This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago
Second Week of August 2012
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On my previous blog I wrote about the many players offered copiers in 1984 and how many of them are around to this day. One thing many may forget is that many of the copiers offered in the eighties was a mix of A3 and A4 devices.
Some or one will say that the A4 revolution started 6 years ago, but in reality that revolution started closer to 1980. The manufacturers realized they could capture more clicks and market share with A4 and lower device cost.
One of my favorites was a hybrid A3-A4 from Minolta (350Z) where you could place and 11x17 document on the glass (platen cover) and then reduce that document to letter or legal size. However there was no ability to copy 11x17. Yes, we took advantage of the cool feature and sold a ton of these.
Everything changes,,,,what copiers do you remember from the 80s?
Enjoy The Great Copier Threads from Ten years Ago This Week
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Art Post (Guest) ·
relationships with dealer partners makes us the vendor of choice for growing businesses throughout the Rocky Mountain West and Arizona region. As an authorized dealer, we offer leading technology solutions that cater to businesses of all sizes and in all industries. We are authorized dealers for a full range of products from Canon, Konica-Minolta, Oki-Data, Sharp, Muratec, Hewlett Packard, Francotype-Postilia, and Captaris. We offer technology products for copying, scanning, faxing, postage
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Accept offer @ Toshiba & Konica Minolta store?
Josh ·
Hello all, I've interviewed and been offered a position at a company selling the full lines of Toshiba and Konica Minolta machines. I'm satisfied with the commission structure and assests of the company to be able to offer value to the clients that I speak to, but I have no idea how the print machine manufacturers stack up against other product lines. Any thoughts, additional questions or general wisdom? I'm from a IT sales background, no past experience in the photocopier industry. Thanks
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Konica Minolta’s new bizhub printing devices meet demanding workgroup needs
Art Post (Guest) ·
. Providing easy touch screen operation, similar to smartphones and tablet devices. Individualisation options for the panel and the printer driver menus make the new systems highly flexible. Konica Minolta’s Info-Palette design further improves the overall usability. Important operations like copying, printing, scanning and faxing are all accessed in the same intuitive way. The bizhub C454 and incorporate the latest green technology for minimal power consumption and lower environmental impact, reducing
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Drivve | Print and its Mobility Manager Module Redefines Printing from
Art Post (Guest) ·
and capture more clicks that way.” Drivve’s primary distribution channel is the office equipment dealer, however it is now gaining significant interest from mainstream VARs. Through integration to the embedded MFP platforms of vendors such as Toshiba, Sharp, Xerox, Samsung, and Kyocera, Drivve offers an even stronger proposition and richer, more productive user experience, according to Turnbull. “That’s one of the two main [mobile print] products we go to market with,” adds Tony Venice, manager
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Re: Accept offer @ Toshiba & Konica Minolta store?
Art Post (Guest) ·
hey josh: congrats! Welcome to the P4PHotel, here's my take on MFP's: Top tier of manufacturers: (not in an order, just first that comes to mind): Ricoh Xerox KonicaMinolta Canon Second Tier: kyocera sharp toshiba Third Tier: Samsung Muratec Lexmark Oki Brother You a definate edge with your IT background! Good luck!
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Re: Accept offer @ Toshiba & Konica Minolta store?
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Art Post: hey josh: Top tier of manufacturers: (not in an order, just first that comes to mind): Ricoh Xerox KonicaMinolta Canon Second Tier: kyocera sharp toshiba Third Tier: Samsung Muratec Lexmark Oki Brother Where's HP? I'm guessing third tier and with the recent financial revelations about Sharp, it may need to be relegated to the third tier albeit for different reasons than the others.
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Rabbit Office Automation to Help Customers Lower Printing Costs with Print Audit Prem
Art Post (Guest) ·
copier company in the Silicon Valley in 1987 and has evolved as the industry has evolved over the years. Now, ROA is a Ricoh partner providing end to end service and support to local and global customers in regards to MFPs, printers, document imaging, and IT services to fax machines and smart boards. About Print Audit®: Established in 1999 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Print Audit is the fastest growing print management company in the world. By providing businesses with innovative and
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M2 wins contract with Tensor Marketing – Managed Print Service
Art Post (Guest) ·
Manchester, UK – 15 August 2012 – M2, Europe’s leading independent managed print IT services company has won a contract with Tensor Marketing to supply a Managed Print Service which includes replacement, repair and servicing of the company’s entire printer fleet, as well as the remote management of fault diagnostics and provision of consumables. Tensor Marketing is an importer of a range of innovative products from China, Europe and USA, selling direct to consumers as well as retail trade
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Japan's Sharp Corp plans to sell its copiers and air conditioners businesses
Art Post (Guest) ·
(Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp (6753.T) plans to sell its copiers and air conditioners businesses to focus on mobile phones and consumer electronics, the Nikkei business daily reported. Kyocera Corp. (6971.T), Daiwa House Industry Co. (1925.T) and Daikin Industries Ltd. (6367.T) are among the companies that have reportedly expressed interest in buying these businesses, the newspaper reported. Sharp is in talks to sell its key solar panel plant in Japan as part of an asset sale seeking more than
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Canon, Oce launch jointly developed printers
Art Post (Guest) ·
August 08, 2012 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Canon Inc., Canon Marketing Japan Inc. and Oce N.V. announced Aug. 8 the launch in Japan of three new Oce VarioPrint-series monochrome production printing systems: the Oce VarioPrint 135, 120 and 110. Jointly developed by Canon and Oce, the new production printer lineup supports a wide range of high-speed, high-volume monochrome printing for users in corporate and commercial production print markets such as those targeting corporate reprographic departments
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Ricoh's biggest booth ever at Print World spotlights customer applications
Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh's biggest booth ever at Print World spotlights customer applications TORONTO—Ricoh Canada is coming to Print World with the largest exhibit it has ever had in a Canadian printing show. The 3,600 sq. ft. space will primarily showcase applications and new opportunities for customers, complemented with hardware offerings from Ricoh’s broad product portfolio. Ricoh has upgraded its floor space from its 2010 Print World outing by 70%, sending a signal that it is strengthening its focus and
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Maintenance Service for Ricoh Large Format Printer & Folder
Art Post (Guest) ·
Solicitation Number: SP7000-12-Q-1040 Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Synopsis: Added: Aug 15, 2012 3:51 pm Combined Synopsis/Solicitation DLA Document Services Japan Maintenance Service for Ricoh Large Format Printer & Folder 1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are
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70--Savin Copier Maintenance
Art Post (Guest) ·
Solicitation Number: YA1335-12-00118 Notice Type: Presolicitation Synopsis: Added: Aug 14, 2012 9:56 am Bids are being solicited under solicitation number YA1335-12-00118. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; bids are being requested...
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Ricoh MP C4501 (45PPM Full-color & B&W Copier 100 sheet document feeder
Art Post (Guest) ·
Solicitation Number: VA241-12-Q-1169 Notice Type: Presolicitation Synopsis: Added: Aug 15, 2012 6:03 am Bids are being solicited under solicitation number VA241-12-Q-1169. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; bids are being requested...
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Now that SHARP is about to exit the MFP business and perhaps sell this division and focus on consumer electronics, who will be the next Manufacturer to exit or sell their MFP business?
GMAN ·
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Re: Japan's Sharp Corp plans to sell its copiers and air conditioners businesses
Art Post (Guest) ·
. That means Sharp may have to resort to selling other assets to make up the shortfall and convince lenders including Mizuho Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to help keep it solvent. In addition to its fixed assets of factories and offices, Sharp also owns shares in other companies worth around $500 million, including stakes in car navigation maker Pioneer , medical device maker Olympus Corp and flash memory fabricator Toshiba Corp. Sharp's shares were trading 4.1 percent higher in
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fisher ·
frustrated customers needing help to do tasks that would be simple on a Ricoh, Sharp or Canon. Here is a test for you. Go to a kyocera tabletop mfp. Use the FS1135 for our example. Set up a job do make 25 copies duplexed of a legal sized original. Once you figure that one out press start. Now try to stop and cancel the copy job after it has begun. Now count the number of button presses it took to do all that. Now go to an equivalent Ricoh and do the same exercise. While the Tasalfalfas are not as
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Auditor faults DOE on Xerox purchases
Art Post (Guest) ·
The public school system's contract with Xerox to provide photocopiers, scanners, printers, fax machines, software and support should and must be terminated, according to the Office of Public Accountability. The accountability agency yesterday concluded that the procurement process was violated. Xerox provided more equipment than the schools had asked for, but school officials, including the deputy superintendent of finance, "blindly" signed off on the company's purchase order, assuming the
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AUXILIO’s Managed Print Services to Save U.S. Hospital Customers Over $70 Million
Art Post (Guest) ·
spending annually.1 To control these unnecessary and often hidden costs in the production of documents, it is imperative to manage the print workflow process and supply chain and service costs, which AUXILIO does at a guaranteed reduction of up to 30% for its customers. To gain these efficiencies and savings for its national portfolio of over 80 hospitals, the company’s cost-cutting and volume reduction methodology is customized and includes placing full-time, on-site print management experts and
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Re: Japan's Sharp Corp plans to sell its copiers and air conditioners businesses
Sharp sales reps are going to have to start "tap dancing" when trying to close copier deals because you know every competitive sales rep will have this one pre-printed and ready to hand out to Decision makers.
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fisher ·
quote: Originally posted by Jon Selman: quote: Originally posted by GMAN: Fisher stated "Hoping to drop Kyo in favor of Sharp soon." SHARP is in bad shape and I was shocked to read that comment. *Fixed Don't know where you got the idea that Sharp is in trouble. Keep in mind we would only bring on Sharp as a secondary product. The product line fits for us and fills some gaps where our primary line is weak. It also fits our area well since there is no dealer really selling the product while
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Oce and Canon 'marriage' means better customer service: MD
Art Post (Guest) ·
entity, although its brand name would probably live on. Canon and Océ have been uniting their operations since Canon announced the takeover in 2009. That will continue on 1 January 2013 with the formation of the Canon Professional Printing division, which will bring together Océ Australia operations and Canon’s Production Printing Systems, Large Format Printing and Commercial Inkjet teams under Wheeler's leadership. He said integrations were complicated and lengthy procedures, but the time had come
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Xerox Press Owners Maximize Productivity with Duplo Finishing Solutions
Art Post (Guest) ·
process to a single step. Cross training is also a major focus for us and the automation of the DC-745 has enabled every member of our team to quickly learn and operate the machine.” Jobs are printed on two Xerox iGen3 Digital Presses and three Xerox DocuTechs. The machine was sold and installed by Duplo dealer, MB Graphics. Capitol Citicom Print & Graphics is a family-owned commercial printer offering a number of services including high speed on-demand digital printing, wide format sign
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New Ricoh Pro C901s for PointOne Graphics
Art Post (Guest) ·
New Ricoh Pro C901s for PointOne Graphics TORONTO— PointOne Graphics in Toronto has added a Ricoh Pro C901s digital press with the E-81 Fiery controller, bookletmaker and GB 5000 perfect binder . The C901s prints at 90 pages per minute in simplex or duplex, regardless of media type or weight, at 1,200 x 1,200 dpi. PointOne chose Ricoh for several reasons, one being that the Pro C901s GRACoL certification matches up with PointOne's colour standard practices. From left, Ben Watson of Ricoh
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Option 1 Purchase of Copiers - Option 2 On Site Maintenance Agreement Option 3
Art Post (Guest) ·
purchcasing of the machines. Copiers are to be placed at various locations (Section IV) throughout the NY Harbor Healthcare System's three campuses listed below. Firms with interest and capability to respond to this requirement should develop a short narrative identifying the Options to be quoted. Interested parties should send their company information via E-mail (preferred) or fax to Mr. Steven Danylo, Contracting Specialist, and VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. E-mail is Steven.Danylo@.va.gov
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Four decades of building partnerships at Bay Copy
Art Post (Guest) ·
cost savings and improved productivity. How has your industry changed over that time? Properly networked digital technology can help businesses save significantly on time, labor and costs, and can result in a better quality of document generation. We shifted our model from a company that sells and services office equipment such as copiers and printers to one that offers “efficiency audits” to see what savings can be achieved by leveraging the benefits of technology. Technology also helps
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Sharp has Serious Money Problems!
Things seem to be getting a little tight at Sharp Japan Inc. as far as finances go. They might be forced to seek a partnership with Hon Hai Electronics and sell off some assets. http://www.industryleadersmaga...artner-with-hon-hai/ How do you think will this effect their MFP business?
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What I like & Don't like about Adobe Lean print
Art Post (Guest) ·
AS I use Adobe Lean print, I'll start posting info about what I like and don't like.
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Strategic print management - an interview with Cirrato's founders
Art Post (Guest) ·
view of strategic print management. Q: Tell us about the differences in how print management was viewed twenty years ago compared to now. A: To be honest, people always thought that printing was boring and ‘unsexy’. Earlier, the facility managers, more often than IT departments, were in charge of managing printers and making sure they worked and even repairing them to some level. The only thing the IT department did was adding the queues. They weren’t interested in doing the ‘boring’ work. Over
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Dominant Quarter at Auxilio
Art Post (Guest) ·
Dominant Quarter at Auxilio By Ken Nagy, CFA On August 14, 2012, Auxilio, Inc. ( AUXO ) , the Mission Viejo, California based Managed Print Services (MPS) company for the health care industry, reported financial results for its fiscal 2012 second quarter and six months, ended June 30, 2012. A strong quarter resulted in a nearly 123 percent year over year jump in sales, with revenue expanding $5.918 million to $10.722 million from $4.803 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011
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Little Printer Begins Pre-Order Phase – Social Media’s Most Favorite Printer Ever?
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By Jim Lyons, Photizo Group BERG, the London-based firm specializing in “product invention and strategy,” has announced that it is accepting pre-orders for the firm’s “Little Printer,” with shipments in the next 60 days (http://bergcloud.com/download/...lease-2012-08-14.pdf). The novel smartphone-teamed printer, with its mini-newspaper content and anthropomorphic appeal caught our attention, along with the attention of much of the social media world, at the end of 2011 with
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COPIERS & MAINTENANCE
Art Post (Guest) ·
Solicitation Number: 12PROPNS0001-A Notice Type: Sources Sought Synopsis: Added: Aug 14, 2012 12:13 pm The IRS Procurement Services Division is searching for both HUBZones and/or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concerns that provide various types of copiers for purchase and offer copier maintenance plans operating under NAICS Codes 333315 or 423420. At a minimum, responses should be no more than 20 pages (double sided) with a font no smaller than 12 point; briefly describing the
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Photocopier & Printer Toner OEM or Compatible
Art Post (Guest) ·
There is a constant pitch in the photocopier industry for end users to be sure that they work with OEM (original equipment manufacturer) approved toner in their devices. There are some obvious reasons why this is the case.Before you read further if...
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Contex Americas Reports Strong Sales in Early Q3
Art Post (Guest) ·
Contex Americas Reports Strong Sales in Early Q3 Rockville, MD -- August 16, 2012 -- Contex Americas, a division of Contex A/S, the world's leading developer of wide format scanning and imaging solutions, today reports that its early Q3 sales are up - more than 1.5 times that of the same time period in 2011. The company attributes this success to the recent launch of the updated HD Ultra, the market's fastest and most productive wide format scanner. The HD Ultra incorporates several new
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Re: Japan's Sharp Corp plans to sell its copiers and air conditioners businesses
yeti ·
where does Sharp place in the Market in North America? I wonder how that will look is Sharp as a device are replaced by Kyocera.
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majbu ·
Kyocera makes solar panels too so it may be more than copier they are after.
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Re: Japan's Sharp Corp plans to sell its copiers and air conditioners businesses
Yoda ·
Its a sad day. Sharp always made really nice equipment but didnt ever figure out how to market the product effectively. The copier business is one of their only profitable ones now. Only one worth any money.
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Re: MP 5210 for Healthcare
Dr. PCL5 ·
That tamper resistant paper is pretty expensive. On average, it's about 0.14 - 0.20 cents per page. An extreme cost savings would be printing prescriptions on blank laser paper.
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Re: MP 5210 for Healthcare
Dr. PCL5 ·
The point is pretty simple. Based on CMS guidance released July 17th 2008, prescription can be printed on blank laser paper. This means cost savings for many healthcare organizations by not having to purchase the expensive tamper resistant paper. E-prescribting adaptation remains low. We are releasing a new solution which will allow the printing of prescription on blank laser paper which will be compatible with ANY laser and MFP printer. No software is required. Our solution will work with
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!
Art Post (Guest) ·
First thoughts from reading the article is if they are that short of cash R & D will could be one of the first cuts, and then the question is which arm of the R & D department do you cut? Copiers, and printers produce additional revenue stream with consumables and parts. Would they give this up and sell the copier division just to get a quick fix of cash and then do with out that revenue stream in the future?
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!
Mr Decision Maker, do you realize that at any time in a new 60 month lease, a Sharp copier is not likely to be from Sharp Corporation anymore. Do you really need to take that risk?
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