This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago
Third Week of November 2019
Real Copier Sales...
How will it be possible to get rid of DSM's. Does this mean all or some of them. I wonder what else is going to happen Jan.1st and am curious what the final Ricoh will consist of. With all of thier subsidaries they could really consolidate a ton. Infoprint also becomes wholly owned on March 31st 2010. Another interesting six months I guess! read more here
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UPDATE 3-Canon buys Dutch Oce for $1.1 bln, fights Ricoh
Minolta Holdings, which is in a business alliance with Oce. "Konica Minolta procures high-end production printing machines from Oce, while Oce procures lower-end machines from Konica Minolta," Mizuho Securities analyst Ryosuke Katsura said. "(The) chances are Canon machines will replace Konica Minolta gear in this relationship," he said. Production printers, or digital commercial printers, are used to print such documents as product manuals and direct mail quickly and in large volume, and are a fast
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Weekend Industry Notes from the week ending 11/15/09
the area for $43 million. - Ricoh announced that it has sold an Aficio C900 production color system to GAM Printers, a print shop in Sterling, Virginia. - Ricoh announced it is forming a Business Process Automation Group, as part of its Document Solutions & Services Division. “BPA is a true value-add for Ricoh customers because we’re able to offer a suite of services from consultation to sales to implementation under one roof” said Mark Miller, Senior VP & Deputy General Manager at Ricoh. Ricoh’s
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Konica Minolta and Nuance launch eCopy document imaging software for integrated MFPs
the need for manual exception reporting is dramatically reduced. Mat Stanley, head of the professional services and solutions group at Konica Minolta comments: "The launch of Nuance's eCopy ShareScan on our integrated MFPs clearly demonstrates Konica Minolta's continued commitment and investment in the document imaging area. As a company, we are focused on delivering superior solutions that address our customers' evolving needs. By developing the first browser-based technology for our bizhub MFP
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Canon deal may up ante for Xerox
company’s well-regarded sales force, Canon would end up with arguably a broader set of products at different price points than Xerox, which employs about 6,900 in the Rochester area, Slawetsky said. However, said Xerox’s Regina Testa, the company “is entrenched as the leader in the graphic communications space, and this agreement won’t impact that position.” “Xerox has a total value proposition that is unmatched by our competition — including a mix of technology, workflow and business development
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Canon Pulls the Rug out from KonicaMinolta "MFP WARS"
I was just on the phone with a friend of mine in upstate NY, can you guess what we were discussing, yup you got it the Canon/Oce deal. Think about this, when Xerox bought Global, Ricoh was the big loser. When KonicaMinolta bought Danka, Canon was a loser, along come Ricoh with the acquisition of Ikon and Canon got their clocks cleaned and now Canon agrees to buy OCE and KonicaMinolta gets hammered! The only one who hasn't lost is Xerox! Funny how these things happen. Many months ago there were
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Samsung announces premier color multifunction printer for high speed offices
adjustment of color balance, brightness, contrast and saturation. The Auto Color Detection feature alleviates the hassle of differentiating between color and black & white prints and automatically adjusts toner usage, saving money. Documents, either letter or legal, can also be scanned at an enhanced up to 4,800 x 4,800 dpi and then saved, printed, e-mailed or faxed to any networked location. The CLX-8540ND offers management tools to help minimize operating and maintenance costs. The modular design
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GAM Printers Inc. Takes Delivery of a RICOH Pro C900 Digital Color Printer From IKON
GAM Printers Inc. Takes Delivery of a RICOH Pro C900 Digital Color Printer From IKON (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) November 16th, 2009 MALVERN, Pa.—-IKON Office Solutions, Inc., a Ricoh company, today announced that GAM Printers, Inc of Sterling, Virginia, has installed a RICOH Pro C900 digital color printer, giving them the versatility, superior quality and fast turnaround times needed to meet their customers’ wide range of variable data and creative design and printing needs.
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Copiers Could Be a Key to District 205 Cost Savings
Copiers Could Be a Key to District 205 Cost Savings Office supplies might end up being one of the main ways the Galesburg School District is able to save some money in what otherwise could be a tough budget period. District-205 Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Guy Cahill told the school board's Budget Committee Tuesday bids have come back on the proposed lease of a new set of copy machines -- this, following the district's current lease expiring back in January. Cahill told
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Canon Forums
Just wanted to reach out to all of the Canon members on the P4P Hotel. By asking questions in a forums we can start a very lively dicussion for Canon products. Keep in mind that your discussions can't be viewed by Ricoh, Toshiba or Xerox, unless there are dual line dealers. Over the years the Ricoh forums have excelled, because members take the time to ask questions in the forums, someone will post an answer, then someome will have a comment and bang the forums are thriving and everyone is
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Konica Minolta employees donate
Konica Minolta employees donate Nov. 20th, 2009 at 2:40 PM Employees of Konica Minolta in Windsor held a Turkey and a Twenty drive and delivered 148 turkeys to Foodshare today. Enthusiastic Foodshare volunteers helped unload and stack the entire pallet of frozen birds and then paused to pose for a photo! Thanks to everyone at Konica Minolta for your efforts!
P4P Hotel Poll You're now selling Managed Print Services "Your Thoughts Now" It's been a great success for us It's been ok for us It's not reaping the profits we
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Re: Rumor has it.....
Here's some predictions: Believe it or Not! KonicaMinolta aquires Toshiba MFP Business Kyocera aquires Sharp MFP Business HP makes hostile Bid for Xerox And then there were The Final Five!
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Canon Buyout Marketing Dollars
Just wondering if anyone has run into Canon direct operations claiming they have a special marketing fund to tap into for buyouts to target selected clients? We all know that buyouts are part of the game, but if they have funds that are off the price book it can really create an unusual challenge...this is a Canadian deal but I am guessing this type of plan would be across NA. Our deal is a Kyocera deal. I knew they were targeting Ricoh/Ikon users. Are they going after anyone now? Thanks
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Ricoh Americas Corporation Launches Business Process Automation Group
Ricoh Americas Corporation Launches Business Process Automation Group Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment, announced the creation of a Business Process Automation (BPA) Group. Aligning under Ricoh's Document Solutions and Services Division (DSSD), BPA combines consulting services and technical resources with an experienced sales force to help current and prospective customers analyze their document management operations. In addition, BPA helps customers
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Wilmington native joins business as specialist
headquarters at 100 Reservoir Park, Rockland, MA and has more than 37 years experience serving the document imaging needs of businesses throughout Massachusetts. In addition to a full line of Konica Minolta, Muratec and Lexmark equipment, Bay Copy provides comprehensive managed print services programs for customers looking to reduce both their per-print price of generating information and their labor costs. Bay Copy provides consultation services and offers their clients detailed print assessment and
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Re: Canon Buyout Marketing Dollars
Yes, they have a pool of dollars to target any IKON account, Xerox direct, or any acquired dealer by these corporate goofs. We are a Ricoh and Canon dealer so we even get the Canon generosity. I can always be emailed for further information.
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Thoughts about the Canon/OCE deal?
What goes going on out there, what have you heard in reference to the pending Canon aquisition? Good, Bad, let me know.
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John Buonomo jailed for stealing coins from copiers
John Buonomo jailed for stealing coins from copiers Penny for pol’s thoughts? By Laurel J. Sweet Thursday, November 19, 2009 - Updated 10h ago Laurel J. Sweet has been featured in the ABC miniseries "Boston 24/7" and the 9-11 documentary motion picture "Looking For My Brother." For the chump change he was caught on camera tapping from copiers and the cash he stole from struggling taxpayers who voted him into his $110,220 job, John Buonomo, former Middlesex register of probate, was sentenced to
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Canon & Oce Deal
It seems the purchase of Oce will go through, now with that purchase and the agreement that Canon announced a few months ago, coupled with the addition of many new Canon Dealers.
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North American MPS Market Sees 27 Percent Growth, Canada 30 Percent
North American MPS Market Sees 27 Percent Growth, Canada 30 Percent Special version of MPS Market Report now available for dealers and resellers Lexington, KY (MMD Newswire) November 20, 2009 -- The North American market continues to grow at a remarkable 27 percent compounded annual growth rate (CAGR), according to the latest Managed Print Services (MPS) research from the Photizo Group. The new "2009 Managed Print Services Summary Report" looks at market size, share and forecast analysis for
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EIS Quatra Color Wide Format MFP Saves the Day!
Another repost for ya, btw the way we're killin it with sales, now we have to keep it rolling!! I just finished my first install on the EIS Quatra "M" series from Paradigm Imaging. This is an awesome unit! The ease of set-up and install is exceptional along with the configuration of scan, print and copy drivers! First, we had the unit dropped shipped to the customers location, this was a great savings since the shipment did not... go here for rest of blog
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Re: Rumor has it.....
quote: Originally posted by Art Post: HP makes hostile Bid for Xerox I can believe this. The head of HP's IPG group has been saying for years that to meet targets, he needs about 10,000 more Sales reps.
Re: Rumor has it.....
quote: Originally posted by vwrome: Ricoh Aquires Kodak It could happen, and may now have to happen with Ricoh. Or could KonicaMinolta HAVE to buy Kodak?
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Re: Rumor has it.....
In effect, this would put Ricoh out of the Production Print game before they really got it started.
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Here's the deal
Three systems, customer just wants hi speed data printing. Players: imagrePRESS 1125, Bizhub1200 and Ricoh PRO1357 Whats wrong here? Why is the pricing for the imagePRESS almost double of the others?
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Coates receives $50,000
Coates receives $50,000 Coates Toners, Dallas, has received a $50,000 investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania to help the company install a new color printer toner production line. Coates Toners currently produces monochrome toner for non-impact printers and copiers.
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A2iA Named a Finalist for KMWorld Magazine’s KM Promise Award
A2iA Named a Finalist for KMWorld Magazine’s KM Promise Award Because of A2iA DocumentReader’s Worldwide Successes KM Promise Award honors organizations that provide innovative technology solutions and help organizations realize improved business processes. NEW YORK, August 25, 2009 – A2iA, the worldwide leading developer of handwritten and machine printed text recognition, information extraction and intelligent classification of paper documents, announced today it was named a finalist for
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Re: Ten Commandments of the Xerox ColorQube
used to be a non -- believer--- Think you may be surprised....Got in to trouble because I was waiting for the territory reps to put these out before i would sell them...Waited 6 months - they are loved by customers and service. Watch out and sharpen your tools, cause I am comin after the two meter machines.
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Re: A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Copier Demo/Appointment
We had a school that called in service for a defective copier glass. It was broke and they definitely didn't have anything to do with that. It must be defective. when the technician got there, The machine was jammed with pictures of someone's rear end. Someone broke the glass while sitting on it and didn't remove the copies from the machine! Thanks! Amanda Byrne
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Re: A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Copier Demo/Appointment
We need more, come on tell us your fav copier story!!
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Re: Another Shoe
How will it be possible to get rid of DSM's. Does this mean all or some of them. I wonder what else is going to happen Jan.1st and am curious what the final Ricoh will consist of. With all of thier subsidaries they could really consolidate a ton. Infoprint also becomes wholly owned on March 31st 2010. Another intresting six months I guess!
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Re: Rumor has it.....
I would think KM has to be nervous. a lot of time and energy has been spent moving kmbs in the direction of big iron sales and now they lose the Oce box. The connections of the Danka people to Kodak seems to make sense and would think give KM the inside track.
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