This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago

inkjet print volume of 749 billion A4 prints - Consume 103,700 tons of ink - End users will spend $8.7 billion on ink - Inkjet equipment sales will reach $3.6 billion Denver dealer makes acquisition - LaserCycle, owned by Kirk Peck, and a dealer for HP, Lanier/Ricoh, and Sharp, announced it has acquired ALPS Altus of Irvine CA - ALPS (a laser printer service) markets Xerox, Brother and Samsung products

A few months ago I was able to sit down with an existing client todiscuss thebenefits of Ricoh PrintCopyTool. Our client was near the end of their Ricoh MP W5100en wide format printer/scanner/copier lease. The Ricoh MP W5100en was a little long in the toothalong withusing theolder Ricoh Plotbase software.In additionour clienthad also added a… Read More

and achieving efficiencies. For additional information, please visit www.HackensackMeridianHealth.org . About Konica Minolta Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is reshaping and revolutionizing the Workplace of the Future ™ ( www.reshapework.com ) with its expansive smart office product portfolio from IT Services ( All Covered ), ECM, Managed Print Services and industrial and commercial print solutions.Konica Minoltahas been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP

track and analyze printing, copying, faxing, and scanning usage to help users control and identify ways to help reduce costs. Workflow Intelligence The application of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the identification and classification of case-related materials can help automate the now often manual processes of associating them with specific clients and matter numbers. The AI-powered Canon Smart Document Assistant technology, developed by Canon Information Imaging Solutions

thought naw you really don't want to hear me sing. "Your Copier" Just got a new copier today Let's give it the once over Put the paper in the feeder and pray Cause I bought my copier real cheap I just want to use the copier today I don't want the copier down today Looking around I found a screw Could this mean the copiers in trouble No screwdriver but have some glue Staying the night to try and fix it I just want to use the copier today I don't want the copier down today Try to stop my hands

account, without entering an ID or password. uniFLOW Online 2018.1 aims to improve workplace productivity by giving administrators the ability to track and assess printing, copying, faxing and scanning costs directly within the cloud. Reporting capabilities and a real-time online dashboard can allow administrators to pinpoint areas in need of attention or adjustments to workflow. As with all uniFLOW editions, administrators will be able to restrict printer access to authorized users only, helping

professional service offerings. With the technology offerings of the Canon and Océ brands, Canon Solutions America helps companies of all sizes find ways to: improve sustainability, increase efficiency, and control costs in conjunction with high volume, continuous feed, digital and traditional printing, and document management solutions. A wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. , Inc., Canon Solutions America is headquartered in Melville, N.Y. and has sales and service locations across the U.S. For

, experience and industry best practice approaches with the industry at Integrate 2018.” Ricoh’s booth number at Integrate 2018 is E14. About Ricoh Ricoh is empowering digital workplaces using innovative 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

I just ran across this today and thought I would share with everyone. Picked it up from spiceworks You can work around it by installing Gutenprint which will allow the Mac to Print via PCL. The PS module is the best course, but I've had several clients go this route. http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php Found on Spiceworks: https://community.spiceworks.c...;utm_campaign=growth

Would you agree or disagree with this statement? "You can have the best sales skills in the world, however, if you don't know your product you won't sell a damn thing". I'm a firm believer in the above, excellent product knowledge has allowed me to be extremely successful selling print devices. I feel bad for those sales peeps have the cheapest or lowest price along with zero product knowledge. The end result is guy and gals like me will eat them for lunch. LinkedIn is full of sales guru's

that. That’s just one example of how this ERP implementation will position us for further growth without an excessive need to add more staff . “ I don’t think there is anyone out there that can offer the range of capabilities that EFI can within an integrated suite like this ,” he added. The workflow upgrade comes as Valtim is achieving significant success, with sales up 80% over the past six years. “ We expect that adding the Midmarket Print Suite will spur even more growth as it helps us

, and this show is very relevant to telling that story.” Still another appeal for Memjet is PRINTING United’s theme of convergence: printers moving beyond their primary offerings to seek new profits in other print market segments. Voss notes that movement of the same kind can be seen among Memjet’s customers. “We’re witnessing a print cross-pollination with our OEMs” as they build products around Memjet technology for markets they hadn’t previously addressed, she says. There’s good advice in this

Some Xerox employees in Webster, Canada and other parts of the U.S. were informed Thursday that their positions will beeliminated,officials confirmed Thursday. Xerox representatives confirmed there are less than 250 job cuts in New York state, but declined to share more on local job cutnumbers. The positions eliminated included those in Xerox’s internal IT operations, including IT software engineers, systems engineers, program managers and associated support, as well as finance managers

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cost and time savings. “More jobs, shorter runs, and a lot of low invoice value is what label converters are confronted with in their daily business. To increase their profitability print service providers need a high level of automation throughout their entire print production process incl. prepress, press and post-press. With the seamless integration of our Label Automation Suite, that covers the automation starting from the prepress stage, to Screen`s Equios workflow, label printers shall

dramatic results.Color-Logic decorative effects utilize the existing workflows of printers and designers, yielding dynamic results without the use of special equipment.Color-Logic supports the value of print and works with designers and printers to enhance their printed media.For more information, visit www.color-logic.com or call +1-513-258-0047. - End - Mark Geeves Co-Founder and Director of Sales and Marketing Color-Logic Hi-Res Photo Available

“Your buyers want to work with salespeoplewhohave empathy for them, who understand theirroles and challenges, and who can be prescriptive in helping them." Mark Lindwall , Senior Analyst, Forrester Research Sales enablement, a catch-all phrase with many meanings. What is sales enablement and what purpose does it serve to those in sales? Sirius Decisions says, “The purpose of sales enablement is to ensure sales teams have the skills, knowledge, behavior, and tools needed to engage buyers in rich

looking forward to is Production Industrial Print: The Future of Imaging. The panel will be moderated by Frank Cannata. I'm looking forward to a robust discussion about the growth of print in Industrial applications. I'm a huge fan of digital label presses and niche printing devices. I also agree with Frank Cannata that the only true growth in print is with industrial print. It's my belief that print is not declining, however, print is migrating and we need to follow that migration in order

Art, There is a built in Generic PCL Print Driver in the MACs now. Vince

, Northeast Color. “ For example, we have a repeat job printing wood grain images on PVC, and we can produce 40 to 45 pieces of that job in a single shift on our current UV-inkjet printers; with the VUTEkh3, we will be able to do that in half the time .” Faster, easier maintenance and new print management tools The VUTEk h series platform comes equipped withImageEdgetechnology for fast and easy printhead replacement; automated table and carriage alignment; and a camera-based vision system for

Within 24 hours, Terzis had used the machine to print a 50-page book, joining the ranks of 21st-century artists and publishers who are using old technology to make new creations. The Risograph, a machine that duplicates like a mimeograph but dispels ink like a screen printer, has come a long way from its humble 1958 beginnings in a small home in Tokyo. Originally intended as more of a courtesy to Japanese businesses than a printmaking phenomenon, this ordinary, grey machine’s bulky exterior

Good story Art! Hopefully this isn’t indicative of the future wave of decision makers. I’ve competed against the Amazon quote as well. Asked for the link and found the device wasn’t shipping from the US therefore how could they determine if it was the right plug/power and also in this case, shipping costs brought it back in line with my number. Having some one millennials in my sales force and personal life, I think where our industry may suffer a bit is there lack of perception as to the

Nice, great info Vince!

Funny. But true. Clever

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