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Weekend Copier Notes from 08/16/09
Neal ·
of 135 people in 9 different offices. After losing millions trying to launch its HD-DVD format, Toshiba announced that it will instead adopt its rival’s technology, and begin making Blu-Ray HD players, which was invented by Sony. Despite the weak economy, variable data software maker, DirectSmile of Berlin, Germany, announced double digit sales growth, as more printshops migrate to digital production print systems. Their new Director of Marketing is Franziska Muller, formerly of Konica Minolta.
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Konica Minolta, CTWP Put Printing Technology to Work in "100 Percent Green" Office
Art Post (Guest) ·
C253 color multifunctional products (MFPs - print, copy, fax, and scan all in one system), now being used within their all new, 100 percent green office building. CTWP, a local Konica Minolta dealer partner, was able to improve on its already successful 30-year relationship with the Waco Chamber of Commerce, with the recent installation of two new bizhub MFPs at the Waco Chamber of Commerce's 100 percent green building. The Greater Waco Chamber is an advocate for green business practices and
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Canon salesperson does more than just sell copiers
Art Post (Guest) ·
they're spending per print on that printer. We also did it for faxes. Give me examples of how you use that information to lower a company's costs? We can figure out which printers or copiers use the most toner and shift the print jobs to the machines that are least expensive to use. Let's say customers are printing everything on single-sided paper. A way to cut costs on paper is to print everything double-sided. And it's good for the environment. Instead of faxing things, they can scan it and e
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"How to Increase Sales & Profits for Color Wide Format Print, Scan & Copy".
Art Post (Guest) ·
& 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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EFI SOLUTIONS PASS RIGOROUS RICOH DEVELOPER PROGRAM COMPATIBILITY TESTING
Art Post (Guest) ·
software vendors, Ricoh Major-Strategic Accounts, and colleges and universities. Members have access to the support, tools and services needed to integrate new or existing solutions with Ricoh hardware and software products. About EFI EFI (www.efi.com) is the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation. EFI's award-winning solutions, integrated from creation to print, deliver increased performance, cost savings and productivity. The company's robust product portfolio includes
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CANON U.S.A. ACHIEVES NUMBER-ONE SPOT IN OVERALL U.S. COPIER MARKET SHARE IN 2008
Art Post (Guest) ·
Press Release CANON U.S.A. ACHIEVES NUMBER-ONE SPOT IN OVERALL U.S. COPIER MARKET SHARE IN 2008 For The Tenth Consecutive Year, Canon Captures The Top Ranking Lake Success, N.Y., March 16, 2009 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of digital imaging and office solutions, today announced that the Company is once again ranked first in the overall page copier market in the U.S. for 2008 with 21 percent of the market, according to Gartner’s Printer, Copier and MFP Quarterly Statistics Database
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New Xerox Presses Meet Increased Demand for High-Quality Digital Colour
Art Post (Guest) ·
leading document management technology and services enterprise. A $17.6 billion company, XeroxXerox provides the document industry's broadest portfolio of offerings. Digital systems include color and black-and-white printing and publishing systems, digital presses and "book factories," multifunction devices, laser and solid ink network printers, copiers and fax machines. XeroxXerox's services expertise is unmatched and includes helping businesses develop online document archives, analyzing how
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Inkgard™ Software Reduces Printing Costs Up to 75%
Art Post (Guest) ·
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iProlog Corporation, a leader in productivity enhancing and cost saving print technologies, has released Inkgard™ (http://www.Inkgard.com) print management software. Inkgard™ allows users to gain up to 300% more page prints using any inkjet or laser printer. With combined average cartridge costs of $601 or more, one Inkgard™ software license, at only $9.99 per year, can pay for itself2 over 8 times by the time the cartridges are only 50% used during the year. One ink
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Secure print software released by Canon
Art Post (Guest) ·
print job to.” Maddison also says that, “importantly, the new software, which is part of the popular uniFLOW Output Manager series, has an easy upgrade path for users seeking further functionality, such as usage reporting and intuitive printing rules/routing.” “The launch of uniFLOW SSP reflects Canon’s ongoing commitment to business customers of all size, enabling them to innovate their office technology to drive maximum productivity, security and cost saving in the long-term.”
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Re: Canon IR 7105 or 7110vp
Art Post (Guest) ·
printmgr Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Guys, I went an saw a demo on the Konica-Minolta Pro 1050e. This seems like a sweet machine. The sales rep said they have placements in environments up to 1.3-1.5 million per month... The price for one of these is about the price of two of the Canon iR7105's... Anyone have any advice of this model?
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Re: New Products from Canon
Art Post (Guest) ·
to any small business environment looking for a total solution in color printing, copying, scanning, faxing and networking. Designed with a stylish and sleek exterior, Canon PIXMA AIO printers not only save space and reduce power consumption, but add to the overall look of an office as well. For the real estate agent who needs to print out the latest floor plan and property photos or the restaurant owner looking to distribute an updated color menu with images, the Canon PIXMA MX7600 Office AIO
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Competing against the Xerox 4127 b/w production print system?
Art Post (Guest) ·
Competing against the Xerox 4127 b/w production print system? Pointers: - Recommended maximum monthly volume of only 600,000 per month - First copy out time is 3.5 seconds - The maximum size saddle stitched booklet is only 20 sheets - Drum yield is only 500,000 impressions
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Details on the finishers offered for the new Ricoh b/w production print models:
Art Post (Guest) ·
Details on the finishers offered for the new Ricoh b/w production print models: - The GB2000 perfect binder can glue bind up to 200 sheets of paper, and can trim 3 edges of book - booklet size of either 8.5”x11” or 8.5” x 5.5” - uses tray on top to insert cover material - top speed of 20 booklets per hour - unit takes 6.5 minutes to reach melt temperature - maximum paper weight handling of 163gsm for body, up to 300gsm for cover - does not support use of coated/glossy stock - the optional EFI
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TWIC "This Week in Canon"
Art Post (Guest) ·
Gathered from media sources from around the world, and a few moles! In an effort to increase slow sales of the Canon imagePRESS C1 color copier, Canon is advertising the unit as a way for hospitals and doctors to print out radiology images. Canon announced that the system is compatible with Virtual Imaging’s Cypher DICOM software. However, the press release stated “prints are not intended for diagnostic purposes”. Canon announced .... go here for rest
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Re: Weekend Copier Notes from 08/16/09
GMAN ·
"Sharp announced another copier dealer acquisition. This time the company acquired one of its own dealers, First Choice Business Machines, which has 8 locations in the Seattle, Washington area. All will be run by Dan Taylor. First choice also sold Oce’, Kyocera, and Ricoh made products, and was 30 years old." First Choice was a strong SAVIN Dealer that was giving Ricoh close to $5M on an annual basis. As a result, this is another significant blow to the Dealer side of the ledger.
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Re: Another Ricoh Dealer Takes on Konica Minolta
GMAN ·
Now, the RFG (Ricoh, Savin, Lanier) East Region is starting to lose Dealer partners to Konica Minolta. KenMark Office Systems, formerly a dedicated SAVIN (only) Authorized Dealer for over 25 years, added the Konica Minolta product line. Founded in 1983, Ken Pedicini and Mark Brainson established the company to provide everyday office needs to companies across Cape Cod and The Islands. KenMark will now offer Konica Minolta’s complete line of award-winning office systems, production print systems
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Canon U.S.A. imageRUNNER Models Receive 'Technician Recommended' Designations From In
Art Post (Guest) ·
Canon U.S.A. imageRUNNER Models Receive 'Technician Recommended' Designations From Industry Analysts, Inc. May 1, 2009 Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of digital imaging and office solutions, recently announced that its imageRUNNER 3035, imageRUNNER 5055 and imageRUNNER 7095 models received "Technician Recommended" designations from Industry Analysts, Inc. Each year, Industry Analysts, Inc., conducts its MFP Reliability Study of service managers from copier/MFP dealers and resellers to
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Canon IR 7105 or 7110vp
Art Post (Guest) ·
Here's an interested thread I picked up on another message board, please chime in... I DID printmgr Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3 Canon IR 7105 or 7110vp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi All, I am new to the forum, but been in the business now for 11 yrs. We have a medium size print shop and run around 900K (B&W) and only 20K per month color. We have (2) Ricoh Aficio 2090's that we seem to call service on quite a bit (3 times per
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Canon will introduce four new imagePROGRAF
Art Post (Guest) ·
markets, these new space-saving printers produce a diverse range of complex, technical documents. Built for speed, quality and ease of use, the printers are designed to simplify large format printing. On-board support for HP-GL/2 and HP-RTL files gives each model the capability to meet the demands of any professional with a need for printing complex full-colour renderings, CAD drawings, GIS maps and other large format graphics quickly, easily and with remarkable detail. The iPF650/iPF655 machines
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Off the Clock
Art Post (Guest) ·
sales wouldn’t afford me the time I wanted with my family,” he said. A native New Orleanian, he returned home in July 2008 from Washington state to become sales manager for Ikon Office Solutions, where he manages a team of eight representatives who cover the greater New Orleans area selling and servicing document management solutions such as copiers, printers, fax machines and scanners. Do you ever feel like people forget office equipment is technology? Definitely. On any given day, people still
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Kyocera Mita Corporation holds its second annual regional meeting in Amman
Art Post (Guest) ·
hospitality' Mr. Basim Said, Offtec Managing Director, Kyocera's dealer in Jordan, welcomed Kyocera team saying: 'It is an honour for us to host this important meeting for the second time in Jordan. This meeting enabled us to learn from the experiences of different markets and improve Offtec's abilities to deliver optimum business services in digital copiers, printers and document management solutions' Kyocera Corporation has a group of businesses globally ranging from fine ceramic and semi conductor
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PHOTIZO GROUP TO LAUNCH ITS SECOND ANNUAL TRACKING STUDY ON EUROPEAN MANAGED PRINT SE
Art Post (Guest) ·
.” The Photizo Group defines Managed Print Services as the outsourcing of hardware devices, services, supplies and, most importantly, management of the “fleet.” This rapidly growing market represents a fundamental shift in the purchase process and buying power centers for copiers, printers, MFPs, and faxes, as well as in the business model for vendors and the channel. “We project that the MPS market in Western Europe will more than double by 2012,” said Crowley. “With the overall imaging market
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Xerox iGen4 to Drive Higher Response Rates
Art Post (Guest) ·
detail on recent home sales in the neighborhood, it makes for a much more powerful piece," said Pardo. Specialist Printing & Direct Mail identified two significant reasons for purchasing the iGen4 press - image quality and automated processes. According to Pardo, customers immediately noticed the image quality, which he says is smoother than other digital systems and similar to offset prints. Several components of the iGen4 press, including auto density control and advanced color profiling
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Kyocera Adds Customizable Apps To Taskalfa MFPs
Art Post (Guest) ·
deploy custom operation panel interfaces for end-user customers. PanelPlus also provides the integration of assigned settings to automate scanning tasks or workflows. In addition, PanelPlus boosts printer performance by providing preprogrammed one-touch buttons that include scan to e-mail, scan to SMB (PC) or scan to FTP destinations. Yet another new app integrates Equitrac Office and Equitrac Express products for print tracking and cost recovery. The third app, the Kyocera PrintQ Manager (PQM
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Print Audit "MIF" Review Webinar!
Art Post (Guest) ·
that show you how much dealers are increasing their revenues. It then details the incredible value that your customers receive by implementing print management into their environments. Finally, you will be taught how to take the MIF Review to your customers right away through a customer presentation that will be given to each participant. Every day Print Audit dealers increase their hardware sales “click” volumes by introducing their customers to print management. Print Audit dealer’s customers
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Photizo Group to Launch Second Annual Tracking Study on European Managed Print Servic
Art Post (Guest) ·
, services, supplies and, most importantly, management of the "fleet." This rapidly growing market represents a fundamental shift in the purchase process and buying power centers for copiers, printers, MFPs, and faxes, as well as in the business model for vendors and the channel. "We project that the MPS market in Western Europe will more than double by 2012," said Crowley. "With the overall imaging market experiencing little or no growth, it is evident that Managed Print Services will become
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Re: New Products from Canon
Art Post (Guest) ·
Canon U.S.A. on Monday announced its ImageClass D1100 series desktop black and white printers. The four new devices are going on sale in April. The D1120, D1150, D1170 and D1180 will cost US$600, $700, $900 and $1000 respectively. ImageClass D1150The new Imageclass D1100 line is aimed at workgroups, small businesses and home offices looking for desktop copier/printers. All of the new devices share some common traits: Duplex print and copy speeds of up to 30 pages per minute (ppm), and first
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Re: New Products from Canon
Art Post (Guest) ·
C1022 Series. The new Color imageRUNNER Series, which is built upon the Canon imageCHIP (Concurrent Hyper Intelligent Platform) Lite system architecture, combines the capabilities of single function printers, stand-alone Fax devices, scanners and copiers into one user-friendly, high image quality multifunction device. The Color imageRUNNER C1022 Series deliver exceptional letter-sized output speeds of up to 22 pages-per-minute (ppm) in monochrome and color, and accurate color scanning at up to
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New White Paper on Selling Wide Format from Art
Art Post (Guest) ·
I just uploaded this document to Industry Propsals and Quotes Forum Strategies, Print Tracking, Links, Finding Potential Clients, Direct Mail, Telemarketing, Trade Associations, Getting the Appointment, What Happens at the Appointment, Key Features, Closing the Sale, Creative Tips (my fav) and a glossary.
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Canon to streamline design, product data systems: report
Art Post (Guest) ·
Reuters) - Canon Inc will spend about 25 billion yen to streamline its design and product data systems in the company in 2010 and expects savings of more than 100 billion yen over three years, the Nikkei business daily reported. The electronics manufacturer will consolidate its two 3-D CAD (computer-aided design) systems as well as standardize those for managing product data, the newspaper said. The Nikkei also said a production data system that handles output, orders and other information will
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Business Technology Group - Now Hiring Sales Professionals
MMechura ·
Opportunity to write your own ticket: -Located in Central NJ- 25 year technician with excellent customer base seeking EXPERIENCED office equipment sales people. Partnership opportunities are also available for the right candidate(s). Realize the highest commissions in the industry as well as the ability to sell all office solutions including; IT, Computer Hardware and Software Solutions, office infrastructure, a full line of Office Equipment, Printers, Wide Format, etc. Training is available
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MFP Wars "Death of the A3 MFP"
Art Post (Guest) ·
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 MFP Wars "Death of the A3 MFP" You've read about them, you've seen them in the field, and you've heard some manufacturers dismiss A4 MFP devices as a flash in the pan. HP started the A4 MFP trend a few years ago by releasing the HP4345 (I hope that model number is correct), Samsung followed with their own A4 MFP design which is also sold by Xerox and Muratec. Hold on a moment we're talking about high speed A4 MFP's not the small printer centric stuff sold at superstores
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InfoPrint Solutions Company Launches InfoPrint Pro C900AFP Color Cutsheet Printer
Art Post (Guest) ·
important in driving new industry initiatives like TransPromo and in the creation of invoices, personalized collateral and direct mail. For more information on the InfoPrint Pro C900AFP, please visit http://www.infoprintsolutionsc...int_ipproc900home_us ### About InfoPrint Solutions Company InfoPrint Solutions Company is a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh built on IBM’s 50 years in the production print space and Ricoh’s excellence in technology innovation. Go to www.infoprint.com for more
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Panasonic Debuts High-Speed, Extreme-Value, Laser MFP Workhorse
Art Post (Guest) ·
SECAUCUS, NJ August 17, 2009 — Panasonic Communications Company of North America (PCCNA) today raised the multifunction product (MFP) performance bar with the introduction of the KX-MB3020, which is optimized for the small business and home office environments. With a $499 MSRP this unit includes a laser monochrome printer, copier, and color scanner complete with integrated fax and networking capabilities. The KX-MB3020, the latest addition to Panasonic's AIO (All In One) business performance
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Managed Print Service for $9.95 a Year?
Art Post (Guest) ·
both commercial and consumer use, the answer was yes. Inkgard is software that actually allows the end user to dial their savings from the print driver. Inkgard claims that a setting of 75% savings will allow one cartridge to output as many pages as the equivalent of .......... go here for rest of blog
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TWIX "This Week in Xerox"
Art Post (Guest) ·
Friday, August 21, 2009 TWIX "This Week in Xerox" Gathered from media sources from around the world, and a few moles! The VP of Xerox Canada, Mel Thompson, has raised $150,000 by riding his bicycle across the country this summer. When Xerox acquired Global Imaging, one of the dealers in the Global portfolio was Southern Business Communications. This is an Atlanta, Georgia area dealer that specialized in selling white boards. Xerox has decided to rename the company, Xerox Audio Visual Solutions
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Sharp gives new Frontier series to VAR's!!
Art Post (Guest) ·
Artpost Moderator Registered: 09/16/08 Posts: 535 12/29/08 at 10:19 AM Reply with quote #1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharp announced that it will allow computer dealers to sell its new Frontier series of A4 color laser MFPs. They will be called “DX” models instead of “MX”. (this move will certainly not please traditional Sharpcopier dealers) __________________ Winners make things happen and losers wait for things to happen!
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