This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago
Third Week of July 2012
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I picked up a recent thread on Linked from a person who is on our industry, but more on the out-side looking in. One of the comments was from a person that is still in our industry and it seems that person has given up on print and our industry.
I was surprised to read this and am sorry that this person does not see the old opportunities available. That person is right and those opportunities for print (copiers, MFPs) are fading into the past. However I'm a believer that our industry is half full and the opportunities for dealers are endless with the current stack of technologies available to copier dealers.
Copiers aka MFPs are still a big part of my business, however I've leaned to adapt yet again to change with the times.
Enjoy These Awesome Copier Threads from Ten Years Ago This Week!
Konica Minolta Opens Regional Headquarter to Strengthen Its Presence in Southeast Asi
Minolta concept showroom in Southeast Asia features innovative solutions in office and production printing. It provides realistic simulation of a production printing environment with the applications of production printers and post-processors. Customers will be able to witness the life cycle of the print production from submission, pre-press, printing to finishing in the Digital Imaging Square. The DIS has dedicated areas that demonstrate Konica Minolta's capabilities in the area of colour management
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Digitex Signs Up for Print Audit Premier to Offer Extraordinary Customer Service and
Digitex Signs Up for Print Audit Premier to Offer Extraordinary Customer Service and Solutions Digitex Copiers & Fax Inc. of Alberta signs up for Print Audit Premier in order to provide customers with increased cost savings and proactive customer service. Calgary, Alberta - July 17, 2012 - Digitex Copiers & Fax Inc., an Alberta based company, has signed up for Print Audit® Premier to offer clients a full suite of cost saving possibilities at an affordable price. Premier is a new subscription
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Sharp® Extends Its Leadership In The Multifunction Copier Industry With Launch ...
(DSPF) document feeder that scans documents at up to 150 images per minute. Color Consistency Sharp's enhanced third-generation micro-fine toner technology combined with 1200 x 1200 dpi print resolution and true Adobe® PostScript® enables businesses to affordably produce highly professional looking documents in-house, with breathtaking image quality. Sharp's innovative Color Consistency System helps ensure brilliant, high-quality color output page after page. Advanced FinishingThe Sharp MX-6240N
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Canon U.S.A. Launches Mobile Printing and Scanning App for iPhone® and iPad®
imageRUNNER and imageRUNNER ADVANCE systems.1 “The user’s workflow process is streamlined through instant access to important documents along with the ability to utilize Canon’s renowned printing technology for high-quality results.” The Canon Direct Print and Scan for Mobile application provides communication between Canon multifunction products (MFP) and an iPhone and iPad, allowing users to perform print and scan functions between the two devices, such as scanning from the MFP to an iOS device or
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Canon U.S.A. Delivers Mobile Printing and Scanning App for BlackBerry Smartphones
of two separate applications: 1) A multifunctional embedded application platform (MEAP) application that runs on Canon’s imageRUNNER multifunction products (MFP) 2) A mobile client application that resides on BlackBerry smartphones Together the applications provide communication between Canon MFPs and BlackBerry smartphones allowing users to perform print and scan functions between the two devices, such as scanning from the MFP to BlackBerry smartphones or printing from BlackBerry smartphones to
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Sharp Sets The Stage For The Future Of The Integrated Office Space At Its 2012 Nation
groundbreaking versatility and focus on high quality color output. This lineup promises to help customers bring more print jobs inhouse while controlling costs and significantly reducing the need to outsource. Built for high-volume office environments, smaller CRDs, and copy rooms, Polaris Office delivers new levels of performance, color consistency and flexibility that enable dealers to tailor solutions to meet their customers' needs. Sharp's new advanced paper feed option uses triple air-feed technology
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Ricoh reduces costs for pork company
Ricoh reduces costs for pork company Ricoh’s Managed Print Services (MPS) have been installed at Tulip Ltd, part of The Danish Crown Group, the UK’s largest producer of pig meat. As well as managing hardware replacement, Ricoh's MPS includes print management applications and support services. Tulip was able to cut the number of devices it used to have by 50 per cent, replacing almost 500 existing devices with 246 Ricoh products. These include a mix of colour and mono printers, faxes, scanners
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Ricoh to invest millions in SA
Japan-based printing company Ricoh is accelerating its investment into SA, as it seeks to tap into a growth market. The company, which was founded in 1936, in Tokyo, will increase its staff base as it rolls out three new initiatives to take advantage of growth opportunities in Africa. The new initiatives include the launch of Ricoh Capital SA, an optimised supply chain process, and infrastructure enhancements. Richard Pinker, MD of Ricoh SA, says Africa and SA are viewed as important emerging
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OKI Data Americas to Demonstrate Turnkey Cloud-Based Managed Print Service Offering
Pavilion. In addition, OKI will discuss industry trends and MPS best practices throughout the exposition within booth 449. OKI’s proprietary TMP solution helps businesses realize immediate and long-term savings by generating new and recurring revenue streams while helping customers save money and optimize their print environments. The implementation of OKI’s comprehensive MPS offering helps organizations drive continuous improvement of business processes, workflow and day-to-day operations
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GlobalWise CEO to Be Featured Speaker at World Expo 2012 Conference
Managed Print Summit to be held July 17 - 19 in Las Vegas. The World Expo ( http://www.worldexposhow.com ) conference is the premier location for Managed Print Services (MPS) and Imaging industry executives and thought leaders. At the conference, attendees will be able to learn about the latest technology trends in the MPS industry on topics such as Business Management, Document & Print Management, Hardware & Supplies Solutions, Sales and Marketing, and Managed Network Solutions. GlobalWise CEO
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Re: Can the new MP 2852 (& 2352,3352) Print from a Macbook without Postscript?
Not sure about Ricoh but Canon has been able to print from MAC without PS for some time.
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Can the new MP 2852 (& 2352,3352) Print from a Macbook without Postscript?
I think had read some where here that the new series will now print from a Mac without the Postscript requirement. Could anyone confirm this? And does anyone have the set-up instructions for network printing? An existing customer now wants to use his Mac laptop also to receive scans and I don't know to set that up either, argh. Thanks in advance for any help!
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Re: Can the new MP 2852 (& 2352,3352) Print from a Macbook without Postscript?
Macs can print without PS for some time now. Scanning will work but is limited to email on version 10.7 I think. That is a limitation of Mac not Ricoh.
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Re: Can the new MP 2852 (& 2352,3352) Print from a Macbook without Postscript?
Macs have been able to print without PostScript since at least 2001, CUPS has full PCL support for example. The limitation is the "afterthought" print drivers the MFP industry provides for Macs. Usually something cobbled together and years behind in version support. Admittedly, Macs are only 10-12% of the market, but they are a strong majority of sales over $1k. MFP makers are really missing out, it's typically decision makers they are slighting with feeble support. Printer makers have it
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Re: istyle mfps and mobile printing
Hey Guy, ALL Ipad, Iphone printing requires either PS od a Direct Print Kit. Canon & EFI too! Vince
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Re: So it happended again!
Wholly Geez! What is the point with this? Sales is losing one entire week of selling. We need to have the equipment installed by month end to account for sales in a given month. Then they require 60 cold calls? What the heck? It is not quantity but quality of the calls which will lead to appointments, etc. What is management trying to drive?
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Re: So it happended again!
What is management trying to drive? You ask. Whatever they can get away with - obviously they haven't considered, nor care little for the ramifications of their short notification. Your selling month as well as theirs, will simply be shorter and your sales cycles are disrupted once more. Perhaps there are bonus' at stake that owners can minimize?
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Identive's TouchSecure(R) Desktop Reader Enables Use of Single ID Credential ...
SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, Jul 16, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Identive Group, Inc., a provider of products and services for the identification, security and RFID industries, today introduced the TouchSecure(R) Desktop Reader, an innovative identity authentication solution that allows enterprise customers to implement secure access to their physical facilities, corporate networks, shared printers and copiers using a single identity credential -- their employees' existing
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Walters & Shutwell announces a regimen of fresh webinars and events designed
Press Release Greg Walters and Jennifer Shutwell combine forces to provide illumination, analysis, management and mentoring for a transforming industry. Walters & Shutwell announces a regimen of fresh webinars and events designed to help people communicate and navigate the complexities of a changing world. Davidson, NC, July 16, 2012: With over four decades of tactical and strategic experience in managed services, systems integration, professional selling and management, Walters & Shutwell is
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Re: Oce:CBS::Ikon:RBS Simple Math
RBS, pre Lanier was a pretty decent competitor. Once under the control of Lanier, who was a price 1st company, then the corp. image changed to try to buy every deal. PLus they then started to attack the Ricoh dealer network any way they could, even just taking away the service revenue
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Re: Can the new MP 2852 (& 2352,3352) Print from a Macbook without Postscript?
Thank you all for the input, I will set it up for printing and scanning Monday (with any luck).
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Re: My latest issue with my job....
Maybe I should move to Oxnard! I emailed the owner that I need to speak with him. I do not want to speak with my sales manager or GM. If I can get the one on one I may get what I want, and if I don't get the one on one at least I tried. I'm really tired of losing stuff on my comp plan, a few months ago it was the dental plan, about a year before that they stated that they had been paying me to much (salary) for almost two years and backed me down $600 per month and now I lose the 1% MA revenue
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Re: My latest issue with my job....
OG that is some great info. You hit the nail on the head on how leasing companies take advantage of the end users in many ways. I know how to get around some of these but not sure how you convince a customer to spend more when many of these can be handled easily and a smart rep will know how to get around this....and many customers that have been dealing with copier companies know the tricks of the trade and not fall into those traps.
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ColumbiaSoft’s latest document management software increases office productivity with
document management software company that helps businesses better manage information to reduce risk and improve productivity. Information workers use ColumbiaSoft software to manage and share electronic documents, digitized paper documents, e-mail, faxes, and other electronic files to lower costs, automate business processes, and meet regulatory requirements. As a Microsoft Gold Certified ISV Partner, an Autodesk Authorized Developer, and an Adobe Solutions Network partner, the company’s
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Support revenue using mobile devices to capture signatures and data from the field
filled out and returned a signed copy of the report and b) once it was returned that it was properly filed and retrievable. Many months ago I had setup a SharePoint site for them for a sales related project but at the time we also created a document library to scan date-batched service call reports to for archiving. You know, eliminate the paper and all... Well this process fell by the wayside and the department was losing revenue. A new solution was desperately needed. Electronic forms would foot
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So it happended again!
had all day on the 23rd to make our 60 cold calls and then make additional closing calls. I figured with the holiday of the 4th and then closing the month early, we lost 10% of our selling days, to boot I took some vaca days. Just another straw on the camels back right? Maybe if I stay there long enough we'll be closing the month on the 1st!!
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