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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago (1st week of October)

I'll be you're wondering why the funky spaceman suit right? Back in October of 2003, China launched their first manned space mission the Shenzhou 5.

 

Seems every week I forget to put in the additional search criteria for all of the manufacturers from ten years ago. Let's see....Xerox, Canon, Ricoh, Konica, Minolta, Sharp, Kyocera, Toshiba, Savin, Oce, Muratec, Panasonic, sure I'm missing someone. 

 

Where else can you get a snap shot of the industry ten years ago? Not with Industry Analysts, nor The Week in Imaging, and another no for ENX.  Only on the Print4Pay Hotel forums.

 

Please consider this open invitation to join as a member, the basic membership if free and you'll love it!!!! 

 

On with the threads for the industry from ten years ago!

 

Off & Running!

October 1, 2003 4:02 PM
Topic by Guest
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. Announces The Formation Of Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. — A New Powerhouse that will Challenge and Change the Way People Think About Document...
 
October 2, 2003 6:56 PM
 
Topic by Guest
A Sharp Focus on Imagistics?  When Imagistics International (IGI ) was featured here on Aug. 26, 2002, it was trading at 18.95 a share. It has since jumped to 29.55 -- thanks to improving gross margins and better operating income, in spite of the...
 
October 1, 2003 4:08 PM
 
Topic by Guest
Xerox Unveils Fast, Affordable Office Color Copier-Printer; WorkCentre M24 Aimed at Small WorkgroupsWorkCentre M24 Aimed at Small WorkgroupsCHICAGO, Sept. 29, 2003 – Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today introduced the WorkCentre® M24, a...
 
October 2, 2003 7:21 PM
 
Topic by Guest
Priport™JP5800 Ricoh Europe Web Site  Ricoh´s newest Priport™JP5800 digital duplicator delivers a higher level of quality and performance in a user-friendly design. With a printing speed of up to 120 sheets/min. and an extensive...
 
October 2, 2003 7:37 PM
 
Topic by Guest
Ricoh launches the next generation in digital photography   Later this September, Ricoh Australia will launch a new digital camera, the Caplio G4 wide - the fourth generation in digital photography. The Caplio G4 wide is the world’s first sub...
 
October 2, 2003 6:49 PM
 
Topic by Guest
Canon Sales Organizations MergeCanon Business Solutions-Southeast, Inc. and Canon Business Solutions-Northeast, Inc. Merge. The name of the merged company is Canon Business Solutions-East, Inc. BURLINGTON, NJ, Oct. 1, 2003 -- Canon Business...
 
October 1, 2003 4:16 PM
 
Topic by Guest
Adobe and Xerox Announce Strategic Initiative to Promote Print Production Workflow StandardsSeptember 30, 2003 08:06:00 AM ETSAN JOSE, Calif. & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2003-- Adobe PDF, JDF, XML and PostScript Technologies Incorporated...
 
October 2, 2003 7:25 PM
 
Topic by Guest
Ricoh will be releasing a another duplicator based on the JP 3000 engine. The model number will be the JP4500.Higher dpi and a new revolutionary master material will increase ink yeild and quality. There may e a few more goodies on this box, I hope...
 
October 2, 2003 7:15 PM
 
Topic by Guest
Aficio™AP600N – High-performance A3 Network Printing for Business Users  Amstelveen, The Netherlands, September 2003 -- Ricoh Europe B.V. announces the Aficio™AP600N desktop printer for business users. With the Aficio™AP600N,...
 
October 2, 2003 11:32 AM
 
Topic by Guest
Has anyone had this occur?client switches from HP to RICOH MFP, and uses MACROS in word, more specifically word 98. The Macro with the HP would automatically go to the correct paper drawer containg letterhead, and the RICOH will not. All though this...
 
October 1, 2003 4:10 PM
 
Topic by Guest
T/R Systems Announces MicroPress X Series Connectivity to Canon CLC 1180/1140/1110; Solution Provides Variety of Options for Mid-Volume Segment of Print-on-Demand MarketSeptember 29, 2003 6:27:00 PM ETATLANTA & LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS...
 
October 2, 2003 7:30 PM
 
Reply by Guest
Ricoh's Priport™JP5800 digital duplicator delivers a higher level of quality and performance in a user-friendly design. With a printing speed of up to 120 sheets/min. and an extensive paper capacity of 2500 sheets, the largest duplicating jobs...
 
October 4, 2003 10:03 AM
 
Reply by Darren ....
By the way - did you see news about HP going into a relationship with Konica/Minolta to sell HP versions of their 50+ multifunction machines with their own print controllers?  IT people will love that!
 
October 1, 2003 2:06 PM
 
Reply by Ted
Since we are a Canon Dealer also, I checked with our DSM for Canon and no they are not being discontinued. There are over 60,000 on backorder, and they are producing them as fast as they can. What we are being told is that it may take 30-60 days to...
 
October 2, 2003 9:52 AM
 
Reply by Guest
Ted - so do most of the Konica's 45ppm+.  Thanks for the info!
 
October 3, 2003 3:47 PM
 
Reply by Color1
Within Quark was the proper PPD downloaded?  If so make sure that the originator was using the correct color profile.  It doesn't make sense that the 206 would do a better job.  Was the 206 even true p/s or was it Ricoh Script?
 
October 2, 2003 7:34 PM
 
Reply by Guest
Ricoh Hong Kong Limited Unifies business Units to Forge a Stronger Brand in Hong Kong [10/2/03 9:58:04 AM] Ricoh Hong Kong Limited (RHK) announces to unify all their local trading entities into one single company name with effect from 1 October 2003....
 
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