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Art Post · 6/25/181:38 PM

MALVERN, Pa. , June 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh USA Inc. today announced the newest addition to its award-winning inkjet portfolio, the RICOH Pro VC70000, built to accelerate the transfer of offset print volumes to digital. The new continuous feed platform empowers commercial printers to produce quality applications, such as high-end catalogs and magazines, traditionally expected from offset presses. Additionally, Ricoh-developed inks enable up to 40 percent savings in paper costs while

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Art Post · 6/25/189:39 PM

The York-based printing and copier firm Doceo Office Solutions, recently moved its Dauphin County office to 15 S. Houcks Road in Lower Paxton Township. The new spacewill double the sizeof Doceo’s previous office, Doceo officials said Monday. The former space was just under 1,000 square feet while the new space is 2,050 square feet. In a newly renovated showroom, the firm willoffer hands-on demonstrations of copiers and printers by a sales team led by Bill Alquist, vice president of sales, and

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Art Post · 6/25/1810:53 PM

If you've been around as long as I have, then you're old! No, really it's that you've seen or heard about some of the coolest marketing programs from our beloved copier manufacturers. One program has recently has a ton of chatter on the Print4Pay forums lately. That's the KonicaMinoltaAll inclusive unlimited clickprogram. I first heard of the program through one of my Linkedin connections and he was touting how awesome the program is for clients. In fact he's authored his success on the One

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Art Post · 6/27/1810:20 PM

Former Toshiba Information System ’s Head of B2B Sales-Northern Europe Offin, who will replace Neil Bramley on the 1st July after Bramley held the post for 23 years, is set to focus his operations on promoting the expansion of the public, corporate and mid-market sectors of the industrial, healthcare and education industries. “Over the past five years, expanding my remit beyond partner-driven activity to include a wide variety of market approaches has given me the chance to focus on the

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Art Post · 6/25/189:41 PM

and financially successful organizations. About Sharp Business Systems Sharp Business Systems is the direct sales division of Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, which markets Sharp's full line of multifunction printers (MFPs)/Copiers, Network Printers, and professional display products including the AQUOS BOARD® interactive display system. Sharp Imaging and Information Systems is a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, the U.S. sales and marketing subsidiary of Sharp

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Art Post · 6/25/189:57 PM

technologies and services enabling individuals to work smarter. For more than 80 years, Ricoh has been driving innovation and is a leading provider of document management solutions, IT services, commercial and industrial printing, digital cameras, and industrial systems. Headquartered in Tokyo , Ricoh Group operates in approximately 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ended March 2018 , Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,063 billion yen (approx. 19.4 billion USD ). For further

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Art Post · 6/25/189:37 PM

( Reuters) - Xerox Corp said on Monday it would start sourcing products from new vendors to lower its dependency on Fujifilm Holdings Corp and may not renew its technology agreement with the 56-year-old joint venture Fuji Xerox. Fujifilm sued Xerox last week for well over $1 billion, faulting the printer and copier company for succumbing to pressure from activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason in calling off a proposed merger agreed in January. In a letter to Fujifilm Chief Executive

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copyme posted: Then let me take it one step further - is there anything misleading in the way it is being presented? Is there any way to see the offer in writing from one of the reps out there? It one thing to "say" it is unlimited clicks - it is another thing if it is writing. Doesn't seem to be unlimited clicks in any way shape or form to me. Is this going to give Office Equipment Sales People a bad name out there? I think it needs to be exposed if this is a scam. IN reviewing what I write

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jswinberlin · 6/29/188:46 AM

I have a customer who was using a Xerox Job Build feature to copy mixed single and double sided documents (so they are not charged a click for blank pages). How can I do this on a Savin/Ricoh? With Xerox Job Build you can tell the copier these pages are single sided and these pages are double allowing you to only be charged for the pages with coverage. I can't figure out if or how to do this with the Savin. Thanks!

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Art Post · 6/30/1811:19 PM

designed to streamline common processes and help workers be more productive. Cloud Connectors provides connectivity to a range of cloud-based applications with a scan-to-email feature with no configuration, mobile printing, and optical character recognition (OCR). 39, business, among others. With RICOH Integrated Cloud Environment packages, users can seamlessly connect to more than 20 different cloud applications. Workflows in the cloud give businesses that need specific tasks and advanced

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Larry Levine · 6/24/1810:16 AM

, CONNECT MORE Listening with the intent to learn is the cornerstone of a selling from the heart professional. They understand talking is not really giving. It may feel like giving to a sales rep but it isn't. Effective listening begins with the intent to understand. Most sales reps love talking about themselves.They love spewing their product knowledge as well as the features and benefits of their service.In actuality, they're puking all over themselves as they stick to what they know rather than

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copyme · 6/28/1811:08 AM

Question: This makes little sense. If it is "unlimited clicks" but at the same time if the customer goes over their typical use pattern there is an overage charge, then how can it be "unlimited clicks"? I must be missing something! From the post: Here's what's not so good for the sales person to chat about: If a client use of supplies rises above the typical use pattern (determined by KMBS) the client would need to pay overage charges

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copyme · 6/28/181:24 PM

Then let me take it one step further - is there anything misleading in the way it is being presented? Is there any way to see the offer in writing from one of the reps out there? It one thing to "say" it is unlimited clicks - it is another thing if it is writing. Doesn't seem to be unlimited clicks in any way shape or form to me. Is this going to give Office Equipment Sales People a bad name out there? I think it needs to be exposed if this is a scam.

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Art Post · 6/27/1810:18 PM

(Reuters) - Fujifilm Holdings Corp ( 4901.T ) on Wednesday threatened to compete against Xerox Corp ( XRX.N ) in Asia-Pacific and challenge it in America and Europe if it failed to renew its technology agreement in 2021. Xerox had said on Monday it would start sourcing products from new vendors to lower its dependency on Fujifilm and may not renew the agreement with the 56-year-old joint venture Fuji Xerox. In a letter to Xerox’s newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, John Visentin, Fujifilm

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Art Post · 6/30/1811:11 PM

SAN DIEGO - June 27, 2018 - Memjet announces that Neopost has incorporated Memjet’s printing technology into its MACH 6 digital color thick media printer for mailing, printing and packaging applications. The MACH 6 ensures a level of quality and speed that toner-based solutions cannot provide and gives print providers the resource they need to produce affordable, short-run, digital color printing while increasing their profitability and productivity. The MACH 6 represents Neopost’s next

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Art Post · 6/24/187:41 PM

NEW YORK – Fujifilm Holdings Corp. failed to persuade a Manhattan state judge to dissolve an order barring its planned merger with Xerox Corp., cutting off a possible option for keeping the deal alive. The company has claimed in a separate lawsuit it will suffer $1 billion in damages if it can’t cement the $6.1 billion takeover, which was thwarted by activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason. Deason sued Xerox in February in Manhattan state court to block the acquisition, accusing its

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Art Post · 6/26/1810:11 PM

I cut the above from the 4070N brochure. How is this used on the Sharp? Is it just some embedded software/

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Art Post · 6/25/181:52 PM

Can anyone help with a set up for Ricoh ICE with Office 365? Need asap if you can?

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Art Post · 6/26/188:46 PM

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO – Xerox Corp. CEO John Visentin blasted his Fujifilm Holdings Corp. counterpart’s efforts to revive merger talks and warned that he doesn’t plan to renew the companies’ Asia joint venture Fuji Xerox in 2021. Visentin, elevated to CEO after shareholders Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason won a court order blocking the companies’ $6.1 billion merger deal, said in a letter to Fujifilm Chairman Shigetaka Komori on Monday that a lawsuit by Tokyo-based Fujifilm was “nothing more

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Art Post · 6/26/188:55 PM

heard today that reps get an extra 2%

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Art Post · 6/28/188:39 AM

Program is to be continued for third quarter of 2018

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Art Post · 6/28/1811:34 AM

Copyme I guess you could say that is the "gotcha" clause

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Art Post · 6/28/181:30 PM

I'm not seeing this as a scam, but just a company protecting it self if a user is producing too much color on a page. personally, I think the reps need to tell the "entire" story and explain any potential pitfalls.

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fisher · 6/28/184:26 PM

This is nothing more than just another way to package the exact same thing we've all always done. Just packaging and a talk track. Same old Same OLD.

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Art Post · 6/28/184:40 PM

I beg to differ. We just ran up against this with an account that was producing 16K in color on three MFP devices. This program saves that client almost $40K

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Old Glory · 6/28/184:57 PM

Giving away the blades to sell the razor? That doesn't make sense. What could possibly have changed to allow them to forgo such profits nationwide? On a side note, I wander if they have any Chinese Manufacturing?

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Art Post · 6/25/189:52 PM

Nick Sheehan. Think’s branches in Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Emerald, Gladstone, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba will join EFEX’s current footprint of three offices to form an 11-branch network spanning from Adelaide in the south to Cairns in the north. Sheehan told CRN that Think, currently a subsidiary of ASX-listed Flexigroup, was Konica Minolta’s biggest dealer in Australia and that EFEX was one of Kyocera’s biggest. He said the merger would create a strong business footprint across

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Ray Stasiezcko · 6/24/182:35 PM

SalesServiceGuy posted: A4 copiers are caught in battle between product quality and low price. Other than lower costs there are no big reasons why you should buy an A4 MFP over an A3 MFP. Many customers prefer A3 copiers because they feel comfortable with the build quality and reliability. Price is not necessarily the highest priority for them. I have yet to see an A4 copier from any vendor that has a document feeder that even comes close to the build quality found on A3 copiers. As scanning

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SalesServiceGuy · 6/24/187:01 PM

More than a few copier/ printers are manufactured in Thailand and the Philippines due to low labor costs. I do not know but I think these products tend to be more low end A4 and printer products. I think most A3 product is made in China. I can only speak for Toshiba but I know the majority of North American toner is made in North Dakota. As I am from Canada, I am hoping with fingers crossed that this very likely US tariff war with China will not effect us.