This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Second Week of December 2009)

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accounted for 14.9% of the overall A3-size color printer market, a decline for the third straight quarters. Fuji Xerox, Sharp, and Toshiba were the top-three player in the segment. (by Quincy Liang)

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GIntel · 12/11/091:24 PM

Rumors that Toshiba is considering selling Toshiba America Business Solutions or Toshiba Business Solutions have circulated for some time. Although TABS and many of Toshiba's other business units (specifically memory/semiconductor) have struggled in recent years, Toshiba has consistently denied that it plans to sell its copier business. Toshiba distributed a letter to its dealers and direct sales force in February, 2009 maintaining that, despite recent rumors, it has no plans to sell its copier

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Guest · 12/9/0910:37 PM

Working a few articles with Christmas theme for the MFP solutions Blog: Last year I did a piece called To Ricoh "What I want for Christmas" Here's the link http://mfpsolutions.blogspot.c...t-for-christmas.html Can we have someone do one for konicaminolta, kyocera, sharp, toshiba, canon, xerox and canon? Come on, I know we all have wish lists of new features that we'd like to see. I'll post them with your name and give thanx!!! Art

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Guest · 12/11/0911:08 PM

needs." About Konica Minolta Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop. For the second consecutive year, Konica Minolta was recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys. For more information, please visit www.CountOnKonicaMinolta.com and follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KonicaMinoltaUS . About AEG AEG is one of the leading sports and

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Guest · 12/8/097:43 PM

offers a selection of ENERGY STAR(r) certified products. As an extension of the company's dedication to its customers, OKI Data Americas created the Color Me OKI philanthropic program to support the fight against breast and colorectal cancers and the people courageously battling those diseases. # # # OKI, Reg. OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd. ENERGY STAR Reg. T.M. U.S. EPA, Single Pass Color T.M. and design Reg. T.M. OKI Data Corp. 1 As compared to the Konica Minolta magicolor 169OMF, Dell

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Guest · 12/14/097:04 PM

solutions are at work helping organizations recover costs, reduce waste, increase returns and maximize efficiency in printers, copiers and multifunction devices. For more information visit http://www.equitrac.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

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Guest · 12/8/097:37 PM

operate, secure and reliable." Last year Sharp became the first of the traditional copier vendors to launch workgroup-level A4/letter MFPs that, like copiers, feature separate drums, developer and toner. These are the BLI highly recommended MX/DX-B401 and MX/DX-C401, along with the MX/DX-C311, which received a BLI "Pick" Award earlier this year. This award acknowledges that Sharp offers A4 products that meet the differing service requirements of various customers alongside A3 models that offer a host

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Guest · 12/9/097:07 PM

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Guest · 12/9/096:42 PM

(121\2009) to clarify their relationship (or lack their of) with IKON (a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh). And if you read the letter it makes it perfectly clear to both IKON and all the Authorized Canon Dealers that neither IKON nor an Authorized Canon Dealer are permitted to enter into a “behind the scenes” agreement to service Canon equipment in partnership with IKON. Apparently that was an IKON pipe dream. So now all the cards are on the table IKON can not get firmware, patches, updates

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Guest · 12/15/098:07 PM

Copiers & School Budget Cost-Cutting It may not seem like a big deal on the surface, but what could soon happen if the Galesburg School Board approves new copy machines for the district's facilities could mean much more than that. The District-205 board Monday night will consider entering into an agreement with Xerox for new copiers for the district at a cost of about a half-million dollars over five years, plus another roughly nickel per color copy. The agreement will be either to lease new

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Guest · 12/15/098:05 PM

printing can customize and increase added value of sales promotion tools as well as publications, including catalogs, direct promotional mails, flyers, labels, packages, photo books and more. Expressive high image quality Color 1000 Press / Color 800 Press are the first high-end printers to employ the Emulsion Aggregation-Eco Toner, or EA-Eco Toner, renowned for its advanced image quality. Additionally, the newly developed Clear Toner Note 1 adds specialty to application design such as glossy

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Guest · 12/14/097:12 PM

Copier Contract and Supplies Summary LEASE Copiers - Digital Multifunction Devices (Print, Scan, Fax) Contract #071B9200190 Pricing sheet Vendor: IKON Office Solutions Contract Expires: 4 /9/14 Contact Person: Ask for either Carol Bertrand or Noe Contreras To order, call 800-968-2987 HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH IKON Copiers - Digital Multifunction Devices (Print, Scan, Fax) Contract #071B9200232 Pricing sheet Vendor: Xerox Corporation Contract Expires: 6/15/14 Contact Person: Greg Mohr Telephone

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Guest · 12/9/097:24 PM

awards acknowledge “outstanding performance” and excellence “in areas of importance to IT professionals” in the MX- and DX-C401 models (Outstanding Mid-Size Workgroup A4 Color MFP), and the MX-B401 (Outstanding Mid-Size Workgroup A4 Monochrome MFP). "We are very happy to accept these Pick Awards for the MX- and DX-C401 Models," said Gary Bailer, associate director product management, A4 multifunction printers, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America. "Along with the BLI Pick Awards

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Guest · 12/11/0911:21 PM

• CONSIDER renewal of contract with Xerox for copier for Juvenile Probation and take action as necessary. http://www.palestineherald.com...story_345013330.html

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Guest · 12/11/098:33 AM

BizHub 1200 (new) pf 703 "vacuum deck" RU 506 "relay buffer unit" LS505 "large tray" RollAway Cart on board print controller optional FS521 $4,344 ($133.80 - 36 month lease) $63,027 (36 month - 1941.23) cpc no minimum .0049 This was a direct quote

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Guest · 12/8/097:45 PM

Adam Hooker, printweek.com, 08 December 2009 Digital press manufacturer Xerox has been hit by a worldwide toner delivery problem due to an increased demand from customers. However, the company said that the problem is a short-term one and would be overcome quickly. PrintWeek has been contacted by a number of printers claiming they have been made to wait up to 10 days for delivery of toner. One printer, who preferred to remain nameless, said: "We will run out of black toner this afternoon. We

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Guest · 12/10/098:05 PM

perspectives and views from events visit http://twitter.com/xeroxcorp, http://twitter.com/xeroxevents, http://www.facebook.com/xeroxcorp, http://www.xerox.com/blogs, http://www.xerox.com/podcasts or http://www.xerox.com/thoughtleaders. Xerox® and the sphere of connectivity design are trademarks of Xerox Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cg...i?eid=6118330lang=en Press Release Contact Details: Xerox

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Guest · 12/15/0912:29 PM

paper is recycled, the toner still harms the environment because during the recycling process, a de-inking phase separates the toner from the paper, with the toner usually disposed of via burning or burying in landfills. Ricoh, one of the world’s leading providers of digital office gadgets and equipments, has developed a technology that instead uses plant-based biomass as a replacement for petroleum-based resin. In fact, the Tokyo-based company has already introduced the world’s first digital

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Guest · 12/14/097:01 PM

, solutions and services throughout Japan. With this agreement, Radware aims to reinforce its relationship with Fuji Xerox and to expand its sales in Japan. This announcement extends Fuji Xerox's highly successful sales record of Alteon products in the Japanese market. The new agreement is designed to further increase the success of its reseller partners delivering the newly acquired Alteon product line from Nortel. Radware's partner program will provide Fuji Xerox with enhanced training, programs

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SalesServiceGuy · 12/14/097:54 PM

The mini nuclear reactor thing was an internet scam. They never existed. The e451c is a great copier with good reliabilty. Toshiba TEC (TTEC), a subsiduary of Toshiba Corp., is responsible for manufacturing Copiers/POS/Thermal Label Printers. Copier production left Toshiba Corp many years ago. TTEC and copiers were profitable in its last publicly released financial statements April 2009. Copiers make up around 55% of TTECs business. TTEC is unlikely to go away.

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GIntel · 12/9/0911:51 AM

Hey Art, I have not heard of the XPS program. But Xerox has alot of flavors of MPS, thats for sure. So far it looks like Xerox has a well developed direct-to-enterprise MPS program through Xerox Global Services (XGS). This has been around for a while, but they recently "announced" it as Enterprise Print Services (EPS). Four components: - Office support - Remote worker/device support - Production and mailroom support - External doc procurement (outsourcing) Its pretty all-encompassing. Thats

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SalesServiceGuy · 12/14/094:48 PM

quote: Scan in One City, Print in Another CopyFax Jax. I think the ouput will look like an email with Headers, etc. txeagle24. All copiers are on the same WAN. I am quoting a Toshiba but I will test your suggestion. Thanks.

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John · 12/11/093:45 PM

We are competing against this unit with a C5000. On the TCO website we did a comparison and the models look pretty similar. Any dual line dealers out there that can give me more competitive information? Thanks for your help, John

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Guest · 12/8/097:35 PM

orders and increase print volumes.” Document Submission Made Easy With Océ PRISMAaccess Version 5.0 software, customers can submit jobs to the printshop as easily as routing work to a local printer. Internal and external clients can send documents from a desktop using a web driver or via web submission. Both methods offer customizable job tickets and personalized tracking. With Océ PRISMAaccess Version 5.0 software, print providers can take on more short-run jobs and confidently commit to fast

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SalesServiceGuy · 12/14/099:55 AM

I have to quote a law firm with locations in three cities. They want to be able to scan a document in one city and have it auto print to a MFP in a different city without bothering the local users. Any suggestions?

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Guest · 12/14/0911:50 PM

We're in need of a moderator for the Canon boards. Here's what a moderator would do: Post information in reference to Canon Products (whatever you feel will help the community) Update the community with new product information (keep us informed of whats new or whats changed) Move posts or threads to the correct forum if it was misplaced. Spread the word about the P4P forums for Canon We'll supply you with a FREE premium membership for as long as you moderate! If interested please send me and

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Guest · 12/14/0911:49 PM

We're in need of a moderator for the Kyocera boards. Here's what a moderator would do: Post information in reference to Kyocera Products (whatever you feel will help the community) Update the community with new product information (keep us informed of whats new or whats changed) Move posts or threads to the correct forum if it was misplaced. Spread the word about the P4P forums for Kyocera We'll supply you with a FREE premium membership for as long as you moderate! If interested please send me

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Guest · 12/14/0911:53 PM

We're in need of a moderator for the Sharp boards. Here's what a moderator would do: Post information in reference to Sharp Products (whatever you feel will help the community) Update the community with new product information (keep us informed of whats new or whats changed) Move posts or threads to the correct forum if it was misplaced. Spread the word about the P4P forums for Sharp We'll supply you with a FREE premium membership for as long as you moderate! If interested please send me and

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Guest · 12/14/0911:52 PM

We're in need of a moderator for the Toshiba boards. Here's what a moderator would do: Post information in reference to Toshiba Products (whatever you feel will help the community) Update the community with new product information (keep us informed of whats new or whats changed) Move posts or threads to the correct forum if it was misplaced. Spread the word about the P4P forums for Toshiba We'll supply you with a FREE premium membership for as long as you moderate! If interested please send me

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Guest · 12/14/0911:51 PM

We're in need of a moderator for the Xerox boards. Here's what a moderator would do: Post information in reference to Xerox Products (whatever you feel will help the community) Update the community with new product information (keep us informed of whats new or whats changed) Move posts or threads to the correct forum if it was misplaced. Spread the word about the P4P forums for Xerox We'll supply you with a FREE premium membership for as long as you moderate! If interested please send me and

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Guest · 12/10/098:09 PM

Purchase Of Printers Organization: Court Of The State Of Rio De Janeiro Tender Name: Purchase Of Printers Tender Details: Tender notice are invited for purchase of printers. Tender Location: Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Tender Type: Tender Notice Tender Category: Printing & Allied Machinery & Equipment Products: Laser Printer Tender Document File: Save the Document Important Dates: Publish Date: Submit Before: Time: 11:00 a.m. Bid Opening Date: December 16, 2009 Time: 11:00 a.m. Contact Details: Address

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Guest · 12/11/098:16 PM

Yesterday we brought you the blog, today we bring you the actual letter!

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Guest · 12/15/097:59 PM

elements, it can be difficult to get a clear view of an organization’s enterprise output management landscape,” says Fernandes. “By implementing an output management strategy that covers an organization's entire output from office printing to mission critical documents, organizations can uncover opportunities for significant cost savings in both resource and monetary terms.” ‘Uncovering the Enterprise Output Management Opportunity’ is free to view and available now at: www.quocirca.com . # # # LRS

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Guest · 12/15/097:57 PM

exchanging of currency back and forth," he said. There are people who are looking to exchange the money to get genuine U.S. currency by passing a counterfeit $100 or $50 bill for an item that costs about $10, he said. Others are using the fake money to actually purchase items such as electronics. A Secret Service agent from the Orlando field office said there's another type of counterfeiter who uses a three-in-one printer to make several hundred dollars worth of counterfeit money to pass at nightclubs

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jswinberlin · 12/10/094:34 PM

I have a law firm that is printing to a Savin 917. They are printing address labels to the bypass. When they print they get a paper type mismatch saying load custom size paper. In the page setup in wordperfect it says Avery 5160. I changed this to Letter and tried to print it with the same result. The only success I have had is by using form feed. Does anyone know why this happens and how to resolve it?

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Guest · 12/11/0911:18 PM

BUSINESS ITEMS A. New Business a. Review of Bid Protest by Bircham’s (RFP#600-08-02-multifunction copiers): Decision 09-10-1 The Pikes Peak Library District contracted with The Ascher Group to complete a Request for Proposals (RFP) for copier services. The RFP was released on October 23, 2008. Four qualified responses were received by November 10, 2008. District staff and The Ascher Group interviewed all respondents, and The Ascher Group ranked the bidders’ proposals in three categories – cost

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txeagle24 · 12/14/0912:08 PM

Assuming that they're on the same WAN & that it's a Ricoh system, you can set it up to Scan to FTP, but instead of an FTP address, set the destination as the IP address of the printer they want it to print on. This also works great if you have a customer that needs to make color copies but doesn't want a full color MFP. You can color scan to FTP on the MFP and set the destination to a color printer, resulting in a color copy.

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Guest · 12/9/0910:31 PM

New in 2010! Ricoh Wide Format Gelsprinters!! Naw, we'll just get Epson to make them for us!

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Guest · 12/11/098:26 PM

Kyocera would be the obvious buyer here, especially if they want to stay in the game. Heard that they had opened a couple of branch offices also, is that true?

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Guest · 12/12/0911:45 AM

Sometimes tings get "out of synch" communication-wise and the printer has to be hard reset with the red power switch. It was more common with older plotbase versions. Glad it's resolved.

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GMAN · 12/12/0911:57 AM

GIntel - you gave an outstanding analysis of the possibilities with TABS. You are earning your money. I suspect Toshiba has a long term plan to phase out it's MFP business altogether.

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GIntel · 12/13/0912:48 PM

Thanks GMAN. I just found out from an AV industry analyst I know that Toshiba just pulled out of the US projector market. So maybe this is part of a trend. More money in nukes and chips i guess...

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tkern · 12/14/099:23 AM

quote: Originally posted by Art Post: New in 2010! Ricoh Wide Format Gelsprinters!! Naw, we'll just get Epson to make them for us! Yeaj, I couldn't get my Wide Format rep to say who is manufacturing them, but they did say they weren't GelSprinters after I pressed and asked the questions 3x.

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SalesServiceGuy · 12/14/097:58 PM

Yes, Toshiba projectors are gone, at least in Canada. Industry prices and volumes have collapsed from a few years ago and it is not worth the overhead costs to support them.

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