This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

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Art Post · 9/18/138:43 PM

that needs it and can accept a file over 3MB. Auditor-General’s Office of Victoria September 22, 2003 7:46 PM Topic by Guest Auditor General’s Office improves performance with Ricoh Solutions When the Auditor-General’s Office of Victoria upgraded to Ricoh’s new multi-functional devices (MFDs), and then married the hardware with Ricoh’s ScanRouter... University of Wollongong September 22, 2003 7:37 PM Topic by Guest University of Wollongong - Managing Network Printing with Ricoh's Software

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Art Post · 9/17/1310:47 PM

Copier Dealer Alliance (ICDA). Do you offer additional products besides toner, if so what products? More than 50% of MFP’s placed in the field have some type of finishing equipment on them. We provide the Swingline brand of refill staples. Our dealers love them because they are getting a high quality, world class recognized brand, and saving lots of money versus buying from the OEM. Whether the equipment dealers sell is Ricoh, Canon, Xerox, Konica Minolta, Sharp, or HP, etc., when it comes to

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Art Post · 9/17/137:05 PM

RAMSEY, NJ --(Marketwired - September 17, 2013) - Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. ( Konica Minolta ) today announces the launch of the bizhub® 25e A4 monochrome MFP. Featuring color scanning and enhanced security capabilities, Konica Minolta's newest bizhub is the ideal solution for office environments that require true MFP functionality and productivity with A4 flexibility and compact size. Further improving upon the technology of the bizhub 25, the bizhub 25e continues to

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Art Post · 9/16/139:13 PM

be to keep them on a mailing list, where you'll send them something every six months. If you've been in the business a long time, you'll agree that the months and years really do fly by. If anyone has any additional comments, we'd love to hear them. -=Good Selling=- Response: Steve said... Great article! It is ironic that I had a sales rep ask me what I remembered about the territory he now has, which I had 13 years ago! I just happened to have my old Daytimer and was able to show him the

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Art Post · 9/20/1311:45 PM

only had the only offset press on the show floor, which is always a great crowd gatherer, but we launched our partnerships with Colter Peterson and INX, and through the demonstration of PDQ and Axis software, showed a variety of solutions, all based on our core message of efficiency. ” Visitors also flocked to see the technology preview of the Komori and Konica Minolta KM-1/Impremia IS29 digital inkjet sheetfed UV printing system on display in the Konica Minolta booth. It was announced that this

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Art Post · 9/17/137:17 PM

Konica Minolta to date. About Konica Minolta Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is a leader in 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

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Art Post · 9/19/139:14 PM

its own distinctive way, taking advantage of the strength in proprietary technologies and mobilizing whatever is required to solve the problems, under the communication message "Giving Shape to Ideas." CSR Report 2013 features a cross-border project for Konica Minolta's OPS (Optimized Print Services). OPS combine consulting, hardware, software implementation and workflow management to respond to the dramatically changing office needs with today's constantly evolving business technologies. OPS

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Art Post · 9/23/1311:55 AM

MALVERN, Pa, Sept. 23, 2013 MALVERN, Pa , Sept. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In an increasingly bring-your-own-device (BYOD) world where employees are using personal smart phones or tablets for work, the simple act of printing can be frustrating for workers and burdensome for IT. That's why Ricoh Americas Corporation today introduced a new cloud printing service, FlexRelease CX , which enables workers to simply press "print" and pick up their job at the nearest Ricoh device. Workers can send

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Wallingford · 9/17/133:55 AM

I remember the first copier I sold, it was an Olympia wet process job, and it happened back in the early 70's. I was actually a typewriter salesman at the time, but they wanted a copier as well, and I had to beat the guy from Apeco. Eventually I started in copiers full time, in mid-1976, and the first plain paper machine I sold was a U-Bix 101, which was quite remarkable, because the machine caught on fire during the demonstration. I can't remember what the excuse I gave was, but I got the sale

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Art Post · 9/16/138:04 PM

has been available through Ricoh’s Carbon Balanced Printing Programme. Ricoh Europe’s certification was granted by Print and Media Certification Ltd (PMC), the only accredited UK certification body specialising in the paper, print, media and publishing industries. In its work, PMC uses specialist and experienced print auditors, focused on relevant auditing, to improve print processes and add value. ”We are proud to have achieved this so quickly after the release of the standard in July of this

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Art Post · 9/20/1312:11 AM

has about 20 multifunctional print and copy devices along with their printers) and they demonstrated MIF (machines in field) review with fantastic software Print Audit 6 and Rules Based Printing. "hm-mmm" we thought. Joe asked “What’s so special about this Print Audit 6?” Sally then went on to tell us that the Print Audit 6 and rules based printing we were able to customize our print workflow to print to less expensive output devices, forced printing to two sides, limit user access and we were

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Art Post · 9/20/1311:43 PM

Sharp Corp. (6753) , a supplier of screens to Apple Inc., will raise as much as 166.4 billion yen ($1.7 billion) in share sales in an effort to rebuild its balance sheet after record annual losses. Japan ’s largest maker of liquid-crystal displays will sell as much as 149 billion yen of shares to the public, the Osaka-based company said in a statement today. The company also will make allotments to Makita Corp. (6586) , Denso Corp. (6902) and Lixil Group Corp. (5938) , with proceeds to be

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Art Post · 9/19/138:45 PM

imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5235 A3 color MFP, imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5240 A3 color MFP, imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5250 A3 color MFP, imageRUNNER ADVANCE 6265 A3 monochrome MFP and imageRUNNER ADVANCE 6275 A3 monochrome MFP. Based on BLI’s rigorous testing, the five devices were praised for their “superior reliability” in high-volume printing. Within the Energy Efficiency category, BLI awarded the “Outstanding Achievement” accolade to the most energy-efficient models tested during the first half of 2013. Canon’s

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Art Post · 9/19/139:34 PM

I hate MAC!! Ok, user in a MAC enviro, and for the life of me I can't recall if we can do this or not. Can we use Account Codes when printing from the MACs? Art

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Art Post · 9/19/139:37 PM

Here's another, customer has an several buildings on campus. One building looks like it's a football field away. User wants to know if he can do a wireless print from the other building to the Ricoh device. Do we have that much range or is the range coming from his wireless router and or independent wireless devices. Sounds to me already that I probably didn't ask enough questions

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Art Post · 9/23/139:22 PM

An office in the not too distant future. An ageless and timeless copier scenario plays out a few years in the future! Hopefully you'll enjoy. Mary and Bob had been celebrating the Holiday Season with a few too many drinks at their company party in Boston. Bob thought of getting a color image of himself and Mary on the new3D printer/scannerand emailing it to himself so he could have the image of a lifetime! Thus withBoones Farmwine in each hand, both Bob and Mary swayed arm and armoverto the

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Art Post · 9/18/137:52 PM

printing environments of any size, in industries such as financial services, retail, telecommunications, healthcare, education and transportation. Xerox Canada offers and delivers an exclusive portfolio of leading managed print services (MPS), communication and marketing services (CMS) and specialized business process outsourcing (BPO) - such as managing paper-based work processes - and information technology services. LaserNetworks, a leading managed print services provider, is a wholly-owned

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Art Post · 9/18/137:56 PM

Parascript, LLC, a leading machine print, handprint and cursive recognition technology provider, has announced it has been added to Canon U.S.A., Inc.’s Image Capture Solutions (ICS) Alliance Program. As a result of the alliance, value-added resellers (VARs) offering imageFORMULA document scanners by Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, will have access to Parascript’s intelligent document recognition (IDR) software, FormXtra Capture, to help business customers to read and extract

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Art Post · 9/23/139:05 PM

business services, printing equipment and software for commercial and government organizations. Learn more at www.xerox.com . Note: To receive RSS news feeds, visit http://news.xerox.com/rss . For open commentary, industry perspectives and views visit http://www.linkedin.com/company/xerox, http://twitter.com/xeroxcorp, http://realbusinessatxerox.blogs.xerox.com, http://www.facebook.com/XeroxCorp, http://www.youtube.com/XeroxCorp . Xerox(R) and Xerox and Design(R) are trademarks of Xerox in the

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IPS · 9/23/135:27 PM

Czech is correct: there are Ricoh printer models with non-Adobe PostScript as well as 3rd-party Adobe controllers for Kyocera, Konica Minolta and Toshiba (each of whom have their own emulations.) My question is: why is "true" Adobe PostScript requested (especially in 2013 -- HP has been shipping an emulation for 15 years and is still #1, no?)

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Art Post · 9/16/138:27 PM

www.xerox.com/citizenshipreport2013 . About Xerox Since the invention of Xerography 75 years ago, the people of Xerox ( NYSE: XRX ) have helped businesses simplify the way work gets done. Today, we are the global leader in business process and document management, helping organizations of any size be more efficient so they can focus on their real business. Headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., more than 140,000 Xerox employees serve clients in 160 countries, providing business services, printing equipment

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Art Post · 9/16/139:08 PM

Leave it to me to find something like this when I was searching the web for a copier pic. Aficio Copiers: "DAVID" Print Ad by Tbwa\hunt\lascaris, Johannesburg http://www.coloribus.com/adsar...piers-david-2008055/

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Art Post · 9/18/137:35 PM

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Art Post · 9/20/1311:49 PM

printed output from 4" x 6" up to 11"x 17." -- Epson Remote Print - Streamline productivity without worrying about formatting or adjusting fonts. Simply print remotely from a computer or laptop to an Epson email-enabled printer anywhere in the world using any Windows® or Mac application with a print function. In addition, Epson Connect incorporates an optional level of security to ensure users have the ability to reduce unwanted prints and eliminate spam. By enabling an "Approved Sender's List," users

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Art Post · 9/21/133:00 PM

and then rebating the cash back to the customer when the lease transaction is completed. Make sure you stay within lease guidelines for funding. Tip: With most of these cash back or pre payments on the lease you want to make sure you are at or around MSRP. No one gets anything for free, however it’s all in how you package the deal. -=Good Selling=-

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txeagle24 · 9/16/1311:07 PM

YTD 70% of my sales have been Net New vs 30% Upgrade. Q4 will have a lot of Upgrade, so it will probably end up being 50/50 for the year.

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txeagle24 · 9/18/1312:10 PM

Originally Posted by uofavb9: I'm up against a large MFP install and competing against Ricoh, Toshiba, Kyocera, and Konica Minolta as the finalists. The customer is looking for True Adobe Postscript (PDL) and was curious to know if all 4 of these manufacturers have this or if they use an emulation.It appears Ricoh uses Adobe Postscript, but I cannot tell if the others have this or not. Any feedback from the field would be greatly appreciated. Ricoh uses genuine Adobe Postscript which is an

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txeagle24 · 9/20/1311:43 AM

This isn't machine-dependent but rather depends on having a connection to a wireless access point that connects to the network the printer is on. If he doesn't have access from one building to another, Hot Spot could be a good option.

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Art Post · 9/20/1311:01 PM

so, would it be possible to connect an access point to the Ethernet port of the copier?

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Art Post · 9/17/138:43 AM

services that transform high volume, document intensive business processes into more efficient ones. This is achieved through Ricoh’s expertise in Managed Document Services, Production Printing, Office Solutions and IT Services. By working with Ricoh, businesses can streamline the way they work, become more efficient and profitable, and share knowledge more effectively within their organisations. With a global workforce of 109,014, Ricoh operates in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, China and

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uofavb9 · 9/17/139:35 AM

I'm up against a large MFP install and competing against Ricoh, Toshiba, Kyocera, and Konica Minolta as the finalists. The customer is looking for True Adobe Postscript (PDL) and was curious to know if all 4 of these manufacturers have this or if they use an emulation.It appears Ricoh uses Adobe Postscript, but I cannot tell if the others have this or not. Any feedback from the field would be greatly appreciated.

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jswinberlin · 9/19/133:55 PM

Scan Router over SMB (not that there are a lot, but there definitely are some). At the time they went to replace this I didn't have a solution and told them so. Sometime after they bought a Sharp. They are now looking foran additionalcopier for the same purpose...and, trying to get out of their lease on the Sharp that doesn't do what the salesperson promised them it would. Since then,I have found a solution that allows them to do what they want with the Savin copier we are recommending (and the

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Art Post · 9/19/138:57 PM

The Ricoh Interactive Whiteboard D5500 ("IWB" hereafter) that Ricoh released in January 2013 undertook a unique challenge that goes against the conventional notions of office automation (OA) equipment. Two young and energetic artists, Koutaro Ooyama and Asuka Miyakoshi, took on the challenge of drawing a single piece of graphic art using two IWB units. Their dynamic artistry, freely spun from their imagination and the capabilities of the IWB, which faithfully responded to their expressions

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Art Post · 9/19/139:03 PM

the PrintFleet commitment to an exceptional customer experience the CARE Group will report directly to the CEO. For more information on Vision™, Enterprise™ or LINK™: www.printlfeet.com About PrintFleet PrintFleet’s industry-leading family of print management solutions range from simple rapid assessment to advanced, managed services offering unparalleled agnostic data collection, data integrity and back-end support. Available in multiple languages, PrintFleet solutions empower OEMs, dealers and

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Art Post · 9/19/139:10 PM

Hawthorne, NY (PRWEB) September 18, 2013 Xand, the Northeast’s premier provider of colocation, cloud, managed services, and disaster recovery, announced today that Vice President of Sales John Holland has been named Senior Vice President of Sales for the corporation. In this new role, Mr. Holland will take responsibility for all sales activity across Xand’s four-state service area, leading the company’s strategy of growth and expansion in the Northeast market. "John Holland has done a

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Joe · 9/23/139:57 PM

Hello Everyone. I am in need of your help. I have a lease coming up for renewal and I need a recommendation on a machine. I have in place a Toshiba 45 ppm but I am not thrilled with the new Toshiba line. The customer does 7k-8k a month, needs ledger size/print-scan/RADF/Duplex/Stapling Finishing. I am looking at a Samsung SCX-8123 but it is only 23 ppm Also considering Copystar FS6530 which is 30 ppm. Is speed a consideration since they currently have a 45ppm? I am open to any recommendations

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Czech · 9/16/135:54 PM

For those of you who are KILLING IT out in the field, what percentage of your sales is from net new business and what percentage is from base?

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Art Post · 9/16/137:50 PM

I'm running at 91% of plan right now, we track net new business especially this year. I'm about 43% and the number #1 with our four branches.

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Art Post · 9/16/1311:14 PM

how about everyone else???

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Czech · 9/16/1311:54 PM

50% of plan YTD. Not happy about it but I'm working towards a good Q3 ending and a strong Q4. Still have my eye on the prize of hitting 100% of quota. <script id="overlay_tmpl" type="text/html">// <![CDATA[ <divid="<%= overlayId %>"class="_mp3rocket_overlay_style"style="left: <%= overlayLeft %>; top: <%= overlayTop %>; width: <%= overlayWidth %>; height: <%= overlayHeight %>"></script>// ]]>