This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of February 2006

resubmission from desktop PCs. eCopy ShareScan OP supports digital copiers from Canon, HP, Ricoh, Sharp and Toshiba. Visit http://www.ecopy.com/support/platforms.htm for a complete listing. "Because of the eCAP alliance, simplified and consolidated faxing from digital copiers also creates an audit trail for regulatory compliance with laws such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA," said Martin Demers, President and CEO of Interstar Technologies Inc. "All this translates into streamlined document management

Xerox has a new 6204 WF machine and I was wondering if anyone has any opinion or facts as to where it matches up with the Ricoh 240W and Ricoh 480W machines? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Here is the 6204 announcement: http://www.webwire.com/ViewPre...SIONID=&aId=8913 and Specs: http://www.xerox.com/go/xrx/equipment/product_details.j...ntry=USA&Xlang=en_US Bill C.

-----Original Message----- From: Yolanda.Cruz@ricoh-usa.com [mailto:Yolanda.Cruz@ricoh-usa.com] On Behalf Of Sam.Ichioka@ricoh-usa.com Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 7:01 AM Subject: RICOH AND LANIER TO BEGIN PROCESS OF JOINING FORCES To: All Ricoh, Savin, Gestetner, and Lanier Dealer Principals/Owners Ricoh and Lanier to Begin Process of Joining Forces Ricoh and Lanier will today officially begin the process of combining into one organization. I am pleased to share this news with all of

We do Ricoh and Canon. The Canon box can set user limits (B&W and/or Color). The Ricoh cannot without Access Control Product. I have a list of venders that provide the hardware/software. However, you can easily find one with a internet search. If you want names, I can provide if requested. We have not had to use them because we have access to Canon. Not sure about the Xerox.

The word from across the pond (rumor?) is that we may have a Segment 1 Ricoh Gel Print MFP in the near future. 16ppm black and 10 ppm color and believe it or not duplexing with Gel! Hopefully this can lead to exciting technology and great consumables!

MP5500, MP6500, MP7500: 55ppm,65ppm,75ppm, New Drum Life expectancy 1.2 million. Upgrade to 2051,60,75,Toner & Developer same, Brand New Drum, CBT June 2006 Launch, boy sure hopes this has color scanning and faxing!!!

order to replace the paper! Toner is drop and tap. Old style like the 7030D from Ricoh! Weight: A $%#$%^& monster, 536lbs, try getting that up a flight of stairs or two flights!!!!! Floor space requirements: D: 76 inches, W: 99 inches. So much for the small foot print design. From the book: If you are managing the disposal of your Xerox product, please note that the product contains lead and other materials whose disposal may be regulated due to environmental considerations. The presence of lead

no there are not any systems that will scan 11 x 17 and only only print to legal or letter. Years ago Minolta had a 350Z (analog) that was capapble of reducing 11x17, but would only copy letter and leagal. The major selling point was that they could reduce the 11 x 17's to letter or legal and they would not have to make the investment into a copier that also prints 11x17 if they did not need it. It worked, I sold many of these boxes convincing the customer about thier 11 x 17 requirements. I

Have any of you come across this? It is used in the medical industry and is medical accounting software. I am up against Kyocera, and was told by the end user that their devices can work seamlessly with this software. Is this true, and can Ricohs work with it as well? Thanks guys

I have seen this problem... like 18 months ago. The 240w is generating an error, the display on the 240w shows nothing out of place but the Plotbase software detects the error and won't print until the error is cleared. Unfortunatly, the solution in my situation was to disable the Stamp board in Service Settings. This option is turned on by default even if you do not have a stamp board. This doesn't seem like it would be a fix in your situation. I called Ricoh when I encountered this issue

Just a follow up for Buyer Zone, a few more things that irked me. When you register you are told that you are one of six preferred vendors. I double check and yes, we were one of six. They sent me a list of the six vendors that would contact me. After a week, I received a call from Xerox and another dealer and they were not on the original lease. I can only assume that 6-9 dealers or manufacturers are contacting the end users. What a way to start a price WAR!!! In recent recent weeks, I have

Dera Allen, great news and confirmation aout canon. Would it b possible to get the list you mentioned by e-mail please.

Here's a link for what has been posted on the P4P. Xerox 6204

We haven't had much problem with damage lately, but I will tell our warehouse to keep an eye out. Are you referring to visible damage to the box or damage discovered out of the box? We're told to accept but immediately document damage on the shipper's paperwork, and file claim with carrier. I believe the rationale is that once it leaves Ricoh's loading dock, the responsibility for the product lies with the carrier. Check and see if it's the same carrier for all your damaged shipments; and if it

Our dealership sells a lot of "Unity Desktop Professional," which is a Konica-branded bundled suite of Nuance's PaperPort and OmniPage. Document management plus excellent OCR. Konica has an excellent partnership with Nuance, and our Nuance rep has been extremely helpful and supportive.

right now the obvious things are: XES is brand new - ask for current customer references! ricoh still has smaller footprint. Push advantages of external controller over embedded controller. If you need more help with that one, search for more info in this P4P site. If anyone get copies of competitve quotes please post here!

We have been getting more equipment damages and we are told by Ricoh to accept and then fight the carrier. If the carrier says no we have to go to Ricoh and hope that Ricoh pays. We have been receiving unfixable machines and are thinking to reject them when they come in. Does your company accept it or do you decline it. Please Post your responses! Thanks, -=Boston Mike=-

Wide-Format Printer Suits Commercial Printers, Architects, Engineers MIAMI BEACH , Fla. Feb. 3, 2006Xerox Corp. has announced its 6204 wide format solution, a black-and-white copier and printer aimed at commercial print shops and architectural, engineering and construction companies. The unveiling came at the co-located Xplor show and the Graphics of the Americas Exhibition. Model 6204 is said to produce engineering renderings, topographic and aerial maps, and mechanical and architectural

quote: We will also look at ways to optimize our dealer and direct field sales and service teams. However, no significant changes in these areas are expected until FY 2007. Crap, I was always under the assumption that Ricoh never had "direct field sales". That the RBS's of the world bought like we bought or somewhat like it. How does a dealer compete with "direct field sales". Biy I sure hope I interpreted this letter wrong. Art Post

We saw th Ricoh unit in San Diego. Doc Feeded is flimsy and I think the speed is for SOHO only. However, it's a start in the right direction. We need a 25ppm and 30ppm color that can scan 11 x 17 and print upto legal size. Art Post

plotbase and scantool user manuals also on the plotbase install CD The Plotbase manual has been moved to www.documentmall.com accountname: art_post username: p4pusers passcode: goodpals select the p4p user cabinet, then the wideformat folder, then ricoh and the plotbase.

plotclient win plotclient web plotclietn HDI The RW Client manual has been moved to www.documentmall.com accountname: art_post username: p4pusers passcode: goodpals select the p4p user cabinet, then the wideformat folder, then ricoh and the plotbase.

the word i have is the Aficio name is finished, did its job. MP....we figure it means Multifunction Printer, however Ricoh would neither confirm or deny this assumption!

I was just doing some research on the new Xerox, and I read that the image is scanned to a mailbox. Wham! It hit me, I visting the client who bought the KIP 3000 and not the 240W. He called ME for the TRIX software (I made a few bucks), his major complaint is that the KIP scans to a mailbox. He scans at the KIP, for multi pages and then he has to go to his desktop to retirve the images from the KIP mailbox. Here's his complaint, all of the images are labled as a temp file with random numbers

Print Data Conversion Software Translates to Industry Standards RAMSEY , N.J. February 8, 2006Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. has unveiled LinkCom III from MPI Tech. The software converts IPDS and SCS/DCA print data streams to PCL or PostScript language. It is said to work within the mixed host/LAN environment, supporting both SNA sessions from IBM systems, as well as TCP/IP sessions from the LAN. The software also supports Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), for printing across

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