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Re: The Transition of the Copier Industry "According to Art"
What a great walk down memory lane Art! Even as recent as 5-6 years ago I was still installing hecons and coin counters. Also, we sold the analog copiers for almost retail price! They cost more to the end user then than they do today! Great stuff!
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Re: The Transition of the Copier Industry "According to Art"
Mike, that's awesome, thank you! I used to get so frustrated with the key counters, it seemed every couple of months someone was losing them or calling because they broke one. Art
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The First Week in August 2003
Where on the web can you take a walk back down Memory Lane for the Copier Industry? We're proud that we have data going back 15 years for press releases, documents, pricing, leads, and our most valued data is the threads from our members over the years. It's those conversations about pricing, solutions, issues or just needed some help to close a deal that makes the Print4Pay a special place for our members! Enjoy these threads from 15 years ago this week! Buyers Laboratory Presents Ricoh...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Last Week in August 2008
Well it was ten years ago this week that the news broke about Ricoh purchasing Ikon. Ten years later the Ikon purchase was a bust with Ricoh writing off millions in future profit & revenue. That's what happens when you purchase a company that can't spin a profit. Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Copier Notes from 08/24/08 Neal · 8/28/087:52 AM in the United States: o The current Digital Print Center (DPC) sales & marketing division will be disbanded § This...
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Great Sales People Solve Business Problems
It all started yesterday afternoon, I had a call from the DM at one of my largest production accounts (has 3 devices) that he received the wrong toner. It happens, none of us are perfect, however, getting the wrong toner when you print all...
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Top 19 Old Copier Manufacturers that FADED Away
Did you sell these copiers, did you ever see one, or maybe you weren't even a twinkle in your Mom's eye when these copier manufacturers were the King of the Road! "Tell Us About Some Old Copier Companies", was a question we posed to our...
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DocuWare Earns High Grades from University Fund Raisers
DocuWare Earns High Grades from University Fund Raisers University of Montana Foundation DocuWare Case Study Nestled in the heart of “Big Sky” country, the University of Montana draws 15,000 students a year to its Missoula, Montana...
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The Week in Imaging Seeks Nominations for 2013 Elite Dealer Awards
The Week in ImagingA Sustainable Publishing Group Publication21 Llanfair LaneEwing, NJ 08618(609)...
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This Week in the Copier Industry (Ten Years Ago) 2003
I've been doing this for so long it's scaring me! BOO! I had a thought today that since the Print4Pay Hotel has been around for more than 10 years, wouldn't it be awesome to see some of the press releases and threads from a decade...
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Oh my, when selling copiers door to door was so simple?
Guest Blogger!!!! Harry's back with an awesome blog that takes us old timers back to a simpler time in the industry and all you newbies are probably wishing you had a station wagon to cart a copier around! BTW, Toyota pic on the left is what my...
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Intelligent Document Solution Provides Visibility for Delivery Operation
Intelligent Document Solution Provides Visibility for Delivery Operation The direct sales company, Marketing Personal, has optimized its process of delivering orders using DocuWare, Summan DataVar, ABBYY Flexicapture, and Splunk. This integrated solution provides control over the entire logistics operation within a single data center, improving the quality of service for the sales team and their customers, providing timely information about delivered orders and monitoring new ones. Marketing...
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Proven Efficiencies with DocuWare
Proven Efficiencies with DocuWare Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation automated the business processes in their accounting department to streamline workflows and provide all employees access to needed information whenever they need it regardless of their location. Additionally, audits are now easy to deal with and the company is in strong compliance with Sarbanes Oxley regulations. Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation is a publicly traded exploration and production company in the oil and gas industry...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The Last Week of June 2006
I was going through some old threads for the Ricoh W470 & Ricoh W480 over the weekend and I can remember that a P4P Hotel member was pitching his own design of a front exit tray that would stack 30x42's and 36x48's. Does anyone remember this P4P'ers name? Dis anyone buy the front exit stacker from him? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Konica Minolta Clicks on Scanners 6/23/06 8:15 AM Konica Minolta Clicks on Scanners 06.07.06 discuss New Jersey-based digital imaging company Konica...
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Insuring the Future
Insuring the Future National Crop Insurance Services is using DocuWare throughout their organization to manage email, accounting records, meeting minutes, time cards, and most importantly, information distributed to its members. Having easy immediate access to essential information is invaluable for this not-for-profit. National Crop Insurance Services is an international not-for-profit organization representing the 18 crop insurance companies that sell Federal crop insurance, as well as...
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Leaders and Dogs Chasing Squirrels
I was going through the photos on my iPhone the other day. First, I should say I am glad I set up albums – apparently I take a lot of pictures. As I was looking through the millions of photos of Buddy, my Boston terrier, who recently passed, (yes, I guess my wife and I are those pet people who never had children, so our pets were spoiled absolutely rotten) the pictures reminded me of the many times Buddy would flip his head around, his ears would stand up along with all the hair on his back,...
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Remote Employees Drive Accounting Processes at Car Dealership
Remote Employees Drive Accounting Processes at Car Dealership Home Run Auto Group implemented DocuWare to consolidate its accounting staff spread among 27 dealerships into a remote, cohesive 16-person corporate department all individually working from home. The company reduced printing and personnel costs but more importantly, gained the ability to reassign workloads based on processes, not location, resulting in increased efficiency. Home Run Auto Group has 27 dealerships across the Midwest...
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It takes Determination to move a Rock or change a Business
Over the last few months, I have been talking with some Technology Channel leaders regarding my Vision of future Channel Distribution. A Vision I named “The Innovation Channel.” As these discussions take place, I am reminded of how determination lessens in value as some age. This thinking brought me to the creek which ran through the neighborhood I lived in years ago as a child. That creek we played in had a Big Rock; this Rock was obstructing the way the creek flowed down to the pond at the...
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Innovative Technology Improves Higher Education Staff and Student Experience
Tillamook Bay Community College rolled out DocuWare to the entire college in order to provide faculty and staff with easy access to information to facilitate advising and streamline the registration process for students. The higher ed institution was also able to utilize DocuWare to collaborate with instructors and develop standardized curriculum and teaching guidelines. Tillamook Bay Community College (TBCC) is a small college serving students on Oregon’s rural coast for over 30 years. In...
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Car Dealerships Discover the Key to Luxurious Customer Service
Car Dealerships Discover the Key to Luxurious Customer Service Higher State Technology, a managed IT service provider, helped two major regional Lexus dealerships implement DocuWare. The dealerships gained total control of their data and reconfigured their filing rooms into luxurious spaces that improved the waiting experience for their customers. They digitized documents including vehicle sales documents, repair orders and more to allow staff from both locations to have quick immediate...
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The Death of the Cost Per Page Billing Model
Guess what's coming to your business neighborhood? Did ya give up yet? Yes, the cost per click aka the cost page could become the billing model of the past. Seat Based Billing with Print Audit About a year ago Print Audit released a Seat Based Billing model for MPS engagements, The gist of the billing model is to bill a monthly flat fee per employee in order for the user to have printing rights. The amount billed per employee covers support, parts, software and consumable items for those...
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Car Dealership Improves Customer Service by Streamlining Business Processes
Moritz of Fort Worth, a large car dealership, implemented DocuWare to simplify their work processes, bringing transparency to repair orders and the processing of warranty claims. Consolidating paperwork from four locations to one digital archive improved customer service, increased efficiency and strengthened document retention standards, shielding the company from fines for missing documents during an audit. Moritz is a large, privately owned new and used car dealer group with four...
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On-boarding High Volume of Employees with Ease
National hospitality staffing company, LGC Hospitality, implemented DocuWare Cloud to digitize and streamline their onboarding workflow, making the process simpler for both the applicant and staff. Established in 2003, LGC Hospitality is a leading hospitality staffing company with over 26 offices across the USA. They help hotels, corporate dining companies, country clubs, hospital food services, special events centers, stadiums, caterers, schools and others to fill hospitality, hotel and...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The First Week of November 2006
One of the more interesting threads below is from Gordon MacKay from Queensland, Australia. Gordon posted a thread in reference to his existing dealership and his past experience in the copier industry. It was awesome to re-visit this thread. Gordon, if you're still out there, shoot us a reply. That thread is here Japan's Konica Minolta 11/5/06 6:42 PM multifunctional models, especially in Europe," company director Yasuo Matsumoto told a news conference. Konica Minolta also raised its...
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Assessing Document Management’s Value
Assessing Document Management’s Value An Arkansas County Assessor implemented DocuWare and gained an electronic workflow that reduced a document’s processing time by 28 days. Their county Treasury Department now has more time to process tax bills, and the county’s cash flow has improved. New transparent processes facilitate employee accountability and have reduced errors. In addition, customer service is more efficient since all documents are digitally stored in one easy to search archive.
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Selling Copiers in the Eighties with Marian Janes
Marian and I have never met, however it seems we were both selling copiers in New Jersey in the Eighties. We connected on Linkedin about a week ago after I read one of her replies to RJ's comments for "Selling Copiers in the Seventies". While I was hustling copiers in Central Jersey, Marian was doing the same in North Jersey. Selling Copiers in the Eighties with Marian Janes How did you find your way into the copier industry? (feel free to us a story of how that happened) I received a degree...
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for January 11th, 2020
MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group ARCOA Group is here to help you successfully manage your IT Asset Disposition process. We help you recover value from retired electronic equipment through responsible methods of reuse and recycling. We ensure proper handling of assets which may contain data, while being environment stewards for assets that have no reuse value and are headed for recycling. We’ve built a robust de-manufacturing process to offer additional options for asset...
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DocuWare Releases Version 7.2
DocuWare Releases Version 7.2 E-stamps, e-invoice display, streamlined configurations and integrations are among the new features that benefit DocuWare users New Windsor NY, October 30, 2019 – DocuWare , provider of cloud solutions for document management and workflow automation, releases version 7.2 of its flagship software. “User feedback combined with results from our own rigorous R&D form the roadmap when planning DocuWare updates”, says co-president Dr. Michael Berger. “At DocuWare,...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of December 2009)
Reading through some of the threads below I re-read Ten Ways to Save Energy and Reduce Waste with your Office Copiers & Printers. It may be ten years olf but most of it is good content to share with your clients. Pick and choose what you want and feel free to add come of your own! Enjoy these wonderful threads from ten years ago this week! Konica Minolta Receives Sales Support Award from Mail Boxes Etc., Inc. 12/5/0911:41 AM Ramsey, N.J. and San Diego – December 2, 2009 – Konica Minolta...
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DocuWare Introduces a Free Tool for Creating Process Diagrams
Visualizing Clear Processes is the Key to Seeing New Efficiency Opportunities for Businesses New Windsor NY, Oct 17, 2019 – DocuWare , provider of cloud solutions for document management and workflow automation, releases Process Planner , a stand-alone, web-based process diagramming tool that is available for free for anyone. Process Planner is a 100% free tool requiring no prior knowledge about workflow standards or notations and no prior experience with other diagramming solutions - a...
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Giving Back "How Print4Pay Hotel Partners Help Others" Polek & Polek in 2019
It's been a few years since I blogged about how are Print4Pay Hotel partners give back to their community or to their charitable cause. Thus for the next few days we'll be posting a paragraph or two from our sponsors. Please hit up the like button and please share, it's wonderful that these companies take the time and effort to give back to others in need. Polek & Polek partners with Baking Memories 4 Kids The proceeds of the cookies we purchase from Baking Memories 4 Kids are used to...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Second Week of April 2007)
The fist thread that caught my eye here was the purchase of Global by Xerox. Run that with the recent course of events from Ricoh last week and it's strange how these mega events fall into to place on the timeline. Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week! Konica Minolta Offers the Highest Level of 4/11/07 11:47 PM Konica Minolta Offers the Highest Level of Security in Industry for MFP Product Line Newark - RAMSEY – Amid growing concern for the security of documents being processed...
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Coordinated Information Management in Social Services Positively Impacts Families
Coordinated Information Management in Social Services Positively Impacts Families United Family Services, a nonprofit agency that provides services for juvenile offenders and their families, implemented DocuWare Cloud to manage case files between five offices. Improved information security coupled with quick, easy access to information when needed has provided caseworkers more time to dedicate a higher quality of interaction with their clients. Productivity and accountability has also...
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Toys R Us, a victim of Memory Management
“Painting your vision of the future requires the ability to paint over your memories with the paint of your imagination.” I am sure many have decided, Toys R Us is just another example of outdated marketing strategies. Most have read much about how they refused to innovate. Well, Here’s my thinking. Toys R Us thought they were innovating. They based their marketing and their customer’s experiences on what they believed to be true instead of what the customer knew was true. The number of...
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Bank Achieves AP Process Improvement with Cloud-based Digital Workflows and Secure Document Storage
Bank Achieves AP Process Improvement with Cloud-based Digital Workflows and Secure Document Storage Southeast National Bank implemented DocuWare, a modern document management solution, to digitize its own accounts payable process. The results: invoice approval time dropped from one week to a few hours positioning the company for future growth without the need to add staff. Southeast National Bank (SENB) is a regional bank with 5 branches and 65 employees, offering a full range of banking...
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DocuWare Cloud Keeps Donations and Data Safe for Community Blood Center
Cloud document control software and volunteers help nonprofit positively impact society A nonprofit blood bank in Florida is utilizing DocuWare Cloud to store donor records and standard operating procedures manuals. Digital document control speeds up retrieval times, increases staff productivity, and reduces errors. Digital records also facilitate easy compliance with FDA guidelines and reports. The solution is so easy-to-use that the nonprofit can utilize volunteers to digitize records...
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Fast and On Time Delivery: Document Control Software Streamlines Submission and Storage of Transportation Documentation
Fast and On Time Delivery: Document Control Software Streamlines Submission and Storage of Transportation Documentation Regional shipping company, GSC Logistics, implemented DocuWare so they could meet California Highway Patrol documentation requirements, reduce their liability, simplify document submittal and automate their document indexing and storage. GSC Logistics is the largest trucking company at the Port of Oakland, providing drayage (the transportation of goods a short distance such...
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Custom Home Builder Strengthens IT Infrastructure and Employee Mobility with DocuWare Cloud
Custom Home Builder Strengthens IT Infrastructure and Employee Mobility with DocuWare Cloud On Point Custom Homes implemented DocuWare Cloud to secure their data and speed invoice approvals. The results: a mobile ready, flexible, and secure system that keeps the work moving forward regardless of job location and scheduling challenges On Point Custom Homes is locally and nationally known as one of Houston’s top builders, receiving numerous awards including Texas Custom Builder of the year for...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (First Week of April 2014)
Apologies to everyone, it's been a week that I've never forget. I've always lived by this motto "You never know what the tomorrow's will bring you". Well an awesome tomorrow happened last week. You can read more about that with my recent blog or in the email newsletter for this week. Enjoy these threads from 5 years ago this week! This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of April 2004) Art Post · 4/6/148:39 PM With The Launch Of The New e-StudioTM211 c and...
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Re: Toys R Us, a victim of Memory Management
After Sears and Roebuck, the new fallen icon: Toy's R Us. And the move is not finished. It even accelerates. Did you hear the first crackings of Facebook as the young ones largely prefer Snapchat, Instagram or Bitmoji ?
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Re: In Memoriam of Copiers Terms and Features from Days Gone By
I can't even tell you how much I enjoyed your post! Found the site by Googling "SCM copy machine" and it turned up Art Post's Memory Lane a couple days ago and had to join the group. Yep I was there! Liquid E-Stats all the way to present day Canons and Xeroxes. I was a tech for 20 years then started my own biz as tech and sales 15 years ago. Still at it! I remember the "CROP" codes you mentioned. You pressed the CLEAR, RESET, zero, and PAUSE buttons to get to the meter and other functions on...
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Sales Professionals Do Not Look In The Rearview Mirror, Are You?
In crazy, chaotic and crisis filled times; sales professionals take charge and double down on themselves. If you allow these uncertain times to sneak up on you, rob your motivation, cause depression, and stop the work before it starts; then you're in for a long sales road ahead of you. One of my favorite rock bands growing up was Boston . 40 years later the lyrics within this song are as relevant today as ever. I get it, it is human nature to review our past. After all it is what has led us...
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The Week in Copiers 15 Years Ago This Week
The Week in Copiers 15 Years Ago for the Last week of June 2015 It is vacation week for me for my day job, however there's no vacation for the Print4Pay Hotel work. My daily blog on working remote will be put on hold until I return. Who knows maybe something will break during the week that I'll be able to write about. Even though I'm on vacation we know we're never really on vacation anymore. Enjoy these awesome threads from 15 years ago this week! Savin 2518/Ricoh Aficio 1018 NIC Deanw ·...
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for July 12th, 2020
MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group ARCOA Group is here to help you successfully manage your IT Asset Disposition process. We help you recover value from retired electronic equipment through responsible methods of reuse and recycling. We ensure proper handling of assets which may contain data, while being environment stewards for assets that have no reuse value and are headed for recycling. We’ve built a robust de-manufacturing process to offer additional options for asset...
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DocuWare Offers Screening eForm for Businesses Entering COVID-19 Return to Work Phase
DocuWare Offers Screening eForm for Businesses Entering COVID-19 Return to Work Phase ~eForm provides contactless and compliant visitor and employee check-in/check-out~ New Windsor NY, August 4, 2020 – DocuWare , provider of cloud solutions for document management and workflow automation, announces a new eform and workflow to support US businesses in the COVID-19 return to work phase. DocuWare’s COVID-19 screening eform was first developed for internal use as a contactless and easy process...
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DocuWare Cloud Solutions Ensure Business Continuity for Thousands of Remote Workers
DocuWare Cloud Solutions Ensure Business Continuity for Thousands of Remote Workers ~As the global work-from-home trend grows, so does DocuWare’s cloud customer base~ New Windsor NY, September 29, 2020 – DocuWare , provider of cloud solutions for document management and workflow automation, saw strong and consistent usage of their cloud solutions during and following the COVID-19 lockdown. Since March of this year, workforces have gone remote and demand for document management solutions...
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Attention Sales Leaders... Are Your Salespeople Cruising On The Relevancy Highway?
The sales world has changed. There have been rapid changes with technology during these troublesome and turbulent times. The seismic shifts have been dynamic, widespread and the impact has been immense. For all the sales leaders out there... the time is now to get real with yourselves and your team. You must guide your team to adapt, adopt and adjust to the circumstances of today. You might be saying, "Yeah, yeah.... I know" so, I would encourage you to let these quotes from Charles Darwin...
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DocuWare Wins Best ECM/Document Management Provider Award
The Cannata Report’s readers vote for DocuWare New Windsor NY, November 12, 2020 – DocuWare , provider of cloud solutions for document management and workflow automation, won its first Frank Award for Best EMC/Document Management Provider, at The Cannata Report's 35th Anniversary Awards & Charities Gala: Unite & Conquer. A total of 12 awards were given, covering a wide range of categories including Best in Class Manufacturer, Best IT Services Provider, Best Technical Services...
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The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago The Third Week in February 2011 Snow, snow and more snow. Some might take off, some might be lazy, some may relax on the couch. I took the entire day to keep working, keep grinding to make I'll finish the month strong! Enjoy these Awesome Copier Threads from Ten Years Ago this Week Konica Minolta Introduces the bizhub 652/552 Series of Monochrome MFPs Art Post (Guest) · 2/16/117:52 PM SOURCE: Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. Feb 15, 2011 15:37...
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The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago Second Week of April 2016 Last week I released my first video series dubbed "Better Call Art". The plan is to produce at least one video per week that will with other industry veterans who are still in embedded in our industry. We'll chat about the industry but more importantly have discussions that will share our collective knowledge. In addition I plan to also bring in third party solution providers that I believe can make a difference in our every day...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago 4th Week of June 2006 Nothing new to report, the last six months of 2021 starts tomorrow. Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 15 year ago this week! Konica Minolta's bizhub 500 and Bizhub 420 Art Post (Guest) · 6/28/068:14 PM Konica Minolta's bizhub 500 and Bizhub 420 Output at 50 ppm and 43ppm. Both models are designed for mid-to high volume office that require monochrome MFP with netwrok capabilities and distribution functionality. Each...