This Week in the Copier Industry 20 Years Ago

life of our products,” said Michael Pietrunti, vice president marketing, Kyocera Mita America. “Not only do our newest printers combine impressive print speed and excellent image quality, they also employ a 500,000-image drum and 40,000-image toner container. This translates into considerable cost-savings - possibly saving an organization thousands of dollars in printing costs over the life of the printer. It’s what we mean by, ‘Work hard. Print smart’.” The FS-9120DN and FS-9520DN printers

I am hearing the uglies about relabeling Toshiba 31 ppm color unit for Ricoh's answer to 6513 upgrade path. Second, also heard the 6513 price will drop to 4506 level too! Any confirmations out there? Being told it will be "showcased" at ON Demand!

products, Ricoh is offering new features such as embedded scan to e-mail, Internet faxing, LAN faxing, and fax forwarding to e-mail. The Aficio 2015 is the ideal system for offices or workgroups that are limited in space but require high-end performance at an affordable price. The Aficio 2018 offers the same capabilities as the Aficio 2015 but features a faster print speed and larger paper capacity, making it well suited for environments with slightly higher throughput requirements. And, the

Ricoh/Lanier has a contract with Allstate Insurance to provide the Lanier LP020c(Ricoh CLP1620) to its agents. They have a special price of $1,680 for the printer only, but have lease pricing for the version with copier functionality. If they purchase a Ricoh or Lanier version, Allstate sends them free toner. The lease pricing for the printer only version is $59.30 on 44 months. For copier functionality, the lease pricing is $89.65 for 44 months.

serving clients in the following marketplace areas; New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore, Detroit, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Wilmington (Delaware), Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa and Orlando. It provides clients with digital network printing, color and black and white copying, duplicating, faxing and large format printing along with business services consultation and outsourcing. For more information visit www.solutions.canon.com

). Its 25-cpm/ppm speed makes it is an attractive option for workgroups stepping up from desktop and lower volume devices. The im2520f matches all the functionality of the im2520, but adds standard network printing and Super G3 fax capabilities. As a result, the im2520f is a communications hub device that can consolidate multiple stand-alone desktop devices, including faxes, printers, and scanners. The flagship of the series, the im3520 is a mid-volume workgroup solution that operates at 35-cpm/ppm

requirement." Examples of Lanier's track record in helping customers achieve true Document ROI can be found at www.lanier.com/casestudies . ABOUT LANIER WORLDWIDE Lanier Worldwide, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh Corporation, the Americas sales and marketing unit of Ricoh Company, Ltd., a $14.5 billion global manufacturer of digital copier/printers. Lanier helps its customers succeed by understanding their unique document management needs and delivering systems and services that

UPDATE - Oce warns dollar to hurt sales, profit in Q1 Tuesday March 2, 9:30 am ET (Adds detail on forecast, shares) AMSTERDAM, March 2 (Reuters) - Dutch printer and copier maker Oce (AmsterdamCEN.AS - News) warned on Tuesday its first-quarter turnover and earnings would be lower than a year ago due to the weak dollar. ADVERTISEMENT The company said it would sell more machines in its first fiscal quarter, which ended in February, than in the same period one year ago, but the gains would be

the Ricoh side:-)) Very profitable. This may not be the correct "lounge" for this question, but it is somewhat related - does anyone out there have a comp plan with residuals payed out based on click revenue? I'd be curious to see what dealers around the nation are doing with this. The onsey-twosey printer unit sales are almost a waste of time, but if we can use them as a launching pad into an account and incent the reps to begin moving them, the printers can be an incredible source of income for

a built-in automatic duplex unit that enables two-sided printing and copying. Incoming faxes can be printed on both sides as well. Virtually any type of document black & white or color can be scanned directly from the flatbed scanner, turned into a PDF, custom named, and sent to a networked PC or email address. The UF-9000 s high-speed Super G3 fax with JBIG compression transmits at about three seconds per page. Among the UF-9000 s more unique and cost-efficient features is Double Exposure. With

C510n consistently measured faster print times than each of the four competitors," QualityLogic said. The Lexmark C510 also supports Lexmark’s advanced software solutions, expandable memory and paper-handling options, and has an easy to use interface. All at a price that makes the Lexmark C510 a viable alternative to mono laser printers. Money-Saving Features The C510 also comes with advanced tools to help manage color printing costs, a significant consideration for both enterprises and SMBs. With

to consolidate its printers, copiers and fax machines bought from several companies including Hewlett-Packard and office equipment maker Xerox Corp. (NYSE:XRX - News), to save costs. The automobile manufacturer chose HP over Xerox to be the integrator, HP said. "Basically HP just took over a bigger piece of the printing infrastructure -- we have a majority of it," HP spokeswoman Katy Doherty said. A Ford representative was unavailable to comment on the details of the agreement. Xerox spokeswoman

Well the correct answer is "Memory". Well at least that's what we think. We in addition to being a Ricoh and Canon Dealer, are also a Hitachi HV Printer Dealer. We just happened to have a Hitachi guru in today for some training, and he took a look at the samples and the first words out of his mouth were "Not Enough Memory". I tend to believe this guy because he can do things with PC's, programs, up to and including rewriting Ricoh code for unix print drivers and make things that Ricoh says

Junior: I just had a deal here in the States. Minolta was selling a 3010 w/feeder, cabinet and staple/finisher. There were selling the unit for $4,900 US dollars. I was not even able to compete wtih our 2027. My base cost (best) was still three to four hundred higher than what they were reselling the unit for. We switched to a rental plan for the customer with a used digital so we could at least capture the service and supplies. Not sure if we'll get it. This customer di not give a rat's butt

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I have a customer who has a JP3000 and a UC6 controller. We are having difficulty printing to the JP3000 from the UC6. When printing, it will create a master and print out 2 copies on the JP3000 no matter what quantity is selected. ie: if you want to print 100 copies it only prints the 2 and then the user needs to go over to the JP3000 and print the rest. Has anyone else experienced this and is there an easy fix?

Hi Guys Wonder if anyboby could help. We are busy with a huge deal but Minolta is giving us grey hair. They are half the price on a 2510 and we proposed a Af 2022. Why is this . How can I solve this problem and with which features can We nail them. Kind Regards Junior

Subject: Ricoh 1035 Question: I’ve been experiencing light, spotted background on several of these machines. Seems like sometimes the drum clears it up, sometimes it’s the charge roller or the charge roller cleaning roller. Also the waste toner is getting full really fast. Any ideas would be helpful. Answer: Pretty common for these. The developer is rated 300-360k. I've been finding some accounts go 80-100k. The dev gets the dust and paper dust in it and spits it out on the paper. The other

Ricoh 5006 Q: I am having a problem with the color as it is laid down on the transfer belt. They do not register correct. The images are about 1/8 inch apart, giving a very blurred copy. Has anyone had this problem and how do you make the images register correctly? A: PCS said, "Check the image belt for slipping, first the springs that tension the roller may need replacing, you can stretch then and if it improves, then replace them. Also check the sensor actuator, if it’s loose on the shaft, it

Scratched Fuser Rollers Many times you fix a machine and get cleaned up but you know its going to be hard to collect that bill since you are stuck with a fuser roller with some coating worn off, that you have no replacement for. You realize that although you fixed the problem causing the machine to be down, the customer will be happy to remind you of the LINE on his/her copy right around checkwriting time! I personally have run into this many times on printers, faxes and copiers. You want to do

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If it is part of the Ricoh family,i.e. Savin and Gestetner, can they be placed also?

Pitney spun off the copier division a year or so ago. The new name of the company is Imagistics. They still relabel Minoltas I think.

Lanier is still it's own gig, they are kind of a rogue company operating on their own and separate from Ricoh, Savin, Gestetner. Don't know how long this will last, but I think that if they have a good thing going on there (JD Power etc) Ricoh will likely not try to break it. The same goes in reverse too, Lanier dealers can not sell on GSA contracts cuz they don't have a GSA contract. Hope that helps Graham Also, the Lanier LP020C is a Ricoh CL3000

I would tell anyone looking to purchase a color system to first consider what they want to accomplish with this device. Printing mainly? Copying at all? Will the device be for business type applications? ( Graphs, color highlights, small photos) Or are the using desktop publishing applications for more sophisticated brochures on special paper stocks. The more questions they ask of the sales rep, or more importantly, the more answers they have for a sales rep, the better they will be able to get

hmmmmmmmmm.............. What you showed me looks like some time of interference, digital banding, etc. I thought first of the laser. Hence you have informed me of the copy and print mode the machine is doing this. Have you thought about radio interference? As stupid as this sounds, all copiers under FCC law as a class (whatever devise) have to be able to accept radio waves, whether they are good or bad. If you guys are stumped with this. I would try to add a noise filter and to ask the

Haven't had the best experience working with Equitrac. The software is decent, but the support is lacking. I might recommend checking out a product called PrintAudit4 at www.printaudit.com This is a client-based tracking solution that just launched the ability to track copies as well. Some unique differences, and worth evaluating for your total account management efforts. Web Image Monitor is also worth evaluating as it also has the ability to track copier and print volume by user. The data

Art, what you call "near future" in this case is FY2005. Considering FY 2004 doesn't even start until next month I would be inclined to call it more "distant future." And that product is 40/60 not 50/50. There is no 50/50 unit coming within the next 18 months according to notes from the Ricoh Sales Staff Meeting last month.

Ricoh is going to relabel the upgraded versions of toshiba 210c and 310c when they are released. I believe the model number will be the 211c and 311c toshiba. I have no guess as to what the Ricoh number will be. They are sitting in toshiba's warehouse waiting for the 210's and 310's to be deleted. I have been told it will be about a month for us to get the toshiba versions as we are not ordering any of the old 210 310. They are said to be about the same as the new 211 311. Again they are not