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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of May 2007)

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Fotor080920328Seems ten years ago this week, I attended Rico Agenda in Dallas.  Don't remember much from that trip.  Thus it will probably be a decent read to view that thread below.

Yikes, I had a bad link in the section for the Ricoh Agenda, working to fix that now.  Points of the meeting were acquisition of Global by Xerox, the merge of Lanier & Gestetner brands for a new National Network for Ricoh.

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Xerox 7665 v Savin 6045

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Just had a good account get talked into a free one month trail for a Xerox 7665. The actually had it for 6 weeks because Xerox had trouble getting it to run properly on their network. All color and black copies and prints were free! I lost the sale - long story - the young kid who I had to deal with(owner too busy to get involved) misunderstood my proposal, forgot everythig I told him, etc. and made a huge mistake buying it. If his boss knoew what he did he might get fired. I almost feel like
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Ricoh Agenda "What Happened"?

"A Driving Force" was the theme for Ricohs National Sales Meting in Dallas, Texas. First things first...my take on the meeting...curious, Ricoh was making every attempt to assure their dealers that they are their main concern and that there will be no more "new points" of distribution. They spoke about the consolidation of Lanier Direct to Ricoh Direct and also the merger of Lanier and Gestetner Dealers to for a new National Network that will distribute Lanier Branded Systems and Solutions
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Ricoh Vision 2007 "First Night"

Ricoh Vision 2007 "First Night" What a town! The Hyatt Regency is my kinda place! Some interested items heard among dealers is that Global Dealers were univited from the show. I also had the chance to hook up with Drew (Mid South Digital), Jayson and Jason from A&B Business Systems. The National address is slated for 8:30AM and then followed by three break iout sessions and then the tech expo. Again, Global has dominated most of the talks and what steps Ricoh is taking to counteract. Will
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Re: Scanning File Type

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I remember asking someone smarter than me (those people are easy to find!)this same question a long time ago. The response I received then (I think I was questioning the function on one of the early color boxes) was that when selecting TIFF / JPEG, the system makes the distinction based on whether the file is color or black & white. This may have been the "dumbed down" answer given to a salesman by an IT guy, but it may have some relevance here. Is it possible that on a black & white system the
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Re: Out of Territory

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The only problem I have with this , is were it is going the only Ricoh Dealer is IKON.
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Re: Out of Territory

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I have experience doing this because I am our purchasing manager. (I have six ship-outs pending at the moment -- oh, the gray hair LOL. Just kidding on that gray hair thing.) First thing: if you want to have Ricoh ship directly to the installing dealer, you have to use DMAP and your client has to be registered for a DMAP level through the Oracle system. But, that leads to.... The problem: You are right to be concerned that they won't qualify for the DMAP1 commitment level, because if you don
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Re: LAN FAX

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There has never been lan fax driver for MAC's. I could see it happening with the new "intel mac's" but have not heard anything from Ricoh.
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FreePrinters.com Shakes Up the Printer Industry

programs offer the latest color printer technology available in the market. The latest programs focus on the new Xerox Phaser 8560 high performance color printers and multi-function printers that can print, copy, scan, and fax! The basic premise of the free printer program is, that any US based organization with good credit, can qualify to receive a free color printer or copiers with free on-site service. The only obligation to the customer is to purchase a quarterly shipment of supplies that are
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Color Toner for new equipment

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I am being told that new color copiers are not coming with atarter toners anymore. Therefore, I have to add to my sales cost a complete set of color toners unless the customer elects to go with a cost per copy contract. Is this accurate, no starter toners anymore?
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Last Week of April 2007)

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Fotor080920328One item that stands out this week is the launch of the Ricoh fax 1180L.  Just a few weeks ago, one of my clients wanted a fax machine.  No print, no scan, just a fax.  Too my surprise, Ricoh is not offering a stand alone fax anymore.  I had to sell one of the smaller A4 devices and I was not happy about it, since the client was coming from a high end fax device. Instead of being able to write an order for a few thousand, it was more like $800. GRRRRR!

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Why are MFP manufacturers not GREEN!

You've hear it over and over, it's all about capturing pages, especially in the SMB market place. So, why do MFP manufacturers like Canon, Xerox, Ricoh and Konica Minolta continue to manufacture stand alone laser printers that have a high per page cost with thier AIO cartdiges (All In One) and are not good for the environment? Since I have sold Ricoh for so long, I'll start with a Ricoh MFP161, this unit can be purchased as just a copier, ..... go here for rest of article www.mfpsolutions
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24-04-2007: Canon 1Q profit up 22%, lifts outlook

roughly in line with the Nikkei business daily's prediction of about 210 billion yen in an article last week. Merrill Lynch had forecast a profit of 189.9 billion yen. Canon raised its operating profit forecast for the year to December to 790 billion yen from 765 billion yen. Canon's upbeat report echoed earnings last week from US-based office equipment rival Xerox Corp, which said quarterly profit rose 17% on healthy sales of printing supplies and high-margin colour machines. Prior to the
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Ricoh Introduction of the FAX1180L

Ricoh is pleased to introduce you to the new Ricoh FAX1180L, an affordable multifunctional device engineered to deliver greater all-in-one productivity, outstanding image quality and unmatched reliability. Ideal for the home office, small business or executive suite, this compact unit offers high-speed faxing, PC faxing, laser printing, full-color scanning and convenience copying making it the perfect space-saving solution for low-volume environments. Replacing the highly successful Ricoh FAX
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Japanese firm Ricoh increased its operating profit

Ricoh shows strong profits Wednesday, April 25 2007 by Ciara O'Brien Japanese firm Ricoh increased its operating profit for the fiscal year ended 31 March, as strong sales and cost cutting measures boosted the bottom line. The company sells office equipment, including printers, copiers and fax equipment, in addition to other office supplies such as blank optical media. It also deals in digital cameras and other electronic devices, and offers business services such as document management
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Ricoh is pleased to announce the release of the Ricoh SP 5100N

Ricoh is pleased to announce the release of the Ricoh SP 5100N. The new high-speed network connected mono-laser printer, priced affordably yet has the ability to provide advanced features. Primarily targeted at business environments with small to medium sized workgroups and individual users. This is a new monochrome laser printer in our product line-up and does not replace any current model. The SP 5100N boasts high productivity with a robust maximum duty cycle of 200,000 per month, and 1200 x
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RICOH AMERICAS CORPORATON SELECTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ricoh Web Site: www.ricoh-usa.com CONTACT: Russell Marchetta Jennifer Kuhl Ricoh Americas Corporation Peppercom (973) 882-2075 (212) 931-6111 russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com jkuhl@peppercom.com RICOH AMERICAS CORPORATON SELECTS ROSETTA TECHNOLOGIES FOR MICR TECHNOLOGY West Caldwell, NJ, April 25, 2007 – Ricoh Americas Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Rosetta Technologies, a total
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Re: hp news!

market which the company has been approaching with renewed vigor since October 2006, HP is increasing its global sales force, offering new innovations, and leveraging services and solutions across its portfolio. Today’s introductions provide tools customers need to optimize their printing infrastructure, better manage their environment and improve workflows. Redefining business printing with HP Edgeline Technology The total market opportunity for HP Edgeline Technology is expected to be more than
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@ Remote update!

In mid-2005, Ricoh introduced the first phase of the @Remote Intelligent Remote Management System to help you and your customers simplify the tasks associated with monitoring and managing connected printing devices. We are now pleased to announce the availability of the service features for the @Remote Intelligent Remote Management System. With the addition of Remote Firmware Upgrade and Automated Service and Toner Alerts, @Remote is now a complete Device Management system that will change the
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RATIO to Show CAD|STATION Printing System at IRgA

, CAD|STATION sets new standards in the wide-format color printing sector. Due to the flexible combination of up to three CANON iPF printers, the CAD|STATION is able to print different document sizes, i.e. from ‘C’ to ‘E’, in one plot set, without the need for a manual roll change. This is another key feature that underlines the big advantage this solution provides to throughput speed. RATIO’s CAD|STATION is the first solution to combine high-speed and quality color plotting at an attractive price
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Re: Can we help Warren beat a KIP 3000?

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Here's that link that allows discussion from wide format users and (of course) sales professionals. This specific discussion group rips into Kip quite nicely. Call me if you want additional information. http://discussion.autodesk.com...jspa?threadID=463997
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Re: Ricoh Introduction of the FAX1180L

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Is this a ricoh box? Relabled samsung? Anyone know? Thanks
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improved DocumentMall v9.0.

Ricoh is pleased to announce the availability of the all-new and improved DocumentMall v9.0. This major upgrade of Ricoh’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) document management solution is packed with new features that make is easier to use and easier to integrate into a wide range of business environments. New features include: Convenient methods and tools for importing documents into DocumentMall such as Drag and drop documents from the desk top to DocumentMall Deep folder import of folders as
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Second Week of April 2007)

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The fist thread that caught my eye here was the purchase of Global by Xerox.  Run that with the recent course of events from Ricoh last week and it's strange how these mega events fall into to place on the timeline.

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Konica Minolta Offers the Highest Level of

Konica Minolta Offers the Highest Level of Security in Industry for MFP Product Line Newark - RAMSEY – Amid growing concern for the security of documents being processed through network-connected multifunctional products (MFPs) and the pressure to comply with recent government laws and regulations regarding information security, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies announced today that it is among the
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Konica Minolta Introduces Printgroove – An

. “Konica Minolta has experienced phenomenal market share growth in the light- to mid- production print market with our award-winning product line of bizhub PROTM multifunctional products (MFPs) that includes the bizhub PRO 1050, bizhub PRO 920, bizhub PRO C6500, and bizhub PRO C500, “ said Kevin P. Kern, vice president, product planning and development, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. “Printgroove is an intuitive and powerful job workflow solution that’s affordable, easy to use
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Who had the largest percentage of segment four sales in 2006?

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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

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Frankly I'm amazed at the lack of discussion on this announce here. Xerox and Global Imaging seems like a very powerful influence in most markets. The ramifications of this on Canon's marketing plans going forward as well as RIcoh and Konica-Minolta, Global has come into many markets and gobbled up mid-sized dealers and taken it to many smaller dealers. Where will Canon go to maintain its marketrshare? What about all those CPC Contracts? Discussion?
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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

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Stop the presses!!!! Canon cancels Global for violating their contract by selling to Xerox.... From now on they can only purchase parts and supplies. Will Ricoh do the same? What about Konica? Although they might not be able to afford to do that. Interesting times we live in, don't you agree?
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Re: hp ready to rock?

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think this copier could do well in a school or church enviroment. The copy quality is better than a Riso but not as good as a xerographic color box. The finisher doesn't have a booklet or trifold option. That a big minus for that market. There's a lot of excitement about the product. I guess HP will spend a bit of money to market it....that gets sales people excited about it. If the public buys the marketing it could be a good seller for HP. I work on Ricoh and Konica Minolta boxes and I'm just not
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MWA Intelligence and Muratec America Launches

frustration for many dealerships. At the same time, aftermarket revenue acquisition is streamlined, while end-users benefit from more expedient service and increased device uptime. “Working closely with MWAi, we will be able to improve our affiliated dealers’ customer relations capabilities, which are driven largely by the men and women who support the Muratec end-user on a day-to-day basis,” said Jim D’Emidio, VP of Sales and Marketing, Muratec America, Inc. “Now Muratec employees will have the
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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

Same here! Maybe a few of the big "players" that were with Global will start some new dealerships, hire away the global people and attack the new Xerox base. I would have to admit after years of selling against Xerox and then having to sell Xerox would be quit a pill to swallow.
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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

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Hmmmm, maybe Xerox feels a threat from the Edgeline technology of H-P and feels in order to continue to compete it needs a solid entry into that part of the merket. Could H-P be looking at someone to help solidify their position in the Segement 1-2 and build a position in segments 3, 4 and 5? Someone like IKON? H-P will have invested $1.5 BILLION in the Edgeline technology so what's a few more BILLION BUCK to ensure its success? Boy, would Canon go CRAZY then.
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Re: hp ready to rock?

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I'm curious...What makes sales excited about it? Are there SPIFFs for selling it? Did I miss pricing? Everything I've seen have been projections.
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SCOTTI, I NEED MORE SPEED!

SCOTTI, I NEED MORE SPEED! I can remember Captian Kirk from Star Trek, always tell Scotti (Chief Engineer) that they always needed more speed to get out of a jam. Well, beleive or not RAM Logic, Inc., has the technology to increase speeds copy and prints speeds for multi functional copiers for the Ricoh Family Group. Ram Logic offers two chips one that is compatible with Ricoh Aficio 1060, Gestetner 6002, Savin 2560, Lanier LD 160 (including sp versions)and the other is compatible with Ricoh
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AFICIO SP 4100N/SP 4110N PRINTERS

, with fiscal year 2005 sales in excess of $17 billion, a 5.6 percent increase over the previous year. Ricoh Americas Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions. Ricoh’s fully integrated hardware and software products help businesses share information efficiently and effectively by 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
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Re: Leads in Illinois

. equipment and systems for operational requirements services to support increased business development activities products and services to support increased sales activities The company's first round of funding totals $34 million. PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Mike Domek Chief Executive Officer mdomek@TicketsNow.com Sridhar Murthy Chief Financial Officer smurthy@TicketsNow.com Frank Giannantonio Chief Technology Officer fgiannantonio@TicketsNow.com John Ketchum Vice President of Corporate Programs
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Re: Leads In Minnesota

marketing efforts in the U.S. expanding sales in international markets potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support a field sales force products and services to support growth in target markets, including marketing, research and advertising services services to support increased business development activities PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE David B. Kaysen President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Heinemann Vice
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Re: Prospecting in New Hampshire

advertising, PR services, direct marketing, and collateral material development PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Nancy M. Briefs President and Chief Executive Officer Christopher Joyce Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Michael Allen Vice President of Sales Kathryn Fix Vice President of Marketing Michail Pankratov, M.D., Ph.D. Vice President of Regulatory and Clinical Affairs OFFICE(S) SmoothShapes Inc. Heron Cove Office Park 10 Al Paul Lane Suite 102 Merrimack, NH 03054 Phone: 603-816-1920
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Re: Leads in Virginia

Claraview Inc. http://www.claraview.com WHAT IT DOES It provides strategy and technology consulting services, with a specialty in business intelligence. EVENT 03-19-2007-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Marketing OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support growth in target markets, including marketing, research and advertising services services to support increased business
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Re: Leads in Washington

Cahill is Vice President of Corporate Marketing. He will execute marketing strategies and programs to increase market and customer awareness. PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Adam Selig Chief Executive Officer David Burcham Executive Vice President and General Manager of TruCast Jim Webber Co-founder, Principal and Executive Vice President Mike Spataro Vice President of Intermediary Marketing and Sales Dean Graziano Founder, Principal and Executive Vice President Blake Cahill Vice President of
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Re: Savin 2400WD Windows Vista

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quote: Originally posted by wyzguynyuk: I would have never thought that Ricoh couldn't have seen this coming and been a little more prepared. Live and learn. Plotbase isn't made by Ricoh so it isn't totally their fault. They have to rely on Ratio to produce their software. Maybe that is the decision we should be beating them up over .
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Re: Savin 2400WD Windows Vista

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O.K., O.K., I rescind my negative comment about Ricoh...after all, it's only Thursday, I'm sure I'll find something else to beat them up over before the week's end!
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Re: SolidEdge prblm

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Could be older PCI cards do not support dual processors or certain ship sets that are common in newer computers but not avaialable back in the day. Starting to see this more... Ask your Ricoh tech to check with Ricoh TSC.
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Re: Look What I found! Great KIP3000 info

Question: alright so heres the deal. i got a call from a client. they have some TIFFs that they scanned in. they went to view them and the M$ fax and picture viewer opened the file. the image was shown upside down and so the rotated it to view the image in a more easily recognizable manner. well they then close the P&F viewer without saving the file. when they then attempt to plot the image from request, it gives an error. it says it is an unrecognized file type. i got a copy of the file and
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Re: Prospecting in British Columbia

systems for operational requirements tools and services for product development activities services to support increased business development activities products and services to support increased sales activities PARTNERS EmailLabs DataWave inComm Telus PEOPLE Peter Fitzgerald Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Kyle Hall Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development 604-893-8955 (x293) Aaron Rallo Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Product Development
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Re: Prospecting in California

industry. PARTNERS Salesforce.com Health Market Science (HMS) C3i The TerrAlign Group PEOPLE Peter Gassner President and Chief Executive Officer Matt Wallach Vice President of Sales and Marketing Mitch Wallace Vice President of Operations OFFICE(S) Verticals onDemand Inc. 309 Ray Street Pleasanton, CA 94566 Phone: 925-218-2340 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xceive Corporation http://www.xceive.com WHAT IT DOES It produces integrated circuits for TV
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Re: Prospecting in Florida

AuthenTec Inc. http://www.authentec.com Nasdaq:AUTH (PROPOSED) WHAT IT DOES It provides fingerprint authentication sensors and solutions to the PC, wireless device and access control markets. (number of employees: 97) EVENT 03-16-2007-GOING PUBLIC-Filed for its initial public offering (IPO) OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... general corporate purposes and working capital hiring in sales and marketing and research and development potential opportunity to provide... recruiting
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Re: Leads in New Jersey

development The company completed a $10 million loan agreement. Under the terms of the loan agreement, Hercules will advance $6 million to the company today, and the company has the option to request up to an additional $4 million from September 15, 2007, through December, 31, 2007. PARTNERS http://www.memorypharma.com/a_partners.html PEOPLE James R. Sulat President and Chief Executive Officer David Lowe, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer Jzaneen Lalani Vice President of Legal Affairs 201-802-7140 Michael P
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Re: Leads in Quebec

sales activities PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Francois Plamondon Chief Executive Officer Paul Blanchard Founder and Chief Technology Officer Carl Benscoter Vice President of Business Development Donna Lehman Vice President of Marketing 800-747-4828 (x405) dlehman@hralloy.com Normand Rivard Head of Finance OFFICE(S) HR Alloy Inc. 4200 St. Laurent Blvd. Suite 1203 Montreal, Quebec, H2W 2R2 Canada Toll Free: 800-747-4828 Fax: 514-938-3182 HR Alloy Inc. 4320 Sprucebough Drive Marietta, GA 30062 Phone
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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

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My DSM said she is losing $1.2 Million/month in revenue. I personally feel that there is a reason that those customers aren't with Xerox to begin with and unless Xerox makes major changes in the way they do business, all these customers will eventually leave. If I had the money, I would start a dealership in a current Global hotspot and target the customer-base.
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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

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I know that Ricoh is already looking at switching RMAP accounts to other RBS or other dealers for service.
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Re: Plotbase does not seem to accept more than 4-6 jobs at a time

I saw a client that had a similar issue with a Xerox 8830 and Dodge, what she did was to covert the drawing first and then print, it was awhile ago and I am not sure what the exact workaround was with Dodge.
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Re: Ricoh Rumor!! New Strategy?

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I'm 90% sure Muratec is also relableing this.
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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

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Personally, of everyone who "could" have bought Global, I'm sure glad it's Xerox. I can't think of anyone who handles the market they are trying to re-penetrate worse than they do.
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Re: scan tool updates

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with a registered tech ID and loginon Ricoh TSC website,orfrom your Ricoh Field Technical Manager.
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the enhanced eCabinet 2100

Ricoh is pleased to announce its newest edition to the Document Solutions and Services Division (DSS) document solutions family, the enhanced eCabinet 2100, which offers extended compatibility with Ricoh’s latest peripherals. eCabinet 2100 remains a critical component in DSS’s document management solution’s strategy. DSS continues to focus on document management products targeting departmental workgroups and small businesses to power these customers with easy to use, high performance and
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Can we help Warren beat a KIP 3000?

Art, I notice you went to the Monster show on wide format. That has not come to the midwest (Minneapolis) yet. I am losing a 240W to the Kip 3000 with enbedded controller. A key point for them that we both can do is the printing without opening and scanning of autocad format files. That is what eliminated the Xerox. They will give me one more chance to show the advantages of the 240W. What would you suggest? Sincerely, Warren
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of April 2007)

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Fotor080920328There's a few really interesting threads below.  One is titled "7 Cents a Page....really?", which reflects on someone's opine that printers have a lower cost the copiers.  It's a good read from someone else's perspective (not really sure where I found that thread).

One of the addition threads was for Rhutt's Hut here in NJ, where we had a lively discussion about some of the best eateries that we visit from time to time.  Check it out and feel free to update the list!

Names in the news ten years ago:  Matt Espe & Wislon Vega

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Sir Speedy of Los Alamitos Selects Konica Minolta's bizhub PRO Digital Presses to Dri

Press Release Source: Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. On Wednesday April 7, 2010, 9:00 am EDT RAMSEY, NJ--(Marketwire - 04/07/10) - Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, announced today that the Sir Speedy of Los Alamitos (Calif.) has chosen Konica Minolta's award-winning bizhub PRO C6501 and bizhub PRO 1200 Digital Presses to drive its full-service
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Konica Minolta Offers Benefits to Partners Under New Scheme

Konica Minolta has launched a nascent scheme for dealers of IT devices and resellers. This scheme is called the Platinum Partner Programme. Under this scheme dealers in partnership with Konica will be rewarded for sales of laser printers. They will also be provided support for sales and marketing. The scheme makes provisions for rebates of up to 9% when sales targets are reached. It allows partners to access the MyKonicaMinolta online portal and its resources. Partners will also be given a
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Konica Minolta’s new 240f multifunctional is a versatile performer

Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd has launched the 240f multifunctional system. For maximum flexibility the 240f can be used as a desktop copier, fax, network printer or colour scanner. A large touch screen display provides easy operation. Authenticated users can set up ‘My MFP’ settings to provide shortcuts via the display, for preferred default settings and frequently used operations. With an automatic document feeder holding up to 80 originals, the 240f produces 24 A4 copies a
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MFP Sales Manager-Puerto Rico

daily usage of sales tools. Adhere to standardized processes for forecasting of monthly results • Identify and remove team-selling impediments – design and maintain incentives that motivate the sales team • Work closely with district sales, service and support resources to communicate customer expectations, sales progress and solution requirements. The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications: • A minimum of three to six years multifunction copier sales and sales management
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DIT Scores New Ricoh Print System

, Dublin Institute of Technology IT Support Manager said: "DIT made the decision to unite all the printing requirements from our six campus locations in an effort to maximise cost savings and productivity. Since partnering with Ricoh Ireland, we've been able to develop a more student-friendly printing service. The benefits on our bottom line have been immediate and the impact on the environment will be long lasting". Áine O'Shea, Ricoh Ireland managed services print manager said: "We're very
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Paradigm Adds Canon imagePROGRAF Printers

Paradigm Adds Canon imagePROGRAF Printers Paradigm Imaging Group Paradigm Imaging Group has announced the addition of the new Canon iPF6300, iPF6350, and iPF8300 printers to its product line. Canon’s 24-inch iPF6300 and 6350 and the 44-inch iPF8300 are designed for precise, ultra high-quality print performance and increased productivity. These printers fit the demanding standards of the photographic, proofing and graphic arts markets and will play a pivotal role in Paradigm’s line of large
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Canon, Fujitsu seal multi-million dollar deal

Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand has secured a multi-million dollar, 40 month services agreement with Canon Australia to provide managed services to Canon’s server, desktop, help desk and other ICT operations. Under the deal Canon has selected Fujitsu to manage a range of services for its corporate information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure support services for the 40 months, with a further option to extend the contract another two years. According to Fujitsu, the multi
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Ricoh Joins the Linux Foundation Stepping up the development of Linux-compatible prod

Ricoh Company, Ltd. President and CEO, Shiro Kondo has joined as a corporate Silver member the Linux Foundation; a nonprofit consortium dedicated to promoting, protecting and standardizing Linux. This membership will help Ricoh step up its development of Linux-compatible multifunction products and printers. Ricoh has provided many customers in Japan and abroad with Linux-compatible multifunction products and single function printers through the Linux Foundation. In overseas markets in
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Sales Reps wanted in CA (Santa Barbra, Ventura, San Diego & Glendale)

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Seeking copier sales representatives for several locations throughout CA. Must have at least 1 year copier/printer sales experience. Offering Base Salary, Commission, Expenses and Full Benefits. Positions available at the following locations: Ventura, CA Santa Barbara, CA Glendale, CA San Diego, CA For Confidential Consideration Email Resumes to Jobs@CopierCompass.com
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Canon to extend Duplo partnership at Ipex

Canon to extend Duplo partnership at Ipex Tim Sheahan, printweek.com, 06 April 2010 Canon has extended its partnership with digital finishing manufacturer Duplo International after announcing that the company is to be its strategic pan-European finishing supplier at this year's Ipex exhibition. Japanese digital manufacturer Canon aims to demonstrate to digital printers how they can harness complementary technology to add value to the work they produce at the event in Birmingham. Duplo will
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Re: What's the Next...

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Art stated: "1. Riso is better the ranch on four or three new inkjet machines designed after the HC5500, thoughts....if they don't get better media flexibilty and better color results, they will be doomed. From what I can see, they are in a very precarious situation right now." After hiring several talented people from Ricoh (Lanier ide of the house) last year to ramp up their Direct sales efforts, RISO just laid off David Murphy (VP Marketing), Don Michelucci (VP, Direct) and others in the
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Re: The Office Copier turns 50!

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quote: Originally posted by SalesServiceGuy: Has anyone ever seen or used the Xerox 914, the grand daddy of all copiers? I sold for Xerox in NYC in the mid to late 70's. I handled Govt Accounts out of the NY Downtown Branch. The NY Public Library was a good customer. When I handled them as late as 1978 they had a 914 that was originally installed in 1960 . not only was it still being used daily , it was in pristine condition being taken care of by the same person who was its first and only "key
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Re: The Office Copier turns 50!

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In 1969 in VietNam there was a 914 installed at our Regimental HQ (Force Logistic Command - Camp Books USMC) that was used, very sparingly, for letterhead reproduction. I wonder what the response time was? I still have a 914 PriceList somewhere in my files. My first stateside experience as a Xerox salestype was trying to convert a 914 Rental into an OTP (Option-to-Purchase) - I laid my briefcase on the printshops "counter" and asked to run a sample on their unit. After getting permission I
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Re: Rumor has it.....

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I heard the Ikon CES program is gone. and Ricoh did an abbout face and is no longer providing Comp to sales reps for Professional Services / Software / Solutions.
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Re: Ricoh Ikon Letter

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Now that you raise the subject of Consumables, Ricoh allows IKON to purchase heavily from KATUN. IKON has always been notorious for buying non-OEM parts and supplies at deep discounts, which is one of the reason they had a poor reputation for service. Yet, it also helped IKON steal many a deal. Possibly, this practice will change for Ricoh products and they will only source Third Party Aftermarket for theie Canon base at this time.
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7 cents a page...really?

$0.07/page...and the productivity gains realized through the personal devices are hard to dispute (read my blog on personal printers). So as a recap: a high volume device in an unmanaged program will cost a company just under $0.03/page and a low volume device in an unmanaged program will be just over $0.04. The analysts also suggest that companies can save approximately 30%-40% leveraging a managed environment (or a Managed Print Service agreement). That savings creates a pricing model that looks
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Re: Can any one help with this Xerox question?

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See the Jan 20 2010 discussion, "Hold for Resources". It is the actual Xerox term for "Print Around".
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Re: The Office Copier turns 50!

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Has anyone ever seen or used the Xerox 914, the grand daddy of all copiers?
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Re: Wilson Vega, 45, of Glastonbury, was arrested

Wlison Vega is of Connecticut Business Systems in CT. CBS is owned by Global and of course Global is owned by Xerox.
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Re: Wilson Vega, 45, of Glastonbury, was arrested

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I think the moral of the story is that when you take the female Sales Reps out drinking around the Holidays, when you have a propensity to get bombed, you should probably hire a Limo Driver or take a Cab home. You just might kill an innocent person by driving as drunk as he was that night.
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Re: Rutt's Hut Fried Hot Dogs

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The hearty Hot Dog lovers at Ricoh in West Caldwell will need to find a new place to munch on weiners, since Rutt's Hut will be too far away from Mavern, PA. After they move the Ricoh corporate headquarters to Malvern, PA they may want to make a pilgrimage to Harry's Hot Dogs. http://www.harryshotdogs.com/ Harry's boasts about "famous hotdogs topped with Harry's special secret-recipe meat-sauce, mustard & chopped onions." At $2.19 per Dog, it won't matter how long merit increases are frozen
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Re: Rutt's Hut Fried Hot Dogs

GMAN: I'm bummed, I was at Pinebrook/Ricoh today (actually saw a nexpress there and something code named venus), anyway I went 30 minutes outta my way for a Rhutts Hotdog, to say the least on a scale of one to 10. It's a , I was expecting so much more! I was almost tempted to book a flight to Melbourne, FL to get a Dog at Mustards Last Stand!!! Rhutts was ok for the $1.85 but not worth the effort! Art
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Re: Rutt's Hut Fried Hot Dogs

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Art: You must have visited the new (a little over one year old) HIGH VOLUME DEMO CENTER in the Ricoh Pine Brook, NJ location. Ricoh University and the RFG East Region (Dealer) are also in that facility. In fact, George Gorman works in that office and is the King of Hot Dogs, who initially recommended Rutt's Hut. In fact, he even gets away with putting his Rutt's Hut lunches on his Expense Reports! Blame him!
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Re: Wilson Vega, 45, of Glastonbury, was arrested

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Glad I do not work for the him anymore. I have no respect for him and people like him. I am sure he is hiding it from the company. I bet he loses the 400+ bid with Westchester County (incumbant w Ricoh products)because of it. They usually do background checks on officers.
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Re: Matt Espe named CEO of Ricoh Americas Corp

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Matt Espe Interesting Information of the Day: Under Matt Espe's helm, until Ricoh acquired IKON, profits dropped -22% at IKON. Crack that code.
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Re: Daily Sales Philosophy

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Confucius say, "90 lb. man who eat 100 lbs. of Sushi, may soon have sour stomach." Yoshida say, "IKON executives who took over Ricoh have swallowed very big fish."
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Re: Ricoh Production Printing

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Not sure my post mentions the word "change" anywhere. I do think it is interesting that they have not yet dismantled the Production Print Business Group (PPBG), as IKON (formerly known as Ricoh) tries to reduce costs.
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Re: Matt Espe named CEO of Ricoh Americas Corp

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Matt Espe Interesting Information of the Day: IKON CEO Matthew Espe was rewarded handsomely when Ricoh acquired IKON: http://www.philly.com/philly/b...tention_bonuses.html
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Re: Canon is preparing to launch 5 new b/w A3 MFPs

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imageRUNNER 2535 and 2545 work with 19,400-page yield monochrome toner with a $67.50 MSRP, providing 57 percent more pages per cartridge and a 9.7 percent lower toner-based suggested CPP. The new MFPs use Canon's new GPR-34/35 drum unit, which features an unknown yield, but carries a $280 MSRP and utilizes Canon's durability-oriented Excellent Drum (E-Drum) technology. The drum technology features an additional overcoat layer that reportedly helps improve stability and productivity, while extending
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Print Audit’s High Net Promoter Score Reflects Loyal, Happy Customers

Calgary, Alberta, Print Audit is the fastest growing print management company in the world. By providing businesses with innovative and practical print management software solutions, the company has helped customers recapture over $150 million in printing and photocopying expenses while saving an estimated 190,000 trees a year. Print Audit has offices located in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Canada and the United States. For more information about Print Audit, please
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The History of Fax According to Art

that email has taken some of the fax machines popularity away, however there is still some type of fax in every office, whether it’s a standalone product, a modem in a pc or a modem in multifunctional copy machine. What would we have done in the eighties without the fax? Any of you remember the Teli Vaxafax (made in Sweden) I can remember some funny stories about faxing. Back in the Eighties, selling copiers we always ran across a rude "gate keeper" when we were telemarketing for copiers. Now, one
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Epson Stylus Series

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What is everyone's opinion of this product? Are you pushing it hard or waiting for a Ricoh manufactured box. Has anyone sold any and if so how are they performing?
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HP wants to bring managed print to the midmarket

sees the channel as a huge next phase for the business unit, which was formed last September to help clients find savings by moving to a managed print services model. “Obviously the channel is very important to us. It's our belied this will first come out in the big enterprise, but will come down to the midmarket and the SMB,” said Dahlgren. “As we move into the SMB we'll need to make sure we enable the channel.” Managed print will require a change in mindset for some partners, said Dahlgren
 
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Second Week of March 2007)

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Fotor080920328

Wow!  Take a look at this old thread from ten years ago this week.  The tile of thread is "Fair Commission Plans" and there about 15 responses to the opening title.  Much has changed in years and I'm curious if we should revive this thread.  Thoughts?



Konica Minolta Launches the bizhub 360

Boxes, create public and private User Boxes, assign passwords, and restrict the number of files stored. Pricing and Availability The bizhub 360 is available through Konica Minolta’s North American direct sales, authorized dealer and value-added reseller channels. The manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) for the bizhub 360 is $9,200.00. About Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., offers a broad range of multifunctional digital imaging
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RICOH CORPORATION ANNOUNCES

direct sales channel will begin a transition from selling Lanier branded products and services to selling Ricoh branded products and services. · Ricoh’s Gestetner dealer network in the U.S. will merge with the Lanier dealer network and form a new national dealer network selling Lanier branded products. The Gestetner brand will be phased out in the United States. “Establishing this new unified organization enables Ricoh to redefine our company and our business,” said Sam Ichioka, Chairman & CEO
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Re: OKI Printing Solutions to Unveil New Line-up

MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. Brother is a Registered U.S. trademark of Brother International Corporation. Epson is a Registered U.S. Trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation (SEC). [i] Published performance results based on laboratory testing. Individual results may vary. [ii] Speed compared to HP LaserJet 2840, Canon ImageClass 8180C, Konica Minolta Magicolor 2480MF, Brother MFC9420cn and Epson AcuLaserCX11NF [iii] Available in the U.S. and Canada only
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Re: RICOH CORPORATION ANNOUNCES

Here's what I posted on my blog today! Ricoh Organizational Changes Ricoh has finally pulled the trigger on the much anticipated merger of Lanier and Ricoh. The new Corporation will be call Ricoh Americas Corporation. The U.S. business unit of Ricoh Americas Corporation will continue to be known as Ricoh U.S. Lanier's Direct Sales Force will be merged with Ricoh Business Systems and thier name will change to Ricoh Business Solutions and they will sell Ricoh branded products. Existing Gestetner
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ABBYY USA Announces Toshiba America

. (TABS) manages product planning, marketing, sales, service support and distribution of copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers, and toner products throughout the United States, Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TABS has four divisions: the Electronic Imaging Division; the Toner Products Division; the Document Solutions Engineering Division; and TOPAC U.S.A., Inc., dba Toshiba Business Solutions (TBS), a wholly-owned
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Kyocera Mita America Introduces Cost-Effective Color Printing For Workgroups of All S

FS-C8100DN integrates seamlessly with virtually any network environment or combination of platforms including Windowsâ, Mac, Novell, Linux and UNIX with its 10/100BaseTX and high-speed USB 2.0 interfaces. The FS-C8100DN is available through authorized Kyocera dealers at a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of $7,624. To find the nearest dealer, log onto Kyocera Mita America's dealer locator at www.kyoceramita.com/us . ABOUT KYOCERA MITA AMERICA Kyocera Mita America, Inc. (www
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Xerox Names New Office Group President

Xerox Corp. said Tuesday Russell Pea**** will take over as president of Xerox Office Group to replace Tim Williams, who retires in April. Williams has held the position since Feb. 2004. Pea**** began working for Xerox (nyse: XRX - news - people ) in London in 1982 as a field sales representative. His latest post with the company was as managing director of Xerox United Kingdom. Xerox Office Group constituted $7.6 billion of Xerox's 2006 revenue. The division engineers, markets and manufactures
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Daylight Savings Time

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Has anyone seen anything from Ricoh about how their machines are affected by the early daylight savings time change this year? I'd like to know which models' firmware will automatically adjust for the change or if we need to advise our clients on how to manually make the time adjustment.
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Ricoh RA2K launch

Ricoh is pleased to announce the release of new model support for printing IPDS in IBM zSeries (S/390) and iSeries (AS/400) environments. RA2K Integration for IPDS is an internal software solution, which resides on the hard drive of select Ricoh print devices and enables users to send AFP/IPDS print jobs directly from their S/390 or AS/400 systems. This solution is designed to allow your customers to print professional laser-quality output, access standard finishing and paper size options
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CANON U.S.A. AND ROCHESTER SOFTWARE ASSOCIATES

CANON U.S.A. AND ROCHESTER SOFTWARE ASSOCIATES SIGN MEAP LICENSING AGREEMENT FOR A CUSTOMIZABLE PRINT CENTER WORKFLOW APPLICATION RSA To Develop a Total Remote Hardcopy Job Submission Application using MEAP Technology for Canon imageRUNNER MFPs LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., March 5, 2007 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., and Rochester Software Associates (RSA), Inc., a leading provider of digital document workflow solutions, today announced that RSA will license Canon's innovative Multifunctional Embedded
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CANON U.S.A. RECEIVES FOUR PLATINUM READERS' CHOICE

CANON U.S.A. RECEIVES FOUR PLATINUM READERS' CHOICE AWARDS FROM BERTL Industry Subscriber Survey Bestows Four Awards on Canon MFPs and Office Equipment Solutions LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., March 2, 2007 – Canon U.S.A., Inc. had recently received BERTL Readers' Choice Platinum Awards for Customer Focus, Monochrome Reliability, Third Party Partners, and Ease of Use-Scan categories. The Readers' Choice Awards are the cumulative findings culled from BERTL surveys. The awards are chosen by BERTL readers
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Re: Laser vs. Inkjet

js give me make, model number and monthly volume of ink jet printer and proposed laser printer and I will get you the numbers, I beleive you you sell savin? if so make sure you give me the ricoh model number and I'll send this to you tonight.
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Your New ID-Theft Worry? Photocopiers

the disks. Sharp was among the first to begin offering, a few years ago, a security kit for its machines to encrypt and overwrite the images being scanned, so that data aren't stored on the hard disks indefinitely. Xerox Corp. said in October it would start making a similar security feature standard across all of its digital copiers. Randy Cusick, a technical marketing manager at Xerox, said many entities dealing with sensitive information, such as government agencies, financial institutions, and
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Re: Ricoh Needs Color Scanning on Next gen Model!

Not sure if anyone has heard, but the new line of wide format will NOT have color scanning! Got this from a very reliable source (our Ricoh WF specialist). Very dissappointing. Just a heads up
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Re: Fax forwarding, etc. with efi versions of color boxes?

You would lose web image monitor, but fiery has a piece of software that comes with it called Command Workstation. It's a phenominal tool. You can control print jobs, reprint jobs, pull job history, color correct, interpose, and a wealth of other things. All the emailing functionality will still be available from what I've been told. Don't be afraid of the fiery, it's a great feature. I sold canon's for 5 years, never sold a color unit without the fiery option, it has tremendous value to
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Re: Fax forwarding, etc. with efi versions of color boxes?

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We have sold Fiery for years but never before on an MFP. Ricoh's Graphic Color boxes like the 6513 use Fiery and of course come with all the Fiery Utilities you mentioned. We also sell OKI and have some experience with the OKI MFP which has a Fiery RIP but the fax and email functionality is nothing like what we have become accustomed to with Ricoh. Let me ask again...does anyone out there have hands-on experience with the fax and email capabilities with the new Fiery controlled Ricoh MFP's
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Re: OKI Printing Solutions to Unveil New Line-up

OKI Printing Solutions ships one millionth color printer TOKYO, March 6, 2007 OKI Printing Solutions*, the world’s second largest manufacturer of business color printers, today shipped its one millionth digital LED color page printer. The one millionth color printer – the award winning C3400 A4 printer – left OKI Printing Solutions’ manufacturing facility in Thailand, which is responsible for 47% of the company’s global manufacturing output. OKI Printing Solutions’ one millionth color printer
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Re: MP5500 LAN fax Features

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This is all great but we have no fax units to sell Ricoh does not have any...I have been waiting for 2 months now! -=Mike=-
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Re: Fair Comission Plans

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Just to give you an idea of the kind of variation there is, I went to the BTA compensation Survey of 2007. According to their survey, the median compaensation for a salesrep with 6+ years experience was $127,500/yr with a maximum of $422,377 for a rep in the West vs. $54,000/yr. and $104,000 for a rep in the Southeast. There is a significant difference in the cost of living which effects both the employee and the employer and therefore also effects compensation.
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Re: Laser vs. Inkjet

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The prospect is replacing an HP Professional series inkjet 1200c. This printer does 11 x 17, which is about 25% of their already small volume. If I had to guess I'd say under 2k/month, all color with mixed coverage, but probably an average of 15%. I borrowed some info I found on the net and found that so far the competition is working on laser products that do 11 x 17, putting them over $3000. This is the local chamber of commerce and I've told them I'd donate a Gelsprinter, or give them a
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Re: Laser vs. Inkjet

JS: I could not find the 1200c in my database, so I used a 1220c, the cpp seems to be in line with what you stated, however the real cost is provided in the CA sheet I have attached. Showing them this should get you a sale, also I had to used the ricoh 7300, the new info on the c811's are not posted yet. Let me know what you think
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Panasonics Offers Eye Candy Copiers!

our new stylish, colorful C3 MFPs making copies or picking- up printed documents becomes a visit to a dazzling oasis of color instead of just another stop in a mundane, predictable office routine." Mullin noted that Panasonic office products have already proven themselves to provide workhorse reliability as exemplified by first-place customer- service rankings from J.D. Power and Associates and other prestigious industry associations. "Since a major selling point of our products has always been
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MP 1600L and MP 2000L Digital Imaging

Ricoh is pleased to announce the introduction of theSystems. The MP 1600L and MP 2000L match all the output speeds, volume ranges, document feeding and paper supply versatility of the MP 1600 and MP 2000, but offer Windows-based printed standard through the inclusion of a PCL6 Lite controller. In addition, these “lite” systems are intended to deliver simple network TWAIN scanning and digital monochrome copying capabilities standard to price sensitive customers. However, Scan-to and fax
 
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Third Week of February 2007)

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Fotor080920328Wow! One of my favorite peeps in the industry is celebrating his tenth anniversary with Print Audit.  I've had the opportunity to meet and chat with John Hewitt in many occasions. He is one of those "go to people" with a wealth of knowledge in the imaging industry.   Congrats John!  Hope to see you soon somewhere.

Rochester's Xerox, Kodak may be headed for turf war

nemesis in traditional film, to put high-quality Xerox printers into retailers' photo minilabs. The devices will let consumers create calendars, greeting cards and photo books at store kiosks rather than going online to Web sites like KodakGallery.com. The enhanced machines may also lure some retailers from using Kodak-made photo kiosks _ one of the company's most successful businesses. Xerox and Kodak are already competing to sell color digital presses to commercial printers, a market that Xerox
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Xerox Adds Model 495 To High Volume

applications. • Offers an easy auto-loading and auto-registration/alignment system for quick or frequent stock changes for shorter run lengths. • Operates simply and efficiently with a built-in Xerox print controller and color touch-screen graphical user interface. Availability and Pricing The Xerox 495 Continuous Feed Duplex Printer is immediately available in North America, Europe and developing markets through Xerox sales representatives at a list price of U.S. $425,000.
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IKON Adds 65-Page Per Minute Color System

launched IKON CPP® 650 in a line of 65-page per minute color systems developed with Konica Minolta. Big Capacity, Small Footprint The EFI Fiery®-driven system combines powerful printing and finishing capabilities within a cost-effective, space-saving footprint, making it an ideal solution for the office environment, and builds on the success of the IKON BusinessPro™ 500c, a 50-page per minute color system designed for the office environment. "The IKON BusinessPro 650 continues our commitment to
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Sales Reps and Techs. needed in New Orleans

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looking to grow our business back to pre-Katrina levels. Come down and help us rebuild. i am looking for an experienced Sales Rep and a tech. experienced with Ricoh equipment
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Ricoh Corp Relocates New York City Technology Portal

showroom has been responsible for hosting more than 90 customer events per month. Ricoh has also opened Technology Portals in Chicago, San Francisco and Toronto, Canada as well as satellite locations in its direct sales facilities throughout the United States. Information about Ricoh's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.ricoh-usa.com .
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you should be able to get detailed info from the sales intro booklet that ricoh provides, I will see if I can upload for you when I get back in town!
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Re: Video Demos

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We are a Standard Business Machines dealer and I'm sure I have a demo on CD of their version of the Ricoh model equivalent though not recent one. Would this be helpful?
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Re: Art Post...contributor to BERTL's ITChat

Hey Jim: Actually, I uploaded the IT Chat document in the BERTL forum this morning. Thank you for your kind words on the article, however I'll have to keep selling copiers to bring home the Bacon! No ITEX for me, I'm off to Myrtle Beach this weekend (my son's College Baseball team), was in Petersburg, Va a few days ago, and then I'm off to Fort Pierce, FL for ten days the first weeks of March (more college baseball). I'm going to try to make ITEX next year, hopefully MLB will draft my guy this
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Fair Comission Plans

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I would like to know what is a fair commission plan for someone who brings in $300K of GP from sales cost. Please give me salary, commish % and what you think the rep should make that year.
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Print Audit Hires New Territory Manager and Channel Manager

Business Development for Omtool, Ltd. There he was responsible for managing partnerships with multiple business equipment manufacturers and facilities management companies throughout North America. For several years before that, John was a Director of Channel Sales with Equitrac Corporation. At Print Audit, Mr. Hewitt will be responsible for managing and developing strategic partnerships and new relationships with office equipment manufacturers on a global-level. "Print Audit's products and support
 
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Second Week of February 2007)

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0907161003Ten years ago this month marked the start of the Great Recession here in the USA.  Personally, most of my accounts were in the AEC market and if I had to guess at how many of my AEC accounts went belly up from the 2007-2011.  I would estimate at about 40%. It was a tuff four to five years!

Interesting Post from a Kyocera tech Message Board

Intially they were talking about Kyocera laying off corp tech reps and then I read this post: If they would just pull their heads out.... You know the rest. Sales wouldn't be down if product and pricing were competitive. While we have the crippled Falcon III's and the expensive Voyager's (with toner only yielding half of what it's rated) I'm coming up against 40/45 ppm Savin's that are selling for less than I can buy a 3232, with better quality and specs - not to mention lower operating cost
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Ricoh You're Gonna Love This BS!

.ricoh-usa.com/itchannel/ . And there it was again, a link for "where to buy" I clicked and it brought me to same info that I had saw before on the reseller’s page! Now to me, someone who supports Ricoh, eats sleeps and breathes their products and sells Ricoh printers I found this offensive to dealers and dealer salespeople alike! Our printer DSM comes in from time to time and gives the old yahoo to sell more printers, more Ricoh, they are the best and we will support you! Some F*&^*(*G support you
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NEW CANON imageCLASS MF4690 LASER MFP

NEW CANON imageCLASS MF4690 LASER MFP DELIVERS "BIG OFFICE" FEATURES TO SMALLER OFFICE USERS New imageCLASS MF4690 Offers Duplex Printing, Advanced Send Features,and Built-In Network Connectivity for Small Offices LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 12, 2007 – Delivering enhanced "big office" features in its smallest digital laser MFP, Canon U.S.A., Inc., the nation's market share brand leader in black-and-white and color laser printer/copier solutionsi, has announced its new imageCLASS MF4690** MFP
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Ordered 13 eStudio 452 machine...so so experience

have to stay within the Toshiba family but IM looking to upgrade a few of the machines to larger units to resolve some of the issues. There is no monitoring client for me to look at all the copiers at once. I have to go to each copier one by one and enter the IP address in the browser to see if they are all ok. I wish we could have afforded Xerox!!! Recommended: No Purchase Price (if leased, monthly payment): 10000 Machine age (Months in use): 3 months
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Sales Engineers

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Are there any other sales engineers out there or do any of your respective company's employee someone of this nature, this person being a hybrid IT/Sales person. I would love to talk with anyone in this posistion to discuss compensation and other ideas.
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Savin 2525/3030 Process priority?

I am certain this is user error and have not seen it in person but we have a customer that swears if they receive a fax in the middle of a print job, the machine prints the fax right in the middle of the print job.I was just curious if this had come...
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Xerox CopyCentre™ C123 Black

Pros: Good quality, competitive price, easy to understand display panel Cons: Toner removal, beeping noises The Xerox Copy Centre 123 is a great machine for a small office. The new purchase price is comparable to what some similar machines go for used. When leased, this machine can easily be afforded at under $100 a month. This copy only machine can also be configured to add faxing capabilities. What I love: - inexpensive acquisition cost - paper capacity up to 3,100 sheets - automatic duplex
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Re: Interesting Post from a Kyocera tech Message Board

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As far as the toner yields is concerned we have no idea. When a customer wants color, most of us will lead with Ricoh only. We have become a little gun shy with the Kyocera color line. I have sold there color printers an there yields our OK.
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Océ North America Introduces the Total Workgroup Solution

. Copies, prints and faxes can be sent to different output bins for easy separation of jobs. A host of Security features to protect critical data include network authentication, secure print, copy protection, HDD data erase and IP Filtering. A wide variety of media sizes and weights including auto-duplexing of up to 140 lbs., index printing on banner paper up to 11" x 47" in size are supported. And the space saving optional inner finisher is modular and can be configured to provide two point
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Re: Leasing Tips (Higher rates for fax & Laser Printers)

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they do not have all the "alternative forms of revenue") but I was able to illustrate a big enough potential cost savings that my company was willing to subsidize via a bonus for leases written thru Clune. I also got Clune to collect a Doc.Fee. on our deals (They don't normally charge a doc.fee) of $95 of which $75 goes 100% to the rep. A combination of these meant that I needed less G.P. to make the same income so I could offer a competitive payment to the customer and still make the same
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Re: Interesting Post from a Kyocera tech Message Board

this indicates we are all being seriously overcharged by Kyocera for this toner. Perhaps they should repackage it with two cartridges per box for the same price - that would at least be a little more fair. I have been afraid to look at color yields.
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Re: Leads in Colorado

requirements products and services to support clinical trials equipment and services for research and development activities equipment and services to support manufacturing operations The company will focus on the research and development of PDX. PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Paul L. Berns President and Chief Executive Officer James V. Caruso Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer David A. DeLong Vice President, Marketing and Sales David C. Clark Principal Financial Officer Marc H
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Re: Leads in Illinois

RiverGlass Inc. http://www.riverglassinc.com WHAT IT DOES It provides real-time analytics and intelligent web information collection and analysis solutions. (number of employees: 35) EVENT 02-08-2007-$4 million in Series B funding OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... operations research and development sales and marketing potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support increased marketing
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Re: Leads in Ohio

. Chief Scientific, Medical Projects Doron Zilberman Vice President of Sales and Business Development - Europe 011-972-8-9211177 (x106) doron@simbionix.com Dror Paz Director of U.S. Sales 216-229-2040 (x105) dror@simbionix.com Pinchas (Pini) Berry Vice President of Operations Niv Fisher Vice President of Research and Development Inbal Mazor-Badichi Vice President of Marketing Patrick Bowen Regional Account Sales Executive - Mid-West Region 216-229-2040 (x182) pat@simbionix.com Frank Krupka
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Re: Leads in Virginia

positions PARTNERS http://www.skybitz.com/partners/index.html PEOPLE Rick Burtner Chief Executive Officer Bob Blair Chief Financial Officer Roni Taylor Executive Vice President of Marketing Abdul H. Rana, Ph.D. Chief Technical Officer Charles Mudd Vice President of National Account Sales John Tagawa Vice President of Operations Bruce Meighan Vice President of Sales Alain Simard Senior Director of Customer Service OFFICE(S) SkyBitz 22455 Davis Drive Suite 100 Sterling, VA 20164 Phone
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Re: Ricoh You're Gonna Love This BS!

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Wow, I'm sure they have some BS reason like that those ads were paid for by the VAR group or something, but that's pretty lame. I would never ask them to take VARs off their list, but as a Ricoh dealer I'd sure like to be on it!
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Re: Prospecting in Florida

MAKO Surgical Corp. http://www.makosurgical.com WHAT IT DOES It is developing advanced technologies and procedures for minimally invasive joint surgery. EVENT 02-07-2007-$30 million in a Series C round of financing led by Tudor Investment Corporation OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... expanding the clinical presence of MAKOplasty(TM) bolstering development of next-generation technology and products potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support growth in
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Re: Leads in Georgia

increased sales activities services to support increased business development activities tools and services for product development activities The company is testing its technology with the U.S. Army, to improve recruiting efforts. It is also talking with big-box retailers. PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Jeffrey A. Neppl President and Chief Executive Officer Christopher C. Demetree, Sr. Chief Operating Officer John May Founder and Chief Technology Officer Marc H. Wallenstein Vice President of Sales
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Re: Leads in Maryland

, research and advertising services. PARTNERS Autodesk AIA/AAF Cyco Software Archibus/FM idisis Hewlett Packard 3D Connexion PacificSoft macrovision PEOPLE Donald R. (Scotty) Walsh Chief Executive Officer W. Scott Harris President and Chief Operating Officer Lawrence Rychlak Chief Financial Officer Bruce White Vice President of Infrastructure Solutions Bill Zavadil Senior Vice President of Business Development Mark Haddad Vice President of Building Solutions Aaron Bukowitz Vice President of Facilities
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Re: Leads in Mass

Core Security Technologies http://www.coresecurity.com WHAT IT DOES It develops information security technology for enterprise, government agencies, and military organizations. EVENT 02-05-2007-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Sales and Services OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support a field sales force products and services to support growth in target markets, including marketing, research and advertising services. services to
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Re: Leads in New Jersey

products and services to support growth in target markets, including marketing, research and advertising services. services to support increased business development activities tools and services for product development activities PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE David Roth President and Chief Executive Officer Donn Rochette Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Al Liebl Vice President, Product Management Walter R. MacDonald Chief Financial Officer Randy Whitcroft Vice President, Sales - Canada and EMEA
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Re: Leads in Texas

DeepNines Inc. http://www.deepnines.com WHAT IT DOES It provides network security solutions that combine intrusion detection and prevention systems and firewall technologies into a single UTM appliance. (number of employees: 37) EVENT 02-06-2007-An undisclosed investment from Altitude Capital Partners LLC OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... accelerating its sales, marketing and engineering efforts supporting its patent monetization program fueling acquisition growth potential
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Re: Prospecting in Utah

services. tools and services for software and application development products and services to support increased sales activities The funding closed in December 2006, but was announced February 7, 2007. PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE John Edwards President and Chief Executive Officer David Brueck Chief Architect Robert Bryson Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development David Ericson Vice President of Operations James Ericson Vice President of Marketing OFFICE(S) Move Networks Inc
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Re: Prospecting in California

business-to-business and business-to-consumer online channels against fraud and identity theft. EVENT 02-05-2007-$15 million in a Series C round of funding led by RBC Technology Ventures OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... advancing product development initiatives expanding global sales and marketing activities diversifying its customer service offering potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support a
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Customer Administration Webinar - Meter Reads and Compensation

tammy.araujo@ricoh-usa.com prior to the session. If received by February 19th, your questions along with the answers will be incorporated into the Webinar (time permitting). Please pass this invitation on to those in your department that would benefit from this training session. Please see the attached invitation for further information. To join the meeting please click on the link below. https://e-meetings.mci.com/nc/...amp;p=1324733&t=c
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introduction of new print management software

Ricoh is pleased to announce the introduction of its new print management software, Print Director, which enables customers to analyze, understand and ultimately save on costs associated with printing and photocopying. This new solution can be implemented to silently monitor printing activity, limit the number of prints and copies a user can make, as well as enforce “rules-based” printing methodologies to reduce Total Cost of Ownership. Print Director is designed to help drive total document
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Valentines Day!

sales stats: Candy makers will produce about 8 billion conversation hearts for Valentine's Day this year. That's enough to stretch from Valentine, Arizona, to Rome, Italy, and back 20 times, according to the National Confectioners Association. Valentine's Day is the fourth-largest candy-purchasing holiday of the year, after Halloween, Easter and Christmas. Chocolate is the most popular gift, accounting for about 75% of all Valentine’s Day candy sales, with more than 36 million heart-shaped
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iR 2270 user review

got this from epinions.com Pros: Easy to change toner and clear paper jams. Cons: VERY undependable. Our business purchased this copier on a lease. We had been very happy with other Canon imageRUNNERS that we had used in the past. However this particular has not performed up to its expectations. It continually locks up the copier when receiving an incoming fax, and will not allow any other functions to be performed when it is locked up. There have been many nights and weekends that the
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Prospecting in Kansas

LaGarde Inc. http://www.storefront.net WHAT IT DOES It provides software products and services for developing and maintaining e-business sites. EVENT 02-06-2007-$6 million in a Series A investment from Shasta Ventures OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... expanding sales and marketing operations and product development teams potential opportunity to provide... recruiting for sales professionals products and services to support increased marketing activities; services may include
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of February 2007)

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Fotor080920328Just noticed on one of these threads that Ricoh Print Director has been around for ten years now!  For those that don't know, Print Director is OEM'd from our friends at Print Audit.  I highly recommend them.  Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

RICOH SHOWCASES RIGHTS-MANAGED DOCUMENT

individuals and businesses use digital and paper-based information. DSS offers a complete package of products, services and support programs to our all our channels, comprising of direct and indirect operations under the Ricoh, Savin, Gestetner and Lanier brands. Ricoh Corporation, founded in 1962, is headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., and is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 70-year old leading supplier of office automation equipment. About Ricoh Corporation Ricoh Corporation
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Ricoh Corporation Introduces Print Director Software

to measurably improve document workflow efficiencies. DSS is committed to creating new "document-centric" customer value that will revolutionize how individuals and businesses use digital and paper-based information. DSS offers a complete package of products, services and support programs the Company's direct and indirect operations under the Ricoh, Savin, Gestetner and Lanier brands. Ricoh Corporation, founded in 1962, is headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., and is a subsidiary of Ricoh
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CANON U.S.A., INC. AND COPITRAK TO LAUNCH NEW COST

CANON U.S.A., INC. AND COPITRAK TO LAUNCH NEW COST RECOVERY APPLICATION USING MEAP TECHNOLOGY FOR CANON imageRUNNER DEVICES Copitrak's eClipse Cost Recovery Application Incorporates Canon's Innovative MFP Technology To Provide Law Firms with a Robust Solution for Cost Capture and Analysis Lake Success, N.Y., January 29, 2007 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., and Copitrak today announced an agreement for Copitrak to integrate multifunction-specific cost recovery applications using Canon's innovative
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Kip3000 vs. Ricoh240

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Does anyone know how they match up technically and dollorwiseDavid147
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Need a Ricoh Family Group Dealer ....

Need a Ricoh Family Group Dealer that can support a few systems in Mequon, Wisconsin. Anyone out there?
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University of California signs contract with Xerox

- the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. It also operates five medical centers that make it one of the largest healthcare systems in California. These centers are located in Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco. The purchasing agreements extend to all of these operations. Under these agreements, each location can choose from a variety of Xerox CopyCentre(r) digital copiers, WorkCentre(r
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Re: Leads In Minnesota

Veritec Inc. http://www.veritecinc.com OTCBB:VRTC WHAT IT DOES It manufactures and sells software designed to use its own patented technology for portable data storage systems. EVENT 01-29-2007-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Public Relations, Marketing and Sales OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support increased marketing activities; services may include PR activities
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Re: Leads in North Carolina

6th Sense Analytics Inc. http://www.6sa.com WHAT IT DOES It provides on-demand solutions for visibility across distributed software development projects. EVENT 01-31-2007-$5 million in a Series A round of funding led by Core Capital OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... accelerating research and development expanding sales and marketing efforts potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support
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Re: Leads in Virginia

headquarters are located at 7900 Westpark Drive, Suite A530 in McLean, VA. The facility houses the corporate headquarters, the U.S. sales team, product development, operations and support. PARTNERS CSG Systems BlackBerry InPhonic Microsoft Motorola Portal QualComm Sun Microsystems PEOPLE P. Venkatesh Founder and Chief Executive Officer Sathiya Krishnan Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President Doug Rice Vice President of Product Implementations Mike McCray Chief Operating Officer B.A
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Re: Leads in Washington

Farecast Inc. http://www.farecast.com WHAT IT DOES It operates a website that offers airfare predictions, the lowest fares from major airlines and other travel planning tools. EVENT 01-31-2007-$12.1 million in a Series C round of financing led by Sutter Hill Ventures OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... hiring additional technology and product development resources developing additional product and services potential opportunity to provide... tools and services for product
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Re: Prospecting in British Columbia

LED Medical Diagnostics Inc. (dba LED Dental Inc.) http://www.velscope.com WHAT IT DOES It develops and markets medical screening devices that aid in the early detection of mucosal tissue abnormalities. EVENT 02-01-2007-$6 million in financing OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... marketing and distributing its VELscope device in U.S. and Canadian dental markets potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services
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Re: Prospecting in South Carolina

Signalife Inc. http://www.signalife.com WHAT IT DOES It develops signal processing technology for testing and monitoring patients in ambulatory settings. EVENT 01-29-2007-$10 million in a credit facility from SES Capital LLC OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... bringing products to market ramping up sales efforts potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support a field sales force marketing services
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Re: Gestetner DSm616/620 need

I'm betting that you have go deep into the parameter settings of the unit. What mode is this from Ricoh?
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Re: Ricoh Corporation Introduces Print Director Software

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What bothers me is the inadequate job Ricoh is doing with informing dealers about products that are being discontinued. When even my Ricoh Order Processor isn't sure whether or when a model has been discontinued, that is extremely poor communication all the way around.
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Re: Prospecting in California

Inc. http://www.hydropoint.com WHAT IT DOES It manufactures, licenses and sells weather-based irrigation management systems for residential and commercial landscapes. EVENT 02-01-2007-$19 million in a Series C round of financing led by RockPort Capital Partners OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... expanding sales and marketing potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support a field sales force
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Re: Leads in Connecticut

Drinks Americas Holdings Ltd. http://www.drinksamericas.com WHAT IT DOES It creates, markets and distributes alcoholic and non-alcoholic premium beverages. (number of employees: 8) EVENT 02-01-2007-$8 million in a private placement OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... funding marketing, sales and promotional programs working capital potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support a field sales
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Re: Prospecting in Florida

. equipment and systems for operational requirements services to support increased business development activities equipment and services to support manufacturing operations PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Dennis J. Gormley Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony M. Cialone Founder and Chief Operating Officer Donald L. Botka Vice President, Technology and Strategic Initiatives James B. Gray Vice President, Sales and Marketing Patrick R. George Chief Financial Officer OFFICE(S) Lehigh
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Re: Leads in Georgia

services. services to support increased business development activities tools and services for product development activities products and services to support a field sales force On January 18, 2007, the company announced it received an asset-based financing facility from CIT Commercial Services. The relationship with CIT strengthens the company's ability to expand retail channels and product lines in 2007. PARTNERS IDT Telecom SunRocket Internet Phone Service PEOPLE Bruce Hahn Chief Executive Officer
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Re: Leads in Mass

Olschwang President and Chief Executive Officer Adam Soroca Vice President and General Manager of Search Services Dennis Doughty Vice President of Engineering Eric McCabe Vice President of Marketing Yishay Waxman Global Sales Consultant Jorey Ramer Vice President of Corporate Management Mark Duffy Chief Financial Officer Menashe Rothschild Chief Technology Officer Mike Kent General Manager of EMEA Jonas Hellgren Vice President of Operations OFFICE(S) JumpTap Inc. 245 First Street Suite
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Gestetner DSm616/620 need

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Trying to change the length of a fax original to a length longer than 17". Document feeder "jams" after 17" at present. Car Dealer has Sales Agreements in excess of 22 inches and wishes to fax them to other fax units where they can be printed out on three or more pages. Any ideas, anyone, if this is possible?
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Technician Omaha Ne.

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Tech with digital b/w, color or connectivity wanted. Ricoh experiance prefered.reply to blamb@jqoffice.com
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Wide Format Mayhem Poll!

Please everyone who went to the wide format mayhem in New Jersey or you just downloaded the Wide Format Mayhem Document. Please let us know if it helped in selling more product! Every vote counts, if enough us us vote, we can keep on getting this type of material for us!
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New Firmware Cards

, copied, or deleted using Windows Explorer. There is no training course planned for the SD card itself. This new service tool will be introduced during the product-training course. Note: It is not necessary to use an SD card with new products and new SDG applications. You can eliminate the need for type A, B, or C cards by loading SDK applications through the MFP Web Image Monitor page. Java VM (SDK-J) Cards Once an SD (or IC) card service tool above has been used to update a machine with various
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Did the Wide Format Monster Mayhem Show or Document help you in closing additional 240W or 480W business.

 
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (4th Week of January 2007)

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Fotor080920328There's a great thread about a P4P'er asking where they could find some information about selling to the Print4Pay Industry.  Shaja makes mention of three web sites and I chimed in with a few points of my own. You can check out that thread here.

Xerox Quarterly Net Falls, But Sales Rise

NEW YORK - Xerox Corp., the world's largest provider of office printers, copiers and related services, posted lower quarterly net income Tuesday, hurt by restructuring costs, but sales of its digital color systems improved. The company, whose growth is driven by high-end printing and document-management services, said net income fell to $214 million, or 22 cents a share, from $282 million, or 27 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding costs related to restructuring, profit was 38 cents a share
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Ricoh to buy IBM's digital printer operations

, Ricoh would take over all global sales and maintenance service divisions of IBM's digital business printer business, the newspaper said, without citing sources. It would also obtain IBM's employees and engineering staff engaged in developing the software that controls the printing process, it said. Ricoh is positioning digital printers as the next growth business after copiers, while IBM, for its part, is accelerating its shift to a software and services provider in the information technology
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Canon to target another year of record

By Aiko Wakao TOKYO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Canon Inc. (7751.T: Quote, NEWS , Research) is expected to report a 15.5 percent rise in quarterly profit and to forecast an eighth year of record earnings in 2007 on robust sales of digital cameras and colour copiers, as well as a weak yen. Analysts expect most Japanese precision gear makers will post solid earnings for the most recent quarter, with Olympus Corp. (7733.T: Quote, NEWS , Research) and Nikon Corp. (7731.T: Quote, NEWS , Research) possibly
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Re: Ricoh Printwise/Savin,Gestetner PageTelligence

I agree! It is our job to analize cost along with workflow and present custom solutions! However where we run into problems is with unexperienced sales people that are recommended systems that are too small for the customer needs. I have seen this on three occassions in the last month or so. RBS rep reccommending a C3500SP where the monthly volume is 16,000 pages per month and a Canon Rep that is offering a iR2880i where the monthly volume is 17,000 per month. please visit the www.p4photel.org
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MPC2500/3000/3500/4500

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New Fiery Models
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Re: Ricoh Printwise/Savin,Gestetner PageTelligence

I distribute and market RICOH digital copiers in india, however the local operations are still moving boxes, and I am of the opinion that the time has come to briong in awareness on the total cost of ownership to the customer, which in term means to me out of box sales and better realisisation of profits. Please help me with any or all information that you feel will enable me achieve this effectively, and productively. PERIPHERAL TECHNOLOGIES : LUDVIG DA SILVA quote: Originally posted by
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Re: Ricoh to buy IBM's digital printer operations

leading provider of output solutions for customers of all sizes -- from small businesses to large enterprises. Drawing on the combined strengths of IBM and Ricoh, the InfoPrint Solutions Company will be able to provide the best value through expanded research and development, a broader range of products and services, increased sales capabilities and a more comprehensive set of market offerings. The joint venture will benefit from access to IBM's powerful worldwide distribution and sales network
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Re: Print for pay industry...

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Amen to everything said above! Be aware that not all printers have embraced digital printing and you will be competing against press manufacturers. (By my digital printing definition, I am including good high-volume copier/printer systems such as Konica's bizhub 1050 with digital presses such as Kodak's NexPress.) Actually, you are competing against digital presses (ie., NexPress, iGen, Indigo, Xeikon) AND traditional presses designed for short runs (ie., Printmaster). So, in addition to being
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Re: Print for pay industry...

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Being a Ricoh/Kyocera daeler we also sell offsets. The one thing you need to understand about commerical printers is the equipment they buy has to make them $$$$$. There will run the equipment into the ground before there will replace it.
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Re: Canon ir2880i help!

thanx, I have a customer that is doing 16.5 k per month, and the local Canon dealer is pushing the c2880i, I keep telling them that this system will not last at this type of volume. Not sure what else I can do, maybe what I really need is a sheet stating the Canon's average monthly volume.
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Re: SAVIN C 4540

They bought Standard Copy, the large Savin dealer in the area sometime ago, so IKON is a Savin dealer in that Market. The price is way too low (Level 6 with almost no GP). Service and Lease rate are tolerable.
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Re: Need a solution for this....

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form once from the PC. They also could print the output as a pdf and email them instead of faxing. For more transactional VDP options (especially if the volume is projected to go up): Prism's DocForm. I don't have personal experience with it, but my Konica solutions person (who is actually a fairly objective source) has good things to say about it. Also, take a look at Objectif Lune's PlanetPress. The form is stored electronically on the printer's hard drive, and it will support data from many
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Re: Print for pay industry...

few months and you will gain their trust. 6. Treat them like as #1 TOP Priority, some printers have incredible volumes and they need to be treated as #1 when there service call comes in. 7. They are in business to make money and if you can show them a way to make more they will listen. If selling them a new product such as wide format, offer to conduct a marketing blitz for them. Meaning, you take two days a month for the next three months to cold call for them thier literature. Make sure you
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Re: DWF DWG Scanning

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"can you give me a general idea of what is being asked?" That's a good question. They are probably inferring 'will the scan be good enough for a high % Raster to Vector conversion' (imho). The answer is 'Maybe'. Depends on the quality and content of the original and to a lesser degree the quality of the scanner and software that manages the scan. If the question means, 'how good is the accuracy/ quality of the scanner & software versus other similar competitive scanners / software', the Ricoh
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Achieving Cost Efficiencies with Next-

printer utilization and redeployment, $100,000 in help desk costs, $50,000 in print penalty avoidance, and $100,000 in other areas for total annual savings of $500,000. ENS
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IT Companies and HP MFPs

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Lately we are seeing more local IT companies selling HP MFPs and Lexmark MFPs. Can anyone help me build my case for choosing a reputable copier vendor over an IT company when selecting their MFP? I appreciate any input.
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This really burns me up! (Monthly Volumes)

tell them that a system from me would be $40,000 compared to $12,000. This sale is still pending, I ended up quoted the larger system and then a quote for the same system that they already had. My beef is with the rep who gave them the quote, they were obviously in experienced and did not do their homework to meet the customers needs with a qualified system that will last the term of the lease and not be a boat anchor to the customer after two years! A week later I ran up against Dealer for Canon
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KIP shows the "KIP Color" 80,"

Oce' had a "color 9800" that they were keeping under lock and key and there are rumors out of the Ricoh camp about a four "D" a minute machine that does color and sells in the $60,000 range.
 
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (3rd Week of January 2007)

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LCA Web ads_225 x 225It's been while since I posted the last one.  Now that I have a little more time, I'll be back to posting this series one a week.

There's a thread below titled "Who Needs 11x17?".  It's been ten years now for A4 devices and I feel that most manufacturers have held back from developing advanced A4 devices.  When it comes down to it, it's all about profit and the manufacturers don't want to ruin there A3 business.  Come to think of it, none of the manufacturers are really killing it with A4. Wonder why that is?  My first thought would be collusion.

Anyway below are the popular threads from ten years ago this week!

Kyocera Mita America's New Line Of Color MFPs Receives Prestigious BERTL

software, has awarded each of its color multifunctional products (MFPs) – the KM-C3232, KM-C3225 and KM-C2520 – a prestigious "Four-Star, Highly Recommended" rating. This impressive score is strictly reserved for those devices that deliver a range of business-critical features/functions that are above average and provide potential buyers with a good return on investment (ROI). The BERTL recognition emphasizes Kyocera's commitment in delivering highly reliable, affordable and user-friendly
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Buying Ricoh 3045's w/ Scan to file

Buying Ricoh 3045's w/ Scan to file please reply w/ selling price and meter to: hmcpartland@cox.net or call Harry 949.290.1549 Thanks!
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Ricoh Canada Inc. selected as exclusive

recovery and recycle rate. All of Ricoh’s manufacturing facilities have earned ISO 14001 certification, the global standard for environmental management. Ricoh Canada Inc, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 70-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2005 sales in excess of $17 billion, a 5.6 percent increase over the previous year. Ricoh Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions. Ricoh’s
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Re: Who Needs 11x17?

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Yes, this topic could be debated for decades ... perhaps it has. But those of us who were copier before digital, were always fed the canned reasons for the quality differences between "PC" type and "Commercial Quality" boxes. Bigger is better? And therefore more expensive ... enter into the digital age ... HP already controlled the network (with Canon made laser engines), even they have gone cheap on the low-end thanks to the likes of brother who, while the first few models left a bit to be
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AFICIO MP 161/MP 161F/MP 161SPF

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ricoh Web Site: www.ricoh-usa.com CONTACT: Russell Marchetta Laura Bower Ricoh Corporation Peppercom (973) 882-2075 (212) 931-6127 russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com lbower@peppercom.com RICOH CORPORATION INTRODUCES AFICIO MP 161/MP 161F/MP 161SPF Digital Imaging Systems Combine Advanced Capabilities with a Compact Design West Caldwell, NJ, January 15, 2007 – Ricoh Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, today launched the RicohÒ AficioÒ MP
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Canon ir2880i help!

Need to know what the average monthly volume is and the suggested retail for base unit, df, bookletmaker, scan & print. Thanx
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SAVIN C 4540

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A customer just fax this over to me. this document has been archived please email me if you need it (Premium Members Only) Please refer to savin_c450_price_quote.pdf
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new canon digital offset?

A print shop owner says there is a new revolutionary product coming out using coated stock. Anyone know details? Please advise
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Ricoh2035e

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Does anyone know if you can set the scan to folder default file type to PDF or does the end user have to select each time?Thanks.
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Re: SAVIN C 4540

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I hope I don't start seeing that around here. I configured this using true dealer cost at DMAP6 and got $10,383...add shipping, start-up supplies delivery, etc. and you've got to be at least at $11,000. The only thing I can think of (besides a complete mistake made by the rep) is that Ricoh has low-balled pricing for IKON to try to get them leading with Ricoh color rather than Canon color.
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Re: SAVIN C 4540

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Why is Ikon quoting Savin????? They are a Ricoh dealer not Savin.
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INTRODUCTION OF THE imageRUNNER 3045/3035/3030/3025

CANON U.S.A. “PERSONALIZES” OFFICE TECHNOLOGY WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE imageRUNNER 3045/3035/3030/3025 New imageRUNNER Devices Redefine Document Workflow for Mid-Sized Departments, Smaller Businesses and Workgroups Lake Success, N.Y., January 16, 2007 – Addressing the document distribution and management needs of mid-sized corporate departments and smaller businesses and workgroups, Canon U.S.A., Inc., the nation’s market share brand leader in black-and-white and color laser printer
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THREE NEW DESKTOP imageRUNNER LASER PRINTERS

CANON U.S.A. ROUNDS OUT OFFICE SOLUTIONS LINEUP WITH THREE NEW DESKTOP imageRUNNER LASER PRINTERS Three New Desktop Models Deliver High Quality Print in a Convenient Compact Design for Office Environments LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., January 16, 2007 – To better meet the needs of their office imaging customers, Canon U.S.A., Inc., the nation's market share brand leader in black–and–white and color copier solutions , today introduced two new color and one monochrome desktop Laser Beam Printers (LBP
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Re: SAVIN C 4540

I had something similar with RBS, but not this low! The price is almost a $1,000 under our cost from Ricoh!
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Re: Leads in Colorado

Adventure Central http://www.adventurecentral.com WHAT IT DOES It provides online booking and travel inventory management services for adventure tour operators. EVENT 01-09-2007-$3.5 million in Series B financing led by Allegis Capital OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... accelerating growth enhancing product development expanding sales and marketing efforts adding new employees in sales, customer support and software development potential opportunity to provide... products and
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Re: Leads in Illinois

, Ph.D Vice President, Research and Development Donald J. Freed, Ph.D Vice President, Business Development Kevin J. Wenta Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing Edward G. Ludwig Vice President, Business Development Ian Roberts Vice President, U.S. and International Sales OFFICE(S) Nanophase Technologies Corporation 1319 Marquette Drive Romeoville, IL 60446 Phone: 630-771-6700 Fax: 630-771-0825 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Re: Prospecting in New Hampshire

Hiawatha Island Software Inc. (HiSoftware) http://www.hisoftware.com WHAT IT DOES It provides software, services and on-demand solutions that test, repair, monitor and enforce Web content quality and regulatory compliance. EVENT 01-09-2007-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Sales and Service OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support a field sales force equipment and systems for
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Re: Leads in Virginia

Brainware Inc. http://www.brainware.com WHAT IT DOES It provides corporations and government agencies with structure-free access to critical information in organizational databases, emails, document archives, images, and files servers. EVENT 01-09-2007-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Sales OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support a field sales force products and services to
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Re: Leads in Washington

BioPassword Inc. http://www.biopassword.com WHAT IT DOES It provides enterprise security software for multi-factor authentication based on keystroke rhythm. (number of employees: 40) EVENT 01-08-2007-$11 million in Series C financing OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... product development sales outreach global expansion operations potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support a field sales force
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Re: Canon ir2880i help!

thanx, I have a customer that is doing 16.5 k per month, and the local Canon dealer is pushing the c2880i, I keep telling them that this system will not last at this type of volume. Not sure what else I can do, maybe what I really need is a sheet stating the Canon's average monthly volume.
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Re: Prospecting in South Carolina

843-789-2166 jeff.martin@atdesk.com Shane Swanson General Counsel & Director of Compliance Jack Vensel Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing 843-789-2048 Dan Keegan Executive Vice President of Institutional Equities Mary Waggoner Director of Public Relations 843-789-2031 mwaggoner@atdesk.com OFFICE(S) Automated Trading Desk LLC (ATD) 11 eWall Street Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Phone: 843-789-2000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Re: Leads in Connecticut

Spine Wave Inc. http://www.spinewave.com WHAT IT DOES It develops and markets advanced materials, techniques, and implant systems for spine surgery. EVENT 01-08-2007-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of U.S. Sales Development OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities services to support increased business development activities marketing services to support product/service launch. This may include online and
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Re: Prospecting in Florida

President of Sales and Marketing George R. Titus, Ph.D. Senior Vice President of Medical Technologies Jeffrey L. Raney, Esq. Secretary and General Counsel Cheryl Balaban, CPA Vice President of Finance and Controller OFFICE(S) LifeSync Corporation One East Broward Blvd. Suite 1701 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Toll Free: 866-324-3888 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NovaVision Inc. http://www.novavision.com WHAT IT DOES It develops examination and treatment
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Re: Leads in Georgia

Air2Web Inc. http://www.air2web.com WHAT IT DOES It provides mobile messaging and marketing applications for enterprises and carriers. EVENT 01-08-2007-Announced the appointment of a new Senior Vice President of Global Sales OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities software and systems specific to the sales function products and services to support a field sales force services to support increased business development
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Re: Leads in Mass

Capital, Inc. OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... growth potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support a field sales force products and services to support growth in target markets, including marketing, research and advertising services. services to support increased business development activities PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Richard Post Chief Executive Officer and Chairman 978-932-2030 Stanley D
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Re: Prospecting in California

(IFCs) for nanovolume fluid control in life science applications. (number of employees: 70) EVENT 01-08-2007-$37 million in Series E funding OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... increasing sales and marketing of its new Biomark(TM) system and TOPAZ(R) system developing new products in its pipeline potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support a field sales force services to support increased
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Re: new canon digital offset?

Heard something about this too, here is a link for canon new products http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/new_products/new_products_office.html
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Service code SC990 on GelSprinters

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I have one customer that keeps getting a service code of SC990. Does anyone know what this code means? Also, are there any service manuals etc. on these printers, or do we just have to send them back to Ricoh for service? Ted
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Prospecting in New Mexico

Advanced Technetix, Inc. http://www.advancedtechnetix.com Pink Sheets:AVXN WHAT IT DOES It develops technologies and products for digital communications, entertainment-related services and specific consumer electronics platforms. EVENT 01-10-2007-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Sales and Marketing OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support growth in target markets, including
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The First Week of November 2006

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One of the more interesting threads below is from Gordon MacKay from Queensland, Australia.  Gordon posted a thread in reference to his existing dealership and his past experience in the copier industry.  It was awesome to re-visit this thread.  Gordon, if you're still out there, shoot us a reply.  That thread is here

Japan's Konica Minolta

multifunctional models, especially in Europe," company director Yasuo Matsumoto told a news conference. Konica Minolta also raised its operating profit forecast for the year to March by 21 percent to 96.5 billion yen, above the consensus estimate of 90 billion yen. Its domestic rivals such as Canon Inc. (7751.T: Quote, NEWS, Research) and Fujifilm Holdings (4901.T: Quote, NEWS, Research) recently reported better-than-expected earnings thanks to a weaker yen and strong sales of core products
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Xerox Printers Get Lower Price, Higher Speeds

Xerox Printers Get Lower Price, Higher Speeds Xerox Launches Its Most Affordable Desktop Color Multifunction Printer Priced to Replace Business Inkjet Printers. Small business products deliver advanced features starting at $349, black-and-white printing from $179. WILSONVILLE, OR, November 3, 2006 - For less than the cost of one front-row ticket to a Rolling Stones concert, small businesses can invest in something worth a whole lot more for their future - the latest high-quality color laser
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Re: Ricoh Wide Format Marketing

I just visited a dealer in the greater Boston area and he carries the Ricoh WF, Xerox WF, KIP WF and KM WF. I have seen a 240W labeled Toshiba and he mentioned that he also has seen a 240W labeled with Toshiba!! Here in CT we see it labeled as Ricoh, Savin, Gestetner, Lanier, GEI, and once as Toshiba.
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Danka Reports Fiscal Year 2007 Second Quarter Operating Results

costs 53,834 69,428 113,306 143,145 Retail service costs 72,751 74,913 148,985 156,159 Retail supplies and rental costs, including depreciation on rental assets 8,741 10,654 17,773 21,754 Wholesale costs 15,953 15,884 35,481 35,475 --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total cost of sales 151,279 170,879 315,545 356,533 --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Gross profit 73,491 81,912 156,822 175,394 Operating expenses: Selling, general and administrative expenses
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Sharp Document Solutions Company Of America

PHOENIX, November 1, 2006 – Sharp Document Solutions Company of America (SDSCA) today announced that it has established a direct regional sales operation through its new division, Sharp Business Systems. The first branch, Sharp Business Systems of Arizona, opened today. The Company plans to establish more than 20 local Sharp Business Systems branches during the next few years. “Sharp Business Systems will help Sharp continue to grow the business and strengthen Sharp’s distribution in key
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New Kyocera Wide Format Imaging System, Delivers Low Cost

monitor, manage and configure the print server, print jobs and scanned images. In addition, the KM-3650w ships with a print controller interface client tool that allows customers to print jobs to the device without launching the application the document was created in. Availability The KM-3650w is available through authorized Kyocera Mita America dealers at an MSRP of $16,495.00. To find the nearest dealer, visit Kyocera Mita America's dealer locator at www.kyoceramita.com .
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Kyocera KM-3650w/OEM KIP3000

their document processing needs in-house, saving them significant time, money and space." Kyocera KM3650W
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NEW!! Ricoh AC205L

Ricoh is pleased to announce the introduction of the new the new Ricoh AC205L. The AC205 was previously launched some time ago. However, within the sales materials, Brochure, Sales Information Guide, etc., we have combined both products, the AC205L and AC205. The AC205L is exactly the same machine but does not include the NIC interface. Therefore the only difference between the two units is that the AC205L does not have any network connectivity. With AC104 and AC204 being discontinued the AC
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Re: GEI?

/publication/graphic arts markets almost exclusively. They do alot of work with software and modifying Main Source Codes and Controller software. They even designed and built the first large format ,18 x 24, laser printer based on a Mita box and then a Canon box.They are located in Canton, OH and are a nationwide sales and service organization. Anybody in the advertising and newspaper industries knows of GEI.
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RICOH CORPORATION NAMED TO InformationWeek 500

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ricoh Web Site: www.ricoh-usa.com CONTACT: Russell Marchetta Laura Bower Ricoh Corporation Peppercom (973) 882-2075 (212) 931-6127 russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com lbower@peppercom.com RICOH CORPORATION NAMED TO INFORMATIONWEEK 500 FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR West Caldwell, NJ, October 31, 2006 – InformationWeek Magazine has selected Ricoh Corporation to its InformationWeek 500, a prestigious listing of the most innovative users of information technology in the
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Sharp ARPB2N and ARP11N

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If anyone has any of these controllers please let me know. Thanks,
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IKON Manuvering with Kyocera?

Could be a rumor, would they keep all three or would they drop someone?
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Canon P4P Hotel up and Running!

I never realized how many products Canon has, along with all the partners! Here is the link, dual line dealers are welcome! Print 4 Pay Hotel Canon
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Ricoh Needs Color Scanning on Next gen Model!

We are approximatly eight to nine months out for the next generation of the 240W. I don't know much about any new features. Color Scanning is critcal feature for the next gen system. Users would love to be able to scan color wide format (since 80% of our customers have color plotters in house)and then forward them via email or use an ASP for document collaboration. It was recently mentioned that Ricoh will be partnering with Vidar or Graphtec (I'm not sure which one) for color scanner
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NEW!!! Ricoh Aficio MP 2510/MP 3010

Ricoh is pleased to announce the introduction of the new Ricoh Aficio MP 2510/MP 3010 Digital Imaging Systems. Built on the strong features of its predecessor, the Aficio MP 2510/MP 3010 Series offers all of the functions of the Aficio 3025/3030 Series. This new series allows Ricoh to provide more affordable and flexible printing solutions, while still maintaining all the innovation and dependability of the Aficio 3025/3030 series. Our redesigned “Print Only” configuration includes 384MB RAM
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Re: Ricoh Needs Color Scanning on Next gen Model!

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I agree. How about a color multifunctional wide format system using the gelsprinter technology? Come on Ricoh!! You have the technology. Just stop giving it away to other manufacturers. Just a rant here but did they trade the 3131 with Toshiba for the MP 9000-1350 series? If so, you got old technology and gave away our high volume edge. Or how about IBM getting it too. Give us the wide format we need. We sold the 240W for you and made that product #1. Let us do it again with the right product
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Re: Ricoh Wide Format Marketing

My territory, the large Xerox dealer never took on the Ricoh line, however still have comp from RBS, Lanier and others. Art
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Message from fellow P4P'er in AU

You asked if any one knew any Australian Dealers we are in Sunshine Coast Queensland and found out about this site about 3 months ago , have since kept in touch and checked out site for all sorts of info. If I can be of any help please make contact. We might be a bit odd as we are both Kyocera dealer and Ricoh. As Kyocera are just launching the re-badged Kip plan printer your article was very interesting. Unfortunately Ricoh DO NOT sell the plan printers through their dealer network yet only
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Re: Wide Format Monster Garage!!

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We are fairly new to the wide format world, but it truly looks like we have a leg up on the competition. The Xerox with the "removeable" scanner was fascinating.
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Re: GEI?

Bottom line, The copier manufacturers are in the business of manufacturing copiers. Dealers are in the business of selling copiers. Mfgs panic anytime they see their inventory exceed certain levels and do all they can to continue manufacturing at consistant levels. When inventory exceeds preset levels, what do they do? they seek other methods of distribution to move equipment. Look at car manufacturing in the US, they will offer all kinds of incentives to their current dealers to move machines
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Re: Wide Format Monster Garage!!

Just to let you know the Xerox 6204 is going to be available with the Axcess (YKE) controller. This is the same controller that drives most of the other Xerox WF products. This controller blows away any embedded controller and is a real proven product. Mike
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Re: IS300e scanner and CL7200 for color copying

ease of use: medium FCOT: Slow Copy Quality: Acceptable The only place I saw this config was at Ricoh Corp in NJ. I am going on memory, however I was not impressed with the FCOT. But then you are scanning from one piece of hardware and printing on another, it should be slower than an MFP.
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Re: Prospecting in British Columbia

Intrinsyc Software International Inc. http://www.intrinsyc.com WHAT IT DOES It develops mobility software and services for mobile handset and wireless device manufacturers. (number of employees: 160) EVENT 11-02-2006-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President and General Manager of Worldwide Sales and Technical Marketing OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support a field sales force
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Re: NEW HP 11x17 Laser MFP

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The finisher is in the upper area of the inside of the device. It will staple 30 pages but has no offset sort, only standard sorting. The cost per page is .012007 That is the dealer cost for service and supplies. Probably mark up to .02 You don't add individual components, you order the unit preconfigured. The XS model has all the bells and whistles. A Ricoh 3030sp is competetive with the XS version. You'll get it on the CPP. FYI Does have quite a long warmup period. The scanning is nifty yet
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Re: Leads in Arizona

marketing. PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Glenn R. Rink Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Rodolfo Manzone Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Lane J. Castleton Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Lee Michlin Director of Sales Lorenzo Salvade Director of Business Development OFFICE(S) AbTech Industries Inc. 4110 N. Scottsdale Road Suite 235 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Toll Free: 800-545-8999 Phone: 480-874-4000
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Re: Prospecting in California

2online.com Kevin C. Wells President and Chief Operating Officer Keith Geck Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing OFFICE(S) go2 Systems Inc. 18400 Von Karman Suite 610 Irvine, CA 92612 Phone: 949-553-0800 Fax: 949-553-0088 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GoFish Corporation (formerly Unibio Inc.) http://www.gofish.com WHAT IT DOES It provides an online video destination for user-generated video. EVENT 10-31-2006-$12 million in a private placement
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Re: Prospecting in Florida

Solicore Inc. http://www.solicore.com WHAT IT DOES It develops, manufactures and markets ultra-thin, flexible lithium polymer batteries for the smart card, RFID and medical device markets. EVENT 11-02-2006-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Sales OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities equipment and systems for operational requirements Steven Landau is the new Vice President of Sales. PARTNERS Air Products
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Re: Leads in Georgia

Biofisica Inc. http://www.biofisica.com WHAT IT DOES It develops solutions for chronic wound healing within the tissue engineering market. EVENT 10-31-2006-$5 million in a Series A round of financing OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... launching its product initial regulatory filings in the U.S. expanding its management team in both the UK and the U.S. growing its product pipeline potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support growth in target markets
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Re: Leads in Mass

GetConnected Inc. http://www.getconnected.com WHAT IT DOES It provides a transaction processing platform that enables retailers, e-tailers and call centers to digitally sell video, voice, data and entertainment services. EVENT 10-30-2006-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Marketing OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities brand management and advertising services products and services to support growth in
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Wide Format Monster Garage!!

Ah! It's good to live in New Jersey! I can't say that I'll say that too often. Wide Format Monster Garage came to the Crown Point Hotel in New Jersey yesterday. There were two four hour work shops. We had the KIP3000, Xerox 6204, OCETDS320 and our beloved 240W. All of them were connected and ready to go. We were able to perform hands on tests for copying, printing and scanning. It was awesome! At one point in time we were the only player in the digital low end wide format market. As time came
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launched the e-STUDIO™901/1101/1351 series

IRVINE, Calif., (Oct. 30, 2006) – Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) today launched the e-STUDIO™901/1101/1351 series, a high-volume monochrome digital multifunction product (MFP) with optional network printing and scanning capabilities. Leveraging Toshiba’s technology leadership, the e-STUDIO901/1101/1351 gives users complete access to its network through a large 10.4” Super VGA TFT (thin film transistor) LCD remote Touch Screen Control Panel that sits above the copier at eye level
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Leads in Alabama

Open Biosystems Inc. http://www.openbiosystems.com WHAT IT DOES It develops, manufactures and markets genomic research tools to scientists and researchers in corporate, academic and government laboratories. EVENT 11-02-2006-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Sales and Marketing OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support increased marketing activities; services may include PR
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Prospecting in Indiana

Single Source Systems Inc. http://www.singlesrc.com WHAT IT DOES It develops and supports service management software for companies that manufacture, sell, install or service technical or industrial products. (number of employees: 50) EVENT 11-01-2006-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Sales OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities sales training programs software and systems specific to the sales function
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Rumor FLASH! RBS gone now Lanier????

Heard it today for the first time...... in reference to the Lanier and RBS transition. RBS will now become Lanier All direct sales will be from the Lanier side. Remember this is a rumor!! We'll have to see how the whole thing shakes out, most rumors never do.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The Last Week of August 2006

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Oh gesh, do I remember those first gel-printers from Ricoh.  They were cool, priced right, however almost all of the ended up with error codes (I think the code was E-99). The end result of the code was to throw the system in the trash

It's ten years later and I bother with the small ink printers from Ricoh anymore.  Although I'm a pretty big fan of the CW2201 color wide format that uses in.  Placed three of these so far and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they will perform.

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Kodak Announces New Web-to-Unified Print

Kodak Announces New Web-to-Unified Print Solution that Expands Efficiencies Printer Friendly Software • TOWER Software’s TRIM Context Wins KMWorld Trend-Setting Product of the Year Award • New KODAK COLORFLOW Technology Enables Confident Delivery of Predictable Color • Kodak Announces New Web-to-Unified Print Solution that Expands Efficiencies • Bitstream to Debut "Pageflex: One Application for All Things Variable" at GraphExpo 2006 • New Océ PRISMA Software Maximizes Functionality of
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launched the e-STUDIO™360CP

Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) today launched the e-STUDIO™360CP, a cost-effective business color printer with outstanding performance, sharp image quality, standard network printing and numerous finishing options. Ideal for corporate environments that have high volume color workgroups with ledger printing needs, the e-STUDIO360CP enables companies to introduce color into the workplace at an affordable price, without sacrificing speed or quality. “As Toshiba’s fastest and most
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Re: MP1350 and Aficio 1085 file compatability

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I don't believe they are compatable, but I recommend you contact Tracy Rainey of Savin his number is (678) 576-0899. If anyone can give you a definite answer, he would be the one.
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Re: SGC1506

more than makes up for the lower, grainy pictures. Unless the customer lays them side-by-side, they may not notice the difference. I know we're going to try to start selling them. EVERY business has at least one or two inkjets, simply because of the low start-up cost.
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Re: 4022sp SMB scanning

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I have had this happen before with a PC that had McAfee Anti Virus loaded on it. You have to update McAfee to fix the issue. It is a McAfee created problem and they acknowledge it. Go to McAfee and search for (Case No: 758588, Hotfix HF214636). Also,check out this FAQ from Ricoh Corp website I attached. It will explain also.
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Re: SGC1506

We ordered one and had our tech's look at it before we wanted to sell it. Our tech's thought it was poorly designed, and the print quality is poor. When thee GelPrinter Rep from Ricoh was in, he even said wait for Generation 2... So we have one if you want it?
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Color imageRUNNER C5180

New From Canon: Color imageRUNNER C5180 Canon U.S.A. Expands Its Color Laser Line-Up with the Availability of the Color imageRUNNER C5180 and the Introduction of Four New Color Models. Canon Rounds Out Its New Color imageRUNNER Line to Deliver Powerful Color Within Reach of Any Sized Business. LAKE SUCCESS, NY, Aug. 24, 2006 - Helping to make color in the office a reality, Canon U.S.A, Inc., the nation's market share brand leader in black-and-white and color laser printer/copier solutions
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The Last Week of July 2006

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Geesh, it's been ten years since the release of the Ricoh MP C615 MFP!   The 615 was Ricoh's first and only foray into liquid ink technology for an A3 MFP.  We sold a few and everyone who had em, hated them!  I would have bet the ranch that Ricoh would have introduced more ink based products ten years ago.  Glad I did not bet the ranch! 

Enjoy the most popular threads from ten years ago this week in the copier industry!

Ricoh 615C

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Here they come......
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Ricoh AP3800C Color MFP Printing too slow

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This AP3800C is the 38 black and 28 color printer with the scanner (on a big metal stand) sold a few years ago new. Just placed a used one at a company and it prints way slow on their brand new network with new PCs. Has max 384MB memory, firmware is upgraded. Tried RPCS and PCL5c and does not make a difference. When printing 10 copies from Excel it prints the first after 25 seconds, then the next 15 seconds later, next another 15 seconds and so forth. Seems it is ripping each page seperately
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Savin CLP26DN with IS200e Scanner limitations

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Just to let anyone know that did not already - this combination color printer with scanner system wil NOT sort. Also it takes 25 seconds for the first page to come out when using it as a copier. Way too slow. Also will not duplex 1:2 properly - user...
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Network speed Ricoh 1013

I just installed a Ricoh 1013 but the orange light on the MFp was not coming on. Last time this happened to me, it was a network speed issue which I was able to resolve. But on this machine, I am unable to figure out how/where to change the speed (auto select; 10Mbps; 100Mbps) Does any know? the MFP is saying its running at 100Mbps. I am tryin to get it to auto select or if that doesnt work, to 10Mbps. Thank for any help you can give.
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Need Minolta Di750 Print Controller

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I picked up a service customer with a Minolta Di750 and they want to add printing on their network. I need the Printer Controler Option and NIC Card, not sure of the part numbers. I checked with Greater Philly and a few others and had no luck. Is there anyone who would have one for sale?
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Ricoh 4420nf + Fax forward to email

I am not clear on how to set this on this fax machine. I have seen a write up for a copier but in reading the op man for this fax, it sort of indicates I will need SR Pro, whereas the copier (B089) doesnt require it. This customer only want one email...
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Re: I need a Doc Mgmt Company

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Ricoh has an excellent consulting group available through the Major Account Group. I'd present this to your Dealer Sales Manager for a referral to the Major Account folks. Good Luck!
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Re: New Poll, MFPSPI Series from Ricoh

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I would prefer that the software -- ANY third-party title-- NOT be bundled with the hardware. My sales reps would prefer to be able to configure the software proposal the way the client needs it instead of having to offer it a certain way because it comes preconfigured that way. And speaking with my Purchasing manager hat on, too many preconfigured options is needlessly confusing (the CL7000/CL7100, for a prime example).
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Re: Ricoh 615C

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I couldn't get the file to open. What is the Ricoh 615C?
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Re: Pantone color Matching

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I meant it might take a while for Ricoh to release this info for these machines, not complaining about setting it up once it's available
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Re: Xerox and their single click Ledger

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and if we are counting 11 x 17 as 1 it's not truly accurate. Xerox gets around this by not scheduling any preventative maintenance on their machines...maybe that is one of the reasons why their service is sometimes lower, they aren't providing the same type of maintenance.
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I need help for my clients

Hello, I speak spanish, and my english is very poor. Well i work with Ricoh Product the machines must used is Aficio 2035, 1515, 2015. My problem it at moment the training a my clients. What document uses, video, documents others ??? What methods use ???
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Seeking (2) More Independent Contractors

Our (3) new ITI Independent Contractors say "this is a fantastic opportunity" IT Intersection, Inc., subsidiary of VircoSoft Corporation is seeking (2) additional Independent Contractors (Sales) for an exciting, high income potential opportunity. ALL CONTACT WITH US WILL BE HELD IN STRICT CONFIDENCE Basic Requirements: Document Management Software experience (hardware sales, IT sales and/or technical support) Strong desire to work in the fast growing Document Management Software Solution
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CIS Sensor for an FW7030D is $5,147.48??!!

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We have a customer on cantract whose unit is needing this $5,147 part. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to handle this without paying Ricoh $5,147 for this part? Already tried to locate a unit from wholesalers to use as a parts machine but can't find anyone who has one.
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$5,147 CIS Sensor??!!

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We have a customer on cantract whose unit is needing this $5,147 part. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to handle this without paying Ricoh $5,147 for this part? (It is part #V34009013) Already tried to locate a unit from wholesalers to use as a parts machine but can't find anyone who has one.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

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

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IS200e+Savin CLP27dn = Duplex Copy?

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Does anyone know if the Savin IS200e provide duplex "copying" when it is paired with a printer that has duplex standard such as the CLP26dn or CLP27dn?
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Re: Another Scan Tool Problem!

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Don't know if this will help...But, the scans are typically saved to the Work folder in program files under RW-240, you'll have to drill down to them. If the customer is scanning to a set, scantool always tries to open the last set you worked with when you open the application. If one of the tif files have been moved it will display a similar error to what it seems you're experiencing. Try creating a set and saving it, then closing scantool and reopening it. If this works that is probably your
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Re: 480W technical defect

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One issue I know with the Ricoh plotters "cutting off the drawing" is when prining PDF files. Acrobat 6 has this issue and a fix is to upgrade Acrobat to version 7. If you have more information about the circumstances under which the drawings are printing incorrectly, we will be glad to help.
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Re: Typical Prospect

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Do you mean to tell me that no one is selling Document Mall????
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Re: @ Remote is Here!!

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I ran into a deal where the toshiba dealer was telling the prospect that their machine automatically emails them when mpm's are due and meters. So I checked their website and it seems to be true. I don't see why are products can't do the same. Sometimes it seems the manufacturers are more concerned with how secure they can make the product than user-friendliness.
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MSOffice Printing Defaults

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I have a customer with a Savin CLP18, they called out of the blue after having it over a year and said the default settings keep changing to whatever the last setting was (if they print to the bypass once from then on everything wants to go there until they change it back) After working on this for some time in our office and finding that I could not reproduce the problem in MSWord 2002, but did in Word 2003 I found that they upgraded their MSOffice to 2003 recently. Is there anyone who can
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Independent Contractor(s) Opportunity

IT Intersection, Inc., subsidiary of VircoSoft Corporation is seeking (5) Independent Contractors (Sales) for an exciting, high income potential opportunity. ALL CONTACT WITH US WILL BE HELD IN STRICT CONFIDENCE Basic Requirements: Document Management Software experience (hardware sales, IT sales and/or technical support) Strong desire to work in the fast growing Document Management Software Solution Industry Excellent communication skills Organized Tenacious, persistent and able to work with
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Print Collate CLP27dn and Adobe

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I know that the hard drive is recommended for collate printing on the Savin CLP27dn. So, I wasn't surprised when I selected Collate in the driver and printed a PDF and it wasn't collated. I selected collate in the driver and the application and then in the driver alone, then the application alone. No collate. I was surprised when I printed from MSWord and it did collate. My question know is if I do add the hard drive to the CLP27dn will I then be able to collate when printing a PDF?
Note from Art:
Looks like it was a slow week!!!!
 
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The First Week of April 2006

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Woohoo!  Tonight, the Mets take on the KC Royals on Opening Day 2016.  All I'm hoping for is a payback win and the chance to beat the Royals in payback win in 2016!  Go Mets!

Re: barcodes

I don't know anything about Unix. The customer told me that he had to develop a special driver to print the barcodes, and that he didn't want to have to develop a second driver to print to a Ricoh copier when he was already printing to a Canon. That's all I really know about it -- except that his Toshiba won't print the barcodes -- they can't even get it to stay on the network.
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Savin 2820

I have been able to send a fax Tx report to my email, but I have to input where it is going every time I send a fax. Is there any way I can set a default Email address for the reports to go? Any help would be great
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Ricoh E-7000 Brochure

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I had a lot of trouble finding this so I thought I would post the PDF Brochure. How bout them Gators! This document has been archived, please send me an email if you are interested in purchasing this document. art@p4photel.com Ricoh_E_7000_Brochure_LTR_v1.pdf
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VARBUSINESS NAMES RICOH'S ANN MOSER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ricoh Web Site: www.ricoh-usa.com CONTACT: Russell Marchetta Laura Bower Ricoh Corporation Peppercom (973) 882-2075 (212) 931-6127 russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com lbower@peppercom.com VARBUSINESS NAMES RICOH'S ANN MOSER A TOP 100 CHANNEL EXECUTIVE Ricoh Executive Receives Leadership Accolade From Premier Reseller Industry Publication West Caldwell, NJ, April 4, 2006 - Ricoh Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced that CMP Media's
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Global Scan Re-Postioned!

Dear Ricoh Dealer: Ricoh is pleased to announce that effective May 3, 2006 the GlobalScan OCR Option Product Code 001283MIU is being repositioned bringing you new and lower dealer and Suggested Retail Pricing, however the pricing is retroactive to April 3, 2006. THIS PriceE RREPPOSIITIONIING INCLUDES:: • GlobalScan OCR Option • Best Dealer Price reduced by up to 44%. • Suggested Retail Price reduced by 40%. GG
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Stan and Jerry are in the Game with Major League Baseball

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ricoh Web Site: www.ricoh-usa.com CONTACT: Russell Marchetta Laura Bower Ricoh Corporation Peppercom (973) 882-2075 (212) 931-6127 russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com lbower@peppercom.com Ricoh Takes “Two-Guys” Advertising Campaign to the Television Screen Stan and Jerry are in the Game with Major League Baseball West Caldwell, NJ, April 3, 2006 – Baseball and Ricoh…together again. For a third consecutive year Ricoh will team with the broadcasts of Major League Baseball
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Re: barcodes

Try a Postscript Driver and Change the "Optimized for speed" to "Optimized for Portability" under the postscript tab. When I sold Canon (clc 1150), we had a problem with a customer printing bar codes. The bar code would come out, but would not be able to be read by the barcode reader. Switching this setting on the postscript driver fixed the issue.
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Volkswagen AG

I would like to know if Ricoh or a dealer has concluded a preferred supplier agreement with Volkswagen in Europe. Has anybody got information for me on this subject? Regards Phil West philw@nashua.co.za
 
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Follow the link on the forums to get your Premium Membership. If you're interested in a lifetime membership please send me an email arthurkpost@gmail.com and we'll send you a pay pal invoice of $399 of a LIFETIME Print4Pay Hotel membership.

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