This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

Art Post (Guest) · 1/24/1310:16 PM

the industry for over three decades. With offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore and Japan, Ringdale have a strong global partner network and relationships with the world's leading printing manufacturers including Canon, Hewlett Packard, Lexmark, Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita, Oce, OKI, Ricoh, Sharp, Toshiba and Xerox. Ringdale, FollowMe and their respective logos are registered trademarks of Ringdale UK Ltd and Ringdale, Inc. All other names are trademarks or registered

Art Post (Guest) · 1/29/1310:09 PM

Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA Inc. and EFI have announced the launch of the Fiery proServer for the Konica Minolta KIP C7800 Wide Format Color Printer. The Fiery proServer combines Fiery XF, an industry-leading inkjet production RIP and color management system, with an expanded set of advanced Fiery color software options in an integrated platform. The new platform increases productivity, performance and efficiency for all KIP C7800 models and helps provide exceptional color consistency

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/30/1310:19 PM

dealer for more than 30 years. Ricoh Americas Corporation will continue to retain all global, national, federal government and managed service customers in the area, as well as its direct customer base in other parts of Minnesota – including the Twin Cities. Based in Minneapolis, Metro Sales was founded in 1969 and is a distributor of copiers, fax machines and laser printers.

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/28/1310:30 PM

global cloud-based management tool, RICOH Global Clariti, to track global information infrastructure performance and optimize business results. Ricoh employs one of the largest direct sales and service organizations in the industry, covering enterprises of all sizes ? from global and national, to regional and local, mid-market accounts. For more information on Ricoh's Managed Document Services (MDS) strategy, delivery framework or services portfolio, visit mds.ricoh.com. January 28, 2013 Ricoh

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/24/138:57 PM

The Japanese firm's copy machines will be able to upload to or print folders in Google's cloud storage service By Jay Alabaster | Published: 11:17, 23 January 2013 Fuji Xerox will soon release software that links its office copiers to the Google Drive online storage service, a sign that the search engine's online business suite is making inroads in Japan. The new "Print & Scan for Google Drive" extension will offer customers the ability to upgrade their business copiers so they can print items

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/25/1310:44 PM

Friday, January 25, 2013 Ramsey, N.J. - Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announces the immediate availability of the Konica Minolta bizhub MarketPlace, offering users downloadable apps directly from the bizhub MFP control panel screen. The bizhub MarketPlace is a user-friendly, one-stop shop to browse and access apps that offer an enhanced document management experience and improved overall productivity. Konica Minolta’s software engineering team developed

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/29/1310:18 PM

company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,903 billion yen (approx. 23 billion USD). The majority of the company’s revenue comes from products, solutions and services that improve the interaction between people and information. Ricoh also produces award-winning

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/28/1310:34 PM

main file repository. About Xerox DocuShare Xerox DocuShare is an enterprise content management application developed by Xerox. DocuShare delivers capabilities for document management, process automation and paper-to-digital solutions, and enhances cost savings and productivity gains for Xerox managed print services customers. Learn more at http://docushare.xerox.com/ . Learn more about Xerox Enterprise Content Management at http://www.xerox.com/ecm . About Xerox With sales approaching 23

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/25/1310:58 PM

of new amenities to the program’s Premium Membership offering, for enhanced Managed Document Services business. Canon’s Developer Support Program enables enterprise clients and third-party developers access to internal Canon resources and technologies in order to help simplify and expand the capabilities of Canon networked office products. By continuing to build relationships with leading 3rd party developers in the managed print industry, Canon’s sales channels will have access to additional

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/25/1311:07 PM

://usa.kyoceradocumentsolutions.com/us . Pricing and Availability AccuSender is available through authorized Kyocera dealers at the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $289.00. To find a dealer, visit Kyocera’s dealer locator at http://www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.com/us . # # # About YouSendIt
Founded in 2004, YouSendIt was working in the cloud before the term was even coined. At first, the service was a simple way to send the large attachments that email couldn’t process, but has since grown to become a

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/29/1310:23 PM

CANON U.S.A. PIONEERS EPEAT® IMAGING EQUIPMENT PRODUCT REGISTRATION WITH SELECTED DIGITAL MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES Eight of Canon’s imageRUNNER ADVANCE MFPs Receive EPEAT Gold Rating in New Digital Imaging Equipment Category LAKE SUCCESS, NY, January 29, 2013 – As part of its near 30-year commitment to the Kyosei philosophy of living and working together for the common good, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that it is among the first manufacturers with

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/24/131:52 PM

independent commercial copier and print dealers. The National Printer Repair Network (NPRN) will be holding its Annual Member Meeting on Tuesday, April 16 at The Rio. For the first time, GreatAmerica Financial Services, is excited to hold its "Managed IT Navigator: Best Practices User Group Meeting" in conjunction with ITEX 2013. Sessions will focus on the lessons learned in selling Managed IT Services, and solutions selling practices used when performing consultative selling. This user group meeting

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/24/139:09 PM

P700013R1026 Notice Type: Presolicitation Synopsis: Added: Jan 24, 2013 3:35 pm The DLA Document Services intends to issue a solicitation prior to February 15, 2013 for a single award Indefinite Delivery contract for the acquisition of copiers, print shop equipment, and worldwide logistical support services for Shipboard Multipurpose Copier Program (SMCP). The SMCP requires Class I, II, III, IV, C (color copiers) and multi-functional devices (MFDs) for general shipboard use and the acquisition

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/30/1310:20 PM

operational efficiency while reducing risk and cost. Experts apply quality management principles and tools such as Six Sigma® to advance performance to a higher level. The company offers services including BPO, imaging, records management, print, mail and eDiscovery, and is an IAOP Global Outsourcing 100 Leader in 2013 for the seventh consecutive year. Based in New York City, Canon Business Process Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc. Learn more at www.cbps.canon.com or

Art Post (Guest) · 1/24/138:59 PM

(Reuters) - Sharp Corp has nearly halted production of 9.7-inch screens for Apple Inc's iPad, two sources said, possibly as demand shifts to its smaller iPad mini. Sharp's iPad screen production line at its Kameyama plant in central Japan has fallen to the minimal level to keep the line running this month after a gradual slowdown began at the end of 2012 as Apple manages its inventory, the industry sources with knowledge of Sharp's production plans told Reuters. Sharp has stopped shipping iPad

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/24/131:51 PM

I have a ricoh copier in on a trial, we set a customer paper size for 4.125x9.5 for the paper tray. We are printing from a mac application, and we get a paper size error. We went back to the mac did a custom size for and everytime we put in 4.125, the mac reverts to 4.12 and I'm thinking this is causing the paper mistmatch. Can anyone help with this?

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/24/139:14 PM

pressure rollers for optimum print quality and media versatility. Top resolution on the machine is 1440 x 2880 dpi. Choice of aqueous dye or pigmented inks. Smart Printing features on the RJ-900X include: ValueJet Status Monitor (VSM) smart phone app for mobile printer monitoring; and Intelligent Interweave (i²) print technique to virtually eliminate banding, the company reports. MSRP: $7561, including media-catch basket. MUTOH AMERICA www.mutoh.com

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/25/1311:01 PM

print services experts who will develop sustainable print programs, volume reduction initiatives, device and supply chain management, and process efficiencies that are guaranteed to reduce costs upwards of 20 percent. The company assumes all expenses related to the production of documents in hospitals, including services, supplies, equipment, legacy service agreements, parts, finance charges and labor. “AUXILIO’s comprehensive assessment of our print environment and the savings they will generate

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/27/1312:14 AM

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copyme · 1/29/139:24 AM

I just sold one of these and the customer is complaining that when they are doing seperate scan jobs to the same folder, the screen goes away after the first scan job and they must again press the SCANNER button to go back in. Their previous model did...

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fisher · 1/29/133:11 PM

Check out the attached document a client recieved. I guess this is the new ambulance chasing. Patent trolls is what I gather you call them. Going after people for using a copier as a scanning device, threatening them with legal action for patent infringement in the hopes that the people panic and write them a settlement check to make it go away. Nice. Odds are one out of every 50 letters they send out gets them a settlement check.

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/29/1310:14 PM

In a webinar yesterday the Photizo group presented part of an analysis they have done looking at the potential for print vendor Lexmark to reposition itself into other markets. As part of the background they showed the following image The description of this graphic included that both the US and the world GDP have strengthened since 2009 but the print revenues have continued to decline. Whether this trend will reverse itself as the economies grow further is something that no one knows but it

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Yoda · 1/30/139:26 PM

Type copier sales into you tube and see what comes up its simply hilarious. Selling Copiers Now have a beer Rep review Comp Plan Sales Manager Top salesman New Comp Plan

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VinceMcHugh · 1/30/138:32 PM

The WORST I ever hear about was a low life Salesman that would sell a 6/60 lease. They would sell a customer a lease saying that it was a six month trial and he would write a 6 in the space for months, then after the customer signed the document, he would add a "0" after the "6" and turn it in as a "60" month lease, no trial. As long as the customer didn't want t return it the sales puke got away with it, but he eventually got caught, and had to relocate his shell game. Gives Copier Sales

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/30/139:16 PM

quote: Originally posted by VinceMcHugh: The WORST I ever hear about was a low life Salesman that would sell a 6/60 lease. They would sell a customer a lease saying that it was a six month trial and he would write a 6 in the space for months, then after the customer signed the document, he would add a "0" after the "6" and turn it in as a "60" month lease, no trial. As long as the customer didn't want t return it the sales puke got away with it, but he eventually got caught, and had to relocate

VinceMcHugh · 1/25/136:30 PM

Canon has had this capabilty to scan to, and print from Goolge Drive (was Google Docs) for over a year. Vince

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Emie_gran · 1/24/132:08 PM

As I'm reading these post about Ricoh/Ikon merger. Do you guys think that same is in store for Canon/Oce merger. I work for an independent and I'm curious to see how the new Canon Solutions Americas is going to effect us on the dealer level. What are your thoughts?

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/25/1311:12 PM

Distributing, whose main offices are in Memphis and in Cerritos, California. Sindoh has been saying for more than a year — ever since it launched the first models in its new line of A4 devices in Korea — that it intended to establish a presence in the US (The MFP Report, Nov 11, Dec 11 and Apr 12). While Sindoh is largely unknown or at least unfamiliar in the US, the company is hardly a start-up. It was initially founded as Sindo Ricoh in South Korea back in 1960. It was Ricoh’s first overseas sales

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Chuck · 1/25/134:31 PM

"the government COULD drop it's restitution request" (last line in the article). Let's hope not. Acts of fraud with restitution should not go uncollected - now if we would just go after the Wall Streeters/Big Bankers like we did after the S&L Fraud cases in then 80's (Lincoln Savings etc.) I'd be happy.

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Laxfan25 · 1/27/139:36 PM

If you are on the dealer side, this is ALL good news, and reflects the value that Ricoh's strong dealer network brings to Ricoh Americas. The same great team is in place, just being strengthened. Very, very experienced and capable folks, and the real heart of the original Ricoh (pre-IKON) team but with strong knowledge of the IKON players.

fisher · 1/29/136:02 PM

It is sort of a scam....sort of. But not really a scam per se'. It's a real law firm. It's a real patent. And it's a real threatening letter. More of a cross between extortion and ambulance chasing. So what do you do when your client calls you about this since you sold them them the copier.

Color1 · 1/25/1311:46 AM

I have had some weird issues happening with the wide format and printing PDF's. One resolution we had with those devices was to go into user tools and system settings, go to printers, and turn off the "substitue paper sizes". It's coming in set to Auto. With one of my accounts, they couldn't print PDF's til we turned it to off. Just a thought.

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VinceMcHugh · 1/25/136:22 PM

Art, This is a common problem on MACs. You need t set the same exact paper size on the MAC's "Page Setup". Then try printing it, and see if it works. Vince

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Art Post (Guest) · 1/25/1311:08 PM

To all Kyocera P4P'ers is this a big deal? Are you exciting about this offering?

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