This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in July 2008

savings and productivity. The company's robust product portfolio includes Fiery(R) digital color print servers; VUTEk(R) superwide digital inkjet printers, UV and solvent inks; Jetrion(R) industrial inkjet printing systems; print production workflow and management information software; and corporate printing solutions. EFI maintains 26 offices worldwide. About Ricoh Americas Corporation Ricoh Americas Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the

continually exploring innovative software solutions for today’s ever changing MFP market. About Ricoh Americas Corporation Ricoh Americas Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 72-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2007 sales in excess of $22 billion, an 7.3 percent increase over the previous year. Ricoh Americas Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions. Ricoh’s fully

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., July 1, 2008 – Addressing the growing needs of fast-paced enterprise environments, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of digital office imaging systems and solutions, today introduced the monochrome imageRUNNER 3245/3245i/3235/3235i/3230/3225 MFPs. Designed to deliver the advanced features and functionality that workgroups and small business are demanding, these imageRUNNER models incorporate a new robust system architecture, support advanced digital workflows and come

PLEASANTON, Calif., June 23, 2008 - Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today announced two new easy-to-use scanners that help users boost office productivity by scanning, e-mailing and copying documents at the touch of a single button. The Xerox DocuMate(r) 515 is a color flatbed scanner with a hinged lid that opens to scan large items directly on the glass and an automatic document feeder (ADF) that scans 15 pages per minute (ppm). The Xerox DocuMate(r) 150 is a color sheetfed scanner with ADF that

West Caldwell, NJ, June 19, 2008 – Ricoh Americas Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, announced today that its Priport series was recognized in BERTL’s Best 2008 awards as a top performer in the Best Digital Duplicator Product Line category. In its 13th year, BERTL’s Best Awards recognize the most innovative and highest quality products in the printing industry. Ricoh’s Priport series sets itself apart from the competition, as it is the industry’s only digital

I heard yet another rumor regarding the purchase of IKON by Canon Corp. I just heard they have a prelim agreement... Has anyone heard the same?

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I have a licenced disk for MCE -XP but it doesnt work on Vista. Can someone provide a patch or fix for this.

Dear Customer Opportunity Generator (COG) User: I'm excited to announce that the TCO FullView Tool, the replacement for COG 1 and COG 2, will be launching soon. Many new features have been added. It's easier to use, more import options are available, and accuracy has been enhanced for both printers and MFPs. With all these improvements it's important to note that saved scenarios from COG 2 will not transfer to the new TCO FullView Tool. If anyone needs their saved scenarios from COG 2 they will

versatile functionality, simplified operation, and superior reliability. The Aficio MP C6000/C7500 are designed to support the document workflow and productivity needs of today’s networked general business offices, as well meet the light production requirements of Central Reproduction Departments (CRD) and Print for Pay environments. The Aficio MP C6000/C7500 with the 7075R MicroPress Connectivity Kit are the latest additions of Ricoh’s diverse color product line up that combine complete production

Ever had a customer that wanted to export their address from outlook and put them into the MFP easily? If so attached are some instructions that will assist on accomplishing just that! How about those customers that want to export a portion of their LDAP Address book and load it into the MFP Address book for simplified use? Go here: documentmall account: art_post username: p4pusers password: goodpals Select P4P user Cabinet, then slect Ricoh folder and then select file named "Different Wayt to

From within Plotbase, we enable the Tray Tolerance feature to allow a customer with drawings measuring 30.08" wide to print on 30" rolls. The HELP section said that the maximum tolerance is 65 pixels which is approximately 11mm for a 150dpi file. One of my questions is whether the 150dpi refers to the original file size or the 600dpi that it's going to print? Secondly, how does the 65 pixel rule play out if the original file is 600dpi? Anyone know anything about this?

We use Tray Tolerance too (and always turn it on, I wish both it and inch mode would be default for the U.S. distro. hint, hint, Rick Sorry, I do not have the answer to your question about dpi used. But I recommend NOT usnng oversize pages, instead set the printable area to max within the printer driver or PC3. Here's why. This is a related issue we came across last week. The cust had a page templte set up at 36.04" x 24.04", and it printed fine for a couple of years, until they tried to use

The drawings my customer is printing are downloaded from bid sites and so the size is not within their control. Thanks for the info on the CAD drawing. BTW, what don't you like with 3.7?

There is a firmware update that enables "forced print" After the update til printer will print the page even if the print size and the paper size does not match Maybe this will do the trick..

Thanks for the info. I don't think that this will work for my customer though. He wants the machine to be smart enough to print a smaller print on the wider roll but not print the wider drawing on the smaller roll and lose image. My understanding of the forced print is that the controller will print regardless of whether there is paper to accommodate or not.

I have been hearing VERY strong rumors for about 6-8 months. Should know more in a few days. All the Canon employees are in NY at a meeting. I think it is going to happen before the end of the year.

Well, it only makes sense, that Canon too needs to protect thier market. Its very interesting.