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Why It’s So Important For Schools To Properly Dispose Of Old IT Assets
When educational institutions purchase new IT equipment, they often overlook the importance of data residing on the old equipment. Federal laws have been enacted to protect student data, and proper disposal and erasure of retired IT assets is vital.
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) are federal laws that protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable information of students attending any educational institution receiving funds from a program of the Department of Education. In part, these laws generally prohibit disclosure of information without the consent of the subject or their parent guardian and mandate prevention of unauthorized releases of information. These requirements still apply when information is no longer necessary to retain and assets containing such information are retired.
To comply, educational institutions need to use vendors that have appropriate controls in place to prevent unauthorized disclosures, they should get proof that data bearing assets have been sanitized as planned and, above all, use vendors who they can trust. It is important to understand what NAID AAA Certification is and to use a vendor who adheres to the standard. There are many non-certified recyclers in the educational space who are not following proper data security protocols.
Educational institutions in violation of these laws can lose government funding, and while the institutions themselves are not always held liable for disclosure by a third party, the failure to perform proper due diligence, use a trusted vendor, and maintain records of sanitization can be viewed as a failure to prevent unauthorized disclosures.
Maximizing ROI on decommissioned IT assets is often the biggest priority for educational institutions. However, the financial impact of an offsite data breach would far outweigh the monies gained from resale. By using a certified professional vendor, you can help make sure our educational institutions maintain funding and our future generations’ personal information is handled correctly.
ARCOA is a provider of IT services that encompass Cybersecurity, IT Asset Recovery and Disposition, and end-of-life recycling of electronics. We partner closely with clients to develop solid solutions around five architectural areas: cybersecurity and data destruction, specialized logistics and secure chain of custody, value recovery, asset tracking and control, and responsible recycling of end-of-life technology.
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This Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
This Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
Second Week of January 2018
Just wanted to ask, we're looking for copier brochures from the 60's 70 & 80s. I'd like to get as many of these brochures scanned and archived for our industry. I can accept mailed brochures and scanned brochures. If you have any please reach out to me apost@p4photel.com
Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 5 years ago
Looking to Connect with Dealer Principals or Sales Managers from Canada
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Please email me apost@P4PHOTEL.COM I'm looking for those that are currently selling Ricoh, Savin or Lanier along with Toshiba. Have some opportunities
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Ricoh Unveils Direct-to-Garment Printer
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printing easily produce a finished product. The Ricoh Ri 100 joins the Ricoh Ri 3000/Ri 6000 printers in building upon Ricoh and AnaJet’s (a Ricoh company) history of fast, high-quality garment printing. It prints up to 1,200x1,200 dpi in vivid mode, leveraging Ricoh’s industry standard-setting printheads and modular drop-size technology. “Over the years, our customers have asked for an affordable, low risk way to enter the DTG market and we’re proud to be the first to answer that question at a
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Introducing Trusted Business Solutions With New Canon Inkjet Card, Thermal Re-Transfer ID Card ...
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theft of cards and unauthorized usage of the printer. INKJET LABEL PRINTERS Investing in a color label printer provides businesses the option to print-to-label in real time, helping to promote workflow efficiency, reduce inventory management costs while saving valuable office space where pre-printed labels were once stored. From color-coded cardboard box labels to easily customizable coupons and wristbands, the new lineup of Canon Inkjet Label Printersoffer extreme durability. In addition, text
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Why Does the Practice of "Skating" Copiers Still Exist? Who Wins Who Loses
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Earlier today I had a call from another rep that works with me. He was pretty upset that a client was able to find the same MP 3555SP for sale on the web for $300 or so dollars under his sales cost. What even bothered him more was that the reseller was not an Authorized reseller for Ricoh, nor Canon. Which leads me to who is this web company buying the new MP 3555SP from? That web company (non authorized reseller) is buying the MP 3555SP from an Authorized Dealer. Most if not all dealer
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Brother to Demonstrate Advances in Retail Printing to Enhance the Shopper Experience and Deliver Operations Efficiency at NRF 2018
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, which make it easy for users to quickly print barcoded labels, tags and receipts virtually anywhere. Brother BMG will highlight its range of retail solutions including a just-released model from the Compact Laser Series, a comprehensive line of laser printers and all-in-ones that are ideal for small, tight spaces; INKvestment Series of ink jet all-in-ones well suited for cost-effective, higher-volume printing; and the award-winning QL Label Printer Series, offering high-speed printing of durable
Color Ink Builds Brands with New MGI JETvarnish 3D Print Enhancement Press
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New Color Ink JETvarnish 3D Campaign Sample MELBOURNE, FL USA (January 12 th , 2018) – In the Wisconsin heartland of America’s dairy country, there is a creative group of print professionals setting new standards for integrated marketing campaigns and corporate brand communications at a firm called Color Ink. Thanks to a partnership with MGI Global Partner, Konica Minolta, they will be scooping up the cream of the crop in decorative print embellishment applications with a new JETvarnish 3D
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Konica Minolta to Provide Enterprise Content Management Solution to a Government Agency
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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – January 11, 2017– Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia, an integral value provider of customer-centric solutions, has been awarded a $400,000 contract to implement Enterprise Content Management Solution for a government agency to improve operational efficiency. The announcement comes as the government continues to boost Singapore’s efforts towards a more digitally integrated society. Earlier this year, Singapore was ranked first in the Asian Digital Transformation
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ETCS Announces Acquisition by Datamax
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About East Texas Copy Systems East Texas Copy Systems has served the East Texas area’s business technology needs for nearly three quarters of a century. With three locations in Tyler, Longview and Lufkin, East Texas Copy Systems is an authorized service provider representing Canon, Samsung, Océ , Lexmark and Kyocera brands. We also offer color copiers, fax machines and wide format printers, as well as deliver technology supplies from all major manufacturers. East Texas Copy Systems provides the
Selectec and Nordicdoc Announce Partnership
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(SmartSDK) devices. This brings organisations direct efficiency gains, by cutting out multiple steps from the traditional hardcopy to softcopy document management process. There are also various new and exciting enhancements for HP, Konica Minolta, Lexmark, Ricoh, Toshiba, and Xerox. BYOD printing challenges are now a thing of the past, with the update to PaperCut MF Mobility Print to now support macOS and Linux servers, in addition to the existing Windows server support. To round off the update
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Canon’s Focus on Innovation Once Again Lands Imaging Leader a Top Five Spot Among U.S. Patent Holders for 32nd Consecutive Year
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. This is the 32nd consecutive year that Canon Inc., has been ranked among the top five U.S. patent holders and for the 13th consecutive year, ranked first among Japanese companies for the number of U.S. patents granted. The patents granted demonstrate the company’s commitment to using a robust set of intellectual property rights to develop visionary consumer, business and medical solutions. “Having landed once again among the top three patent holders, Canon’s longstanding and continued commitment
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Xerox reportedly in talks for a deal with Fujifilm
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Corp. Fuji Xerox spread to multiple countries in the Asia-Pacific area, developing office and printing equipment. Carl Langsenkamp, a Xerox spokesman in Rochester, N.Y., said he was not willing to comment on the Wall Street Journal story at this time. https://www.usatoday.com/money
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Three Ways to Protect Your Ricoh Wide Format Plotters
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Over the years I’ve had many calls about how my clients can protect their Ricoh Wide Format Plotters. Wide Format plotters aka Ricoh Wide format MFP’s (multi-functional devices) that can copy, scan or print. In most cases what we recommend is not information that is available with the manufacturers user guide. Thus,we thought it would… Read More FYI, this is a link to my jersey plotter site, email me or Jesse if you need more info on how to make this happen
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Should I Lease or Buy a Ricoh MP6700SP in New Jersey?
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Should I lease or should I buy the Ricoh MP6700SP wide format? It’s a question that I’ll field at least a few times a month. MP6700SP In order to answer that question, I’ll need to give a little history about the Ricoh MP6700. The one great feature of the Ricoh MP6700SP, is that it’s a… Read More Note from Art: Content is King, I've wrote about 17 blogs in the last year and it's paying off. My goal is to attract those that are in the market to me. This is something I believe every dealership
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Managed print moving into the large format world
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The concept of selling managed print services to those customers using standard hardware has become well established and it is moving into the large format world. An increasing number of large format print specialists are starting to offer managed print services to customers that also want to incorporate some of the predictability of price that comes from an MPS contract. The small format world has been shifting over to managed print for the last few years and an example of the motivation for
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Sales Leaders: 3 Things Your Sales Reps Consistently Do To Shoot Themselves With Complacency Bullets
Learned As A Major Account Copier Rep On The Streets Of Los Angeles . I’ve been part of countless conversations with sales leaders and managers over the years, trying to understand how to motivate sales reps to do more than the bare minimum they have grown accustomed to doing. This reminds of the 5 Things Top Sales Reps Do And Why Most Just Shoot Themselves With Complacency Bullets . THE PROBLEM IS GETTING BIGGER BY THE MOMENT Inside the vast majority of sales teams, sits so much opportunity. The
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Where to Find Leads for the Contex IQ Flex Flatbed Scanner
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because the paper feed roller could tear original legacy documents. Below are a few of the departments that were listed as having wide format scanners. Science Humanities Print Room Engineering Art Library Facilities Print4Pay: Especially, any print4pay that offers black line and color wide format printing and copying. A shop that I know of has a few artists in the area that want their paintings scanned, in addition to others that want to scan oversized objects. You can sell this as an additional
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Looking for old copier brochures
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Does anyone have any old brochures hanging around from the seventies or the eighties? If so, could you scan and send to me so we can get them on the web?
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Canon U.S.A. Kicks Off 2018 with Announcement of New Executive Appointments
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MELVILLE, N.Y., January 11, 2018 – Beginning the New Year with a celebration of teamwork and an appreciation for those who have contributed to the company’s continued success, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is proud to announce new senior executive appointments and promotions, effective January 1, 2018. These personnel moves represent Canon’s commitment to elevating its own leaders and putting them in a position to succeed, both personally and professionally. “Every
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Ricoh USA Inc., will cut 150 jobs
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Ricoh USA Inc., which produces office equipment and offers related services, will cut 150 jobs in Houston. The Pennsylvania-based company, part of Tokyo-based Ricoh Company Ltd., told the Texas Workforce Commission in a letter that the affected jobs are at 820 Gears Road. A spokeswoman with the company confirmed that is a call center location. The job cuts are expected to be effective March 4, according to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter. The affected employees are
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Kinlaw to lead worldwide channel sales at Lexmark
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News Release Issued: Jan 10, 2018 ( 4:00pm EST ) Kinlaw to lead worldwide channel sales at Lexmark Lexmark, a global imaging solutions leader, today announced that Sammy Kinlaw will join the company as Vice President, Worldwide Channel and OEM Sales, effective Feb. 1, 2018 . A proven technology sales leader, Kinlaw has held a number of leadership roles calling on enterprise end users and the commercial channel. He spent the last 13 years with Lenovo, most recently as vice president North
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Re: Why Does the Practice of "Skating" Copiers Still Exist? Who Wins Who Loses
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your network. Printers have been hacked and if a security patch comes out, how are you going to know about it, get it installed and protect your business? What would happen if a hacker got on your network through the copier and you had to explain that the device was bought off a website that was not manufacturer authorized and was unsupported? To wrap up, as dealers we don't have many options to force the manufacturer to get involved and really stop this from happening. I think our strongest
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Re: Why Does the Practice of "Skating" Copiers Still Exist? Who Wins Who Loses
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install it on your network. Printers have been hacked and if a security patch comes out, how are you going to know about it, get it installed and protect your business? What would happen if a hacker got on your network through the copier and you had to explain that the device was bought off a website that was not manufacturer authorized and was unsupported? To wrap up, as dealers we don't have many options to force the manufacturer to get involved and really stop this from happening. I think
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Re: Copier aka MFP 25 Discovery Questions for Legal Vertical Market
And perhaps ask if valuable legal documents (in the paper drawers) need to be 'protected' by a Paper Drawer Lock. Legal companies should have a 'Paper-Refill-Procedure' in place, to avoid that un-authorized persons have access to valuable documents in the Copier or Printer. Locks for almost all brands and machine-types are available at the www.copiersolutionshop.com To get a complete overview of all available locks, check www.solutionconfigurator.com
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Re: Three Ways to Protect Your Ricoh Wide Format Plotters
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Most Ricoh wide format devices have a built in dehumidifier. The switch is on the side.
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Re: Three Ways to Protect Your Ricoh Wide Format Plotters
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fisher posted: Most Ricoh wide format devices have a built in dehumidifier. The switch is on the side. yup, and I believe it is for the drum. Thanks for the comment!
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LCA Leasing
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Just heard that they are exiting the copier leasing business. Anyone else hear that?
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EFI Launches Fiery Textile Bundle to Deliver Superior Quality and Streamline Reggiani Textile Printing Workflows
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in both direct-to-textile and transfer printing, plus it provides the production tools to handle step and repeat, changes in fabric dimensions during production, and brand color accuracy. The Fiery Textile Bundle was introduced at the recent ShanghaiTex tradeshow in China. The new products are part of a comprehensive EFI ecosystem that includes EFI Optitex 2D/3D design software, and EFI Reggiani digital printers such as the new Reggiani VOGUE direct-to-textile printer, which also made its
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Next Model after Xerox 770 Digital Press
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Xerox folks, I don't know very much about your product lineup. If you were replacing a 770 digital press what would be your go to machine that is most comparable now? The Versant 180 or the C70?
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Re: Sharp MX4100N End user pricing
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It's a little dated, however one of the only quotes I've ever seen that has a cost per scan charge.
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Another patent troll targets OEMs
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Following on from our report on the patent lawsuit handed to Xerox by MASA in December 2017, The Recycler has now viewed court papers relating both to that court case and to the patent infringement complaint brought by MASA against Ricoh. The papers describe MASA as a “wholly owned subsidiary of Midwest Youth AS Inc.” and explain that it provides services, funding and equipment for youth sports organisations “to help those organisations inspire youths in a positive way”. It also “promotes the
-=Good Selling=-
Attention Sales World... Increase Your Sales Revenue By 50% By Creating Discipline Around These 3 Things!
"Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference."
Lou Holtz
Are you willing to embrace hard work?
Are you willing to become radically disciplined?
What would it mean to you if you could increase your sales revenue by 50% How would this make you feel? And what would this allow you to do?
Are you brave enough to make it happen?
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
Leo Tolstoy
It’s one thing to know how to change, however; it's another to be willing to change.
This becomes the classic can do versus will do mentality.
When you are not willing to change, you keep yourself in limbo or a state of complacency. You may share with others, or even yourself, how you will “try” to change.
Trying is one thing, committing to the journey is another thing.
When you admit you are willing to change, you’ll be surprised how the excuses soon disappear
This age-old quote stands true today, "The truth shall set you free!" Growing your sales will require you to do new and different things.
Question becomes... How many of you would like to grow your sales by 50% this year?
I believe I hear a resounding YES being shouted back to me.
Therefore,
Are you willing to take 100% responsibility for making this happen?
Are you willing to stop blaming, criticizing and pointing fingers?
Are you willing to get more interested in learning than defending your ego?
Are you willing to allow yourself grace as you learn and relearn new skills?
"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
George Bernard Shaw
Growth and comfort do not play well together.
I ask all of you to zero in on the following...
If you want to achieve the results that no one is achieving, then you must be willing to do the things that no one is doing.
Therefore, you must retool, reequip, and revamp parts of your processes around a different model, one which calls for new approaches, new positioning, new client experiences, and new business growth; all centered on a well-organized plan.
Right now, in this business climate, you must be willing to adapt to the rapidly changing market conditions, digital business models and disruptive competitors.
You must become laser focused on bringing fresh ideas and new insights in a hyper-personalized manner to your clients and future clients.
What sets you apart from all the other salespeople in your marketplace?
BECOME OBSESSED WITH LEARNING
"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a famous American Poet during the 1800's. His original works include "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Song of Hiawatha", and "Evangeline."
I believe that what is forever old is forever new. People, the above quote is more than 200 years old and is as relevant today, as ever.
Allow me to twist the quote up a bit, and you will soon realize how important this is to your sales growth...
A single conversation across the table with one of your clients is better than 10 years mere study of books.
What are you learning from your clients?
I believe the insights and information you learn from your clients, and what you do with it, will help them to solve their potential business problems and challenges.
At this very moment, you have unparalleled amounts of information available to you, to the point where information is no longer a competitive advantage.
Your competitive advantage is in plain sight and it's staring right back at you in the mirror.
Are you making your clients smarter or are your clients making themselves smarter?
How do you think this may affect your relationship and your sales growth?
Trust, value and meaningful relationships... it is how you sell it and how you offer it that will set you apart.
What's your growth plan in 2023?
The importance of you learning new things should not be taken for granted. The power of self-education... hold yourself accountable to it.
However, you wish to learn, whether it be through a book, the internet, or through your clients, by all means, set aside the time within your day and learn something new.
“Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world’s work, and the power to appreciate life.”
Brigham Young.
There is power in what you learn from your clients, it is what you do with it that counts.
DO THESE THREE THINGS TO INCREASE YOUR SALES BY 50%
You never know what results will come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no results.”
Mahatma Ghandi
If you do nothing, there will be nothing!
If you commit with radically consistency and massive discipline to following three things, I believe you can increase your sales by 50% in 2023.
STEP 1 - CREATE INSEPARABLE BONDS AND PROTECT YOUR CLIENTS
One of your single best sources for sales growth - retaining and growing your client base.
We all know it’s less expensive to retain your clients than it is to acquire new ones.
It is essential that you build meaningful relationships high, wide and deep.
You must build a fortress around your client base or someone else will
People move in, around, and out of your client base.
You become relationally vulnerable limiting who you know within your client base to just a few people. You must go way beyond key decision makers. You must start to connect to company influencers, end users, and key department managers; cross pollinating relationships is mission critical to your sales growth.
You must build genuine, authentic relationships with an abundance of individuals within your client base, as the opportunity for loyalty increases.
One way to guarantee loyal clients is to create unbreakable heartfelt bonds.
"We share an unbreakable bond. And only the two of us know the secret codes for holding us together"
Palak Jain
Are you creating the ties that bind with your clients?
When you create these ties, think about...
- Setting specific and agreeable expectations
- Continuing to bring insight and fresh ideas
- Nurturing the relationship online as well
- Intentional listening - go above and beyond, never break a promise
Those of you who fail in building strong ties may see deals collapse, funnels shrink, and distress arise.
You must become obsessed with protecting and serving your clients.
You must become obsessed with your clients or someone else will.
It is about building authentic relationships. And in doing so, think about the networks you will create and the potential referrals you will curate.
STEP 2 - DRIVE NEW BUSINESS
You can increase your sales by focusing less on acquiring new clients and more on your current clients?
Call me crazy but I promise you this works.
Many salespeople fail to capitalize on what sits close to home and who resides within the networks of people they already do business with.
To increase new business, you must concern yourself with reducing client attrition by providing them a memorable and inspirational experience.
The more you know about your clients, the more you grow with your clients
This opens new relationships, new conversations and new sales opportunities.
The more you learn about your clients, the more you earn from your clients
You are one degree of separation from your best sales opportunity, and it sits within your clients' networks.
Commit to understanding who your clients are connected with as part of your sales growth plan.
STEP 3 - LEVERAGE SOCIAL TOOLS TO TARGET HIGH VALUE PROSPECTS
Listening is the new prospecting. Are you intentionally listening to the cues?
Fuel your new business growth by integrating social into your prospecting cadence. Your clients and future clients use social...Are you paying attention to what your clients are posting?
The core foundation of blending social into your process can be accomplished by doing these three things:
- Build a personal value framework - establish your credibility and help create visibility within the marketplace
- Listen and learn - understand what your ideal clients are talking about... What's important? What's top of mind?
- Engage in conversations - join and start conversations moving them from online to offline
You must work strategically to implement a well targeted sales development growth plan.
You must become precision-like in proactively developing trusted and credible relationships with these high-valued opportunities.
To quote the late great Henry Ford,
"It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste."
Sales professionals do not waste their time. They value their time and focus on the aforementioned three things? Will you?
LET'S BRING OUR TIME TOGETHER TO A CLOSE
In the book, To Sell is Human by Daniel Pink, he writes about how we’ve gone from a "buyer beware" culture to a "seller beware" culture.
You already know this...
There is a ginormous amount of information available via the internet that your clients and future clients have become well-versed and educated in before you may even enter the scene.
It's imperative to you and mission critical that you understand your client's world. You must add value right from the get-go, not just show up, throw up and educate them on a product or solution.
Business growth is critical to your sales health.
Do you have the will-do and the can-do? Being open to growth enables you to innovate, as you rise above all the other salespeople in your marketplace.
You can either rise up and evolve or wallow in complacency and comfort.
"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."
Benjamin Franklin
Self-reflect... What would a 50% increase in my sales results mean to me?
Would you like to increase your sales success and fulfillment?
This was my goal when recording all-new materials for the new Selling from the Heart Masterclass, to increasing your sales success and fulfillment in your business.
If you enjoyed the Selling from the Heart book, you’re going to love this masterclass! It takes the tools given to the next level.
Have yet to read Selling from the Heart? No worries, you will receive an audio version as a part of the Masterclass. As an option you can get a free signed copy of Selling from the Heart (just pay for shipping and handling).
You can get your copy here - https://www.sellingfromtheheart.net/book
Together, we will go on a journey where we’ll dive into how to apply the ideas in the book to help you achieve even greater sales success.
With each of the 10 sessions, you’ll receive questions that will help you increase your sales in a way that also makes selling more enjoyable and fulfilling.
This masterclass is configured with you in mind where you can complete the course in chunks from any mobile device, iPad or computer, based on your availability.
You’ll also discover fun bonus materials throughout the course.
This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
Second Week of January 2013
Interesting thread I picked up this week from @SalesServiceGuy from 10 years ago this week. Are Photocopiers potential infection points for the flu virus.
SSG goes on tho make these notes, "As a copier sales rep I like to be proactive and mention to all of the accounts that I touch in the course of a day that photocopiers, fax machines and printers can become an infection point for the flu virus for up to three days. I recommend that they sanitize the copier's control panel at least once a day with a mild spray disinfectant."
Great stuff to keep in mind especially with the two years of COVID
Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 10 years ago
Konica Minolta Black and White Multifunctional Products Named Industry's Most Reliabl
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RAMSEY, NJ, Jan 10, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announces that Industry Analysts, Inc. just published its annual "MFP Service Manager Study" rating Konica Minolta first in 21 of 39 performance categories. Interviewing 107 dealer service managers in imaging system dealerships nationwide, the study found that Konica Minolta's award-winning line of bizhub(R) Monochrome Multifunctional Products (MFPs -- print, copy, fax, and
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Konica Minolta Acquires DocuSource
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technologies and Managed IT Services for the desktop to the print shop. For the fifth consecutive year, Konica Minolta was recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys. BLI has named Konica Minolta 2012 "Document Imaging Solutions Line of the Year" and "A3 MFP Line of the Year" award winner for the company's solution portfolio and award-winning line of bizhub Multifunctional Products. For more information, please visit http
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Canon U.S.A. Updates imageRUNNER LBP Line with Additional Advanced Laser Printers
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-function devices. These MEAP (Multifunctional Embedded Application Platform) enabled printers - like the earlier released imageRUNNER LBP5280 and LBP3480 models -- are designed to seamlessly integrate with other Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE systems and to help extend the value of customers' investments by bringing MFP workflows to the desktop printer. Using a common tool set including imageWARE Enterprise Management Console, uniFLOW, and unified print drivers, customers and providers can create a
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Spectra Integration Responds to Rising Demands with the Canon imagePRESS C7010VP New
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Integration’s Canon Solutions America sales representative with helping the company identify the perfect digital color press for their specific needs. While the cutting edge technology of the Canon imagePRESS C7010VP system certainly set the company apart from its competitors, Kohn said the ongoing commitment Canon Solutions America demonstrates to its customers may be even more invaluable. “Our relationship with Canon Solutions America is less about the document printing and more about their ability to
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Inkjet printing - when does the revolution start
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rate and recirculation of ink within the head. Kyocera's KJ4 piezo printheads print paper or filmic labelstocks up to 50 m/min (164 ft/min) with four grayscale levels or 75 m/min (246 ft/min) with three grayscale levels. Domino Printing Sciences has adopted them for its N600i modular label press, developed and manufactured by Graph-Tech AG, which it recently acquired. Konica Minolta's UK technical partner, Industrial Inkjet, claims the new KM1024i reaches 80m/min at 360 x 720dpi using three
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Ricoh unveils high-performance SP 8300DN laser printer, ideal for print-for ...
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, including applications for document capture, management, storage, processing (e.g., OCR), printing, sharing, customer relationship management and more. Print-for-pay establishments can gain even more control over print requests when the SP 8300DN is combined with Ricoh's device management and reporting software, @Remote®, which can monitor fleets of networked printers and MFPs in real time, offering new levels of convenience, optimization and productivity. Other printer features include an optional
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Largest-Ever EFI Connect Conference Nearly Sold Out
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in Connect include: Bunting Magnetics, Carlson Advisors, Esko, Honle UV America, KIP America, Kodak, Konica Minolta, MBM Corp., Metrix Software, MGI, Ricoh, Xerox, xpedx and Zund. Connect offers business leaders extensive educational sessions and opportunities to form long-term relationships with industry peers, discuss issues that matter and share business, process and revenue ideas. Live demos in Connect’s lab area will feature fully integrated, end-to-end workflows. And as always, the event
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Canon U.S.A. Launches imageRUNNER ADVANCE C2200 Series of Color Multifunction Office
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imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop Quick Printing Tool allows users to print, fax and convert files to PDF format without opening the native application. These new models are also equipped to take advantage of several mobile and cloud-based solutions – customizable for different needs and price points – that enable users to securely print and scan from a variety of mobile devices such as laptops, iPad® tablets and iPhone® or BlackBerry® smartphones. To help automate complex business processes, Canon
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Looking for a Ricoh/Savin dealer in Albany, NY
Looking to ship-in some equipment. Is anybody familiar with any of the players in that area?Thanks,Brianbmerson@centricbiz.com443-761-1625
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OKI Data Americas to Demonstrate End-to-End Customized Retail Printing Solutions, Deb
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demonstrate how retailers can reduce costs by printing in-store and on-demand, as well as how to improve efficiencies by deploying multifunction printers within stores and using Scan-to-Email document management tools. Attendees will learn how they can enable IT staff to more productively manage their print devices and control print cost across their operation with tools like PrintSuperVision, and Color Access Policy Manager (CAPM), OKI Data will also demonstrate solutions that provide a portable
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Ricoh mp2352SP fax question
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It's been awhile since I sold this system with dual fax line capability, I know you can forward the first fax line to email or folder however can we do the same with the second line?
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Memjet Announces its Membership in the Managed Print Services Association (MPSA)
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incredible energy efficiency, always in color at or near the desktop, and with ink refill as a default. The C6010 features Memjet's page-wide printhead, which requires significantly less energy than existing laser printers by eliminating the fusing process inherent with laser printing technology. Memjet's office printing technologies feature a unique "green" design to support dealer ink refill programs that encourage ink cartridge re-use and keep plastics out of landfills, while saving end-users
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Print Audit Rings in the New Year with its 100th Premier Member
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expenses while saving an estimated 190,000 trees a year. Print Audit is the most comprehensive provider of managed print services (MPS) and print management solutions. The company enables organizations to monitor and control their printing costs via a broad range of capabilities that include secure print release, follow-me printing, rules-based printing, cost recovery, in-depth print assessment and remote meter reading. Print Audit has offices located in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, South
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Best Used Copier for the Buck?
Hello, I sell primarily new Xerox copiers and I do not have a tech on staff. I use the Pagepack program so Xerox is responsible for this. I get a good number of used copier requests from clients and I thought I could build a program with exchange copiers available... but I need to find units that are reliable and super easy (cheap) to get in the wholesale scene. I am not overly brand loyal in this scenario. I would like to have 10 to 20 units I buy on a skid so it is all the same unit/same
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Canon U.S.A. to Sponsor the 2013 Sundance Film Festival
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Most Admired Companies in 2012. In 2012, Canon U.S.A. has received the PCMag.com Readers' Choice Award for Service and Reliability in the digital camera and printer categories for the ninth consecutive year and for camcorders for the past two years. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social
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Re: Are Photocopiers potential infection points for the flu virus?
As a copier sales rep I like to be proactive and mention to all of the accounts that I touch in the course of a day that photocopiers, fax machines and printers can become an infection point for the flu virus for up to three days. I recommend that they sanitize the copier's control panel at least once a day with a mild spray disinfectant.
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Mutoh launches RJ-900X Printer
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generation "Wide Model" printhead (4 colour sections, 360 nozzles per colour) that enable the highest resolution printing for CAD at 2,880 dpi. It delivers superior line sharpness and photo quality with continuous tones, smooth transitions and a wide colour gamut. The CMYK printer also offers various print resolutions for different applications and can be utilized with a variety of inks. The printer became available January 7. More information and to find Canadian distributors: www.mutoh.com.
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Law firm worker accused of copy machine toner theft Read more: http://www.myfoxny.co
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box of Post-it Notes out of the office supply closet." According to court documents, Rodriguez worked in the firm's copy department for a decade. Prosecutors claim that starting in 2010, he started ordering thousands of dollars worth of toner beyond what the firm needed from Konica Minolta Business Solution and Ricoh U.S.A., which had contracts with the firm. Rodriguez would then allegedly resell black ink toner for $10 per box, and color ink toner for $15 per box. The total losses for the firm
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Business Development Analyst - Ramsey
Art Post (Guest) ·
contract terms and conditions. KONICA MINOLTA OFFERS: Competitive salary. Outstanding benefits package (incl. medical, dental, life insurance) 401(k) plan with matching contributions Excellent holiday/vacation plans. Tuition Reimbursement Program. Employee Referral Bonus Program. Ongoing professional development training. State-of-the-art office products. Visible, exciting work supporting the sales of cutting edge technology and workflow solutions. Konica Minolta is Proud to be an Equal
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SHARP® PROVIDES A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE AT CES 2013
Art Post (Guest) ·
control. Operating on AC/DC or battery outputting 100 watts of power and sporting LED accent lighting on its dual subwoofers, the GX-M10 consistently delivers high power audio no matter where it is placed. The Next Generation of Quattron Sharp is also demonstrating the next generation of Quattron technology at CES 2013. Using a specialized sub-pixel signal processing for Sharp's red-green-blue-yellow Quattron pixel panel, the next genesis of Quattron will allow the control and use of these colors
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Xerox Wins Award
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reported quarter, Xerox reported adjusted earnings (excluding special items) of 25 cents per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, Xerox is a leader in the development, manufacture, marketing, servicing and financing of document equipment across the world. Xerox currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) and a long-term Neutral recommendation. One of its competitors,Canon Inc (CAJ - Snapshot Report) carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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Xerox, IEEE Lexington donate $35,000 for robotics kits for FCPS elementary students
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All elementary students in Fayette County Public Schools will soon have access to robotics supplies, thanks to the generosity of the Xerox Foundation and IEEE Lexington. Their $35,000 gift will provide more than 100 LEGO MINDSTORMS kits spread across the nearly three dozen schools. Students at Garden Springs Elementary demonstrated how their programmed robots can perform tasks such as delivering bales of hay. “Xerox has a strong culture of innovation. Science, technology, math and engineering
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Re: Any PPC Manufacturers other than Xerox?
GIntel ·
In Europe basically everyone does this, since there are fewer BTA-style dealers with in-house techs. Samsung Sampage, Kyocera KyoPack, Ricoh Click, etc. In the US, I think you can do this through Synnex PrintSolv and there are always rumors that HP has something like this on the way.
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Commercial Account Representative - Public Sector
Art Post (Guest) ·
within a team environment including during period’s of high activity and high stress. Develop/maintain strong relationships with the channel partners that the CAR frequently works with and demonstrate strong relationship leverage/loyalty from those partners. Qualifications: At least 3-5 years of successful experience selling enterprise software products ‘Driven’ personality with a strong track record of meeting/exceeding quota Must have strong inside sales experience, some field sales
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BTA Southeast to Host Winter Break
Art Post (Guest) ·
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release For More Information Contact: Jan. 8, 2013 Brent Hoskins Executive Director Business Technology Association (816) 303-4040 BTA Southeast to Host Winter Break Feb. 8-9 in Orlando Ricoh Americas Corp.'s Martin Brodigan to present keynote session Kansas City, MO — On Feb. 8-9, 2013, the Business Technology Association’s (BTA; www.bta.org ) Southeast district will host its annual Winter Break event at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla. The event was organized
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NewField IT and OpenText announce Strategic Partnership
Art Post (Guest) ·
solution at hand to meet its customers’ and partners’ faxing requirements: OpenText Fax Appliance A10x – the all-in-one entry level fax solution RightFax – the market leading fax server solution, implemented in the client environment OpenText hosted RightFax Server – hosted RightFax for enterprises looking to outsource their fax implementation. Constantly updating its well selected product and services portfolio, comprising its own products, such as Asset DB® and CompleteView® as well as solutions
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Any PPC Manufacturers other than Xerox?
Hey everyone, I do the Xerox Pagepack program (they do all the service and supplies and simply charge me for clicks) -- They manage inventories, etc... they have techs. They charge me for clicks and I bill my customers. I like this model. Do any other manufacturers offer this? Jesse
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EPA Las Vegas Finance Center Copier Lease Services
Art Post (Guest) ·
Synopsis: Added: Jan 10, 2013 8:50 am The Las Vegas Finance Center (LVFC) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires the lease of two (2) high performance copier/multi-function devices (MFD). The contractor shall provide, install, and maintain the leased MFDs as well as train LVFC employees on the use of the MFDs. This Statement of Work (SOW) and Attachment 1: "Specifications for LVFC Leased Copiers" describe LVFC's requirement and the duties and responsibilities of the
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BTA to Host ProFinance 2.0 as a Front Runner
Art Post (Guest) ·
(www.bta.org/BTASoutheastEvent). Over the last 10 years, the principles of ProFinance have dramatically improved the performance of hundreds of dealerships. But with the introduction of color, connectivity, software and managed print services (MPS) the business has changed — and ProFinance has changed with it. ProFinance 2.0 incorporates these changes into the new industry model, including benchmarks for MPS. With more than 30 key benchmarks, this management tool will help you and your team achieve
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The Copier Museum Opens in Providence, RI
Art Post (Guest) ·
January 14, 2013 - Providence, RI The Copier Museum Opens in Providence, RI Providence, RI, January 14, 2013 - COPEX Inc. in Providence, RI announces the opening of The Copier Museum, the first museum in the country dedicated entirely to copiers, and is open to the public. The collection includes copiers from as far back as the 1960’s when copiers were made of metal exteriors, versus the plastic exteriors commonly seen today. COPEX Inc., originally The Copier Exchange, is a wholesaler/exporter
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Re: Aftermarket software the would eliminate NCR
Thanks for the response. Now to answer the questions. They're using a Sage Business Works Accounting Software version 2012. It's a windows based product. At the moment each customer's invoice is printed one at a time and they're printing 3 to 4 copies of each invoice. They're currently printing to a Canon ImageRunner C5035. The company logo is the only thing in color on the invoice. The first invoice which is sent out to the customer is the only one that needs to be in color. The other copies
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Re: Laserfiche Cloud from Ricoh
I asked a question on a popular Copier tech website about selling SaaS in lieu of a traditional “hardware + software + service contract managed by a local technician”. The response was: Re: SaaS (Software as a Service) If you're selling it to them, they will look to you for all support issues on it. Often I've found cloud services still to be much more hype than anything else. There are plenty of instances of outages even by Amazon and other firms handling these services. I'd much rather have
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Re: Equitrac
It does sound like more of a suite then simple print tracking. I ended up getting a hold of a rep at Equitrac and they had me forward the client a survey to fill out. The rep said something about having to buy new licenses because the old ones belong to the last vendor. Sounds like a sales pitch to me...
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Re: Workflow
It is a reflection of the increased daily complexity of selling MFPs in 2013 and the resources needed to support selling beyond just the box. All copier resellers are at some Level 1 or 2 in their ability to support product but from 2A on many dealers begin to falter in their ability to promote and support software solutions.
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NJ bill to require information deleted from copy machines still awaits Senate's appro
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made, so they don’t need much information to get going.” He’s also concerned for a number of municipal agencies who are ultimately going to need to update their equipment and will be selling their older copiers in order to recoup the costs. Currently, the bill would allow either the individual or the business to make sure that information is erased before the machine can be sold again. However, one Glassboro-based wholesale used copier business sees a problem in leaving the onus on the consumers
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Re: Aftermarket software the would eliminate NCR
Maybe a better question is why they are printing the invoices at all? Any beyond the customer copy should be going automatically to a document management system. We had an Auto Parts store printing three copies at every trasnaction, even transactions that were just pennies. We saved them thousands.
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Re: Aftermarket software the would eliminate NCR
Dr. PCL5 ·
So the other three copies are being stored manually. Do we know if the user is scanning these copies back into their document management system? How many locations follow the current printing process? FormJet Enterprise is a sophisticated hardware system (not third party software required) which can produce the following options: 1. Take the incoming print stream, create a color invoice PDF (on the fly) and deposit the PDF in a specified network share or hot folder. a. The user can choose to
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Re: Laserfiche Cloud from Ricoh
These same techs went onto say that Ricoh Document Mall, which is basically a SaaS DMS solution, was very unstable and overpriced.
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Re: Equitrac
Art Post (Guest) ·
quote: The rep said something about having to buy new licenses because the old ones belong to the last vendor. Sounds like a sales pitch to me... When I sold the suite products, last one I sold was many years ago, the customer owned the software, not the dealer.
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Re: Cloud Storrage
I actually got a hold on their IT department. Turns out they currently have an FTP server set up. The marketing department uses it to send/receive to/from clients. He said he has a Sharp AR-M700n. After taking a quick look through the service manual it looks like scan to FTP is a standard feature. He mentioned the fact that the accounting department could probably use the feature as well sending/receiving files from their parent company in NY. I'm not going to make money off this advise but it
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Re: Canon ipf605 plotter
racerx ·
They come with 90ml inks which is 2/3rds of a full ink cartridge. They should last about 800 or so prints depending on coverage.
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Re: Parts Now Announced as Strategic Distribution and Dealer Support Partner in North Ame
Art Post (Guest) ·
I don't think we've ever covered the cost per page for the memjet printers
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Re: Looking for a Ricoh/Savin dealer in Albany, NY
Jrlz ·
quote: IP Art Post Manager Maven Posted Wed January 09 2013 06:12 PMHide Post We should have a few p4p'ers, what product do you need support for? Posts: 18169 | Location: Highlands | Registered: Mon January 06 2003 IP Ignored post by Art Post posted Wed January 09 2013 06:12 PMShow Post Powered by Social Strata Please Wait. Your request is being processed... Reply I believe there is a Ricoh dealer called Repeat Business Systems that handles Albany NY. There is also a Ricoh direct branch in
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Weekend Copier Notes from 1/13/08
Art Post (Guest) ·
than anticipated (due to slow sales of Canon imagePRESS C7000VP and competition from Creo) - A large Sharp dealer in Chicago area unveiled its own print management program, called ImageFlex.: o Dealer is Des Plaines Office Equipment o Goal is to capture clicks made by desktop printers of various brands o One of the largest independent Sharp dealers in U.S. o Also authorized to sell Kyocera printers and Okidata color printers o Founded in 1955 by Vince Micelli, and run by son Chip - In a recent
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Kyocera Mita Corporation SETS STAGE FOR AGGRESSIVE DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS
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markets black & white and color digital copiers, network-ready multifunctional devices and laser printers as well as a range of wide-format imaging products. It also offers a portfolio of software and network solutions. Kyocera’s ECOSYS Technology provides customers with print solutions that incorporate long-life components, which reduce the need to replace the drum and other image forming parts. This technology delivers a number of benefits: improved reliability, reduced environmental impact and
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Ricoh USA " GIANT Changes Ahead"?
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looking to cut costs, and maintain or increase profit it makes sense, right? You’ve got the Ricoh Dealer Channel, Savin Dealer Channel, Lanier Dealer Channel, and Ricoh Business Solutions all competing against each other . I believe it would make good sense to drop the Savin brand and move them all to Lanier or the other drop Lanier and make them all Savin (are you guys in Atlanta hearing me). Here’s an excerpt from a Ricoh Press Release last year “Ricoh’s Gestetner dealer network in the U.S. will
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Xerox Unveils Historic Change Company Brand
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fortified financial position and expanded global distribution, the new brand makes a bold statement about Xerox's strength as the world's leading document management company. Over the past two years, Xerox has reinstated a dividend, repurchased shares, returned to investment grade, and continued delivering value to shareholders through double-digit earnings growth. "From the outside looking in, I've watched Xerox transition its business from a copier and printer company to a true partner in helping
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RICOH INTRODUCES NEW LINE OF COLOR LASER
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enabling customers to control the input, management and output of documents. Ricoh’s line of document management devices include, color and black & white digital imaging systems, facsimile products, printers, scanners, digital duplicators, production printing products and wide format engineering systems. Additionally, Ricoh offers a wide variety of document and printing solutions directly and through strategic alliances enhancing office productivity and document workflow. Ricoh’s document management
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Sharp Wins BLI’s 2007 MFP “Line of the Year” Award; Also Wins “Picks” In Segments 5
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fill the gap between workgroup/departmental copiers and true production devices, Sharp now stands apart from the rest with two BLI “Picks” in this category—the 95-ppm MX-M950 and the 110-ppm MX-M1100. Like the other MFPs in Sharp’s line, these models separated themselves from the pack with their extraordinary reliability. Together, the two devices completed 1,500,000 impressions with just three misfeeds and one scheduled preventive maintenance. “Regardless of the Segment, each model we tested
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KODAK NEXPRESS Personalizes Canadian Printer
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Printer’s VDP cover project. “The KODAK NEXPRESS 2100 Digital Production Color Press allows us to meet the demands of a VDP project, from the integration of specific variable details to production at high quality images,” said Janis Parker, owner Parker Pad and Printing. “Using the NEXPRESS platform helped streamline the production of more than 12,000 glossy personalized full color covers in just four days.” Personalized URLs The latest issue of Canadian Printer also features an ad linking printed
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Ricoh Introduction of the new GX3000S / GX3000SF / GX3050SFN
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as standard duplexing. The GX3000S is the base model, allowing users to print, scan and copy. The second model in the Series is the GX3000SF, which adds a faxing feature and an ARDF. The flagship model, the GX3050SFN, includes all four functionalities, an ARDF, PCL5c/6 support and embedded Network capability. The new GelSprinter multifunctional desktop color systems provide high quality printing plus more at affordable costs of SRP $549 (GX3000S), SRP $699 (GX3000SF) and SRP $849 (GX3050SFN).
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Texas School board approves new copier contract
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facilities, presented the only item on the special meeting agenda: to award a contract for photocopier leases and rentals to the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Buy Board. Salinas told the board that the current school district photocopier contract expires Jan. 31. He said for the last five years the district has had a contract with Xerox Corp. for a total of 83 copiers throughout the school district. Salinas said that total includes 57 low-volume, seven mid-volume and 19 high-volume copiers
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RICOH INTRODUCES GLOBALSCAN 3.0
Art Post (Guest) ·
year 2006 sales in excess of $17 billion, an 8.4 percent increase over the previous year. Ricoh Americas Corporation directly or through its network of authorized independent dealers markets and distributes products in North, Central and South America. For fiscal year 2006, Ricoh Americas Corporation sales exceeded $3.3 billion, an increase of 7.4 percent over the previous year. Information about Ricoh's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.ricoh
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Word keeping last print settings
mikefio22 (Guest) ·
I have been dealing with an issue with word 2003 and above where if you print a document in color and close out Word, the next time you open word (even a different document) it keeps the last used print settings. I am using the PCL5c driver for the Savin C4540. If it helps, the driver is shared from the server (2003). The customer is using user codes. Also, This is only in Word. Not in Excel, power point word perfect, or anything else. Has anyone ran into this? If so, how did you deal with it
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More Changes @ Ricoh Corp!
Art Post (Guest) ·
contributions throughout his career with the company. Taking his place as Senior Vice President, Ricoh Business Solutions, is Dave Greene, formerly Ricoh VP of Major Account Support and previous leader of direct sales operations for Lanier prior to the one company integration. With respect the Major Account Support organization, the following changes take place immediately: Tom Sullivan, Vice President Commercial and Vertical Major Accounts and his organization will report directly to Alan Nielsen in
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Print Manager Plus
tkern ·
Does anyone use Print Manager Plus for tracking purposes? If so, how does it compare to SMART Accounting or other Ricoh for capture of print and copy billbacks? Thanks, tkern
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Re: New Ricoh SP C220 Color Pinter!
Art Post (Guest) ·
The Ricoh Aficio SP C222SF Series Desktop Color Laser Multifunction Printers (MFPs) are All-In-One devices featuring All-In-One technology. Along with their single function counterparts – the Ricoh Aficio SP C222DN Series Color Laser Printers, these low volume solutions are low-cost, network-ready systems designed to produce sharp color prints at efficient speeds. Extremely easy to operate and maintain, the Aficio SP C222SF Series and SP C222DN Series simplify laser technology ownership and
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Re: New Ricoh SP C220 Color Pinter!
Art Post (Guest) ·
I pulled this from some web site so this is not me writing about the product! Ricoh showed off a new printer this week from it’s new Aficio SP C222DN series. It’s a color laser printer and I while I’ve never used a Ricoh printer, I do use a Ricoh copier and it’s amazing and it gives a perfectly clear image everytime. I, personally, have never had any trouble with Ricoh products. These printers are sleek and compact and made for small workgroups. They are both MAC and PC compatible and easy to
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Sales Comission Survey
Art Post (Guest) ·
Where did you come in with your annaul earningf for fiscal 2007???
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Re: MFP Leasing Companies Crying About Portfolio's
that all copier salespeople are not “hardware slingers” and some of us are in this industry for the long haul. The next point that Art’s blog and Jim’s response touches on is the validity of the FMV lease. My industry training has taught me that the FMV lease is the best way to protect my client base, and my comp plan even rewards me for “locking in” my clients with FMV leases. However, knowing what we know about the leasing industry as well as the document imaging industry, how may of us would
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Re: MFP Leasing Companies Crying About Portfolio's
Art Post (Guest) ·
I am going to move away from FMV, due to the fact that where I work we have no sales manager, and not much help when the end of the term comes for clients leases. What I mean is, I have to calculate the remaining term of payments, especially if we can't get a pay off sheet from the customer of the leasing company. Over the years, I have seen leasing companies not allow for machines to be returned for lates fees of $100, even after the lease termination has been sent. The customer thinks they
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Re: New Ricoh SP C220 Color Pinter!
tkern ·
If you base it off the posted monthly duty cycles, it is 1/5th that of the LP226cn(Lanier)(SP400dn - Ricoh.) I believe the recommended volume for that printer is approx 6k per month. If you just divide then the new model C220 should be around 1,200 per month? I would think more like 2,000 pages. @ 1,200 pages/mo, in a normal working month, that is only about 50 pages per day.
Re: New Ricoh SP C220 Color Pinter!
Jay ·
According to the Ricoh cost fact sheet the targeted volume is between 9000 and 11000 per year. Retail CPC for toner and wastebottle is $0.17 The fuser and transfer unit is designed to last the life of the printer This is a disposable printer.
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Re: Sales Tips
Art Post (Guest) ·
Rehearse the sales pitch Have everyone practice your group's sales pitch at home. Fine tune your two-sentence value proposition and make sure that every seller uses it.
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Re: Print Manager Plus
Art Post (Guest) ·
We've installed one "Print Director" embeded in a MAC Environment (Still trying to get it working properly) and one Smart Accounting. We have not installed Print Manager Plus yet. Has anyone else installed Print Manager Plus??
Re: MFP Leasing Companies Crying About Portfolio's
Hey Jim, Spun like a true sales manager! (of course, I respect that!) Seriously though, maybe I’m referring to a practice that doesn’t apply to Clune. Most leasing companies I’ve worked against (when trying to help a client that is unhappy with their current vendor/service) do not allow for early payoff and return of equipment. Therefore, the only option to the client for an early termination is a full buyout of the equipment (usually not a very attractive offer). When you speak of Clune
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Re: See attached File
Have you tried to contact anyone within the Solutions Deployment Group? http://www.tscweb.net/SDG/ricohdealerchannel.html If you are in Gainesville, your contact should be: Channel Manager Southeast Bryan Hogan Jarrell, Texas Work: (714) 566-0688 bryan.hogan@ricoh-usa.com
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Re: New Ricoh SP C220 Color Pinter!
jorgen ·
The printers are now officially launched and I will try to answer any questions you may have.
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Re: New Ricoh SP C220 Color Pinter!
jorgen ·
One major selling point is support of Citrix Presentation Server.
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Re: New Ricoh SP C220 Color Pinter!
jorgen ·
quote: Originally posted by tkern: When should dealerships begin getting the information packets? I am sorry, but my workplace is in Ricoh Norway. I do not know anything about the status in the US only that the press release is out in your market.
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Re: New Ricoh SP C220 Color Pinter!
jorgen ·
The recomended volume is around 750 per month. If you place the printer in that kind of environment it will shine. It positioned as a replacement for ink, slow color lasers and bw lasers. Please look at the japanese brochure for complete positioning. Read the headings and look at the pictures. PDF from Japan
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Re: New Ricoh SP C220 Color Pinter!
tkern ·
The old 22ppm color printer was rated at approx 2,500 prints per month, I wonder why other than costs, they decided to produce a "cheaper" printer with less capability?
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Re: New Ricoh SP C220 Color Pinter!
I participated in a Ricoh teleconference on this product yesterday and they said they anticipate the average monthly volume to be 1,500/mo.
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Re: Why are MFP manufacturers not GREEN!
learner ·
In the UK sending the used cartridges has been happening since at least 2000 i think even further back. Ricoh also in the UK have a Green centre in Wellingborough which recycles everything from cardboard to whole machines this has been operating from 2004 i think it was.
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See attached File
John ·
We are working on a Bid for printers and were sent the attached schematic which shows the network map for how jobs are routed to certain printers. Can anyone help me with understanding this a little better. See the attached file and email me or give me a call. 352-665-0168 Thanks, John
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Konica Minolta Corp
Lee ·
the strengths of Konica and Minolta, the company improves competitiveness through strategies within the area that will realize the number one position in the market. The principal area of business is placed in the field of input and output devices in networking for corporate customers focusing on MFPs (multi functional perpherals) and printers. Emphasis is placed on such growing fields as color MFPs and printers, and the high-speed digital copiers. The color output devices and on-demand printing
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Ricoh US
Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh U.S. organizational structure will take effect on October 1, 2002, when it will begin to utilize a single management team and business plan. Full integration of Ricoh and Savin entities into Ricoh U.S. will take approximately two to three years to complete. The creation of Ricoh U.S. is a major step in the transformation of Ricoh Corporation from a copier and fax hardware supplier into a total document and printing solutions provider. By combining Ricoh and Savin capabilities, Ricoh
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RE-POST New post form old P4P Site -Xerox 4850
Graham ·
, which is used for a "signature", variable data and finally, heavy volume. We are working on replacing all 28 copiers, 60 printers and 37 fax units, however the only piece of our Ricoh solution that is missing is a solution to the replacement of the Xerox 4850. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. Fyi. it does not have to be a Ricoh only solution for the 4850. Many Thanks
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Auto Contract Printing from a 1045
Ted ·
on the network cards, the fact that the Ricoh drivers are more efficient. I printed the new Fax 1160 Sales Guide (51 pages, 1 set) to various paused printers on my local machine to see what the files sizes were: Aficio 1045 PCL5e 7.06MB Aficio 1045 PCL6 39.4 MB Aficio 1045 RPCS 12.2 MB HP 8150 PCL5e 7.18 MB HP 8150 PCL6 42.2 MB Thanks! Lee From: Ted Sent: 11/15/2002 10:50 AM Any other ideas to get AutoContract to print with XP? Here is my guy's response to Graham's last suggestion. Ted
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Vision 2002
Art Post (Guest) ·
products, printers, scanners, digital duplicators and wide format engineering systems. The Company oversees Ricoh operations in North, Central and South America, including the Savin, Gestetner and Lanier brands. For Fiscal Year 2000, Ricoh Corporation sales exceeded $2.7 billion and employed more than 11,000 people. Ricoh has received the 1998, 1999 and 2000 Energy Star Imaging Equipment Partner of the Year Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - the EPA's highest industry award
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Venice & SAvin (ricoh) That's AMORE!
Art Post (Guest) ·
Diocese of laceVenice lace Selects Savin and DocuLex for Document Capture The Diocese of Venice have selected Savin’s SDS-5700D production scanners powered by DocuLex PDF.Capture document scanning/capture, content indexing and PDF file conversion software for use at the organization’s headquarters and field services offices. “DocuLex’s PDF.Capture has proven to be the perfect document capture software program for use with our Savin SDS-5700D production scanners,” said Shannon Brooks of Savin
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Ricoh Technology Portal in NYC
Art Post (Guest) ·
, with fiscal year 2001 sales in excess of $14 billion. Ricoh Corporation is a leading provider of computer-connected and digital multifunctional document systems, and is a market leader in color and black & white digital imaging systems, facsimile products, printers, scanners, digital duplicators and wide format engineering systems. The Company oversees Ricoh operations in North, Central and South America, including the Savin, Gestetner and Lanier brands. For fiscal year 2001, Ricoh Corporation
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Re: 2002 & Ricoh
Art Post (Guest) ·
-functional printers, which work as a network printer as well as a copier, resulting in the three percent fall in revenues. "I'm afraid growth in multi-functional machines fell slightly short of covering a slide in conventional copiers," Hirakawa said. For the current business year, Ricoh forecast a consolidated net profit of 67.50 billion yen on revenues of 1.77 trillion yen, aiming for a record profit for the ninth consecutive year. That was roughly in line with analysts' consensus forecast of a 69.7
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Toshiba Press Releases
Art Post (Guest) ·
manufacturers/suppliers in the four performance categories. This year, the ballot was mailed to approximately 3,700 independent dealer/resellers. TABS, an independent operating company of Toshiba Corp., manages product planning, marketing, sales, service support and distribution of network printing products, copiers, facsimile products, toner products, software and network controllers throughout the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. EID is one of four TABS operating divisions.
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New Xerox Color Printer
Art Post (Guest) ·
. "Xerox once again is leading the market with innovation that provides customers with unprecedented color printing speeds," said Jim Miller, president, Xerox Office Printing Business. "This printer allows busy offices to produce both high-quality color and black-and-white prints in record time." The Phaser 7300 offers advanced media capabilities including Smart Trays technology, which automatically displays the type of media available in each of the printer's paper trays, and Auto Thickness
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IBM info print & Ricoh
Art Post (Guest) ·
Please read the attched word docs, IBM has bought and relabled the Ricoh's and are selling them as high speed black printers! Great Stuff, click on the attachment and open as a word doc. Art
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Re: 2002 & Ricoh
Art Post (Guest) ·
Reuters Company News Ricoh Q1 energised by fast copiers,colour printers (Adds executive's comments, stock price) TOKYO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Japanese office equipment maker Ricoh Co Ltd posted strong first-quarter profits and raised its full-year outlook on Thursday, defying currency and economic woes with brisk overseas sales of cutting-edge copiers and printers. ADVERTISEMENT Ricoh (Tokyo:7752.T - News), which vies with Xerox Corp (NYSE:XRX - News) and Canon Inc (Tokyo:7751.T - News) for the
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Experience w/1035 scanning
Art Post (Guest) ·
no copies or prints on the 1035's...less than 12,000 PER YEAR per unit because it will bog down the exstensive scanning that has to get done. Their copiers are connected Xerox DocumentCentres and Canon ImageRunners but very much preferred ScanRouter software and Ricoh's large interactive display. If anyone has a U.S Bankruptcy Court Office as part of their assigned territory, I would be more than happy to give my contact's name and number to use as a reference.
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Xerox 421 PI
Art Post (Guest) ·
giving small-office customers what they are looking for -- productivity at an affordable price." The WorkCentre Pro 421's standard features include two-sided printing and copying, 100-sheet automatic document feeder with an offset catch tray, two 550-sheet paper trays, and a bypass tray with a stand. It has a paper capacity of 1,200 sheets. In addition, Xerox has recently added the FaxCentre F12 to its full line of multifunction products. This system combines advanced faxing capabilities with
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The Gold Medal goes to..........
Art Post (Guest) ·
global-scale activities as the development, production, marketing, after-sales service, and recycling of office equipment, including copiers and printers, information equipment, optical devices, and other electronic equipment, in five regions around the world. The Group has more than 74,000 employees. For more information about Ricoh, please visit http://www.ricoh.co.jp/ . About the WEC The World Environment Center (WEC) is an independent, not-for-profit, non-advocacy organization. Working
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As far as I New......,
Art Post (Guest) ·
Kent Clark, Vice President and General Manager, Kansas City Marketplace for IKON Office Solutions, at its recent national sales meeting in Orlando, FL. Mr. Clark was recognized for his outstanding sales performance, selling more than 25,000 units in his career to date, as well as his knowledge and dedication to satisfying customers' needs. "As a result of his tremendous efforts in sales and customer relations, Ricoh is pleased to present Kent with the second annual Renaissance Award," said Jim
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Xerox & Cardiff Software
Art Post (Guest) ·
user interface that gives system administrators a complete and secure overview of the system -- from setting up database links, managing user profiles, publishing forms and managing how the forms are processed -- improving user satisfaction. Xerox Document Centre systems combine printing, copying, scanning and faxing and offer print speeds of 20 to 90 pages per minute, helping office workers be more efficient and productive. Cardiff Software is a premier member of Xerox's Business Partner Program
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Document Centre 500 Series
Art Post (Guest) ·
Office Systems Group. Engineered to perform all steps of the printing process at once - receiving, processing and printing job after job without pausing - the 500 Series boasts job-processing speeds that are as much as 30 percent faster than previous Xerox models and operate significantly faster than competitive products. Testing* conducted by Buyers Laboratory Inc. has shown that the print productivity of the 500 Series models evaluated is superior to that of competitor models tested in the
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Ricoh Aficio 1060 Tab Copying & Printing
PFields (Guest) ·
I have just installed a 1060 in which tab copying and printing are required. When preparing for the training, I have come into a snag with the actual tab stock itself. Single Forward Collated Tab Stock does not seem to work no matter what I do. I did reverse the tabs and was able to print. Do you know if this is a standard requirement with this system? I have not been able to find any Ricoh information which states that Reverse Collated Tab Stock can only be used. Appreciate your help! Thanks
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Re: Ikon Press Release iR 105+
Art Post (Guest) ·
industry leaders like Canon, Ricoh and Oce. IKON intends to leverage the HP brand to drive MFP placements for businesses that rely extensively on network printers for their document production needs. This approach to a highly competitive digital marketplace is designed to pave the way for IKON to capture incremental new business and increased page volumes in the network print environment. "The addition of Hewlett-Packard page printers to our product roster last year helped round out IKON's offering
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Xerox Docu Share
Art Post (Guest) ·
server and desktop operating systems have made it a popular choice for government organizations. Existing customers can easily upgrade to DocuShare 3.0. The software will be sold through Xerox direct sales representatives, agents, concessionaires, Xerox Business Partners and Teleweb sales channels. Worldwide availability begins Sept. 30.
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Document Capture/Global Scan
Art Post (Guest) ·
, ideal for major corporations, government agencies and service providers, performs as a digital document warehouse that accepts scanned documents and creates, delivers and stores digital files for electronic transmission over a network. Complete access to GlobalScan's document capture and distribution features can be done directly from a Ricoh Aficio MFP operation panel, providing scanning, copying, printing, and faxing operations all in one footprint. By combining these features in one MFP
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2002 & Ricoh
Art Post (Guest) ·
activities must generate benefits for the company. In addition to reporting on the Ricoh Group's environmental conservation activities, the report is packed with information on the Group's social responsibilities, including Ricoh's Code of Conduct, contributions to society, human affairs, health and safety. Detailed Reporting on Global Activities As a dedicated global enterprise, Ricoh acts to protect the environment in every country and region in which it operates. The report, therefore, aims to
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Sales Tip #7
Art Post (Guest) ·
Sales Tip $7 ricohaficio (43/M/Highlands, NJ) 2/24/01 2:23 pm Elements of a cold call that can make it hot! Cold calling is one of th emost difficut parts of selling. And old sales cliche' says that the hardest door for a salesman to open is the car door. There are seven basic elements of a cold call. 1. Deliver your opener. 2. Ask thought provoking questions to create dialog. 3. Make power statements to establish credibility. 4. Qualify the prospect as to need, desire, decesion making
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Inside Innovation @ Xerox
Art Post (Guest) ·
From: Docusultant Sent: 12/19/2002 2:18 PM Inside Innovation At Xerox: A Periodic Glimpse At Work In Progress Printers, copiers and multifunction systems require hundreds of thousands of things happening at once, in harmony, to make a perfect print. But what happens when, like musical instruments, they get out of tune? Right now, Xerox Corporation dispatches a service technician to solve an imaging problem. In the future, however, customers may be able to handle the tune-up themselves, thanks
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Factoring Printer TCO
Graham ·
on these requirements and with your guidance, he feels a network color laser printer makes the most sense, but with dozens of these types of printers in the market, further analysis must be done before making the final selection. Step 2: Narrow the Options To help Fred drill down into details like print speed, processor types, available connections, size and standard and expandable memory, give him information about more than one product that could fit the bill. Supply Fred with data sheets and
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Xerox Finds Accounting Error!
Art Post (Guest) ·
Reuters UPDATE - Xerox finds small accounting error, to restate Friday December 20, 5:00 pm ET (Updates with details, analyst comment, stock activity) STAMFORD, Conn., Dec 20 (Reuters) - Xerox Corp. (NYSE:XRX - News) said on Friday it discovered a small error in the calculation of interest expense totaling up to $6 million over some 7 quarters, another slip by the office equipment maker dogged by accounting concerns. The Stamford, Connecticut company, best known for its office copiers and
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Selling your Document Strategy
Graham ·
From: Docusultant (Original Message) Sent: 12/4/2002 3:36 PM Selling Your Document Strategy By Kevin Craine When it comes to designing a document strategy, perhaps the most difficult task is selling your strategy to executive decision-makers. Support for your strategy is absolutely essential, but obtaining the sponsorship you need is not easy. Selling your strategy will require the ability to persuasively speak in a language that will resonate with potential supporters of your plan. Obtaining
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Competition for Doc Mall
Graham ·
From: ricohaficio (Original Message) Sent: 3/20/2002 6:09 AM Note: I have read about Xdrive(we have a link here) and have read this from PaperPort, the best feature is the desktop ikon that resides in and on our apllication or desktop. I can then drag an item and have it uploaded to the site. What about it Doc Mall? Recently, ScanSoft released a major new upgrade to the World's best-selling paper management software - PaperPort Deluxe 8.0. This new version is the best release of PaperPort ever
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Prothane Rollers
Art Post (Guest) ·
From: ricohaficio (Original Message) Sent: 12/18/2001 5:16 PM It is equipped with Profold's patented "Prothane Fast Track Grooved" fold roller. "Prothane" rollers have no affinity for laser or copier toner, providing longer roller life. The "Fast Track" grooves in the fold roller allow air to escape, producing tighter folds and superior control of paper stock, including coated stock. The grooves allow toner to escape adding a self-cleaning feature to the fold roller. Self-cleaning "Prothane
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Re: Toshiba Press Releases
Art Post (Guest) ·
Toshiba America Business Solutions Launch New Line Of Versatile And Affordable Copiers Toshiba America Business Solutions (TABS) continues to strengthen the power of its e-STUDIO line with the recent launch of two new digital copiers that offer copying, printing and full-color scanning capabilities right out of the box. The e-STUDIO120 and 150 complete Toshiba’s breadth of products within the e-STUDIO line while delivering great value and functionality. The e-STUDIO120 and 150 both feature Scan
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Re: Ikon Press Release iR 105+
Art Post (Guest) ·
CEO of IKON. As a rising star at one of the most successful companies in America today, Matt has proven again and again, at a variety of GE business units, that he has an outstanding ability to build and lead great businesses. His experience working with Japanese suppliers will be especially helpful to IKON's relationships with our important vendors, including Canon and Ricoh. We believe his combination of innovative planning and broad operational experience in global distribution businesses can
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Re: Doc Mall Questions
Graham ·
. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Step 2. Firmware version requirements: If the Firmware to the right is not installed on the B003/B004/B006/B007 follow the links on the right to obtain the Base Level Firmware required for Document Mall. System Service Pack Ver 2.02 BICU 2.28 LCDC 2.20 System 5.21 MFP Service Pack Ver 2.00 Printer 3.00 NIB 1.77 Scanner 2.22 Netfile 2.17 FAX Service Pack Ver 2.00 Fax 5.19 FCU 6.00.00
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Re: Document Capture/Global Scan
Art Post (Guest) ·
From: Ted Sent: 3/11/2002 7:16 AM Brian, as for me 4.5 years copier sales, but 17 total in sales. Copier sales to me are the easist sales in the world. Yes you have good and bad months, but everyone in business NEEDS what we have. Not so with other sales jobs. A business cannot operate these days without printers, faxes and copiers. Lately, you can add scanning to that list. With the advent of the doc mall and e-cabinet, once you get a customer using this type of technology, they will never be
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Re: Inside Innovation @ Xerox
Art Post (Guest) ·
" segment of the digital printing market with a 101 page-per-minute black-and-white system designed for large offices and small- to medium-size print shops. The Xerox 1010 offers customers a digital alternative that features the speed and simplicity of a copier and the flexibility and finishing capabilities of a light production-printing device. The Xerox 1010 lists at $54,100 as a standalone digital copier, making it the least expensive and most advanced system in its class. "Xerox led the
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Re: 2002 & Ricoh
Art Post (Guest) ·
Fitch Assigns 'A-' Ratings To Ricoh Company Ltd. Fitch Ratings has assigned a Long-term rating of 'A-' ('A minus') to Ricoh, a global copier and printer manufacturer. The rating Outlook is Stable. A number of factors have combined to effectively boost Ricoh's profitability, including its strong financial status, competitive prowess in digital copiers and high-speed printers, strong distribution network in Europe and the US, as well as income from supplies and servicing fees. The rating reflects
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NNeed a 550 Print Controller
Art Post (Guest) ·
From: ricohaficio (Original Message) Sent: 8/8/2002 4:16 PM Looking to purchase a print controller for the Aficio 550, does anyone have any? Preferably new, will consider used. Thanx Art
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Seri Print
Art Post (Guest) ·
From: ricohaficio (Original Message) Sent: 5/27/2002 3:29 PM The Seri Print and old idea w/new technology. On my trip to Japan our group was treated to a presentation of the Seri Print. This is an option for all of Ricoh's Duplicatiors. It will actually dry the ink for printing onto any type of media!!!!, I saw it it works!!!! I saw two color on coated, I saw four color on coated. It ran flawless. It actually use UV light technology to cause a chemical reaction with the ink, allowing to
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2610 printer error on MAC OS X
Pete Maimone (Guest) ·
Jason & Graham, I'm hoping you guys can help. I've got a deal with 80 2610's on the line. The demo was going well until they added the printer to a couple of MACs running OS X (version 10.2) On some multiple page files part of the file prints and then I get a stack error message reading: ERROR:undefined OFFENDING COMMAND: STACK: Also they had problems in the past with the same error when printing printing multipage documents to a Cannon system with a fiery on it. But heere's the catch. When
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6513 vs Canon 2058
Art Post (Guest) ·
From: Graham (Original Message) Sent: 8/22/2002 9:56 AM I have a competitive situation that is an Aficio 6513 vs Canon IR 2058. From what I can tell the 2058 is more of a business color system (like the 3800CMF) rather than a production color system. Any other feedback that you can give would be great. We already blew the DOC 12 from Xerox out of the water, this is our other challenge.
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Copiersusa.com
Graham ·
Has anyone heard of this web site...www.copiersusa.com. They'll ship any Ricoh Copier, Anywhere in the US. Can they do that? We get ragged on about territory stuff all the time by Ricoh.
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Ricoh Support w/ 911
Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh’s most recent contribution to the relief effort. Within 72 hours of the September 11 disaster, Ricoh employees and equipment were in operation supporting the relief effort at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the New York Office of Emergency Management, the Office of Family Services, the FBI, the New York Police Department and the American Red Cross. Ricoh’s support included delivery, installation and maintenance of digital black and white copiers, color copiers and facsimile
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New RFG Network Controller
Art Post (Guest) ·
was already cutting the master when I got next door in our demo room. Must've taken all of 3-4 seconds to RIP. I was so excited, I went to the other extreme and downloaded a huge full color 11x17 file (approx 30Mb PostScript print file). It took it just over 75 seconds. That's about ½ Mb / second processing speed. However, a 6Mb PS print file out of Reader took just 6 seconds to RIP. 1Mb/sec. Awesome to behold. The MS Word docs came down in a flash, as well. My demonstration was such a success
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JP 8000 Printing Borders
Art Post (Guest) ·
come close, the other may not. This is what you may be experiencing at your customers location. There is a way to reduce the image one way and two with the JP series. Just access the directional magnification mode and you can make the changes yourself. Be sure to double check if you or the customer is trying to print the borders near the edge of the 11 x 17 (mark it), then go to the operator manual and check the specs for each system. Hope this helps. Id not I would contact Ray Bauer at Ricoh HQ
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Sales Tip #11
Art Post (Guest) ·
phone and fax number / answering service eg: voyagen.com ($100/month) a customer relationship database (recommend salesforce.com for multiple people or ACT if it just you) a source of business leads a source of places to network and learn from others ask for help not sell people Yours
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Big X Inventors Hit Milestone
Art Post (Guest) ·
reached the exclusive 100-patent club. The five scientists who received their 100th patent in 2001 all had milestone patents related to xerography and imaging processes, demonstrating that a technology invented more than 60 years ago remains a fertile area, producing innovations and technological advances that will continue to reverberate through the copying, printing and imaging industries. Three of the scientists are from Xerox's Supplies Delivery Unit in Webster, N.Y., which designs, develops
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Ricoh @ Comdex PR
Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh Announces New Alliances at Comdex Ricoh Corporation has aligned with high-end software companies at this year’s Comdex show. “We are pleased to be affiliated with such top-tier companies this year at Comdex,” said Kirk Yoshida, president and CEO of Ricoh Corporation. “All of our alliances offer exceptional products and technology that enable end-users to increase their productivity, security and compatibility, and bolsters Ricoh's goal of providing new software and hardware solutions that
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All About Printing Machines
Graham ·
applied to the master, then removed from the protrusions so that only the depressions carry the ink to the paper to transfer the image. This method is used for etching, dry point, and gravure printing for magazines, brochures or other applications where beautiful photos with superior resolution are desired. Lithography Instead of using a physical relief, this method takes advantage of the physical law of "oil and water don't mix." Water is applied to areas which are not to be printed to prevent
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More Sales Are Made......
Art Post (Guest) ·
MORE SALES ARE MADE WITH FRIENDSHIP THAN SALESMANSHIP. Your Mom said it best. As a child, when you were fighting with a sibling or a friend, your mom would say "Billy, you know better than that! NOW YOU MAKE FRIENDS WITH JOHNNY." Your Mother never told you to use the alternative-of-choice close or the sharp-angke close on Johnny. She just said make friends. That may have been one of the most powerful sales lessons you ever got. First of Five Parts, more tomorrow
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Sales Tip #2
Art Post (Guest) ·
Date: Fri Feb 9, 2001 12:16 pm Subject: Sales Tip #2 ADVERTISEMENT If a prospect asks you about the warranty on a product, then he or she is almost ready to purchase. A trial close at this point may get the deal. Try this, " yes, the warranty is 90 days parts & labor on-site, by the way where will you put the Aficio 1045P. At this point the customer, is thinking where your copier will reside. The next question is to ask for the order after they tell you where they will put your copier. Hey
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Sales Desire, Born With It or With Out It
This evening I had a call with one my friends in the office equipment industry. Our chat was to introduce one on our long time members via a Better Call Art video.
We'll have that video ready in a few days. The last question I asked inspired me to write this blog today for everyone. I just love the word "inspired" and I try to capture that everyday. 
How Can I Help You
Of course our topics were all over the place, however I want to focus one of the questions that I always ask and that is "how can I help you?".
My answer to that question was and I'm paraphrasing "we need help with our sales people to want to earn/sell more than just a receiving a paycheck". Wow, this is one I really had to think about and I didn't have an immediate answer.
I did speak about "desire". I find desire is the most missing quality in many sales people today. Can we really call them sales people if they don't have desire?
Most peeps seems to be happy working 9-5 work and most are happy with 9-5 pay. Then three to six months later those reps will leave to accept a job that has a higher base pay. To put it bluntly, they appeared to be a good choice with you pre-hire assessments, however the rubber hit the road three to six months down later when there was no sign of desire.
Born With It
I stated this before and it's my belief that you can't teach desire, and you can't coach desire to anyone. Desire to make the extra backs, hit that monthly or quarterly bonus comes from within a person. Desire is that innate quality or ability that you're born with. You either have it or you don't have it. Sorry everyone that doesn't have it.
Looking for Desire
I believe that most people that hire don't look for desire in the person, nor they know how to interview the client to see if they have desire. Just maybe when you're hiring for sales people you should also include your top rep in the interview. Everyone's top rep has desire and they know what to look for or what questions to ask.
Thinking two or three questions could be:
- Are you okay with getting an automatic cost of living increase to your base pay each year or would rather have the ability to an unlimited amount of money?
- If you had the chance to work more than 40 hours a week to earn more would you?
- Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
There are good questions that you can add to your current list of hire interview questions.
I'm no expert with sales interviews or pre-hire assessments, however I will admit that I'm an expert in detecting desire in people.
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Tackling Printing Costs: What Is Managed Print Services?
Tackling Printing Costs: What Is Managed Print Services?
The average American uses around 700 pounds of paper, and printing paper output is expected to rise by half a percent by the end of 2021. It is not surprising when you consider a large portion of that paper usage is in the office, where employees use an average of $725/ year in paper and printing per person.
Some companies have made bids to move their business to paperless solutions to reduce paper usage and business printing costs. These efforts have had some impact in helping to reduce paper waste. Still, there are many reasons – both technological and psychological – that printing remains an essential feature of every office environment. And, despite these moves toward a paperless environment, businesses still struggle to reduce per employee print volumes and lower printing costs without disrupting operational workflows.
Fortunately, there are printing industry businesses that can help companies through this predicament, providing solutions that assist in tracking and managing print volumes to help them reach their goals. These programs are known as Managed Print Services (MPS).
Traditional Office Printing
Most offices operate their own local or networked printers. To perform this exercise, a single department, typically IT or human resources, is tasked with determining office printing requirements. Then, the department in charge sets out to arrange for purchasing and placing the appropriate hardware, which is purchased as an out-of-pocket capital expense.
Following the purchase and placement, IT is typically placed in charge of arranging for service and maintenance as well as security and daily operation. For example, many large-scale network printers include service while under warranty. But post-warranty machines require either a warranty extension or a new service contract.
IT is also responsible for toner, ink, and paper supplies ordering and storage, and managing those consumables. In addition, they must also handle employee user issues and questions. The result is 15% of IT department time is spent on printing issues, and 23% of help desk calls are printer-related. But, despite all of the time spent on internal printing operations, only 10% of businesses track total printing costs.
Managed Print Services
“Managed Print Services (MPS) are services offered by an external provider to optimize or manage a company’s document output.” But MPS is far more than printing optimization and management. MPS providers are printing industry experts capable of evaluating a business’s printing needs. This analysis helps them create customized solutions that address the specific volume and type of printing, security requirements, and specialized features needed.
MPS programs provide a range of printer options to tackle page per minute requirements, color calibration, two-sided or stapled output, and multiple paper sizes. But, rather than charging their business partners the entire capital expense, MPS providers purchase and place the machines. The machine costs are wrapped up in the monthly service pricing – allowing the finance team to mark it as a standard operational expense.
Ongoing Service and Maintenence
As the printer owners, the MPS provider is also responsible for ongoing service and maintenance. And all of that IT and help desk time consumed by printing problems? MPS are also in charge of resolving end-user issues and questions, removing that headache from the already overloaded technology team.
And, when it comes to security, MPS programs typically offer various added opportunities. For example, besides standard firewalls and updates, many network printer setups can provide two-factor identification, document encryption, and password or code-protected printing.
Managing Print And Printer Related Costs
But when it comes to ongoing printing costs, the real money is in consumables such as paper, ink, and toner. Companies are specifically implementing “paperless” technologies to manage the ballooning costs and waste associated with these items. But, without accurately tracking printing use and materials consumption, it can be hard to determine what decisions are helping to lower costs and what are potentially hindering business.
MPS can provide regular usage reports by department, printing group, or even more granular by computer. Those MPS businesses partnering with systems like PowerMPS can get even more detailed, offering real-time consumables levels and configurable usage details. This information can help inform office policies and technology decisions that help reduce paper waste. And MPS providers use these reports to manage their partner’s consumables orders.
Subscription Plans
In many cases, it is possible to chart and predict monthly printer usage, allowing the MPS provider to create a subscription plan to meet everyday office needs. And those MPS businesses using the PowerMPS platform can offer an online portal to enable partners to make as-needed orders in non-standard printing cases. The combination of predictive subscriptions and online ordering not only make handling consumables easier, they eliminate any need for worry of running out of paper or ink.
Conclusion
So, what is Managed Print Services? It’s much more than a third-party service to manage document output. MPS is an all-in-one solution designed to provide offices with a better approach to their printing requirements. Not only do MPS help reduce costs, increase print security, and free up IT time.
Their robust reporting options also help address the standard lack of print tracking plaguing most offices. And these specialized reports are the key to helping businesses address concerns around paper and printer usage. Companies looking to improve their environmental footprint and better manage their budgets should seriously consider MPS as a viable option for their ongoing printer management.
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1/9/2023
Kubernetes clusters hacked in malware campaign via PostgreSQL.....The Kinsing malware is now actively breaching Kubernetes clusters by leveraging known weaknesses in container images and misconfigured, ...
The dark web's criminal minds see Internet of Things as next big hacking prize - ....Last year, it was ransomware, as criminal hacking groups figured out how ... software (some of it open-source software) that can be easily hacked.
Researchers Hacked California's New Digital License Plates - .....Just months after release, cybersecurity researchers have hacked Reviver Rplates and gained access to GPS location and sensitive user data.
PC or Mac user? BEWARE! 10 astonishing signs that reveal you have been hacked....Here are the 10 signs that you can look for in your PC or Mac to know if you are being spied on or hacked.
Turla hackers return, LastPass faces lawsuit, Windows reporter hacked - CISO Series....Cyber Security Headlines: Turla hackers return, LastPass faces lawsuit, Windows reporter hacked
How to Prep for a Cyberattack, and 3 Steps to Take When Your Company Does Get Hacked....After a record year of breaches, two cybersecurity experts share tips on securing the "crown jewels" of your business.
Supreme Court declines to block WhatsApp lawsuit over NSO phone hacking | TechCrunch.....The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block a lawsuit brought by WhatsApp challenging the alleged mass phone hacking by Israeli spyware maker NSO ...
KLM and Air France loyalty program hacked in cyberattack - The Brussels Times.....KLM informed Flying Blue members last weekend that their data had likely been stolen following “suspicious behaviour by an unauthorised entity.”