This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The First Week in January 2004

Can't believe the customer got me on this one, said they had been getting pricing on similar units. They mentioned the Xerox 425, Sharp 277 and the iR2200. Xerox was so low it was a crime! However, I did not realize that this unit was introduced in Sept of 2001!!!! When I saw the picture, I thought...."gee am I dumb"! Well for the heck of it I put together an excel spreadsheet for the good, the bad and the ugly on all three of these products. Please download and add any ideas or other systems

Greg: Thanx, I will make the comment. Lets see, Ricoh Dealers, RBS, Savin, Savin Dealers, Lanier, Lanier Dealers, IBM and now Toshiba. When the competition is down, do you lend them a hand to get back in the ring? Do you offer them technology that they don't have? I for one think not! If Ricoh is doing this just to get thier hands on a decent graphics color device they are making a mistake. I have given up in the color grahics arena (except where a customer is open to the AP3850C). I believe

First, what 50cpm Toshiba color are y'all talking about? I can't find a 50cpm Toshiba color on their website or in the books. The only 50cpm colors I can find are Canon and Konica. Second, Toshiba makes SHARP's 55-65-80 cpm B/W, not the other way around.

calendar year 2003. With its team of 12,000 sales and service professionals worldwide, IKON markets, sells and services best-in-class document management solutions, including a full range of Canon imaging technology - from desktop to production-level digital output devices, to a broad portfolio of color copying/printing systems. "As one of the industry's leading equipment manufacturers, Canon has been an excellent partner ensuring that IKON brings best-in-class document management solutions to the

So let me get this strait....Sharp is Making the Toshiba 55-65-80 ppm machines and Ricoh is going to make their 90 and 105 ppm machines? Am I right here???

Jayson has it right, we will have a 50ppm copier/printer from Toshiba and a new 32 and 28 ppm copier/printer (ricoh OEM) with saddle stitcher. Rumor has it Ricoh is going to drop the 1224 and 1232 from the line up as soon as inventory has been depleted. This is due to the excessive cycling of the equipment (there is no fix).

What is the web address to submit files to Ricoh so we can receive samples from specific products?

Had streampunch installed on our demo room machine for "2 days" ran about 1,000 punches worked great! Customer is running 2-2105 tandem and each machine runs approximately 350-450,000/month; approx. 10-15% 19 hole punched. I think they are still finding "chads" on the floor even though we have removed it from the unit. Still no word from Ricoh nor GBC on "the fix". Hoping for the latter part of the week for a reply. Side note: does Canon IR105 offer same GBC unit or none at all?

New from Ricoh, due to be launched in Feb 2004. Copy, Print, Fax and Scan thats all I have.

position during the second quarter of 2003. Oki Data now has a 14% share of the U.S. color page printer market vs. a 5% share during the second quarter of 2003. ?IDC?s findings are one of the clearest signs yet that Oki Data is a leading player in the color printer market,? said Krentzman. ?It is clear that business professionals understand that they can reduce total cost of ownership, as well as increase printing productivity and quality by utilizing the OKI digital color printers.? New

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Art, I think that is accurate and I was confusing the topic with creative color. The temporary creative color solution will be Toshiba OEM. I'm surprised nobody commented on Toshiba having access to the 2090/2105.

Unfortunately my sources say the 2035/45 will not have an upgrade path for SMB. Ricoh will have a 2035e/2045e sometime in the second quarter that will have all the features of 2022/27.

I heard we will have 2 new BW and color machines 1st qtr. They will be based on a" copier version of the CL7000 engine"(not the 1224/32) but have some new features and ACS(finally). Also heard we will have a 35ppm color and BW printer (no copier????) sometime around March. I was told the CL 7000 series will be repositioned.

Ted, You are correct. This 50ppm color from Toshiba is a new box the will be releasing soon from what I have heard. JG

Rick: At this point in time the canon ir105 does not have the GBC solution. Canon had announced an accessory similar to this ib the fall of 03. I have not heard of a launch for them. Can any of you dual line dealers add anything from Canon? (Ted?) Art

Just an opinion but while their faxes are great low end machines, from what I see their color printers will not run as reliable as I think a printer should. their warranty for replacement boards is very good but you cannot even order parts from their web site. As for parts sometimes I wait for weeks for a common gear or motor. In a low volume enviroment say 200 prints a month there okay. I like their price point and their dot printers, their faxes and low end printers. Just one persons opinion

Archemix Corporation http://www.archemix.com WHAT IT DOES It is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of aptamer-based therapeutics. (number of employees: 55) EVENT 12-30-2003--Announced the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer SALES NOTES potential opportunity to provide… - systems and services to support its internal requirements for growth. This may include financial systems, HR systems, information systems, training services and recruiting services. - recruitment

Knology, Inc. http://www.knology.com Nasdaq:KNOL WHAT IT DOES It provides bundled broadband communications services to consumers and businesses. (number of employees: 1280) 12-18-2003 – NEWLY PUBLIC – Completed its initial public offering (IPO) SALES NOTES company expected to make purchases to support... - expansion - growth potential opportunity to provide… - products and services to support increased marketing activities; services may include PR activities, collateral material development

ScriptLogic Corporation http://www.scriptlogic.com WHAT IT DOES It develops desktop administration software for Windows-based networks. EVENT 12-30-2003--Announced the appointment of a new Vice President, Worldwide Sales SALES NOTES potential opportunity to provide… - sales training programs - software and systems specific to the sales function - recruiting for sales professionals Charles Clements is the new Vice President, Worldwide Sales. STATED PARTNERS/ALLIANCES none stated PEOPLE Jason

Unitive, Inc. http://www.unitive.com WHAT IT DOES It provides advanced wafer-level packaging services to the semiconductor industry. EVENT 12-31-2003--$12.6 million in funding led by GE Technology Finance SALES NOTES company expected to make purchases to support... - expansion potential opportunity to provide… - tools and services for product development activities - products and services to support its technical infrastructure - recruitment and recruitment advertising services - office

Intersections, Inc. http://www.intersections.com WHAT IT DOES It provides credit management and identity theft protection solutions to the consumer and small business markets. (number of employees: 391) 12-16-2003 –- GOING PUBLIC -- Filed for an initial public offering (IPO) SALES NOTES company expected to make purchases to support... - expansion into new markets - service offering expansion - working capital - general corporate purposes potential opportunity to provide… - products and services

AcroSoft Corporation http://www.acrosoft.com WHAT IT DOES It develops workflow management solutions for insurance companies. EVENT 12-30-2003--Announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters to Columbia, SC SALES NOTES potential opportunity to provide… - recruitment and recruitment advertising services - office equipment, supplies and services to support expanding operations at the company's headquarters. - products and services to support its technical infrastructure The new

Citadel Security Software Inc. http://www.citadel.com OTCBB:CDSS WHAT IT DOES It develops and markets computer security and privacy software. EVENT 12-30-2003--Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Marketing SALES NOTES potential opportunity to provide… - products and services to support increased marketing activities; services may include PR activities, collateral material development, advertising, and direct marketing services - brand management and advertising services

Counsel OFFICE(S) InforMedix, Inc. Georgetowne Office Park 5580 Hubbard Drive Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: 301-984-1566 Fax: 301-984-9096 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sentito Networks, Inc. http://www.sentito.com WHAT IT DOES It builds carrier-class communications infrastructure products. (number of employees: 81) EVENT 12-31-2003--$19 million in Series C funding SALES NOTES potential opportunity to provide… - tools and services for product

NetRegulus, Inc. http://www.netregulus.com WHAT IT DOES It provides data management software for medical device and pharmaceutical companies. (number of employees: 26) EVENT 12-29-2003--Announced the appointment of a new Vice President, Sales and Marketing SALES NOTES potential opportunity to provide… - software and systems specific to the sales function - recruiting for sales professionals - products and services to support increased marketing activities; services may include PR activities

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Marchex, Inc. http://www.marchex.com WHAT IT DOES It provides marketing services and tracking to merchants engaged in online promotions. (number of employees: 166) 12-11-2003 – GOING PUBLIC – Filed for an initial public offering (IPO) SALES NOTES company expected to make purchases to support... - general corporate purposes - working capital potential opportunity to provide… - products and services to support increased marketing activities; services may include PR activities, collateral material

material development, advertising, and direct marketing services - recruiting services for technical personnel - recruiting services for developers and engineers - products and services to support its technical infrastructure The company may use a portion of the proceeds for acquisitions. PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Dave Hershberg Chief Executive Officer Kenneth A. Miller President Stephen C. Yablonski Senior Vice President of Sales, Product Development and Marketing Paul Johnson Vice President of

EP Medsystems, Inc. http://www.epmedsystems.com Nasdaq:EPMD WHAT IT DOES It develops and markets cardiac electrophysiology products. (number of employees: 78) EVENT 12-29-2003--$8.2 million in financing SALES NOTES company expected to make purchases to support... - product launch potential opportunity to provide… - marketing services to support national roll out of the service. This may include online and offline advertising, PR services, direct marketing and collateral material development

I use ricoh copiers all the time and search and edit them. It is not perfect but works very well. Please check it out. It is a FREE addition. JG

This will be intereresting...Does anyone know the site for RICOH JAPAN, I bet the specs are listed there already. Brian

It probably is....if you can read Japanese or have interpreter software..... ricoh japan web page

I'll be at Ricoh tomorrow for a dog and pony show, will share what I know when I get back.

Ricoh has drivers on website for the new 2015/18. Here is the link. http://support.ricoh.com/bb/html/dr_ut_e/rc2/model/x2015_18/x2015_18en.htm JG

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