This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago
First Week of September 2017
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Those that want to lead will encourage those to follow. Those that lag will be forever lost in the sea of sameness.
The future is here today for our industry and those that embrace the change to move our industry a new zenith.
AI: Artificial Intelligence
IoT: Internet of Things
BPM: Business Process Management
RPA: Robotic Process Automation
RAD: Rapid Application Development
SaaS: Software as a Service
IaaS: Infrastructure as a Service
PaaS: Platform as a Service
ERM: Electronic Records Management
EDMS: Electronic Document Management System
ECM: Enterprise Content Management
API: Application Programming Interface
MSP: Managed Service Provider
BCP: Business Continuity Plan
DRP: Disaster Recovery Plan
-=Good Selling=-
Here' the Great Copier Threads from Five Years Ago This Week
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Konica Minolta driving growth at Labelexpo
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Konica Minolta driving growth at Labelexpo At the show in Hall 8, stands C51 and C52, Konica Minolta will focus on products and solutions providing business efficiency and value improvement for commercial, label and industrial printing customers. The full cycle of a production of a label, from the reception of a file to the finished labels on rolls, will be demonstrated. Konica Minolta’s proven digital toner-based technology is used extensively at customer sites across the world. With the
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Canon Solutions America Supports Postal Center International's Shift to Inkjet
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International Postal Center International (PCI) is the leading print, mail and marketing solutions provider in South Florida . Renowned for being the largest, state-of-the-art transactional printer, postal and mail processing service organization, the Company's family of brands, which includes Miami -based Original Impressions, employs 250+ employees and boasts combined annual sales of approximately $60 million . The Company specializes in Marketing, Creative Design, Web Development, Printing, Mailing
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Canon Advances Productivity of imagePRESS C10000VP Digital Color Press Series with New BDT VX-370+ Long Sheet Feeder
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MELVILLE, N.Y. , Sept. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --Continuing to provide solutions to help bolster the efficiency of its digital presses, Canon U.S.A. , Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, has joined with German media handling specialists BDT Print Media GmbH to announce the VX-370+ Long Sheet Feeder, an integrated solution enabling users of Canon's flagship imagePRESS C10000VP digital color press series to produce banner format applications at high volumes. The BDT VX-370+ Long Sheet
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Canon Australia sweeps BLI Pick awards across wide format category
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at BLI explains that Canon’s comprehensive offerings, which satisfy the production/proofing print markets with the 8-colour models and the high-end graphics markets with the 12-colour models across all the common size ranges, together with the outstanding lab performance of all the models tested have earned the brand the 2017 Line of the Year award for their wide-format graphic arts and technical printers. This quality is underlined by another achievement: every Canon wide-format model tested in
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PrintReleaf Partnering with EFI on Paper Usage and Reforestation Service for Printing Companies
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beginning in 2014, PrintReleaf has become a popular and effective approach for those focused on ecological responsibility. PrintReleaf automatically measures paper consumption and plants a number of trees equivalent to paper used in the customers' desktop printer and copier fleets. Our collaboration with EFI, together with the popularity and market presence of EFI software, means that commercial printers around the worldcan offer their print customers an equivalent service, thus bringing verified
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Toshiba’s microchip business stays in limbo after Western Digital deal failure
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JAPANESE tech giant Toshiba met yet another roadblock in its efforts at finding an outside investor for its multibillion-dollar microchip business last week. After weighing its options anew, the Asian tech giant ultimately failed yet another self-imposed deadline to complete what is estimated to be a US$17 – US$18 billion dollar deal . Toshiba’s microchip business is widely regarded as the second largest in the world, with the firm providing NAND chips for various tech manufacturers. The
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PrintFleet Releases First Version of HP Inc. Smart Device Services Capability
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NEWS RELEASE PrintFleet releases first version of HP Inc. Smart Device Services capability August 29, 2017 Ontario, Canada – PrintFleet® Inc., a global leader in print device monitoring software and solutions, announced today that it has released the first stage of its integration with HP’s Smart Device Services (SDS) for improved HP device management. Available through the latest versions of DCA Pulse and PrintFleet Optimizer (PFO), resellers can take advantage of a simple two-click install
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Western Digital offers to exit Toshiba chip bid for better joint-venture terms:
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Western Digital has offered to drop out of a bid for Toshiba's lucrative semiconductor business in return for a stronger position in the two companies' chip joint venture, two sources said on Tuesday. Toshiba needs to sell the chip unit to plug a giant hole in its finances caused by the failure of the conglomerate's U.S. nuclear business, but the deal has snagged on such issues as antitrust concerns if the U.S. disk-drive maker were a major owner. To help close the deal, California-based
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Re: XEROX 4590 UPGRADE Proposal
Gripper marks!!! Past term of Xerox 813 Common term of the past. Talk soon.
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IMS Inc. in Liverpool, N.Y., Installs an Océ VarioPrint i300 Press
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solution at an excellent value that will help drive the results that clients want. IMS, Inc. utilizes customer data to drive communications that will help to enhance their business, drive additional revenue, increase brand recognition, on both the electronic and print side, through dynamic imagery and highlighted wording printed on both full color digital and inkjet technology. "Over the years, our relationship with Canon Solutions America has transformed into a trusted partnership with our needs
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Complete Design & Packaging Becomes First U.S. Business to Purchase the EFI Nozomi Single-Pass Inkjet Corrugated Press
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, single-pass productivity to clients requiring exceptional printing for greater shelf appeal. "We chose EFI because of their strengths in RD and their commitment to make things happen in the industry," added Sumner, who is CDP's vice president and co-owner. "In addition to the productivity that comes with single-pass printing on the Nozomi press, Fiery technology was definitely a selling point for us. We could see how EFI's legacy with digital print color management will be a big plus for us
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Sometimes I just don't understand.......
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I was told the other day that we are not going and not allowed to sell the lower A4 color mono MFP's from Ricoh. Thus, if someone wants color and the volume is very low, I have to either walk away or try to sell them the color A4 MP C307SP. With a black device, it's the MP 301SPF. Now, I have multiple clients that have larger A3 devices that have bough many of the lower A4 color monochrome devices. Usually I'll sell the black devices for about $1K and the color for $1.3k. I'm not making big
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Lexmark getting more aggressive?
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Anyone seeing any uptick in promo activity from Lexmark in the last quarter or so? Hearing some anecdotes about Lexmark growing sales in N. America, andgrowing some segments (A4 BW, A3 Color). I think this could be replacement cycle related (probably replacing both these product lines soon ^), but wondering if anyoneseeing anything in terms of more aggressive Lexmark pricing/promos.
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Epson Wins Four Awards in the Ninth Annual 2017 Golden Bridge Awards
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people, things and information with its original efficient, compact and precision technologies. With a lineup that ranges from inkjet printers and digital printing systems to 3LCD projectors, smart glasses, sensing systems and industrial robots, the company is focused on driving innovations and exceeding customer expectations in inkjet, visual communications, wearables and robotics. Led by the Japan -based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 72,000 employees in 88
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Label markets set for steady growth
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Exclusive provisional data from the Smithers Pira report, the Future of Label Printing to 2022, shows that in 2017 this market is worth 34.46 billion USD globally, and over the next five years market growth will occur at an average of 2.8 percent year-on-year to yield a total value of 39.5 billion USD in 2022. This contrasts with an annual growth rate of just 1.2 percent in the wider print market, according to the report, as traditional end-use applications see margins eroded by electronic
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