Below is a email I received from a P4P Hotel member the other day.
For the last two or three years investment companies have been buying independent copier dealerships. We've been seeing this all throughout the United States and I know of others in other parts of the world.
The conversation with an industry professional that is smarter than me he suggested that this is a Wall Street ploy being architected by the investment community. The goal is to purchase several different companies and package them together to sell to a major player like Xerox or HP. Imagine an investment company that is purchased 250 million or $500 million worth of independent dealers and then sold them to Xerox. It's not unlike one IKON was sold to Ricoh. It would be a gigantic shift in the market place.., more here
UPDATE 1-Konica Minolta's April-June profit to plunge - Nikkei
June 28 | Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:48pm EDT June 28 (Reuters) - Konica Minolta may see April-June operating profit falling almost a quarter to 7.5 billion yen ($93.2 million), hurt by sluggish demand for components of personal computers and digital appliances, the Nikkei business daily reported. Sales are expected to drop 8 percent to about 180 billion yen on falling revenue in the electronic materials business -- Demand for glass substrates, used in hard disk drives, is sliding with the increased
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Savin 4022 fax problem
We sold a customer a used Savin 4022spf (ricoh 2022). We replaced a standalone copier, and HP LJ4 and a canon faxphone L75. We can't get the Savin to recieve faxes. The faxphone worked fine but the Savin answers and then the call is disconnected. Phone line is shared with alarm system. We have tried a different fax option in the Savin and also turned ECM off. I know the best solution is a dedicated line but it is hard to explain to the customer that their old cheapy canon works in this
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Konica Minolta Expands Deals with Global Major Accounts:bizhub Supply Agreements Sign
, consisting of high-quality products and services and support services such as output/document management and print environment optimization. Going forward, Konica Minolta will make further efforts to meet diverse demands of clients and strengthen Global Major Account sales to add global enterprise customers whose operations run around the world.
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Kyocera shines a green light on managed print services
many devices there are in an organisation and what is being printed where and by whom. MPS addresses these needs in three main stages – the assessment, optimisation and ongoing management of the print environment. Most of the MPS measures to reduce printing costs also have an environmental benefit. Device consolidation brings order to the printer chaos that characterises a typical unmanaged print environment. Replacing single function outdated inefficient devices with modern energy efficient
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Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C6000 Receives European Digital Press Association ...
print resolution and overall small footprint. "Earning the EDP’s Printer of the Year 2011 award for the bizhub PRESS C6000 is a unique accolade given the association consists of some of the most prominent digital printing publications in Europe," said Kevin Kern, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. "The bizhub PRESS line of cutting-edge digital presses is intended to be customer-driven and this recognition reinforces Konica Minolta’s commitment to
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Memphis School board rejects proposal to consolidate printer contracts
price or savings. Cash wanted board members to approve a cost-per-copy proposal with IKON/Ricoh, the winning bidder, based on a "free" assessment of equipment the district already owns or leases. Cash sought to move to centralized purchasing instead of principals ordering copiers as they see fit. Vendors say the practice has resulted in over-purchasing copiers and print supplies. Sybille Noble, head of procurement, estimated savings at 20 to 30 percent under the new contract. "So right now, we
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Ricoh Launches 100 Per Cent Sustainable 'Eco-Board' in London
to the market. These combined copier and fax functions or printer and scanner functions, reducing the need for multiple single-function devices. This resulted in significant reductions in costs and energy consumption. In 2005 Ricoh was the first company in the industry to introduce biomass plastic into the manufacture of products. These plastics are recyclable and do not contribute to global warming to such an extent as their petroleum based counterparts In 2005, Ricoh launched a multi-function
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Kyocera shines a green light on managed print services
Kyocera shines a green light on managed print services By: Louella Fernandes, Principal Analyst Quocirca Published: 27th June 2011 Copyright Quocirca © 2011 Many organisations are reducing the complexity, cost and risk of operating an unmanaged print environment by adopting a managed print service (MPS). However, while cost reduction has long been the primary objective for MPS, sustainability is also working its way up the agenda. At Kyocera's recent European analyst briefing, sustainability
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Office Equipment Distributor, Lucas Distribution, Launches New Website for Flat Pack
Office Equipment Distributor, Lucas Distribution, Launches New Website for Flat Pack Cabinets Loganville, GA (PRWEB) June 29, 2011 Lucas Distribution, LLC, an Atlanta-based worldwide distributor of office products and equipment, launched a new website promoting their copier/printer flat pack cabinets along with their other established office products. “We provide our customers with flat pack copier cabinets for Ricoh, Canon and Toshiba copiers at a lower cost than OEM products," said Managing
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Crowley, Zeutschel Introduce Overhead Book Copier To The U.S. At The American Library
Vogler, conference attendee and managing director of Zeutschel GmbH, notes that the planetary book scanner / copier, created specifically for library and office environments, has a definite practical edge over conventional copiers. "The book lies on its back and is scanned from above through interaction with a small touchscreen to the right of the unit. This saves time for the user and costs for the book owner." Cost savings include: lessened stress to book spines because they don't have to be
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Océ Japan to become wholly owned subsidiary of Canon Marketing Japan
, particularly in the wide format and production printing segments. The combined sales organizations will make both companies' products and services available to a broader customer base, serving to reinforce the Canon-Océ market position in Japan. Moreover, employees will have greater opportunities as a result of the strengthened combined business. Procedural aspects Since this combination comprises a related party transaction, it is being executed at arm's length. The transaction is fully in line
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New Xerox DocuMate® 4440 Scans More Than Just Paper
technology, services, software and genuine Xerox supplies for graphic communication and office printing environments of any size. Through ACS, A Xerox Company, which Xerox acquired in February 2010, Xerox also offers extensive business process outsourcing and IT outsourcing services, including data processing, HR benefits management, finance support, and customer relationship management services for commercial and government organizations worldwide. The 134,000 people of Xerox serve clients in more
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canon dealership
I am full line Savin dealer and Canon rep is calling on me. I'm open to listening but I'm not sure I want to dilute my buying power with 2 dealerships + training for two lines. I'm curious to hear from any dual line dealers - what does Canon offer that I don't already have from Ricoh?
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Xerox and Medco Launch Communication Delivery Platform to Get Patients Information Th
, http://twitter.com/xeroxcorp, http://twitter.com/xeroxoffice, http://twitter.com/xeroxproduction, http://twitter.com/servicesatxerox, http://twitter.com/xeroxevents, http://www.xerox.com/blogs, http://www.xerox.com/podcasts . XEROX®, XEROX and Design® are trademarks of Xerox Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Prices, features, specifications, capabilities, appearance and availability of Xerox products and services are subject to change without notice. Contacts Media
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Re: Q. How does your company handle networking charges?
1st 90 days, all inclusive, with no time limit on hours required to get the customer to say they are happy. Thereafter, billable at $95.00 per hour onsite. Dealer, Canada
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3-D printers launch small businesses
. Paving the way for designers Others are using 3-D printing to rapidly prototype new products. Manufacturers have been doing this since the advent of the technology. But now anyone can do it more quickly, cheaply and accessibly with a 3-D printer. Dan Provost and Tom Gerhardt famously raised more than $130,000 on funding site Kickstarter to create and sell their iPhone tripod mount, the Glif. They used Shapeways to print and test their first designs. After a few tweaks, they took their
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ABBYY Expands Canadian Operations
those of Australian Taxation Office, Lithuanian Tax Inspectorate, Ministry of Education of Russia, Ministry of Education of Ukraine, and Montgomery County Government of the USA. Companies that license ABBYY technologies include BancTec, Canon, EMC/Captiva, Hewlett-Packard, KnowledgeLake, Microsoft, NewSoft, Notable Solutions, Samsung Electronics and more. ABBYY OCR applications are shipped with equipment from the world's top manufacturers such as Epson, Fujitsu, Fuji Xerox, Microtek, Panasonic
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Largo is renewing its copier lease with
•Largo is renewing its copier lease with Xerox for 36 months. A total of 29 new copiers will be spread in various city buildings for $136,000. http://largo.patch.com/article...up-june-21st-meeting
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Sharp Announces That Its Workgroup Line of MFPs Are Now Cerner Certified
and Information Company of America, Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, N.J. 07495-1163, or call 800-BE-SHARP. For online product information, visit Sharp’s Web site at sharpusa.com or sharp-pc.com. Find Sharp on Facebook, follow them on Twitter and watch Sharp on YouTube.
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1,000 Ways to Increase MFP Sales
Really, did I say 1,000 Ways to Increase MFP Sales. Yup indeed I did. Over at the Print4Pay Hotel forums there are over 100,000 threads related to MFP's from the top sales people in the world. The Print4Pay Hotel forum was founded back in 2002 and to date we have over 2,300 registered members from around the world! Now, I didn't say that I had them categorized in a list, however if I did, I'd be getting BIG BUCKS for them. The idea of the forums is for sales people to share information that
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MFP Scan to Xerox Docushare
Is it possible to share to Docushare from a non Xerox brand copier? The customer already owns Docushare.
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Canon announces customer win and "cloud" service for ImageRunner series
, and we are looking forward to moving into the new premises and putting the 9065 into action." Paul Thompson, general manager for production printing systems Canon Australia, said it was part of an ongoing partnership between the two organisations. "We will continue to work closely with the print service to ensure it gets the most out of our products and the Imagerunner Advance Pro 9065 delivers a fast return on investment," he said. Meanwhile, Canon has put cloud connectivity onto the agenda with
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Dealer reseting meters??? USED as NEW!
upstairs and I noticed another copier, however it was being used as a fax (Ricoh 201SPF with Savin label), so I asked why the separate machine for the fax, why couldn't they just put the fax option in the new color system? I was then told that they had called and the machine couldn't be configured with a fax option and they would have to add this other system. Alright I thought, you really got taken. So, here's my beef, if the systems were suppose to be used then why would the dealer reset the meters
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Cloud solution UDOCX supports Microsoft Office365, Exchange and SharePoint
there is no need for separate software or hardware, no maintenance, and no additional administrative workload. Currently UDOCX supports MFP’s from Xerox and Ricoh. “With UDOCX we integrate Xerox MFP’s with Office 365 without the need of extra hard or software. From the MFP our clients can use the solution to securely scan documents, store them into SharePoint, send them (fax and email) and print them” says Gerard Kruijt, Business Manager Xerox Netherlands. In conjunction with the launch of Office
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Ricoh Europe on May 12 announced availability of a handy free
Ricoh Europe on May 12 announced availability of a handy free software download called Print Driver Editor. Although not formally announced outside the US, the software is also available and supported by Ricoh in the US and other markets. As the name implies, Print Driver Editor is a software tool that allows an IT manager to customize Ricoh’s PCL or PostScript Universal Print Drivers for use with a wide variety of recent and current Ricoh MFPs and printers. The tool can be used to change
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Re: Q. How does your company handle networking charges?
Dealer network install for scan, print, fax upto four workstations included in the sale, sales person is charged back in the deal for it. After the sale, customer can buy block time for network services or be charged $150 per hour. Pretty much is a user goes to win7 and needs new drivers it's 100% billable or they can buy block time.
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Re: canon dealership
never know how Ricoh will react. They may get scared that you'll start selling more Canon than Ricoh & keep your pricing structure as-is, or they may give you the finger. It would probably be a a good topic to discuss with other dealer principals if you're part of a best-practices group like the SDG. As far as what you get that you don't have with Ricoh, you get high-end color production, color wide format, single-pass duplex feeders on the entire line, and a manufacturer that has a fantastic
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Re: Savin 4022 fax problem
I'm thinking it's a ring issue, like how many rings the fax is set to pick up on. Does the outbound work? Will the system receive a fax if you do it manually, meaning when you hear the tweedel press the start button. If the answer is yes to both of these I'm still thinking it's a ring program issue. You know what I just re-read the thread and I'd have then call the phone company and give the line a clean bill of health, if there is too much static (interference) the Ricoh?Savin will disconnect
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Toshiba Regional Service Manager - Atlantic Canada
Toshiba Canada Ltd. requires a Regional Service Manager based in either Halifax or Moncton http://www.workopolis.com/EN/job/13193018?uc=E0
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RK Dixon Launches 6th annual Make My Non-Profit Run Better Contest
ROCKFORD (RKD) -- RK Dixon, a leading provider of copiers, printers, networks, managed print services and pure drinking water systems, is inviting non-profits in eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and southern Wisconsin to enter its 6th annual Make My Non-Profit Run Better contest. RK Dixon is partnering with WIFR-TV for this year’s Make My Non-Profit Run Better contest. For the first time since its inception, the contest is being offered to non-profits in all RK Dixon locations simultaneously
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InnerWorkings Signs Global Print Management Agreement with MoneyGram International
. InnerWorkings, Inc. /quotes/zigman/101040/quotes/nls/inwk INWK -1.60% is a leading global provider of managed print and promotional solutions to corporate clients across a wide range of industries. With proprietary technology, an extensive supplier network and deep domain expertise, the Company procures, manages and delivers printed materials and promotional products as part of a comprehensive outsourced enterprise solution. The Company also owns and operates the online business printing site
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Re: Ricoh Launches New Aficio MFPs With App2Me Solution
Long ago when digital was getting started and we didn't have a policy, we installed a machine similar to a 171 at a medium office. It was their first machine that could network fax, so they wanted us to install the fax driver on each workstation. I don't remember the exact number but it was around 40-50ish. As far as installing drivers on the server vs. the workstation, that's something the customer decides. If they decide they don't want the driver on the server (or perhaps their server if
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Re: MFP Scan to Xerox Docushare
You need to create an embedded application supported by a non-Xerox brand copier. Ususally, each vendor provides Opern Platform for embedded application creation. Either WebDEV or DocuShare API (provided by Xerox) can be used for DocuShare file listing and transferring.
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Re: canon dealership
Plus have to be experts in two different lines and everything that goes along with it and let's face it, today there is much more than the box that you have learn to be the expert. I think Ricoh has a broad line now with the addition of the Print Production Units and I believe these systems will only get better from Ricoh. They have to becuase the only growth in pages is at the very low end and the very high end. The middle has been losing clicks for years due to scan2email, scan2folder
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Re: Dealer reseting meters??? USED as NEW!
I have seen this before with a dealer selling used systems as new and reseting the meter. On a lot of Ricoh systems there is still a mechanical meter, which in the cases I saw, the dealer did not reset both. So they were off.
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Re: Ricoh WSCA Contracts - Supplies Included in CPC?
Sounds crazy. I would get in touch with your Major Account Sales Manager from Ricoh. If you do not know who it is ping me a message and I will tell you.
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Re: Ricoh vs. the Wide Format Competition Video
Someone should let Ricoh Marketing know that the model of KIP they are comparing themselves to, is an obsolete model. I am all for showing competition,however, it is much more effective when you show your advantages against current models.
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Re: Cloud Poll
Evernote has a pitiful share of mind of business professionals, no pro IT manager is likely to advise transition of share of mind to this "upstart" provider. Microsoft and Google are forever the "big dog" players, so concentrate on them and their associate players like UDOCx. The big players are,however, weak in the mobile space, so place attention to Cortado and its partners. There is going to be a lot of demand for iPad, Android and Blackberry wireless printing capabilities in 2011, right now
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Re: Cloud Poll
Evernote is another example of an appealing consumer presence but will DM's ever buy their service in the developing Corporate business space regardless of price structure. Not that EverNote/ Box.net/ Udocx prvides great levels of service, they are just not familiar and how long will they be in business before someone else bigger buys them? The above players, based in the internet do not have the street boots on the ground to make the original B2B (Belly Button 2 Belly Button) sales solution
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Re: JOINT STATEMENT BY SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION AND EDWARD MCLAUGHLIN
braxtoq: Please I'd love tolearn more about the Sharps!
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Re: Autostore
We're using it and selling it. However I have yet to sell one..Sorry I can't help more, how about anyone that can help js?
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Info Request: eStudio 3540c and eStudio 4540c
Hey Guys, Can anyone provide pricing details on the Toshiba eStudio 3540c and eStudio 4540c? I'm working on a project and need: - Dealer cost - Price for the base model (no options) to end user - CPC offered to end user I know this is a big request, but it would be an even bigger help. Best regards, Jake
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Q. How does your company handle networking charges?
I am hoping you guys can give me some honest feedback on how your companies handle networking charges. Not just installing an MFD on the customer's network, but what happens a year later when they upgrade to Windows 7 and want your SEs to reload all their print drivers and re-setup their scan to folders? I don't want to know the name of your company but it would be helpful if you could indicate if you are a Direct Branch, or an Independent Dealer, as well as the region of the country you are in
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