This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Last Week of July 2009)

. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milner, Inc. Launches Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Product Line and Grows Company Offering Raleigh, NC. – June 10, 2009 - Milner Inc., a leader in printing hardware, document workflow and imaging solutions, announces their growth strategy with new product offering of Konica Minolta products and services. Milner, Inc., a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for all office and print shop environments, annouced it’s new partnership with

Has anyone seen recent (April on)published actions from these guys that would be helpful to us all from a competitive standpoint? I'm getting killed and would love to know some threshold info or even strategic actions. Thanks in advance.

Ramsey, N.J. and Plantation, Fla. – July 23, 2009 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, and Equitrac Corporation (Equitrac), an award winning print and cost management solutions provider, today announced the integration of Equitrac’s print management software with multifunctional printers (MFPs – print, copy, fax, and scan all in one system) by Konica Minolta. Part

Konica Minolta Receives Multiple 2009 BERTL's Best Awards KMBS U.S.A. Website http://kmbs.konicaminolta.us/c.../kmbsbertl72309.html Konica Minolta today announced BERTL has awarded multiple 2009 BERTL's Best Awards to Konica Minolta; including the following awards: • Best Productive Color Printer Range - bizhub C652/C552 Series • Best Graphic Arts Color Production Printer - bizhub PRO C65hc • Best Value for Price Monochrome Production MFP in Segment 6 - bizhub PRO 950 • Best Departmental

Konica Minolta Color MFPs Receive Gold Medal Awards in Wirth Consulting Head2Head Comparison Report Ramsey, N.J. - July 28, 2009 - Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, today announced Wirth Consulting has awarded three Gold Medal Awards to Konica Minolta in the recent Head2Head Comparison Report. The bizhub® C253 received a Gold Medal for "Best Overall Performance

standard Kyocera’s FS-3920DN was also awarded the Bertl’s Best ‘Best Productive Monochrome Printer’ award for its: - Exceptionally low printing costs in its class - ECOSYS long life consumables for reducing operating costs - Productive duplex functions for saving paper - Ability to print up to 42 pages per minute with up to 1,200 dpi resolution - Standard duplex unit for double-sided printing - Five paper trays for superior flexibility and high capacity with support for up to 120 lb. Index

management software solutions, the company has helped customers recapture over $150 million in printing and photocopying expenses while saving an estimated 90,000 trees a year. Print Audit has offices located in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Canada and the United States. For more information on Print Audit, visit www.printaudit.com .

members to review proposals from four copier companies, including Konica Minolta, IKON Office Solutions, Fisher's Document Systems and Xerox, Exline said. The school board voted to renew its contract with Xerox on July 21, deciding the benefits of selecting the copier giant outweighed the savings of picking a less expensive company. Cost was among several factors considered by the committee, which included a school secretary. The copier companies were also graded based on their history, equipment

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Boulder, Colo. – July 15, 2009 – InfoPrint Solutions Company, a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, today announced its leadership in the digital color production space with more than 50 global installations of its full-color, continuous forms inkjet drop-on-demand printing system, the InfoPrint 5000. Many of these systems have been implemented to enable TransPromo applications, as well as to produce Print-On-Demand (POD) books. The InfoPrint 5000 has been selected by customers in countries

scanning environments, from departmental to batch production scanning. “With Capture Pro Software, v 2.0, businesses will be able to handle a broader range of capture needs and get an even better return on their investment by saving costs by building upon existing capabilities of scanning equipment,” said Robert Bijster, Worldwide Director, Software Products, Document Imaging, Business Solutions and Services, Eastman Kodak Company. “It’s the latest advance from Kodak and our reseller channel in

FAIRFIELD, N.J. – July 27, 2009 - Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world's leading document solutions companies, today announced the availability of the TASKalfa 750c series of color Multifunctional Products (MFPs), bringing high-speed color and advanced in-house document creation and finishing capabilities to organizations. Designed for today’s fast paced business environment, the TASKalfa 750c series offers high-speed color printing, copying, scanning and optional faxing to provide

for businesses needing to store, share and maintain critical documents. For more information about Ricoh’s DocumentMall software, visit www.documentmall.com . About Ricoh Americas Corporation Ricoh Americas Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 73-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2008 sales in excess of $20 billion. Ricoh Americas Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions

Xerox loses tax dispute with state Associated Press 11:54 AM CDT, July 30, 2009 MADISON, Wis. - Xerox Corp. has lost a tax dispute with the state of Wisconsin involving millions of dollars of equipment leased to Milwaukee and La Crosse. Xerox argued that the stand-alone devices that can print, copy, fax and scan should not be subject to personal property taxes because they should be defined as computers, which are exempt. The 4th District Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled that the devices are

Never really had a use for this feature until recently. One of our reps has a prospect who could benefit from a Savin MLP175, but its a little cost prohibative at around 12k. We found that they can get 2 MLP150s for about 1/2 and use parallel print through Smart Device Monitor (Desktop Binder Lite and Smart Device Monitor Client) to run these at 100ppm! Note: this only works when printing sets and works better when devices are similarly configured. Windows only. By decentralizing, the customer

offices, schools, banks, universities, military bases and embassies whether in sales, installation or after-sales support. During the ceremony, Mr. Paul Renkema, Sales Director for Ricoh International announced that Modern Home had increased its total MFP sales by 160%. It had also almost doubled its colour placements for both MFP and printers, by increasing its business-to-consumer ratio from 21% to 40%. Put together, total turnover had increased by around 56%, year-on-year. 'In a country that

) is the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation. EFI's award-winning solutions, integrated from creation to print, deliver increased performance, cost savings and productivity. The company's robust product portfolio includes Fiery® digital colour print servers; VUTEk® superwide digital inkjet printers, UV and solvent inks; Rastek UV wide-format inkjet printers; Jetrion® industrial inkjet printing systems; print production workflow and management information software; and

controls Over 550 printers supported Includes over 325 ICC output profiles Mini 101 keyboard with touch pad 15” touch screen panel Paradigm’s sleek Ergo® Stand, adjusts to accommodate a wide range of printer models One-year on-site warranty with an optional two-year warranty upgrade The EIS Flex is a versatile system that allows the customer to utilize wide-format printers that they already have to create an all-in-one scan-print-copy system. With over 550 printers supported by Paradigm’s

Trippin' - The position was filled by a DSM that formerly supported IKON. Correct? Yes. Not many Savin Dealers will appreciate that fact. Oh by the way, the former Savin Brand Manager that was spirited out of the company in quick fashion was #1 (highest percent of revenue plan) in the United States for the 1st QTR of FY2009, for all Ricoh, Savin, and Lanier Brand Managers. Correct? Yes. As Ricoh shrinks the talent pool and fills positions with IKON personnel (or those who just recently

: Faster printing of RFID label media up to 20 pages per minute in RFID mode RFID tags can be placed either horizontally or vertically on the print media A broad range of media support from 5 inches x 7 inches to 8.5 inches x 14 inches Lexmark's RFID UHF solution has the radio and antenna built directly into the printer option, so customers who already own a Lexmark T654 printer can leverage their current Lexmark investment and easily upgrade their T654 into an RFID-enabled device. Customers who don

of production inkjet printers, digital duplicators, and supplies. RISO, Inc. sells high-speed color and monochrome printing solutions throughout the Americas. RISO provides fast and affordable full color digital printers for everyday communications, at speeds of up to 150 pages per minute. Its line of digital duplicators includes one and two-color systems that reliably produce millions of copies, are environmentally friendly, and are easy and inexpensive to use. Launched throughout North

You are incorrect. The assignment was made from within Ricoh. Let's play "Can you correct your previous statements and retract your prediction?"

Trip - Here you go, for all the world to see. Let me know if you want to know the three options that the Savin Brand Manager was given.

I had posted some published Canon information a few months ago and they are dropping their drawers to move current Inventory (since they lost IKON distribution) so they can launch the new Canon line next month.