This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The First Week of March 2003

documents with enterprise applications using the eCopy ShareScan Connector Software Developer Kit (SDK). A “Connector” is the link between an eCopy-enabled scanning device (a document scanner or Canon digital copier) and a networked software application or service. Using the eCopy SDK, developers build connectors to merge their hardcopy paper documents with business process applications right from their Canon digital copier or scanner. eCopy has already built several connectors to key business

Ricoh Looks Undervalued; Y2,600 Target Wednesday March 5, 11:08 AM 1208 [Dow Jones] Considering potential for development next FY, Ricoh (7752) looks significantly undervalued, says analyst at Morgan Stanley; targets Y2,600 for issue. Although Canon (7751) still best pick among copier manufacturers, likely growth for color market should also benefit Ricoh, says HSBC. Ricoh off 0.4% at Y1,804. (ABR) http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/030305/15/38jui.html

I spoke to Jeff Weinstein, High Volume District Sales Manager for Ricoh. He said later this month launch. The Bate Stamp will be 30 characters instead of the current 4 alpha and 9 numeric To review the other advantages: 75ipm scanning (Jeff said 80ipm) 1200x1200 DPI AdHoc email Interposer 500 Sheet By-Pass 2 AND 3 hole punch as well as 5 user replacable diecasts including GBC. 80GB HardDrive The BookletMaker is improved and more integrated. GW Architecture. Feel free to reply with anything I've

Kyocera Mita Begins 2003 with Honors for Color, Multi-functional and High-Volume Devices Kyocera Mita continues to demonstrate high product reliability, functionality and superiority with honors from BERTL and Better Buys for Business Fairfield, New Jersey, February 24, 2003 – Kyocera Mita, one of the world's leading document imaging companies, today announced that its network color/monochrome multi-functional products and high volume monochrome multi-functional products (MFPs) received high

Absolutely! My comments were not directed at this great site but at Ricoh Corp. I was trying to determine if any of the other Ricoh dealers get information from their DSM/MASM/etc. We, at the end of last year (2002) put over 100 Ricohs into an account. We haven't seen anyone from Ricoh (sales side) at our dealership in well over a year. And we were awarded the AA B/W Dealer of the Year for Ricoh in 2001! To top it off I think it is really strange to not have communcae from the 'upper crust

AS I understand the only office response was to Savin & RBS/Ricoh US. Can anyone else clarify? Art

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on trial next week that supposedly cannot print the job, but the rep is claiming that he is going to show how to send the job to something like the document server and set the job up from the control panel. And they like the rep. So I have to at least come up with a solution that is easier than what the Kyocera Mita 6330 does if I can't send the job from a print driver. In thinking through various ways to accomplish this job with a Ricoh Aficio 1035, I don't want to rule out any options with a

IKON Delivers Pay-As-You-Use Convenience Color to Office Workgroups and Small Businesses March 03, 2003 11:44:00 AM ET VALLEY FORGE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2003-- Ricoh Aficio 1224C/1232C Copier/Printers Track and Bill Output as Black-and-White or Full-Color Pages--Even in Mixed Document Sets IKON Office Solutions, Inc. IKN, the largest independent distributor of document management products and services in the U.S. with operations throughout North America and Europe, today announced

, developer, oil, drum units, etc. you find in the customer’s supply room belong to you, the dealer. Even if you are not the re-selling dealer, those supplies are yours. The customer’s CPC rate only pays for copier/prints that are used. Toward the end of any lease or service agreement, monitor the amount of supplies that are sent to the customer. Train your staff to politely instruct your customers there is a limit to the amount of supplies that can be shipped. Theoretically, under a cost per copy

First of all, for those who may not know, PageCounter 100 is a device similar to a Danyl or Abaddon copy accounting device except this will send copy data and integrate it with print data collected by Ricoh's (Equitrac's) PCSM - Printer Cost and Security Manager. The net result is that the end user does not have to go around and get copy counts and then manually combine them with print counts collected by PCSM. I just found out that there is an imbedded version that is going to be launched in

I think it will work! The firmware files for both controllers are the same (0.58). I have found one strange bug in the 1055 driver (definitley the driver, not the controller) and used a 700 driver to work around it with no side effects. I have submitted the bug to Ricoh to see what they say about it. Once I hear from them, I'll post some info on it here. I'll try to catch a 551 or 700 going through refurb and install one of these on it to see. Thanks! Lee

http://www.selectec.co.uk/sales/bookmaster.htm Check this out and see if these folks have something that might help you out. I did the chameleon conversions on a bunch of the 5535 series machines that we used in libraries years ago. This looked interesting too: http://www.crowleymicrographic...hel/bookcopy5000.htm Thanks! Lee

Jim Ivy has taken a leave of absence and another Savin guy has taken the temp position of President. I understand that Jim Ivy & Kirk Yoshida met before the arrest or right after. Art

I expected an official response, due to the seriousness, to all this from Ricoh Corp to all of it's dealers.

From: Ted Kochman (tedkochman@msn.com) Date: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 05:03 PM According to Ricoh's RMAP Full Maintenance, under Combo w/Ricoh Supplies: cpc is either 0.0145 or 0.0135. The note below states: "Combo includes Black Toner only; Color Toner not included". I gather that you can bill them as low as 0.0135 for everything excluding the color toner, which you would sell them. Or you could be creative and run the maintenance yourself, bill them a cpc for color clicks and include the toner.

From: mark blaze (MCBLAZEY@MIDSOUTH.RR.COM) Date: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:36 AM I appreciate your feedback. This product is strong, and we want to be on track in all elements of selling it. You have to excuse the "new guy" question, but I'm a Danka convert!

If you need the speed of the 1045 for the copy side than you're stuck with Global or SR Pro, if you can slow things up a bit, and maybe sell the idea of a little color to make up for the speed differential than try selling the new 1232 with a print/scan option. This will scan to e-mail just like the 1060. We got a 1224 and 1232 in the showroom this week and they seem pretty solid.

Ricoh of course!

Ted...I have GSA/GEM PROMO dated December 2002. However it would be really nice if Ricoh had their @#!+ together and updated it at the beginning of each quarter like they used to. If you can use the above pricing send me an e-mail and I will send it to you. Dan

Has anyone seen anything regarding Jim Ivy lately? Our dealership has not received any communicae from Ricoh Corp. regarding this whole debacle. Are we the only ones always feeling "out of the loop" when it comes to Ricoh???

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Will Ricoh release mailboxes for the 1224?

It seems weekly now that a client or potential sale will inquire about scanning. With Ricoh I have a hardware solution however I don't have the software part...so I have only half the answer. Does anyone have any experience with software that works well for the legal community?

Other than Global Scan, there is no way to scan to email with this product. Am I correct? Also to the Ikon people and other dealers with Canon. The IR500 can scan to email but is it expensive like the 1045 with Global or it more like the 1060 with the printer/scanner option. Need Info ASAP Thanks all

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