This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago
Last Week of January 2020
Real Copier Sales...
I'm going to make a long story short, however that may not be the case with this blog. I figure it out as I continue to write.
A few days ago I had a lead come in for a production copier. When I opened the lead I saw that the person requesting information was from my home town.
Since my home town is small I knew exactly where he lived or worked. It was a town house complex and I thought he might be running the business from that location, but production print? Thinking that was not possible....more her
Threads from 5 Years Ago This Week
Konica Minolta extends alliance with M-Files to bring intelligent information management to the ...
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Files will enhance AI-driven document management offerings for shared customers. The deeper alliance will enable users to benefit from Konica Minolta's existing document management solutions, strengthened by the M-Files next generation intelligent information management platform. The pan-European partnership will come into action this month. Katja Nick, Konica Minolta, and Scott Erickson, M-Files “Our enhanced partnership with M-Files is further evidence of the growing need for intelligent
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Konica Minolta Wins Company of the Year Award
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Print Services and industrial and commercial print solutions.Konica Minoltahas been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for twelve consecutive years, and is proud to be ranked on theForbes 2017 America's Best Employers list. The World Technology Awards recentlynamed the company a finalist in the IT Software category. KonicaMinolta, Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for eight consecutive years. It partners
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Ricoh hits reset, shifting focus from printouts to data services
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service whereby extra features can be added to the multi-function printers for a monthly fee. As the market becomes increasingly difficult for such companies, as seen in the slowdown of global sales of multifunction printers, Ricoh is struggling to maintain its presence in its core business of the all-in-one printers. The remark by President Yoshinori Yama****a came during a Dec. 26 interview in reference to Ricoh's plan to aggressively introduce services by combining its multifunction printers
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Ricoh Clickable-Paper-enabled book adoptions on the rise in print-education environments
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excellent, up-to-date information about the printing industry that no other intro textbook on the market has right now.” At that time, early adopters included Keefe Technical High School, Lewis-Clark State College, Calvert County Public Schools, South Central College, and Arizona State University. Ryerson also noted the book’s use of interactive media to enhance the learning experience. “The interactive features also show students how print and digital can work together in the publishing world,” Varma
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Canon's net profit falls 54% as sales slump
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Canon Inc. (7751.TO) said Wednesday that its net profit fell 54% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier amid lower sales across business lines such as printers and medical equipment. Net profit for the quarter ended December was 32.76 billion yen ($300.2 million), missing the estimate of Y47.01 billion from a FactSet poll of analysts. Fourth-quarter revenue declined 9.9% to Y953.47 billion. Revenue fell 7.7% for its office-equipment business and 6.9% for its medical-system business. For 2020
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KYOCERA Announces Consolidated Financial Results for Third Quarter, Ended Dec. 31, 2019
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supplier of industrial and automotive components, semiconductor packages, electronic devices, solar power generating systems, printers, copiers, and mobile phones. During the year ended March 31, 2019, the company’s sales revenue totaled 1.62 trillion yen (approx. USD14.6 billion). Kyocera appears on the “Derwent Top 100 Global Innovators 2018-19” list by Clarivate Analytics and is ranked #655 on Forbes magazine’s 2019 “Global 2000” list of the world’s largest publicly traded companies. Contacts
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Xerox wins production print contract
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Xerox wins production print contract - Award from Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan - Fleet includes Xerox AltaLink B8055 b/w MFPs and AltaLink C8055 color MFPs, as well as production print in the CRD
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Ricoh wins production print contract
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- award from State of Colorado’s CRD, known as Integrated Document Solutions (IDS) - installed 2ea of the Ricoh Pro 8320MICR production b/w laser systems and a Pro C9200 production color laser system - replaced Kodak NexPress SX3300 production color system - also installed 2 Neopost DS-1200 G4i mail inserters.
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Kyocera earns three Keypoint Intelligence – Buyers Lab 'winter 2020 copier MFP pick awards'
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Keypoint Intelligence – Buyers Lab awarded Kyocera with three winter 2020 copier MFP pick awards for the following products: the Kyocera TASKalfa 9003i, 8003i, and 7003i Black White MFPs This recognition is awarded twice a year, in the summer and winter, for office equipment, and acknowledges the products that gave the best performances in Buyers Lab’s extensive suite of lab tests. In 2019, BLI also awarded Kyocera with six summer 2019 copier MFP pick awards for the Kyocera TASKalfa 6053ci
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Better Buys Recognizes Canon's imageRUNNER ADVANCE 4500 III Series as a 2020 Innovative ...
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is no exception," said Melissa Pardo-Bunte , editor, Better Buys. "This series is equipped with advanced security features and scalable options to support offices that expect to have demanding printing needs." Built upon the latest edition of Canon's award-winning third generation imageRUNNER ADVANCE platform, this series provides users with upgraded security enhancements such as Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)integration capability 1 , enabling companies to include printers in
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Ricoh admits security issues in its MFPs
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- sent out bulletin to its dealers notifying them of new driver and security software patch to fix security vulnerability in printer/PC fax drivers used in some of its MFPs - Pentagrid, which discovered the problem, stated that the drivers suffer from a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure file permissions.
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Canon Inc.'s group net profit tumbles 50.5% in 2019 amid slowing demand
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TOKYO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Canon Inc. on Wednesday said its group net profit in 2019 slumped 50.5 percent from a year earlier to 125.11 billion yen (1.14 billion U.S. dollars) owing to falling overseas demand for its cameras and printers. The Tokyo-based firm said that a slowdown in global growth coupled with the strength of the Japanese yen contributed to the decline, with the maker of imaging and optical products previously forecasting a net profit of 140 billion yen (1.28 billion U.S
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HP to Xerox: Your Earnings Report Changes Nothing — Leave Us Alone
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While Xerox Holdings shares are rallying this morning on better-than-expected fourth-quarter results , one key observer isn’t impressed. HP Inc. still isn’t interested in being acquired by its smaller rival in the printer market. In November, Xerox (ticker: XRX) offered to acquire HP (HPQ) for $22 a share—$17 in cash and the rest in Xerox shares. Were the offering to close on those terms, current HP holders would own 48% of the combined company. Over the past few months, HP has repeatedly
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Mimaki to sell OKI Data wide format inkjet printers worldwide
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TOKYO, January 28, 2020 -- On January 6, 2020, Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd. and OKI Data Corporation, the OKI Group’s printer company, concluded an exclusive international sales agreement for the distribution of OKI Data’s wide format inkjet printers. Under the terms of this agreement, the two companies will expand their sales alliance in Japan, announced in March 2019, to encompass overseas sales. Under this agreement, from April 1, 2020, Mimaki Engineering will sell OKI Data’s wide format
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Flex Technology Group Kicks Off 2020 With Company-Wide Leadership Conference
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print, document management, document production and managed IT solutions, representing industry-leading suppliers such as Canon, Ricoh, Konica Minolta, HP, Lexmark, and various software solutions. FTG services over 35,000 customers nationally. For additional information on FTG, please visit www.flextg.com . Related Images flex-technology-group-kicks-off.png Flex Technology Group Kicks Off 2020 with Company-Wide Leadership Conference Flex Technology Group hosted its 2020 Kick-Off Meeting to
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Ricoh wins gov MPS contract
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Ricoh wins gov MPS contract - Government of Canada has named Ricoh one of three managed print services (MPS) providers selected as part of a program to significantly streamline the procurement process to purchase and manage printing technology and services - will help departments and agencies standardize and rationalize their print fleets - reduce total expenditures - enhancing security and sustainability
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Canon CEO discusses future focus
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Canon CEO discusses future focus - Interview with CEO, Kazutada Kobayashi of Canon - company is witnessing "maturity" of its existing businesses globally - “So we are now trying to build new domain and new businesses on top of our existing businesses with focus on security and health equipment" - "We have to make the shift happen (towards new businesses)" - "Safety and healthcare are two major segments that we are looking at” - looking at expanding sales network for existing as well as new
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Xerox's quarterly profit beats estimates, says firm on HP buyout
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Xerox Holdings Corp XRX.N on Tuesday posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit as it kept a tight lid on costs and said it plans to follow through with its $33 billion bid to buy rival HP Inc HPQ.N. Shares of the company, known for its photocopiers and printers, were up as much as 7%. Xerox, which has been facing a slowdown in demand as businesses cut down on printing their paperwork, has laid out a three-year cost-cutting plan under Chief Executive Officer John Visentin, a nominee of
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Disrupting the Corporate Office Printing Market
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Disrupting the Corporate Office Printing Market Epson strengthens BTA channel solutions with Heat Free Technology business inkjet printers “This is just what Epson means by disruptive technology,” says Terry Willcox, vice president and owner of SeminoleOffice Solutions in Longwood, Florida. “When I have theoption to quote customers an attractive cost per page,regardless of whether it’s a small desktop printer or a bigMFP and make money… that’s something that’s going tochallenge the industry
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Primera Announces LX610 Color Label Printer with Built-In Digital Die Cutting™
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PLYMOUTH, Minn. , Jan. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Primera Technology, Inc., ("Primera"), a leading manufacturer of specialty color printers, today announced that it is shipping its new LX610 Color Label Printer/Cutter. LX610 is the only inkjet desktop color label printer in the world to combine high-resolution color label printing with digital die cutting. Images are printed at up to 4800 dpi onto a variety of different label materials. After each image is printed, it is cut to the desired size
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Xerox Acquires Arena Group, Expands Presence in European SMB Market
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Xerox has acquired Arena Group , one of the leading providers of office technology, software, solutions, and services in the U.K. “Building on our success in the small and midsize business (SMB) market in the U.S., we’re now expanding our strategy to Europe,” said Hervé Tessler, president of EMEA Operations, Xerox. “With the acquisition of Arena Group, we will be uniquely positioned to offer workplace solutions in one of the fastest-growing managed print services segments in Western Europe
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HP Inc attacks Xerox boardroom shakeup bid
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HP Inc has blasted Xerox’s latest move to initiate a hostile takeover bid, which involves replacing the existing board with 11 new members, claiming that Xerox’s tactics are self-serving. The board nominations being proposed by Xerox include former senior executives from several blue chip companies, including Aetna, United Airlines, Hilton Hotels, Novartis and Verizon. Xerox said the candidates were chosen because of their expertise in overseeing and executing significant company
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Ricoh Pro C5300
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Heard this will be out soon. Any specifics on changes? I believe heavier duty accessories will be the biggest improvement.
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HP/Xerox merger update
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- Xerox nominated 11 directors to HP Inc’s board, the Wall Street Journal reported - Xerox is looking to gain control of HP to force acceptance of $33.5 billion takeover offer - Nominees include: o Betsy Atkins, CEO of Baja Corporation, a venture capital firm o George Bickerstaff, managing director of M.M. Dillon Co., a leading healthcare and technology boutique investment bank o Carolyn Byrd, CEO of GlobalTech Financial o Jeannie Diefenderfer, CEO of consulting firm courageNpurpose o Kim
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Toshiba unveils new info security division
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Toshiba unveils new info security division - will launch an information security business to be offered with quantum cryptography technology o thought to be impossible to be cracked in theory - Current cryptographic technologies used on the internet could be cracked if quantum computers are put into practical use, possibly around 2030. - will team up with a U.S. communications service provider and others for the new service, in which cipher
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