This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

Art Post (Guest) · 10/11/119:09 PM

Small and medium businesses and entrepreneurs have two new ways to be more productive with Xerox Corporation’s (NYSE: XRX) free mobile print app and new wireless multifunction printer (MFP). Debuting today, both tools make it easier for workers to manage documents, freeing up time and resources to grow their business. There’s an app for that Xerox’s mobile print app, PrintBack, works with printers and MFPs with simple set up. It lets users access their Mac or PC-connected printer through a

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/12/118:02 PM

different unique features, functions & output quality of these printers, which reflects the latest technology in this field. On this occasion Mr. Abdullah Hamayoon Babar, the Product Manager of Konica Minolta in Hoshanco said : "the demonstrated printers: bizhub PRESS C8000 & C7000 are producing color printouts at very high quality of digital printing that ever found in Saudi Arabia markets. These unique high speed printers can print up to 80 & 71 Pages per minute. Color outputs are produced

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/12/118:15 PM

grows, new TotalFlow modules can easily be added to further enhance their productivity and efficiency,” said Peter Williams, Executive Vice-President of Ricoh Europe PLC and Head of Production Printing Business Group. TotalFlow Make Ready (TotalFlow MR) and TotalFlow Print Manager (TotalFlow PM) provide a full range of document imposition and composition capabilities that enable Ricoh Pro™ digital press users to increase their productivity, grow their operations and meet their clients’ needs more

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/13/1110:50 PM

,” said, Patrick Johnson, Product and Solutions Marketing Manager, Xerox UK. “By accelerating work group productivity, these three new Xerox devices give users more time to focus on what matters most – the success of their business.” Ideal for small businesses and workgroups, the WorkCentre 6015 is Xerox’s smallest colour multifunction printer (MFP). The WorkCentre 6015 joins the Phaser 6000 and Phaser 6010 printers to complete Xerox’s family of entry level A4 colour devices. Using proven Hi-Q LED

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/10/1110:46 PM

Principal of Strategy Development. "In our daily consulting we find that many dealership are simply scratching the surface of MPS and do not have a measurement for a successful MPS program That measurement of success is quite simple: Your service and supply billing (aftermarket) in MPS should be four times your copier aftermarket. The BTA MPS Sales Workshop was designed to teach dealers exactly how to execute on and grow a highly profitable MPS program. And if you already have a program in place

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/11/119:03 PM

thick documents, plastic ID cards and embossed cards. -- imageFORMULA CR-190i High-Volume Check Transport: The Canon imageFORMULA CR-190i High-Volume Check Transport provides a high-performance payment processing platform that delivers Canon's extraordinary image quality in an efficient, countertop design. It is ideal for use in back office/branch-capture and remittance/lockbox-processing applications by banks, credit unions and other organizations that handle large volumes of checks.* The CR

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/10/1110:30 PM

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/10/1110:33 PM

SOME of the biggest brands in the printing sector are being tipped as suitors in a high-stake bidding war for Darwin-based managed IT services specialist CSG. Sources are reporting that majority Japanese-owned Fuji Xerox and Canon's office division are the two main players behind bids that value the company at about $420 million. CSG provides managed print services and operates a managed IT services division. It already has partnerships with Fuji Xerox to expand its business throughout

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/12/118:16 PM

EFI PrintMe Provides New Public Printing Options for 36,000 Breezy Users EFI Extends Utility of Breezy Print Application Through Access to PrintMe-enabled Printers at Thousands of Locations Oct 12, 2011 FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), a leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced the company is providing over 36,000 users of Breezy's mobile apps with access to EFI's network of more than 1,000 PrintMe public printing locations across the U.S. Launched

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/10/1110:38 PM

, Asia and Australia, making it easy for businesses of all sizes, and consumers. The company is headquartered outside Boston. More information about Staples (Nasdaq:SPLS) is available at http://www.staples.com/media . About EFI EFI (http://www.efi.com) is a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation. EFI's award-winning solutions, integrated from creation to print, deliver increased performance, cost savings and productivity. The company's robust product portfolio includes

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/11/118:24 PM

Please keep in mind that anyone can post new messages on the forums. We're all here to learn more about the industry and share information. Sharing information, sales techniques and solutions can help all of us. What I share may help someone else who can't or does not know the answer. Or maybe it's that tidbit of sales knowledge that helps us close another deal. Let's face it we're not in this crazy business because we like copiers/printers, we're in it because we have the ability to write our

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/12/118:19 PM

for business process and document management. Through its broad portfolio of technology and services, Xerox provides the essential back-office support that clears the way for clients to focus on what they do best: their real business. Headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., Xerox provides leading-edge document technology, services, software and genuine Xerox supplies for graphic communication and office printing environments of any size. Through ACS, A Xerox Company, which Xerox acquired in February

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/12/118:23 PM

other company. About Konica Minolta Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is a leader in advanced document management technologies and Managed IT Services for the desktop to the print shop. For the fourth consecutive year, Konica Minolta was recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys. BLI has named Konica Minolta the 2011 "Line of the Year" award winner for the company's award-winning line of bizhub Color and Monochrome Multifunctional

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/13/1110:45 PM

best practices and technology innovations. OKI Data Americas will exhibit Total Managed Print™ at booth #13, where attendees can learn more about OKI’s printers and printing solutions and speak to a representative for further information. OKI provides live[1], toll-free technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with agents based in North America.

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/10/1110:27 PM

. The administration also recommended $480,000 to replace many of the aging copiers, which break down frequently and waste teachers' time. But the board put off the vote Thursday and asked the staff to come back at the Oct. 20 meeting with more information about copiers and how to deploy them. "It's a good compromise," said Peter Baron, board president and a Grand Prairie teacher. "And it's not going to cost us a terrible amount of money." Carole Lemonds, co-president of the local Association of

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/11/119:02 PM

BY JURO OSAWA TOKYO—As Japan's major exporters struggle to absorb the impact of the strong yen on their earnings, Canon Inc.'s finance chief said Tuesday that any substantial rebound in the euro against the yen is unlikely, as the euro zone's "structural problem" may take several years to solve. "Unfortunately, we can't hope for any quick recovery in the euro," Chief Financial Officer Toshizo Tanaka said in an interview. His comments came as the euro was showing a modest gain against the yen

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Deanw · 10/12/119:39 AM

My Sharp Dealer competitor is touting the advantages of 24/7 with My Sharp. APparantly this is a customer training website. Does anyone have any details on it and does RFG have anything to counter this with? Thanks!

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/12/118:05 PM

Communications Group, Canon U.S.A. Comprehensive product repair services for Canon professional products will be available in the new Hollywood facility starting in late 2011. On-site repair operations will include two state-of-the-art camera body and lens adjustment rooms, Canon's most advanced adjustment and calibration equipment, local spare parts inventory, and an experienced professional repair staff that will look to quickly return Canon's professional products to their original factory condition and

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/13/1110:52 PM

Fuji Xerox Australia Launches Workflow Automation Solution for SMEs Automate Solution Reduces Workflow Steps while Increasing Productivity Oct 13, 2011 Sydney, Australia – 13 October 2011 – Fuji Xerox Australia today announced the launch of Automate, a full-featured workflow automation solution tailored to small businesses. Automate is designed to reduce the number of steps in a document workflow or business process, maximise workflow productivity and reduce business costs. Automate is ideal

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Old Glory · 10/14/111:01 PM

know if Ricoh already had something that could serve the same purpose because I would rather have that but I didn't know of anything.

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mansart · 10/12/1112:49 PM

My Sharp Demo Page Essentially an online manual that is customized to a clients machine(s) and installed options. Instructions regarding various features can be viewed as PDF or video. It is a much easier way for customers to learn how to use certain features this way as opposed to reading the manual. This is due to the fact that most copier operator manuals are written by people who have been fired from writing VCR manuals.

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sbachhansen · 10/12/1110:05 AM

I am new to this site and wanted to know if the Weekend Industry Notes are available in a word document or printable format? I would like to share with my sales team in my weekly meetings. Thanks. sbh

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/12/118:19 PM

or work while offering potential cost savings. The Condé Nast pilot program will feature print-to-home services for subscribers to schedule the delivery of content from their favorite brands – such as Allure, Details, Epicurious, Glamour, Golf Digest, Self, and Wired – directly to their personal printers.(1) “Our work with Condé Nast creates a new channel for customers to access the content they want from some of their favorite publications,” said Stephen Nigro, senior vice president, Inkjet and

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/13/1110:40 PM

-touch, self-service provisioning of infrastructure. With the ability to deliver resources faster, Server Cloud Canada can better respond to customers' fluctuating business demands and critical IT requirements. Additionally, Server Cloud Canada reduced its power savings by almost 60 percent with HP CloudSystem Matrix, eliminating the need for an additional power source that the company estimated would have cost approximately $200,000 to install. "We wanted a solution where each component installed

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/13/118:03 PM

Gesh, for the Ricoh C651 the fiery is $25K that's alot of cash!

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Larry Levine · 10/14/1111:48 AM

Even if this bid is N/A you all should review. There is some great verbiage to be used and incorporate into your sales process. Specifically check out pages 8 & 9.

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GIntel · 10/14/114:31 PM

Any opinions on how these have sold historically and how they have fared in the last year or so as they become old? Also, does it seem like they are being replaced or just discontinued? I feel like there is not a huge market for ultra low-end A3 BW MFPs. I think only Kyocera has a walk-up A3 BW MFP below 20ppm.

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Jomama · 10/14/114:40 PM

I cant get either of those links to work. I think we' musta broke the servers. I get the same response from "ricoh-europe.com"

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Larry Levine · 10/11/119:42 PM

Very well put Art. On a personal note I have met Art at Ricoh functions. He is a class guy and devotes a ton of time to this site. I am sorry I do not contribute enough to this site.

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montecore · 10/12/119:00 PM

Here is how to sell against MY SHARP. I have worked for Sharp many years. First the dealer has to build the site. It is quite limited and there are a handful of features that can be displayed for each function. Although it is a cool feature the reality is that it is barely used. I have set many of these up in the past but on follow up they were not used. It is a nice catch and talk track but should not be a deal breaker. You can also view MY SHARP video for free right on the LCD panel

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montecore · 10/12/119:16 PM

something in the past so we can all be better at what we do. Knowledge is power in this industry which separates you from your competitors. So we are not just selling price which is happening more and more as the business tightens their belts.

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/13/118:02 PM

These notes came from Neal. I know his wife was sick last year and he slowed with the notes (the notes actually come from someone at KonicaMinolta). Neal started back up and then had some pressure put on him by the folks at KM that they did not like seeing the notes on this site (Quess all manufacturers are the same.....DA's) and his site in it's complete form. Thus Neal slowed down on the what he could and couldn't post. In the meantime it seems Neal has slipped away from the notes, the p4p

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Art Post (Guest) · 10/9/119:53 PM

Not that I'd want to service or place a copier at the US embassy in Afghanistan! This is the link for the award of the contract: Fed Ops Contract which looks to me like a residential address. I then did a search on the DUNS# which brought me to 3920 215th Street SE I was curious who got this bid so I checked out the "Contractor Awarded Address". I then goggled the address went here so, the address checked out and then the business name was listed. I then searched on IMGC Global and here's

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GIntel · 10/13/1112:18 PM

Hey everyone, Does anyone have an opinion how street pricing for EFI Fiery's for under $100k printers/MFPs is trending. Are people seeing declining prices for these? What segments appear to be declining the fastest?