This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago, The Last Week in September 2013

Maybe I did something wrong during setup. Ours in our demo room is incredibly slow. Just to get to the URL for the home screen takes a while. Getting to dropbox app (or any others) and logging in and making selections takes so long it still looks like this is in development. I must be doing something wrong. Our internet connection is good and I don't know why the MFP is so slow. Do I need to add something? Memory, GB ethernet?

True story: I met a guy on the driving range.....an annoying sort of fellow. We chatted for a few minutes and I didn't think anything of it. Next day I get a request from him on LinkedIn. Not wanting to be rude I accepted. Within half an hour he called my office name dropping my name trying to get an appointment with the owner of my company to get a crack at our 401K business. With the owner of the company out of the office the call got put through to me.......talk about an awkward...

Played with trying to set it up in our showroom. First of all it took over a week and several emails to get a code to enter into the machine when the documentation claims you will get the code within an hour. Fought with it and the piss poor instructions for a couple of hours. Gave up. Can't sell something where the support from Ricoh is that poor. Moved on.

fisher WOW, can't believe they stink that much. I sold it to someone, should have tested it.

Canon, HP, Samsung Electronics and Xerox today launched the Mopria TM Alliance, a global non-profit membership organization formed to promote, simplify and increase accessibility of wireless printing from smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. The Mopria Alliance aims to bring together the mobile, software and print industries with the goal of aligning to standards that make printing universally compatible from any mobile device to any printer anywhere. The Mopria Alliance will focus...

Canon Middle East, leader in imaging solutions, launches the imageFORMULA ScanFront 330, a compact and intuitive network scanner for ad-hoc and transactional data capture allowing partners to create customised applications and connectivity to...

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 24, 2013--Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, will exhibit its product line of Full HD, Megapixel and Standard Definition IP Video Security cameras at ASIS 2013, held September 24-26,...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oracle Open World 2013 – Avata, Inc., a strategy and implementation consulting firm focused on supply chain management, announced today that Canon Virginia, Inc. has selected Avata to optimize their supply chain utilizing the Avata Business Cloud to deliver a complete hosted/SaaS solution for the Oracle Value Chain Planning Suite. Canon Virginia, a global manufacturer for Canon’s office and consumer products, is embarking on a project to attain best-in-class...

Vancouver,BC and Chicago, IL (PRWEB) September 23, 2013 Themis Solutions Inc. has launched a powerful new iPhone app to complement the companys widely-used cloud-based practice management platform. The Clio iOS app employs an innovative design to...

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sep 26, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The CloudEthernet Forum (CEF) launched its keenly-awaited white paper outlining the challenges that are emerging with the explosive growth in datacentres and cloud services enabled...

NEWS: For Immediate Release Demand for Shorter Runs Sees Colorscan Imaging Products Invest in Second EFI Jetrion FOSTER CITY, California -- September 26, 2013 – Following its investment just 12 months ago in its first EFI™ Jetrion® 4900 UV-curable digital label press, Burton-on-Trent, U.K.-based based Colorscan Imaging Products has installed a second Jetrion digital printer. The demand for short-run labels, along with the development of new, profitable applications, led the company to...

NEWS – For Immediate Release FOSTER CITY, California -- September 24, 2013 – With versatility being key to profitable productivity, EFI™ is using this year’s Labelexpo to announce the EFI Jetrion ® 4950LX LED printer, which brings higher resolution, faster throughput and full LED curing to the Jetrion 4900 product line of modular digital label printing systems. Also on exhibit will be new finishing modules for the Jetrion 4900 product line – a new varnish/lamination module and a new...

LEHI, Utah, Sept. 24, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- eFileCabinet, Inc., the expert paperless software solution for business, today announced the launch of its eFileCabinet Online document management solution for insurance companies. Insurance...

BRUSSELS, Sept. 24, 2013  /PRNewswire/ Labelexpo, Hall 9, Stand 9H50 Epson  America today expanded its digital label press product line with the  introduction of the SurePress  L-6034VW. The L-6034VW is Epson's first ...

WESTBOROUGH, MA, Sep 26, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- etfile, premier workflow and document management solutions provider, announced today that it will showcase its award-winning Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and workflow solutions at the...

WESTBOROUGH, MA -- (Marketwired) -- 09/26/13 --  etfile, premier workflow and document management solutions provider, announced today that it will showcase its award-winning Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and workflow solutions at the...

NEWS -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Executive Appointments Strengthen EFI Leadership Team FOSTER CITY, California -- September 23, 2013 -- EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced that it has made two significant additions to its leadership team. This includes the appointment of Steve Green as vice president of sales in the Asia Pacific region, and Sam Gulve as vice president of engineering for the EFI India Development Center. “ As we...

CONCORD, Calif., Sept. 26, 2013  CONCORD, Calif., Sept. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Formtek, Inc., a leading provider of document and content management solutions for over two decades, announced today that it had delivered the first...

SCHENECTADY, NY - docSTAR, an award-winning developer  of document management and content productivity software, will  exhibit at TENCon 2013, the Applied Systems Client Network user meeting. The  annual conference will be held...

New Windsor NY – PaperScan, a free app by DocuWare, is now available for turning an iPhone or iPad into a document scanner. DocuWare, a global leader in the field of document management, developed PaperScan to conveniently bring order to paper clutter. Scanned documents need to be of a high quality for further processing. At the same time, they need to be captured in a small size and familiar format, so that they can be easily printed, integrated into office workflows or shared. Using a...

Let me vent a little bit and see if anyone can offer any suggestions.  I have a customer who wants to make things complicated.  They want their faxes to go to a folder and users to be notified when a new fax arrives...not too...

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MALVERN, Pa, Sept. 23, 2013 MALVERN, Pa , Sept. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In an increasingly bring-your-own-device (BYOD) world where employees are using personal smart phones or tablets for work, the simple act of printing can be frustrating for workers and burdensome for IT. That's why Ricoh Americas Corporation today introduced a new cloud printing service, FlexRelease CX , which enables workers to simply press "print" and pick up their job at the nearest Ricoh device. Workers can send...

MALVERN, Pa., Sept. 25, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Ricoh) today announced it has been recognized by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) and has obtained the industry best score in three categories; "Innovation Management", "Product Stewardship" and "Digital Inclusion." (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/p...20130925/NY85954LOGO DJSI, compiled by Dow Jones and RobecoSAM Group, was the first global sustainability index to assess a company's corporate sustainability...

Hello Everyone. I am in need of your help. I have a lease coming up for renewal and I need a recommendation on a machine. I have in place a Toshiba 45 ppm but I am not thrilled with the new Toshiba line. The customer does 7k-8k a month, needs ledger...

Mission Viejo, California (PRWEB) September 22, 2013 Helping organizations leverage their Oracle-based systems and information technology to achieve strategic and operational objectives, Trevera, Inc. , has introduced a new service that supports, steers, and helps manage organizations’ Oracle initiatives, projects, and other various technology activities. Trevera provides multiple lines of business in the Oracle services market. Included are Oracle Solutions, Oracle Resource Augmentation,...

The University of Limpopo in South Africa has signed an agreement with Konica Minolta to overhaul its existing print facilities and management system to better control print environments and reduce costs, as well as increase document security, workflow and mobility. Konica Minolta South Africa will renovate UL’s printing facilities and management system and provide a cashless printing facility, which will be available 24/7 for self-service, and which will offer students different pricing...

Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) September 23, 2013 Solix Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solutions, today announced the Solix Partner Network, a list of the worlds top data management consultants who are...

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has selected Xerox (NYSE:XRX) to provide customer service and toll operations to the state of Texas over the next five years in a contract worth approximately $100 million. Xerox will establish a new...

I have some configuration questions with the higher end color systems.  Need help please!!!

AUSTIN, TX - One Source Networks (OSN), the cloud and managed services partner of choice for large enterprises, announced today the launch of Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS), an enterprise-level offering that provides backup and retention capabilities, delivered via the cloud. Ensuring that a business can continue to operate seamlessly, even after catastrophic events such as a technology failure or a natural disaster, is one of the most significant challenges facing enterprises today. Traditional...

 Pacific Office Automation, a managed print and office solutions company based in Beaverton, Oregon, announced today that Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. has honored the company with top national sales performance...

SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 09/24/13 -- Plustek Technology Inc. (www.plustek.com/usa), a manufacturer of imaging and security devices, announced today it has begun shipment of the Plustek SmartOffice SC8016U Departmental Document...

Ricoh UK has confirmed it will be exhibiting at Cross Media 2013 in the Business Design Centre, Islington, London on the 23rd and 24th October. Ricoh will be using the exhibition to showcase its growing range of Software as a Service (SaaS) products - a central tenet of the company’s ‘Print and Beyond’ strategy. Says Gareth Parker, Strategic Marketing Manager, Ricoh UK: “Six months on from North Print & Pack, Cross Media 2013 now gives us a great opportunity to showcase all our expertise...

(PRWEB UK) 27 September 2013 Proof Digital work with Ricoh UK to provide expert advice and implementation of their digital marketing communications. Over the years they have helped them with conversion rate optimisation , pay-per-click, search engine optimisation, campaign websites, overall strategy, social media management and much, much more. "Having been our retained digital agency since May 2011, the guys have become a vital extension of our in-house marketing team. They have been...

This Blog is the top blog on the old site has more than 15,000 page views!!  ENJOY!! Demo, what the heck is that?  In other posts I've mentioned that demo's were the way we used to sell copy machines many years ago.  One of the...

I always to try to add some type of value for one of these threads that I post for "31 Ways to Close More Sales". A few months ago I had to purchase a new cell phone, the blackberry was crapping out and so were my eyes from staring at that small...

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