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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago

 

When talking with your client(s) do you have that come to Jesus moment with them?  That would be the talk track about what makes your company (dealership) unique and different in your market?  If not maybe it's time to add it.

Enjoy these awesome threads from 5 years ago this week and check out the one about Great Sales People and how some great peeps at another dealership helped me out.

Konica Minolta Significantly Reduces CO2 emissions in Fiscal Year 2014

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product development. Based on its EcoVision 2050, whose main target is to reduce Konica Minolta's CO 2 emissions over the product lifecycle by 80% 1 until 2050, the report shows that the company has done further progress in achieving this target. Konica Minolta reported 54% of sales in Green Products in total throughout the fiscal year 2014 2 across all business areas. This represents sales of 547.1 billion Yen 3 (4.2 billion Euros 4 ). The significance of Green Products increased in
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Community of Canon Solutions America Customers Receives Overwhelming Response to First Conference

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City, brings together print professionals from around the globe to network, gain knowledge, discuss common challenges, and share production inkjet best practices. "It's exciting to witness this powerful community coming together," said Francis A. McMahon, Sr. Vice President, Marketing and Sales Operations, Canon Solutions America Production Print Solutions. "We're committed to supporting them in any way we can to ensure Canon Solutions America production print customers are well positioned to
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Great Sales People Solve Business Problems

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caught a 15 minute cat nap, then good as new. I finally arrived at the clients office around 2PM. My client was ecstatic! Matter of fact when I walked in both black devices and the one color device was going full bore. As I turned the corner, I saw the customers one lone KonicaMinolta device and it was BROKE, saying Call Service! That made my day!! In the end, it was the customer who stated to me, "great sales people solve business problems". I thought that was awesome and I was happy that he
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Ricoh Launches eBinder, Powered by Global Graphics Technology

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software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, Kodak and Agfa . The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to the iconic university town of Cambridge, and, today the majority of the RD team is still based near here. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo About Ricoh Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions
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Need Help fpr Xerox and Toshba Dealer Pricing

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I'm working on a special project and would be willing to trade a Two Year Premium VIP Lifetime memberships for Xerox and Toshiba dealer pricing. Can anyone help us out? Art
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New Version of imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop Joins Canon’s Award-Winning Portfolio of Enterprise Solutions

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to convert documents to PDF before attaching to an email. The Quick Printing Tool (QPT), a desktop widget, provides time-saving drag ’n drop to expediently and directly print files, access and change print settings, fax, convert files to PDF including detail settings to Optical Character Recognition and set passwords for opening, editing and printing restrictions. Availability imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop V4.0 is available from authorized Canon Dealers. Both prospective and current customers can
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Progressive Impressions Installs One of the First Océ VarioPrint i300 Presses in U.S.

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, digital marketing, mobile, sales collateral, promotion products and more. As a part of Taylor Corp., they continue to make industry-leading investments to keep their customers out in front of the marketplace. Building on a long-standing relationship that began with OcÉ North America more than 10 years ago, pii and Canon Solutions America continue to partner with each other to push the realm of printing technologies and innovations. Pii has long been viewed by its clients as being at the
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Sharp Said to Consider Forming LCD Venture Rather Than Sale

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Sharp Corp. is leaning toward spinning off its liquid-crystal display business into a joint venture with a third party, rather than selling the unit outright, people familiar with the matter said. Innovation Network Corp. of Japan and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. are the two leading candidates Sharp is considering for partnership, according to the people, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private. The Osaka-based supplier to Apple Inc. and the potential partners haven’t
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Neonode Signs Multi-Year License Agreement With Leading Japanese Printer OEM

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disclosed. For more information, please contact: Sales Printer Solutions: Bengt Edlund, E-mail: bengt.edlund@neonode.com www.neonode.com/applications/p...and-office-equipment Investor Relations: David Brunton, E-mail: david.brunton@neonode.com About Neonode Neonode Inc. NEON, -1.37% develops and licenses the next generation of MultiSensing® touch technologies, allowing companies to differentiate themselves by making high performing touch and proximity sensing solutions at a competitive cost
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Sources say Sharp to form LCD venture, not sell unit

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Sharp Corp is leaning toward spinning off its LCD business into a joint venture with a third party, rather than selling the unit outright, people familiar with the matter said. Innovation Network Corp of Japan and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) are the two leading candidates Sharp is considering for partnership, according to the people, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private. The Osaka-based supplier to Apple Inc and the potential partners have not entered any talks
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Ricoh Releases Improved Theta S 360 Degree Spherical Camera

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. Read all about the Ricoh Theta S Spherical digital camera here: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...pherical_digital.htm Quotes from Ricoh Imaging and Google Maps Wataru Ohtani, Ricoh’s Corporate Associate Vice President and General Manager of the New Business and Platform Development Center, said: “Ricoh pioneered the spherical camera market and thereby revolutionized how people view the world. This new model offers even higher image quality than before to
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HP Confirms Support for CAD Printing with New Wide-Format Models

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stationary, with a moving sensor/cleaning head (as explained in the figure below). During printing, the only thing moving is the paper. HP PageWide XL printers include a stationary 40” (101.6-cm) printbar (1) that spans the whole printing width. The entire page is printed in one pass (2), enabling very high printing speeds. The printbar is built from eight identical HP 841 PageWide XL Printhead modules (3). Print quality and consistency are monitored by a closed-loop system contained in the
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Epson Wins Prestigious BLI Industry Awards with RIPS Business Printer and Ink Technology

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Buyers Laboratory Recognises WorkForce Pro Multifunction Printers with Picks for Mid- to High- Volume Printing and Replaceable Ink Pack System (RIPS) with Outstanding Achievement in Innovation Buyers Laboratory (BLI), the world’sleading independent evaluator ofdocument imaging hardware and software, hasrecognised Epson’s achievements for itsbusiness printingsolutions. TheWorkForce®Pro WF-R8590received the Summer 2015Pick award and Epson’sReplaceable Ink PackSystem (RIPS) technology earned an
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New Stratasys Compact Dental 3D Printer Combines Versatility, Affordability and Quality for Smaller Dental Labs

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September 01, 2015 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time MINNEAPOLIS REHOVOT, Israel--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Stratasys, Ltd . (Nasdaq:SSYS), a global leader of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, introduces the Objet30 Dental Prime, a high quality, low cost 3D printer designed to allow smaller dental labs to produce a wide range of models and appliances in-house. While compact in size, the Objet30 Dental Prime is big in versatility, beginning with a choice of 3D print modes: High Quality
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printer recommendaton

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I’m looking for a laser printer that meets these criteria: Can stack at least 50 envelopes at a time and print them reliably with minimal creasing has a hard drive that can serve as a virtual mailbox for print jobs that can then be released either by walk up or through URL Ricoh's current product can handle the virtual mailbox requirement but falls way short on the envelopes. I am thinking HP might have something for me but I'm looking for any recommendations. Thanks for any input!
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How do you print from your phone

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Interested in feedback what everyone is using. We sell Ricoh products and use the following: App from appstore for Iphone or android. Lantronix xprint server - good solution but not free google chrome cloud print. I'm interested in seeing what everyone's experiences have been with these solutions and any others you are using. Thanks!
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Re: Great Sales People Solve Business Problems

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Art Dan at Copiers Plus here. What Contact Record Mgmt. Does your dealership use?
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Looking for UK Canon Dealer

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Hello P4P, I am looking to partner with a dealer in the UK. I am here in California and my customer has a UK office and wants Canon equipment and service. Contact me at monte.jensen@kbadocusys.com Thanks
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The Best & Only Way to Prospect Using Linkedin!

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that you want to gain traction with in your territory. Access the Premium Membership (you can get the first month free), it’s roughly $2 a day, but well worth it. It separates you from the other sales people that do not have a premium account. Search those ten or more companies on Linkedin to see if they have a corporate page. If they do, on the right side of the page there is a follow button, click to follow that company. Thus, when you have followed the company, everything that they post will
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Coloring Outside the Lines: How Child’s Play Changed Crayola

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Coloring Outside the Lines: How Child’s Play Changed Crayola Posted on September 3, 2015 by Print Audit As positive as I try to be, I find myself getting a wee bit more cynical and a touch more cranky every year. Once bitten and twice shy I suppose. Every once in awhile, however, I see a company or a person doing something really cool and I find myself believing, once again, that surprisingly simple things can make a huge difference. Recently my wife shared with me a project she is working on
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Re: How do you print from your phone

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^^ Deanw- funny you should post this-I'm trying to upsell the Free Ricoh print/scan app to acustomer who wants to replace their 4001 with a 4503. Explaining how employees and guests can connect to their wifi network andcan download the freeRicoh print scan app for iPhone and Android. I have used it with myiphone on the 2003 in our officeand it is not very user friendly. I was told it is a little more user friendly for Android but have yet to use it on an android device. Also told that the app
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Re: How do you print from your phone

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It would be a lot easier if Ricoh would introduce a Print Enabler for Android. Pretty much every other manufacturer has a Print Enabler, it makes printing basically the same as printing from PC minus finishing features. I really like the Smart Device Print App because of the ability to do Locked Print, Finishing, User Codes and the like.
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Re: Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE 500i

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any?
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Re: Great Sales People Solve Business Problems

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They do...
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Re: Great Sales People Solve Business Problems

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Now that's service!
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eFileCabinet Announces Compatibility with Apple Mac Platform

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September 01, 2015 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time LEHI, Utah--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- eFileCabinet, Inc. , the leading hosted electronic document management (EDM) solutions provider for small to medium businesses, today announced that SecureDrawer and eFileCabinet Online will be compatible with the Apple Mac platform effective November 2015. “Mac support was a major strategic goal and fills a gap that our customers were requesting” Apple continues to experience strong sales growth even as PC sales
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Re: printer recommendaton

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dean I posted this video awhile back about the SP430/431DN, it does a great job on envelopes, I was able to configure all four paper draws to run envelopes, did not have to use by-pass. In fact customer bought it, just to run black envelopes! Hope this helps. https://www.p4photel.com/clip/...coh-spc431dn-printer
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ECi Releases Version 8.7 of e-automate® Software

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Latest version of service technology software offers enhanced business management features and much more Fort Worth, Texas—Tuesday, September 1, 2015 ECi Software Solutions ( www.ECiSolutions.com ) today announced the release of version 8.7 of its e-automate® software for businesses that sell and service technology. More than 1,500 companies trust e-automate to manage their daily business processes like accounting, contracts, inventory, purchasing, sales, service and more, helping them save
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Gartner Lists Archive Systems in "Hype Cycle Human Capital Management Software, 2015" for Second Consecutive Year

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up the Hype Cycle. According to Gartner Research Director, Ron Hanscome , “digitization of HR documents can result in productivity savings of 15% or greater due to the time saved searching for information versus manually responding to information requests or compliance audits, and the delivery of secured access to data to HR staff to support HR processes.” Ron goes on to state, “full compliance with complex document retention and storage requirements also has the potential for substantial
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Document management systems market to grow 14.28 percent CAGR to 2019 illuminated by new report

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Software, ASITE, DocSTAR, Ecrion Software, FileHold, HP, Hyland Software, inFORM Decisions, LogicalDOC, Nextide, Oracle, Scrypt, SmartFile, SpringCM, Synergis, Trace Applications, Xerox. The report also presents the vendor landscape and a corresponding detailed analysis of the four leading vendors in the market. In addition, it discusses the major drivers that influence the growth of the market. It also outlines the challenges faced by vendors and the market at large, as well as the key trends
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Labor Day 2015

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To all Print4Pay Hotel Members, Have a great and safe Labor Day Weekend!!!
-=Good Selling=-

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