This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago
Second Week of August 2017
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I think the number of copier brands in the US market in 1984 was 29 brands. Now that is a hell of a lot of brands. Brands like Sanyo, AB Dick, 3M, IBM, KIP, Monroe, Oce, Olivetti and many more can only be seen or remembered in print. Only five of those brands 1984 still market copier aka MFPs today.
It was also interesting to see that Konica was not a marketed brand in 1984. Canon, Ricoh, Sharp, Toshiba and Xerox are those five brands I made mention of. Minolta and Konica merged almost twenty years ago.
Everything changes,,,,what will the next 40 years look like?
Enjoy These Excellent Copier Threads from Five Years Ago This Week!
Konica Minolta Debuts MGI JETvarnish 3D Evolution Multi-Substrate Digital Press Series, Offering Commercial Printers Premium, High-End Print Production
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Ramsey, NJ, Aug. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta),today announced the launch of the MGI JETvarnish 3D Evolution (Evo) Multi-Substrate Digital Press series. These three high-performance production printers are designed to produce premium, high quality printed output with sensory dimensional textures and extra added value. The MGI JETvarnish 3D Evo uses 100 percent digital technology, which provides quick prototyping, short run
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Konica Minolta targets $1.8bn in sales from health care in 3 years
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Konica Minolta targets $1.8bn in sales from health care in 3 years Office equipment maker seeks salvation in health care, IoT businesses TOKYO -- Amid declining demand for its mainstay office automation equipment, Konica Minolta is turning to health care and the"internet of things" to propel its growth, setting a short-term target of generating sales of 200 billion yen ($1.81 billion) in its health care operations in fiscal 2021. The company is shooting for at least 30 billion yen in operating
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Re: Konica Minolta Acquires More Than Just Copier Dealers
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Attached is the letter I received from Muratec Marketing
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Canon USA Earns 2017 “MUST SEE 'EMS” Award for the Océ Colorado 1640
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assurance to produce instantly cured prints on a wide variety of applications, including heat sensitive media. At the heart of the new Océ Colorado 1640 is Canon's recently announced UVgel technology. This technology combines a radically new UV curable ink from Canon that instantly gels on contact with the media, an advanced "self-aware" piezoelectric printhead technology, an LED-based UV system that cures without adding any damaging heat to the media, and continuous, on-the-fly, printhead nozzle
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Skelton Business Equipment Awarded Exclusive Copier Contract for the University of Houston
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University of Houston has poised themselves to become even more of a powerhouse school in the nation's eye. About Skelton Business Equipment: Skelton combines the trustworthiness of an established company name with the innovation of visionary owners to create a highly successful Sharp copier and printer dealership servicing the greater Houston area. Since its beginning in 1978, Skelton has built a solid reputation and is known for their integrity, which is the centerpiece of the business today
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Five Florida men accused of defrauding Xerox of $25M
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Judge Jonathan W. Feldman. According to the criminal complaint, Fisher owned RBM Imaging Inc., which was an authorized reseller of Xeroxoffice equipment. The other defendants owned Haynes Brothers Furniture in Volusia County, Florida, and "two sham companies, HDH Graphics LLC and Aldar Securities," according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. Those two companies were used to defraud Xerox in Webster. Under Fisher's contract with Xerox, those who bought Xerox printers would order Xerox
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Ricoh USA Selected to Enhance Copy, Printing and Shipping Services, Scheduled to Open Week of Aug. 21
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Following a competitive, nationwide request for proposal (RFP) process, Syracuse University today announced that Ricoh USA has been selected as the University’s copy center partner. Ricoh USA, which is scheduled to open the week of Aug. 21, will occupy the space that previously housed the Schine Copy Center. The new center will offer a range of copy, printing and shipping services, many of which have not previously been available on campus. “The addition of Ricoh USA to the Syracuse University
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Toshiba Wins Buyers Lab's Summer 2017 Pick
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. For over 50 years, Buyers Lab has been the global document imaging industry's resource for unbiased and reliable information, test data, and competitive selling tools. What started out as a consumer-based publication about office equipment has become an all-encompassing industry resource. In a landscape that's ever evolving, we change with it. About Toshiba Tec Toshiba Tec Corporation is a Toshiba's group company, a leading provider of technology solutions, operating across multiple industries
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Canon U.S.A. Showcases Advanced Workflow Automation Solutions for Legal Professionals at ILTACON 2017
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practices can use, will be on display. The cost-effective, comprehensive platform can help users streamline printing, scanning, and device management through one, unified system. The uniFLOW platform includes a reporting system that provides law firms the ability to track and analyze printing, copying, faxing, and scanning usage to help control and reduce costs. Its Secure Print functionality affords law professionals the flexibility to send sensitive documents to compatible network printers from
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Five Reasons Why Every Manufacturer Needs A Color Label Print Device
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. Kind reminds me of the early days of color copiers and printers. Most companies outsourced all of their color documents from flyers, forms, drop offs, hand outs and brochures. Once they did the math, most companies agreed that they should have color device on hand and move to printas needed aka print on demand. The same is now true with the color label industry for those small to mid-size businesses or even larger work groups. 1. Does your company buy more than five hundred color labels per
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District purchases printers locally
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have additional savings with the new printing system. The board discussed how the upgrade will save money on paper, toner and maintenance. The new printers’ compatibility with the recently adopted 1:1 technology will increase efficiency as the school moves forward with its four-year technology integration plan. Staff and student print jobs will be sent to one centralized print queue, accessible to all machines connected to it. With the scan of a badge, students and staff can pick up their print
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Color Label Press University "Glossary of Terms" Part One, Course One
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for a glue manufacturer. There we manufacturer Pressure Sensitive Glue, it was the worst glue I ever worked with, could not wash if off with soap and water. At the end of the week my work clothes could stand up on their own from all of the glue and starch that we used. Color Label Press University "Glossary for Pressure Sensitive Labels" Course One (Sponsored by Muratec a Konica Minolta Company) Abhesive: A material that resists adhesion. Abhesive coatings are applied to surfaces to prevent
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Toshiba deal stymied by payment issue
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Toshiba’s plan to sell its memory unit to a Bain/INCJ/Hynix consortium for $19 billion ran into trouble because the consortium wants to pay in installments and Toshiba wants the money up front, reports Bloomberg . This has prompted last week’s move to re-open talks with Western Digital and Hon Hai about selling the business to them. Hon Hai is said to have offered $30 billion. Meanwhile the dispute with Western Digital over whether Toshiba has the right to sell the business gets increasingly
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Re: Toshiba e-Studio Erasable Toner 4508LP Questions
can make the case that printing in Erasable Blue is free due to the paper savings. Actually if you were to reuse the same piece of paper three times, it saves your company even more to print in Erasable Blue. Not to mention the reduction in CO2 and water by not using virgin paper all of the time. It is possible with the built in reporting features of the copier, that a real Eco warrior could track the recycle usage (or lack there of) of fellow employees and send friendly reminders to congratulate
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Sharp Australia names new managing director
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Kasey Katsuta (left) with his successor Hitoshi Kagawa. Sharp Corporation of Australia has appointed Hitoshi Kagawa as managing director, succeeding Keiichi (Kasey) Katsuta who will return to the company's head office in Japan, where he will work alongside the business solutions group in the Asia Marketing Department. Kagawa currently serves as the president of Sharp Brazil and will vacate that post for his Australian role. “I am excited to be joining the Australian team and lead the local
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Wēpa Selects PrintReleaf for
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Wēpa Selects PrintReleaf for Certified Reforestation Partnership embeds PrintReleaf in Wēpa print kiosk stations at college campuses across North America Denver, Colorado, USA ; August2017 --PrintReleaf has announced that Wēpa, a cloud-based print solution serving college campuses across North America, has chosen PrintReleaf to reforest its entire printing production. Under the agreement, Wēpawill use the PrintReleaf API, assuringWēpa customersthat paper used on their print jobs has
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Printer company Lexmark planning 700 layoffs over next year
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Lexmark says it's planning to lay off 700 of its 10,000 worldwide employees over the next year as part of a restructuring of the printer company. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that Lexmark executive Jerry Grasso says the action will work "to align company talent with our strategy to ensure future success." He says the layoffs are not targeting any specific location. Grasso says about 2,300 people for Lexmark in Lexington, Kentucky, the same number as last year. The
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Toshiba gets auditors’ signoff, avoiding delisting for now
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TOKYO — Auditors signed off, belatedly, on Toshiba Corp.’s earnings Thursday, meaning the embattled Japanese electronics and nuclear company will likely avert delisting, for now. But the auditors, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Aarata, cautioned about remaining risks in a separate statement. The approval had not come on schedule because of concerns about Toshiba’s money-losing nuclear business in the United States. Toshiba’s U.S. nuclear unit, Westinghouse Electric Co., filed for bankruptcy protection
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Salespeople, Please Stop Sending Terrible Prospecting Emails Like This One
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I don’t know about you, but I’m sick of bad emails from salespeople . I am sick and tired of receiving unsolicited, uncustomized, long-winded, self-promotional emails from lazy salespeople. While I could write a complete book series with a slew of bad examples, I received a particularly irritating one the other day that sent me over the edge. I responded to the salesperson just to tell him how bad it was. This brand new sales development rep defended himself in a back-and-forth email exchange
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LAKE IMAGE SYSTEMS SHOW AWARD WINNING SOLUTIONS AT PRINT 17
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HENRIETTA, N.Y - August 14, 2017, Lake Image Systems Inc., the leaders in data integrity, verification and print quality inspection systems are pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting at the PRINT17 show (Booth #2263), September 10 - 14, 2017 taking place at the McCormick Place South, Chicago, IL, USA. PRINT 17 the largest gathering of the printing, publishing, in-plant, graphic communications and mailing/fulfillment communities in the Americas, and this year’s “Grow your Business
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Attention Sales World: Somebody Is Marketing Your Company Who's Marketing You?
community your value. Become the difference maker! Communicate your promise this is your brand identity. Sales professionals must clearly communicate and proactively market how they will help to implement a solution and ultimately solve business problems and challenges problem. Salespeople must be empowered with the tools and resources to market themselves and their company’s offerings. This enablessalespeople to help create and maintain a salespipeline that is flowing, growing and constantly
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Embattled Toshiba hits a new hurdle as talks with Bain stall
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Tokyo/San Francisco — Toshiba’s talks to sell its chips business to a consortium led by Bain Capital hit an impasse over the timing of payments for the business and governance issues, according to people familiar with the matter. The new hurdle casts doubt on the company’s ability to complete a deal quickly. The Bain group wants to make cash payments after Toshiba resolves a legal dispute with partner Western Digital, while Toshiba wants the money earlier, said the people, asking not to be
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An Ethical Approach to Fear-Based Sales
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Fear is universal for humans. Business is no different -- fear of loss, fear of missing out, fear of competitors leaving us flat in the dust. This is why employing fear is one of the most effective sales tactics you can ever use. Why? We’re chemically wired to react to fear at a primal level. Whether someone’s putting a knife to our neck or you’re falling short on your sales numbers this quarter , your brain will start pumping chemicals throughout your body to create a fight-or-flight response
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EFI shares plummet after sales review
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transactions where a customer signed a sales contract for one or more large-format printers and was invoiced, and the printer(s) were stored at a third-party in-transit warehouse prior to delivery to the end-user.” It said it expected to report “a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to this matter”, and that its disclosure controls were not effective in prior financial reporting periods. EFI’s audit committee has begun an independent review into the matter
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InfoTrends Launches New Study on Opportunities in Graphic Communications & Specialty Printing
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grow business. More competition has firms looking to offer new products and services to increase business from current customers and attract new customers. “Sign, display, and specialty graphics are important applications offering growth opportunities to commercial printers, sign shops, screen printers, and ad specialty providers," says Steve Urmano, Director of InfoTrends’ Wide Format Printing Service. “Increased competition has providers exploring new products and services to expand into
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LAKE IMAGE SYSTEMS WINS a 2017 MUST SEE ’EM AWARD FOR The FOURTH YEAR RUNNING
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) and Discovery Roll Inspector (2016), will be shown at the Lake Image booth, #2263 during PRINT17, which takes place Sept. 10 – 14 2017, at the McCormick Place South, Chicago, USA. About Lake Image Systems: Lake Image Systems is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of imaging and scanning technologies for the world’s printing, labelling and packaging industries. By reading and processing the variable data now commonplace on many printed items our systems inspect, verify, track
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Auxilio Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2017 Financial Results
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Remediation Services Division announced its first contract win, a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with a national health system Announced double digit new client wins or expanded contracts at CynergisTek, representing unprecedented growth Expanded Document Services to include Assessments for Efficiency and Savings, Program Maturity and Print Security, and diversifying the levels of Managed Print Services, comprising of Basic, Standard and Elite. Announced first Efficiency and Savings
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Lead for Seven PocketJet Printers in Kansas
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Brother PocketJet Printers - Solicitation No. EVT0005261 Region Kansas Agency State Government of Kansas Due Date September 01, 2017 Source http://admin.ks.gov/offices/ procurement-and-contracts/b... Bid Solicitation Detail Brother PocketJet Printers BID CLOSING DATE: 09/01/2017 BID NUMBER: EVT0005261 AGENCY: Kansas Highway Patrol BID FILES: Event Details EVT0005261_IFB_Docume
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T2300 print head leaking issues
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Curious if someone can help. Of course I am looking to upgrade this device, however also looking to see what the issue may be for the HP T2300. The client has replaced all of the ink cartridges, in addition with all of the print heads. The system will not cycle up to a ready state and keeps repeating that all ink head replacement has not finished. In addition, every time we re-boot the system their is a puddle of black ink located on the right side of the carriage under. Can anyone help with
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