This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

WEEKEND MFP INDUSTRY NOTES 11-2-08 The following is a quick review of copier/MFP industry news from industry publications. IKON, in a special meeting, approved the sale of the company to Ricoh Corp. for $1.6 billion. This means that shareholders will receive $17.25 per share. (now IKON sales reps await an announcement from Canon, as to the future of that relationship) Former IKON executive, Bill Carpou, was hired as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Profit Recovery Partners, which is a

In the weekend copier notes it stated that Kyocera was no longer selling their equipment through IKON, I would imagine Canon and Konica Minolta wouldn't be too far behind.

PhotoPlus 2008, New York, October 23, 2008 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of office imaging systems, inkjet technology and digital photography equipment, today unveiled the new imagePROGRAF iPF6200, a 24-inch wide large format printer using 12 colors of LUCIA pigment ink, designed for photographic and graphic arts professionals. The iPF6200 is the latest addition to Canon’s successful line of imagePROGRAF printers. The iPF6200 utilizes Canon’s groundbreaking LUCIA color pigment ink

Has this hurt anyone yet? Are you seeing more pressure from Canon trying to take your exisitng customers. I have lost one account due to very aggressive pricing and the Canon rebate. Art

was charged with theft by a public servant, over $200,000, in connection with those same copiers, which because of her public servant status is a first-degree felony. The third category of illegal activity was the May, 2003 conversion by Thetford and Stavely of Xerox printers belonging to SFDRCISD which had a value between $20,000 and $100,000. Again, Stavely was indicted for third-degree theft and Thetford for first-degree theft by a public servant. District Attorney Fred Hernandez headed the

Engine is made by Fujifilm of Japan While b/w speed is 55ppm, the top color speed is only 40ppm Does not offer true 8 bits per pixel Top color scan speed of only 50ipm No EFI Fiery print server option (end users instead must buy the Xerox DocuColor 252) Comes standard with only 512MB RAM First copy out time for color is 8.9 seconds and 5.5 seconds for b/wUSB port is an option Optional fax does not have battery backup to preserve inbound faxes Paper drawers can only hold up to 110lb. index (can

Well, I'm gonna try and make a long story short! We have the opportunity to buy a 240W with no print, no scan, has a roll feeder off lease. This customer upgraded to another wide format and I also had to pay the return ship fee ($500). Im ok with that as long as the unit is going back! We would pay $2,954 for a system that has 7,000LF on it and is 3 years old. Machine is in excellent condition (1 user only). I asked my people (ughh) to look at it and tell me if it can go out the door right away

Ricoh Completes Acquistion of IKON Office Solutions Ricoh Americas Corporation Press Release Ricoh Company, Ltd's president & CEO: Shiro Kondo today announced that it has completed its previously announced $1.6 billion acquisition of IKON Office Solutions, Inc. through Ricoh’s wholly owned U.S. distribution subsidiary, Ricoh Americas Corporation. As a result of the merger, IKON is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh Americas Corporation. The transaction was approved by IKON shareholders at a

Author: This Article is written by John C. Arkin from PrintCountry, the contributor of Ink & Printer Reviews. More information on the subject is at The History of Ricoh Company, Ltd., and related resources can be found at Ricoh Ink Cartridges.

Tips from the trenches to keep your copier career on track A slow economy doesn't necessarily translate to slow sales, but it does mean that salespeople need to work smarter and harder to keep their numbers up. A few tips for sales success during recessionary times: 1. 1. Increase your sales activity. This one is a no-brainer. No matter what the market does, there are still sales to be had, but you won't get them sitting at your desk and moping over your stock portfolio. In order to keep your

quote: Originally posted by mriles: Art, Sometime next year, don't you think that there will be more cuts in the Ricoh organization. This should happen when the RBS locations and the IKON locations are blended into one office, one admin staff, one service staff and one sales organization. All of this will be brought about in order to keep cost down and to recoup the $1.6 billion purchase of IKON. I would think so, unless they let Ikon operate like Global, the IKON name recognition in Major

Key points to remember: Has speed of 51ppm for b/w or color Does not offer true 8 bits per pixel Standard print controller only provides PCL print driver, so PostScript is an expensive option Paper drawers can hold up to 110lb. index only (can not handle 10point) Paper drawers do not have paper size sensors Only comes standard with two paper drawers First color copy out time of 8 seconds First b/w copy out time of 6. 2 seconds Document encryption capability is not standard Optional fax only has

I installed a Savin 2404 with the embedded controller at a satellite office, that needs to print from "Image Site". Thier old machine was a older Xerox unit and it worked fine. Everything coming thru from Image Site prints only on 36 x 24 and the page orientation is incorrect. Evidently Image Site creates some type of printer profile, since they claim they don't use the device print drivers. Has anyone had any experience or luck with this software? Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.

Art, Sometime next year, don't you think that there will be more cuts in the Ricoh organization. This should happen when the RBS locations and the IKON locations are blended into one office, one admin staff, one service staff and one sales organization. All of this will be brought about in order to keep cost down and to recoup the $1.6 billion purchase of IKON.

quote: Originally posted by mriles: Art, Sometime next year, don't you think that there will be more cuts in the Ricoh organization. This should happen when the RBS locations and the IKON locations are blended into one office, one admin staff, one service staff and one sales organization. All of this will be brought about in order to keep cost down and to recoup the $1.6 billion purchase of IKON.

quote: Originally posted by Neal: (now IKON sales reps await an announcement from Canon, as to the future of that relationship) Wait no longer! "Effective upon the closing of the acquisition, the retail dealer agreements between Canon USA and IKON are terminated, and IKON is no longer an authorized retail dealer or authorized service provider for Canon-brand business equipment." They can sell out their inventory. Canon will give them parts and some technical support. I have heard they will not

I would have thought that Ricoh would have taken their time to merge the two, but with the state of the economy worldwide they may just decide to combine them sooner.

Canon is has already done. KM will probably let them keep their stuff based on what they did with Global.

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