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I haven't heard anything, would be interesting, and I guess it's a move that has to be done
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Re: Rumor Alert!
I can't confirm these specifics, but the Global dealer down here stopped selling Sharp and Konica Minolta a few years ago, so I assumed this happened awhile back.
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Re: Konica Minolta 1Rate Program Updates
Would be nice if others could help with this. I had a chat last week with a former KM rep about the changes in 1Rate KM program. It was stated that KM has dropped the auto escalator for the hardware and the maintenance. However it was stated that KM has raise the monthly rates for 1Rate three times since last year to cover the loss of the escalations. I was also told there was a freight fee for shipping of supplies. This is billed every month even if the client does not receive supplies. I...
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KM 1 Rate aka Flat Rate (unlimited clicks)
With all of the hubbub about unlimited clicks with KonicaMinolta and now a few dealers. We'd like to hear your thoughts with our new survey. How Long Do You Think the Entire Industry will Make the Change to unlimited clicks?
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The KM 1Rate Program & How to Sell Against It Webinar
In the last few weeks, I've had many inquires about the KM 1Rate program. That's the program that give clients unlimited clicks for a monthly fee. Yes, I stated unlimited clicks. With the help of P4P Hotel members I've been able to understand the terms and conditions of the program. Once you understand those you can put together a strategy to point out the good, the bad and the ugly. In the webinar we'll focus on those terms and conditions and the offer up a strategy to sell against it.
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Konica Minolta's AccurioJetKM-1 LED UV Inkjet Press Installed at DS Graphics/Universal Wilde
Ramsey, NJ, March 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc . (Konica Minolta) is proud to provide their customers with state-of-the-art technology to grow their businesses and offer high quality, personalized printing solutions. The company, along with customer DS Graphics/Universal Wilde, is pleased to announce the installation of an AccurioJet KM-1 LED UV Inkjet Press at the company’s Lowell, MA facility “This represents the start of a significant...
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Konica Minolta Reveals Beta Site for KM-1 UV Digital Press: Sub. of U.S Online Printer
LANGENHAGEN, Germany — March 3, 2016 — Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH has named PLS Print Logistic Services Germany GmbH in Markkleeberg, Germany, as the first European beta site customer for its KM-1 UV digital sheetfed press. Live printing is expected to start in March. PLS is a subsidiary of the American online printing service OvernightPrints that employs 400 people worldwide, of whom 70 are based in Europe. The company provides a fast overnight, reliable all-round...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The Fourth Week of March 2006
Savin CLP17 / Ricoh 2000 printer drums Deanw · 3/23/06 7:22 AM PCUs seem to be failing way early on these.Am I the only one seeing this?How are you handling it?Thanks Topic Ricoh Aficio 240w/480w toner price! 3/23/06 2:28 AM Does anyone know from where i could buy toner type 1160wat price less then 110 USD.?I am interested to buy large quantities Topic Canon's New MF7280 Boasts Big Office 3/28/06 9:16 AM Canon 's New MF7280 Boasts Big Office Capabilities Canon Introduces New imageCLASS...
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Rumor Alert!
Hi All, I heard from a reliable source that Xerox Global stopped buying Konica Minolta equipment. Which would mean all of the old KM Dealers that were purchased by Global and then Xerox are now only selling Xerox equipment. Can anyone confirm...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of October 2004
The Boston Red Sox top the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS , and win the series after being down 3-0, winning four straight games in the greatest comeback MLB playoffs history. The Red Sox continue on to face the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series....
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of February 2005
Wow. I really couldn't find anything for the "throw back" from ten years ago!! If you've been in this business long enough you can remember that no one manufacturer is on top for long. Thus the introduction of the KM Pro C500 was the start...
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Top Ten Copier & MFP Proposals for February 2015
I can' tell you how much I enjoy seeing copier proposals and quotes from around the country. I especially like seeing the ones from my competitors!!! What's included, what's not included, what rate factor they are using, the cost per page...
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Highcon and Konica Minolta Cooperation at Graph Expo 14
Press release from the issuing company CHICAGO – At the Graph Expo 14 exhibition in Chicago, Highcon and Konica Minolta are demonstrating their shared vision of the potential of digital workflow for commercial printers and folding carton converters. Under the theme of “ Convert to Value ” Highcon is displaying packaging products printed on the Konica Minolta KM-1 29 inch sheet-fed UV inkjet press and then digitally cut and creased by the Highcon Euclid II+ machine. Chris Baker, VP Sales...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago (2nd week of October)
The Concorde makes its last commercial flight, bringing the era of airliner supersonic travel to a close. I don't have a lot of time tonight, below is the list of threads that populated the Print4Pay Hotel forums this week ten years ago. ...
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Debut of Konica Minolta’s KM-1 B2 Plus UV Inkjet Press Among drupa Announcements
LANGENHAGEN, Germany — May 9, 2016 — At drupa 2016, the stage will be set for Konica Minolta to launch officially KM-1, underline its commitment to the label and packaging markets, unveil more plans in its cooperation strategy with MGI across the globe, as well as break new ground with major rebranding of its commercial printing products as Accurio. Official Launch of KM-1 The KM-1, Konica Minolta’s eagerly-awaited B2+ UV inkjet press, will be officially launched at drupa 2016. At Konica...
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Konica Minolta Enters Industrial Printing Market, Reports Successful Sales at drupa
LANGENHAGEN, Germany – June 16, 2016 — About 260,000 visitors came to the world’s largest and most important trade fair for print and crossmedia solutions. Even though this was fewer than at drupa 2012, Konica Minolta saw an increase of about 25% more visitors at its stand. A prominent showpiece at Konica Minolta’s 2,400 sq. m. booth was the AccurioJet KM-1, making its debut as a commercially available product. Throughout drupa, AccurioJet KM-1 drew admiring crowds of visitors all keen to...
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Dealer Warranty Program Insights & Feedback
Hi All – Looking for any insights and feedback you guys have on warranty programs (esp. Canon, KM, Ricoh, Xerox). Specifically what's the typical program offerings/higher tier benefits , details and experience with claims/reimbursements , and especially benefits of parts warranty (for example, hearing Canon is not great in parts, doesn’t cover some/all once installed). Putting together a summary on this and happy to share when complete (pls PM). Appreciate any and all details/experience.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of March 2007)
When I only saw these four threads, my first thought was that I was on vacation that week. When I checked back through my journal, indeed that was the case. Thus, please enjoy these four threads from ten years ago this week! IKON Service pricing on Kyocera 3/5/07 11:09 AM This an email I recieved from a manufacturer rep. I thought this may be of interest to you. (Embedded image moved to file: pic11337.jpg) IKON is now selling and placing three Kyocera b/w models, the KM-3050, 4050 &...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Second Week of November 2004)
So here's a thread where my first thought was, gee that was a long time ago! In most cases I'm thinking time is flying buy. Canon buys Oce, really that was a long time ago! Enjoy These Awesome Threads from 15 Years Ago this Week! UPDATE 3-Canon buys Dutch Oce for $1.1 bln, fights Ricoh 11/16/097:44 AM Minolta Holdings, which is in a business alliance with Oce. "Konica Minolta procures high-end production printing machines from Oce, while Oce procures lower-end machines from Konica Minolta,"...
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Four Ways to Compete Against the KM Flat Rate Program
Recent talk tracks in our NJ sales office has been about the new KonicaMinolta unlimited click program. Just recently one of our reps thought that they couldn't compete with the One Rate program for three A3 MFP's. Those three MFP's were doing a decent volume of color each month. When we did some more digging with the clients color volume and the monthly cost for unlimited pages, we figured the revenue for Konica Minolta was two cents for every color page. Just as the rep was ending the...
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Konica Minolta 1Rate Program Updates
I've had a few calls in the last few days about the KM 1rate program reeling it's ugly head again. We shared some documents about a year ago, however I'm hearing that some of the talking points we used to shoot down the program are not legit anymore. Again this is hearsay and no one can confirm. Does anyone have a new set of KM 1Rate lease docs or can any clarify what has changed? Can anyone help? Art
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Re: The KM 1Rate Program & How to Sell Against It Webinar
using the KM one-rate logo will not work since it's probably trade marked
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Re: The KM 1Rate Program & How to Sell Against It Webinar
Hi Trica, thanx for the mention! I appreciate the kudos. Not only am I am rep for a Ricoh dealer, but I also am the CEO of the Print4Pay Hotel. Yes, we do have a Premium/VIP membership for our members, and yes there is a cost for that. Premium/VIP members get complete access to the Print4Pay Hotel. Did you mean to link to a KonicaMinolta document that was last updated in September of 2015? Because the One-Rate program has only been available for the last five months or so. If you'd like the...
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Re: The KM 1Rate Program & How to Sell Against It Webinar
Tricia, I find it interesting that you suggest that Art Post may have a conflict of interest because he sells Ricoh. What you don't know is the what's and why's surrounding the creation of the p4photel. I know because I was there. Ricoh used to have a message board where Ricoh reps could dialog with one another throughout the country. That is until Ricoh reps started sharing even the ugly (which every manufacturer has). Ricoh began to shut down critical conversation ABOUT RICOH, even going...
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Re: The KM 1Rate Program & How to Sell Against It Webinar
Just an update on the recent thread by a P4P member. She deleted her threads that I replied to a few days ago. Seems now she would like me to delete the quotes also. The blog that she had posted on Linkedin has also been removed. I'm not going to comment on this anymore, but to delete the quotes that I posted would not be fair to the members of the site. We need to learn as much as possible about the One Rate from KM, and then need to decide if we want to beat them or join them. Recent talk...
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Re: The KM 1Rate Program & How to Sell Against It Webinar
How interesting that she deleted her LinkedIn article and thread comments. Maybe she found out that there was a catch? Once again a great reminder that there is a difference between bashing your competitors and educating yourself and others on the differences between them.
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Re: The KM 1Rate Program & How to Sell Against It Webinar
Maybe! Or someone told her how wrong she was. I really don't understand why people are like that. Czech thanx for the thread
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Re: The KM 1Rate Program & How to Sell Against It Webinar
If a client prints 5k per month and you say "the volume over 5k is free"....what are they going to do...print 10k per month? Wow, they change their workflow for 5k x .0065. How about if the customer says we are getting charged .07 per page color and you can show them .025 or .022 per page. Now that's a game changer when a company is running 5k color per month. Did you know 70% of the color print volume has less than 10% coverage, yet the industry still charges at 20% rate?
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Re: The KM 1Rate Program & How to Sell Against It Webinar
Quote from a recent client that was looking at One Rate. "I'll just trash all of my printers and move the volume to the MFP, I'll save thousands"
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So the customer is going to toss printer assets? No cpp escalators on the one rate? No requirements for the contract: minimum pages or hardware? Dear Mr. Customer: "As long as you buy MFP's at List Price" and renew every 3 years, we can give you this great program...."
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Re: The KM 1Rate Program & How to Sell Against It Webinar
ALL great questions which I'll be explaining in the webinar
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Re: The KM 1Rate Program & How to Sell Against It Webinar
We're going to schedule this for September 14th @4pm EASTERN TIME. I'll also put this on the P4P Hotel calendar of events. I will be sending paypal invoices to those non-premium members in the next week or so. We still have slots open so please send me an email if you are interested
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Re: Dealer Warranty Program Insights & Feedback
Thanks Art. Basically looking for any experience with Canon, KM, Ricoh, or Xerox warranties. Which programs are strong, which are weak, are there needs that some brands are best at supporting, etc?
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Konica Minolta Installs AccurioJet KM-1 at Strategic Factory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Konica Minolta Installs AccurioJet KM-1 at Strategic Factory Inkjet Technology Praised for Consistently High Level of Quality, Versatility and Accuracy Ramsey, NJ, -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to announce the installation of its AccurioJet KM-1 LED UV Inkjet Press at Strategic Factory . Operating out of Baltimore, Maryland, Strategic Factory is a single-point provider for branding, marketing and communications. They...
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The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago The Last Week of March 2006 Fifteen years ago I was forty-nine years old. I started the Print4Pay Hotel forum back in 2000 via an MSN communities page. Back there there was just a handful of us that chatted back and forth about copier, speeds, feeds and the industry. When ever anyone asks me about the Print4Pay Hotel I tell them that our members are the best of the best of our industry because they have a passion for what they do and a thirst for...
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Konica Minolta and Print Panther Celebrate FSEA Award Wins
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Konica Minolta and Print Panther Celebrate FSEA Award Wins Collaboration on Guide Wins Gold and Best in Show Honorable Mention Ramsey, NJ -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc . (Konica Minolta), a leader in industrial and commercial printing and packaging solutions, is pleased to announce a project produced on its print production equipment by client and partner Print Panther in Ontario, Canada has been recognized by the Foil & Specialty Effects...
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Konica Minolta Launches AccurioJet KM-1e HD LED UV Inkjet Press
Konica Minolta Launches AccurioJet KM-1e HD LED UV Inkjet Press Continues to Expand Presence in Packaging, Commercial Print and Industrial Sectors Ramsey, NJ -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc . (Konica Minolta), a leader in industrial and commercial printing and packaging solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of its AccurioJet KM-1e High Definition (HD) model, an evolution of the AccurioJet KM-1e LED UV Inkjet Press that will contribute to further expanding Konica...
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Komori wins Print Production contract
Komori wins contract award from Boelte-Hall Printing of Kansas - installed a new Impremia IS-29 production color system - (a relabeled Konica Minolta KM-1) - Will be used to produce variable short-run jobs