This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

Art Post · 8/6/1410:08 PM

=""amp;gt;amp;lt;/aamp;gt; High end Konica Minolta, Sharp, Dell, Canon and HP enterprise multi function printers spewed usernames, email addresses and passwords from address books, even after some vendors released fixes. They coughed up Active Directory usernames and application data and offered hostname information. "We're able to gain access to Active Directory environments by extracting useable credential data from multi-function printers 40 to 50 percent of the time," Heiland ( @percent_x ) said

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Art Post · 8/4/1410:17 PM

hours of time used by educators and staff on the preparation of printed materials. With the help of Collegiate Press, Whitman Hanson established the "SmartCentre," the school district's central print facility. Collegiate Press equipped the SmartCentre with two Konica Minolta monochrome production print systems to manage printing for the seven schools in the district, and also improve output speeds and quality. Driving the operation and success of the facility is EFI Digital StoreFront from Konica

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Art Post · 8/5/1411:19 PM

particular, I remember selling many paper feed trays for word processors. Much like a document feeder on a copier, with the word processor you could load the letter head and then tell the system to type (print) multiple copies of the document. Phone Booths Phone Cardsw: Before, the Phone in a Bag, well, there were those good old fashioned phone booths. If you were running late for an appointment (which happened quite often) there were no apps likewaze, map quest or GPS, you had to find a phone booth

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Art Post · 8/7/1410:38 PM

substantial value to our customers' businesses continue to be recognised," says Leon Minnie, product manager of production systems at Konica Minolta South Africa. "After having won the BLI PRO Award last year for our bizhub PRESS C7000, the award for our monochrome flagship bizhub PRESS1250 is a great achievement for us and proves Konica Minolta's leading position in the production printing industry as well as the outstanding quality of our systems." The bizhub PRESS 1250 series represents

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Art Post · 8/4/1410:22 PM

Malvern, PA, August 4, 2014 - Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced the unveiling of its Customer Innovation Center in Boulder, Colo. This unique, fully-operational facility highlights the full spectrum of Ricoh’s production print offerings including its market-leading cutsheet and continuous feed devices, wide format solutions and software components for transactional, commercial and in-plant printers, among a full portfolio of solutions. As part of the new Customer Innovation Center

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Art Post · 8/4/149:58 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When Copier Fax Business Technologies was founded in 1990, the company sold two main products."Copiers and fax machines. That was the hot item. Everybody was using copiers," said the company's business technologies president, Al Scibetta.But that business phase was short-lived. Just five years later, technology changed the company forever."In 1995 was the beginning of the digital era of copiers. And that's when copiers became more than copiers. They became printers. They became

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Art Post · 8/7/1410:34 PM

received two awards, including the Production HUB 2014 NAB Award of Excellence, and the NAB Post Magazine "Pick" Honorable Mention. Church Production honored Canon's XF205 Professional Camcorder as one of their Top 5 Products for NAB 2014. Business Solutions Awards Buyers Lab LLC (BLI), a leading imaging industry analyst for multifunction, copier, printer, scanner and software solutions, honored Canon with awards across Canon's imageCLASS, imagePROGRAF, imageRUNNER and imageRUNNER ADVANCE series

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Art Post · 8/4/1410:11 PM

cloud integration, these productive capabilities enable users to print faster, share faster and finish projects faster, making the OcÉ PlotWave 500 a labor-saving investment. "OcÉ large format technical document printers are known for its high productivity and simplicity for AEC, manufacturing, and design engineering professionals," said Junichi Yo****ake, senior vice president and general manager, Business Imaging Solutions Group, Canon U.S.A., Inc. "Based on the market demand for more flexible

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Art Post · 8/5/1410:55 AM

high information mobility, meaning information is easily accessible to the right people in the right form at the right time to help the team compete with its NFL rivals. “With Ricoh, rather than just selling us printers, their team serves as a strategic information asset,” said Bob Stirton, Director of IT for the Chiefs. “They sit down with us quarterly, review metrics and discuss ideas to help us improve performance in many ways. They also show up several hours early on game day to provide support

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Art Post · 8/4/1410:14 PM

.” “Canon is honored to be recognized for our involvement with Friends of Acadia, as we are committed to help preserve the park’s natural resources for our future generations,” said Kotaro Fukushima, senior director and general manager, Corporate Communications Division, CanonU.S.A. “We look forward to continuing to work together to make the WildAcadia initiative a success for years to come.” Acadia National Park on Mt. Desert Island, Maine, comprises 45,000 acres and is home to the tallest mountain

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Art Post · 8/6/1410:10 PM

LaserJet Printer demonstrates TROY's continued innovation and leadership in security document printing. "Fraudsters continue to become more creative in their efforts to alter important printed information. However, the technology by which we protect documentation also continues to progress," he said. "We are researching and introducing new solutions for impenetrable fraud countermeasures and we are proud to offer the TROY m451 SecureUV LaserJet Printer with TSPE Lite as one of our newest cutting

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Art Post · 8/4/1410:03 PM

the TD-2000 2-inch transportable desktop/mobile printer – with large, easy drop-in roll media and rechargeable battery, and the RuggedJet™ 4-inch mobile label and receipt printers - now with AirPrint - for warehouse and back of store operations. Like all RuggedJet™ products, the new 3-inch printers employ proven thermal printing technology, which delivers high-resolution print quality, extreme reliability and low maintenance costs. The printers are ergonomically designed for comfort and their

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jswinberlin · 8/6/149:49 AM

Art, great article. I was listening to a podcast the other day and they were alluding to the fact that cold calling is dead and social media marketing has replaced it. While I believe both are necessary, there still doesn't seem to be any substitute for face to face contact. You get so much more information! AsFrank Betcher puts it in hisbook "How I Raised Myself From Failure To Success In Selling", if you"act" enthusiastic you will become enthusiastic

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Art Post · 8/6/1410:11 PM

I don't get it, other than being a spy, why would I print something I could not see?

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Art Post · 8/6/1410:02 PM

and specialty printing markets with the OKI proColor Series digital production printers. In addition, its Multimedia Production Platform category of production-quality A3 color devices meets a wide-range of graphic arts and commercial printing needs. Utilizing Genuine OKI toner ensures consistent, reliable and high-quality output that maximizes performance. OKI Data offers a broad portfolio of products built to optimize managed print engagements. OKI Data Americas takes a consultative approach to

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txeagle24 · 8/7/1410:35 PM

Your dealership is shooting itself in the ass, as is mine and most others who do not pay monthly recurring revenue commissions. It doesn't matter whether it comes from a traditional service agreement, an MPS (does just mean printers) agreement or Managed IT Services agreement. It should all be paid a residual. That aligns how our clients pay us, what ownership says their focus is and how we are compensated. A lot of owners are afraid that reps will grow recurring commissions to the point where

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Art Post · 8/4/1410:08 PM

Now, if they could only make a Brother P-Touch Label machine that produced color.....that would be my office nirvana~

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Art Post · 8/4/148:02 AM

The numbers don't add up for color pages

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Art Post · 8/4/144:41 PM

providers, to avoid these issues and many more, and do not relent on the mission to identify every vulnerability and shore up security, as the next major breach is right around the corner. David Bailey is Senior Vice President at Protected Trust. Protected Trust is a sponsor of the Print4Pay Hotel. I urge members and readers to visit their site to see their full line of products and services. More and more we need to provide well rounded strategic solutions for our customers. Protected Trust offers

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Art Post · 8/5/149:53 PM

PRWEB.COM NewswireHouston, TX (PRWEB) August 05, 2014 Through four generations of leadership NRI has grown and evolved from a printing company to a technology innovator. A culture built on evolution and the pursuit of advanced and efficient products and services has resulted in the company consistently reinventing itself, to accommodate and anticipate the needs of past, present and future clients. Harnessing the power of sophisticated technology, NRI continues to help clients leverage new

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Art Post · 8/6/1410:13 PM

Appleton company MBM invites nonprofits in northeastern Wisconsin to enter its new 360 My Office charity initiative. The contest provides nonprofit organizations in 17 counties in Wisconsin the opportunity to win a $10,000 or a $15,000 office technology makeover. Additionally, three runners-up will receive a printer valued at $1,000. The makeover by MBM — a leading provider of copiers, printers, IT services, managed print services and document management solutions — may include a black-and

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Art Post · 8/7/1410:23 PM

printing of letting documents. This helps speed the delivery of information to contractors who prefer to work with hard copies. Mike Carter, the President of Lynn Imaging remarked “how excited we are to continue our partnership with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The versatility of the website is displayed in contractor access to free downloads, and the option of purchasing hard copies for those who prefer printed documents. In addition, our unique printer rental program lets the contractors

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Art Post · 8/5/149:39 AM

I'm fighting the same battle, we even filled out something for Ricoh, App for change in firmware) and they came back and stated there were not enough machines for them to warrant the change for the check/security feature. Boy are those Japanese dumb! There are thousands of one-ups in the field that have this issue and just because there is not one account with 100 plus units, they will not pursue a firmware upgrade. That's bad business. I did hear that there will be a change on some of the new

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Art Post · 8/7/1410:43 PM

Again. I agree! When there is a maintenance agreement question with any of my accounts now, I hand it off to our client care team. I could get involved, but won't because I'm not seeing any revenue on it. In fact, there have been many deals where I just recommend the basic warranty. Not that I want that, however in some cases it's easier to get the order, than fight pricing on maintenance after you've won the battle with the copier. I was at a point where I was getting about 500 per month on

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Art Post · 8/4/149:08 AM

We are having a similar issue from .pdf's that are sent to one of our engineering companies from some architects. Some files print fine and others don't. Asking the customer what his clients use for .pdf ing got us no where. If they are using Adobe Acrobat, is there is a select for "print as image"?

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Art Post · 8/5/149:45 PM

document regardless of its source allowing users to store, search, view, download, edit, and integrate documents in their everyday business processes. The Intelligent Indexing Service helps save time by eliminating the need for filing documents by hand; it learns as each document is stored and uses this knowledge to automate future indexing. BLI is considered one of the imaging industry's leading independent testing and review providers for MFPs, printers, scanners and software solutions and

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Art Post · 8/5/149:50 PM

in a variety of positions including sales, management, and business development, most recently, serving as the General Manager for the UK/EMEA region. As the General Manager, he was able to establish regional datacenters and implementation teams in the United Kingdom , further expanding NetDocuments' international efforts. "The legal technology landscape is seeing dramatic shifts towards cloud-based applications, specifically document management, and increasingly, firms are moving towards

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fisher · 8/5/149:32 AM

Any advice on defeating or cheating the check security features on new Ricoh devices. Sold a machine yesterday to a funeral home and they have to copy death certificates all the time. Guess what.....THEY COME OUT BLACK TOO!!!!

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