This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago
Third Week of September 2014
Real Copier Sales (10 Years Ago)
Copier Reps: Start using the ‘F-word’
The ‘F-word’ gets a bad rap. Reps avoid using it at all costs when talking with prospects. Truth is, millions of businesses use the ‘F-word’ every day. According to RingCentral, a cloud based phone systems provider, there are currently more than 17 million fax machines in use in the United States. If that’s the case, why do reps always ignore the fax machine? As George Bluth, Sr. [probably] said, “there’s always money in the fax machine.”......more here
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Toshiba to take on Sharp Production System
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It seems Toshiba is going to move away from the Ricoh Production and re-label the Sharp mono Production System, anyone else hear this or can confirm this?
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Konica Minolta Approves Relyco Premium Paper Media Products for Use on New bizhub PRESS C1100/1085 Color Digital Presses
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bizhub PRESS digital presses,” said Kevin Kern, senior vice president, marketing, production print for Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. “We put the paper products through a battery of tests to ensure reliability and consistent image quality, so our customers know that we’re providing paper products that perform up to our high standards.” Relyco Digital Substrate Solutions REIMAGE carbonless laser paper – quickly create multi-part forms on demand in any laser printer or digital
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Afinia, Canon USA, Formax, Neopost, Printware, RTI Digital and Xante to Showcase Digital Printing Solutions Powered by Memjet at Graph Expo 2014
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SOURCE: Memjet September 17, 2014 13:46 ET Afinia, Canon USA, Formax, Neopost, Printware, RTI Digital and Xante to Showcase Digital Printing Solutions Powered by Memjet at Graph Expo 2014 Print OEMs to Demonstrate New Applications That Drive Productivity, Create Revenue, and Provide Faster Return-on-Investment CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - Sep 17, 2014) - Graph Expo 2014 -- Memjet, the global leader in digital color printing technologies, today announced it will join OEM partners Afinia, Canon
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IDC MarketScape Names Ricoh a Leader in Managed Print and Document Services for Fourth Time
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MALVERN, PA– Ricoh has again earned a leadership position in worldwide Managed Print and Document Services, according to the new “IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Managed Print and Document Services 2014 Hardcopy Vendor Assessment — Focus on Managed Workflow Services.”[i]Key factors that contributed to Ricoh’s positioning include an extensive product portfolio, highly skilled professionals, and industry-specific solutions. In addition, the report highlights Ricoh’s unique combination of proprietary
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Westerville’s Results Engineering bought by Konica Minolta group
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Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc. announced last week it has acquired Results Engineering of Westerville. Results Engineering will become a part of Konica Minolta’s enterprise content-management business practice and will market under the Konica Minolta brand. The primary office location in Westerville will continue to support central U.S. markets, and it will be home to the company’s management and administrative staff. http://www.dispatch.com/conten...a-minolta-group.html
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New Ricoh MP 4054/5054/6054 SP Sneak Peak!
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I really wasn't planning on writing this blog tonight, however, sometimes you just need to do what you have to do. Ricoh Americasseemsto beon theverge of launching the new monochrome (black) MP 2554/3054/3554/4054/5054/6054 series. I'm betting dollars to doughnuts that Ricoh is using the same print engine for all of these models. I would also tend to think that the higher end 5054/6054 will have a few additional features, they may even include the 4054 in the mix. Scratch that, the 4054/5054
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29th Annual Cannata Awards and Charity Dinner
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, won for Printer Manufacturer of the Year . Ed Carrol who is COO of TGI Office Automation gave a few jabs to Larry White (VP, Sales, Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc about the four positions that were listed on his LinkedIn profile that were all the same. Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc . won for Best in Class Manufacturer of the Year. MFP Manufacturer of the Year went to Ricoh Americas Corporation . I was hoping to hear a few good lines from Carl Fernyak (CEO MT Business
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RICOH AND EFI AWARDED THE IDEALLIANCE DIGITAL PRESS SYSTEM CERTIFICATION
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flexibility, high productivity and cost-effectiveness in a compact footprint. In addition, the devices feature a new toner formulation that increases the printable color gamut by 10 percent compared to Ricoh's other color production printers and have a lower fusing temperature, which allows for faster warm-up times and lower energy consumption. The two EFI Fiery digital front ends that drive RICOH Pro C5100s/C5110s deliver consistent and accurate color, and offer workflow optimization features to users in
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Automation, Simplification Center Stage for Xerox at Graph Expo
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With automation top-of-mind for print service providers, Xerox is dedicating its booth at Graph Expo to show how simplifying operations can lead to profitable growth. Xerox’s Graph Expo booth theme, “Let’s Automate and Simplify,” comes alive with the latest release of FreeFlow Core and other workflow solutions that eliminate costly touch points from the print process, while meeting or exceeding quality and production targets.FreeFlow Core 4.0 easily and quickly constructs workflows that
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RICOH UNVEILS MIS AND ARCHIVING ENHANCEMENTS TO AWARD-WINNING CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTION SUITE
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management. This intuitive integration enables the Ricoh software to provide job status updates related to specific workflow steps, time duration and pages printed to Avanti. By melding these systems, customers can use Avanti to manage the business-level processes, such as inventory management, cost accounting and advanced scheduling, and they can leverage the power of ProcessDirector to manage the production of their critical communications output. “Print service providers, in-plants and others are
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Canon to Exhibit Document Scanners at 2014 OnBase Training & Technology Conference
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ORLANDO, Fla., Sep 16, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, will be anexhibitor at the OnBase Training Technology Conference presented byHyland Software, an enterprise content management software vendor,taking place September 14– 18, 2014, in Orlando, Florida. Canon willshowcase its imageFORMULA document scanners to demonstrate the value that products with robust speed, outstanding output and flexibility can offer to small and large organizations
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Reps: Start using the ‘F-word’
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systems. If they’ve modernized their phone system, chances are, they’ve done something with their faxing, too. They receive faxes directly to their email and don’t print Organization with multiple locations. Larger companies’ analog fax line spend is multiplied based on the number of locations, and fax lines aren’t cheap. So, what does all this mean for you, an office equipment sales representative? It allows you to sell value, not just on price. Sending a fax using a third party faxing company
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EDWARDS BROTHERS MALLOY ACQUIRES SECOND RICOH INFOPRINT 5000 INKJET PRESS
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Ann Arbor, MI (September 18, 2014) —Edwards Brothers Malloy announced that it has acquired another Ricoh continuous form inkjet press. The InfoPrint 5000 MP monochrome press is being installed this month and will be operational in October in the company’s Lillington, North Carolina digital print center. It will be used for both print-on-demand as well as short runs up to 1,500 copies. “Our experience with our first Ricoh InfoPrint press in our Ann Arbor plant has been very good— we wanted to
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Domtar makes key updates to its Xerox® Paper and Specialty Media Line
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in a wide variety of print devices, Domtar has eliminated the need to choose paper by print device. Domtar, also known for its leadership in sustainability practices and strong commitment to domestic production, made the decision to add the rigorous Forest Stewardship Council ® (FSC ® ) certification to nearly all of its office papers and digital printing paper products. Many of the certified products will bear the well-known World Wildlife Fund panda logo, and the entire office papers line
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RICOH UNVEILS NEW, AWARD-WINNING BATCHING SOLUTION AT GRAPH EXPO
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this new video, http://youtu.be/BS5nSf2P_6Q, and visit this website: www.ricoh-usa.com/batchbuilder . | 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 Group operates in about 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2014, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,236 billion yen (approx. 21.7 billion USD). The majority of the
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Why Do Copier Reps Want to Push Document Management to My Company?
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to check with them before they buy any printers or copiers to ensure compatibility. This is a big help for long term client retention. 2. The rep will make more money - For example, in our Seattle copier business , reps may make a few hundred bucks when they sell a $4000 copier. They may make $1500 on a decent document management deployment. Bigger commissions = more motivation. 3. It really does help your business. This is important. Reps like to feel like they are offering something that helps
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Re: IDC MarketScape Names Ricoh a Leader in Managed Print and Document Services for Fourth Time
Propaganda from Ricoh - their press department is on the job. HP and Xerox both come in higher, 5 years in a row. http://www.gartner.com/technol...;ct=131023st=sg
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Color-Logic Enables Variable Data Printing on Foil Substrates
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and much more. Color-Logic ™ develops color communication systems and software tool sets for a variety of special effect printing applications. Color-Logic provides brand owners, product managers, corporations, and their advertising agencies the ability to differentiate themselves and their clients with a simple print production process that yields dramatic results. Color-Logic decorative effects utilize the existing workflows of printers and designers, yielding dynamic results without the use
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Epson Now Shipping Next-Generation SureColor T-Series Large-Format Color Printers
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maps, the T-Series printers are cost-effective, scalable machines that really can do it all. We look forward to feedback from our customers and discovering even more unique applications and use cases." More about the SureColor T-Series The SureColor T-Series is comprised of five printer models, offering varying performance and feature sets to accommodate a range of printing needs, all while retaining a minimal footprint to fit virtually anywhere: Product Max Width Mode Square Feet per Hour Print
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EFI Redefines Tile Printing with Cretaprint
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system, new EFI ceramic ink sets, automatic printhead cleaning technology, more compact design and a new vacuum system are among the innovations on display at Tecnargilla. EFI is also demonstrating a new release of the EFI Fiery® proServer giving the industry the first complete color management system for ceramic tile printing. EFI’s new Cretaprint ™ systems will be on display at Tecnargilla in Pavilion C1, Booth 081. EFI is also showing samples of tiles printed using its EFI Wide Format H1625 LED
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Re: Samsung m4580fx, it can do what?
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I have sold Canon, Sharp, Konica, Kyocera. If samsung is just now talking about a mobile app, they are way behind. Which they have been for sometime. Kyocera has the best mobile app hands down. It even works with off brand devices on the network. HP printers.....manage print services. See where I am going with this?
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Well Qualififed P4P Hotel Member Seeking Employment
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Check out Larry's resume attached. Please help him out if you can, or if you know someone that is looking please send them to Larry. Art
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ESP/Surge Hits Home Run with New Remote Portal for Real Time Power Events
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themselves. Thus, we can be smarter than the average bear!! Need more info? Go here and download the brochure or better yet call ESP at 800.645.9721 and tell em Print4Pay Hotel sent you! -=Good Selling=-
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MP C2003SP Slow Print
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One of my accounts is complaining that the time it take the printer to process any print files is much longer than the MP C2551 we replaced. The volume did not warranty replacing with the MP C2553, plus the customer needed to save a few bucks. Is anyone else having an issue with this system?
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Re: New Products
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the system’s HDD for easy, fast and free paperless faxing. Set up the machine fax behaviour by the time of the day with the fax timer settings where you can choose how the machine should handle a received fax, such as forwarding to email, printing or storing on the HDD. Save on phone line rentals and fax boards with the Fax Connection Unit which allows you to have one machine as the main fax machine while other compatible Ricoh machines can send the fax to the main machine via the network
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Re: Samsung m4580fx, it can do what?
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I can see these being very cool for libraries, information kiosks and other public areas. It's basically a fully functional web-connected tablet with print/scan/fax capabilities. That's where I'm excited to sell these. But in a corporate environment? Not so sure... #1 I would like to read a whitepaper on the security risks of such an open platform... Are you the apps limited, or could I install a Facebook app and print off all of my friends photos? And #,2 I wonder if the heavy customization
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Re: MP C2003SP Slow Print
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We're using the Ricoh PCL6, no infrastructure updates that I know of. Customer is complaining about print processing time from all applications.All we did was replace the 2551 with the 2003. Processors in bothRicoh devicesare equal in specs.
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Re: New Ricoh MP 4054/5054/6054 SP Sneak Peak!
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This is an automated response. Carl Mica is currently out of the office and has limited access to email and voice mail. He will return to the office on September 26th. Thank you.
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Sharp MX 4101 color alignment issue
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I have a Sharp 4101 that prints just fine on 8.5X11 but when the customer prints 11X17 the color alignment is off and it gets worse the closer it gets to the trailing edge. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Mobile Print Problem
We have a customer with a Savin MPC305. This medical office wants to print from an android tablet. I have downloaded the Smart Device Print app on the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro SMP-900 and they can print from web pages. However, when they try to print patient data from their secure site (https). The app just hangs and you have to restart the tablet. The hotline first told me that SSL was not supported and that they could escalate to "solutions" to see if they could rework the app. "Solutions
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