 2 to get 28.57 per minute.

That's not really the point I was trying to make. The point is that a salesrep shouldn't assume anything as fact because the facts vary from dealer to dealer and lease to lease. That having been said, you are missing a big part of the lease equation and that is the "alternative forms of revenue" that comes at the end of the lease. Anytime a lease is ended effectively, the lease company loses the chance of an automatic renewal (evergreen clause), in some cases they lose the chance to sell the