This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago
Second Week of July 2007
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RICOH PRINTERS RECEIVE BLI SPRING 2007
Art Post (Guest) ·
feedback to users and Ricoh’s proprietary RPCS driver, which allows users to save settings under custom icons. The Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL is a versatile color laser printer solution that allows for affordable in-house production of professional-quality prints. Besides offering a flawless reliability performance, BLI selected the Aficio SP C811DN-DL as a leading large workgroup color printer for its superior economy, thorough administrative and security utilities and admirable print image quality
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Re: RBS and DMAP/RMAP
Art Post (Guest) ·
should be no extra incentives, incentives should be for taking down Xerox, Kyocera, OCE, Canon, Sharp, Toshiba and the rest of them! I have many thoughts on why Ricoh Americas Corporation is letting RBS do this. Here's a few for you: Top Ricoh Management (this includes Sam, Tom & Larry) have no clue what is happening in the street, they are so far removed from the day to day occurrences and no one has the gumption to tell them what is going on. Top Ricoh Management does not care, all they care
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Better Buys for Business Praises KODAK
Art Post (Guest) ·
replaceable components business model which enables printers to manage costs, control image quality and optimize profitability. DIGIMASTER for High-Speed Monochrome The KODAK DIGIMASTER EX Digital Production System builds upon the proven quality, performance, productivity, and flexibility of Kodak’s award winning DIGIMASTER technology to address the demanding needs of print buyers for faster turnaround time, new and creative print on demand documents with quality and sophisticated finishing. The
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Re: Around the World w/Ricoh #3
Art Post (Guest) ·
. At the same time it can help reduce the cost per print and the total cost of ownership, so boosting profits... more info top Ricoh Gels with Desktop Printing Ricoh´s new GelSprinter printers offer small businesses high-quality, economical and fast alternatives to inkjet devices. With their revolutionary gel-based pigments producing clean, crisp prints these speedy numbers are more efficient to run and more reliable than comparable inkjets. While a starting price of just £128 makes them
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Re: NEW W2400 & W3600
Art Post (Guest) ·
ok, just saw LDP pricing on this today and I must admit I am SHOCKED ! Shocked that this machine is more expensive than the 240W! SHOCKED that we already have had a difficult time selling against the lower priced KIP and Xerox units. SHOCKED that newer technology should have made the price lower and not higher. Here we go a reason for my madness! New w2400 w/print/scan/single roll feeder w/embbedded print/scan MSRP of $18,517 New w2400 w/print/scan/single roll feeder w/ratio controller
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Ricoh New GlobalScan Serverless MFP Support
Art Post (Guest) ·
, MP 6500, MP 7500, MP 9000, MP 1100, and the MP 1350. GlobalScan Serverless offers an improved user interface, enhanced security features with remote installation and configuration. GlobalScan Serverless fits into any customer environment from SMB to the most demanding enterprise environments. GlobalScan Serverless is a new innovative product which continues to show Ricoh’s commitment to the Capture and Distribution Market. By seamlessly integrating with Ricoh MFPs, GlobalScan Serverless provides
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Ricoh Introduction of New IPDS Support
Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh is pleased to announce the release of new model support for printing IPDS in IBM zSeries (S/390) and iSeries (AS/400) environments. RA2K Integration for IPDS is an internal software solution, which resides on the hard drive of select Ricoh print devices and enables users to send AFP/IPDS print jobs directly from their S/390 or AS/400 systems. This solution is designed to allow your customers to print professional laser-quality output, access standard finishing and paper size options
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New W2400 pricing!
Art Post (Guest) ·
ok, just saw LDP pricing on this today and I must admit I am SHOCKED! Shocked that this machine is more expensive than the 240W! SHOCKED that we already have had a difficult time selling against the lower priced KIP and Xerox units. SHOCKED that newer technology should have made the price lower and not higher. Here we go a reason for my madness! New w2400 w/print/scan/single roll feeder w/embbedded print/scan MSRP of $18,517 New w2400 w/print/scan/single roll feeder w/ratio controller
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Kyocera Introduces Kyocapture Express!
Art Post (Guest) ·
, KYOcapture Express is a document capture workflow solution which works with select Kyocera Multifunctional Products (MFPs). KYOcapture Express allows users to capture documents, index and OCR documents for full-text searching directly from the MFP, and convert them into multiple formats to route across multiple destinations (fax, emails, network folders and FTP). “KYOcapture Express is another option for the small to mid-sized business owner who is looking to streamline document storage while
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KYOCERA MITA AMERICA INTRODUCES ENHANCED DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
Art Post (Guest) ·
Microsoft Office environment. Designed as a fully scalable document management solution, iTag users can add additional MFP device connections as workflow volume increases, or can upgrade to KYOcapture as their document management needs grow to enterprise level. iTag is available through authorized Kyocera dealers at an MSRP of $15,000. To find the nearest dealer, or for more information about Kyocera’s award-winning line of monochrome and color MFPs and printers visit Kyocera Mita America's dealer
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Re: RBS and DMAP/RMAP
salesreps and managers with numbers to hit without regard to how they do it...pretty much just as it is with us. One of the differences between RBS and independent reps is that the RBS reps probably have direct access to all of the promotions and programs that Ricoh offers where pretty much everyone on P4P only has access to those things passed down by their ownership. I guarantee that many here would not even know about DMAP6 cost for non-profits and local govt's because of US Communities if it
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Bob Riendeau
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Printing Autocad Sets
Winprint or the HDI driver. Printing Sets out of AutoCAD: IF they want to generate sets from their desktop out of AutoCAD, they can do this by setting the HDI driver custom properties to “create set from PCWIN” and have PCWIN loaded at that workstation. PCWIN will launch at the desktop and the DWG files (converted to PLT files) will drop into PCWIN. From PCWIN, they will indicate the number of sets they need and send job to print. All processing is done at desktop when printing sets this way.
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New Facilities Manage Software
Art Post (Guest) ·
Print Audit Releases New Facilities Manage Software Calgary, Alberta – July 9, 2007 – Print Audit, the leading print management software developer, announced today the release of the new Facilities Manager, a major upgrade to its remote meter reading and supplies management system. Print Audit Facilities Manager is a simple yet powerful tool designed to remotely collect meter reads, automate supplies fulfillment, and report service information for managing fleets of copiers, printers, fax
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Color MFP for Under $500!!
Art Post (Guest) ·
Samsung CLX-3160Fn Color Laser MFP P/S/C/F 4ppm Color/16ppm Mono PictBridge Manufacturer Part# CLX-3160FN CLX-3160Fn Color Laser MFP. Imagine a simple and fast way to connect your camera or phone directly to the printer. Samsung's CLX-3160FN provides USB ports for you to instantly print various image files. The CLX-3160FN also features a USB Direct Scan feature and NO-NOIS technology. Product Name CLX-3160Fn Color Laser MFP P/S/C/F 4ppm Color/16ppm Mono PictBridge Multifunction Devices Fax
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Re: New W2400 pricing!
skbens (Guest) ·
My biggest concern is the lack of acknowledgement from Ricoh that color scanning is going to be a big deal. I've already lost a couple of deals to Kip's color scanning capabilities. They've actually been able to beat my price on the 240W with color scanning capabilities included on theirs. I'm not sure what Ricoh is thinking with the discounts to WF only dealers and not to full line dealers. Seems like another way for the dealers to fund Ricoh's market share expansion. My dealership bought up a
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Re: New W2400 pricing!
Art Post (Guest) ·
print embedded solutions for the w2400-w3600 such as Print Director, Equisys, and Sepia Line. In talking with people from Ricoh we will have a color scan solution and also a print only version of the w2400 in the near future. As more is passed along to me, I will share as much as I can so we can have a heads up and be able to move these moves once they hit the street! I can't wait for the print only version, that system is goona lick some butt and allow us to add the priunt version to existing
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iR5000i help please
Tony ·
I have a loyal customer that bought several Canon's from me when I was with IKON. Now that I'm gone they are not getting the support they once were. They have a iR5000i that they can ping, printing works, and the RUI works, they can even scan to an email. But...if they scna to a folder, like they have for 4.5 years, it gives an error. If you go to the RUI and look at the job log, it says error code 755. Any help would be appreciated
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Plotbase|PM 5.3 Press Release
With PLOTBASE|PM 5.3 you can view and print VIC files INDIVIDUAL AUTOPLOT A new button is now available that activates or deactivates AUTOPLOT either separately or globally for each device NEW ENGINES CANON imagePROGRAF 500, 510*, 5100* CANON imagePROGRAF 600, 610*, 6100* CANON imagePROGRAF 700, 710* CANON imagePROGRAF 8000 Mutoh DrafStation RJ-900
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Re: New W2400 pricing!
Art Post (Guest) ·
MP-W2400 (includes HD & Network Interface) $11,298 Print Option Type W3600 $2,885 Scanner Option Type 3600 $1,924 Single Roll Feeder $2,410 Total $18,517 Original Hanger $370 Rear Stacker $370 Browser Unit Type C $77 VM Card Type "e" $130 Interface PCB Type w3600 $1156 Ratio Print Controller RW-3600 $2,018 Ratio Scanner Option $1,262 RW PS Option $1,735 RW VIC Option $1,581 RW CGM $1,290 Roll Feeder Tyoe 240 A $2,410 Roll Feeder Type 240 B $3,659 Table Type 240 $885 Paper Cassette $418 Roll
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Re: Email 2 Ricoh America Corp about RBS
Just food for thought on this subject, I mentioned the current RBS tactics to my father at dinner tonight and he thought it would be reason for a lawsuit. I have to listen to his advice because his business is administering corporate class actions and corporate bankruptcy. I could see in the not-too-distant future the independent dealers coming together to fight Ricoh for their predatory pricing behavior. What a horrible way to protect market share? Loyal companies like the one I work for make
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Re: If Copiers Could Talk!
Found this some time ago, but it still makes me laugh. Thought I would share.....
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Re: New W2400 pricing!
Pete Maimone 2 (Guest) ·
agreed my friend. taking money out OUR pockets. You know that's where it will eventually end up on competitive deals or no money at all if we lose. Is anybody from Ricoh Wide Format monitoring this site?
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Re: Ricoh Rumor!! New Strategy?
Art Post (Guest) ·
There are a couple of things you all should know about this unit. First it will not receive letter and legal faxes! I over came this by convincing the customer to use fax forward2email, this worked fine, plus they have digital copy of the file. Second, it seems that no one can get the job accounting feature to work. After talking with Samsung they are admitted that the system needs a firmware update.
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Re: RBS and DMAP/RMAP
skbens (Guest) ·
same problem that has always existed, too many gready owners. RBS doesn't have this problem. They are being funded by a much larger organization and aren't worried about overhead. I also can't believe that RBS isn't using the DMAP registered accounts in their own lists. I used to work for CBS, most of my named accounts were given to me by top management. I always wondered where they got the information from, especially since 90% of them already had Canon equipment from a competitor. As a dealer, we
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Re: RBS and DMAP/RMAP
Ricoh Suave (Guest) ·
Jrlz, Do you currently work for RBS? Lets not be naive here why else would they ask for all the stuff on aficio league. One day soon we will see it and the DMAP contracts too!
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Re: RBS and DMAP/RMAP
Jrlz ·
Yes I do work for RBS. I have never seen any information being fed from Aficio league or DMAP info from dealers, nor have I ever heard of it happening. I do understand your concerns however. I use "fictitious" info when I register my sales.
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Re: Sales Tips
Art Post (Guest) ·
Displacing a competitor from their accounts can be a very difficult task. At the same time, displacing a competitor can be very lucrative for salespeople and an extremely profitable way for your company to increase its market share. To be successful, salespeople should be careful in their approach and message to the competitor’s client.
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Re: RBS and DMAP/RMAP
Ricoh Suave (Guest) ·
So you believe Ricoh is making a huge database too. We are smart for aligning ourselves with RBS...I believe that they will cut off the smaller indpendant dealers and for a while there will be only large dealers and manufacturers. How long have you been with RBS...I have been here just over a year. Well how do you get your leads from your RBS? A few of the older guys here said ricoh used to have hot leads that they would get from corporate and they brought stuff over from previous dealerships
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AndrewMTBT
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Re: SR842 options
You can definately install the BK5010 with the GBC...I have done it. 2/3 HP option and GBC installed together are more redundant than anything. There are ways you set it up to default to one or the other, at least there is in the 90_105 models. See attached for further reference and look at the highlighted area. Shoot me an email if you'd like the entire SIG, if you do not have it....
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Re: Rumor Mill!
IT Dude ·
I have heard the same thing but Ricoh and Cannon where included with HP as potential buyers. Which would stand to reason as Ricoh or Cannon neither would fair well if they lost that type of distribution channel. Of course if they did I suppose that Ricoh would love us (independent dealers)then???????????
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Can someone help me with this?
Art Post (Guest) ·
Need to know whar dealer cost is for these parts for a 2238 ricoh. 60K PM 4 DRUMS OSU DF SEP ROLLER DF P/U ROLLER DF FEED BELT
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RBS and DMAP/RMAP
John ·
target our customers. I will keep an eye on this and I would encourage you all to keep an eye on this. Watch where they are showing up. Pounding the pavement will let you find opportunities, but the same two former Lanier guys showing up at all of our accounts is not a coincidence. I hope you Ricoh direct people read this. Your practices have made this guy your enemy and the gloves are coming off. Pissed! John
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Is Lexmark in Trouble?
Art Post (Guest) ·
After Lexmark's announcement on July 9 that its financial results for the second quarter of 2007 will be lower than expected, some pundits are painting a dim picture for the printer OEM. A Forbes.com article puts the source of Lexmark's troubles plainly: "Today, however, Lexmark’s woes have nothing to do with a tech bust. Simply, customers are not buying Lexmark products." The company expects earnings per share for the 2Q to be in the range of $0.62 to $0.67, including an expected tax benefit
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