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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

 

This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Third Week of July 2009

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As previously mentioned, the New Lanier East DSM (Tara Zailo), came from IKON where she was a Digital Support Rep and Trainer. In order to assume DSM responsibilities, she will need immediate training from her new counterparts. I look forward to observe her skill sets. She will handle TGI Office Automation, the RFG East Region's newest #1 revenue producing dealership after the loss of Comdoc...more here

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WEekend Copier Notes from 07/19/09

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- Requires a contract that allows Okidata to place its hardware where it deems necessary Konica Minolta’s Graphic Imaging Division announced it will market PuzzleFlow solutions for the newspaper industry. PuzzleFlow software products manage newspaper prepress workflows. PostNet, which has 400 franchise mailing locations in the U.S., and 450 more worldwide, announced it will launch a new digital printing services program to its members. The new service will allow stores to receive print jobs
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RICOH DEMONSTRATES COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY WITH

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energy efficiency and incorporating hardware and software solutions that reduce paper waste. This can also include consolidating excess stand alone imaging equipment (copiers, printers, faxes, scanners) into fewer, energy efficient multifunctional-based product workgroups and implementing scan-to-distribute solutions to reduce the amount of hard-copy output. “Long before ‘green was the new black,’ Ricoh invested time, money and other resources into examining our business operations and lessening
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Equitrac Express Print Management Solution Reduces Print Costs by 45% on Private Scho

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established in 1958 and has a staff of 90 that supports 910 students. About Equitrac Corporation Making documents count for over 30 years, Equitrac is the leading provider of solutions to authenticate, authorize and account for use of today's multifunction printers, copiers, faxes and scanners. We're home to the best-funded R&D program, global alliances with leading manufacturers and the largest team of print management experts in the world. Equitrac device-embedded and terminal-based software works with
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RICOH IMPROVES BUSINESS PROCESSES WITH OMTOOL’S ACCUROUTE CAPTURE AND DISTRIBUTION

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efficiently and reduce the complexity associated with document workflows.” One of three Ricoh alliance programs, RiSVP, developed in cooperation with Ricoh solution partners and Ricoh’s direct and dealer channels, focuses on two key areas: expansion of channel marketing opportunities for RiSVP members and simplifying solution access for Ricoh sales channels. By providing RiSVP member products directly from Ricoh, the direct and dealer channels have more opportunities for new revenue growth and
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RICOH INTRODUCES DOCUCLASS EXPRESS DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

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deliver feature rich, cost-effective solutions that enable our customers to improve business processes and stay competitive in today’s marketplace.” One of three Ricoh Alliance programs, RiSVP, developed in cooperation with Ricoh solution partners and Ricoh’s direct and dealer channels, focuses on two key areas: expansion of channel marketing opportunities for RiSVP members and simplifying solution access for Ricoh sales channels. By providing RiSVP member products directly from Ricoh, the
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RICOH LAUNCHES PRO 907EX/PRO 1107EX/PRO 1357EX DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS

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improved finishing features. An extension of Ricoh’s commitment to production printing, the series is designed to better meet the present needs of the demanding marketplace. Built upon proven technology, the series exhibits high productivity, versatile finishing, and increased durability. The Ricoh Pro 907EX/Pro 1107EX/Pro 1357EX leads the market in print speed with 135 pages-per-minute (ppm), and offers faster performance due to its enhanced memory architecture, which includes a standard 512
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RICOH LAUNCHES AFICIO SP C820DN / SP C821DN SERIES COLOR LASER

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provider of digital office equipment, today announced the availability of its Ricoh Aficio SP C820DN and SP C821DN Color Laser Printer Series. Ricoh’s newest color laser printers are an upgrade over the previous Aficio CL7200 and SP C811DN models and offer large workgroups an upgraded engine design based off the CL7200 engine, which produces faster warm-up times and first print times. The SP C820DN and SP C821DN eliminates the need for outsourcing as the printers produce high quality prints up to
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Wide Format Webinar!

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& software, and provide you with information needed to sell color multifucntional wide format systems, color scanners, color plotters, and many AEC software solutions. personally I have been selling Paradigm products for the last two years and their products have filled the gap when I could not place a Ricoh product and I have benefited from sales leads and sales for color wide format multifucntional systems. Paradigm Imaging will be giving away a free Canon scanner (details to come) at each
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Re: Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On

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Luckily, the talented former Savin Brand Manager that was forced out of the RFG East Region by the RVP, has landed a new position within RISO: http://beta.bertl.com/web/news...AF56094BEB9A?id=2862 The 'Ricoh' memebers of the RFG East Region are now sipping Margaritas on their Prestige Club Trip and no 'Savin' or 'Lanier' Sales / Support team members were awarded the trip (and they HAD the numbers). Just one 'Savin' salesperson got the Trip and she enjoys Margaritas. Smoke those Cubans while you
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Re: KIP Merging with Sharp

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KIP has a very strong relationship with Konica Minolta, would find merging with Sharp to be stunning news
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Re: KIP Merging with Sharp

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That is avery good point about the current relationship with Konica Minolta. However, when KIP's year over year revenue is down by 55% to 60%, due to economic factors within markets where these products play, KIP may need another distribution partner (i.e. SHARP). I am still waiting for confirmation (or denial) at this time.
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Re: The Cleansing

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Region at Ricoh after the 'Savin' and 'Lanier' salespeople were forced out of the company. Let's play "Can you identify the trend?"
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Re: RICOH INTRODUCES DOCUCLASS EXPRESS DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

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direct and dealer channels. "By providing RiSVP member products directly from Ricoh, the direct and dealer channels have more opportunities for new revenue growth and simplified sales operations," the company said in a statement. The initial licensing package for DocuClass Express MFP includes three user licenses and one MFP Link license for interface to Ricoh MFPs. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) licenses and auditing can be added separately. The suggested selling price of DocuClass Express
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Xerox names CFO as vice chairman

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NORWALK, Conn. - Xerox Corp. said Thursday that its board has named its chief financial officer as vice chairman of the corporation. Lawrence Zimmerman will continue his job as CFO and add the vice chairman title, which is a non-board role. Xerox said the move recognizes his significant contributions to the company, where Zimmerman has worked since 2002.
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Key Bank is leaving copier market. Here is their response to dealers about upgrades

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Key Bank is leaving copier market. Here is their response to dealers about upgrades http://financingsolutions.rsys...HgKqFtHkmpgnkhNiDJht
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Kodak Ricoh rumor

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Anyone know if there is any truth to the rumor that the IKON and RBS folks have been told there will be no more Kodak gear once current inventory is sold off?
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Paradigm Imaging's Incredible FLEX Deal!

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Intel Core 2 Quad-core 2.4 Ghz processor Adjustable, space-saving Ergo Stand 15” Touch screen and mini keyboard with touch pad PLUS... ° $300 SPIFF ° $300 OFF Canon Printers Hurry, this deal is only good while supplies last! *Discounts apply only to the Canon imagePROGRAF models listed above AND only when purchased with a Flex-SK200 system. Offer available only while supplies last. Pricing is not retroactive. Dealer account must be in good standing to qualify for this program. 1590 Metro Drive
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KIP Merging with Sharp

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Has anyone seen confirmation in writing on this?
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Bondholder loans save CIT, for now

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Bondholder loans save CIT, for now by Lisa Fleisher and Joseph R. Perone/The Star-Ledger Tuesday July 21, 2009, 11:32 AM For decades, CIT Group was the company that helped finance businesses with specific needs -- such as retailers stocking shelves with fall fashions or law firms buying heavy-duty copiers -- often when other lenders refused. Now, the company with corporate offices in Livingston has turned to Wall Street to get last-ditch funding of its own, after Washington refused. Analysts
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New Océ device speeds up professional document workflow

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, including bringing outsourced printing back in-house. The new Océ VarioLink 9522 device is a robust and versatile solution to meet those demanding printing challenges and also provides an easy-to-use, secure, department-based scan and distribution solution for document workflows in the enterprise,” said Thomas O’Neill, Vice President, Product and Strategic Marketing, Océ North America, Document Printing Systems. “The Océ VarioLink 9522 MFP gets large print jobs done quickly and, with its wide array of
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Re: Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On

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It appears as if they had the candidate who supported IKON waiting in the wings to fill the position of Savin Brand Manager, when the former Savin employee was forced to leave. There are only six legacy 'Savin' and 'Lanier' Dealer Division employees remaining in the ever-changing RFG East Region (Indirect) and the 'cleansing' is almost complete.
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Re: WEekend Copier Notes from 07/19/09

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quote: Ricoh launched a new program called “The Total Green Office Solution” claiming it will reduce efficiencies for customers. Heck, we've had that program for years!
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Re: Kodak Ricoh rumor

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Geez, I know there is a partnership with Ricoh and Kodak in the EU. I have not heard of anything like that here. Has anyone else heard anything like this?
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Re: Kodak Ricoh rumor

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FIL, RBS has been told that there are no more Ricoh Scanners being produced and the "recommended" vendor is Fujitsu and there are plans in the works to more deeply engage Fujitsu.
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Re: Unable to Duplex Print from Mac 10.5 using InDesig

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InDesign's knowledge base says Duplex printing Printer-specific features such as duplex printing are available when you click the Printer button in the Print dialog box. Duplex printing is available only if the printer supports it. For information on duplex printing, see your printer documentation. If you acquired the driver through Mac's library, you may want to download and install the latest driver after installing the ppd.
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Re: Hot Spot Printers

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The print job remains in the queue for 72 hours I believe. Admin can also delete them.
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Re: RICOH LAUNCHES PRO 907EX/PRO 1107EX/PRO 1357EX DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS

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It's nice to have this type of equipment, but how many of the dealerships out there are really supporting production print? Not just taking on the units and having techs trained, but full time production print specialists and a support staff?
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Re: Wide Format Webinar!

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Here's the specs on the Canon Color Scanner: http://www.usa.canon.com/consu...35&modelid=18125 Specifications Scanner Specifications Scanner Type Flatbed Scanner Element Color Contact Image Sensor (CIS) Light Source Three-color (RGB) LED Features 180-degree Open, 3-Way Position, Auto Scan Mode, Filing Function, Film Adapter Unit, Image Correction, One-plug Scanning Scanner Buttons Copy, Scan, PDF, E-mail Max. Resolutions Optical: 9600 x 9600 dpi1 film Interpolated: 19,200 x....
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