This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago

Art Post · 5/3/1911:17 PM

Minolta and MGI will demonstrate the latest advances in digital print enhancement and decorative finishing to create high-value print experiences. Their exhibit will feature live demonstrations of JETvarnish 3D technology, a portfolio of sheet-fed and web-fed digital solutions for 2D/3D UV dimensional textures and embossed variable data foiling (VDF). Jeff Peterson, FSEA Executive Director, stated “Konica Minolta and MGI are helping to create a landscape of new print finishing business

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Art Post · 5/3/1911:15 PM

DP8700 XL+ such an innovative, and industry-leading product,” said Norm Bussolaro, Sr. Director of Marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd. “Foil stamping once required the use of expensive dies and metal plates but today, thanks to advancements in digital print and finishing technology, you can achieve remarkable foil effects at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional methods. As a partner of Konica Minolta’s for more than a decade, we’re thrilled that Norprint has

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Art Post · 5/3/1911:33 PM

://www.channelE2E.com/top100 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 Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for 12 consecutive years, and is proud to be ranked

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Art Post · 5/1/1910:03 PM

FLOWER MOUND, Texas, May 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --nbsp;Timitoo Systems, Inc., today announced a relationship with Canon Solutions America Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. , Inc. Canon Solutions America will now offer the Timitoo Systems Correspondence platform, as well as the Timitoo AFP Conversion Suite of products, to its existing feature rich print solutions. This strategic alliance positions Canon Solutions America with the leading end-to-end offering in the document

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Art Post · 5/7/1910:07 PM

percent with low-cost replacement bottles vs. mono laser toner – about 1/3 of 1 cent per ISO page vs. 2 ½ cents 1 – providing additional savings when added to a multi-printer environment. Powered by Epson's PrecisionCore ® printing technology, the EcoTank wireless black and white all-in-one supertank printers offer worry-free, cartridge-free printing with easy-to-fill, supersized ink tanks and enough ink to print up to 6,000 pages 2 with each ultra-high-capacity replacement ink bottle – the

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Ray Stasiezcko · 5/7/1910:23 PM

revenue. There are still many dealers who are listening to the hype of the big deal instead of the realities to the big deal's lack of profit. “Don’t let the cheers for chasing revenue deafen the cries to controlling cost.” The Commodity Mindset Customer: Ricoh first recognized the market realities of this customer in 2017. They evacuated this customer type selling back nearly all of their direct operations to dealers.I would add Ricoh sold back this business for substantially less than the 2 Plus

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Art Post · 5/3/1911:19 PM

Yuichi Ishizuka, President and CEO of Canon Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) ( www.Canon-CNA.com ), a global provider of imaging technologies and services, visited Morocco as part of a regional tour of Africa. The visit reaffirms, once again, Canon’s commitment to North Africa, which is a key focus market for the company’s future business development plan. Morocco is part of Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA), a Regional Sales Organization which was formed in 2016, as a strategic step to

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Art Post · 5/1/1910:08 PM

monochrome and color. “These market leadership positions are a reflection of our commitment to developing advanced digital imaging solutions that meet our customer needs,” says Shinichi Yoshida, executive vice president and general manager, Canon U.S.A. Inc. “We are proud of the achievement and plan to continue showcasing Canon’s role as a leader in the years to come.” Canon emerged as a market leader in the following segments: 2018 Total U.S. A3 Copier/MFP (Monochrome and Color), 2018 Total U.S

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Art Post · 5/3/1911:38 PM

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. 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 ).Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in approximately 200 countries and regions

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Art Post · 5/7/1910:01 PM

impressive scanning speeds of up to 100ipm (duplex, 300dpi). In addition, the new Color imageCLASS MF746Cdw multifunction printer and Color imageCLASS LBP664Cdw single function printer both offer high-quality imaging, minimal maintenance, efficient print speeds of up to 28 ppm in both color and black-and-white, and a five-inch color touchscreen made to deliver an intuitive user experience. Both new models support the simple, customized device platform, Application Library, which incorporates

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Art Post · 5/6/1910:00 PM

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 , 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

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Art Post · 5/1/1910:18 PM

management services, and provide ways to digitize their paper documents, not sell more printers. "Many people are suggesting that Fuji Xerox may face hardship, but our business is to make customers use less paper, improve security when printing paper and accelerate the digitization of paper documents," he said. Thanks to this, Fuji Xerox Korea now has a 50/50 sales split between its hardware and services divisions. "Even in the distant future when multifunction printers continue to disappear

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Art Post · 5/1/1910:01 PM

Printers: They can be a real pain in the butt. Who among us has not, at some point in time, wanted to smash a malfunctioning printer? One Houston law firm took a different route—a lawsuit seeking $100,000—when its HP printer broke, and the firm felt HP Inc. wasn’t honoring its warrantyby refusing to send a service technician to the office. The litigationamong The Cweren Law Firm, HP and a sales representative reached the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Texas after HP removed it

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Art Post · 5/5/196:27 PM

SSG I agree with you, the market potential for color digital laser printers is enormous. Most of the industry is still using presses (flexo). I compare it to when our industry first started replaces color presses with digital production copiers. The time is now to enter this enormous market!

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Art Post · 5/1/1910:06 PM

okay, can some Canon peeps tell me what this software really does, because I don't have a clue!

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Art Post · 5/7/1910:10 PM

Largest independent dealer in Texas looks eastward AUSTIN, Texas, May 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --nbsp;UBEO Business Services—a premier provider of printer, copier and document management solutions—has named a respected veteran of the office equipment industry as its northeast region president. James J. Morrissey , who has worked throughout the eastern U.S., will focus on the northeast region and be based in Connecticut . AUSTIN, Texas, May 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --UBEO Business Services—a premier

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Art Post · 5/6/199:49 PM

-West Copier and DocuWare. In the next week I'll be posted up a special blog for our sponsors and what they were showing. I also met many Print4Pay Hotel members on the floor and made sure that I introduced them to our P4P Hotel vendors that were there. I was surprised that there was only one print vendor at the show. That was Epson and they had a nice display printers, scanners and their really fast inkjet MFP. I was also told thatEpsonis making improvements and will continue with their 150PPM

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Art Post · 5/6/199:54 PM

Sammamish, WA, May 06, 2019 --( PR.com )-- Xippa offers negotiation services for consumers that lease and contract for copiers, multifunction devices (MFD), Managed Print Services (MPS) and IT Managed Services throughout the United States. Xippa was founded by Wade Cascini, an Attorney in the State of Washington with over 25 years in the copier and printer industry, including outsourcing of mail and copy operations and MPS to numerous Fortune 500 and mid-market sized companies. “Xippa has

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Art Post · 5/7/1910:04 PM

Melville, N.Y.–Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., today announced the installation of the new Océ Colorado 1640 in eleven key Riot Creative Imaging locations throughout North America: Las Vegas, NV; Costa Mesa and Santa Clara, CA; Houston, TX; Miami and Orlando, FL; Atlanta, GA; Tulsa, OK; Honolulu, HI; Clawson, MI; and Vancouver, British Columbia. Riot Creative Imaging is a global leader in creative imaging for events, indoor and outdoor

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Larry Levine · 5/5/199:07 AM

with your career. HONESTY Honesty is a huge part of self-improvement. Get brutally honest with yourself and ditch the delusional thinking. In chapter 2 of Selling From the Heart , I write about sales chaos. Has turmoil set in within your sales career? Is pure chaos keeping you from seeing the truth and taking the required actions of successful sales professionals? If you're not honest with yourself then how can you expect to learn and grow? You must be willing to recognize reality for what it is

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Art Post · 5/7/1910:37 PM

"The Enterprise Customer or the Value-added Appreciative Customer. This group of customers represents probably no more than 15% of your customer base. " With almost 40 years in the business. If I had to guess I would be thinking 20%-25% are Value-Added. Clients also come and go over time. "I would add Ricoh sold back this business for substantially less than the 2 Plus Billion dollars they paid for that distribution over the previous decade. The reason they cited was that print volumes were

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Art Post · 5/3/1911:36 PM

Wide Format Printers market Wide Format Printersmarket provides a detailed analysis of the industry for the estimation period of 2019– 2024. Wide Format Printers Market by Reports Monitor report includes market size, growth rate, market share, application, future trends. The market research of Wide Format Printersis precise but encloses all points in brief which are essential and relevant for a customer of Wide Format Printersindustry. The research study, titled “Wide Format PrintersMarket

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Ray Stasiezcko · 5/5/197:16 PM

of the current out-dated model as momentum on innovative customer-centric solutions emerge. The shift from A3 to A4 in the print industry, an industry representing billions of dollars in the leasing of A3 copier/print equipment, and today A3 Equipment is being recognized as over kill in most business environments. Customers will demand more and more of the much lower cost A4 equipment and this shift will influence customer-centric dealers and OEM's to respond. The residual value at lease

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Art Post · 5/7/199:59 PM

products, with a special focus on the reprographic, graphic arts sign making markets. Sales and distribution points across North America allow National / AZON to continuously expand and innovate to meet the ever-changing needs of large format printing and scanning professionals. With an intense focus on customer satisfaction, National / AZON has gained a nationwide presence in the marketplace and will continue to provide products and services that enable success and profitability to the print-for-pay

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SalesServiceGuy · 5/1/1910:46 PM

least two productive copier lives in many workplaces. There is some metal in most of them so you can dispose of them at select metal recyclers. Plus you can make some really good money selling used A3 product.

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Art Post · 5/1/1910:14 PM

ST. CLOUD — Marco, a leading technology services provider in the United States, announces its acquisition of Accent Business Solutions, a copier/printer company located in Wisconsin. Marco’s employees will continue to serve and support Accent Business Solutions’ clients from its current locations in Appleton and Wausau. The company has eight locations throughout Wisconsin. “We look forward to continuing Accent’s commitment to satisfying their clients and expanding the services and technical

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Art Post · 5/1/1910:19 PM

, consumer product, electronics, food processing, medical device, pharmaceutical, plastics, semiconductor, and telecommunication industries. About Epson Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to connecting 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, watches and industrial robots, the company is focused on driving innovations and exceeding

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Art Post · 5/5/197:25 PM

"Hardware OEM’s will soon be selling their hardware direct to end-users in self-funded as a service models or DaaS Device as a Service. Some are already provide this model. The Print Equipment is one of the few technologies lacking behind in the DaaS model. However, soon more Print Equipment OEM’s will bring to market their versions of DaaS." This is probably the one that scares me the most! The only fly in the ointment is that most manufacturers still need dealers to service the devices

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SalesServiceGuy · 5/3/199:26 AM

The ability to purchase a used A4 copier for like $25.00 to $50.00 each is not the full story. Depending on where the meter read is you might have to spend an additional $350.00 on consumables to get a 50 cpm black only desktop Lexmark working and up to $1,400.00 to a Lexmark 40 cpm colour 4 ready to go.

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Art Post · 5/3/1911:31 PM

textile industry using high-performance and quality inks ,” said Serra Saatcıoglu Yildiz and Ibrahim Demir, BDR’s co-founders. “ EFI’s global, best-in-class Reggiani portfolio fits exactly with our own key goals for innovation and growth. We are excited to be joining EFI to work together on advancing the industry’s analog-to-digital printing transformation .” EFI Reggiani is a leading, state-of-art technology provider with an extensive line up of industrial textile inkjet printers utilizing

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Art Post · 5/7/199:32 PM

that I wanted to help guide me through the book creation process, 23 of those people responded and offered their help. That’s a 96% success rate. Free Download: 25 Proven Sales Email Templates Bottom line: Business professionals enjoy sharing knowledge, particularly when someone is willing to be a sponge and soak it all up. That’s why a networking email like the one below, which asks for a favor right away, is the wrong approach. Relationship-Building Email: What Not to Do Need an introduction Hi

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Art Post · 5/7/1910:15 PM

cloud computing to the next level, streamline spending, effectively allocate limited resources and navigate the vast field of available technologies," said Bob Skelley , CEO of The Channel Company. "The companies on CRN's 2019 MSP 500 list stand out for their innovative services, excellence in adapting to customers' changing needs and demonstrated ability to help businesses get the most out of their IT investments." "We are thrilled to earn a place on the MSP 500 listas an exceptional managed

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Art Post · 5/7/1910:16 PM

, Inc. Statements in this press release which are not purely historical, including statements regarding future business associated with any product, service, customer, or industry; Intellinetics’ future sales and growth; market penetration; and other intentions, beliefs, expectations, representations, projections, plans or strategies regarding future growth, financial results, and other future events are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties

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Art Post · 5/7/1910:18 PM

hunt, identify, and remediate any cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities. Partners can also extend their offerings with Pondurance’s consulting services, which address compliance, information security, and business continuity. “Cybersecurity is an attractive market for managed IT service providers, but building out a security services offering can be time-consuming and costly,” said Mike Childs, sales operations manager, Pondurance. “They also find that securing the resources and expertise to

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Art Post · 5/4/1910:32 PM

business and support both our franchise owners and their customers.” “We’re very pleased and welcome this great news from Kaseya,” said Ken Roulston, managing director, CMI. “With so much turmoil in the industry as vendors are being acquired and companies are selling out to large investors, it’s good to know that Kaseya remains a pillar of stability and consistency in the market, and that they will continue on their current strategy, while remaining a strong committed partner for the foreseeable

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