This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

Art Post (Guest) · 4/6/1210:55 PM

Konica Minolta’s new colour Multi-Functional printing devices, the bizhub C654 / bizhub C754 series, focus on usability in every respect and set new standards in individual user convenience and customisation. The new office printing devices feature Konica Minolta’s innovative INFO-Palette design, a novel touch screen interface with a wealth of functions allowing more advanced accessibility and making work more enjoyable than ever before. The products offer a broad range of smart applications

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/2/1210:51 PM

, the Solutions Engineering Center, and production print business planning and software development, joins Konica Minolta from Xerox Corporation where he was Vice President, Production Workflow and Solutions, Enterprise Business Group (EBG). He was responsible for end-to-end software commercialization, solutions deployment and business strategies to serve the needs of QuickPrint/CRD and Graphic Communications/InPlant customers. Jordan-Smith led a diverse software management team and worked cross

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/6/1210:59 PM

and services portfolio in the years to come,” said Jordan-Smith. “Konica Minolta has become a brand from which customers expect innovative document management solutions and we aim to continue delivering on this promise at a time when the industry is growing more than ever before.” Jordan-Smith, who will have oversight of software planning, vertical market strategy, the Solutions Engineering Center, and production print business planning and software development, joins Konica Minolta from Xerox

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/2/127:38 PM

Xerox buys ACS, KonicaMinolta buys AllCovered, Ricoh moves to new branding for Managed Services. It seems now more than ever the writing is on the Wall for Sharp, Toshiba, Muratec and the book is yet to be written for Kyocera in the copier business.

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/2/128:12 PM

. imageWARE Remote, Canon’s eMaintenance solution, allows Canon Authorized Dealers to proactively and securely monitor usage, relay status, and even report errors, saving customers valuable time and resources. The Content Delivery System allows service providers to deliver remote firmware and software updates to customers with limited or no business interruption. The standard DeviceLink integration can also automatically route inbound faxes from an imageRUNNER ADVANCE MFP to the new printer

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/3/128:29 PM

Marketing, Xerox. “Xerox’s ColorQube MFPs provide hassle free, fast, quality color printing -- a simple and affordable approach to getting real work done.” ColorQube 8700/8900 Support Xerox’s Managed Print Services The MFPs are offered as part of Xerox’s Managed Print Services (MPS), which helps companies control print spend. As the MPS market leader, Xerox works with businesses of all sizes to increase productivity and achieve savings up to 30 percent. Rethink Your Ink: Win a ColorQube 8700

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/6/1210:43 PM

OS 2.2, 2.3, 3.1 and 3.2. PageScope Mobile is an application that connects a bizhub MFP with an end-user’s mobile device to browse, read and instruct printing of select documents and images. With the launch of the PageScope Mobile Android App, Konica Minolta continues to support today’s mobile professionals by now connecting their Android devices with bizhub MFPs to wirelessly print documents, emails and web pages held on their mobile devices. Scan jobs can also be initiated from mobile devices

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/1/125:25 PM

by Katie Wagner kwagner@busconews.com In an attempt to save money on printing, Whitley County Commissioners hired Advanced Imaging Solutions to service all printers, copiers, scanners and fax machines within the County government at the Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday, March 19. The County currently utilizes around 150 machines, and based on estimates by Advanced Imaging Solutions, Whitley County could see a cost savings of $1600-$1700 per month by going with their services. Vice

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bandit41076 · 4/3/129:53 AM

competitive info Mono

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/6/1210:22 AM

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Apr 05, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- WellPoint, one of the nation’s largest healthbenefits companies, has partnered with Xerox to adopt greener business practicesand save more than $3 million annually using managed print services (MPS)to better manage the way documents are printed, shared and updated acrossWellPoint’s 90 office locations. Xerox and WellPoint designed the Green Office Initiative,a sustainable document strategy that helps WellPoint better monitor howmuch printing is

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/2/128:17 PM

once they have been printed. To create a one-piece solution, the imagePROGRAF MFP printers are equipped with a new integrated stand, allowing the printer and scanner to be attached. In addition, both new imagePROGRAF iPF765 models have a 250 GB hard drive (of which 32 GB is dedicated file-processing memory) to streamline the workflow for a networked environment or for those printing larger-sized files with complex images. The new, versatile Canon imagePROGRAF printers are optimized for use by

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/4/1210:43 PM

their customer’s IT print environment.” “Most OEMs offer managed print services through their dealer base but they are focused on equipment sales. Others have managed services acquisition strategies i.e. Konica and Xerox. DOCUWISE is a Channel only solution that allows MSPs and VARs to offer managed print solutions focused on reducing the customer’s print costs.” states Harris. SMBs aren't looking to purchase additional hardware- they need to control their operating costs, and our solutions

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/6/1210:49 PM

portfolio, visit www.ricoh.com/mds . Page Top | About Ricoh Company Ltd | Ricoh Company, Ltd. is a company specializing in technology and services that transform high-volume, document-intensive business processes into more efficient ones. This is achieved through Ricoh’s expertise in Managed Document Services, Production Printing, Office Solutions and IT Services. By working with Ricoh, businesses can streamline the way they work, become more efficient and profitable, and share knowledge more

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/3/1211:30 PM

, "it's much easier to get rid of your hardware/MFP provider than it is to get a new IT vendor". I agree with that statement. I just can't see Sharp, Toshiba or Muratec being able to gain marketshare or increase profitablity in the US. As far as Kyocera, a few months ago they made a name change, the see the future, my question is do they have the right dealer channel that can make the move to Managed Services. Really! Take a look at the Sharp (the front page is TV's, then Displays, then MFP's and

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/4/121:07 PM

I believe these 5 have or will have made the transition and not in any order: KonicaMinolta Xerox (Rumors are swirling about Samsung buy-out, I doubt it though) Ricoh Canon (Since this OCE thingy is now completed, I think alot of time will be spent synergize the two different cultures, this may be as hard as or even more difficult than the Ricoh and Ikon cultures) Kyocera (like I stated I'm not sure if they have the channel to pull it off in the US)

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/1/1210:47 PM

than customers envisioned. Through cloud computing, remote monitoring and other innovations, the company is also making information more secure, mobile and personal. Net result: organizations can collaborate and innovate like never before. The global roll-out of "imagine. change." highlights Ricoh's customer-centric philosophy: moving forward with new ideas and new ways of improving lives, driven by innovation. Ricoh helps companies and individuals transform the way they work and harness their

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/2/128:09 PM

Canon Inc. (7751), the world’s largest camera maker, will start combining Dutch printer maker Oce NV (OCE) with its own business after the acquisition was delayed by two years, according to the new head of its European division. Canon’s $1 billion takeover of Oce, its largest ever purchase, was held up after the company failed to gain outstanding shares. Tokyo-based Canon finally acquired the remaining 10 percent stake from Orbis Funds at the end of last year, said Rokus van Iperen. “We had a

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/2/1210:47 PM

IBM enterprise innovation and experience with production printing and workflow solutions, in highly complex and multifaceted print environments. As an organization, we have an incredible amount of momentum leading up to the show and a lot of exciting and innovative news to share with our customers and partners. We're looking forward to a very productive event." Members of the media and analysts attending the show who are interested in meeting with executives from Ricoh can contact Tracey Sheehy

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/2/128:06 PM

, sales and technology professionals with a compelling value proposition of the need to engage in managed print services, and will be held on Wednesday, April 4 from 1:30-2:00 p.m. CDT. OKI will present the features and functionality of the Total Managed Print(TM) (TMP) solution, a cloud-based, modular offering that can be leveraged turnkey as a complete MPS business model, or individually at the component level, to augment an existing Managed Network Services (MNS) model. TMP provides Managed

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Amanda · 4/2/1211:00 AM

We haven't connected to the Ricoh, yet, but we have found that the Microsoft Arc seems to work with our Konica Minolta brand. Hope it works for you!

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/2/127:58 PM

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/3/128:40 PM

Fire completely engulfed the offices of the Flood Church in Kearny Mesa early Tuesday morning. The two-alarm fire was reported by police around 3:49 a.m. in the 3800 block of Ruffin Rd. Crews had the fire knocked down by 4:14 a.m., according to San Diego Fire's spokesperson Maurice Luque. The building is home to the church's administrative offices, Sunday services are held at Kearny Mesa High School. A faulty electrical plug or a copier plugged into the outlet caused the fire, Luque said

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/3/128:57 PM

managed service and provided Super A-Mart with a “fast and secure network, which when combined with their private cloud infrastructure, will service the additional data load in stores as new applications such as rostering and time attendance tracking are rolled out.” Ryan said that, as part of the technology upgrade, Super A-Mart also engaged Brennan for a managed print service (MPS) in partnership with Ricoh Business Centre (RBC). According to Ryan, the MPS forms part of a vendor consolidation

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bandit41076 · 4/4/128:12 AM

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M138 · 4/5/122:41 PM

Has any one else ran into issues with batch printing through the web print tool? Techs said it was a glitch with the machine - reporting went all the way to Japan. Anyone have a work around?

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/6/1210:35 PM

PALO ALTO, Calif. (TheStreet) -- HP(HPQ_) is tapping the cloud to boost its Managed Print Service (MPS) capabilities, according to the one of the tech giant's top printing executives. "[Cloud's] taking printing into a whole new strategic realm," explained Bruce Dahlgren, senior vice president of managed enterprise solutions at HP's Printing and Personal Systems Group, told TheStreet. "There's no better company on the planet to do this than HP." HP says that cloud technology is revolutionizing

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/6/1210:39 PM

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/2/128:02 PM

so, why the need for two offices on the East Coast? It's IKON under sheeps clothing. Might as well move everyone from NJ to Malvern. Ricoh Field Sales what a joke, should be let's just drop our pants and give everything away!

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VinceMcHugh · 4/4/129:44 PM

jswinberlin, EFI has a cool Mobile Printme app that can make any printer (not just an EFI rip) an Airprint printer (Doesn't require Postscript). It's limitation is that if you can see the printer (IE. you can get on their wireless network) you can print to the printer that you set up. If you need a contact at EFI, let me know and I will hook you up. I am also very excited about Canon's UniFLOW's "Secure Mobile Printing" That can be set up so that if you are a known user you can print, and if

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/2/128:19 PM

Paradigm Imaging Offers Kurabo Wide Format Flatbed Scanner COSTA MESA, CA, April 2, 2012 - Paradigm Imaging Group, a leading distributor of large format scanning and printing solutions, announces the release of a new wide format Flatbed Scanner by Kurabo. The new 24” x 36” (ARCH D Size) flatbed scanner, manufactured by Kurabo, is a perfect solution for scanning museum art, textiles and delicate documents. An ARCH-D size color document can be scanned in 20 seconds or less in 400 dpi/high-speed

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/2/1211:05 PM

the changes we have incorporated in this latest version take cognisance of the feedback that we receive back from our clients over the past months,” concluded Sandham. “In a similar way, we will continue to listen and take notice of feedback from this new release as it is implemented and exploited by our customers over the coming days and months.” For further information, please contact Nolan Sandham; tel. 011 267 6444; fax 011 267 6499; e-mail nolans@actnet.co.za. Actnet Actnet Print Concepts

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/1/1212:04 AM

I'm doing a demo on one next week and another one of our reps did one this week, funny they are both for color printing of envelopes.

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msaeger · 4/1/128:58 PM

Just about every Ricoh does this it's just no one cared until Ikon took over. The issue is it only charges one click.

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montecore · 4/1/1211:32 AM

I agree....that cost saving feature is very cool and rewarding to know how much you are saving. That is a big file size difference 1MB vs 5.5MB. How did you scan the document to attach?

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Kiwispike · 4/4/128:38 PM

Air Print was made by HP in conjunction with Apple as a way of printing from an iOS device (iPad & iPhone NOT Macbooks)over wireless as there are no drivers present. But I wouldnt be surprised if you can share a driver from a windows PC/MacOS device Check out these guys, they make a very cool print server type device for iOS http://www.lantronix.com/

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Ron D · 4/5/123:45 PM

We have the same issue. We can print but can't change size, count or anything else

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JasonR · 4/6/128:40 AM

Another selling point is that they will be able to fold output from multiple machines instead of only having the option to fold on one machine.

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/1/125:28 PM

NEWS – For Immediate Distribution EFI Acquires Miniaturization Company NanoPrint Acquired Technology to be Used in Developing Micro-VUTEk Driven by Fiery Mini-RIP [EFI CEO Guy Gecht shows a prototype of the Micro-VUTEk pocket printer.] Foster City, Calif. – April 1, 2012 – EFI™, a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announces the acquisition of NanoPrint LLC, a miniaturization company based in American Samoa. While financial terms of the transaction were not

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VinceMcHugh · 4/1/128:49 PM

I heard from what I consider a reliable source that Nuance \ eCopy is changing their distribution model, from a direct relationship with the Dealers to a distribution channel (more like the way HP does it). Not sure if this is a good thing or not. eCopy use to have the best technical support when they were a Canon exclusive product. Then they opened it up to all MFDs and their support declined significantly. The Nuance bought them, and they don't seem to have any idea on how to support the

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jswinberlin · 4/4/124:20 PM

I've seen different information on Airprint on the web and I was wondering if anyone has set this up. I have conflicting information. My general understanding is that it is a protocol like Bonjour that wireless devices such as Ipads and Iphones can print over. However, I've also read something to the effect that you can set up a Mac or Windows machine as a print server using an airprint application and print to any windows printer (of course you would need postscript for the apple products

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/4/1210:52 PM

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Art Post (Guest) · 4/6/129:33 AM

Can anyone help? This is from one of my accounts: Can you help? I just upgraded my Mac from X.5 to X.6 Snow Leopard. Suddenly, I can't print to the CX3641. Tried OKI's website and they don't have the print driver there either.