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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

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This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago

Second  Week of March 2013

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I don't know how many of you do demos or do your own end user training anymore but I thought it might be interesting to hear snipits others use to interject humor or creativity in your presentations. If you haven't watched the Kenny Brooks YouTube videos you should. He is a door-to-door salesman with a totally hilarious pitch. read more here

Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 10 years ago

Re: OKI Data and Toshiba Tec to Launch New, Jointly-Developed, A4 Color Multifunction Pro

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... about five years worth of lost sales to other A4 vendors. Maybe I can flip a few color Samsung, Sharp, Kyocera, Xerox, Ricoh, KM, Lexmark and HP MFPs that I lost to over the last five years. I guess that Toshiba Tec did not have the manufacturing capacity to open a new production line. These new MFPs will be an OKI print engine with a Toshiba eBridgeX display and OS. Not hard to imagine a black only MFP six months from now based upon a similar hardware spec.
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Can Spiceworks cause MFP (printer) issues?

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Can Spiceworks cause MFP (printer) issues? JDMorecraft Mar 7, 2013 at 8:51 PM | PRINTERS, COPIERS, SCANNERS & FAXES A few months ago our large Sharp MFP contract ran out, so they sold my boss on all new MFPs and a print management software called PaperCut. From the installation date on, this system has been a nightmare with ghost issues always popping up, causing our users to HATE us. Earlier this week several reps from Sharp and another from PaperCut came to our city and office to look at what
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Toshiba maintains #1 A3 Copier market share in China

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I know you do not care and it is kind of hard to believe but Toshiba Tec has maintained the #1 A3 copier market share in China for 13 years. "the A3 MFP market in China stood at 507,300 units in 2012, a 4 percent decline from 2011 according to Key Research. Although the Color MFP devices grew 19 percent in sales units, the monochrome devices suffered a decline of 6 percent compared to last year. Toshiba maintained its leadership in the China A3 MFP market with a market share of 17.9 percent
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Ricoh MP CW2200SP Brings Color to Wide Format Workflows

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automatically, helping to maximize printing productivity. "Architects, engineers and construction contractors need their technical drawings and plans to be presented in print exactly how they were designed," said Tim Vellek , Vice President, Production Printing Business Group, Ricoh Americas Corporation. "The Ricoh MP CW2200SP is an outstanding wide format MFP for firms in need of high-quality color output, and it is ideal for those who also place an emphasis on saving space and reducing
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Ricoh to Showcase Postal Optimization and Compliance Solutions at National Postal For

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cost savings while increasing their efficiency," said Bill Shaffer, manager, worldwide software alliances for Ricoh. "Our portfolio -- including cloud-based, scalable solutions -- can be customized for mailers of all sizes. We look forward to showcasing these solutions, which combine more than 50 years of enterprise innovation and experience with production printing and workflow, in highly complex and multifaceted print environments." At Ricoh booth 836 attendees will be able to see: Ricoh ADF
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OKI Data and Toshiba Tec to Launch New, Jointly-Developed, A4 Color Multifunction Pro

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MFPs are equipped with Toshiba Tec's controller on OKI Data's unique LED print engine. The Open Platform technology, achieved through Toshiba Tec's controller, enables system integrators to develop and provide diverse solutions to enhance workflow integration. Moreover, the MFP comes with a large, 9-inch (23cm) color touch screen panel for user-friendly operation. "OKI Data's alliance with Toshiba Tec strengthens our ability to deliver comprehensive printing solutions to our enterprise clients
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SkyDesk Print Enables to Print Files From Android Mobile Devices

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Facilitates Communications in Mobile Work by Allowing to Share Files and Print TOKYO — Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. today begins offering a free-of-charge application for Android™ mobile devicesNote1: SkyDesk Print that enables to print files stored in SkyDesk Docs— an application for online document sharing and management of the SkyDesk ServicesNote2— through Fuji Xerox’s Net Print serviceNote3 or multifunction devices/printers at offices. SkyDesk Docs is an application for Android™ mobile devices
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Record Year for PrintFleet

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Ontario, Canada. — PrintFleet Inc., a global leader in managed print software and solutions, grew its revenues to record levels in its 2012 fiscal year. The company launched a series of significant software enhancements over the same period, and added new distribution partners and OEM programs to further strengthen its market position. PrintFleet’s business is increasingly global, supporting multinational Distributor and OEM partners in standardizing their global MPS programs, resulting in
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Samsung Says Offer for Sharp’s Photocopier Unit Rejected

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Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), which last week agreed to invest more than $100 million in Sharp Corp. (6753), said an offer to buy the Japanese company’s photocopier business was rejected. “We initially showed interest to take over Sharp’s photocopier operation, but Sharp refused the proposal,” Chenny Kim, a spokeswoman for Samsung, said by phone today, without disclosing a price. Miyuki Nakayama, a spokeswoman for Sharp, confirmed the approach was rejected. Samsung, the biggest maker of
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Level Platforms And DOCUWISE Extend Managed Print Capabilities For IT Service Provide

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expensive aspects of day-to-day operations for small and medium sized businesses, meaning managing printers, copiers and consumables is a key opportunity for MSPs to expand their services offering for existing and new clients,” said Ron Harris, CEO, DOCUWISE. “DOCUWISE and Level Platforms are helping MSPs become the ‘managed print go-to-guys’ by providing their end-clients with comprehensive device monitoring and management and high-quality document output consumables.” Managed Workplace’s single

Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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quote: Originally posted by SalesServiceGuy: Despite the $2.1B bond that must be repaid in Sept 2013, Sharp is still innovating with new copier product and signing up new dealers. It cannot be all doom and gloom in their copier business. Although I have tried to pitch the Corporate "doom and gloom" story to accounts where Sharp is involved, it does not seem to get much traction with buyers. I don't think it is doom and gloom for the copier business either, however I do make mention with every
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Re: Oce and Canon

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America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., effective January 1, 2013. Integrating the business operations of Canon Business Solutions, Inc., Océ North America, Inc., and Océ Imagistics, Inc., this new name is reflective of the integration of Océ, first announced in 2010. Canon Solutions America will provide sales and support for Canon and Océ hardware, software and services targeting general office, production print and large format markets in the United States. Joe Adachi, president
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Ricoh Healthcare Solutions at HIMSS13

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EFI Expands Enterprise Mobile Printing Management

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, Info-Tech Research Group. “Enabling mobile printing in an enterprise environment that consists of various printers is often a challenge for IT due to multiple operating systems and variables in printer hardware. One of the leaders in the mobile print space is EFI with its PrintMe Mobile solution. The latest version offers an on-premises printing solution that connects to the existing print infrastructures and makes it easy for IT to control printers and customise the solution for their needs
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Re: How do you feel about the industry?

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quote: Originally posted by SalesServiceGuy: I feel it is getting increasingly difficult to attract quality sales and service people to this industry. It is hard for a new sales rep to earn a decent income .... outside sales or think that they can earn an income other than by sitting behind a computer. Don't let out that dirty little secret everyone will want a raise! Really that is the truth. We sometimes think everyone would love to sell copiers for a living but in reality it is very very
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Re: Samsung Says Offer for Sharp’s Photocopier Unit Rejected

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Simple math tells us that Sharp recently rec'd $120M USD from Qualcomm and $110M USD from Samsung totaling $231M USD. Six months from now Sharp has to come up with $2.1B USD or else the sh*t will hit the fan for Sharp. Not that I am a high finance expert by any means but at least the acknowledgement by Sharp that they are interested in receiving bids on the copier division means that it is not a sacred cow for Sharp. Somewhere I read that any Japanese Corporation will do what is has to do to
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Re: CW2200SP

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we have placed about 100 Canon MFPs the last 20 or so are the 40MFP scanner. It is far superior to the Ricoh and less exspensive as well, the scanner is 1200dpi and the quility is stunning. The new 3.0 user interface is much better than Ricohs the CW2200 is going to have a tough time matching up the Canon.
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Re: Toshiba Wins 2013 Gold Stevie® Award for Best Sales Meeting of the Year

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Although a nice award it does not help me earn an income. What will help me earn an income is when Toshiba finally announces it's new A4 colour product line within three months based upon a LED print engine. Around the same time, Toshiba will announce five new A3 models based upon LED print engines.
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Using humor in the demonstration

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I don't know how many of you do demos or do your own end user training anymore but I thought it might be interesting to hear snipits others use to interject humor or creativility in your presentations. If you haven't watched the Kenny Brooks YouTube videos you should. He is a door-to-door salesman with a totally hilarious pitch. I'm not suggesting that we adopt his presentation style but humor can certainly help maintain people's attention level. For instance, my Ricoh rep said recently
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Re: KonicaMinolta's New App Display for MFPs!

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Interesting...Couldn't we actually do something like this using our inbedded browser option? We can set a web page as the home page right? "Mr. Customer, how would you like to lower your copy bill next month by $100? All you have to do is allow ABC Bank's website to be displayed on your copier for the next 4 weeks. Just follow these three easy steps and then take a picture of the display on your copier and email it to us." What about industry specific advertising. A mortgage company advertising
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Re: Konica Minolta Corporate Announcements App Simplifies Internal Communications

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Is it a free or very low cost app on the copier?
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Re: Are you a Data Miner?

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It is a couple of months later and I have sent out maybe 3k emails. Not a whole lot of success yet but I remain optimistic. Very few requests to be deleted from my email list and I have a list that I can continue to expand and reach potential customers that I could never get to. I like the fact that I can contact 200-300 people every 8th week, 50 weeks of the year, that I suspect at some point in time in the next five years will buy a copier.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago

First Week of March 2013

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Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 10 years ago

North Kansas City Schools Streamline Printing and Save $150,000 with Konica Minolta E

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Follow-You printing, we have reduced waste and saved $30,000 or 40,000 pounds of paper. These cost savings along with the program’s success allowed us to extend printing capabilities to all 6,000 high school students from their school-issued Apple MacBook Airs.” To meet increased demand for its in-plant print shop, North Kansas City Schools leverages four Konica Minolta Production Print Systems, including the bizhub PRO 1051 Monochrome Print System, and the KIP C7800 Wide Format Printer from Konica
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Toshiba Wins 2013 Gold Stevie® Award for Best Sales Meeting of the Year

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managed document services (MDS) provider with experts that help organizations take control of document security, workflow and print environments. With the award-winning Encompass™ managed print services (MPS) program, e-STUDIO™ line of multifunction printers (MFPs), toner products and retail information/thermal printing systems, TABS is leading the way for businesses to print smarter, work safer and conserve resources. For more information on Toshiba solutions and services available in the United
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Ricoh unveils MFPs and printers engineered for healthcare

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wristbands, which today carry an increasing wealth of clinical information, including barcodes, color-coded alerts, patient photos and more. The new Ricoh MFPs and printers further reduce cost of wristband production by deftly handling media as narrow as 3.25 inches, reducing consumption of expensive wristband stock. Ricoh will be offering demonstrations of wristband printing at its HIMSS booth #1361. Other new features Ricoh's Tray Locks Solution makes it easy to secure sensitive and expensive
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Konica Minolta Corporate Announcements App Simplifies Internal Communications

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presses, multifunctional products (MFPs), managed print services, vertical application solutions and related services and supplies. Konica Minolta has won numerous awards and recognition including being recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for six years in a row. For the third consecutive year, Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) has named Konica Minolta as the winner of its “A3 MFP Line of the Year” award. In 2012, Konica Minolta also received
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Photizo Group Article Reveals How Print Audit Premier is Changing the Software Sales

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customers recapture over $200 million in printing and photocopying expenses while saving an estimated 190,000 trees a year. Print Audit is the most comprehensive provider of managed print services (MPS) and print management solutions. The company enables organizations to monitor and control their printing costs via a broad range of capabilities that include secure print release, follow-me printing, rules-based printing, cost recovery, in-depth print assessment and remote meter reading. Print Audit
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Oki Data Americas is First to Deliver High-Performance A3 Copier-Based Color Multifun

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MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., March 6, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OKI Data Americas announces the availability of the versatile new CX3535 and CX4545 A3 copier-based color multifunction devices (MFPs) for open channel distribution. These products provide exceptional color output, plus high-speed print, scan, copy and optional fax functionality for demanding medium- to large-sized workgroups. Moreover, these products offer resellers with an industry-first copier-based product to augment OKI Data's existing
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NEC Corporation of America Announces Closure of Document Solutions Division (DSD)

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Konica Minolta C360 Konica Minolta C280 8 months from date of purchase. 5 years from date of purchase. NEC ViVid 2020 (U18N) 8 months from date of purchase. 5 years from date of purchase. NEC IT8000 (U47N) NEC IT6500 (U48N) Kyocera i8000 Kyocera i6500 Main unit 36 mo or 4.8 million prints, whichever comes first. 5 years from date of purchase. NEC IT5500 (U49N) NEC IT4500 (U50N) NEC IT3550 (F45N) Kyocera i5500 Kyocera i4500 Kyocerai3500 Main unit 36 mo or 1.8 Million prints, whichever comes firs
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Ricoh Senior VP of Marketing Dominic Pontrelli to present at Argyle's Chief Marketing

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Forum is an invitation only event held in Washington, D.C. Click here for more information. WHEN: March 7th from 3:15 – 3:50 p.m. ET For details on Ricoh's full line of products, services and solutions, please visit http://www.ricoh-usa.com . | About Ricoh | Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In
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Managed Print: An Aggregated Approach That Drives Channel Revenue

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manage print related assets," said Sam Errigo, senior vice president of Business Intelligence Services for San Francisco-based Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA, Inc. "It's more than providing printers and toner. It's about collecting data from every printer on the network in order to capture volume information [and] cost information and track consumables. We can use the data to drive very intelligent business decisions and processes, as opposed to guessing about what is going to work well
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Canon U.S.A. Showcases Document Technology and Clinical Solutions at HIMSS13 Full Sui

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Conference (HIMSS), at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, from March 3-7, 2013. With an ability to provide solutions for both general information processing and clinical patient care, Canon’s comprehensive technology portfolio can help healthcare customers streamline their business operations while enhancing information management. Canon’s booth will feature the demonstration of technology in real-world environments including: Admissions, Records Retention and Nurses’ Station
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Ricoh unifies business-to-business camera and lens product lines for superior custome

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Imaging Americas Corporation, Security Systems Division and Ricoh Americas Corporation, Digital Camera Division. Ricoh and Pentax products will remain under their current brands and all consumer products will continue under the management of Pentax Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation. For details on Ricoh's full line of products, services and solutions, please visit www.ricoh-usa.com . About Ricoh Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions
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KonicaMinolta's New App Display for MFPs!

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Not sure if everyone picked up this press release about KonicaMinolta's new app that would enable corporate wide announcements, updates, or messages to be displayed on new bizhub MFP's since they are the "water cooler" of the office. The link is here . I would like just like to hear from others how this "new" app could be used as a selling advantage, do you think it will help sales, what ideas could you come up with for the display? One question I have is, will it display a video? Or how about
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Re: Worst Experience with Nuance

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When Ed Schmid was running eCopy they had the best pre & post sales support in the industry. You could call an 800 # while onsite and get someone to answer the phone who actually knew the product better than you did. Those were the days when eCopy was a Canon only product. But Canon did not buy a controlling interest in eCopy so when their contract ran out, eCopy opened up to all copier manufacturers, and their support became poor, the rapid expansion overwhelmed them. I thought that th
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Samsung in final talks to take 3 percent stake in Sharp: sources

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unlikely to include capital infusion from the Taiwanese giant. In December, chip maker Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) agreed to invest as much as $120 million in Sharp. As part of that agreement, Qualcomm said it would work with Sharp to develop new, power-saving screens based on Sharp's IGZO technology. ($1 = 93.3500 Japanese yen) (Reporting by Reiji Murai; writing by Dominic Lau; editing by James Jukwey)
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Web Print Tool for batch plotting

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I actually had some great success with using the web print tool for batch plotting to the Ricoh wide formats. It did everything the customer wanted, and you were also able to send a reduced set to print.
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Re: NEC Corporation of America Announces Closure of Document Solutions Division (DSD)

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This isn't really even a story. For Konica Minolta and Kyocera it will be like losing a mid-sized dealer, & if it is somehow more than that, they will just sign up the NEC dealers as dealers of their respective brands.

Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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billion) in cash. But it will give Samsung a broader supplier base, access to Sharp's low-cost thin-screen technology, and a foot in the door at one of Apple Inc's key Asian display suppliers. The need for this sort of tie-up marks an unusual departure for the ascendant technology company, heralded for aggressive management that allowed it to leapfrog past Japanese giants such as Sony Corp and Toshiba Corp in markets from consumer electronics to semiconductors. Samsung's $230 billion market
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Oce and Canon

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Over the years the press releases from OCE have been very frequent at least a few times a month or in some cases once a week. The last OCE press release I picked up was December 16th, there may have been a few I missed, but this tells me the transfer here in the US is underway. Does anyone else have an internal news on Oce and Canon?
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European Business Leaders More Concerned about Losing Competitive Edge Compared to th

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a series of 20 in-depth interviews conducted with prominent business and technology thinkers as well senior corporate executives across different sectors. | About Ricoh | Ricoh is a global technology company specialising in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group, operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,903 billion
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Enterprise Print Management Blog

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In the context of office printing, when you think about Print Management, what comes to mind? For most people, it is management of the actual print output ("what comes out of which device"). But this is a very narrow view on the subject; we can call it Output Management, a very small playground in the world of Print Management. Such a narrow view can be dangerous and you should set your requirements based on a more holistic view (more about this further down). Output Management includes niche
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Re: CW2200SP

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Just browse through the brochure and documentation for the Canon. The user interface on the MFP is weak. Its a plotter with a scanner (probably a Contex) added. The Ricoh MFP has our standard user interface. Anybody who has a Ricoh MFP of any kind can walk up to this new machine and know exactly how to use it. Would be interesting to see a Monster Garage featuring the two products.

Kofax Acquires Altosoft, a Leading Developer of Business Intelligence and Analytics S

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Research Report, The Forrester Wave™: Business Intelligence Service Providers, Q4 2012, “Business intelligence now has a much more important role. All products and services continue to become more commoditized in our global economy. … But if there are two businesses that are marketing and selling identical products or services and one has more insight into its customers' behavior — or even if two share the same insights but one gets that information a day sooner — that business has a much higher chance
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MPSA Announces first White Paper of 2013

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Charlotte, NC – March 5, 2013 – The Managed Print Services Association (MPSA) today announced the completion of its Standards & Best Practices Committee’s first white paper of 2013, “MPS Business Models & Components.” This white paper identifies four managed print business models MPS providers can use to go to market, details the pros and cons associated with each and provides charts outlining additional components related to the delivery of managed print services. “Ron, his committee members

Re: Konica Minolta Corporate Announcements App Simplifies Internal Communications

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awesome, means I can a commercial on the copier! Can't wait until this gets hacked and someone puts something they shouldn't. How about the next thing we do is to put cameras in the copiers. hahaha

Re: Ricoh launches versatile, solutions-ready customisable workgroup MFPs - MP 2001SP / M

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It is still on the Price Sheet dated Feb 25, 2013 and it still appears in the Ricoh Technology Full Line Guide. LDP is $1,260 so there were places it was a good fit.
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Re: Rumor has it.....

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Not sure if this is right, but check it out if you can. The Pro Ricoh 5100 and the Pro 5110…65 and 80 ppm (pro color)
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago

Third Week of February 2013

Kodak-Alaris_See-the-Diffreence-500x100Chuck wrote this many years back..........

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Art, quite a few years ago I copied from this site one of the most profound things that I had read about Customer Service. I've tried to search your archives with no luck so I'll re-type it here and if can find the source to attribute please post since it is not my intellectual property. Here goes . . .
WHAT DO CUSTOMERS REALLY WANT?

Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 10 years ago

BTA Announces Upcoming Managed Print Services (MPS) Educational Programs

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valuable insight while working on actual "live" prospects. Lecak has been in the industry since 1983, starting with ComDoc in Pittsburgh, Pa., then the largest independent dealership of both Ricoh and Lanier copier/MFPs in the East. After a successful 15-year career, he joined Toshiba as a district sales manager. After a period of running his own consulting practice, Lecek joined Print Inc. in 2004 to manage sales for the company's channel-focused PrintValue Solutions program. His team was responsible
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RICOH’S NEW PRODUCTION SERIES BRINGS ENHANCED PRODUCTIVITY TO PRINTING MARKET

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RICOH’S NEW PRODUCTION SERIES BRINGS ENHANCED PRODUCTIVITY TO PRINTING MARKET Malvern, PA, February 13, 2013 - Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced the Ricoh Pro™ C901 Graphic Arts + and Ricoh Pro™ C901s Graphic Arts +. The latest in the brand’s digital color production system lineup continues to deliver exceptional quality and performance while offering new enhancements in productivity and paper handling that help customers remain competitive in the growing production print environment
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AirPrint – How to Find Compatible Printers

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includes well over 500 printers from 15 different manufacturers. Here are the 15 leading printer manufacturers who have printers on the AirPrint supported list: Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson, Fuji Xerox, Gestetner, Hewlett Packard, Infotec, Lanier, Lenovo, Lexmark, NRG, Ricoh, Samsung Savin You can see the full list of AirPrint supported printers on Apple’s AirPrint Basics page. Here are a few more useful things to be aware of in regard to AirPrint: – Some printers on the supported list will need a
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Konica Minolta Delivers Updated Version of its Free App for Android Mobile Devices to

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Tokyo (February 18, 2013) - Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to announce that it has started offering an updated version of the "PageScope Mobile" (Ver. 2.0) application for Android worldwide, to work with Konica Minolta MFP*1 "bizhub" (bizhub) through Google Play free of charge. Image: MFP and mobile connection "PageScope Mobile for Android", launched in April 2012, has received high reputation among business users worldwide as an application that connects
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Xerox’s CEO wants to use technology to shake up the staid business-services market.

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Xerox dominated the office of yesterday with its copiers, laser printers, and fax machines. Now Ursula Burns is trying to strengthen its role in the offices of tomorrow. Since becoming CEO in 2009, she has increased Xerox’s sales of IT-related services, like processing health insurance claims and managing customer-service call centers. Nevertheless, Burns—a mechanical engineer who has worked at Xerox since an internship in 1980—told MIT Technology Review’s deputy editor, Brian Bergstein, that
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Lexmark Challenges Xerox's $23M Ky. Printing Contract

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Law360, New York (February 15, 2013, 5:28 PM ET) -- Lexmark International Inc. sued Xerox Corp. and the commonwealth of Kentucky on Tuesday, challenging the state's decision to award Xerox a $23.3 million printing services contract that was significantly more expensive than comparable services offered by Lexmark. Lexmark's complaint, filed in Kentucky's Franklin Circuit Court, alleges that the government evaluated the companies' bids in a way that unfairly favored Xerox and destroyed or failed
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New Software for Xerox Printers

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Business process and document management company Xerox Corp. (XRX - Analyst Report) recently introduced a new software for Xerox multifunction printers (MFPs) named ConnectKey to better respond to mobile workforce and address security issues across connected devices. The 16 ConnectKey MFPs, comprising the new WorkCentre 5800 and 7800 series, are protected by McAfee and support cloud services, custom applications and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) work places. The ConnectKey solutions provide easy
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Canon Announces Resolution Of Patent Infringement Dispute

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issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Nukote from making, using, selling and offering for sale in the U.S., and from importing into the U.S., the toner cartridges and photosensitive drums that Canon accused of infringement, including any toner cartridges containing the accused photosensitive drums. Canon had filed suit against Nukote on January 23, 2012 in the Southern District, for infringement of Canon's U.S. Patent Nos. 5,903,803 and 6,128,454. On February 8, 2013, the Court entered default
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FIT by Finch Helps Ricoh InfoPrint 5000 Family of Platforms Print To G7 Specs

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Original Equipment Manufacturers like Ricoh helps to ensure our print customers’ success as they adapt to new printing technologies. Integrating G7 gray balance into Ricoh’s aqueous inkjet workflow allows for consistent color output, from machine-to-machine and job-to-job, as well as ensuring color balance on Finch’s various substrates. Finch Digital Application Manager Mary Schilling, who leads the FIT color team, said “The Ricoh team has designed a user-friendly machine workflow which allows the
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Select and Print Archived Documents from the MFP

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finally sent the document I saw that it was just for Toshiba MFP's. Can this be done with Docuware for other MFP's like Xerox, Ricoh, KM, etc...? Attached is the document for Toshiba
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Ricoh Europe: The Speed of Change is Healthcare’s Biggest Technology-led Headache

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will support the standardisation of documentation, enhance information sharing, reduce administration costs and improve patient confidentiality,” says Bruhn. Best case examples of what can be achieved through automation are cited in the European Commission e-health action plan3. In Denmark savings of $120 million a year were achieved and doctors are saving on average 50 minutes per day usually spent on administrative work. In Italy, overall savings from the introduction of information and
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Contex Americas to Demonstrate Latest Wide-Format Scanning Solutions at Graphics of t

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Contex will be exhibiting at Graphics of the Americas (GOA) with Image Pro International Inc., a Florida-based reseller for imaging solutions. At booth #763, the companies will demonstrate Contex's newest wide format scanner, the IQ 4420 MFP2GO with Nextimage 3.1 software. Attendees are invited to bring in their wide format documents to scan on the IQ scanner and print to either an Epson or Canon printer. GOA will be held February 21-23, 2013 at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL
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Ricoh 3601 wide format batch print pdf's

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When printing a set of pdf files, using the Post Script drivers, the first copy is 180 degrees rotated...the rest are OK except for another occasional 180 degree flip. Multi-page file looks fine when viewing in Reader. Appreciate any thoughts/ideas. thx.
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Canon U.S.A. Announces New imagePROGRAF iPF MFP M40 Large Format Solutions

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, providing users with access to more editing functions than the prior models, such as invert, mirror, and black and white point adjustments and customizable default scanner and printer settings. The new iPF MFP devices also include Canon's Direct Print & Share, a cloud-based software solution that enables the viewing, sharing and printing of files from almost anywhere in the world, with 5GB of free storage available if users sign up for Google's cloud services*. The printers include a number of other
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Contex Nextimage 3.1 Improves Precision of B/W Scanning; Now Supports Océ Printers

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preserving details in the grayscale. The new auto-size algorithm ensures higher quality scans by precisely determining the width of documents against the background. The algorithm also optimizes documents that have very fine lines and fills. Other improvements to Nextimage 3.1 include support for 64-bit TWAIN clients, support for the Canon iPF760/765, and added bi-directional communication with Canon printers via LAN. For more information about Nextimage 3.1, visit Contex online or call 703-964
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Canon Solutions America Preferred Accounts Program Improves the Management, Productiv

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to modify the composition of the large format printing fleet, minimizing interruption of business activities and helping to ensure business requirements are constantly supported. Tangible Benefits Delivered by an Experienced Partner The Canon Solutions America Preferred Accounts Program delivers an approach that helps ensure a cost effective, secure and optimized large format print environment. The program also streamlines vendor interaction through a single point of contact; promotes flexible
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Nubeprint to power TEKO’s MPS Program “Prisma”

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PRISMA managed print solution to dealers in the 1st quarter of 2013. About TEKO Teko is one of the largest IT distributor in Russia headquartered in Moscow. Company was founded in 1990 by a few engineers and since that time Teko’s business has been grown to the corporation scale with the 7 sales offices, 6 warehouses and own R&D center. Being strictly dedicated to the office print market Teko has become one of the technological leader and currently providing official distribution for Xerox, Kyocera
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Ricoh and EFI Bring New Levels of Productivity and Image Quality to PRO c901 Graphic

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FOSTER CITY, Calif., Feb. 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EFI(TM) (EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, announced that new Fiery(R) Color Controllers E-42 and E-82 are now available for Ricoh PRO c901 Graphic Arts + print engines. The E-42 and E-82 digital front ends (DFEs) are powered by EFI's new generation of system software, Fiery FS100 Pro, the most innovative, productive, scalable and integrated front-end system for digital print engines. In addition to
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Canon Business Process Services Named a Top 100 Global Outsourcing Company for the Se

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

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any other Wi-Fi printing solution. The software enables secure enterprise level Wi-Fi printing for Android devices, Apple iPads and iPhones, as well as email-to-print capability for Symbian, BlackBerry and Windows mobile devices. IT departments can install PrintMe Mobile and deliver mobile printing on any printer connected to the network in as little as 30 minutes (view demo here). “As the use of tablets continues to increase in the enterprise, employees are now expecting basic desktop-like
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Canon opens subsidiary arm “Canon Kenya Limited” to Boost Operations in East Africa M

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products and complete networked technology solutions for information input, management and output. Its product range is divided between Business Solutions (developing IT products, solutions and services for both the office and professional print environments) and Consumer Imaging (photography, video and digital camera, Laser and Inkjet printers). Canon Middle East is the operational headquarters for Canon in this region, and is based in Dubai, UAE. Further information about Canon Middle East is
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Canon U.S.A. Announces New imagePROGRAF iPF MFP M40 Large Format Solutions Read more

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white point adjustments and customizable default scanner and printer settings. The new iPF MFP devices also include Canon's Direct Print & Share, a cloud-based software solution that enables the viewing, sharing and printing of files from almost anywhere in the world, with 5GB of free storage available if users sign up for Google's cloud services*. The printers include a number of other software applications that empower application versatility including: PosterArtist Lite poster creation software
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Canon Business Process Services Named a Top 100 Global Outsourcing Company for the Se

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FORTUNE 500 issue of FORTUNE® magazine, in a special section produced by IAOP. About Canon Business Process Services Canon Business Process Services, Inc. is a leading provider of managed services and technology that enable organizations to improve operational efficiency while reducing risk and cost. Experts apply quality management principles and tools such as Six Sigma® to advance performance to a higher level. The company offers services including BPO, imaging, records management, print, mail and
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Re: Sharp Announces New High Performance Workgroup Document Systems With Second Generation

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for mobile printing would greatly reduce this threat in the eyes of the average buyer. Sharp's approach might also make it simpler for the average user to connect and print. The user would likely have to install a Sharp app on their mobile device to make this happen but in my example they need to load a Breezy app. You can purchase a Wireless router from Staples for $30.00 so how hard can it be to put that inside a copier as a standard feature?
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OfficeMax buys two print management businesses

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OfficeMax Australia has made the first move to extend its business model beyond the confines of a traditional office products supplier with the acquisition of private print management businesses Complete Print Solutions (CPS) and Foxprint Solutions, the latter jointly owned by CPS and Linfox Australia. The acquisition will create a new division for the company – OfficeMax Marketing Services – and will see the CPS business in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide and the Melbourne-based Foxprint
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STAR MICRONICS INTRODUCES THE "I" SERIES OF IOS COMPATIBLE BLUETOOTH PRINTERS

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Keeping up with the rapid pace of mobile technologies is a challenge many businesses face on a daily basis. To help alleviate the stress of keeping up with mobile technologies, Star Micronics is proud to offer end-users its "i" Series family of iOS compatible Bluetooth printers dedicated to mobile POS printing solutions. The members of this mobile-friendly series are the SM-S220i, SM-T300i, SM-T400i and TSP650II BTi. The SM-S220i is the Star's first portable Bluetooth printer to be MFi
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Bizhub Copiers

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Synopsis:Added: Feb 13, 2013 12:43 pm Modified: Feb 19, 2013 10:17 amTrack ChangesMODIFICATION NOTICE:Bids are being solicited under solicitation number VA25--13-q-0268. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; bids are being requested and...
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Re: Image Quality Not a Main Criteria in MFP Purchase

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Vince has some excellent points but I remember when selling Word Processing Systems that the highest quality available was a Diablo 630 with a Steel Printwheel and Carbon Ribbon, then came laser printers and then the highest acceptable quality became a laser copy. The bar was greatly LOWERED to accept laser quality (nothing more than a copy). Perhaps what we're seeing is the lowering of expectations as to what is acceptable (production printing notwithstanding). Scanning speeds vs output
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Re: Worst Copier Web Site in the World Contest

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Hello Art, I belive you were going to change the 11th site listed from copierSplus.com to copierplus.com? No S after copier. This copierplus.com site has a promo from 2005 on a printer that was only for three months and has not been updated with any new equipment for 8 years! If this one does not win I would like to know which one is worse!
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Re: Ricoh Keynote Address @ BTA Winter Break 2013

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Martin Brodigan, very well said! One of the best presentations on what is "Services lead Sales". He strikes the right tone speaking to the Dealer community. He even addresses their lack of trust between the independent dealers and not just Rich but any Manufacturer that sells directly. GREAT VISION! The best thing I have heard from Ricoh corporate in a long time. Now, the $64,000 question... Can he pull it off? Can he get Ricoh corporate to actually do this for their dealers? Secondly, will the
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Re: Ricoh Keynote Address @ BTA Winter Break 2013

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quote: Now, the $64,000 question... Can he pull it off? Can he get Ricoh corporate to actually do this for their dealers? seems to me that they are ready to do this from RAC Secondly, will the dealers let Ricoh do this? for the dealers that don't have the know how, nor the hutzpa to pull off MNS or Business Process, I think Ricoh can capture some of that business, for the advanced dealers I don't think they want Ricoh anywhere near their accounts! Maybe this is the best question to ask: What do
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Re: Rumor has it.....

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Art and txeagle - are you talking about the C651 and C751 Color Production Print models? Are these the Ricoh units with "color image quality issues" that your accounts are not happy with? I have heard the same elsewhere and want to know if that is what you are seeing in the field.
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Re: Rumor has it.....

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txeagle is right we were talking about the 6501's. However the C651 and C751 has it's own set of issues with the drum shake that causes banding. The replacement for the C6501 will be a clean sheet design (new engine) and the C651 will have improvements. KM needs to watch out as Ricoh was a late player to the production print game. Ricoh has been down for too long and will rebound with some excellent print pro devices.
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CW2200SP

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Has anyone sold one of these yet? I'm extremely concerned about reliability and I believe the system is grossly over price for a 36inch color MFP. I just saw a press release for one of the new Canon's MFP40 with a 36inch plotter, scanner, copier and the MSRP is around $9K, our MRSP is almost $15K!! Would like to hear from others, please!!
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Kofax Automates Accounts Payable Processes for Major Global Agricultural Products Man

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-process applications. By automating what were previously labor intensive, error prone and time consuming tasks, Kofax Transformation Modules can significantly reduce labor costs, improve information quality and accelerate business processes. Kofax e-Transactions is an add-on application for Kofax Transformation Modules that automates the electronic delivery of documents to a business process via secure email, removing the need for printing, mailing, scanning and data entry. Kofax e-Transactions
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Re: 3 Days !!!! You call that Service? Really?

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Montecore, It was an ImageRUNNER 2525 (not the "i" series). If you look at the specs the "Color Universal Send" is optional. Most sales guys put it in when they order it. Vince
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Re: Image Quality Not a Main Criteria in MFP Purchase

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about is speeds & feeds, they want to reduce the discussion to that. Here is a great example of how this can go horribly wrong (with a new follow up comment that I added today). Click on the [URL=Why RFPs don't work]http://theconnectedcopier.word...opiers/#comment-1314[/URL] URL Link to read it.
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Re: Ricoh Pro C901/901s+

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brochure for new Ricoh C901S+ Graphic Arts plus see attached file
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago

Second Week of February 2013

Kodak-Alaris_See-the-Diffreence-500x100I caught this in the threads from from 10 years.  Amazing how dumb some crooks can be...

Suspect leaves photo copier clue at crime scene

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OTTAWA - If it's true, this is one stupid crook.Cops are circulating an image they believe a break-in suspect took of himself with a photocopier -- during the break-in. It happened very early Sunday at Dan Murphy Ford on Bankfield Rd. in Manotick.The...

Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 10 years ago

Konica Minolta Launches bizhub 754/654 Series

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Thu Feb 7, 2013 4:08pm EST RAMSEY, NJ, Feb 07 (Marketwire) -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announces the launch of the bizhub(R) 754/654 Series of Monochrome Multifunctional Products (MFP -- print, copy, scan and fax all in one system). Combining high-speed B&W print and copy output with color scanning, the bizhub 754/654 Series features the award-winning INFO-Palette design control panel for enhanced versatility and a wide range of standard features
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Encompass Selected to be Authorized Service Provider and Reseller for Konica Minolta

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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., Feb. 7, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Encompass Supply Chain Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of forward and reverse logistics for a diverse range of electronics products and replacement parts, today announced it has finalized an agreement with Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. to provide in-warranty laser printer repair services and distribute original replacement parts, supplies, printers and multi-function systems. Under the agreement, Encompass will serve as
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Ricoh Unveils New Milestones for Its Continuous Feed Inkjet Portfolio

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vision of "print and beyond." The InfoPrint 5000 family is unique in using up to 50 percent less power than other ink jet systems, delivering ever-increasing and unmatched printhead life across its large worldwide install base, continuing expansion of its media support, color and ink management enhancements, and more. These achievements illustrate Ricoh's ongoing commitment to further enhance its flagship solution to meet the evolving needs of its global customer base. "At Ricoh, we realize that
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Ricoh joins EPEAT Imaging Equipment Program to promote green purchasing

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purchasing, Ricoh Americas Corporation today detailed its participation in the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) program, the definitive global registry for greener electronics (www.epeat.net/). For the past three years, Ricoh has worked with EPEAT and other stakeholders to develop 59 definitive environmental criteria for Imaging Equipment. Today, the EPEAT registry expanded to include devices such as printers, copiers, multi-function products and other equipment. EPEAT is
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Sharp Announces New High Performance Workgroup Document Systems With Second Generatio

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MAHWAH, N.J., Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, introduced the new MX-2640N, MX-3140N and MX-3640N color workgroup document systems offering speeds of 26ppm, 31ppm and 36ppm respectively. These new models offer enhanced performance and include many new features to help businesses be more productive. Standard PCL® 6 and true Adobe® PostScript®3™ printing systems help ensure documents print with the
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Creating a Simpler, Secure Workflow: Xerox Technology Supports Cloud Services, Custom

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company also provides extensive leading-edge document technology, services, software and genuine Xerox supplies for graphic communication and office printing environments of any size. The 140,000 people of Xerox serve clients in more than 160 countries. For more information, visit http://www.xerox.com, http://news.xerox.com or http://www.realbusiness.com . For investor information, visit http://www.xerox.com/investor . -XXX- Media Contacts: Patti Quinn, Xerox, +1-585-264-2842, patti.quinn@xerox.com
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Fuji Xerox launches mobile app, cloud-based storage service

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Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific Pte Ltd launches a suite of mobile and cloud solutions to enhance business productivity and flexibility. The two new solutions are the Mobile Integrated Application for iOS, an application software that supports document handling in mobile environments, and the Working Folder, a cloud-based online storage service. Mobile Integrated Application for iOS provides quick access to view, edit and print imported documents in an integrated manner. When linked with DocuShare, an
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Print Audit Releases Print Audit 6 for Mac Version 6.4

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-updates.asp?id=3 About Print Audit®: Established in 1999 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Print Audit is the fastest growing print management company in the world. By providing businesses with innovative and practical print tracking solutions, the company has helped customers recapture over $200 million in printing and photocopying expenses while saving an estimated 190,000 trees a year. Print Audit is the most comprehensive provider of managed print services (MPS) and print management solutions
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Ricoh Launches Industry-First Centralized Critical Communications Software and Servic

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Ricoh, a leading provider of digital output solutions, announced at Hunkeler Innovationdays the launch of its Critical Communications software and services portfolio. For the growing number of print jobs subject to regulation, where every element must be perfect, and output must be tracked and reported, Ricoh’s solutions will offer print service providers a wealth of applications and tools to help increase operational integrity and more quickly deliver compliance-driven output. Shown for the
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HP Unveils World’s Fastest Desktop Color Printer, Celebrates 25th Anniversary of HP D

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pages per minute (ppm), making it the fastest desktop printer according to Guinness World Records.(1) HP PageWide Technology delivers four colors of Original HP pigment ink at one time onto a moving sheet of paper. As the paper moves, the printhead remains stationary, allowing the HP Officejet Pro X Series to print quickly and quietly. The standard 500-sheet main paper tray lets SMBs save even more time with fewer printing interruptions. The ENERGY STAR®qualified HP Officejet Pro X features energy
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Evolv Solutions Walking Among Giants in Managed Print Services and Office Technology

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolv Solutions decided it was time to do business in a different way. The Document Management and Information Technology firm set in motion a set of strategic changes for 2013 to underscore its Managed Print Services (MPS) capabilities. Most importantly, the changes are focused on helping the company's clients gain the highest level of control with their output infrastructures. Evolv has established relationships with several of the global
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Document Management in the Real World: The DocuLex Perspective

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often come in and demo the product and close the deal. Usually by the time DocuLex is brought in, which Bailey says is about 90 percent of the time, it’s a valid prospect. Overall, Bailey feels that most DocuLex dealers have a good grasp of what they’re selling, specifically DocuLex’s Archive Studio, even if it is mostly an understanding of the bullet points of the solution. Bailey acknowledges that if the dealer were strictly selling document management solutions like they were in the olden days
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Canon Goes for IKON’s Jugular

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What do you Canon guys think of this? http://www.theweekinimaging.co...s-for-ikons-jugular/ Is it much different than the Canonball promos of the past? Anyone care to share the H1 Canonball offer?
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Ricoh Pro C901/901s+

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Seems like improvements are focused on duty cycle, media support, and Fierys.What do you guys think?Anyone have a "Whats New/Different" doc?Thanks,Jake
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Suspect leaves photo copier clue at crime scene

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OTTAWA - If it's true, this is one stupid crook.Cops are circulating an image they believe a break-in suspect took of himself with a photocopier -- during the break-in. It happened very early Sunday at Dan Murphy Ford on Bankfield Rd. in Manotick.The...
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Solimar Systems Releases SOLfusion™ 1.3

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quickly find jobs," says Mary Ann Rowan, Solimar CMO and VP of Sales. "Serving as the central hub for process automation, SOLfusion allows our clients to schedule, manage and monitor disparate processing steps in a smoothly integrated workflow." The Solimar product line enables thousands of organizations around the world to easily expand and control their enterprise output management processes by providing robust data transforms, device optimizations, print stream re-engineering and e-presentment
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3 Days !!!! You call that Service? Really?

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Last week my company installed a new Canon Color ImageRUNNER-Advance into a relatively small transportation office (2 floors). We were swamped with two SEs out, one at UniFLOW school and another on vacation. So I dd the install. It was pretty straight forward. The only issue is when I initially brought the Canon online I choose DHCP, and it self configured it’s IP info. I then proceeded to “ping” the ip address that the customer had gave our sales person to be assigned to their new Canon
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Re: Canon Goes for IKON’s Jugular

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Canon wants those clicks back from IKON when IKON was placing the Canon boxes. This is why they have been very aggressive to get these clicks. It has been very successful because there have letters that have been sent out to IKON Canon customers stating that IKON will NO longer provide service on the Canon box. As a result the customers love Canon but are being told they will no longer get service.....so IKON (Ricoh Direct) is trying to flip the customer to Ricoh when the customer loves the
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Re: Mobile Printing and User codes

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Smart Devise Print Does have a place to put in a User ID and Password. Have not tested it but it is there.
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Re: The Worst Copier Web Sites in the World!

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Thanks for my Monday morning laugh. It's a toss up between Copier Guy - still showing a summer special in February and Nevill who's author is ADD - for sure!!
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Re: Image Quality Not a Main Criteria in MFP Purchase

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I tend to agree. MFPs are loaded up with new features these days, many of which are only of mild interest to customers. The most important issues to customers are usually price, service and support. The only really new feature that customers are beginning to ask about is mobile printing.
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Re: 3 Days !!!! You call that Service? Really?

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Vince....what model of Canon was that? I have never ran into the problem and scan to email works out of the box? Sometimes I do my own installs when our techs are tied up and I don't want my customer to wait. Were they trying to do something different?
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Re: 3 Days !!!! You call that Service? Really?

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, selling outcomes and solutions versus products and services and technical processes versus interpersonal skills. Too often they missed the point. Research shows that independent of industry, geography, product or service, customers consistently report that they value four qualitites in the services they receive: SEAMLESS SERVICE: The ability to manage service factors that are invisible to the customer. Although customers want the benefit of all services an organization may offer, they don't

Re: Ricoh deficiency in most new models

fisher ·
My biggest grip with Ricoh machines is that the top drawer on all the color machines is letter only. Come on guys give the machine a full size top paper drawer.
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Re: Canon Goes for IKON’s Jugular

Art Post (Guest) ·
I understand that this new promo was based on the last promo they did in 09. This is the last hurrah for the systems that were delivered in 08 and 09. Instead of stealing business they (all manufacturers) need to concentrate on getting net new clicks and placements. Not very creative on Canons part.
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Re: Ricoh deficiency in most new models

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quote: There is a setting for this. Forget where though. Ran into it once and a call to tech support got me the answer. Its a setting to enable envelope feeding. There is no emvelope feeder available for the new monochrome models, only the color models. Thus this is still a problem with the non color devices. Adding the envelope feeder is the solution for the color models however the added expense. Can anyone help with other products other than Ricoh??
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Riso Comcolor & Thermography

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I just had a propect call me and wants a system will print four color ink process so he can then pass through a thermographer. Can this be done with Riso Comcolor? If not any other ideas for four color???
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Image Quality Not a Main Criteria in MFP Purchase

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I was talking with one of our Client Support Managers the other night as he recounted a discussion he had with a new prospective client. In describing the various criteria the client had for selecting a new colour mfp (colour capable multifunction printer) what struck me was that image quality never entered the details of the discussion. In discussion with the potential client a great deal of time was spent with a description of the frustrations that had ocurred with their current equipment
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Companies who utilize Evergreen Clauses for Extra Lease Payments

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Companies who utilize Evergreen Clauses for Extra Lease Payments (Copier Leases) by Christopher Menkin These companies use language in their purchase options to confuse, perhaps to deceive, with the result an automatic continuation for an additional twelve months of payments. Often they win transactions with lower monthly payments as the lessee is not aware of the practice at the end of the initial term of the lease. Several have continuation of payments and the requirement of replacing the
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago

First Week of February 2013

Kodak-Alaris_See-the-Diffreence-500x100Yesterday,  I attended our Annual kickoff sales event for Stratix. On the three hour ride home I had some time to think about may things related to our meeting.  A few that will resonate for many days was the amount of sales and sales support peeps that were in attendance.  My count had us at 65 people, ah, I can remember ten years ago when there was maybe twenty of us.  I also pondered whether this may be one of my last annual sales meetings that I would attend.  I guess these are things that one thinks about when one gets to a certain age.  Most of the all I enjoyed the growth that I've witnessed over the years and the growth that will come in the future as well.

Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 10 years ago

North Kansas City Schools Streamline Printing and Save $150,000 with Konica Minolta E

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Follow-You printing, we have reduced waste and saved $30,000 or 40,000 pounds of paper. These cost savings along with the program’s success allowed us to extend printing capabilities to all 6,000 high school students from their school-issued Apple MacBook Airs.” To meet increased demand for its in-plant print shop, North Kansas City Schools leverages four Konica Minolta Production Print Systems, including the bizhub PRO 1051 Monochrome Print System, and the KIP C7800 Wide Format Printer from Konica
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Toshiba Wins 2013 Gold Stevie® Award for Best Sales Meeting of the Year

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managed document services (MDS) provider with experts that help organizations take control of document security, workflow and print environments. With the award-winning Encompass™ managed print services (MPS) program, e-STUDIO™ line of multifunction printers (MFPs), toner products and retail information/thermal printing systems, TABS is leading the way for businesses to print smarter, work safer and conserve resources. For more information on Toshiba solutions and services available in the United
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Ricoh unveils MFPs and printers engineered for healthcare

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wristbands, which today carry an increasing wealth of clinical information, including barcodes, color-coded alerts, patient photos and more. The new Ricoh MFPs and printers further reduce cost of wristband production by deftly handling media as narrow as 3.25 inches, reducing consumption of expensive wristband stock. Ricoh will be offering demonstrations of wristband printing at its HIMSS booth #1361. Other new features Ricoh's Tray Locks Solution makes it easy to secure sensitive and expensive
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Konica Minolta Corporate Announcements App Simplifies Internal Communications

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presses, multifunctional products (MFPs), managed print services, vertical application solutions and related services and supplies. Konica Minolta has won numerous awards and recognition including being recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for six years in a row. For the third consecutive year, Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) has named Konica Minolta as the winner of its “A3 MFP Line of the Year” award. In 2012, Konica Minolta also received
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Photizo Group Article Reveals How Print Audit Premier is Changing the Software Sales

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customers recapture over $200 million in printing and photocopying expenses while saving an estimated 190,000 trees a year. Print Audit is the most comprehensive provider of managed print services (MPS) and print management solutions. The company enables organizations to monitor and control their printing costs via a broad range of capabilities that include secure print release, follow-me printing, rules-based printing, cost recovery, in-depth print assessment and remote meter reading. Print Audit
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Oki Data Americas is First to Deliver High-Performance A3 Copier-Based Color Multifun

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MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., March 6, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OKI Data Americas announces the availability of the versatile new CX3535 and CX4545 A3 copier-based color multifunction devices (MFPs) for open channel distribution. These products provide exceptional color output, plus high-speed print, scan, copy and optional fax functionality for demanding medium- to large-sized workgroups. Moreover, these products offer resellers with an industry-first copier-based product to augment OKI Data's existing
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NEC Corporation of America Announces Closure of Document Solutions Division (DSD)

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Konica Minolta C360 Konica Minolta C280 8 months from date of purchase. 5 years from date of purchase. NEC ViVid 2020 (U18N) 8 months from date of purchase. 5 years from date of purchase. NEC IT8000 (U47N) NEC IT6500 (U48N) Kyocera i8000 Kyocera i6500 Main unit 36 mo or 4.8 million prints, whichever comes first. 5 years from date of purchase. NEC IT5500 (U49N) NEC IT4500 (U50N) NEC IT3550 (F45N) Kyocera i5500 Kyocera i4500 Kyocerai3500 Main unit 36 mo or 1.8 Million prints, whichever comes first
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Managed Print Services Account Executive

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reduce their office printing expenses. Our team of Managed Print Services experts can help you measure the current cost of printing in your organization and implement strategies to reduce costs. We offer a full portfolio of print management solutions including assessment tools, printers and multifunctional systems that print, copy, fax and scan. All of our systems are backed with responsive client service. To learn more about how your organization can benefit contact us today. Phone: 866-851-2200
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Ricoh Senior VP of Marketing Dominic Pontrelli to present at Argyle's Chief Marketing

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Forum is an invitation only event held in Washington, D.C. Click here for more information. WHEN: March 7th from 3:15 – 3:50 p.m. ET For details on Ricoh's full line of products, services and solutions, please visit http://www.ricoh-usa.com . | About Ricoh | Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In
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Managed Print: An Aggregated Approach That Drives Channel Revenue

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manage print related assets," said Sam Errigo, senior vice president of Business Intelligence Services for San Francisco-based Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA, Inc. "It's more than providing printers and toner. It's about collecting data from every printer on the network in order to capture volume information [and] cost information and track consumables. We can use the data to drive very intelligent business decisions and processes, as opposed to guessing about what is going to work well
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Canon U.S.A. Showcases Document Technology and Clinical Solutions at HIMSS13 Full Sui

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Conference (HIMSS), at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, from March 3-7, 2013. With an ability to provide solutions for both general information processing and clinical patient care, Canon’s comprehensive technology portfolio can help healthcare customers streamline their business operations while enhancing information management. Canon’s booth will feature the demonstration of technology in real-world environments including: Admissions, Records Retention and Nurses’ Station
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Ricoh unifies business-to-business camera and lens product lines for superior custome

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Imaging Americas Corporation, Security Systems Division and Ricoh Americas Corporation, Digital Camera Division. Ricoh and Pentax products will remain under their current brands and all consumer products will continue under the management of Pentax Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation. For details on Ricoh's full line of products, services and solutions, please visit www.ricoh-usa.com . About Ricoh Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions
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KonicaMinolta's New App Display for MFPs!

Art Post (Guest) ·
Not sure if everyone picked up this press release about KonicaMinolta's new app that would enable corporate wide announcements, updates, or messages to be displayed on new bizhub MFP's since they are the "water cooler" of the office. The link is here . I would like just like to hear from others how this "new" app could be used as a selling advantage, do you think it will help sales, what ideas could you come up with for the display? One question I have is, will it display a video? Or how about
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Re: Worst Experience with Nuance

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When Ed Schmid was running eCopy they had the best pre & post sales support in the industry. You could call an 800 # while onsite and get someone to answer the phone who actually knew the product better than you did. Those were the days when eCopy was a Canon only product. But Canon did not buy a controlling interest in eCopy so when their contract ran out, eCopy opened up to all copier manufacturers, and their support became poor, the rapid expansion overwhelmed them. I thought that the
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Samsung in final talks to take 3 percent stake in Sharp: sources

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unlikely to include capital infusion from the Taiwanese giant. In December, chip maker Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) agreed to invest as much as $120 million in Sharp. As part of that agreement, Qualcomm said it would work with Sharp to develop new, power-saving screens based on Sharp's IGZO technology. ($1 = 93.3500 Japanese yen) (Reporting by Reiji Murai; writing by Dominic Lau; editing by James Jukwey)
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Web Print Tool for batch plotting

Art Post (Guest) ·
I actually had some great success with using the web print tool for batch plotting to the Ricoh wide formats. It did everything the customer wanted, and you were also able to send a reduced set to print.
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Re: NEC Corporation of America Announces Closure of Document Solutions Division (DSD)

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quote: Not having the pressure of the high quotas also allowed you to build the business slowly and remain profitable. Now that NECS is gone, what are the choices? Copystar??? Sharp seems like the Mfr that is going after the smaller dealers these days. After their financial situation & not selling thru the Global/Xerox channel, they are signing up more new dealers than anyone else lately.
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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billion) in cash. But it will give Samsung a broader supplier base, access to Sharp's low-cost thin-screen technology, and a foot in the door at one of Apple Inc's key Asian display suppliers. The need for this sort of tie-up marks an unusual departure for the ascendant technology company, heralded for aggressive management that allowed it to leapfrog past Japanese giants such as Sony Corp and Toshiba Corp in markets from consumer electronics to semiconductors. Samsung's $230 billion market
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Oce and Canon

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Over the years the press releases from OCE have been very frequent at least a few times a month or in some cases once a week. The last OCE press release I picked up was December 16th, there may have been a few I missed, but this tells me the transfer here in the US is underway. Does anyone else have an internal news on Oce and Canon?
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European Business Leaders More Concerned about Losing Competitive Edge Compared to th

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a series of 20 in-depth interviews conducted with prominent business and technology thinkers as well senior corporate executives across different sectors. | About Ricoh | Ricoh is a global technology company specialising in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group, operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,903 billion
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Enterprise Print Management Blog

Art Post (Guest) ·
In the context of office printing, when you think about Print Management, what comes to mind? For most people, it is management of the actual print output ("what comes out of which device"). But this is a very narrow view on the subject; we can call it Output Management, a very small playground in the world of Print Management. Such a narrow view can be dangerous and you should set your requirements based on a more holistic view (more about this further down). Output Management includes niche
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Re: CW2200SP

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Just browse through the brochure and documentation for the Canon. The user interface on the MFP is weak. Its a plotter with a scanner (probably a Contex) added. The Ricoh MFP has our standard user interface. Anybody who has a Ricoh MFP of any kind can walk up to this new machine and know exactly how to use it. Would be interesting to see a Monster Garage featuring the two products.
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Re: Oce and Canon

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Last press release I had was about Canon selling the Oce branches to a Canon dealer. http://www.reddeeradvocate.com...tward_190129101.html
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Kofax Acquires Altosoft, a Leading Developer of Business Intelligence and Analytics S

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Research Report, The Forrester Wave™: Business Intelligence Service Providers, Q4 2012, “Business intelligence now has a much more important role. All products and services continue to become more commoditized in our global economy. … But if there are two businesses that are marketing and selling identical products or services and one has more insight into its customers' behavior — or even if two share the same insights but one gets that information a day sooner — that business has a much higher chance
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MPSA Announces first White Paper of 2013

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Charlotte, NC – March 5, 2013 – The Managed Print Services Association (MPSA) today announced the completion of its Standards & Best Practices Committee’s first white paper of 2013, “MPS Business Models & Components.” This white paper identifies four managed print business models MPS providers can use to go to market, details the pros and cons associated with each and provides charts outlining additional components related to the delivery of managed print services. “Ron, his committee members
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Re: CW2200SP

Art Post (Guest) ·
fisher: Can you elaborate more on the scanning capabilities of the Canon MPF40's? Whya re we so much better with scanning?

Re: Konica Minolta Corporate Announcements App Simplifies Internal Communications

Art Post (Guest) ·
awesome, means I can a commercial on the copier! Can't wait until this gets hacked and someone puts something they shouldn't. How about the next thing we do is to put cameras in the copiers. hahaha
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Re: Ricoh launches versatile, solutions-ready customisable workgroup MFPs - MP 2001SP / M

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Seriously...has anyone really been calling for a new A3 20/25ppm MFP? I can't tell you when the last time was I sold a monochrome A3 system below 40ppm. Meanwhile, Ricoh's A4 devices are slow for the price, & the tired old C6501/C7501 and 907/1107/1357 series' still have no replacement on the horizon. Ricoh will never cease to amaze me.
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Re: Rumor has it.....

Art Post (Guest) ·
Not sure if this is right, but check it out if you can. The Pro Ricoh 5100 and the Pro 5110…65 and 80 ppm (pro color)
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago

Last Week of January 2013

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In your dog-eat-dog market, Art, to post these kind of sales (6-9) consistently every month--nothing short of amazing. What # of these 6-9 are net new? I would estimate the average at two per month or about 24 per year. Getting tougher and tougher with net new though. Different companies have different ideas about what new is. For instance.....

Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 5 years ago

Ringdale Releases its FollowMe® Embedded Platform for Konica Minolta

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the industry for over three decades. With offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore and Japan, Ringdale have a strong global partner network and relationships with the world's leading printing manufacturers including Canon, Hewlett Packard, Lexmark, Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita, Oce, OKI, Ricoh, Sharp, Toshiba and Xerox. Ringdale, FollowMe and their respective logos are registered trademarks of Ringdale UK Ltd and Ringdale, Inc. All other names are trademarks or registered
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Fiery proServer for the Konica Minolta KIP C7800 Wide Format Color Printer

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

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dealer for more than 30 years. Ricoh Americas Corporation will continue to retain all global, national, federal government and managed service customers in the area, as well as its direct customer base in other parts of Minnesota – including the Twin Cities. Based in Minneapolis, Metro Sales was founded in 1969 and is a distributor of copiers, fax machines and laser printers.
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Ricoh Co Ltd : Ricoh Managed Print Services Now 2nd Globally

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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

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I have a ricoh copier in on a trial, we set a customer paper size for 4.125x9.5 for the paper tray. We are printing from a mac application, and we get a paper size error. We went back to the mac did a custom size for and everytime we put in 4.125, the mac reverts to 4.12 and I'm thinking this is causing the paper mistmatch. Can anyone help with this?
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Mutoh America Launches RJ-900X Printer

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

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print services experts who will develop sustainable print programs, volume reduction initiatives, device and supply chain management, and process efficiencies that are guaranteed to reduce costs upwards of 20 percent. The company assumes all expenses related to the production of documents in hospitals, including services, supplies, equipment, legacy service agreements, parts, finance charges and labor. “AUXILIO’s comprehensive assessment of our print environment and the savings they will generate
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Ricoh MP3352 Scan screen not staying on

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

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

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

Yoda ·
Type copier sales into you tube and see what comes up its simply hilarious. Selling Copiers Now have a beer Rep review Comp Plan Sales Manager Top salesman New Comp Plan
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Re: Scam from a Local Company

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

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

Re: Fuji Xerox to link office copiers to Google Drive

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

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As I'm reading these post about Ricoh/Ikon merger. Do you guys think that same is in store for Canon/Oce merger. I work for an independent and I'm curious to see how the new Canon Solutions Americas is going to effect us on the dealer level. What are your thoughts?
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Sindoh Adds US Distribution for New Trio of B&W A4 MFPs

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

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

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

Re: Patent infringement for scanning from copier.

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

Re: Can someone help!!!

Color1 ·
I have had some weird issues happening with the wide format and printing PDF's. One resolution we had with those devices was to go into user tools and system settings, go to printers, and turn off the "substitue paper sizes". It's coming in set to Auto. With one of my accounts, they couldn't print PDF's til we turned it to off. Just a thought.
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Re: Can someone help!!!

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Art, This is a common problem on MACs. You need t set the same exact paper size on the MAC's "Page Setup". Then try printing it, and see if it works. Vince
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Re: KYOCERA Document Solutions America Introduces Application for Secure and Efficient Di

Art Post (Guest) ·
To all Kyocera P4P'ers is this a big deal? Are you exciting about this offering?
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago

Third Week of January 2013

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Ask your DM if they are involved with an Association for their industry, if so ask for the contact name of that person.  Call the Association and ask about sponsorship initiatives, speaking opportunities for educating their members, or showing your wares at one of their meetings.

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Print Audit Releases Major Update for Rapid Assessment Key

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-counters and improved supply level detection with many manufacturer's devices, including Sharp, Lexmark, Kyocera, HP, Canon, Konica Minolta, OKI, Samsung and Ricoh. This update is free for all current Rapid Assessment Key owners and is available as an automatic update, which can be accessed by plugging in the USB key and launching the scanning software. Please visit the following link for a complete list of changes in this release: http://www.printaudit.com/down....0_Release_Notes.pdf For more
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Ricoh to Deliver 'Print and Beyond' Business Transformation Solutions at Hunkeler Inn

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addition to the Ricoh TotalFlow workflow suite offers customers an easy-to-use, end-to-end workflow software to manage transactional datastreams in Adobe PDF format. This solution brings the power and modularity of the proven Ricoh ProcessDirector software to mid-level customers who can now benefit from Ricoh's decades of experience with larger commercial and transactional printers. Ricoh will demonstrate mailpiece tracking via Ricoh ProcessDirector Express with itsMailroom Integrity solution
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Konica Minolta bizhub 36 and bizhub 42 – Editor’s Choice Award Review

Art Post (Guest) ·
Konica Minolta bizhub 42 42ppm Sum-up: Compact small-to-midsize workgroup machines with excellent features. Konica Minolta’s new bizhub 36 and bizhub 42 are the latest entries in Konica Minolta’s small-to-midsize-workgroup MFPs. Each machine includes standard monochrome copying, printing, and color scanning functionality with faxing as an add-on. The $4,300 (list) bizhub 36 is rated at 36ppm with a monthly duty cycle of 48,000 pages. The $5,000 bizhub 42 copies and prints at 42ppm with a
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Konica Minolta and Hyland Software Announce Strategic Alliance

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competitive. Konica Minolta is a leader in advanced document management technologies, application solutions and IT Services from the desktop to the print shop. The company focuses on complete solutions including office systems, digital presses, production print systems, printers, vertical application solutions, and related services and supplies. Hyland Software is the developer of OnBase and a leading global provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software and solutions. "Hyland
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Konica Minolta to Exhibit Legal Solutions and IT Services at LegalTech® New York 2013

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(MFP), eCopy ShareScan software allows for a wide range of secure document scanning processes with seamless integration into business applications that support automated workflows. Equitrac Professional® – As the leading print management and cost recovery software for the legal industry, Equitrac Professional allows departments to accurately capture, allocate and bill for all client-related expenses, while helping firms gain control of their printing, copying and scanning costs. Konica Minolta
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Sharp Selects Southeastern Business Machines As Authorized Dealer And Expands Nationa

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#1 MAHWAH, N.J., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, announced that Southeastern Business Machines has joined its extensive nationwide network of authorized dealers. As part of the agreement, Southeastern Business Machines will now offer a range of integrated technology solutions, including Sharp's comprehensive portfolio of copiers and multifunction printers (MFPs). Sharp Authorized Dealers receive a wide
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Canon U.S.A. Announces Senior Executive Appointments

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consumer products, including digital cameras, camcorders, printers, fax machines, copiers, calculators, and binoculars. Ms. Higginbotham has been with CITS since 1997 and most recently served as senior vice president of operations. About Canon U.S.A., Inc. Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. With approximately $45.6 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S
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Sharp® Awards $100,000 of Technology Products to Coleman School District as Part of 1

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MAHWAH, N.J., JAN. 17, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, has announced the company's Centennial School Contest winner. As part of the company's 100 year celebration, Sharp held a contest open to all K-12 accredited schools in the United States. The prize: $100,000 of state of the art Sharp products for the school's classrooms, including interactive displays, copier/printers, professional projectors
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Nuance eCopy ShareScan 5.1 Strengthens Leading MFP Capture Capabilities and Dramatica

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. eCopy ShareScan runs embedded on the market’s leading MFP vendors including Canon, HP, Xerox, Ricoh and Konica Minolta, while also supporting any networked MFP and scanning vendor via eCopy ShareScan ScanStation software. eCopy ShareScan’s ability to support any brand MFP and nearly every device makes it an ideal solution for vendors and customers with mixed fleet environments. BLI, the imaging industry’s independent testing lab, praised eCopy ShareScan 5.1 in its new report (to read the full report
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Four Guiding Principles For Advancing Managed Print Services

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document management costs and increase efficiencies they need to change their management process. Going down this path is likely to include deploying document management experts, whether internally or on an outsourced basis. Those experts can help facilitate changing the entire business function in order to deliver financial savings and operational efficiencies beyond equipment acquisition and per-page printing costs. Leveraging a Managed Print Services Model Many companies measure their office print
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Xerox Wins $14.6 Million MPS Deal

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A five year managed print service contract could cut costs by 25%, and greatly improve efficiency. With 6,500 employees and 34,000 students across five U.K. campuses, the University of Nottingham needed a better way of managing its diverse printing requirements. The university found it by working with Xerox, which today announced a £9.2 million managed print service contract that is set to drive considerable cost savings and reduce the university’s environmental impact. The five-year agreement
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Canon to Feature DreamLabo 5000 at Imaging USA, Jan. 20-22

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, imagePROGRAF wide-format pigment printers, PixmaPro printers and high resolution REALiS Projectors. Canon will also feature demonstrations of the DreamLabo 5000 Production Inkjet Printer, offering the retail photo printing and high-end print-on-demand (POD) markets optimal performance and productivity. Its integration of FINE (Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) print-head technology is designed to offer exceptional photo and text quality. The printer also offers an alternative to
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RICOH TO ENDOW RESEARCH CENTER AT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR

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Ricoh Innovations, Inc. ("RII") in Menlo Park, California, RIPL was created to combine market-oriented technology development with regionally optimized research to pioneer new business tailored for the Indian market and similar emerging countries. Ricoh's collaboration with IITGN began with RII's study of the application and validation of advanced IT technologies in educational fields. "We are thrilled to promote Open Innovation in India by locally researching solutions relevant to specific
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Ricoh Americas to feature comprehensive legal solutions portfolio at LegalTech NY

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try it! For details on Ricoh's full line of products, services and solutions for the legal industry, please visit http://www.ricoh-usa.com/legal . | About Ricoh | Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,903 billion yen
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Houston Copier Rental Services are Now Being Provided by Platinum Copier Solutions R

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Houston, TX (PRWEB) January 18, 2013 Sharp copiers and Kyocera copiers are regarded as affordable premier document systems for businesses. Platinum Copier Solutions has been providing these document systems to businesses located in Houston and surrounding areas with exceptional services and technical know-how. Now, to provide even more convenience to its clients, Platinum Copier Solutions is offering copier rentals near Houston. For some businesses, like Architectural, Engineering, and
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Re: The Worst Copier Web Sites in the World!

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Wow, a couple of blasts from the past. Nothing like having 15 year old copiers as the home page pictures on your website. Sharp SF7900 on the one website and a Pre Konica Minolta....Minolta on the other site.
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Re: Rumor has it.....

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Allot of Ricoh dealers picked up Konica Minolta over the past 2 years. Most of these dealers are selling up to 3 KM devices for every one Ricoh they sell. Most of the KM dealer team came from Ricoh. Coincidence?
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Small Businesses Use Roland Large-Format Printers to Create Unique Digital Graphics

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(SGIA) Expo in Las Vegas – entrepreneurs that are using advanced large-format printers to differentiate themselves and attract consumers. Jim Dileva enjoyed building birdhouses and selling them out of the back of his nail salon in East Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Build a Birdhouse was mostly a hobby until one of Dileva’s salon clients asked him to create a birdhouse decorated to look like her favorite cartoon character. Dileva asked a friend in a printing company to print some decals. “The client
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ITsavvy Creates Managed Print Partnership with X4

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ITsavvy, formerly B2B Computer Products, just announced a strategic partnership with X4 Solutions. ITsavvy will now be providing managed print services through its branded savvyPrint to X4 Solutions’ sales partners. ITsavvy has been offering X4 Solutions’ telecom services to its clients since July 2006; with X4 Solutions providing expert streamlined coordination of major carriers’ telecom capabilities. The recent managed print partnership breaks new ground. Chris Kurpeikis, vice president
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Wide Format Printer Needed for GSA

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Solicitation Number:W911SA-13-T-0033Notice Type:Combined Synopsis/SolicitationSynopsis:Added: Jan 16, 2013 3:51 pmThis is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented...
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Sharp in talks with Lenovo for TV tie-up: Nikkei

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(Reuters) - Struggling Japanese TV-maker Sharp Corp is in the final stages of talks with Lenovo Group Ltd to form a television operations partnership in China the Nikkei reported. Sharp plans to sell its subsidiary operating a LCD TV assembly plant in Nanjing to the Chinese PC maker this year and convert its other Chinese subsidiaries into 50 percent joint ventures, the Japanese daily said. The two companies plan to enter markets other than China, including southeast Asia and South America
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The Worst Copier Web Sites in the World!

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Let's have some fun, seems the participation on the forums has been a little slow of late. Either we're all to busy, or we're just a bunch of know it alls! So, let's have some fun, in a recent thread from yoda, he took me to what I think was one of the worst copier companies web site I ever seen. So, if you've been to a competitors that just plain stunk, post eh link in the reply section and after 30 days or so, we'll have vote for the worst copier web site in the work! Yoda, thanx for the idea!!
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Ricoh firmware

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I am not sure if this is the right place, I'll try anyhow! How do you guys download firmware for Ricoh. I think it has become very cumbersome after Tessa dissapeared.
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Information Technology Request for Bid (Copier Lease)

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Town of East Lyme (Request for Bid) Sealed bids for the lease of copiers to meet the needs of the Town of East Lyme will be received by the Town of East Lyme, Connecticut at the East Lyme town hall engineering office, 108 Pennsylvania Avenue, Niantic, until 2:00 p.m. on January 31, 2013 at which time they will be publicly opened in the Town Hall Upstairs Conference Room. Specifications for the above lease agreement are detailed in the pdf document attached to the bottom of this article
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AIIM Teams Up with Photizo Group to Present Workshop at Transform 2013 Global Confere

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, president of AIIM. “We’re equipping the community to position and sell solutions in a way that enhances the selling organization and provides value to their customers. These are the industry’s best sales practices, provided in a one-day course.” Transform 2013 Global is the premier conference in the imaging industry, offering premium education about the ever-changing managed print services industry, as well as hardware, supplies, and digital workflow transformation. As the imaging industry landscape
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60 MON lease, 7 copiers

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Synopsis:Added: Jan 11, 2013 4:39 pmThis is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.The solicitation number...
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Solimar Systems Releases SOLscript™ 3.1

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fonts, expands transpromotional content options, and enhances the control of Xerox® VIPP® generated output. SOLscript is a PostScript preamble that emulates and optimizes Xerox VIPP software, extending the reach of VIPP applications to virtually all types and brands of workgroup and production printers, as well as ERM/COLD systems. Running in conjunction with PostScript interpreters such as Adobe® Acrobat® Distiller and the PostScript emulation modules of the Solimar® Print Director™ Enterprise
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Re: Sharp Selects Southeastern Business Machines As Authorized Dealer And Expands Nationa

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http://www.sebmhsv.com/wordpre...994&preview=true Another technology giant and world power of copier dealers that doesnt even put there name, phone number or address on the web site, let alone that they handle sharp. That will turn it all around.
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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manufacturing of its devices in the country. Sharp says it will continue to “provide brand and sales support” for its mobile business, a Morning Whistle report explains. Foxconn’s parent company Hon Hai struck a deal with Sharp to work together to build mobile devices in June 2012. But now it appears that the financially troubled Japanese tech company is downsizing its China-based operations, leaving Foxconn to step into the void. Sharp originally exited China’s mobile market in 2005, but returned
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Business Process Outsourcer Drives Growth with Kofax Mortgage Processing Solution

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and processing capture information 53 percent faster and spend 83 percent less per document,” said Nathaniel Rowe, research analyst at Aberdeen Group. “Multiply that over tens of millions of pages daily and you’ll see the kind of operational savings that can drive major growth initiatives.” “By removing manual document preparation, Kofax mortgage processing solutions accelerate critical processes and reduce the time it takes to approve mortgage applications,” said Howard Dratler, executive vice
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Harvard Gains New Insight from Map Archive using Contex Wide Format Scanner; Geo-Refe

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Blanken, General Manager, Contex Americas. Scan, Georeference and Print Arboretum staffers store the scanned images on a local server and the images are integrated into ESRI ArcGIS mapping platform to create georeferenced maps. These images give staffers new insight into plant legacies at the Arboretum. For example, staffers have been able to locate some living plants and remnants that fit into the historic landscape. In addition to viewing the maps from the database, staffers also print out 11x17
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Kofax Revolutionizes the Digital Mailroom with Increased Capabilities and Process Ana

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Automation automatically alerts the insured to submit the required information, which can be accomplished on paper or via fax, email, Kofax Web Capture or Kofax Mobile Capture. A line-of-business employee, such as a claims adjustor, is also alerted to the missing content to assist in resolving any discrepancies. These capabilities provide visibility into the status of the claims process from the moment a claim form is submitted at the Point of Origination? until it is passed to a claim adjudication
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Spanish Court Declares EFI Victorious in Patent Litigation Filed by KERAjet's Preside

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, vigorously defend ourselves and our intellectual property rights." "EFI has been a leading innovator in the print industry since our founding, and we acquired Cretaprint based on their demonstrated innovation and success in the ceramic inkjet market," added Ghilad Dziesietnik, EFI's Chief Technology Officer. "The victory confirms EFI Cretaprint's place as a leading innovator in the ceramic inkjet printer market, and we look forward to continuing to bring our innovative customer-focused printing
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The newest addition to the Sharp arsenal of High Technology world beaters. Please note the lack of a phone number or email address anywhere. http://www.sebmhsv.com
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Re: The Worst Copier Web Sites in the World!

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My vote is for the copier GUY. He's got some kahoonas. New Radio spot: "Its always summer at the copier guy! 10 year old copier? No problem! Don't let that pesky parts thing keep you from calling! I'm THE COPIER GUY!"
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Re: The Worst Copier Web Sites in the World!

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A Watson is not bad either love this on the services page "FREE Service available with the purchase of a new copier and there are no overage charges on maintenance agreements. Call today for details." What possible details could there be its free?
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Re: Sharp "What will Happen"

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lately sharp stock in on the rebound with the yen dropping in value and statement that they expect to turn a profit for the last quarter of the fiscal year along with the money from qualcom. However they still have a heavy burden of debt to deal with. I am surprised that we haven't heard anything yet.
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Re: Erie businessman gets fed prison for copier fraud

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There is a special place in hell for people who rip off churches. Have a church in my home town that was ripped off for about $20K by a copier company that had already gone out of business. The vendor wrote the church a 63 month lease with the service packed into the lease payment 3 months after the sherif had put a lock and chain on their doors. To make matters worse when the pastor of the church signed the lease he accidently signed in the wrong spot. When we got our hands on the actual lease
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Re: Nuance acquires Copitrak

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Can' you use the print audit solution? http://www.printaudit.com/law.asp
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Re: Are Photocopiers potential infection points for the flu virus?

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Interesting response from another website: We have a new guy in sales. He was a technician before he came to work here and never got sick. After working here and being exposed to sick people in the office he got sick. He wondered how it was possible all those years as a tech not getting sick, then one week here and he gets sick. I asked him if he washed his hands after every service call. Answer: Yes Then I asked him if he did the same here. Answer: No He asked me why I thought of that. I told
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Re: Sharp Selects Southeastern Business Machines As Authorized Dealer And Expands Nationa

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Holy crap! This site could make "the top ten worst imaging industry (copier) web sites", maybe that would be a cool thread to start!!
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Re: Sharp Selects Southeastern Business Machines As Authorized Dealer And Expands Nationa

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Out of all of Sharp's recently-announced partners, a few didn't even have sites. Not exactly announcement-worthy.
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Re: Sharp Selects Southeastern Business Machines As Authorized Dealer And Expands Nationa

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quote: Originally posted by Art Post: Holy crap! This site could make "the top ten worst imaging industry (copier) web sites", maybe that would be a cool thread to start!! Or companies that sell technology but to busy to use it thread. " All that new fangled technology stuff? Who needs it? BTW you want a copier?"
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Re: Need ecopy help please!

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Art, I am assuming that the scanner has a TWAIN driver. Have you looked at the settings of the driver? Sometimes these settings can make a difference. There are also settings for the Scanner in the SHareScan Manager. Having said all that, I was one of the first people to install an eCopy Scan Station on a Ricoh MP6500. No one told us that the Ricoh TWAIN Driver would NOT scan faster than 25 ppm no matter how fast the MFD was. We worked with eCopy (pre Nuance) to allow us to set up a hot
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Re: Are Photocopiers potential infection points for the flu virus?

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I asked one of my tennis buddies this weekend who is a high ranking local doctor about copiers and the flu virus. Viruses really cannot exist on plastic/glass more than a few minutes but germs and bacteria can linger for days. Although cleaning copier keyboards on a regular basis during flu season is helpful, placing spray pump bottles of hand sanitizer nearby the copier is ideal and very helpful towards maintaining a healthy office. As the copier is a shared office device which all employees
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Re: Ricoh firmware

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I have just learned that Tessa is still running and that My-ricoh.com is still being improved.

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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago

Second Week of January 2013

Purple Modern Professional Web Designer LinkedIn BannerInteresting thread I picked up this week from @SalesServiceGuy from 10 years ago this week. Are Photocopiers potential infection points for the flu virus.

SSG goes on tho make these notes, "As a copier sales rep I like to be proactive and mention to all of the accounts that I touch in the course of a day that photocopiers, fax machines and printers can become an infection point for the flu virus for up to three days. I recommend that they sanitize the copier's control panel at least once a day with a mild spray disinfectant."

Great stuff to keep in mind especially with the two years of COVID

Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 10 years ago

Konica Minolta Black and White Multifunctional Products Named Industry's Most Reliabl

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RAMSEY, NJ, Jan 10, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announces that Industry Analysts, Inc. just published its annual "MFP Service Manager Study" rating Konica Minolta first in 21 of 39 performance categories. Interviewing 107 dealer service managers in imaging system dealerships nationwide, the study found that Konica Minolta's award-winning line of bizhub(R) Monochrome Multifunctional Products (MFPs -- print, copy, fax, and
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Konica Minolta Acquires DocuSource

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technologies and Managed IT Services for the desktop to the print shop. For the fifth consecutive year, Konica Minolta was recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys. BLI has named Konica Minolta 2012 "Document Imaging Solutions Line of the Year" and "A3 MFP Line of the Year" award winner for the company's solution portfolio and award-winning line of bizhub Multifunctional Products. For more information, please visit http
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Canon U.S.A. Updates imageRUNNER LBP Line with Additional Advanced Laser Printers

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-function devices. These MEAP (Multifunctional Embedded Application Platform) enabled printers - like the earlier released imageRUNNER LBP5280 and LBP3480 models -- are designed to seamlessly integrate with other Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE systems and to help extend the value of customers' investments by bringing MFP workflows to the desktop printer. Using a common tool set including imageWARE Enterprise Management Console, uniFLOW, and unified print drivers, customers and providers can create a
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Spectra Integration Responds to Rising Demands with the Canon imagePRESS C7010VP New

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Integration’s Canon Solutions America sales representative with helping the company identify the perfect digital color press for their specific needs. While the cutting edge technology of the Canon imagePRESS C7010VP system certainly set the company apart from its competitors, Kohn said the ongoing commitment Canon Solutions America demonstrates to its customers may be even more invaluable. “Our relationship with Canon Solutions America is less about the document printing and more about their ability to
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Inkjet printing - when does the revolution start

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rate and recirculation of ink within the head. Kyocera's KJ4 piezo printheads print paper or filmic labelstocks up to 50 m/min (164 ft/min) with four grayscale levels or 75 m/min (246 ft/min) with three grayscale levels. Domino Printing Sciences has adopted them for its N600i modular label press, developed and manufactured by Graph-Tech AG, which it recently acquired. Konica Minolta's UK technical partner, Industrial Inkjet, claims the new KM1024i reaches 80m/min at 360 x 720dpi using three
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Ricoh unveils high-performance SP 8300DN laser printer, ideal for print-for ...

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, including applications for document capture, management, storage, processing (e.g., OCR), printing, sharing, customer relationship management and more. Print-for-pay establishments can gain even more control over print requests when the SP 8300DN is combined with Ricoh's device management and reporting software, @Remote®, which can monitor fleets of networked printers and MFPs in real time, offering new levels of convenience, optimization and productivity. Other printer features include an optional
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Largest-Ever EFI Connect Conference Nearly Sold Out

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in Connect include: Bunting Magnetics, Carlson Advisors, Esko, Honle UV America, KIP America, Kodak, Konica Minolta, MBM Corp., Metrix Software, MGI, Ricoh, Xerox, xpedx and Zund. Connect offers business leaders extensive educational sessions and opportunities to form long-term relationships with industry peers, discuss issues that matter and share business, process and revenue ideas. Live demos in Connect’s lab area will feature fully integrated, end-to-end workflows. And as always, the event
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Canon U.S.A. Launches imageRUNNER ADVANCE C2200 Series of Color Multifunction Office

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imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop Quick Printing Tool allows users to print, fax and convert files to PDF format without opening the native application. These new models are also equipped to take advantage of several mobile and cloud-based solutions – customizable for different needs and price points – that enable users to securely print and scan from a variety of mobile devices such as laptops, iPad® tablets and iPhone® or BlackBerry® smartphones. To help automate complex business processes, Canon
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Looking for a Ricoh/Savin dealer in Albany, NY

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Looking to ship-in some equipment. Is anybody familiar with any of the players in that area?Thanks,Brianbmerson@centricbiz.com443-761-1625
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OKI Data Americas to Demonstrate End-to-End Customized Retail Printing Solutions, Deb

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demonstrate how retailers can reduce costs by printing in-store and on-demand, as well as how to improve efficiencies by deploying multifunction printers within stores and using Scan-to-Email document management tools. Attendees will learn how they can enable IT staff to more productively manage their print devices and control print cost across their operation with tools like PrintSuperVision, and Color Access Policy Manager (CAPM), OKI Data will also demonstrate solutions that provide a portable
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Ricoh mp2352SP fax question

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It's been awhile since I sold this system with dual fax line capability, I know you can forward the first fax line to email or folder however can we do the same with the second line?
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Memjet Announces its Membership in the Managed Print Services Association (MPSA)

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incredible energy efficiency, always in color at or near the desktop, and with ink refill as a default. The C6010 features Memjet's page-wide printhead, which requires significantly less energy than existing laser printers by eliminating the fusing process inherent with laser printing technology. Memjet's office printing technologies feature a unique "green" design to support dealer ink refill programs that encourage ink cartridge re-use and keep plastics out of landfills, while saving end-users
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Print Audit Rings in the New Year with its 100th Premier Member

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expenses while saving an estimated 190,000 trees a year. Print Audit is the most comprehensive provider of managed print services (MPS) and print management solutions. The company enables organizations to monitor and control their printing costs via a broad range of capabilities that include secure print release, follow-me printing, rules-based printing, cost recovery, in-depth print assessment and remote meter reading. Print Audit has offices located in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, South
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Best Used Copier for the Buck?

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Hello, I sell primarily new Xerox copiers and I do not have a tech on staff. I use the Pagepack program so Xerox is responsible for this. I get a good number of used copier requests from clients and I thought I could build a program with exchange copiers available... but I need to find units that are reliable and super easy (cheap) to get in the wholesale scene. I am not overly brand loyal in this scenario. I would like to have 10 to 20 units I buy on a skid so it is all the same unit/same
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Canon U.S.A. to Sponsor the 2013 Sundance Film Festival

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Most Admired Companies in 2012. In 2012, Canon U.S.A. has received the PCMag.com Readers' Choice Award for Service and Reliability in the digital camera and printer categories for the ninth consecutive year and for camcorders for the past two years. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social
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Re: Are Photocopiers potential infection points for the flu virus?

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As a copier sales rep I like to be proactive and mention to all of the accounts that I touch in the course of a day that photocopiers, fax machines and printers can become an infection point for the flu virus for up to three days. I recommend that they sanitize the copier's control panel at least once a day with a mild spray disinfectant.
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Mutoh launches RJ-900X Printer

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generation "Wide Model" printhead (4 colour sections, 360 nozzles per colour) that enable the highest resolution printing for CAD at 2,880 dpi. It delivers superior line sharpness and photo quality with continuous tones, smooth transitions and a wide colour gamut. The CMYK printer also offers various print resolutions for different applications and can be utilized with a variety of inks. The printer became available January 7. More information and to find Canadian distributors: www.mutoh.com.
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Law firm worker accused of copy machine toner theft Read more: http://www.myfoxny.co

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box of Post-it Notes out of the office supply closet." According to court documents, Rodriguez worked in the firm's copy department for a decade. Prosecutors claim that starting in 2010, he started ordering thousands of dollars worth of toner beyond what the firm needed from Konica Minolta Business Solution and Ricoh U.S.A., which had contracts with the firm. Rodriguez would then allegedly resell black ink toner for $10 per box, and color ink toner for $15 per box. The total losses for the firm
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Business Development Analyst - Ramsey

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contract terms and conditions. KONICA MINOLTA OFFERS: Competitive salary. Outstanding benefits package (incl. medical, dental, life insurance) 401(k) plan with matching contributions Excellent holiday/vacation plans. Tuition Reimbursement Program. Employee Referral Bonus Program. Ongoing professional development training. State-of-the-art office products. Visible, exciting work supporting the sales of cutting edge technology and workflow solutions. Konica Minolta is Proud to be an Equal
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SHARP® PROVIDES A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE AT CES 2013

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control. Operating on AC/DC or battery outputting 100 watts of power and sporting LED accent lighting on its dual subwoofers, the GX-M10 consistently delivers high power audio no matter where it is placed. The Next Generation of Quattron Sharp is also demonstrating the next generation of Quattron technology at CES 2013. Using a specialized sub-pixel signal processing for Sharp's red-green-blue-yellow Quattron pixel panel, the next genesis of Quattron will allow the control and use of these colors
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Xerox Wins Award

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reported quarter, Xerox reported adjusted earnings (excluding special items) of 25 cents per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, Xerox is a leader in the development, manufacture, marketing, servicing and financing of document equipment across the world. Xerox currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) and a long-term Neutral recommendation. One of its competitors,Canon Inc (CAJ - Snapshot Report) carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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Xerox, IEEE Lexington donate $35,000 for robotics kits for FCPS elementary students

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All elementary students in Fayette County Public Schools will soon have access to robotics supplies, thanks to the generosity of the Xerox Foundation and IEEE Lexington. Their $35,000 gift will provide more than 100 LEGO MINDSTORMS kits spread across the nearly three dozen schools. Students at Garden Springs Elementary demonstrated how their programmed robots can perform tasks such as delivering bales of hay. “Xerox has a strong culture of innovation. Science, technology, math and engineering
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Re: Ricoh CW2200SP & CW1200 Brochure for jp

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Easier to read
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Re: Any PPC Manufacturers other than Xerox?

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In Europe basically everyone does this, since there are fewer BTA-style dealers with in-house techs. Samsung Sampage, Kyocera KyoPack, Ricoh Click, etc. In the US, I think you can do this through Synnex PrintSolv and there are always rumors that HP has something like this on the way.
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Commercial Account Representative - Public Sector

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within a team environment including during period’s of high activity and high stress. Develop/maintain strong relationships with the channel partners that the CAR frequently works with and demonstrate strong relationship leverage/loyalty from those partners. Qualifications: At least 3-5 years of successful experience selling enterprise software products ‘Driven’ personality with a strong track record of meeting/exceeding quota Must have strong inside sales experience, some field sales
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BTA Southeast to Host Winter Break

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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release For More Information Contact: Jan. 8, 2013 Brent Hoskins Executive Director Business Technology Association (816) 303-4040 BTA Southeast to Host Winter Break Feb. 8-9 in Orlando Ricoh Americas Corp.'s Martin Brodigan to present keynote session Kansas City, MO — On Feb. 8-9, 2013, the Business Technology Association’s (BTA; www.bta.org ) Southeast district will host its annual Winter Break event at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla. The event was organized
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NewField IT and OpenText announce Strategic Partnership

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solution at hand to meet its customers’ and partners’ faxing requirements: OpenText Fax Appliance A10x – the all-in-one entry level fax solution RightFax – the market leading fax server solution, implemented in the client environment OpenText hosted RightFax Server – hosted RightFax for enterprises looking to outsource their fax implementation. Constantly updating its well selected product and services portfolio, comprising its own products, such as Asset DB® and CompleteView® as well as solutions
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Any PPC Manufacturers other than Xerox?

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Hey everyone, I do the Xerox Pagepack program (they do all the service and supplies and simply charge me for clicks) -- They manage inventories, etc... they have techs. They charge me for clicks and I bill my customers. I like this model. Do any other manufacturers offer this? Jesse
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EPA Las Vegas Finance Center Copier Lease Services

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Synopsis: Added: Jan 10, 2013 8:50 am The Las Vegas Finance Center (LVFC) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires the lease of two (2) high performance copier/multi-function devices (MFD). The contractor shall provide, install, and maintain the leased MFDs as well as train LVFC employees on the use of the MFDs. This Statement of Work (SOW) and Attachment 1: "Specifications for LVFC Leased Copiers" describe LVFC's requirement and the duties and responsibilities of the
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BTA to Host ProFinance 2.0 as a Front Runner

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(www.bta.org/BTASoutheastEvent). Over the last 10 years, the principles of ProFinance have dramatically improved the performance of hundreds of dealerships. But with the introduction of color, connectivity, software and managed print services (MPS) the business has changed — and ProFinance has changed with it. ProFinance 2.0 incorporates these changes into the new industry model, including benchmarks for MPS. With more than 30 key benchmarks, this management tool will help you and your team achieve
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Ricoh Dynamic Capture Solutions: Disaster Recovery

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The Copier Museum Opens in Providence, RI

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January 14, 2013 - Providence, RI The Copier Museum Opens in Providence, RI Providence, RI, January 14, 2013 - COPEX Inc. in Providence, RI announces the opening of The Copier Museum, the first museum in the country dedicated entirely to copiers, and is open to the public. The collection includes copiers from as far back as the 1960’s when copiers were made of metal exteriors, versus the plastic exteriors commonly seen today. COPEX Inc., originally The Copier Exchange, is a wholesaler/exporter
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Re: Aftermarket software the would eliminate NCR

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Thanks for the response. Now to answer the questions. They're using a Sage Business Works Accounting Software version 2012. It's a windows based product. At the moment each customer's invoice is printed one at a time and they're printing 3 to 4 copies of each invoice. They're currently printing to a Canon ImageRunner C5035. The company logo is the only thing in color on the invoice. The first invoice which is sent out to the customer is the only one that needs to be in color. The other copies
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Re: Laserfiche Cloud from Ricoh

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I asked a question on a popular Copier tech website about selling SaaS in lieu of a traditional “hardware + software + service contract managed by a local technician”. The response was: Re: SaaS (Software as a Service) If you're selling it to them, they will look to you for all support issues on it. Often I've found cloud services still to be much more hype than anything else. There are plenty of instances of outages even by Amazon and other firms handling these services. I'd much rather have
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Re: Equitrac

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It does sound like more of a suite then simple print tracking. I ended up getting a hold of a rep at Equitrac and they had me forward the client a survey to fill out. The rep said something about having to buy new licenses because the old ones belong to the last vendor. Sounds like a sales pitch to me...
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Re: Workflow

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It is a reflection of the increased daily complexity of selling MFPs in 2013 and the resources needed to support selling beyond just the box. All copier resellers are at some Level 1 or 2 in their ability to support product but from 2A on many dealers begin to falter in their ability to promote and support software solutions.
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NJ bill to require information deleted from copy machines still awaits Senate's appro

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made, so they don’t need much information to get going.” He’s also concerned for a number of municipal agencies who are ultimately going to need to update their equipment and will be selling their older copiers in order to recoup the costs. Currently, the bill would allow either the individual or the business to make sure that information is erased before the machine can be sold again. However, one Glassboro-based wholesale used copier business sees a problem in leaving the onus on the consumers
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Re: Aftermarket software the would eliminate NCR

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Maybe a better question is why they are printing the invoices at all? Any beyond the customer copy should be going automatically to a document management system. We had an Auto Parts store printing three copies at every trasnaction, even transactions that were just pennies. We saved them thousands.
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Re: Aftermarket software the would eliminate NCR

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So the other three copies are being stored manually. Do we know if the user is scanning these copies back into their document management system? How many locations follow the current printing process? FormJet Enterprise is a sophisticated hardware system (not third party software required) which can produce the following options: 1. Take the incoming print stream, create a color invoice PDF (on the fly) and deposit the PDF in a specified network share or hot folder. a. The user can choose to
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Re: Laserfiche Cloud from Ricoh

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These same techs went onto say that Ricoh Document Mall, which is basically a SaaS DMS solution, was very unstable and overpriced.
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Re: Equitrac

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quote: The rep said something about having to buy new licenses because the old ones belong to the last vendor. Sounds like a sales pitch to me... When I sold the suite products, last one I sold was many years ago, the customer owned the software, not the dealer.
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I actually got a hold on their IT department. Turns out they currently have an FTP server set up. The marketing department uses it to send/receive to/from clients. He said he has a Sharp AR-M700n. After taking a quick look through the service manual it looks like scan to FTP is a standard feature. He mentioned the fact that the accounting department could probably use the feature as well sending/receiving files from their parent company in NY. I'm not going to make money off this advise but it
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Re: Canon ipf605 plotter

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They come with 90ml inks which is 2/3rds of a full ink cartridge. They should last about 800 or so prints depending on coverage.
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Re: Parts Now Announced as Strategic Distribution and Dealer Support Partner in North Ame

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I don't think we've ever covered the cost per page for the memjet printers
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Re: Looking for a Ricoh/Savin dealer in Albany, NY

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quote: IP Art Post Manager Maven Posted Wed January 09 2013 06:12 PMHide Post We should have a few p4p'ers, what product do you need support for? Posts: 18169 | Location: Highlands | Registered: Mon January 06 2003 IP Ignored post by Art Post posted Wed January 09 2013 06:12 PMShow Post Powered by Social Strata Please Wait. Your request is being processed... Reply I believe there is a Ricoh dealer called Repeat Business Systems that handles Albany NY. There is also a Ricoh direct branch in
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago

First Week of January 2013

On Monday I'll finally be back to work to kick off my 43rd campaign for selling office technology. Originally I planned for one week off during the Christmas break, however we had a death in the family which set me back another week.

I'm excited to kick off what might be my last year.

Enjoy These Awesome Copier Threads from 15 years Ago This Week

Konica Minolta bizhub C224 series – Editor’s Choice Award Review

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Konica Minolta bizhub C224 22ppm color & black and white Konica Minolta bizhub C284 28ppm color & black and white Konica Minolta bizhub C364 36ppm color & black and white Sum-up: Impressive office copier-MFPs with some of the features of higher-end machines. The new Konica Minolta bizhub C224, C284, and C364 succeeds the older C220 series. These newer models feature Konica Minolta’s recently-launched INFO-Palette Design control panel, which consist of a 9″ color screen that has a touch-and
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Branch Administrator Konica Minolta

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Branch Administrator Downers Grove, Illinois Job Description KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS USA, INC. seeks a bright, dependable, and personable BRANCH ADMINISTRATOR to use your customer and PC skills to support the branch sales team. This is a very visible position: an integral part of the sales organization designed for a strong candidate looking for a career. RESPONSIBILITIES: Checking sales orders for completeness Inputting sales orders Confirming all deliveries Dealing with independent
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About Konica Minolta Reorganizing Our Business Management System In Order to Achieve

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year. The strength of the yen against the euro and the US dollar had a considerable impact on Japanese industry, including Konica Minolta. While Barack Obama was re-elected as President of the United States, new leaders were appointed in France, China, South Korea and lately, Japan, all in the course of one year. Despite the hopes raised by the new Abe administration's avowed intent to implement measures to restore the Japanese economy to its former strength, we are aware that 2013 offers little
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Marco buys two more copier, printer companies

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Minnesota-based Marco Inc., which has an office in Sioux Falls, has purchased two copier and printer companies with offices in Iowa and North Dakota. Marco bought Midwest Office Automations Inc., which has 21 employees in Sioux City and Storm Lake, Iowa. It also bought Midwest Business Systems, which has 27 employees in Bismarck, Dickinson, Jamestown and Minot, N.D. The employee-owned company has acquired five companies in the past five months. Marco now employs 620 people at 35 locations in
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Canon U.S.A. Announces Leadership Team of Canon Solutions America

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Solutions America (while retaining his positions as executive vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel of Canon U.S.A., and executive officer of Canon Inc., Japan) Jim Sharp, executive vice president, Professional Services Mal Baboyian, executive vice president, PPS and LFS business units Arthur McGinn, senior vice president, Service Charles Bruschi, senior vice president, Finance, Accounting and Budget Peter Kowalczuk, senior vice president, ESS Zone Sales John Reilly, senior
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Ricoh Aficio MP 9002 Family – Editor’s Choice Award Review

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you to insert preprinted covers in a document as well as preprinted (but different) chapter inserts, all bypassing the potentially damaging heat of the copier’s fuser unit. Multifunctional features: As noted above, the SP machines come standard with printing and scanning. Faxing is optional, and new to these machines, all six models can share a single fax line. Fax memory can be increased from 320 pages to 2,240 pages. Faxing is at 33.6kbps with JBIG. Internet fax and LAN fax are supported. The
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Ricoh SP831DN printer "Print Shop in a Box"

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I'll be putting out my first SP831DN printer for a trial with envelopes. We've already signed the order, and if it comes through the trial, it's a homerun. Also at MSRP for this system. I'll keep you all updated!
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Xerox Launches Next Generation of Workgroup Scanners to Keep Paper-Laden Offices Orga

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and Availability The 45 ppm Xerox DocuMate 5445 document scanner is priced at $1,195; the 60 ppm Xerox DocuMate 5460 is priced at $1,595. Both are available through online channel partners, VARs and major resellers. About Xerox With sales approaching $23 billion, Xerox (NYSE: XRX) is the world’s leading enterprise for business process and document management. Its technology, expertise and services enable workplaces – from small businesses to large global enterprises – to simplify the way work gets
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Canon U.S.A. Launches MEAP Web Platform and SDK

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MFP platform investments.” The introduction of MEAP in 2003 was a major development for the print industry, as it provided developers the opportunity to integrate their software solutions with Canon’s imageRUNNER ADVANCE devices. As MEAP technology matured and the adoption of MEAP embedded software flourished, Canon enhanced the imageRUNNER ADVANCE platform to meet the demanding challenges of the modern business environment and allow for deeper integration with day to day business applications
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Re: Sharp "What will Happen"

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Sharp's issues are related to flat screen TV's etc. There is a market glut and its been impairing cash flow and inventories. The MFD division is profitable and at the worst, expect a merger as was the case with Konica-Minolta. Their products are solid as is their track record.
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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warned in November that it might not be able to survive on its own after doubling its full-year net loss forecast to $5.6 billion. The October-December operating profit was bigger than planned, thanks mostly to higher revenue from large household appliances and a slight pickup in LCD TV sales, Sharp's president Takashi Okuda told a group of reporters in Osaka. Sharp posted an operating loss of 24.5 billion yen ($278 million) in October-December 2011. Okuda's comments came after the trading close on
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Sales Representative-Document Management

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Sales Representative-Document Management Cintas - Fort Lauderdale, FL (Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area) Job Description Cintas designs, manufactures,and implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats,restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid and safety products, fireprotection services, and document management services for over 800,000businesses. Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq GlobalSelect Market under the symbol CTAS, and is a Nasdaq
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Canon ipf605 plotter

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Does this system come with starter inks and if so how long should they last?
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Ricoh MP CW2200SP User Guide

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Here's the linkhttp://support.ricoh.com/bb_v1.../mpcw22/mpcw22en.htm
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Ricoh CW2200SP & CW1200

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follow here for link to ricoh.jp web site, right click on page for translate: http://www.ricoh.co.jp/mfp/mp_cw/2200_1200/point/
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Ikon, GE Capital Settle Antitrust Claims Over Copier Leases

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Ikon, GE Capital Settle Antitrust Claims Over Copier Leases By Scott Flaherty Law360, New York (January 04, 2013, 7:32 PM ET) -- Ikon Office Solutions Inc. and General Electric Capital Services Inc. have settled an antitrust and fraud case brought against them by companies that competed with Ikon on photocopier leases, according to a joint filing in California federal court from Friday. Ikon and GE Capital — named as a defendant because it bought and enforced some of Ikon's contracts — reached
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Laserfiche Cloud from Ricoh

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Does anyone have any details on this SaaS service from Ricoh? Is it Laserfiche Rio hosted on a Ricoh server? From the MFP side what are the prerequisites to scan into the Laserfiche Cloud? Is any special or proprietary software involved? Are MetaScan drop down boxes being used? Is this a new business possibility for dealers who do not employ advanced technical staff to sell licenses?
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Wah, wah, wah Xerox cries over W.Va. Computer Contract Award

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existing system gave Molina an unfair advantage in bidding for the new contract. Xerox also alleges that the DHHR gave Molina access to its trade secrets. Molina spokeswoman Sunny Yu says the company can't comment because Xerox's protest is directed at the state. DHHR spokeswoman Marsha Dadisman says the department is reviewing Xerox's protest.
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Ricoh Co Ltd : "Research on the Office of the Future (with video)"

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working, indifferent to working hours or the work place. On the other hand, a skilled worker depends greatly on the company or the organization regarding the devices used or safety and security, and is a worker who views work on the basis of working hours and the work place. Ricoh's vision for the future of work We have examined the values that will guide Ricoh in supporting the new ways of working that reflect these office visions of the future. First, we can imagine that we will build a workflow
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Re: Sharp "What will Happen"

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Art, I think it is already a foregone conclusion. Kyocera would be good because people are used to saying Kyocera-Mita now it will be Kyocera-Sharp.
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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employees from the factory floor to the boardroom and selling real estate to shore up its balance sheet. Sharp said last year it had reached a capital injection deal worth about $800 million with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision, which makes Apple gadgets in China, but the deal stalled as Sharp's share price nosedived.
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Lexmark acquires Acuo Technologies

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both medical image and document-centric patient information, all integrated with the EMR,” said Jeff Timbrook, Acuo Technologies chief executive officer. “We look forward to presenting this broad offering to existing Acuo Technologies, Perceptive Software and Lexmark healthcare customers.” About Lexmark Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) provides businesses of all sizes with a broad range of printing and imaging products, software, solutions and services that help customers to print less and
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Océ VarioPrint 110 / 120 / 135 – Editor’s Choice Award Review

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job scheduling controls, such as providing alerts of any toner or paper refills needed. There is also the optional DocBox for any advanced editing to the job right at the printer. The VarioPrint 110, 120, and 135 combine Océ’s well-known technology with Canon’s excellent finishing and scanning functionalities into durable machines. These are great buys for the production market that need high-volume printing but no color requirements. We give them our Editor’s Choice Award. http
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Parts Now Announced as Strategic Distribution and Dealer Support Partner in North Ame

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-powered printers are fast, and are less costly to acquire, maintain and operate than most color laser options. Memjet’s MPS reseller program offers select resellers rewards, support, and services such as authorized refill, putting new MPS choices and increased profitability at the forefront of Memjet’s revolutionary color printing technology. Parts Now will sell the Memjet-powered C6010, as well as Memjet consumable ink tanks, printheads, parts and refilled ink tanks and “fill your own” ink
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Re: Service Mode

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Hi kbbyrum! I'm not really "certified" to work on Sharp equipment but from what I understand their Service Mode is called "Simulation Mode". To get into Simulation Mode you'll want to do the following: 1) Copy mode key ON → Program key ON → Asterisk (*) key ON → CLEAR key ON → Asterisk (*) key ON → Ready for input of a main code of simulation 2) Entering a main code with the 10-key → START key ON 3) Entering a sub code with the 10-key → START key ON 4) Select an item with the scroll key and the
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Re: Aftermarket software the would eliminate NCR

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Hello Emie, I’d like to ask a few questions in order to get a better understanding of the customers environment and their needs. What application is the user using to print? What platform does the application run on (AS/400, Unix, Linux, Windows, etc.)? You mention the user is contemplating on transitioning to a dot matrix printer. I’m assuming the user is printing on blank laser paper and sending the entire print job (form and data) to the printer? Assuming the user carries out his idea of
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Re: Aftermarket software the would eliminate NCR

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Emie: Keep in mind the cost of 4 part carbonless is very high, the ribbon cost of the ribbon cost of the dot matrix is high, noise of the printer, plus dot matrix printers always need to have print heads replaced. Someone would then need to seperate the invoices and tear off the sides. Dr. PCL5 maybe able to help
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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I find it interesting over the last several months in all of these postings there has been no more discussion of the Sharp MFP division. Most likely since this is the only profitable part of Sharp they are not going to touch this area. Why would you everyone else is bailing you out.
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Re: About Konica Minolta Reorganizing Our Business Management System In Order to Achieve

Yoda ·
LOL! I would not be happy if I was a "Equipment" sales person or manager. quote: in the office equipment field, we moved away from a business model centered on sales of multi-functional peripherals (MFPs) Hope the DTS reps can sell the other crap they bought.
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Re: Industry Events in Atlanta?

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I figure it could go both ways. The dealer may be interested in paying for training so they can have a more knowledgeable sales team but then again its my career that I'm thinking about. Either way, my goal is to make it to ITEX this year. I've gotta hang with the big dogs if I'm gonna sell like the big dogs.
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BROTHER™ DEVICES ARE TRACKED BY POPULAR MPS PLATFORMS

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MANAGEMENT MADE EASY! BRIDGEWATER, N.J. – Tracking supplies and other consumables across a fleet of printers and all-in-ones is often at the core of many MPS engagements. It is with this need in mind that Brother has taken steps to ensure that certain devices can be monitored by many leading MPS software platforms in our industry. Our customers and valued channel partners can be confident that toner levels and vital printing information are shared appropriately for fleet optimization. Armed
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Kofax to Present at 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference

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their businesses. Kofax solutions provide a rapid return on investment to more than 20,000 customers in banking, insurance, government, healthcare, business process outsourcing and other markets. Kofax delivers these solutions through its own sales and service organization, and a global network of more than 800 authorized partners in more than 75 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. For more information, visit kofax.com. (C) 2012 Kofax, plc. "Kofax" is a registered trademark
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Aftermarket software the would eliminate NCR

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I have a client that's processing a lot of invoices on a color mfp. This process has increased their maintenance pricing. The customer is thinking of getting a matrix printer and buying NCR paper. I was thinking if we could find 3rd party software that would allow them to print the first invoice in color and the other 3 copies in black and white, I might be able to increase the value proposition of adding new equipment. Any ideas?
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

Last Week of December 2012

We're down to the last week of the month (at least for me) for some of us, while others will end on the last day of this month. My month ends on the 23rd of each month.  At first I was annoyed when that model was implemented many years ago, however I've now grown to love it!  I now have two weeks to drive business because that's what our industry have driven for end of the month business.  In fact we've conditioned about prospects and clients for the last week of the month.

For me, those that close early can close more often!

Enjoy These great Copier Threads from 10 Years Ago This Week!

Interesting Apple/Mac thread for PS printing

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Jan 14, 2010 8:37 AM I just purchased a ricoh copier printer c2050 and cannot get it to print from my computer. I went to ricoh download page and downloaded driver. But printer does not show on mac. Printer shows being commented to computer. What do I need to do? DUAL 1.42GHz POWER MAC, Mac OS X (10.5.8) I have this question too (1) Categories: Printing, faxing and scanning Tags: print_fax_scan_macosx_v10.5, mac_os_x_v.10.5 Level 7 (22,800 points) Re: Problem with Ricoh MP C2050 Printer Jan 14
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Phoenix IT firm joins Konica Minolta group

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The Republic | azcentral.com Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:08 AM A division of Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA Inc. has purchased a Phoenix-based information-technology firm for an undisclosed sum, the companies said Thursday. InterTech Computer Products, based in Phoenix, has about 50 employees and provides technology solutions to businesses in Western states including Arizona and Nevada. InterTech will become part of All Covered, a division of the Tokyo-based Konica Minolta’s U.S. business
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Company Receives Numerous Awards in 2012 Including Recent “Innovative Product of the

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company’s portfolio of awards received in 2012, Konica Minolta received recognition in the areas of environmental sustainability, product and solution innovation, and overall industry leadership. Receiving numerous awards for solution performance and reliability, Konica Minolta was recognized as a Leader in the "Magic Quadrant for MFPs and Printers, Worldwide" published by Gartner, Inc. and named a #1 Brand in the "MFP Office Copier" category for the fifth consecutive year by Brand Keys. Industry
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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Sharp's plan to sell Nanjing plant to Hon Hai on hold: TOKYO/TAIPEI: Struggling Japanese TV maker Sharp's plan to sell its Nanjing plant in China to Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry has been frozen and may not materialise, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Sharp, which supplies screens to Apple for its latest iPhone, considers selling its Mexican plant to Hon Hai to be more important, and talks to sell the Nanjing plant, which assembles large-size liquid crystal display TVs
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Since when did Ricoh MFP's 40/50ppm lose...

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Since when did Ricoh MFP's 40/50ppm lose statement size paper tray support in the main trays? Arrgggh, they are killing me.
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15 Reasons not to buy a HP T2300 printer plotter scanner

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On the surface, the HP T2300 eMFP seems like a slam dunk when considering a new printer, plotter, and scanner. But, wait! Look past the initial impression and you’ll discover that the T2300 has some significant flaws—ones that could be detrimental to the operation of your business. Here is a list of the top 15 things that are wrong with the T2300 eMFP. 1.Printing postscript files natively is only possible when the Postscript option is purchased. This is an added expense. 2.On the HP T2300, it
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Digidocflow alternatives

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I’m looking for an alternative scanning solution that could replace Digidocflow. I’m a Kyocera dealer and I’m quoting a customer who has digidocflow currently. From what I can tell, it looks like Digidocflow is a Ricoh only product made by Nuance. Kyocera has DMS link that is also made by Nuance but it can’t do all the things that DigiDocFlow can. The feature that the customer is looking for is when they scan a doc into a folder from the copier, the doc gets emailed to the attorney
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Print Production Pricing

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Is there a general rule of thumb for Print Production pricing? How much of a dis**** from MSRP are you seeing in your market place for Segment 6 black units?
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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BrightWire, a business-to-business resource for portfolio managers, is reporting this morning that a report published by Tokyo's daily newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun is stating that Sharp has officially ended small to mid-sized IGZO LCD panel supply to Apple due to low profitability. At this time it's difficult to assess whether their public reasoning is factual or just a face saving measure due to Apple dumping the IGZO display due to production delays.
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Re: Does canon have an off the shelf...

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quote: Originally posted by Dr. PCL5: Art, Is the data coming from a Windows platform? mostly for scanned documents, what I;m thinking about is tickets that are printed and then signed for by the drivers, this would be for a landfill operation.
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Re: Digidocflow alternatives

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NSI Autostore is very similar to DigiDocFlow, & Kyocera is listed on their website as a supported manufacturer.
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Re: Erie businessman gets fed prison for copier fraud

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quote: Originally posted by Yoda: quote: Trabold said customers of Zurn's Erie Copy Products paid for leases on copy machines they never received, or which were broken, older or less expensive than they had been told. Really "less expensive than they had been told" so when I buy a car for $27,000 and someone else is selling it for $24,000 that's a crime? There has got to be more to this that. That happens 4,000,000 times a day. Sounds like he was selling used machines but presenting them as
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Re: BTA event in Orlando "Winter Break"

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BTA Southeast will be hosting its annual Winter Break district event, open to BTA members and non-members from across the country, on Feb. 8-9, 2013, at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla. This event will be a great setting to learn from industry leaders, gather new ideas and network with your peers. The event will feature a keynote presentation by Martin Brodigan, chairman and CEO of Ricoh Americas Corp., five additional educational sessions presented by industry leaders providing insight
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Pahoda Image Products Pagepack Laser Printer Specialist SEO and Adwords is about 1/2 of our business.
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Re: Since when did Ricoh MFP's 40/50ppm lose...

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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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largest of its kind in Europe. Sharp management wants to concentrate on Japan and the booming Asian market, Kyodo said, adding that the Japanese company is also contemplating the sale of half of its stake in another European solar-panel factory co-owned with Enel. Sharp’s strategy calls for getting out of solar-cell and -panel manufacturing and distribution in Europe and the United States by March 31, the end of Japan’s 2013 fiscal year, Kyodo said. The sprawling Japanese firm plans to eliminate
 
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This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

There's not much to write about this weekend.  I'm focused on finishing the year with a few more orders.  I figure I need another I need another $25K in the upcoming weeks. It's not going to be easy because many of the opportunities have closed.  There is an outside shot for a $240K content deal, however it seems that opp is in the weeds.  With 50% of the selling month left, anything can happen.

Enjoy These great Copier Threads from Ten Years Ago This Week!

Konica Minolta Helps Position Prime Data as a Leader in the North American VDP Market

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improve the overall bottom line of our business.” With the implementation of the Konica Minolta digital presses and production print systems, Prime Data now offers larger-scale media output to clients, full-color window envelope printing, and a range of other new services to meet the needs of their customers. Prime Data also has improved redundancy to turnaround print jobs in faster times and meet customer deadlines 100 percent of the time. Konica Minolta’s exceptional customer service and
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Konica Minolta Celebrates an Award-Winning 2012

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innovation, and overall industry leadership. Receiving numerous awards for solution performance and reliability, Konica Minolta was recognized as a Leader in the "Magic Quadrant for MFPs and Printers, Worldwide" published by Gartner, Inc. and named a #1 Brand in the "MFP Office Copier" category for the fifth consecutive year by Brand Keys. Industry analyst firm Buyers Lab, Inc. awarded Konica Minolta “A3 MFP Line of the Year" and the inaugural "Document Imaging Solutions Line of the Year.” In
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Ricoh named to 2012 Top 100 Global Innovators list by Thomson Reuters

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| Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,903 billion yen (approx. 23 billion USD). The majority of the company's revenue comes from products, solutions and services that improve the interaction between people and information
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Canon U.S.A. Launches MEAP Web Platform and Software Developer Kit

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print industry, as it provided developers the opportunity to integrate their software solutions with Canon's imageRUNNER ADVANCE devices. As MEAP technology matured and the adoption of MEAP embedded software flourished, Canon enhanced the imageRUNNER ADVANCE platform to meet the demanding challenges of the modern business environment and allow for deeper integration with day to day business applications and intensive business workflows. As part of Canon's commitment to furthering the innovation
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Ricoh Won’t Renew Canon Service Contracts

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support. We appreciate the trust that you have placed in Ricoh as your service provider, and I want to thank you for the business relationship we have built over the years. Ricoh takes pride in providing its customers with top quality service and quick response times when servicing your equipment. However, Ricoh’s ability to continue servicing your Canon-brand equipment is fast approaching an end, as Ricoh may be unable to secure parts and supplies for maintenance of Canon equipment in the near
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Ricoh A3 Envelope Printer

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Ricoh Print User Code How To

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Ricoh sees strong momentum in legal services

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equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,903 billion yen (approx. 23 billion USD). The majority of the company's revenue comes from products, solutions and services that improve the interaction between people and information. Ricoh also produces award-winning digital cameras and specialized
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Epson Unveils Mobile POS Printer with Bluetooth Support for iOS

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solution, because you can print receipts or labels from iDevices, and you can take the printer wherever the customer is. It's the best of both worlds for mobile POS printing." Mobilink was the first wireless mobile receipt printer designed specifically for retail and hospitality environments and has been growing in popularity since its original launch in October 2003. Mobilink is based on Epson's best-selling TM-T88 series and is designed for high-speed, reliable on-the-go thermal receipt or label
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Industry Events in Atlanta?

Jon Selman ·
We're in a pretty competitive market with about 40 different independent dealers, Sharp, Xerox, Canon, HP, Konica Minolta...you name it, they're probably here competing. Where are all the shows? There HAS to be some kind of industry event going on in Atlanta...
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RICOH AMERICAS: ‘UNSTRUCTURED KNOWLEDGE’ IS THE CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME

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in helping companies exceed their goals. It will be exciting to see how all this plays out because you can roadmap technology, but you can't roadmap human behavior." Ricoh's predictions are based on in-depth analyses of the major business challenges facing enterprises today, trends and emerging technology. Furthermore, Ricoh bases these predictions in part on its half century of innovation in America, during which time it delivered: The first high-speed digital facsimile machine for office use
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Epson Enters Technical/ CAD Segment With Launch Of New T - Series Printer Range

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SureColor T series comes with a new Epson UltraChrome XD Ink which was specifically developed for technical and CAD printing. Working in tandem with the Micro Piezo print head, the UltraChrome XD inks produce high-quality, durable prints with deep blacks. It also supports prints with wide colour gamut and crisp dense lines with a minimum width of 0.02mm. These water based inks are environmentally friendly. High speed printing - Using a 4-colour ink set, the printers are fast, reliable and
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All Covered Acquires IT Services Practice of Phoenix-based InterTech

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for us in terms of market vision and culture. We will now be able to offer our customers a broad selection of vertical solutions through Konica Minolta’s EnvisionIT offering to further streamline their business practices. More importantly, we can provide our employees with new growth opportunities.” About All Covered All Covered, a division of Konica Minolta Business Services U.S.A., Inc., is one of the nation’s leading IT services companies. For over 15 years, All Covered has been helping
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Océ JetStream 5500 Full-Color Inkjet Press Boasts Maximum Productivity

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Trumbull, CT (PRWEB) December 14, 2012 Océ, a Canon Group Company and an international leader in digital document management, today announced the launch of the new Océ JetStream® 5500 full-color inkjet printing system, part of the Océ JetStream wide series. This innovative printer is the fastest inkjet press in the Océ portfolio. The incredible productivity and low running costs of the Océ JetStream 5500 printing system accelerate the transition from traditional offset printing to profitable
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Xerox ColorQube 8900 "three out of four users..

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Xerox ColorQube 8900 "three out of four users gave this system a thumbs down! http://www.shop.xerox.com/shop...TApbQCFexlOgodLkIAZQ

the pico-letter V9.09 - gap intelligence 2012 Office Printing Year in Review

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the pico-letter V9.09 - gap intelligence 2012 Office Printing Year in Review Believe it or not, 2012 was a positive year in the office printing industry. Sure there was no shortage of doom and gloom, which make for a good headline or scare tactic, but amid the challenges, something very encouraging happened. After years of dealing with the obstacles facing the printing industry in a tactical manner, this year it appears that more vendors actually came to accept the changes that are taking place
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Forest Service Request for Information (RFI) Multifunction Copier to Lease or Buy

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Synopsis:Added: Dec 21, 2012 8:07 amUSDA Forest Service Request for Information (RFI) for theRocky Mountain Region Acquisition Management TeamThis RFI is for information purposes only and shall not be construed as a commitment or a promise of a...

DOCULEX ARCHIVE STUDIO COMES TO BROTHER ONLINE

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commitment to provide its customers with convenient and affordable access to web-based applications from leading document management companies. Brother customers can utilize its family of scanners and Multi-Function Center® devices, including the new ImageCenter™ ADS-2500W scanner and MFC-J4510DW all-in-one printer, to move documents from paper to the cloud. Once the document is delivered to the Doculex Archive Studio via the Brother cloud service, users can manage diverse content types from a secure
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4 Steps to Paperless Processes

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unions still struggle. There was no secure portal tied to my application that I could use to upload my documents. Email, fax, snail mail, or hand delivery were my options, each of which has its own shortcomings. * Hand-delivery and snail mail inject paper into the process and are inconvenient and slow. * Fax requires me to print or have some software on my laptop from which to send. * Emailing PDFs in the clear over the Internet is not member-comforting. I could have encrypted my paystub PDFs
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Top 10 Reasons That 2013 Will Be the Year of the (Perfect?) Storm

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items of the past year. The result is our Top 10 Reasons That 2013 Will Be the Year of the (Perfect?) Storm: 10. Big data and data analytics 9. Memjet goes mainstream 8. Chaotic channel 7. Internet of things (IoT) 6. Introduction of the HP Officejet Pro X 5. High rate of first-time MPS engagements 4. Print-volume share of big players (except Xerox) is declining 3. Focus on Stage 3 and 4 MPS 2. Mobile revolution and growth in smartphones and tablets And the number one reason that 2013 will be the
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ESKO AND EPSON ANNOUNCE OEM AGREEMENT

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ink) inkjet digital label presses are designed for efficient high-quality, short-run label printing. Delivering exceptional print quality and accurate color reproduction on a wide variety of standard label substrates, the L-4033 series presses enable label converters and commercial printers to expand their service offering and improve profitability. Now, with the addition of the Esko DFE, Epson customers will be able to take advantage of Esko’s expertise in the label and packaging market to
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quote: Originally posted by Deanw: I'm considering starting to pay a per unit bonus if reps sell over a certain number of units in a month. Is anyone else doing that now, can you provide any details and does it help motivate reps to push harder? Thanks and Merry Christmas! Dean, Give your reps substantial bonus potential for growing the aftermarket revenue in their territory. That will get them focused on trying to find MPS opportunities, contracts on printers outside MPS engagements, IT
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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banks for its lending plan,” Hideki Yasuda, an analyst at Ace Securities Co. in Tokyo, said today. “That’s clearing some of the concerns over Sharp’s ability to repay debt. It seems more attention is focused on possible earnings improvements than on bankruptcy risks.” Sharp warned Nov. 1 about its ability to survive after forecasting a record 450 billion-yen, full-year loss because of sluggish demand for its panels. The company posted a record 376 billion-yen loss in the fiscal year ended March 31
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quote: Originally posted by Art Post: fisher: I'm in a end of year battle to win a small 20K deal and oce is quoting a plotwave 350, do you know how low they may go (dual roll, scan, print). Thanx Nothing Oce' is cheap. The equipment is bulletproof though. Never breaks.
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Two Fayette County teachers receive INSPIRE: Lexmark’s Teaching Award

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teachers who teach science, technology, engineering and/or math in designated Central Kentucky counties. During each academic school year, one teacher per month will be awarded $1,000 to be used to promote STEM education for his/her classroom. About Lexmark Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) provides businesses of all sizes with a broad range of printing and imaging products, software, solutions and services that help customers to print less and save more. Perceptive Software, a Lexmark company
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FlexPrint, Inc. Among Phoenix Business Journal’s 2012 Best Places to Work – Again!

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FlexPrint, Inc. Among Phoenix Business Journal’s 2012 Best Places to Work – Again! By: Reporting Company December 21st, 2012 Industry News Mesa, AZ – December 21, 2012- FlexPrint, Inc. (www.flexprintinc.com), the leading national provider of managed print and IT solutions was recognized again as being one of the best places to work in the Phoenix Business Journal’s list of 2012 Best Places to Work. This is the 6th consecutive year that FlexPrint has received Best Places to Work accolades.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

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This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago

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In addition the when asked "are there any issues or problems we need the address with the new IT Director the answer was "everything great".  More to come on this in my next blog.....



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Over the next 3 or 4 weeks this client when dark and all of my attempts to get connect via call, email and stop in lead to zero responses.  It was a few days ago when I hear from my AR person about the dialog they had with the client.  That dialog was in reference to a past due invoice for the maintenance agreement for the two copiers that they asked for a quote for replacement.
The invoice for the MA was past due and that prompted the call or resulted in an email exchange,  That email exchange was asking for us if we could allow the client to go on a month to month to billing for the annual maintenance agreement or the copiers that they wanted to replace.   Thus, it was time to send another email to the client and the response was "we are still evaluating our option".  More to come on this in my next blog

Enjoy These great Copier Threads from Five Years Ago This Week!

Ricoh Joins Printer Vendors Offering Pro Services

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program; it gives priority for job fulfillment to partners who have completed training and attained certification. So far, 14 partners have entered ChaMPS, and Ricoh hopes to add dozens more in 2013. “We feel very good about our approach because it comes with our expertise; this is what we do every day,” Coriddi told Channelnomics. Ricoh is a relative newcomer to the ranks of printer vendors pushing professional services through the channel. Xerox, Konica Minolta and Hewlett-Packard have been
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Konica Minolta to Acquire Raber+Märcker GmbH, a Leading Software And System Company f

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, besides the print environment setup, have increased from Small and Medium Business (SMB) markets. In order to respond to such requests in a comprehensive manner, the establishment of a business structure has been an important task in KMBD. Through this acquisition, Konica Minolta primarily aims to strengthen the capability of KMBD by utilizing Raber+Märcker’s specialized expertise in Business Process Consultancy (BPC) to contribute to customers’ business process improvement and more diverse IT
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CSR Announces Newest Universal Print Interpreter Software – IPS™ Adds Support for Lat

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major wireless device and device operating systems, including Apple and Google. By incorporating all major print languages into a single architecture, the IPS Universal Print Interpreter is designed to provide OEMs with a highly efficient solution that has superior performance, reduced memory footprint and the lowest integration cost. CSR’s IPS software is used by the top printer manufacturers around the world, including Canon, Epson, Fuji Xerox, HP, Oki, Ricoh, Sharp and Xerox. For Apple
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Ricoh Print Copy Tool

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Has anyone seem this, I found it on Ricoh's web site tonight, is this an option, if so does anyone have pricing for this? http://www.ricoh-usa.com/produ...PrintCopy%20Tool.pdf
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Walters & Shutwell Inc. Brings Enlightening Professional Selling Seminars to Managed

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Walters & Shutwell Inc. Brings Enlightening Professional Selling Seminars to Managed Print Services and Managed Services Industry Summary Walters & Shutwell Inc.’s new seminar is focused on teaching business developers and sales professionals in the technology industry how to transform from selling independent technology products to creating long-term relationships and partnerships with “solutions” and services. Original equipment manufacturers (OEM), channel providers and value added
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Sharp Selects Wisconsin Imaging Solutions As Authorized Dealer And Expands National I

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MAHWAH, N.J., Dec. 11, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, announced that Wisconsin Imaging Solutions has joined its extensive nationwide network of authorized dealers. As part of the agreement, Wisconsin Imaging Solutions will now offer a range of integrated technology solutions, including Sharp's comprehensive portfolio of copiers and multifunction printers (MFPs). Sharp Authorized Dealers receive a wide array
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Fuji Xerox introduces DocuWide 3035

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during a continuous printing job. The device also features a multiple transmission function which enables users to save scanned documents in shared PC folders, and to print them out from the device, or other multifunction devices and printers on the network, using the device’s control panel. In addition, with a single scanning, the scanned document can be transmitted simultaneously to up to two PCs and five multifunction devices/printers on the network, for efficient data saving and printing
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Ricoh Announces New Ricoh Web FontCollection; Empowers Businesses to Reinforce their

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BOULDER, Colo. – December 11, 2012 – Ricoh Production Print Solutions LLC(Ricoh), a leading provider of digital output solutions, today announced the latestInfoPrint Font Collection. InfoPrint Font Collection enables users to increase the appeal of their business communications by controlling document appearance to reinforce their brand, customize Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) documents with popular documents and globalize AFP documents quickly and easily. Ricoh’s InfoPrint Font
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Pantone Support for the Ricoh C831DN

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are custom mixtures that are created from the process colors (CMYK). There are more than 3,000 PANTONE colors, and while it is impossible for a CMYK printer to reproduce them all, the Ricoh SP C830DN and SP C831DN can reproduce a subset of 1,089 PANTONE-defined colors in this mode. It is this support that helps Ricoh position these printers as graphics-quality devices. Please note this function is not available through the printer drivers. PANTONE has created a special release package for Ricoh
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Fuchs Business Solutions acquired by Xerox subsidiary

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Xerox Corp. subsidiary Global Imaging Systems said Monday it has purchased Fuchs Business Solutions via its subsidiary Modern Business Machines. Milwaukee-based Fuchs Business Solutions employs 17 and provides business and office technology products and services. The business will immediately add Xerox’s printers and multifunction devices and services to its portfolio. Fuchs president and owner Jim Fuchs will retire post-acquisition, according to a press release. Terms were not disclosed. “Each
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Cloud-based managed print services

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Xerox has chosen data center solutions from Cisco to enable its global delivery centers to meet an escalating demand for cloud-based managed print services (MPS). Xerox MPS customers will benefit from faster access to information about their global print operations delivered by the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and data center infrastructure, which is said to support hundreds of thousands of transactions per second on behalf of Xerox. Andrew Morrison, senior VP of Xerox MPS business
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Sharp, Panasonic Lead Gains in Japan’s Electronics Makers on Yen

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Sharp Corp. (6753) and Panasonic Corp. (6752) led gains among Japanese electronics makers in Tokyo trading as the yen weakened against the euro and dollar, boosting investor optimism that the companies’ projected losses may narrow. Sharp rose 6.4 percent to 250 yen at the close on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the highest since Aug. 2, and bringing its gain in the past 30 days to 64 percent. Panasonic added 7.9 percent, the most since July 2009, to 481 yen, extending its advance since Nov. 13 to 25
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Ricoh Digital Mail Services Bring New Efficiency And Accuracy To Traditional Manual,

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Facility In Virginia Ricoh Digital Mail Services is part of Ricoh's new Business Information Solutions approach, which directly addresses customers' most urgent business challenges. From paper to valuable dataTo transform a customer's mail service, Ricoh's on-site document management experts sort, scan and automatically extract key data from transactional mail, funneling the digitized information directly into the organization's workflow. No matter where transactional mail is initially received – at
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Minnesota company buys Waterloo Business Systems’ parent

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Mason City oversees the Iowa operations, as he did with Mason City Business Systems. The buyout will bring no changes in personnel, said Jennifer Mrozek, Marco’s chief financial officer. “We’d expect over time that we’d actually grow the number of employees we have, since they’re made up of sales and service personnel, and that’s exactly where we intend to grow,” she said. Mason City Business Systems has marketed itself as a “copier and printer solutions company.” Allen Behning established the
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Sandra Zoratti, VP Marketing, Ricoh - Leadership Insights

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Xerox Puts Lateral Data Viewpoint in the Cloud

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cloud is also a good choice for customers who could see themselves later upgrading to Xerox's managed service, OmniX, which is fully managed by Xerox Litigation Services. With that, "We take all data-related e-discovery tasks and processes off their hands, from data loading through to application administration, production, and project management," Matthews said. As such, "If a customer chooses to use hosted Viewpoint and later migrates to OmniX, it certainly makes it easier having the data in the
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Fujifilm Expands its Acuity Advance Select Series of Wide Format UV Inkjet Printers

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cyan along with new print modes to further boost productivity and versatility. The six channel and eight channel Acuity Advance Select printers can configure clear ink and white ink in one of two ways depending on customer needs: Clear + White The clear and white ink channels allow print service providers to print on a range of non-white substrates and add a spot or flood coat ‘varnish’ effect in a single operation all on one printer. This extends the application versatility of the Acuity
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Leading U.S. Insurer Improves Customer Service with Kofax

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just one of the many reasons seven out of the top 10 largest insurers in the world use Kofax.” The customer will use Kofax Communication ServerTM to automate the exchange of tens of millions of claims related documents, such as accident reports, repair invoices and proof-of-identity documents, it receives annually. Kofax Communication Server ingests email, fax, SMS, MMS, voicemail and telex communications, and replaces the manual processing of these communications by connecting inbound and
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Re: Pro C550EX

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It is still listed as current on the Ricoh USA and Ricoh Canada websites. Are they just trying to quietly clear them out? When you add a Fiery controller, regardless of brand, there is no auto colour. I was very surprised to learn about this Fiery weakness. The question is can the Ricoh general line print in auto colour? I know they can copy in colour.
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Re: Ricoh & Epson Plotters

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The system on the web ex was the new Ricoh CW2200SP Color wide format MFP, this is Ricoh's wide format version of the gelsprinter. A point was made that the inks have been reformulated to prevent clogging of the print heads. I think it will be hard for any of us to forget the original gelsprinters that were horrific! The only available option is an additional roll feeder and at $14k list, I think it's over priced. I have yet to see one in action, I'd like to see one in action, but it is truly
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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Sharp has mortgaged nearly all its properties to secure a $4.6 billion bailout from Japanese banks and so has few assets to offer in a grand garage sale. Instead, it's selling part of the garage. Qualcomm has agreed to buy a 5 percent stake in Sharp, making it the largest shareholder. Hon Hai, which earlier this year agreed to invest in Sharp - before its stock slumped in the wake of record losses - has said it remains interested in taking a stake. "Whatever they can get to get through this
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Re: With a new year approaching....

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Ricoh Full Line Kyocera Full Line Oce' Wide Format Riso Full Line DocStar Solutions
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Ricoh full line minus duplicators, Lexmark BSD, HP, Ademero Content Central, Doculex, PaperCut, Print Audit, FollowMe Printing by Ringdale, MBM, Formax, Duplo, FP Mailing Solutions, Lenovo, Dell, N-Able.
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Re: Pro C550EX

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It is not a current product and can anyone help with to other question in reference to the Fiery RIP's ability to print auto color?
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Re: Does canon have an off the shelf...

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Vince: Do you have a document with the current lineup of canon systems? I've been to the web however I can distinguish whats current.
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Re: Pro C550EX

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yes, the general line will print with auto color, black will register as black and color as color. Dang I thought those Pro series were gone for a few years, they really stunk!
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Re: Ricoh & Epson Plotters

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Any word what Ricoh has planned for color wide format? I have an opportunity right now for a color wide format MFP. A shame they haven't gotten their act together on this.
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The only thing I have found on it is the user's manuals which are on the web. Has our regular color touch screen display that is on the rest of the Ricoh line.
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Re: Ricoh Clickable Paper™: A New Cross-Media Service

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Another useless ricoh app that know one will use!!
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Re: With a new year approaching....

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Re: USA Presidential Poll

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decades because most of our countries population does not bother to vote except in a Presidential Election. There needs to be a strong third party however neither the democrats nor the republicans will allow that to happen. Laws are made for the rich by the rich, because we don't hold them accountable. When was the last time an average joe made it to the whitehouse? That's my rant for the night!
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Re: Sandra Zoratti, VP Marketing, Ricoh - Leadership Insights

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Wow a very nice way of saying Ricoh is cutting back advertising? Seems that way to me.
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Re: Sandra Zoratti, VP Marketing, Ricoh - Leadership Insights

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Ricoh is now retweeting their old commercials on youtube.
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Re: With a new year approaching....

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fisher: I'm in a end of year battle to win a small 20K deal and oce is quoting a plotwave 350, do you know how low they may go (dual roll, scan, print). Thanx
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Re: Rumor has it.....

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Looks like Ricoh has just gone through restructure #127388 for 2012. Details coming.
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Capital Alliance with Qualcomm, Inc. and Display Technology Development Agreement wit

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wireless technologies, as the allottee. MEMS display to be developed jointly by the two companies is a display using ultrafine process technology and existing display manufacturing infrastructure with features including high color reproducibility and low-power consumption. The development for commercialization of MEMS display will be achieved by integrating Sharp’s core display technology, IGZO*2 and MEMS display technology of Pixtronix. In addition, Sharp is planning to accept up to 9.9 billion
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With a new year approaching....

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I'd like to hear from as many members as possible in reference to what your company offers, this thread can prove to be a valuable tool when we are looking for help features, pricing, questions, etc.... The company I work for support these products: The full line of Ricoh Products (except C901 series) Fujitsu Scanners Samsung MFP's MBM products (although we don't service the products) Planet Press Microsoft 365 MS Sharepoint Context Wide format scanners Typehaus
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Ontario Environmental Fee for MFP Increases Tenfold Jan 1 2013

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Happy New Year floor model MFP buyers in Ontario Canada. You now get to spend ten times as much for the environmental fees (WEEE fees) for your new acquisition come Jan 1 2013. After a recent review of the fees charged for a range of electronic products under the Ontario Electronic Stewardship Program the new 2013 schedule has been published. While fees have gone up for most products the real surprise is the fee for floor model printers and MFP printers which increase from the current $32.50
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

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This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

First Week of December 2017

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We're do the last four weeks before the start of 2023.  2023 will enable us to post a weekly thread titled....."This Week in the Copier Industry Twenty Years Ago".  hard to believe that twenty years have passed.  It will be interested to read the titles and topics of those threads back in the early 2003.  For more the start of 2003 also marks the "golden age" for Digital MFPs.

Enjoy These great Copier Threads from Ten Years Ago This Week!



Konica Minolta helps Chicago-based Healthcare Provider Implement Electronic Health Re

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documents from a copier, scanner, printer, desktop, web browser or mobile device and then routes the information into the appropriate business system based on the document type. As a result, business is done faster with less effort and with less paper. AutoStore is the information on-ramp for more than 700 models of MFPs and network-attached scanners from Fujitsu, HP, Kodak, Kyocera, Konica Minolta, Lexmark, Ricoh, Savin, Lanier, Sharp and Xerox as well as smartphones and tablets running Android and
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RICOH HOTSPOT ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE SIMPLIFIES, SECURES MOBILE PRINTING

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, Ricoh’s HotSpot Enterprise solution routes all documents through a private cloud hosted on the client’s infrastructure. Instead of sending documents to a public cloud server for routing back to enterprise printers, Ricoh HotSpot Enterprise creates a secure internal private cloud for the entire mobile printing environment. The user experience is the same as with the original Ricoh HotSpot Printers and MFPs, and transmissions are encrypted at all times. As the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) culture
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Xerox Selects Cisco Unified Computing System to Deliver Its Cloud-Based Global Manage

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Cisco UCS Handles Transactions for More Than 1 Million Xerox and Non-Xerox Print Devices Worldwide and Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud Offerings With Vblock-for-Cloud SAN JOSE, CA, Dec 04, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Cisco CSCO +0.73% With businesses of all sizes looking at every part of their IT infrastructure to find cost savings, managed print services (MPS) has emerged as a new opportunity to improve overall productivity and reduce operational costs by an estimated 30 percent. As more
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Xerox eConcierge Offers Resellers New Ways to Build Business; Drive SMB Loyalty

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Xerox is making it easier for resellers to grow their business and stay connected with their small- and medium-sized customers with two new offerings within Xerox eConcierge®, a cloud-based supplies replenishment program for networked printers and multifunction printers. New to the program is the Xerox Replacement Cartridge line, allowing resellers to offer their customers savings through a lower-cost, high-quality alternative to OEM cartridges. Not only will resellers make it easier for
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Ricoh MFPs embrace Apple phone, tablet and iPod users in the workplace

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Ricoh MFPs embrace Apple phone, tablet and iPod users in the workplace AirPrint certification of 10 Ricoh multifunction products helps make mobile printing simple and workers productive in new 'BYOD' culture PR Newswire MALVERN, Pa., Dec. 3, 2012 MALVERN, Pa., Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced that iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch® users can print directly to 10 Ricoh multifunction products (MFPs) via Wi-Fi through their local network – no software to download
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Canon Information and Imaging Solutions Enters Strategic Relationship with Dibon Tech

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printing to Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE multifunction printers. If not printing to a Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE multifunction printer, users can download and print a PDF from any other printer with the use of a printer driver. **Subject to certain terms and conditions and system and hardware requirements. Seehttp://www.ciis.canon.com for details and restrictions. †Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office. All referenced product names, and other marks, are
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Canon U.S.A. Announces Canon Solutions America, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Integrating

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new name is reflective of the integration of Océ, first announced in 2010. Canon Solutions America will provide sales and support for Canon and Océ hardware, software and services targeting general office, production print and large format markets in the United States. Joe Adachi, president and CEO of Canon U.S.A., will serve as chairman and CEO of Canon Solutions America. "I am very pleased that the integration of the Canon and Océ businesses is nearly complete" said Mr. Adachi. "We have worked
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American Office System Announces Satisfaction Guarantee Copier Repair Services

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Bucks and Montgomery County, PA from their Doylestown offices. They offer scanner, copier and printer repairs. To schedule a service appointment, call 215-230-8501. For more information, visit http://www.aosdigital.com .
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Ricoh launches TotalFlow DocEnhancer

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centres and transactional printers with continuous feed production. Its affordability and ease of use mean that print service providers and corporate print rooms, can be operational quickly, offering personalised printing and digital mailing services, and accurately batching PDF documents for print, email and SMS. ‘As print service providers seek to grow and expand their businesses, the more traditional processes to manage mailing may not always provide the speed, efficiency and personalisation
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Rick Taylor Announced as Keynote Speaker for the

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table discussions on how these technologies will affect the print/imaging industry in 2013 and beyond. “I am truly honored to share the terrific news that Rick Taylor, President/COO of Konica Minolta and 2012’s Industry Executive of the Year will kick off this fantastic three day event, as well as kick start the New Year!” Said Michael Stramaglio, President/CEO of MWA Intelligence and Chairman of the Board for Technology United. “The Executive Connection Summit has been designed to focus on
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John A. Lawler named new CEO of BLI

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and UK laboratories, the Company has been the leading source of competitive intelligence for industry professionals on copiers, printers, fax machines, scanners, duplicators, wide-format devices and multifunctional products, and related software, consumables and document management solutions. The Company’s database includes nearly 15,000 products globally and it has a long-standing reputation for being the industry’s most trustworthy and complete source for analytical information. For more
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EFI Introduces Suite of Fiery Production Workflow Products to Accelerate Print Provid

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output by splitting color and black-and-white pages, and by routing all or part of jobs to the most productive and cost-efficient printers. Includes configurable error rerouting that automatically sends a job to a similar printer to continue production. Works with EFI’s Digital StoreFront® Web-to-Print, plus EFI’s MIS/ERP and scheduling software, for accurate production reporting and seamless job submission. Fiery Workflow Suite also has integrated applications for: Job submission — EFI Digital
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Ricoh Clickable Paper™: A New Cross-Media Service

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Re: Ricoh MFPs embrace Apple phone, tablet and iPod users in the workplace

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us opted to print a sales document all of us opted to print pictures that we had taken with our devices. Of course they were all color pictures. I'm thinking this may be true for the vast majority of users, right? The bad thing about this from the end user or company that allows printing from BYOD's is that there is no control with printing. If I wanted to print 100 pictures of my son playing baseball, I could do this and no one would be the wiser right? Please correct me if I'm wrong on this
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Is this still a current product? I am fairly certain now that a Fiery RIP does not have the ability to print in "Auto Colour". This can have a major negative effect on the Total cost of ownership. I have been informed that Ricoh colour product in general does not have "Auto Colour" when printing. It is a copy feature but not a print feature. Is this true?
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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its display panels. Sharp, the maker of Aquos televisions, is selling assets and seeking investment as it cuts salaries and jobs, and offers voluntary retirements as a part of a turnaround plan. In July, Sharp sold a stake in an LCD factory in Sakai, central Japan, to Foxconn, who will jointly operate the 10th-generation facility, the industry’s most advanced. Sharp’s talks with Foxconn over a capital tie-up may continue beyond a March deadline, Sharp said last month. Earlier this year, the two
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Old Glory, thanks for the info. It would be great to get a list of some of the other books you, our other p4pers have found helpul in our business. Some of my favorites are: How I raised my self from failure to success in selling. Bettger Greatest Salesman in the World Mandino How to sell anything to anybody Girard How to master the art of selling Hopkins
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There actually used to be a forum for this purpose here on P4P somewhere but it may be gone now. The most applicable to this business that I have read include: Selling to VITO - Parinello Power Selling - Stephen Power SPIN Sellng - Neil Rackham No conversations about selling or sales mentors can be complete without including Zig Ziglar who passed away last week. There has been no single influence in my life greater than Zig Ziglar. I try to live by his immortal words, "You can get anything you
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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billion yen from Qualcomm, which is based in San Diego. The initial investment is likely to make Qualcomm Sharp’s biggest shareholder, with a 2.65 percent stake, Reuters said. According to the statement, the two manufacturers will develop liquid crystal displays based on a new technology that Sharp has touted called IGZO, which the company says is more energy efficient, offers crisper resolution and allows for more sensitive touch screens. Article Tools FACEBOOK SAVE TWITTER E-MAIL GOOGLE
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Paradigm Imaging Introduces New Colortrac SmartLF SC Scanners

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before scanning. The starting retail price for the SmartLF SC 36 is $4,995 and includes a 1-year on-site warranty. Both the SmartLF SC 25 and SC 36 models can be integrated into FLEX MFP system, including an adjustable single-footprint stand, document return guide and SmartLF EZ Touch PLUS software. Add a large format printer (choose from a number of popular models) for a complete, all-in-one, scan-print-copy system. Product Highlights: · 25” or 36” scan width · Scan speeds – Monochrome, 13 inches
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Online document management systems are the future of business Share

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can be retrieved quickly using an indexing systemor other searches.These online systems have the advantage of being able to be accessed from anywhere in the world and allows for the fast transfer of documents. The main advantages The advantages of using document management software or an online document storage system ensures you are able to manage your business in the most structured manner by saving both time and huge costs. The process goes beyond simple cost savings due to the faster
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Océ Arizona 460 GT, Océ Arizona 460 XT, Océ Arizona 440 GT and Océ Arizona ...

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in every Océ Arizona printer – and print speed by adding extra cyan and magenta nozzle capacity. Called CM2 [C-M-squared], the additional cyan and magenta nozzle capacity offers Production print modes that rival the slower Quality-oriented modes in terms of sharpness, uniformity and smoothness. Users can take advantage of this improved print quality to realize higher net productivity since more demanding jobs can now be printed in the faster print modes. Meet nearly any application need The Océ
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Will Productivity Save the U.S.?

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commissioned by Recharger Magazine provided many thought-provoking responses that require thinking out of the box, leading me to scratch my head about the subject of print volume. The survey had 386 respondents who were responsible for purchasing print/copier equipment or printing supplies. The question posed: Comparing with a year earlier, would you say your monthly print volume increased, decreased, or stayed about the same? The results were split by business size, revealing interesting trends. The
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A couple of questions when equipped with the E8100 Fiery RIP 1). Does this copier have a built in bypass tray or is that a function built integrated into the top of the RT4000 Large capacity tray? 2). When printing a 10 page document containing three colour pages and seven black pages, will the customer be charged for 10 colour pages?
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Thanks for starting this conversation. The TypeHaus Prescription Printing solution is a simple way of heling hospitals and clinics transition to printing their prescriptions on blank laser paper and paying less than a cent per page.
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Re: Tamper Resistant Prescription Paper

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Attached is a document that outlines the criteria for security with bond paper for prescription printing. Is anyone else doing anything with this market. I'll be making my first calls on monday to see what I can turn up. see attached document
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Re: Smart Device Print and Ipad

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The best solution I found was a Lantronix print server that uses Airprint and picks up any Airprint printers on the network. The home version supports 2 network printers and I think 1 USB and sells for about $100.
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Sorry, here is the attachment.
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Re: Smart Device Print and Ipad

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It works quite well and allows user to print using Airprint on devices that do not have native Airprint support.
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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This sale nets back just about 10% of the projected losses for the year, however I wonder if Sharp counted on this sale when they projected the 450 billion yen loss.
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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Hai is most interested in Sharp's Mexico plant. In late November, Hon Hai also declined to comment on a Wall Street Journal report that said Sharp is open to Hon Hai's possible acquisition of a stake in the Japanese firm. Sharp owns four overseas TV plants, but the supposed Hon Hai transaction will not include its factory in Poland, the report said. Since this year, the market capitalization of Sharp has shrunk by 75 percent. It has suffered a lack of funds this year, listing US$1.1 billion
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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new shares. Sharp will receive an additional 5 billion yen or so once sufficient progress has been made, the newspaper reported. A 10 billion yen investment would give Qualcomm a roughly 5 percent stake in Sharp based on Sharp's Monday closing price, the daily noted. Qualcomm and Sharp representatives were not immediately available for comment. Sharp, which pioneered LCD technology, has lost three-quarters of its market value this year following massive losses and falling market share
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Re: Lost Deals

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Might want to look into the book "From a Good Sales Call to a Great Sales Call" Featuring the "Breakthrough Win/Loss Analysis System by Richard M. Schroder. PART 1 STEP 1 -Discover the Benefits of Successfully Debriefing with Prospects. It is exactly what you are looking for. Our company assigns reading for sales reps and this was one of the "Books of the Month" We ended up not getting anything out of this book because the company wasn't willing to follow through with the suggestions the book
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Re: Lost Deals

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By the way, Sales reps seldom know the real reason they lose a deal. 9 times out of 10 the sales rep will say that they lost it do to price. If you really want to know the true reason you lose deals, you have to have a non-sales person asking the decision maker directly.
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Re: Lost Deals

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Old Glory Yes the dedicated forum for sales reading help is gone however all of the threads are still intact, meaning if you go here you can search for anything on the forums http://p4photel.com/eve/forums?a=srchf
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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firm's talks to get an up to 9.9 percent stake will not change even though the cash injection from Qualcomm will give the U.S. chipmaker a 5 percent stake in Sharp. Gou reiterated that he expects to reach a decision with Sharp before March 2013, the Chinese-language newspaper reported. Sharp's talks with Hon Hai to renegotiate its investment have stalled in the past few months as the Japanese company's losses have mounted. A Hon Hai executive, when contacted by Reuters on Wednesday, said that the
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Re: MPS question - please advise

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guide volumes where you both want them to go. Price certainly plays into this, but employees don't always keep their eye on the company's bottom line like you and your decision maker might. I hope that helps, and good selling out there!
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Digiscribe Document Management Professional Becomes AIIM ECM Practitioner

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Elmsford, NY (PRWEB) November 30, 2012 Digiscribe International, provider of document scanning services, document management solutions and workflow automation software throughout the New York Metro area today announces that a member of the Digiscribe sales team has been accredited as an AIIM ECM Practitioner. The Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Practitioner program, offered by AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) outlines central ECM technologies and their advantages for
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Tamper Resistant Prescription Paper

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Has anyone approached hospitals to see if they can migrate pages from laser printers that are using high cost tamper resistant prescription paper?
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Can anyone help me with ecopy?

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I need to order an ecopy scan station for scanners from Ricoh. The price sheet is fine however there is a small (3) next to the item which usually indicates that you need to reference another item that may or may not be needed. IC an email you a page from the price sheet with the two highlighted items. Dang, even the people at ricoh can't help me.
 
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

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This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

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Much like the concept of cloud, MPS is really more of a business model than a technical description of what you can and can't do, and I certainly encourage a holistic approach to how you look at MPS, even up to including document management and workflow opportunities....you can read that here

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Sales Specialist-Managed Print Services

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control, improved services, managing costs and managing compliance. ◦ Position Xerox effectively against competitive offerings (e.g. HP, Ricoh, IKON, Canon, Lexmark, Konica-Minolta and local dealer offerings) and how these do or do not address the market. ◦ Develop working relationships with key players (Client Asset Manager & team) and various applications that will be used in the Implementation and Manage phases of the XPS sales cycle, as well as documents and reports each player is
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Konica Minolta Strengthens EnvisionIT Production Offering with Print and Outsourced M

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strategy to invest in Print Management Services. Thinking “Beyond Printing,” Konica Minolta’s services strategy combines Print Management Services (PMS) with Marketing Management Services (MMS), as well as managed print services (MPS) with Business Process Consulting (BPC). The company has created four focus areas that deliver significant value to customers including: Optimized Print Services (OPS); Managed IT Services; Software and Solutions; and Commercial Print Management. The acquisition of
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GoldFax Announces a New Release - GoldFax 8.0

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Kyocera HyPAS, Samsung XOA, and Sharp OSA v4 MFPs with a customizable GoldFax interface and Single Sign-On (SSO) support Integration with Canon, Lexmark, Muratec, Toshiba, and XEROX MFPs For more information on GoldFax 8.0 features contact sales@goldfax.com or visit http://www.goldfax.com/news/Go...elease_News_2012.pdf . About DPD International DPD, the makers of GoldFax, is a 35-year-old software solutions provider. GoldFax uses unique, high performance architecture. Industry-leading organizations
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Laser Resources, Witt Company, A.F. Smith and Complete Business Systems join Print Au

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significantly increase their profit margins on print management solution sales. About the new Print Audit Premier dealers: Laser Resources - Laser Resources is an Iowa-based company that delivers printing system technologies and innovative managed services solutions to all types of organizations throughout Iowa. This includes production print, devices that print, copy, scan, and fax, and ongoing maintenance services and supply management. Laser Resources also provides managed IT services and managed
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Canon U.S.A. Announces Mobile Printing App for Home and Office Users

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LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced its Canon Mobile Printing App for iPhone® and iPad®, extending Canon’s already comprehensive support for mobile office users and consumers. Canon Mobile Printing enables users in homes and offices of all sizes to send print jobs directly from their iPhone and iPad to a compatible Canon output device. The Canon Mobile Printing App is compatible with select Canon imageCLASS desktop
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Oki Systems (UK) Announces New Managed Print Services Opportunity

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turnover accounts for over 50% of OKI Data Corporation’s group turnover. The company is well-established as one of Europe’s leading printer brands, in terms of value and units shipped. OKI Europe’s award winning, product portfolio comprises seven distinct segments: Managed Print Services, colour and mono printers, multifunctional devices, which combine printing, copying, scanning and faxing functionalities, as well as Serial Dot Matrix printers, faxes and specialty printers for point-of-sales and
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The Calm Before the Storm or The Perfect Storm?

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(such as Xerox, Lexmark, and Ricoh) shift to a broacher managed services/technology services approach (Konica Minolta, Okidata and HP) or “more of the same” offering basic MPS and competing primarily on technology (the rest). Really, the separation between vendors offering basic MPS vs. advanced MPS is so significant now, Photizo Group is breaking the MPS market size and forecast into two separate forecasts. The gulf between the “haves” and the “have-nots” is increasing steadily- but what does
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Canon unveils second generation Imagerunner Advance

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Canon Colourpass external RIP for a small, new-to-digital commercial production environment looking to increase productivity. European product marketing manager for professional print solutions Paul Knowles said that the latest model was the result of feedback and insights provided by Canon’s partners and customers in professional print. "We’ve fine tuned the features to improve productivity, flexibility and security while also providing a strong emphasis on environmental credentials. This next
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Oce to Showcase Mobile Printing Application for AEC Industry at Autodesk University 2

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create the global leader in the printing industry. Canon develops, manufactures and markets a growing line-up of copying machines, printers, cameras, optical and other products that meet a diverse range of customer needs. The Canon Group comprises over 198,000 employees worldwide. Global net sales in 2011 totaled USD 45.6 billion. Visit the Canon Inc. website at http://www.canon.com . About Canon U.S.A., Inc.Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and
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Ricoh announces Business Information Solutions Conference

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right form for productive action. For details on Ricoh's full line of products, services and solutions, please visit www.ricoh-usa.com . | About Ricoh | Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,903 billion yen (approx. 23
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Customers gain broader device coverage through combined technologies and services.

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Customers gain broader device coverage through combined technologies and services. Glassboro, NJ (PRWEB) November 29, 2012 NER Data Corporation (NER), developer of the Print4 Managed Print Services announced today a Managed Print Services agreement with Sharp Business Systems (SBS). SBS, a direct sales division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, is a provider of Multifunction Printers (MFPs)/Copiers, Network Printers, Fax Machines and MPS solutions. As part of the MPS agreement, the two
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Smart Device Print and Ipad

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I just installed 2 new Savin MPC 305s (the small A4 color system). The customer wants to print from Ipads. No problem. Smart Device Print works. However, when printing from Safari or any browser you can only copy what is on the screen and print it (not the whole page). This is not what the customer wants. I was thinking if there was a free print to PDF app that would allow me to print it to a PDF and then print the PDF. Like most print apps, the Smart Device Print app is a little
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Sharp Rises After Report on Talks With Dell for Investment

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widening its loss forecast for the year. Earlier this month, Sharp said there was “material doubt” about its ability to survive after forecasting a record 450 billion-yen, full-year loss on falling demand for its display panels. Sharp is cutting jobs, seeking voluntary retirements, reducing pay and selling assets as part of a turnaround plan. Atsushi Yoshida, a spokesman for Sharp, said the company wasn’t the source of the report and that nothing has been decided. Dell (DELL) “doesn’t comment on rumor
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Lexmark Creates Industry’s Most Extensive A4 MFP Line

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lost 19¢ on every dollar in sales. Lexmark’s laser printer and MFP placements in Q3 were down 6% in the large workgroup category and 8% in the small workgroup category. Revenue was down 20% and 11% in the same categories. Laser supplies revenue was down 5%, and MPS was basically flat. All of this highlights the critical need for a boost in Lexmark’s laser business, and that is what the new MFPs and printers are intended to do. nterestingly, while the press release highlighted the “seamless
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Objet Launches Objet1000 at Euromold - World's Most Effective Large Format 3D Printer

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awards in 8 years) is based upon over 110 patents and patent pending inventions. Objet's advanced 3D printing systems and range of over 120 materials enable professionals to build prototypes that accurately simulate the true look, feel and function of an end-product, even complex, assembled goods. The Objet Connex™ line of multi-material 3D printers features the world's only technology to simultaneously jet 2 materials. With this, users can print many different materials into a single part and
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Smartphone Study is Good News for Apple, Bad News for Canon

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to send or receive an e-mail. These findings are not as surprising as they are damaging to companies that produce specific-use devices. Canon (NYSE: CAJ), for example, does not make cellular devices. But it produces a number of digital cameras, including several pocket-sized devices. If Consumers are reaching for their smartphones instead of an actual camera to take photos, Canon's future could be in jeopardy. Read more: http://www.benzinga.com/news/1...-canon#ixzz2DZFnimTD
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Erie businessman gets fed prison for copier fraud

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ERIE, Pa. (AP) — An Erie businessman has been sentenced to 4½ years in federal prison for a multimillion-dollar fraud that cheated customers of his copy machine business, including schools and churches.U.S. District Judge Sean McLaughlin...
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Leasing Company Copiers are Underwater

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Here's an interesting scenario that I have to muddle through, would love to hear from others on this.One of my accounts at the Jersey Shore had the entire admin builing flooded. The leasing company who holds the lease is Great America. The town...
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Does canon have an off the shelf...

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Does canon have an off the shelf inexpensive and easy to use document managment system that intergrates with the new imagerunner advance series?
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Re: Padded Lease Rates

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If and only if you process the entire billing packet you may have a point. If you do the job of a Sales coordinator (Check the deal and paperwork for completeness and correctness) Billing administrator (Complete the funding detail sheet, send the deal to the lease company, confirm funding has hit, send off docs) Cut any buyout /payoff checks and deliver them to the customer. Store equipment for stream of payment deals, then package, load and deliver equipment to old lease company. Then you
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Re: Padded Lease Rates

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Ricoh withholds from my dealer instead of lower cost of goods, and funnels direct to me at the dealer's expense. I still take it because my dealership is OK with it. There are reps out ther that get kick-backs from leasing companies in return for business. Again money that technically belongs to the dealership unless it is something they approve of. Ultimately, most dealerships look to break even on hardware sales and profit from the service and supply residuals that result from the sales. The
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Re: Padded Lease Rates

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Our program is: 1) 24K base. 2) 30/40/50% of GP depending on sales volume for the month. 0-35k 35-45 45+. 3)3% bonus on all leases including buyout. 4)10% on first year service. 5) New customer bonus 100-600/machine by segment. 6)Qrtrly bonus for 100% plus 7)Annual bonus for 100% plus A rep selling 40k per month average usually makes $100k ++
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Re: Efilecabinet

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Sorry for not getting back sooner. Art, I haven't looked at those two, but I have looked at a lot of different options. The part that interests me about efilecabinet is that it looks fairly simple and doesn't require a big investment or a lot of training. I'm interested in who out there is selling something and at what rate...seems like for the last 10 years everyone has been calling themselves Document Management Specialists and at least in our demographic I don't know of anyone who is really
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Brother International Corporation Expands Brother CreativeCenter™

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create and print customized professional materials for business and home use. Based on extensive consumer research and feedback, Brother significantly enhanced the utility, ease of use and overall customer experience of the Brother CreativeCenter™. A more intuitive user interface, hundreds of new templates and advanced cloud storage options make the Brother CreativeCenter™ the perfect choice for business and home users to easily and affordably create professional-looking printed materials
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MPS question - please advise

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I had a conversation today with another Sales Rep about is MPS. He was telling me that only multiple desktop printers are allowed for it truely to be considered MPS (No MFP'S included). I said that multiple MFP'S can absolutely be included. All machines involved just need to be blended together for the one click rate on each device . Can someone please help answer this?? Much appreciated!!
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Horizon House Senior Living saves time and space with electronic document management

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way. A new case study details how they are now saving time, money and office space using ColumbiaSoft’s Document Locator (DL) software for a paperless approach in several areas of business. “Filing cabinets were taking up valuable space, and the manual filing of accounting records had become a significant burden that was consuming valuable staff time,” said Horizon House Systems Administrator Troy Schneiter. “Everything from copies of checks, to insurance policies, to accounts payable billing
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Re: Ricoh Dealership in Minnesota will buy.......

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deal by saying (read lying) "We are the Manufacturer". NO _BS Branch has ever manufactured anything. Don't play their game! Don't sell on price. Don't meet their price make them meet your Service & Support. That has value to a customer BUT ONLY if you make it a selling point. The sweet taste of a cheap price soon turns sour in the face of poor service over the life of the lease! I am going to get off my soap box now. Vince McHugh
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Re: Ricoh Dealership in Minnesota will buy.......

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quote: Start second rant here By the way who do you know that bought their last car directly from GM or FORD? No! We buy cars from a local dealership that has a good reputation for Service & support after the sale End both rants Keep in mind, auto manufacturers would directly dominate car sales if not for state laws designed to protect local dealers passed in the early 20th century. Some very interesting reading on the subject... http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/eag/246374.htm
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Re: Ricoh Dealership in Minnesota will buy.......

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Cash: Thanks for posting that link. I've read Section I and am wondering if you have researched this specifically for the MFP/Copier industry, the similarities are HUGE?
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Re: Padded Lease Rates

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0.019584 Means 4% And its not a "pad" its the same reason that Banks get a lower interest rate than you and I can on a mortgage. Imagine this a bank is borrowing at .025 percent from fed and lending at .0375 to you and me. Thats a 50% percent "Pad" our industry marks up only 4-10% and most of that is eaten up by administrative costs. Sales is break even at best, the real money is in the ongoing annuity and revenue stream from service.
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Re: Ricoh Dealership in Minnesota will buy.......

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quote: Originally posted by Chuck: Cash: Thanks for posting that link. I've read Section I and am wondering if you have researched this specifically for the MFP/Copier industry, the similarities are HUGE? Yes, but the auto dealers had great political clout in the 20's/30's when the industry was new. The manufacturers were distracted with growth and labor problems and failed to defend the consumers or themselves. The dealers were the "home team" in each market and were able to lock up the state
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Re: Padded Lease Rates

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Yoda, thanx so, considering that the sale is 20,000, the sales persom uses .0204 and the payment is $408 to the customer. The money funded from the leasing company to the dealership is $20,833 right?
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Re: Padded Lease Rates

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So, if you were to have a sales team that generated 160,000 per month, all were 60 months, then the "pad" or extra revenue to the company would be $6,680 per month and if that average was kep up for the year that would represent $80,160 in "pad" or extra revenue.
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Re: Padded Lease Rates

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Yes and thats not much. Pays for maybe a Production SE, Lease admin or sales coordinator and part of a Sales Manager. Art it depends on how many reps whats the comp plan etc.. Do any reps voluntarily give back salaries when they sell little or nothing one or two months out of the year? I think not, the pad also covers these inevitable down months. If you want to be pure about it. Compare a straight commission position with actual dealer cost. I did it once and made the most money I ever made
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Re: Padded Lease Rates

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salary. New reps on the other hand have all the time in the world to prospect and traditionaly I would say that 1 in 5 hang in there for more than one year and 1-10 make it past three years, that what I've seen at my place. Instead of padded rates, why not just mark the systems up higher to the salesperson, at least in this case the dealership would gain additional margins with purchases also.
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Many Dealerships don't even admit to their own sales force that the lease rates are padded.
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Re: Padded Lease Rates

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quote: Originally posted by VinceMcHugh: Many Dealerships don't even admit to their own sales force that the lease rates are padded. I agree and would tend to think that it could be as high as 90%.
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Re: Leasing Company Copiers are Underwater

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ethical for the leasing company to go after full stream of payments plus residual in the case I described??? I don't begrudge the leasing company a fair return on their outlay of money but to want the full stream plus residual 4 weeks after funding is excessive. That's making 40% interest on their money for a one month investment. Would you be happy as the leasing partner???? I doubt it. Keep in mind your reputation as a salesperson is attached to how your leasing partners treat the customers
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I Agree quote: Sales is break even at best, the real money is in the ongoing annuity and revenue stream from service.
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Re: Does canon have an off the shelf...

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Canon like most manufacturers use 3rd solutions. When you say document management what do you want to be able to do?
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Re: Leasing Company Copiers are Underwater

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you... So, do you think it would be ethical for the leasing company to go after full stream of payments plus residual in the case I described??? I don't begrudge the leasing company a fair return on their outlay of money but to want the full stream plus residual 4 weeks after funding is excessive. That's making 40% interest on their money for a one month investment. Would you be happy as the leasing partner???? I doubt it. Keep in mind your reputation as a salesperson is attached to how your
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Re: Leasing Company Copiers are Underwater

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salesperson is attached to how your leasing partners treat the customers. Imagine if you had a mortgage on a new house and your house burned down a month after settlement. Would it be ethical and reasonable for the bank to go after you for the 30 years worth of interest and principal? Just trying to do the best I can for my client. Well, of course. We all understand that there is NO question of ethics, both parties signed a contract and agreed to obligations. Both took on risks. Now one party has
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got new gear right away. They were dead in the water without equipment so they did a new lease. I put on my sales order clearly that it was the customer's responsibility to pay off the previous lease. Other customers who had their insurance company submit for them a certificate of loss payee found out after the fact that they did not have proper coverage. Ultimately I think the least risk for the customer is to use the leasing company's insurance. Most will resist that because they have their own
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Re: Does canon have an off the shelf...

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Art, Canon recently bought a company, I believe the name of the company or product is "Therefore". My understanding is they will be releasing the DMS system to dealers in the next quarter. It has been successful in Europe and I have heard it integrates well with UniFLOW. VINCE
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I beleive the T's and C's on all leases says insurance will be billed unless a certificate of insurance is provided regardless of PO or not. Also as a municipality isnt there a standard Fiscal funding out clause maybe the town councel just needs to defund the dept or copier.
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Re: Efilecabinet

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When I was at RBS Boston we had a number of them in the field. I don't think we sold any in the two+ years that I was there. They were a DMS appliance. Web based interface. From my experience they were a pain to support, very proprietary, and very difficult to migrate to another DMS. I would NOT recommend selling them, at least not to a customer that you like and want to keep. Vince
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Re: MPS question - please advise

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MPS can take many forms and to suggest that any one form is somehow invald is unnecessary and I would suggest unwise. If we consider the MPS model that does not include hardware, then, technically, the MFP's can be considered to be already on an MPS program in that they are on a service and supply agreement that is billed somehow based on the clicks they run. To include printers and somehow blend the rate to one common rate takes away some of the purpose in my opinion, which is to migrate
 
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

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This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

Third Week of November 2012

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Interesting chat I had the other day with someone about Ghosting and what are some on the avenues a rep can travel down to re-engage. In the next few days I'll be posting up a video on Better Call Art.

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Konica Minolta Named a Leader in 2012 Worldwide Multifunction Printer (MFP) and Print

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Ramsey, NJ (PRWEB) November 15, 2012 Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announced Konica Minolta’s placement in the Leaders Quadrant of the “2012 Magic Quadrant for MFPs and Printers, Worldwide” 1 published by Gartner, Inc. “Our continued position in the leaders’ quadrant demonstrates the success of our business strategy to provide customers with comprehensive print solutions that include award-winning bizhub MFP technology, integrated software and IT services
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KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. : Konica Minolta To Acquire Charterhouse PM Limited

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, Germany, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta. Background of acquisition One of the primary growth strategies in the Konica Minolta Group's Medium Term Business Plan "G PLAN 2013" is to reinforce competitiveness in the production print business, including commercial printing and central reproduction department (CRD) as main markets. Konica Minolta has been known for achieving high customer satisfaction with its high quality products and services in the European CRD market. With the aim of
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Sharp® To Award $100,000 Of Product To One School As Part Of 100th Anniversary Celebr

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Sharp® To Award $100,000 Of Product To One School As Part Of 100th Anniversary Celebration PR Newswire MAHWAH, N.J. , Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation , has announced the company's Centennial School Contest. One lucky K-12 accredited school in the United States will win $100,000 of state of the art Sharp products for their classrooms, such as interactive whiteboards, copier/printers, projectors
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Re: Ricoh Dealership in Minnesota will buy.......

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satisfaction has grown to become one of Ricoh’s largest independent dealers in the U.S. Metro Sales has been Minnesota’s exclusive Ricoh dealer since 1981 and proudly offers their products. | About Ricoh | Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had
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Know What it is Costing to Print Each Page!

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Know What it is Costing to Print Each Page! With the complexities of network management often print costs are not followed closely and with a systematic view. This means that they can quickly get out of control and when hard and soft costs are included (toner, equipment, support, help desk calls, driver installs, users' lost prints, reprints, etc.) the overall cost of printing documents can escalate. Overall document processing costs can be a considerable, yet hidden expense. Learn what, where
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Copy General Installs First Xerox iGen 150 Press in the United States

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. Qualitative Differences Digital printing has long taken a back seat to offset when it comes to quality. But digital printing has improved a lot in just the past couple of years. The iGen 150 is at least as good as offset. Most people can’t tell the difference in side-by-side comparisons or they prefer the digitally printed version. The new iGen press prints 150 pages per minute with a 2400 x 2400 dpi resolution for excellent quality. It has a maximum sheet size of 14.33 x 26 inches. Using variable
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Re: Ricoh Dealership in Minnesota will buy.......

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The new IKON (Sorry, I mean Ricoh, I keep forgetting) may continue to follow this stratgey with certain key Dealers only, or in very rural markets where Direct (RBS / IKON) do not want to travel for service and support. Metro Sales is Ricoh's largest Dealer (either #1 or #2 in revenue), so this makes sense for them. I can more clearly see that Ricoh will focus on Direct and the IKON executives in charge now (down in Malvern, PA) will try to implement the Services-led business. Yet, smaller to
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Re: USA Presidential Poll

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ground andselling to us? They're billions of dollars of profits IN A FISCAL QTR is terrible. Is oil costly to produce, sure but those costs are passed on to consumers. I was saying to tax their revenue so that when their rev decreases so do the taxes they owe but when they are selling more and more oil products they pay higher and higher taxes. But to allow deductions for sold inventory, its not right - an MFP dealer can't offset his SOLD inventory against his PROFITS can he? By tax cheats I was
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Auxilio Brings in 15 New Customers

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Auxilio Brings in 15 New Customers By Ken Nagy, CFA On November 15, 2012, Auxilio, Inc. ( AUXO ), the Mission Viejo, California based Managed Print Services (MPS) company for the health care industry, reported financial results for its fiscal 2012 third quarter and nine months, ended September 30, 2012. A strong quarter resulted in a 31.6 percent year over year jump in sales, with revenue expanding $2.108 million to $8.782 million from $6.674 million for the third quarter ended September 30
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Increase services revenue by promoting Workflow Processing and Email Archiving

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archiving is now being implemented in a large number of companies to automate email capture, indexing, quick retrieval and eDiscovery of a company’s most critical business asset. Allow DocuLex to demonstrate this powerful, beneficial component of Archive Studio WebSearch today. Contact your salesman for more info (click here). •Has your customer experienced employee turnover? Have your experienced DocuLex administrators left the company? Ask us about our training services to bring your employees back
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OKI Data Americas To Resell Lantronix xPrintServer Mobile Printing Device, Further En

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provides printing support for both USB and network-connected printers, wired or wireless. The xPrintServer Office Edition from Lantronix enables large workgroups to print directly from iOS mobile devices through the native print menu, eliminating the need to download mobile print applications. The xPrintServer effectively converts existing printers into iOS-compatible devices and addresses the growing demand for cost-effective iOS mobile printing, specifically within the enterprise and education
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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yen in Tokyo trading today, extending its loss this year to 74 percent, the worst performer among more than 1,600 companies in the MSCI World Index (MXWO) of developed nations. The company’s turnaround plan includes seeking voluntary retirements, cutting salaries, selling assets and reducing capital investments, Sharp said Nov. 1. To contact the reporter on this story: Mariko Yasu in Tokyo at myasu@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Michael Tighe at mtighe4
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Re: USA Presidential Poll

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billions of dollars of profits IN A FISCAL QTR is terrible. Is oil costly to produce, sure but those costs are passed on to consumers. I was saying to tax their revenue so that when their rev decreases so do the taxes they owe but when they are selling more and more oil products they pay higher and higher taxes. But to allow deductions for sold inventory, its not right - an MFP dealer can't offset his SOLD inventory against his PROFITS can he? By tax cheats I was referring to those who manipulate
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Re: SHARP Action

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"According to other sources, Sharp’s turnaround plan includes seeking voluntary retirements, salary cuts, selling assets and reducing capital investments" from Industry Analysts. Ouch...the hits just keep on comin' !
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OKI Data Receives Outstanding Achievement Awards from BLI

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OKI Data Receives Outstanding Achievement Awards from BLI Friday, November 16, 2012 Press release from the issuing company The MB461, MB471 and MB491 earn recognition for stellar environmental performances in the A4 mono MFP/small workgroup category Mount Laurel, NJ – OKI Data Americas has been recognized by Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI), receiving Outstanding Achievement Awards for Energy Efficiency for three of its new monochrome multifunction printers (MFPs) – the MB461, MB471 and MB491 – all
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docSTAR® Dramatically Expands Cloud Content Management Software

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management solution Eclipse is now available for installation on the customer's hardware. docSTAR Eclipse is a powerful cloud content management system that delivers measurable savings. "Our Eclipse solution allows customers to achieve efficiency through the automation of business processes," said docSTAR CEO Tom Franceski. "In today's economic environment, business process automation is at the forefront of C-level strategies." "docSTAR continues to demonstrate its commitment to innovative software
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2012 Bavarian Innovation Prize goes to Oce

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accumulating in unused color nozzles and clogging these. This obviates the need for laborious manual cleaning of the print heads during the printing process. Environmentally-friendly and economic This form of on-demand production spares the environment, reduces paper consumption and avoids wastage. In only seven years of printing on the system, and assuming 27 million A4 prints per month at an average of two quality checks per roll, this can lead to a saving of up to 120 tons of 80 g/m² paper. Even
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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Sharp Update!! Intel may take a 30 billion yen investment in Sharp by the end of the month, the 30 billion yen is less than 10% of what Sharp expects to lose this year. There was also a report that Qualcom may also do something. In another report Ming the Merciless aka Terry Guo is providing a personal guarantee for HonHai to move foward with his purchase of Sharp's 10th gen LCD plant. It's reported for about 19 billion yen. Keep in mind that Sharp is expected to lose 450 billion yen this year
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!

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, announced in August, would give staff at the firm and its main subsidies in Japan the option to stop work voluntarily. Sharp's original estimates suggested that roughly 2,000 employees would be induced to take voluntary retirement. However, the company has had to shorten the application deadline by a week as the scheme quickly became oversubscribed. In total, 2,960 Sharp employees have taken the deal, each of whom will retire on December 15 2012. The expense, 25.3 billion yen ($3.11bn) will be
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Re: USA Presidential Poll

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chuck The rich pay taxes period, and yes they can get substanial deductions depending on how they spent or earned that money. But to have that article state they paid zero tax is absurd. We all pay taxes every day and so do they when the buy fuel, clothing, payroll deductions, etc. I do admit that the current IRS thing is hokie and I'm in favor of a National Sales Tax to eliminate the IRS, this way everyone pays their fair share (yes even the people who are in the country illegally). The US has
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Re: USA Presidential Poll

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Art, there are only 433,000 people making $1,000,000 or more per year in the US in 2011 (321,000 in 2008). This is income that is taxed not net worth which isn't taxed, earnings are taxed. A National Sales Tax is NOT a fair tax as it inordinately places a heavier burden on Middle Income and below since they spend all they make. Wealthy families (say $1,000,000) don't spend 20 times what a family making $50,000 spends. If we'd simply use the taxes rates in effect during Ronald Reagan's first
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Re: USA Presidential Poll

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Chuck You're wrong the WSJ reported that there is 3.1 millionaires in the US. I'll believe the WSJ before I believe a rogue web site. I'm middle income and I have no problem with National Sales Tax, you see that's the problem we are in..... x amount of people are NOT paying taxes and that's not the way our tax code was meant to be. EVERYONE would pay their FAIR share and the FAIREST way for EVERYONE to pay taxes is a national sales tax. There could be exemptions for those on disability, but if
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Re: USA Presidential Poll

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quote: Originally posted by Chuck: Art, there are only 433,000 people making $1,000,000 or more per year in the US in 2011 (321,000 in 2008). This is income that is taxed not net worth which isn't taxed, earnings are taxed. A National Sales Tax is NOT a fair tax as it inordinately places a heavier burden on Middle Income and below since they spend all they make. Wealthy families (say $1,000,000) don't spend 20 times what a family making $50,000 spends. If we'd simply use the taxes rates in
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Re: USA Presidential Poll

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A National Sales Tax is basically a consumption tax. It is not a progressive tax as it impacts lower income people much more than higher income people. Although personal and corporate income taxes provide the bulk of revenue to the federal government, consumption taxes continue to be a primary source of income for state and local governments. Are you proposing a new Federal tax on top of existing State and Municipal taxes in exchange for greatly simplifying the Federal tax code? Although a
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eFileCabinet's Cloud Solution Helps Businesses Increase Productivity with Android App

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folder or cabinet (instead of scanning) and the ability to customize security settings. eFileCabinet's Android app is now available for download here. Learn more and request a demo at www.efilecabinet.com/products/mobile-apps . About eFileCabinet, Inc. eFileCabinet, Inc. offers a suite of document management software (DMS) products and services that help businesses and individuals work quicker, smarter and more collaboratively. With more than 11 years in the document management industry
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Efilecabinet

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Has anyone heard of this or is anyone selling it? I'm looking for a simple easy to use inexpensive document management software to bundle with our MFPs and open new opportunities and this looks like it might be it.
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THanx to all!

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As we get closer to the end of the year, this has always been a time when I'd like to give "thanks" to all of or P4P members. With out the members there would be no site. I'd also like to give thanks to the premimum members, YOUR support keeps me enthusiatic about my work and keeps my noes to the grindstone and for that I give thanks to your existing and continued support. Our advertisers like print audit, polek & polex, Intellenetics, Doculex, Midwest, Leasing Corporation of America, BT
 
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