This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

Art Post (Guest) · 5/30/137:52 AM

RAMSEY, NJ, May 29, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announces the launch of the bizhub® C554e/C454e Series of Color Multifunctional Products (MFP -- print, copy, scan and fax all in one system). Featuring Konica Minolta's award-winning INFO-Palette design, these high-speed, high-volume print/copy/scan MFPs are considered enhanced versions of their predecessors (bizhub C554/C454) and offer broader accessibility, more

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/30/1310:38 PM

printers; the 44-inch SureColor SC-T printer; and two SureColor SC-F dye-sublimation printers (44- and 64-inch). Textile and giftware On the booth, Epson will display sportswear and soft signage, alongside customised giftware, gadgets and dÉcor items to demonstrate the flexibility of the SureColor SC-F6000 and SC-F7000 dye-sublimation printers. These are the first dye sublimation printers from Epson and the first in this sector in which every component, from ink and printhead, to printer chassis

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/28/1311:00 PM

Xerox earned the top position in worldwide managed print services (MPS) for the fourth consecutive year, according to a new report by analyst research group, Quocirca. The report cites Xerox’s lead due to continued expansion and investment in its MPS platform and the unrivalled geographical depth, breadth and consistency of its offering in an increasingly competitive marketplace. “Xerox excels in its broad coverage of enterprise offerings across office, mobile, production and offsite commercial

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Czech · 5/28/131:09 PM

The warm weather is here and summer is fast approaching. Read these 10 reasons why this summer is the BEST time of year to lease a new copier! #1: Business is slower in the summer. Take the opportunity to review your company’s printing costs People travel and business slows in the lazy summer months. Why not take the opportunity to look over your bottom line? Newer copiers have a lower cost per copy, and managed print software can reduce your printing costs by 10-30%. Use the summer months to

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/30/138:00 AM

education, boardroom installations, museums, and many other professional markets. Drawing on Canon's expertise in optical and imaging technologies, the new Pro AV Compact Installation LCOS Projectors feature newly designed built-in Genuine Canon projection lenses engineered to address a broad range of image-display requirements. The new Canon REALiS WUX450 and REALiS WX520 Pro AV Compact Installation LCOS Projectors offer placement flexibility with their advanced Genuine Canon projection lens that

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/28/1310:53 PM

whose product lineup ranges from inkjet printers and 3LCD projectors to sensors and other microdevices. Dedicated to exceeding the vision of its customers worldwide, Epson delivers customer value based on compact, energy-saving, and high-precision technologies in markets spanning enterprise and the home to commerce and industry. Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 81,000 employees in 97 companies around the world, and is proud of its ongoing

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/30/137:57 AM

Photizo Group has recognised M2 as a leader in managed print services (MPS). M2 was one of 11 independent providers that Photizo Group selected to participate in the 2013 MPS Leaders Index for channel providers, based on demonstrated leadership in MPS. The MPS Leaders Index is a collection of hand-selected, independent MPS providers from around the world that are regarded as the gold standard in managed print and document services. Photizo Group classifies this index of elite providers from

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/31/137:27 AM

following the completion of the first billboard at Times Square, New York in 2010, additional billboards were installed in June and July last year in London and Sydney, respectively. The average combined power generation of the three sites has been calculated at approximately 150,000 wh per day. | About Ricoh | Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/27/131:11 AM

For Your Office Minolta 450Z In selecting a copier, the key to achieving efficiency in your office is to thoroughly analyze both your office procedures and new technological advancements. What’s your current and future volume need? What special features do you require? How important is the machine’s speed, image quality? What’s the reputation of the vendor? Most landscape architects will find their copier needs in the medium volume, table-top range. A medium volume copier will produce 15,000

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/28/1311:03 PM

. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and events company. About Print Audit®: Established in 1999 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Print Audit is the fastest growing print management company in the world. By providing businesses with innovative and practical print tracking solutions, the company has helped customers recapture over $200 million in printing and photocopying expenses while saving an estimated 190,000 trees a year. Print Audit is the most

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/28/1311:42 PM

, which opened in 1985, was seeing growth in its new machine recycling business, which included printing magazines. But the company’s office machine manufacturing business was shrinking. He said: “We want to capitalise on the strengths of the two factories, for the greater good of Ricoh across Europe. We will come back to our employees with more information once the study has finished in July. “We have 900 employees but at the moment we can’t make any promises about job losses.” Mr Webber said the

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/30/1310:35 PM

I picked this up from a Print Audit Tweet, thought it would be a good topic of discussion for us: What do you do to celebrate a sale? Does your office have any unique traditions?

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/27/1312:02 AM

PARIS -- Japanese office equipment and digital camera maker Ricoh (IW 1000/170) will cut 338 jobs in France, some 13% of its workforce in the country, union officials said Thursday. "The management told us it intends to cut 338 posts among the 2,500 the company has in France," said CGT union representative Thang Doan following a meeting with company officials. Hit hard by the 2008-09 global financial crisis and stiff competition, Ricoh announced two years ago that it planned to shed 10,000 jobs

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/27/1312:50 AM

OKI Data Wins Sanity Printer Contract Global printer manufacturer, OKI Data, has won a contract to deploy high performance mono printers in Sanity retail locations across Australia. Under the contract, OKI will deploy its B431dn range of printers in 120 stores operated by the entertainment retailer, which specialises in music and movies. OKI Data Australia ANZ Marketing Manager, Antonio Leone, said installation of the high performance printers would allow Sanity to reduce costs “by tracking

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/27/131:11 AM

see the thread below, I found this on this site http://www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/8876, not sure what is was doing there but the pictures of the systems and the talk track brings back memories!

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/30/137:59 AM

Copier Repair Tools Stolen Jeff Garretson - Wed 10:58 AM 05/29/2013 Salina Police are investigating a vehicle burglary. Police say there was no sign of forced entry into a 2005 Dodge Caravan that is owned by Key Office Equipment, and was parked in a lot behind the business at 214 S. Santa Fe. Someone apparently entered the van sometime between Friday afternoon and Tuesday morning and removed a canvas bag of copy machine repair tools and a pair of binoculars. Total loss is listed at $1,600.

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Czech · 5/30/1311:47 AM

are and share our passions with the world. With that being said, here are 3 reasons why you should start caring about copiers and how this amazing technology is going to change the world. Read the rest of this article on copierDIRECT.ca!

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/30/134:37 PM

Sharp Corporation to Reduce Salaries by 10 PercentSharp Corporation of Japan announced across-the-board salary for both managerial and union workers. Under the new measures, there will be a 10 percent salary cut from October 2012 to September 2013 that will continue with a 5 percent cut from October 2013 to March 2014 (a 5 percent salary cut was implemented from April to September 2012). Sharp also said December 2013 bonuses will be half that compared to the June 2012 bonuses, which in turn

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muleyman · 5/27/1310:37 PM

We have brochures our rep has given us and are already marketing to our clients, for the launch in a couple months. Cost of toner is approx 15% higher compared to the current 30-50PPM toner, so we've been told. This unit is going to really help us a Toshiba dealer, especially for the larger accounts that are flooded with Ricoh units and reps Muleyman

Art Post (Guest) · 5/30/1310:51 PM

this week at Ceramics China at the EFI Cretaprint stand (Hall 8.1, stand K215). “EFI Cretaprint is uniquely focused on innovation and reliability in the complete process of digital printing,” said Victor Blasco, general manager, EFI Cretaprint. “At Ceramics China we will demonstrate the third-generation Cretaprint C3, the industry’s only truly upgradable inkjet printer, together with our Fiery® proServer color management solution, which offers amazing capabilities to our customers. The

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/31/137:34 AM

tasks by making images and index data easily accessible on-screen as part of a dashboard or portal. Our enterprise content management (ECM) specialists have designed and built workflow solutions for businesses that have helped improve their operations in a number of ways, including: Streamlining a bank’s mortgage approval process and reducing the number of days it took to complete the processing of loans. Improving a manufacturer’s sales order process by ingesting incoming faxes and converting

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txeagle24 · 5/28/1310:13 AM

quote: Originally posted by Art Post: What vertical markets will this system fit, besides municipalities and government? I could see companies that do a lot of business with governments using them. For instance, I have a client that works with prison systems throughout the USA. They occasionally have to respond to RFPs that require the proposal documents to be printed on paper with a minimum % of recycled content. It would also probably play well in markets that are big on "being green". Think

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Kiwispike · 5/28/139:33 PM

It's some type of Lexmark, that's all i can figure out! Edit: Hmm maybe I'm wrong! Laser station 12 looks like an HP.. http://www.amazon.com/Compatib...Writer/dp/B0038K7ZVG Any more detail? I could work it out from a picture I'm printer nerdy enough to do that

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Old Glory · 5/30/1311:53 AM

The appear to have the labels reversed. The Kodak Ektaprint picture is labeled as the Canon NP 270 and vice verse.

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/30/134:39 PM

Old Glory: Good catch!! Do you remember having to lug those paper trays around for every demo? What a pain the butt that was, you had to take the paper trays out of the machine, the by-pass tray, the exit tray, the document feeder tray. It was a known fact that I was soley responsbible for damaging many paper trays and doc feeder trays in the eighties.

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/30/1310:19 PM

I had a Nissan hatchback in the eighties, and the typical copier cart of the day was a gurney and yes for those of you who were not in the business at the time it was the same type of gurney that was used with ambulances. One day, I forgot to close the hatchback all the way and since the Nissan was a stick shift I would have a tendency for a quick start, yup the quick start open the hatchback and the gurney with the copier was lying in the middle of the road in Princeton, NJ. No damage, just

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Art Post (Guest) · 5/30/1310:24 PM

quote: Originally posted by chops: $800 per year upfront annual fee, no minimums. $0.03/square ft. Includes preventive maintenance. Does that include ink and print heads?

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chops · 5/31/139:56 AM

No ink or print heads. Coverage/usage is too unpredictable to include.

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