This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago
First Week of September 2007
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Over the weekend I picked up the BTA magazine for August. In that article was an interview or Q&A with Oscar Sanchez (CEO) of Kyocera Document Solutions America. Cutting to the chase one of the dealer questioned posed to Oscar.
"The Kyocera A4 has been non-existent for the last several months. We have been informed that little or no product will be available for the balance of this year"
One of Oscars responses stated that in the last quarter April to June of this year Kyocera shipped 25,000 A4 devices. Okay, I thought does that mean 25,000 to the USA or was that worldwide? How about their A4 partners like Ricoh, does that number include A4 MFPs that went to Ricoh USA also? How about the other partners?
I can accept that he meant the USA market place, which means 8,000 MFPs was the monthly average. Does that mean.....more coming later this week
-=Good Selling=-
Enjoy These Excellent Copier Threads from Fifteen Years Ago This Week!
Konica Minolta Launches bizhub PRO C5500 Color Production Print System
Art Post (Guest) ·
centers (CRDs), quick printers (print-for-profit), commercial printers, and corporate data centers. The bizhub PRO C5500 speaks directly to Konica Minolta’s commitment to providing digital production printing systems of the highest quality yet at extremely affordable prices. “Following in the footsteps of the highly successful bizhub PRO C6500, the bizhub PRO C5500 will continue to redefine the price/performance curve for color production print systems.” said Kevin P. Kern, vice president, product
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PRINT DIRECTOR SOFTWARE RECEIVES FIVE STAR RATING
Art Post (Guest) ·
can install the software onto potential customers’ networks to discover existing devices and determine output volumes. In addition, Print Director can also be used by companies to monitor their own activity and limit the number of copies, prints, faxes and scans employees can make. Print Director can even establish a print management plan based on established guidelines to help reduce printing costs. Ricoh’s Print Director is currently available at the suggested retail price of $740 for a 10
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Re: Ricoh Rumor!! New Strategy?
Art Post (Guest) ·
these types of units from Samsung, HP, Xerox (relabled Samsung) and Muratec (relabled Samsung) are needed and their should be more of them. There is no need for an 11x17 foot print for the verticle markets that I described. Ricoh, and Canon need to step up to plate and give the customers what they need and want. It's said that 77% of all MFP users do not need 11x17. One other note, for the price these systems allowed me to place units and beat the competition badly. I heard that a few reps stated
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Samsung 6345N Review!
Art Post (Guest) ·
from Samsung, HP, Xerox (relabeled Samsung) and Muratec (relabeled Samsung) are needed and their should be more of them. There is no need for an 11x17 foot print for the vertical markets that I described. Ricoh, and Canon need to step up to plate and give the customers what they need and want. It's said that 77% of all MFP users do not need 11x17. One other note, for the price these systems allowed me to place units and beat the competition badly. I heard that a few reps stated they did not no
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Re: Konica Minolta Launches bizhub PRO C5500 Color Production Print System
Art Post (Guest) ·
Offset and Digital Printing Using JDF-based connectivity, the IC-304 Controller offers a single workflow for both traditional offset and digital printing. This enables error-free integration for higher productivity, lower costs and increased profitability. The IC-304 integrates easily with leading offset printing workflows including Konica Minolta’s Printgroove Production Workflow Software, KODAK PRINERGY and KODAK BRISQUE Workflow Systems and other workflows through the Print On-Demand Solutions
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RICOH RECEIVES CMP CHANNEL’S VARBUSINESS ANNUAL
Art Post (Guest) ·
were given out during a ceremony at the CMP Channel's XChange ’07 Conference in Orlando, Florida on August 21. About Ricoh’s Printing Solutions Division The Printing Solutions Division (PSD) of Ricoh Americas Corporation is committed to meeting the critical needs of the company’s resellers and their customers by providing world-class printers and multifunction solutions that enhance document workflow. The PSD offers resellers that are Ricoh Reward Members a wide variety of marketing and support
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Re: Konica Minolta Launches bizhub PRO C5500 Color Production Print System
Art Post (Guest) ·
RAMSEY, N.J. – September 4, 2007 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies, today introduced the bizhub™ C30PX and bizhub C30P, the first in a series of bizhub network printers designed to expand Konica Minolta’s portfolio of bizhub imaging solutions. Delivering superior print quality and fast color output at 31 pages per minute (ppm), the unveiling of the bizhub C30P series of laser printers marks the
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SDG Newsletter
Art Post (Guest) ·
VOL. 15, AUG./SEPT. '07 RICOH DEALER Printable Version (PDF) SOLUTIONS DEPLOYMENT GROUP The Solutions Deployment Group provides support to both the technical staff and solution sales teams of Ricoh’s distribution channels. SDG supports pre-sales solution deployment. SDG is also your key contact for the customization program, working directly with Level 3 support. SDG Web Site RICOH DEALER DEDICATED CONTACT LIST / ESCALATION LIST National Manager Ronald Kieler, Warren, MI. (973) 439-7875
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SAMSUNG ANNOUNCES NEW PRINTER VISION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF BUSINESS USERS
Art Post (Guest) ·
printing users through its growing product line of Professional Series Printers. “Samsung recognizes that laser printing solutions and color are the next revolution to the enhancement of business printing,” said J.H. Kim, President, Samsung’s Information Technology Division (ITD). “Samsung’s ability to control core hardware and software development, time to market, and manufacturing process, provides Samsung with a distinct flexibility advantage to create monochrome and new color MFP solutions
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Re: Sales Tips
Art Post (Guest) ·
Sales Pipeline: A sales pipeline is a very important concept in selling because it is the recognition of the origin and result of each sale. Each sale starts as a lead -- which is a phone number, a name, an email address, a referral or someone who walks into your store -- they are leads. From there, you qualify the lead, which means, you make sure this person is capable of becoming a customer -- either they have enough money or the right size outfit for your product. For instance, you might
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E-Copy 9.0 "What Are You Waiting For"?
Art Post (Guest) ·
Selling MFP's is a competitive business and it seems to be getting tougher every day..... for the reps who are only selling boxes or just upgrading existing clients! If can't separate yourself from the competition, your sales will and probably are in a downward spiral! rest of blog is here http://mfpsolutions.blogspot.com/
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MP161 network connection problem
Sypher (Guest) ·
Hey guys I am having a problem setting up a MP161SPF for scan to folder! First off the machine is able to print, copy, fax and lanfax as well as scan to mail!! The problem arises when I try to set up scan to folder using, either a pc name and or the IP, it keeps telling me that the connection has failed, IP Add is correct, Subnet is Correct, Gateway is correct. And the customers IP`s are all static. I tried connecting to my laptop as well with the same connection error, so I am pretty sure the
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Re: Ricoh Rumor!! New Strategy?
Art, do you get paid for clicks? Is your quota click oriented or sales revenue oriented?
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Re: B&W vs. Color pages
Without seeing the file, I don't know how anyone can offer advice on the print counter. Can you add it in as an attachment so we can verify the file is setup the way you describe?
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Mehtaanil
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Re: IS760D
Art Post (Guest) ·
All of the Ricoh scanners can do this with software, and there are many different types that can be used. One of the systems that can be used is GOBY from doculex, keep in mind that a bar code separtor page must be used/inserted betwwen the batches. Bar code information will contain file name, and indexing fields that you require. You can also use Document Mall with associated software. I do not know of any device that will do what you need without software. I reccomend contacting Doculex
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Re: What's the deal
***Update**** In reviewing the information, it seems I may have been wrong and that these machines do have the same as their predecessors. However, I never ran into this problem before now. I don't know if it has to do with the way the memory is shared or the fact that these machines are so inexpensive that they are stealing sales that should be handled by 25ppm machines. My only suggestion is to be aware of it before it becomes a problem.
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Re: MPC2000
The MP C2000 is simply a 20ppm version of the MP C2500/C3000. There will be no Fiery (EFI) model, but all other specs other than print/copy speed are the same, and all accessories are the same.
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Re: MP161 network connection problem
slim463 ·
Make sure WINS Server is turned off unless the customer has a WINS Server. Ricoh "out-of-the-box" have WINS ENABLED with the IP ADDRESS of 0.0.0.0. I have seen this to cause a DNS issue when trying to resolve names to IP address for PC on the network. Also, you MUST set the SMB Domain/workgroup correctly or it will not find any PC's on the LAN. The default SMB workgroup/domain name programmed in the MP161 is WORKGROUP. If that is not the customers workgroup/domain name then you WILL get that
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Re: PRINT DIRECTOR SOFTWARE RECEIVES FIVE STAR RATING
IT Dude ·
FYI- We have sold Print Director to two different customers and I have to say that we have been very pleased with it. From the installation to ease of use, it seems to be a very nice product.
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Please let me know if you have made a purchase of a machine any kind from Paradigm since they started advertising.
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MPC3000
Foxtrot ·
When printing from MSAccess the pages are printed in colour. MSExcel, etc is working fine. WE have tried pcl5/6 & rpcs. Any reason for this and how do i fix it? Thanks
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Advertiser Poll
Art Post (Guest) ·
Please, I need some help. Paradigm Imaging has been a great resource for me and helps pay for this site to stay open. Please answer the poll for me, also if you have bought more than one item please vote in the poll and then post s message in the response portion. Also, I would like to know if Paradigm Imaging is now your first choice for wide format systems other tan ricoh
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B&W vs. Color pages
dmurrah ·
We have an opportunity to upgrade a Toshiba 3511 that the customer is saying that out of a document with 2 color pages and 6 b&w pages the customer is being charged for 8 color pages. We told them that our machine (the MPC3500) would count 2 color and 6 b&w pages. when we tested it we got 3 color pages an 5 b&w. What are we missing?
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