This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago
Last Week of November 2017
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There's been many times in my career when I've contemplating giving up, and then I consider the alternative which is being a loser. I hate to lose, there is no excuse for losing, however I also understand that losing brings you closer to winning. That's why I never give up!
Enjoy These great Copier Threads from Ten Years Ago This Week!
YSoft SafeQ the First Mopria Certified Enterprise Print Server
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SafeQ print management technology we provide enterprise customers will now be available to any consumer who may use their Android mobile device for personal or business use through the Mopria Print Service and the YSoft SafeQ mobile integration gateway.” Y Soft has been an Executive Member of the Mopria Alliance since 2016. It works closely with other alliance members such as Adobe, Canon, HP, Samsung, Xerox, Konica Minolta, Qualcomm, Lexmark, Kyocera, Toshiba, Brother, Epson, Fuji Xerox
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Konica Minolta Continues to Strengthen its Industry Partnerships in Support of Workplace Hub
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. Alongside this, Joanna Soroka, Team Manager at Konica Minolta, demonstrated the breadth of the organization’s digital and vertical expertise, discussing the Workplace Hub Healthcare strategy. Dr. Dennis Curry, Deputy Chief Technology Officer at Konica Minolta, said, “The Workplace Hub platform represents an exciting point in Konica Minolta’s history, paving the way not only for more future of work technologies but also enriching our expertise in vertical industries such as Healthcare, as well as
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Konica Minolta invests $1 million in major rebuild of Edmonton office
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Inside Konica Minolta’s newly renovated Edmonton corporate office. Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) has announced the recent grand re-opening of its newly renovated corporate office in Edmonton, Alberta. The original facility was built 23 years ago, and the transformation took about ten months to complete with an investment of over one million dollars. The decision for Konica Minolta to re-invest in its Edmonton facility was well-timed. Although the city struggled during 2015 and
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Ricoh ProcessDirector v3.6 introduces white paper manufacturing to streamline production
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Ricoh Europe, London, 21 November 2017 - Print service providers (PSPs) will benefit from faster and smoother production thanks to the Pre-printed Forms Replacement feature in Ricoh ProcessDirector v3.6. The latest version of the configurable process management system is being showcased at Ricoh's three day Art of the New event at its European Customer Experience Centre, Telford, UK, starting today. Ricoh ProcessDirector software combines core capabilities with optional add-on features to
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BLI Honors Konica Minolta with the 2018 Document Imaging Software Line of the Year Award for Its Outstanding Portfolio
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FAIRFELD, N.J. November 28, 2017 Keypoint Intelligence – Buyers Lab (BLI), the world’s leading independent evaluator of document imaging software, hardware, and services, today announced that Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., has won BLI’s 2018 Document Imaging Software Line of the Year award for the Americas. Given once a year, this coveted award recognizes the vendor that offers the most complete and robust software portfolio across the range of document imaging application
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Re: The Quest for $200K Starts Tomorrow
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George KRebs posted: Art, I loved this column, especially the lead- in history of your start as a technician. That was me in 1978-79. I worked for a Canon subsidiary in Union NJ as a tech. Just moved here from Ohio. My service manager told the owner after a year " he is a passable tech but he keeps losing his tools". It was a sign from God, I guess. Good luck on your quest. George Krebs Sent from my iPad Sent from my iPad On Nov 21, 2017, at 10:43 PM, Print4Pay Hotel alerts@hoop.la wrote
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Re: The Quest for $200K Starts Tomorrow
Art, I worked for Office Products Systems, a Canon subsidiary located on Vauxhall Rd in Union and then we moved to Mountainside. They were taken over by the New York subsidiary. I worked for them in 1978-79. I think you are right about the name. George SentfrommyBlackBerry10smartphoneontheVerizonWireless4GLTEnetwork. From: Print4Pay Hotel Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2017 11:43 PM To: George KRebs Reply To: Print4Pay Hotel Subject: Comment By Art Post: The Quest for $200K Starts Tomorrow
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Canon Solutions America Sponsors the BT5K Breakthrough for Brain Tumors New York City Run & Walk
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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 more information on Canon Solutions America, please visit csa.canon.com . Canon is a registered trademark of Canon Inc. in the United States and elsewhere. Océ is a registered trademark of Océ-Technologies B.V. in the United States and elsewhere. All other referenced product names and marks
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KYOCERA Receives "Highly Recommended" Rating from BLI for Thirteen Products
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Osaka, Japan - November 28, 2017 - Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. has announced that thirteen products across its TASKalfa and ECOSYS ranges have been awarded "Highly Recommended" ratings from Buyers Lab (BLI), one of the world's foremost printing product testing providers. Kyocera's TASKalfa (8052ci, 7052ci, 6052ci, 5052ci, 4052ci, 3552ci, 2552ci, 3511i, 3011i) and ECOSYS (P3060dn, P3055dn, P3050dn, P3045dn) all received the coveted certification, which is based on rigorous testing, including
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Sharp Announces U.S. Veterans Hiring Initiative For Dealers
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. subsidiary of Japan's Sharp Corporation. Sharp is a worldwide developer of one-of-a-kind home appliances, networked multifunctional office solutions, professional displays, robotics and energy systems. Sharp Imaging and information Company of America, a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, markets Sharp's business products, including MX Series multifunction print (MFP) systems, professional and commercial displays and Skywell atmospheric water generators. For more information on Sharp's
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Sales Leaders: 3 Reasons Why You're Setting Your Sales Reps Up For Failure
teams are wrestling with how to combat their selling efforts to these changes. One huge area you and your sales reps are setting themselves up for failure is not effectively building and tapping into your social networks. Reality, like it or not, the presence of all types of social whether it is social media, social selling or social networks is here to stay. It is not going away any time soon. If anything it's becoming a bit more mainstream and all the more encompassing as it layers in quite
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Re: The Quest for $200K Starts Tomorrow
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Ty George! I enjoy writing this stuff, hoping it can others also!
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OKI Europe Appoints New Managing Director
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-winning printers and MFPs, OKI offers a range of services to help optimise print and document workflows. This, together with an integrated suite of software technologies and tools, can help businesses take control of their print and document costs in a secure environment, whether office based, mobile or in the cloud. Today OKI Europe employs over 500 staff in 15 locations (sales offices and production sites) and is represented in 60 countries throughout the EMEA region. OKI Data Corporation is a
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Toshiba to remove Times Square advertising in cost-cutting move
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Chinese electronics maker Hisense Group and its sale last year of its white goods unit to China's Midea Group Co. Toshiba has said Hisense will acquire rights to use its brand for 40 years for televisions the Chinese company plans to sell globally, in a bid to expand sales of high-priced products by using the Japanese company's name value. With the company also considering withdrawing from the personal computer business, Toshiba is moving away from products targeted at general consumers, making large
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The Quest for $200K "Another Day Another Dollar"
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forward to scheduling the appointment to review the TCO and submit order docs. Eighteen selling days left, and it's going to move very quickly from here on in. I was back at work with my CRM, looking to fill in an appointment spot for tomorrow. I've got a full day with five stops and will probably be in the field all day and then early AM on Friday. My plan is to get back to office in the late AM on Friday to follow up on all outstanding opportunities. After lunch I had scheduled a stop in with a
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OFIKA GROUP LTD Acquires North West, UK Leading Print Copier Business
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Pure Copy brings a wealth of product and market experience to the business which will allow us to continue to grow our market share within the North West and the UK.' 'With £10m acquisition budget, we'll certainly be looking at making further acquisitions both in the UK and overseas within the coming months.' Chris Mandley , co-founder of Pure Copy Ltd said, 'We're delighted to now have become part of the mothership which is OFIKA. Pure Copy was a leading print copier supplier to North West
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Japan court hears Toshiba, Western Digital fight on sale
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FILE- In this Aug. 10, 2017 file photo, Toshiba Corp. President Satoshi Tsunakawa speaks during a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo. The feud between Toshiba Corp. and its U.S. joint-venture partner Western Digital over a planned sale of Toshiba’s lucrative flash-memory unit is being aired at a Tokyo court. At the first hearing of the case Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, Toshiba’s lawyers demanded 120 billion yen ($1.1 billion) in damages from Western Digital for allegedly
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Toshiba completes Mangiarotti sale
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billion ($26 million) loss before income taxes for the third quarter of FY2017, ending 31 March 2018; an expected impact of the equivalent amount in its October 2017 business results forecast; and a write-off of JPY14.6 billion in the third quarter of FY2017. The company said it had made provision for these amounts and the impact on Toshiba's non-consolidated business results for FY2017 would therefore be limited. A transaction whereby Toshiba agreed to acquire Westinghouse UK Holding's 52% stake in
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The 10 Sales Call Commandments
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by Adam Honig (reading time: 3 minutes) Learning how to make sales calls like a pro takes patience, persistence, and practice. Even the most seasoned sales professionals can still struggle from time to time on the phone. If you want to succeed in sales, not only should you use Spiro, an AI-powered CRM to help you know who to call, but you also need to know what to do and say once you get them on the line. Here are the 10 Sales Call Commandments you must obey: 1. Know Who You Are Calling If you
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Re: The Quest for $200K "Another Day Another Dollar"
Great to read your 'end-of-the-year-stories' again every morning Art!
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Re: The Quest for $200K "Another Day Another Dollar"
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Ty Martin! Hope things are well with you and family!
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Canon aka Oce ColorWave 650 Question
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ColorWave 650 displsying error # 450011 then printer/ID1. Can anyone tell me what the issue is? I have scoured the web and found nothing, hoping this can get me a net new upgrade.
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Brother Mobile Solutions' New PT-E800W Industrial Labeling System Offers Star Performance at ...
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. (BMS), a premier provider of mobile and desktop printers, announces the launch of its PT-E800W on-demand print and laminate labeling system, the newest addition to Brother’s popular P-touch family of high performing thermal transfer label printers. Like all P-touch label printers, the PT-E800W offers excellent printing performance, rock-solid reliability, Wi-Fi and USB connectivity options, and interoperability across all major operating systems. Craig Robinson, director of the industrial
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Cold Calls in Person
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Curious to know how many cold calls everyone does per week. These would be going to door to door. Lately I've only averaged one a day, how about you?
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The Quest for $200K "Murphy's Law"
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appointment that I wouldn't be there. Twenty minutes later I had an email from the office asking where I was. Oh no, there was an 8:30AM meeting that I forgot about. What a day today is going to be! Then the flood of emails that never stopped. I was able to take care of every email, only made maybe sales ten calls, five emails, and three inmails (Linkedin). I did receive a lead from my jerseyplotters web site for a high end wide format.Although I was able to make contact,I felt like I was
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Pulse Roll Label Products & Partners to Promote Innovative Ink Solutions at Labelexpo Asia
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looking to move into the next generation of flexo printing. We will also be promoting our unique concept for UV screen inks, PureScreen, which offers substantial savings to printers using both UV flexo and screen technology. Our presence in Shanghai demonstrates our commitment to the regional label market and we are delighted to attend Asia’s largest event for label and package printers alongside our Chinese partners.” Pulse Roll Label Products is focused on providing innovative solutions for the
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Epson Large Venue Laser Projectors Power "light" Exhibition at KANEKO
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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, smart glasses, sensing systems and industrial robots, the company is focused on driving innovations and exceeding customer expectations in inkjet, visual communications, wearables and robotics. Led by the Japan -based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 80,000 employees
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The Quest for $200K "Insisting that the world keeps turning our way"
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appointment for next week to present. Moving right along, my next stop was to help a quasi net new account. This client had "found" a wide format mfp with our name tag on the device. We did perform some service during the summer, however when I called the client a few days ago they were having some issues with printing. I offered to lend my expertise and give them some time with going over the print drivers. It's what we do, we help, we educate, we give up our time, and that's what relationship
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Re: Brother Mobile Solutions' New PT-E800W Industrial Labeling System Offers Star Performance at ...
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It would be neat if they could come out with a full color label printer for the low end of the market
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Re: Sharp Announces U.S. Veterans Hiring Initiative For Dealers
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Awesome!! Probably one of the most concerning items for our industry is where our next gen of techs will come from.
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The Quest for $200K "Prospecting is Good Medicine"
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opportunities, one account for both black and color, and another for color. These opportunities were not immediate but can be labeled as 2018 business. Oh, one other item that was pretty neat. All of my calls to existing clients was to wish that person and their family a Great Thanksgiving. That was it, no mention of copiers or any thing else unless they asked. Two appointments off of those calls. Yeah, I was very happy with the results. My method of madness till the end of the week will be to
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Epson SureColor P5000 Sets Bar for Professional Imaging Excellence
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photographer's ultimate choice of photo printers." About the Epson SureColor P5000 The Epson SureColor P5000 features Epson's advanced PrecisionCore ® TFP ® printhead and leverages the 10-color Epson UltraChrome HDX ® pigment ink set 1 with new Orange and Green inks to deliver output with a wider contrast ratio and clear, sharp images. Based upon print permanence testing, UltraChrome HDX, Epson's next-generation pigment ink technology results in prints lasting up to twice as long as our
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The Quest for $200K "No Sandbagging for Me"
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and we could do a quick review? I then slotted that client in for Thursday AM. After slotting that client in I scheduled a drop in for 8 AM on Friday morning, that prospect needs a new device, but is only there in the early AM. I'll bring the doughnuts and the coffee and we'll have a closing party! One of my other prospects also wanted to see a demonstration for a color production system. That was a little bit of a cluster ****, since I had to schedule the CEC, schedule my Fiery Guru and then
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Re: Ricoh SR5060 Bookletmaker question
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They are fine for a low volume but can be a pain to get fixed sometimes. The biggest pain point I see with these is people get them and want to use it to fold a single sheet. If customers do that it is very, very slow and they would be much better off with the multifold unit.
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Re: Oce ColorWave 500 Price Quote
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Can anyone tell me how this compares to their Oce dealer pricing and street selling costs?
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We Need Continuous Relevancy Management; Change Management comes too late.
for moving in a different direction always relate to Buy-in for so many legacy organizations. In the world of business today the winners will be those who can move fast, those whose teams understand it’s not about change, it’s about constant relevancy.Think about Amazon, a company that started out selling books online; they are now a 150 Billion Dollar organization selling everything under the sun including the clouds, with a market cap which eclipses each of the top ten retailers north of 100
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25 Actually Useful Outlook Shortcuts To Save You 15 Minutes A Day
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Attention Outlook users: we have something for you: a compilation of the best Outlook tips for organizing your inbox . These shortcut keys will change the way you email. In fact, after taking just two minutes to learn them, we've began saving 15 minutes a day in email. To help others do the same, we organized these keyboard shortcuts based on the three types of email views: Inbox View, Conversation View, and Compose View. Respond more efficiently, navigate your inbox with ease, and increase
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