This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

Konica Minolta has once again being awarded a prize by the renowned European Digital Press Association (EDP), an alliance of Europe’s leading digital print magazines, which boast more than one million professionals as readers. The EDP jury selected the bizhub PRESS 1250 series, including bizhub PRESS 1052, as a winner in the category: “Best production cut-sheet printer – high production” 2013. Winning the EDP Award certifies Konica Minolta’s path to success in the production printing market

: Kyocera’s RAM Disk feature allows a portion of the devices’ RAM to be treated like a hard disk to facilitate secure job storage without incurring the extra expense of a hard drive, while Kyocera’s PRESCRIBE PDL offers custom print programming features for specialized printing. “We are truly honored to receive BLI Summer 2013 ‘Pick’ awards and Highly Recommended ratings for our ECOSYS black-and-white printers,” said Danielle Wolowitz, director of product marketing at KYOCERA Document Solutions

MALVERN, Pa., July 17, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Responding directly to customers asking for an affordable A3 color printer, Ricoh Americas Corporation today unveiled the RICOH Aficio SP C730DN , which immediately becomes the A3 color printer with the lowest cost of ownership and one of the smallest footprints in the industry. It also introduces LED printing technology to Ricoh's robust line of industry-leading printers and multifunction products (MFPs) that give users from corporate

. Ideal for a wide range of environments including healthcare,education and legal applications with specific workflow demands, thebizhub C754e/C654e series offers output speeds of up to 75 ppm,built-in print control, standard dual scanning and professionalsecurity protection via Konica Minolta bizhub SECURE. Pro-qualityinline finishing options allow for on-demand printing of specializeddocuments including: presentations, case files, course content,health information and direct-mail marketing materials

contributing to a sustainable earth and society. "Konica Minolta's continued focus on environmental issues is evidenced by our inclusion on this registry and by the superior ranking each of our products receives," says Kevin Kern, senior vice president, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. "This designation is another reason why customers can always count on Konica Minolta not only for market-leading performance but also to provide environmentally-sound products." Konica Minolta has

positive feedback from customers: "In customer interviews Ricoh was noted for the quality of its people and strong service. Ricoh's customer references came from Europe, the US and Latin America, demonstrating the company's global footprint and market presence." While many MPS offerings focus tightly on devices and print management, Ricoh's MPS are delivered as part of its Ricoh Managed Document Services™ (Ricoh MDS). Ricoh MDS employs a holistic, five-phased Adaptive Model. This approach provides

) Printer/scanner systems-copier. REQUIREMENTS: All requirements are provided in this combined synopsis/solicitation (Solicitation). All equipment and components must be new, not refurbished. Quote must be valid until October 31, 2013. All items shall be priced FOB Destination, Washington, DC. https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportu...938atab=core_cview=0

Xerox launches new printer Xerox has launched its latest printer for a range of applications for print service providers. The Xerox Color 570 Printer can be used in applications including polyester labels and signs, window clings, menus and brochures. It can be accomodated in quick print shops, in-plant operations, agencies, small businesses and manufacturers with multiple needs and requirements. The printer’s multifunction features let office workers copy, scan, print and fax, while

One of the really useful features on the Kyocera TASKalfa colour MFPs, models TA3050ci, TA3550ci, TA4550ci, TA5550ci, TA6550ci and TA7550ci is the ability to print sign banners using large stock. These models support banner printing from the bypass tray to paper (or light card stock) up to 12 inches by 48 inches. In my experience not too many clients actually use this feature, mainly because it is a bit difficult to figure out how to do it and also because paper in these sizes is not as readily

July 24, 2013 - A single copy machine in Clarkston City Hall has cost taxpayers $14,000 so far, with no end in sight. The city rented the the copying machine, also equipped to serve as printer, fax, and scanner, for about $3,200 a year from 2009-20012. The lease agreement allows 32,000 copies a year. Last year, the city went over that copy allowance by 11,000 and was charged an additional $728, bringing the yearly total to $4,000 in 2012. The 36-month lease expired in May 2012. The new lease

Just about a month ago myself and another sales person was asked to give a presentation to our sales team about sales objections and closing. I actually have this as an audio file however I haven't had the time to upload it to the clips section of this site yet. We have a young team of sales professionals and before we started our presentation I wanted to speak about my top three sales quotes that I live and die with. I thought it would be good to share these with the team an hopefully some

MAHWAH, N.J., July 18, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ --Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, introduced the new MX-4140N, MX-4141N, MX-5140N and MX-5141N color workgroup document systems offering speeds of 41ppm and 51ppm. These enhanced performance models offer new features, such as true Adobe ® PostScript ® printing, Compact PDF color scanning and wireless networking. These models will also offer Sharp Cloud Portal Office, a new cloud

Canon Inc. wants to develop and manufacture products in the United States, possibly in New York State, executives said Friday. Fujio Mitarai, chief executive of the photography and copier giant, said he wants to "transform" the company's Melville-based Americas division "from a sales company into a manufacturer." The Americas unit, called Canon U.S.A., recently developed the Cinema EOS movie camera, but Mitarai said most of Canon's "new business and new products are still created only in Japan

available triple air-feed paper handling option provides excellent reliability and is virtually maintenance free. "We're proud to have our new high-volume mono and color MFPs recognized by BLI as best in class," said Mike Marusic, senior vice president, Sharp Electronics Corporation. "Sharp's unique finishing features make both the MX-7040N and the monochrome MX-M904 ideal for the most challenging departmental, print-for-pay and print-on-demand environments. Being recognized by a leading industry

customers recapture over $200 million in printing and photocopying expenses while saving an estimated 190,000 trees a year. Print Audit is the most comprehensive provider of managed print services (MPS) and print management solutions. The company enables organizations to monitor and control their printing costs via a broad range of capabilities that include secure print release, follow-me printing, rules-based printing, cost recovery, in-depth print assessment and remote meter reading. Print Audit

callsfor 3 days a week for calling for new business. I will trynot to set any appointmentsfor those blocks of hours, however sometimesthe plan will go awry and you'll have to change things up.But you pencil yourself in for another call block. I'm 33 years in down the street sales and you can't rely on others to feed you leads, you've got to work hard and work many vertical markets and touch as many prospects as possible.Prospecting is like a dog looking for a bone, he's not going to give up

printing jobs at the control panel easy; print from USB; and the Lexmark Coverage Estimator, which informs users of toner coverage on printed pages. “Lexmark's CS510 color laser printer family offers numerous enterprise-level capabilities with robustness and quality that Lexmark has brought down through its product lines to reach small and medium-sized workgroups—all in a compact footprint. In addition, the color output and color-matching capabilities for an A4 product like this are unparalleled in

business. Also, it will analyze three items, including printers and copier population, market compliance, as well as order fulfillment and profitability in MPS. The model population analyzed is classified in 6 different types that include monochrome printers, color printers, monochrome MFP (multifunctional including copiers), color MFP, large format printers (LFP) and ribbon printers. 56% of the population analyzed is MFP while 39% is printer, 4% is LFP and 1% is ribbon. Overall 48% is color and the

/contact.asp For more information about Premier, please visit: http://www.printaudit.com/premier 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

the future of MPS, just look at the list of winners.” The 2013 MPSA Leadership Awards winners are: Best MPS Innovation: Print Audit, printaudit.com Direct Managed Print Services Plus Provider: Ricoh, ricoh-usa.com Independent Managed Print Services Provider: Flo-Tech, flotech.net Independent Managed Print Services Plus Provider: Xtandit, xtandit.nl Managed Print Services Infrastructure Provider: Supplies Network, suppliesnetwork.com Professional Services Provider: Photizo Group, photizogroup.com

Has anyone demo'd, sold or used of these yet? If so I'd liked to hear what you have to say about this. Art

printers, including the MPS3537mc and MPS4242mc smart color MFPs, the MPS5502mb smart monochrome MFP, and the MPS5501mb monochrome single function mid-workgroup printer. Each of these printers provides an intelligent replacement for the traditional A3 MFPs/copiers with optimal customer fit and great savings opportunities for mid-workgroup clients. Conference attendees may also enter for a chance to win an iPad® mini by visiting the OKI booth and submitting their business card for a drawing to

For those of us who are Ricoh dealers and especially those of us that have a heavy direct pressure in our territories, you may want to go to Ricoh's web site which is www.ricoh-usa.com and check out the "request a quote" feature. Personally I haven't had a Ricoh lead from that was generated from the Ricoh web site in 12 months or so, and this co insides with the time that Ricoh changed from the old web site to the new website. Everybody likes leads and we or least I expect leads for my

hardware and solutions, and starting in 2014, the site will feature training videos for new salespeople. Another new feature allows the user to elect to receive either an immediate verification whenever anybody posts a comment or replies to a post or just a notification when they log onto the site. The site also includes clip sets of images related to the imaging industry along with sales documents, photos, videos, audio files, and printable blogs as well as quotes or proposals shared by members

), headquartered in Elk Grove Village, IL, is a comprehensive office technology provider offering scalable solutions to many of today's complex business issues. DPOE offers printers, copiers, network services and document management solutions. DPOE's two premier offerings are Image-Flex™, which serves the Manage Print Services industry to reduce printing costs and enhance productivity, and Tech-Flex™, which is focused on Manage Services and operational process efficiencies around document management

Well done!!!

Kitz: Not a bad idea, Ricoh may credit us $10 or so for the part and we'd pay $12.00 to ship it back to them. The screen should have been a standard feature and the manufacturers need to stop playing games with MSRP so that the price of the system is in line with others. Adding $189 on the MSRP is not going to hurt any sales n fact it would add sizzle and save dealers and sales people money. Being an option, I would get charged and additional fee to take the old one off and install the new one.

New! Fusing Off Mode §New setting allows users to access functions that do not require output without waiting –Operate control panel –Make system settings –Manage Doc Server files –Scan documents for storage, faxing, or to USB

Maybe we could sell the display we take off back to Ricoh? Doesnt make sense to throw it away or keep it in stock for the next 10 years...lets go green and recycle!

They haven't since they started including Scan/Print as standard on the color boxes. No need to designate them as SP if there is nothing that is without SP.

I haven't sold one since they raised the price and included plotworks. Has anyone done a street pricecomparison with the W3601, the PLotwave 350 and the KIP7100? Or can anyone report on what a recent OCE plotwave 350 or KIP 7100 sold for with a single roll feeder, scan and print?

(Reuters) - Shares in Sharp Corp climbed 3.7 percent to 480 yen, hitting a seven-week high on Friday after Kyodo news agency said the display maker plans to raise about 100 billion yen ($1 billion) through share sales. Kyodo cited sources familiar with the matter as saying that Sharp plans to raise around 90 billion yen through a public stock offering by the end of September and up to 10 billion yen selling shares to housing equipment maker Lixil Group. Separately, the Nikkei business daily

superwide format jobs are ready for finishing and shipping immediately after printing. The 3.2-meter EFI VUTEk GS3250r UV roll-to-roll printer gives printing companies the ability to expand into high-margin, closely viewed applications across a wider range of substrates. It can be used to replace older wide or superwide format printers and offers true 1,000 dpi print capability, increased production speeds, and lower costs on a broad range of substrates. The printer also gives users some of the best

Good morning Print4Pay hotel. I'm newer in the industry and have found the information on this site extremely beneficial. I have searched and searched but can't seem to find a solution for one of my customers. We are a Konica Minolta dealer. The scenario is as follows: My customer has an average of 70 sheets of mixed originals (letter and legal) that he scans often. My customer cannot control the source of each original or the format that the originals are in, including whether they are 2-sided