This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago
This Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
First Week of June 2018
Real Copier Sales
Be Prepared.
Is the motto of the Boy Scouts. Someone one asked Based Powell, 'be prepared for what?" Baden responded with, "why, for any old thing."
The imaging industry is changing again. There's a new war on the horizon for A3 & A4 MFP's, and it's not A3 vs A4 anymore. It's the war for "toner vs ink". read more here...
Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 5 years ago
Talk To Me. Xerox Adds New Voice Command Solution to MFP Making It Easy to Copy, Print, Fax, Scan and Call for Service
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NORWALK, Conn.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--With a full-court press to build the most productive, efficient workplace, Xerox (NYSE: XRX) will feature Gabi® Voice , a smart, intuitive voice command solution for its Xerox AltaLink® multifunction printers (MFPs). Touchless requests to copy, scan, print, fax or place a service call are now possible on this award-winning Workplace Assistant MFP. “Let’s face it – hassle-free accessibility and ease of use are important prerequisites to achieving workplace
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Toshiba Wins Gold Stevie Award for World’s First Hybrid Copiers
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LAKE FOREST, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Toshiba America Business Solutions again affirms its signature Leading Innovation trademark by winning the 2018 Gold Stevie® Award within the business-to-business product category during the 16th Annual American Business Awards®. Toshiba secured the honor for developing the world’s first hybrid copiers, the e-STUDIO™5008LP series. Via Toshiba's proprietary erasable toner, the company’s hybrid copiers enable paper reuse by erasing all printed content on
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Xerox Managed Print Services Opens Doors for Multi-Vendor Print Dealer
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Bishop Business Equipment has cracked the code on how to engage organizations once considered too big or complex for the typical dealer to support. Using Xerox’s Managed Print Services (MPS) offering, Bishop is now winning those opportunities and experiencing double digit MPS growth rates. “While service level agreements are critical, the priority for businesses is overall control of the enterprise. And that’s what we can provide with Xerox,” said Dave Bishop, president and chief executive
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Sharp finalizing purchase of Toshiba's PC unit for $45.7M
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Reuters sources say Foxconn’s Sharp is in final talks to buy Toshiba’s PC business for around $45.7 M. The two could finalize the deal as early as this week. Sharp withdrew from the PC business in 2010 and wants to reenter the market now that it can leverage the purchasing power of Foxconn. Toshiba’s PC business reported a loss of 9.6B yen on sales of 167.3B yen in the last fiscal year. Toshiba previously sold off its TV business to Hisense and its white goods business to Midea Group to help
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Konica Minolta India Completes the First Southeast Asian Installation of Its State-of-the-Art Inkjet Press, AccurioJet KM-1
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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India In a move hinting at a significant transformation in the country’s print and printing industry, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, a global leader in advanced imaging networking, has completed the first-ever India installation of its state-of-the-art inkjet press, AccurioJet KM-1. The installation in Dina Color Labs in Chennai also marks the first AccurioJet KM-1 installation in the entire Southeast Asia region. The unveiling of the newly-installed Konica Minolta
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Canon has entered the digital label printing market with the launch of the Océ LabelStream 4000
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Canon has entered the digital label printing market with the launch of the Océ LabelStream 4000. Océ LabelStream 4000 is a roll-to-roll industrial-scale UV inkjet press, offering CMYK+W printing and available in a number of configurations to suit different needs in self-adhesive labels and flexible packaging. The white printing station is positioned ahead of the CMYK units, with two types of white ink available providing opacity from 67 percent (True white) to 80 percent (Alpine white
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Canon Solutions America Expands its Relationship with Legrand North America Incorporating Sustainability Efforts
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Melville, N.Y. and has sales and service locations across the U.S. For more information on Canon Solutions America, please visit csa.canon.com. *For more information on Canon's support of the Arbor Day Foundation, please visit here . Canon is a registered trademark of Canon Inc. in the United States and elsewhere. Océ is a registered trademark of Océ-Technologies B.V. in the United States and elsewhere. All other referenced product names and marks are trademarks of their respective owners and are
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Ricoh unveils new affordable production solutions tailored to deliver repeatable, predictable results
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MALVERN, Pa. , May 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh USA , Inc. today unveiled additions to its Commercial Industrial Printing Business Group portfolio that set a new standard for best-in-class price performance in its category. The RICOH Pro C9200 and C9210 Graphic Arts Editions provide an affordable, predictable way for businesses to maximize revenue due to its uptime and reliability. Ricoh's latest strategic investment empowers customers to expand into new markets with the ability to produce
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Ricoh brings collaboration and meeting efficiency solutions and services to InfoComm 2018
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120-degree field-of-view camera and integrated audio, will be on display in BoothN2034. Making her return to InfoComm to welcome attendees to Ricoh's booth will be Sharon a RICOH Virtual Self-Service Hologram , who will automatically and intelligently transform into a product specialist. This real-life demonstration highlights how hologram technologies, leveraging artificial intelligence, can benefit businesses of all sizes. For the latest updates and insights on Ricoh's solutions and InfoComm
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Ricoh and Hendrick Motorsports partner to enhance collaboration on and off the track
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, projectors and unified communication systems (UCS) to enhance collaboration in meetings, Hendrick Motorsports has embraced streamlined, interconnected processes for print. RICOH Device Manager NX Lite works with other solutions to provide transparency and management capabilities for Hendrick Motorsports' device fleet, helping to drive more efficient use of resources. Additionally, Ricoh's Integrated Cloud Environment brings new opportunities for productivity while maintaining high levels of
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MFP's, Copiers & The War for Ink vs Toner Devices
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. Xerography The Xerography technology is now seventy-six years old. There's been many advancements in the technology over the years. The late nineties saw the move from analog to digital copiers and for the lasttwelve years we've reaped the rewards of digital colorMFP's placements.The cash cow of planned obsolescence for copiers will meet it's demise very soon. I'm not saying the MFP's are going away. We'll still have them, it's just that the bulk of them willuse ink technology and not toner
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Re: Sharp finalizing purchase of Toshiba's PC unit for $45.7M
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this week, Sharp will purchase a roughly 80% stake in Toshiba Client Solutions, a wholly owned Toshibasubsidiary, as soon as this fall. Toshiba would keepa stake of about 20%. Known forreleasing the world's first mass-market laptop in 1985,Toshiba grabbed a world-leading market share for a time with its Dynabook line. But in recent years,competitors like China's Lenovo Group have taken the lead, while smartphones and tablets have eaten into the PC market overall, depressing sales. Sales for
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School board OKs copier bid, ECC funding request
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. Louis over questions about whether or not software and card readers that track copier use were included in that price. USD 489 executive director of finance and support services Tracy Kaiser clarified they were not included, and the vote was 4-2 against accepting the bid. Thursday morning, Kaiser further detailed the company’s bid with the inclusion of the software and card readers. “As you can see Sumner One still has the low bid including all of that at $56,043, so it would still be a savings
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Bioprinting Technology to Control the Number of DNA Molecules in Units of One
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stricter quality control of genetic testing instruments, reagents, and genetic testing methods. The material will be useful in improving the accuracy of GMO food inspections and preventing cancers and infections from being overlooked. Furthermore, the technology will contribute to solving larger social issues. Relevant Information Bio 3D printer Expansion of Ricoh’s inkjet technologies About Ricoh Ricoh is empowering digital workplaces using innovative technologies and services enabling individuals to
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Sharp Adds New Entry-level Workgroup Document System To Monochrome Essentials Series Lineup
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. The MX-M2630 also supports popular mobile technologies, including Apple ® AirPrint ® , Android™, Google Cloud Print™ and Sharpdesk ® Mobile. The new MX-M2630 Essentials Series monochrome document system is available immediately for purchase via authorized Sharp dealers. About Sharp Electronics Corporation Sharp Electronics Corporation is the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Sharp Corporation. Sharp is a worldwide developer of one-of-a-kind home appliances, networked multifunctional office solutions
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Toyotsugu Kuwamura To Retire From Canon U.S.A., Inc.
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most recently as Executive Vice President/GM at Canon Canada. His successor will be Mr. Nobuhiko Kitajima as Executive Vice President/GM, Imaging Systems Group and Professional Printing Solutions Group, Canon Canada. Mr. Kitajima joined Canon Inc. in 1981 and has had various assignments at Canon Inc., Canon Europe and Canon U.S.A. throughout his career. Mr. Kitajima was promoted to Vice President and General Manager, Marketing, Business Imaging Solutions Group, Canon U.S.A. in July 2016 . "I
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New imagePRESS Print Servers Powered by Fiery Technology Drive Production Efficiency and Outstanding Image Quality
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, scanning workflows and mobile printing – all with security features for document management. uniFLOW helps save organizations time and money by providing effective controls over the entire printer and multifunction fleet. "We are excited to work with EFI to provide these new DFE versions for commercial print and in-plant users of imagePRESS C850 Series digital presses who are looking to further advance the productivity, accuracy and creativity of their digital printing," said Toyotsugu Kuwamura
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ANRO Inc. is the Latest Commercial Printer to Partner with PrintReleaf
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PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release For more information, contact dmason@printreleaf.com ANRO Inc. is the Latest Commercial Printer to Partner with PrintReleaf Denver , Colorado; June 2018 -- ANRO Inc.-- a full service communications partner specializing in personalized solutions for corporate printing, direct mail, signage, secure data management, custom online print ordering, fulfillment, and digital communication services--is the latest commercial printer to offer print customers
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Memjet Sponsors Smithers Pira Digital Print for Packaging Conference
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Company will discuss solutions that empower package customization at each stage of package production process San Diego, Calif.– Memjet (Memjet.com), a leading developer of inkjet printing technology, announced today that it is a sponsor of the Smithers Pira Digital Print for Packaging Conference on June 4-6, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois. This event brings together top experts in the digital print and packaging industry to provide conference attendees the information they need to understand and
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Fujifilm left exposed by careless emails in Xerox merger lawsuit
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TOKYO -- Fujifilm Holdings was left standing at the altar in May, after U.S. office equipment maker Xerox terminated its takeover agreement with the Japanese company. The trouble began with the Supreme Court of the State of New York, which temporarily suspended the deal in April.A close look at the court's ruling shows that over-friendly emails between the management of the two companies shifted the case in favor of a group of large shareholders, including activist investor Carl Icahn, opposed
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Toshiba completes $18 billion sale of chip unit to Bain consortium
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The completion of the deal, initially aimed for by end-March, had been delayed due to a prolonged review by Chinese antitrust authorities. China approved the deal last month. The Bain consortium last year won a long and highly contentious battle for Toshiba Memory, the world’s No. 2 producer of NAND chips. Toshiba put the business up for sale after billions of dollars in cost overruns at its Westinghouse nuclear unit had plunged it into crisis. read the rest here
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Mimaki USA Announces Tiger-1800B Digital Textile Printing System
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Mimaki USA announces Tiger-1800B digital textile printing system Complete production model system available as direct-to-textile or transfer dye sublimation models Suwanee, GA, Feb. 14, 2018 – Mimaki USA, a global industry leader of wide-format inkjet printers and cutters, today announced the availability of Tiger-1800B printing system in the Americas. The Tiger-1800B printer is a purpose-engineered, high production digital inkjet printer capable of direct-to-textile or transfer dye sublimation
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Fujifilm’s Komori gives Xerox ‘six months’ to decide on takeover
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from activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason . Fujifilm doubts that Xerox can stay in business without thesynergiestheir joint venture offers. Xerox's productsare mostly developed and manufactured by Fuji Xerox. Xerox couldtry to dissolve the partnership andfind another supplier, but Fujifilm believes findingsuch a deal on short notice at a reasonable price is unrealistic. uary, Xerox and Fujifilm had agreed to a complex deal to foldXerox into their 56-year-old Asian joint venture Fuji
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Re: MFP's, Copiers & The War for Ink vs Toner Devices
I have not yet competed against an A3 inkjet copier but I work with a dealer who has access to the HP line. He has one in stock but is unable to sell it yet. The last 10 A3 MFPs he sold were all laser. For quality prints, the HP needs premium paper. Customers are also very reluctant to leave toner based MFPs. They seem indifferent to the difference between Laser and LED technology. More than 50% of Xerox's current A3 product line is based upon LED technology.
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Re: Canon has entered the digital label printing market with the launch of the Océ LabelStream 4000
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I guess I'm not that crazy after all!
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Attention Sales Managers... Is Your Quota Breath Holding Your Sales Team Back?
there besides yours. Prospects and your clients crave a sales professional who's knowledgeable about their business and that can provide an outstanding experience. They loathe salespeople who lead with their wallet and reek of commission breath. Who stands right behind a commission breathed sales rep? SALES MANAGERS AND QUOTA BREATH A quota breathing sales manager (aka commission breath) hammers on their sales team to get a deal at all costs. The craving for commissions and overrides is so
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SolidCAD continues to solidify its presence in Québec with the acquisition of Le Groupe A&A's Autodesk Division (SIM)
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Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Civil Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Media Entertainment. We are an Autodesk Authorized Training Center, employing the largest team of industry technology experts across Canada , in all time zones and both official languages. www.solidcad.ca About Le Groupe AA Established in 1975, Le Groupe AA ranks among Canada's largest distributors of office equipment, including Konica Minolta multifunction copiers, KIP and HP wide format printers, as well as 3D printing
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Re: Label printing (Aluminium backed)
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Spoke with my guy about this and no the muratecs can't due a metal backed label, however there are substrates available that have a gold and silver background that you can print on
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Epson Wins Two Stevie Awards for Achievement in Business Solutions
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by innovative PrecisionCore Ò Technology, delivers color print speeds up to 100 ISO pages per minute 2 , optimized for business productivity and versatility. This powerful MFP is designed for large workgroups and departments within SMB and corporate environments. As a leader in innovation, Epson also offers the Brighter Futures ® program, a unique sales and support initiative available specifically for schools. Designed to help educators select and implement the best products for their
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Interesting on-site cold call yesterday
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While hunting for net new prospects, I knocked on a door (because if was locked), and was greeted by an older woman. As I intro'd my self a younger woman appeared in the door way as I finished my short intro (printers, copiers, IT doc manage). She stated, "where not interested", I then replied with "what are you not interested in", she stated, "we have all small printers", and I replied with "that's okay we also offer IT services", along came another "we're not interested because we are going
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Re: MFP's, Copiers & The War for Ink vs Toner Devices
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SSG Thanks for the reply. I've seen the prints on both the Epson, and PageWide devices, they are very good when printing on regular bond. You are correct that the best image is with inkjet paper. It's my belief that once reps start showing samples and asking if color stays in house or leave the premise will dictate whether the rep shows ink or toner based MFP's. In addition Device Billing will come into play. That's where the client pays for the ink and a monthly charge for service with
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Epson Laser Projectors Light up New Exhibit at San Francisco Exploratorium
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inkjet printers and digital printing systems to 3LCD projectors, watches 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 80,000 employees in 86 companies around the world, and is proud of its contributions to the communities in which it operates and its ongoing efforts to reduce environmental impacts
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