This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago
Second Week of January 2010
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Weekend Industry Notes
Art Post (Guest) ·
************************************************************************************* Xerox, which is trying to increase sales of its wax copier, the ColorQube, recently revealed that it used HyperWorks software from Altair ProductDesign Inc. of Troy, Michigan, to design the print engine in the ColorQube. ************************************************************************************* One company sues another over a printer. Wet Enterprises of Sun Valley, CA, best known for designing the water fountains in Las Vegas casinos, sued Bren Instruments
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UPDATE 2-Hermes joins opposition to Canon's offer for Oce
Art Post (Guest) ·
support the transaction with Canon," the company, which competes with Xerox ( XRX.N ) and Konica Minolta ( 4902.T ), said in the statement. Canon in November offered 8.60 euros per share for the Dutch company, a 70 percent premium to the share price just before the bid. Canon said it would declare the offer for Oce unconditional if 85 percent of shares were tendered. Since the end of November, Oce shares have been hovering just below the bid price, indicating shareholders expect the offer to
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Xerox and On Demand Books Collaborate on Espresso Book Machine
Art Post (Guest) ·
Xerox and On Demand Books, maker of the Espresso Book Machine, have teamed up to jointly market and sell the EBM with the Xerox 4112™ Copier/Printer worldwide. Under the new agreement, the 21 stores and libraries that already use the EBM will not be required to switch to the 4112, although as On Demand CEO Dane Neller points out, it is faster than the Quasar printer. The 4112 prints 110 pages per minute and can produce a 300-page book in less than four minutes. By partnering with Xerox, On
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February 10th---- NEW Print Audit "MIF" Review Webinar!
Art Post (Guest) ·
. Every day Print Audit dealers increase their hardware sales “click” volumes by introducing their customers to print management. Print Audit dealer’s customers save millions of dollars while at the same time saving hundreds of thousands of trees, and all of the other environmental impacts created by making paper.” Art Post
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Canon hits Océ roadblock as shareholder objects to 'meagre' bid
Art Post (Guest) ·
Another potential hurdle has arisen in Canon's proposed acquisition of Océ, after Océ shareholder Hermes Focus Funds voiced its opposition to Canon's "meagre" bid. The news came as the Dutch digital press vendor posted a €23m (AU$36m) fourth-quarter loss, with company chairman Rokus van Iperen (pictured) forecasting that the digital printer sales market would " remain challenging" in 2010. In an open letter to the Canon and Océ boards, Hermes said it would not sell its 3.3% stake in Océ to
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Ricoh Launches Pro C720/C720s Color Production System
Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh Launches Pro C720/C720s Color Production System New Light Production Digital System Offers Affordable Alternative for Color Printing, Scanning, Copying and Document Storage WEST CALDWELL, N.J., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment, announced today the official launch of the RICOH® Pro C720/C720s, a production class multi-functional color system, the latest addition to Ricoh's Pro series of products, designed specifically for
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Canon Virginia Inc. names new president and CEO
Art Post (Guest) ·
Virginia to the next level of manufacturing excellence,” Azuma said in a statement. Azuma takes over following a major expansion. Canon recently opened a $600 million, 700,000-square-feet production facility in Newport News that will produce toner cartridges for laser printers in the North American market. Azuma began his career with Canon in 1983. In Newport News, he served as project leader for the development of IRT. In 2008, Azuma was named senior vice president and plant manager of Canon
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Xerox Caps 2009 with Outstanding Achievement Award for IT Friendliness
Art Post (Guest) ·
multifunction printer (MFP) was given a Global Outstanding Achievement Award from BLI, in recognition of the product's innovation. Xerox's iGen4™ 220 Perfecting Press earned a Future of Print Product Must See 'em Award at Print 09, the year's largest graphic communications event. Reliable Performance PCMag.com awarded the Phaser 7500/DN with a Best Printer Award for 2009. Xerox is the only vendor to have two printers included in the PCMag.com Best Products of 2009 Roundup - the Phaser 7500 and Phaser
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New Ricoh Color Plotter
Art Post (Guest) ·
goals - Performance, Precision, and Brilliance. Introducing the all-new Epson Stylus® Pro 7700 and 9700 printers The Epson Stylus Pro 7700 (24-inch) and Epson Stylus Pro 9700 (44-inch) incorporate our latest achievements in high-performance ink jet printing. By combining the extreme precision of our MicroPiezo TFP™ print head, with the extraordinary performance of Epson UltraChrome® Vivid Magenta Ink, our newest generation of Epson Stylus Pro printers represent a level of printing technology
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Sales Management
Foxtrot ·
I noticed a post regarding policing of sales people, diaries, not enough calls, blaming the manager, etc. Can't find it again. Sales is all about ATTITUDE and DISSIPLINE? You can use the stick which i agree is also not working, you can threaten, you can do councelling, disciplinary, etc but the work rate remains the same. Most probably the job is not for the individual. All incentives, salaries, good commission package, etc is in place, it is actually to lucrative. My question is...How do you
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Re: P4P member and long time friend says Adios to the Industry!
Art Post (Guest) ·
MONTECORE! Excellent post! I feel your pain and agree with all of your points! There are selling managers and truth be told, don't expect any decent leads when you company has selling managers. You'll prety much get the small stuff or the off product stuff that they know little or nothing about. Which leads me to: How can you do two things at once. How can you be an effective sales manager and sell? Personally, I don't think you can. There's not enough hours in the day! Get this, there are
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ACE Copy Systems, Inc. launches ACE IT Solutions
GMAN ·
infrastructure and utilizing technology to support their clients’ success. “Our new business features a complete portfolio of IT services that enable our clients to have a single company as a point-of-contact for their copier, printing, scanning and IT services. The creation of ACE IT Solutions, with its technology services platform, is a clear illustration of our commitment to delivering a full suite of products to our clients,” says Erman. As part of their commitment to delivering value to their
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The Barnstable School Committee
Art Post (Guest) ·
Item #111009-106 School Copier Lease The School Department currently has a four year contract with Savin for Rico copiers, and the fourth year begins December first. The state is now offering a Smart Save Program that occurs once every three years. The program allows the system to buy out the copier lease early and replace the existing copiers. The system will save $57, 616 over the course of four years. Ms. Boucher asked for the Committee’s approval to have Dr. Grenier sign a four year lease
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Re: Need to speak with Print 09 Attendee~~~
mmelrod ·
i saw these guys at the Ricoh booth: Amalgamated International - the UV unit was not desktop though. www.amalgamatedcoatings.com
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Re: Scan on MP171spf and Print on SPC420DN
I am trying to get this going in the office and I am having an issue with the setup. What needs to be in the server/user name/password/path fields? Please let me know what you have used to successfully "scan-to-print" via FTP.
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Re: Sales Management
I think it is obvious what you do with people who don't want to work. It is just as obvious what to do with people who DO want to work! Incentives can be a great way to move a product or idea, but dis-incentives are more personal and can be very disruptive for that individual (ie: income tax, sales activity micromanagement). I am a firm believer that good salespeople like to behave as if they run their own business. When governing bodies try to enforce restrictions, penalties, and/or lessen the
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Re: Another Good One Resigns from Ricoh!
Yes, she was the heart & soul of wide format for Ricoh & will be missed.
Re: P4P member and long time friend says Adios to the Industry!
Jrlz ·
I believe I know who you are talking about. They lost a good rep. It is alwasy unfortunate when management runs a talented and valued sales person out the door because of the companies inflexability.
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Re: P4P member and long time friend says Adios to the Industry!
own job. Guess what they make the big commission and you waste your time doing their work and make nothing. Wait isn't that a conflict of interest? You betcha it is! They take major accounts that another rep brought to the table for the company when it should have been the reps. They take pretty much every current customer even when there are territories. They allow house accounts even though the sales force has territories. Isn't that crazy! The list goes on. They may be a good closer
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Re: Used or dead RW-470 search
Art Post (Guest) ·
So with the hd and the if kit, plus the scan and print license we would be set to go as long as we had a 240W right (just asking since it's been awhile for these units). I would just have to add the server right? If so please email me the pricing for those items asap: HD, IF card, print license and scan license. art@p4photel.com
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Re: AutoCAD 2010, win7, plotbase 3.7.1
I am not aware that the HDI driver for 2010 is even avaliable. I have been in direct contct with Ricoh and they say it could be atleast another month before this is avaliable.
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Re: Used or dead RW-470 search
Hey Art Happy New Yr and fyi I have 2 x Ricoh 240w's with the CPU and "K" cards included, both have scan to file. Call me if you need one 949.290.1549
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Re: P4P member and long time friend says Adios to the Industry!
I was at an independant delaer for 10 years and was vp of sales and enjoyed it very much until they brought in Jim Kahrs to sell it. I found out and confronted the owners and they lied to my face and that is where I sadi I had to go. Want to test my skills at a big company and succeeded for the most part (won all kinds of awards) but was micro managed. Companies need to manage to the people not the database. Thanks, -Boston Mike
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Windows vista & 7 File Sharing
Sometimes I can access the share folders and sometimes I can not. I am running 7 pro and can not access any share folders on my pc from any Ricoh device. When browsing to find my pc I can see it on the network, authenticate it but then it says it does not can not find path. Any Ideas!!!
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Eric the "Office Worker" Gets a Supra Wide Format!
Art Post (Guest) ·
Eric the "Office Worker" recently changed jobs due to the economic slowdown and is now working for BetaAlpha which is a large custom power supply manufacturer located in Patterson, NJ. Eric's job description? Well he pretty much does it all around the office, he's to the "go to guy" for making copies of wide format prints, scanning and archiving of existing wide format drawings. For the last few months Eric had been charged with ...... more here
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