This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
Second Week of April 2013
Real Copier Sales
I’m digging into the memory banks for this. From 1986-1998. I was the Founder of Atlantic Office Systems in New Jersey. In the beginning Atlantic Office Systems was not an Authorized Dealer for any manufacturer. Atlantic Office Systems rose from the ashes of Copy Machine Specialists (Authorized Minolta copier dealer in central New Jersey) after they closed their doors in early 1986. I still remember the end quite clearly. There was not enough cash to make payroll for everyone, and as we received our checks we all bolted for the bank to cash the check. Some of us were lucky and some were not. It was a bad outcome for a company that had a lot going for it. more here
Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 10 years ago
Global Imaging Systems Acquires Zeno Office Solutions, Inc.; Expands Business in Flor
Art Post (Guest) ·
acquisitions, Global Imaging Systems. “This acquisition expands our business in Florida, complementing the existing footprint with Saxon Business Systems.” Zeno Office Solutions will immediately add Xerox’s full range of office and printing technology, including its market-leading managed print services to its portfolio. The company has distributed Canon, Ricoh and Samsung products in addition to providing document management, production print and mail solutions, and printer fleet and facilities
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Sharp Validates Print Audit Embedded for Sharp OSA®-enabled MFPs with Support for Sec
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use with Sharp OSA-enabled multifunction peripherals (MFPs). The new version was validated through Sharp’s Partner Program. It adds secure release and pull-printing capabilities to Print Audit Embedded for Sharp. Print Audit Embedded installs directly onto supported Sharp OSA-enabled MFPs, allowing users to control and recover printing, copying, faxing and scanning costs. Seamlessly integrated with desktop versions of Print Audit 6 and Print Audit Secure, Embedded is a complete document
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Konica Minolta Launches Cloud-Based Document Management Service
Art Post (Guest) ·
advanced document management technologies and IT Services. The company focuses on complete business solutions including production print systems, digital presses, multifunctional products (MFPs), managed print services, vertical application solutions and related services and supplies. Konica Minolta has won numerous awards and recognition including being recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for six years in a row. For the third consecutive year
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ricoh wide format "reverse order print"
Art Post (Guest) ·
Geesh, I can't tell you how upset I am with ricoh. Last Friday I spoke with the product manager for the wide format division. Let me regress a moment, I sold a Ricoh W5100en to a new account. One of the specs that the prospect required was the need to batch print pdf's (now you know what some of my other threads were in reference to on the forums). Since there is no more Ratio controller batch plotting must be done through the on board "web print tools", you input the IP address and then a
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Nuance Communications Inc. : Nuance Webinar Series Helps Enterprises Drive Maximum Va
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enterprise workflows. It delivers an end-to-end solution that supports workflows from MFPs to desktop and mobile devices to the cloud. Nuance has global channel partnerships with nearly every MFP and scanning vendor, including Brother, Canon/Océ, Fuji Xerox, HP, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Ricoh/IKON, Visioneer and Xerox - each of which currently sells or bundles Nuance solutions through dealers or as part of MPS portfolios. About Nuance Communications, Inc Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ
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Ricoh TotalFlow Intelligent Marketing Solutions help print service providers go beyon
Art Post (Guest) ·
streamlines business customers’ marketing operations by automating their ordering, processes, production and management of marketing assets, templates and finished products. Ricoh TotalFlow Intelligent Marketing Solutions are the latest example of Ricoh’s Business Information Solutions approach, which tailors custom solutions to clients’ most urgent business challenges. “Print service providers are working harder than ever with margins that are only getting slimmer,” said Dominic Pontrelli
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Xerox Authorized Sales Agent
Czech ·
Hello, Does anyone have any experience as a Xerox Authorized Sales Agents? On the Xerox website, it states that upfront business costs can be $50k-$100k. What sort of business upfront costs are there? - Leasing space - Demo room - Anything else?
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Newest Color MFPs Feature Enhancements for Productivity, Efficiency and Low Energy Co
Art Post (Guest) ·
Newest Color MFPs Feature Enhancements for Productivity, Efficiency and Low Energy Consumption By: Reporting Company April 10th, 2013 Industry News Ramsey, N.J. – April 10, 2013 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announces the launch of the bizhub® C364e/C284e/C224e Series of Color Multifunctional Products (MFP – print, copy, scan and fax all in one system). Adopting Konica Minolta’s award-winning INFO-Palette design for multi-touch functionality, these
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Ricoh Document Production Center Optimization services help streamline large-scale pr
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highly scalable workflows. The services exemplify Ricoh's Business Information Solutions approach, which tailors custom solutions to clients' most urgent business challenges. Ricoh Document Production Center Optimization services support Gartner's "Automated Document Factory 2.0 (ADF 2.0)" architecture, which is considered the state of the art in transactional printing/mailing. "Large-scale print and mail operations present the face of your brand to your customers and may have a significant
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Expert advice: Be wary of the office copier
Art Post (Guest) ·
to tech support, who talked to Xerox and sent over an email to every department in the town: 'Here's what you need to do to make sure (image overwrite) is enabled on all your copiers.'" According to MacVittie, each copier in the department contains several options for protecting information stored on the hard drive, including disk encryption and image overwrites. Security options Disk encryption protects information by converting data into unreadable codes that cannot be easily deciphered by
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Xerox’s New Program Rewards Customers with Cool Gifts for Purchasing Genuine Supplies
Art Post (Guest) ·
ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 8, 2013 – Buying printer supplies just got a lot more fun with Xerox’s new loyalty program that lets customers redeem points for gift cards, downloadable music, movies, books, travel, Xeroxequipment and more. Genuine Xerox Rewards – with more than three million items to choose from – is the first of its kind for this industry. Beyond the opportunity to enjoy the program’s unique rewards package, using genuine Xerox suppliesis a smart business decision, as it protects the
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Print Control Software Announces Strategic Partnership with Nuance Communications
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, President of Print Control Software, Inc. “The market is in need of a proven solution set that can be the entry point for managing and controlling users printing and copying activity. With ROI and SafeCom together, we can track every piece of paper printed or copied across the customer’s enterprise.” The combined products provide a feature-rich solution that allows organizations to track all users’ printing activity on the desktop and across the network, as well as walk-up copying activities
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Solimar Releasing PDF/A Optimization Module with PDF/UA Support
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Solimar Releasing PDF/A Optimization Module with PDF/UA Support Expanded PDF Output Options Include Improved Content Access for the Disabled SAN DIEGO, CA - April 11, 2013 - Solimar Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of production printing and secure document delivery solutions, today announced the release of a PDF:
DF/A conversion module as part of Solimar® Print Director™ Enterprise (SPDE) version 7.5. SPDE is a software solution that provides print stream conversions for production
DF/A conversion module as part of Solimar® Print Director™ Enterprise (SPDE) version 7.5. SPDE is a software solution that provides print stream conversions for productionTopic
Ricoh launches cloud-based marketing services suite
Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh Europe is expanding its software portfolio with MarcomCentral and the FusionPro VDP suite from PTI Technologies. It forms a comprehensive, integrated set of cloud-based marketing services. It is designed to meet the expanding demand for automated marketing capabilities from print services providers (PSPs) and organisations that want to improve marketing processes and brand management. Benoit Chatelard, Ricoh's general manager solutions, Production Printing Group, EMEA MarcomCentral is a
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Ricoh Goes From Blasting to Targeting
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was that the Salesforce implementation was designed specifically for Ricoh's 5,000 sales reps, not its seven-person lead gen team. And the Ricoh sales team required such an intricate, customized version of Salesforce that it complicated the Marketo integration. “We see that quite a bit,” says Justin Gray, CEO of LeadMD, a marketing services organization that helped Ricoh integrate its Marketo deployment. “A decision is made in IT and sales operations and everyone else gets passed over.” The lead
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Muratec launches the MFX-3510 and MFX-3530
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, customer service and cost control, the demand for electronic document capture, workflow and storage solutions has never been greater. The MFP has taken a central role in these efforts by acting as the document onramp to workflow solutions, while delivering cost savings in relation to other office requirements such as printing, faxing and copying. The MFX-3510 and MFX-3530 fit perfectly into these environments by enabling companies to deploy powerful document capture and workflow solutions directly onto
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OKI Data Americas To Debut New Managed Network Services Offering For The Office Equip
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complete and economical bundled IT network infrastructure including best-in-breed hardware, software, installation, security and support. “OKI is pleased to participate in ITEX 2013 and present a new opportunity for office equipment dealers to increase sales and business margins, and supplement their existing service and supplies business,” said Tim Brien, Director of Managed Print Services for OKI Data Americas. “OKI understands the unique needs of the office equipment dealer channel and the
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Layoffs at KonicaMInolta today?
Art Post (Guest) ·
Anyone here more on this? Someone emailed me asking what happened.
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Brother Industries Signs Agreement To Purchase The Document Imaging Business Of Eastm
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printers, label printers, Multi-Function Center®, fax machines, P-touch electronic labelers, typewriters and sewing machines. Brother manufactures innovative, reliable and practical products for home and office use, while maintaining high customer satisfaction and following comprehensive measures for environmental conservation. For more information visit www.brother.com . 1 Under Section 363, the Court supervises an orderly auction process during which any other potential bidders may submit a bid
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Re: Pro C550EX
Last week I received the following from a Senior Production Print Business Manager "I think 30k is pretty low to realize any savings in click charge. The 7501 is current today, scheduled to be replaced in mid June. The new model will be the office version of the Pro C5100 series, which would likely be a good fit for 30k."
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Re: Ricoh Web Print Tool
Art Post (Guest) ·
can anyone help us with this? I need to find a batch plot solution that is inexpensive that has reverse order print. I contacted Ricoh about the reverse order printing not working with web print and so far nothing! Need help or I'm going to lose this placement.
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Re: Aficio MP C305SPF
tkern ·
Has anyone been having board issues with the MPc305? Have two of them in the shop right now. Neither had the HDD option installed and both were scanning and printing. Would the HDD option have helped? Ricoh is slow to get a solution. Both units were at different customers.
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Re: Ricoh adds Mandatory Plotworks to LED Wide Formats
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quote: Originally posted by fisher: The MSRP for the main body with plotworks went up a wopping $209. Me thinks someone over reacted. Fisher: Just released from Ricoh today, LDP will see an increase of over $1,000 for plotworks whilst the MSRP will increase only $905, now that's a real kick in the ass for wide format dealers and sales people. Art
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Re: Local Dealership Claims "Printing is Typically the 3rd Highest Business Expense"
CashGap ·
quote: Just curious why do you disagree with those statements? The first is totally ridiculous. Perhaps a top ten expense, top five for document-intensive industries. For a print for pay, it's cost of goods sold, and so that's out of scope. The second (1-3% of revenue!) is off substantially. $1M company... $10,000 to $30,000 per YEAR on document output? Maybe $5,000 if they print a lot of color. $100M company... $1 MILLION to $3 MILLION per YEAR on document output? Fire someone. Figure out
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Re: KonicaMinolta's New App Display for MFPs!
AC68 ·
This interface initially could be used to onsell complimentary product lines. Paper, DMS etc. A never ending banner huge banner ad would be a marketers dream i imagine. I would as a salesperson make sure everyone got a device with a larger screen interface for the sheer impact of the product.
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Re: Pro C550EX
GIntel ·
So the C8002 will be an office/departmental class MFP like the C7501? 80ppm? Wow. Does anyone know if it will basically be the same design. Seems like there were not a ton of sales of the C7501 so what will make the C8002 any better received?
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Re: Xerox Authorized Sales Agent
Are you going to be in the USA or Canada or elsewhere? I am a Xerox dealer in Denver... not sure what the Canadian rules are.... I can give you some ideas on US programs...
Re: Local Dealership Claims "Printing is Typically the 3rd Highest Business Expense"
CashGap ·
quote: Printing is typically the third highest business expense behind rent and payroll. quote: 1-3% of corporate revenues are spent on document output quote: quote: OK......So....?????!!!!!! These two statements are hilarious. Things must be a lot different in Canada
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