This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in December 2008

. to strengthen its sales network in the U.S. after losing IKON to Ricoh. - Canon announced it has sold an imagePRESS C7000VP production color system to The Processors, a printshop in Irwindale, CA. - Kodak announced it has sold a NexPress S2500 production color system to Evergreen Printing of New Jersey. - More details on Memjet Technology, the company that promised to revolutionize the industry with a low cost, high speed color inkjet system: o was invented by Kia Silverbrook of Australia o

I picked this up from Vinces Blog on the Canon P4P Hotel Message Boards! Selling Value! December 4, 2008 As sales people we all have heard that if you aren’t “selling solutions” you are going to starve. Copiers have become a commodity. If you doubt it just ask someone who is not in the industry “what type of copier do you have?” The answer will either be I don’t know, or I think it is a…, so much for brand loyalty. They all pretty much do the same thing, copy, print, fax, scan to email, scan to

color documents at a low total cost of ownership, all of which our customers have come to expect from Ricoh products.” Organizations of all sizes must meet security standards and compliance regulations. Providing numerous levels of authentication that allow administrators to confirm user identity and control access to color printing, scanning and other functions, the Aficio MP C2050/MP C2550 helps businesses meet or exceed these requirements. Among the beneficial security features are Locked

IKON-Ricoh "Questions to Ask" I posted this on the blog today, got permission from Vince, its a good read and also a good way to combat against Global, all you have to do is change a few things around. The Canon Ikon letter has been out for a while now, and the following statement seems to be getting the most attention. “…Canon will continue to sell spare parts and supplies to IKON for three years, and will provide certain technical support to IKON for Canon brand business equipment for at

to them until now. The introduction of the MP C2050/C2550 allows Ricoh to continue our successful B2C conversion strategy. Providing color into the lower segments has given us the ability to provide a full suite of products from entry-level to light production environments. RICOH AFICIO MP C2050 & C2550 SERIES HIGHLIGHTS; Equal BW/FC speeds Compact Design Outstanding image quality using New PxP™ toner technology -- 1,200 dpi print resolution Fast warm-up and first copy out times Supports paper

New Scanner Offers Unprecedented Flexibility While Maintaining Highest Image Quality LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., December 2, 2008 – Continuing to advance its award-winning DR-Series Scanner line, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital document imaging and office solutions, today introduced the Canon imageFORMULA DR-7090C Universal Production Scanner. First previewed at the ARMA International Annual Conference last month, the Canon DR-7090C delivers incredible flexibility, image quality and

Does anyone have the latest CPP pricing for HP printers and MFP's?

Laser Printers & Cats "Something Has To Go"! I'll be the first to admit, I am NOT a cat lover. While these creatures are nice to look at they play havoc in my home office. See, it all started a few years ago when my wife thought she would do someone a favor and take their cat because they were moving. My wife didn't do much research to think that this cat would ever come out of the room (my office) when we have a 170lb RotMastiff roaming the house. She came home rest of blog here

I'm having some trouble with the site. has anyone been able to get the "add proposed ricoh equipment" to work?? For three months the site has said coming soon. To me the site is worthless unless I can generate and existing fleet and compare to custom fleet of Ricohs.

copier manufacturers in the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM). Depending on their dimensions, the printers are housed in a test chamber measuring one or 24 cubic meters. Particle analyzers count the particles and measure their size distribution. To discover the source, the researchers also examined modified printers that “print” without any paper or toner. “The amazing thing is that the ultra-fine particles are still produced even in this case

) printers and transaction terminals for the retail market. Founded in 1975, Epson America Inc. is the U.S. affiliate of Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, a global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality technology products that meet customer demands for increased functionality, compactness, systems integration and energy efficiency. Epson America Inc. is headquartered in Long Beach, Calif. Note: Specifications subject to change. Epson is a registered trademark and ReadyScan is a trademark of

This is your chance to let everyone know a little about yourself, inside and outside of your job. I'll start: Founder of the P4P Hotel, been in down the street sales for almost 29 nine years in the same area (Boring). I have one son, finally getting out of college, a wife, 4 miserable cats and one happy dog. I reside in HIghlands, NJ and can walk to beach. Art Post

Correct in a way. It really depends on how well your dealer principal can negotiate rates. Most leasing companies are within ticks of each other anyway. We choose to add points to our rates to add additional means of profit. Even with points our rates are competitive given our sales area. I feel at this point in time with where the market is USXL has the leasing game down.

How bout the Sharp SF741, you could make toast in the sucker and it even had a pair of tongs to remove the toast! (haha)

I had already posted the rates that CIT gave me for the 4th quarter. Bank of America sent me this the other day. I don't see the big increase that I did with CIT.

try this http://www.printer.com/ have you used ricohs ricohsaves web site yet. I can get the HP cpp but can't run a report from installed devices to Ricoh proposed devices.