Tagged With "Adler Royal"
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Re: A Few Copier Vignettes from the Late Eighties & Nineties
Art, You and I are from similar professional backgrounds and times. We started in 1980 selling Sharp and Juki typewriters. Everything sold near MSRP. Then the fax boom came and we caught that wave perfectly. We sold Ricoh thermal faxes for full list ($2995.00). The only issue was cash flow; we sold them faster than we could order and purchase them. Copier Maintenance agreements went from .022 up to .035 and did not include drums, developer, toner, fuser rollers or lamps! Also, like your...
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Re: A Few Copier Vignettes from the Late Eighties & Nineties
Yup we have the same issues with cash flow. It was a great problem to have. The Hunt for Red October was a great book, even found the movie awesome too! Ty for the comment, we should connect for lunch one day
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago, The Third Week in January 2014
Enjoy the threads from 5 years a go this week! Topic Five Vendors Earn Winter 2014 BLI “Picks” in the A3 Color Category Art Post · 1/23/145:35 PM buyers. Konica Minolta Business Solutions, U .S.A., Inc. Konica Minolta bizhub C 364e Outstanding 31- to 40-ppm A3 Color MFP Konica Minolta bizhub C 454e Outstanding 41- to 50-ppm A3 Color MFP KYOCERA Document Solutions America, Inc. KYOCERA TASKalfa 5551ci (Also sold under the Copystar brand) Outstanding 51- to 60-ppm A3 Color MFP Ricoh Americas...
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A Few Copier Vignettes from the Late Eighties & Nineties
The picture in the header showed our demo room back in either 1989 or 1990, might have even been 1991. As you can see by the photo Atlantic Office Systems (the first one in NJ) was Authorized for Adler Royal, Brother, and Tele VaxaFax (facsimile). Sometime later Adler Royal was purchased by Mita and the Adler Royal brand was changed to Copystar. I thoroughly hated the name Copystar because there was no brand recognition, at least with Adler Royal, our clients knew about Royal typewriters. We...
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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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Selling Copiers in the Eighties with Roland Tolan
Roland and I found each other about 6 weeks ago on Linkedin. Seems Roland and I have a similar background with selling copiers. We both started in the eighties. While I was on the East Coast and Roland was on the West Coast. We've never met but hoping our paths will cross soon! How did you find your way into the copier industry? In 1985, I was 23 years old. l was ready to join the sheriffs department in Los Angeles CA., my mom begged me not to do it. A friend of mine was a salesman at small...
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Re: Oh my, when selling copiers door to door was so simple?
Well, I had dumped an Adler Royal 209 in the middle of the street in Princeton, NJ once and had another copier that was on the gurney come out of the back of my hatch back at a traffic light.
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Re: Advice For Starting An Unauthorized Copier Dealership
Create a mutually beneficial relationship with an authorized dealer. They help you. You help them.
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Re: Old Copier Brochures & Ads Preserved @ Print4Pay Hotel
Your Blog was forwarded to me and it was very interesting. I started my Office Equipment carrier January 1958 with Anderson Office Equipment in Great Falls, Mt. At that time we had the Franchise for Friden Calculators, Royal Typewriters and Verifax (Kodak) Copiers. At that time our main competitor was 3M Thermo-faxes. Montana did not see the Xerox 914 until the early 60's and it pretty well spelled the end to the Verifax and Thermo-fax. I started my own business in Helena, Mt. January 1,...
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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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Print4Pay Hotel Enjoys a Day @ Ethos Technologies
It's not often that I have the chance to bring the Print4Pay Hotel on the road. My first road show stop of this year was with Ethos Technologies aka Blue Ridge Copiers in Salem, Virginia. Many years ago, I had traveled the...
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Way Back When "We Did it Our Way" Selling Copiers
Today, I had to get some tires replaced and when you're on the road as much as I am, well.......I have a tendency to not clean my car as often as I'd like to. But, today was one of those days to find old faded toll receipts, a dried up banana...
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Selling Copiers "Should I Go Out on My Own"
Way back when in 1986 I went into business for myself at the ripe age of 29. I had been selling copiers for a Minolta dealer in central New Jersey since 1982, and believe it or not by 1986 the owner was in a divorce, hooked on other stuff and...
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Remember When Everyone Owned a Murata Fax?
While at the Canatta Awards Dinner last week, I had asked a question to Lou Sticklin (Director of Marketing) how Muratec America got started. For those of us that are dinosaurs in the industry, we remember that Muratec America was once...
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Advice For Starting An Unauthorized Copier Dealership
I always enjoy answering emails and today I was able to send this reply to a Print4Pay Hotel Member that asked me this: A friend of mine and myself are potentially looking to partner together to start an unauthorized copier dealership. We want to...
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Ricoh MPC 8002SP Web Browser Review
Finally, after 487 days I was able to experience an MFP connected to the world wide web! Yeah, yeah, I understand that I'm a little late to the game and should have dedicated some time earlier, however I did not have access to the new MPC 8002SP...
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Top Twenty Old Copier Manufacturers that FADED Away!
Did you sell these, 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! Copiers for sale or rent, copies to make, for three darn cents No finishers, no document feeders, no R & E, I aint got not accessories! "Tell Us About Some Old Copier Companies", was a question we posed to our Print4Pay Hotel members about a week ago, as you can see it was very popular thread. Special thanx to all of the P4P'ers for...
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Selling Copiers in the Seventies with Rod Nafziger
A few weeks ago Jack Carol send me a message on facebook and stated that I should get in contact with Rod "RJ" Nafziger. Jack made mention that Rod made his mark in the industry with selling Apeco copiers. Rod and I have been connected on Linkedin for years, but for some reason I never knew his back ground was copiers. For all these years I knew him as the A rtisan Gelato Maestro of Venice! How did you find your way to the copier industry? I began my career in Cable Television out of...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Second Week of January 2003)
Enjoy these threads from 15 years ago this week. Konica Minolta Corportaion Lee · 1/9/0310:22 AM of business in matured markets such as Europe, the U .S. and Japan. Both cameras and consumer imaging products and services serve to propel the brand image of the new corporate group. Medical and graphic imaging products and measuring instruments place effort into securing stable profits and achieving ongoing development. Common Function Companies Technology Center By integrating the technologies...
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Carolina Wholesale, the Eighties, Nineties and Today
I’m digging into the memory banks for this. From 1986-1998 I was the Founder of Atlantic Office Systems in New Jersey. In the beginning Atlantic Office Systems was not an Authorized Dealer for any manufacturer. Atlantic Office Systems rose from the ashes of Copy Machine Specialists (Authorized Minolta copier dealer in central New Jersey) after they closed their doors in early 1986. I still remember the end quite clearly. There was not enough cash to make payroll for everyone, and as we...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Last Week of February 2003
Each week I'll scan the threads and look for something interesting and or something unique. This week marks the 15th anniversary for Old Glory as an excellent Print4Pay Hotel member. Jim and I have met several times over the years and I'm thankful that he is such a great supporter and a friend of mine. In addition Jim just sent me a copy of Minella's Pocket Guide to copiers for 1990. Thus a special shout out to you!! Enjoy the threads from fifteen years ago this week! Konica, Kyocera, Sharp,...
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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to The Copier Demonstration
This is a repost from our old blogspot site from back in 2010. Just thought it would be a good share for everyone. If you have some funny story to share, please feel free to add! A few months ago I was driving to South Jersey for an appointment, hence I started to think about all of the copier demo's I did in the old days and some of the funniest things that happened with either the demo and or an appointment. With that I thought, let me put this out to the Print4Pay Hotel Members and see...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Third Week of January 2003)
Pretty cool that this post will be the third installment of our Week in the Copier Industry 15 years ago this week. Looking back many of us new nothing about networks, nothing about networked printers and scanners. This site enables many copier sales people to lean on others and to share information that helped us compete. Many of these founding P4P'ers are still members today. I'd like thank them for all that they did over the years. 2002 Better Buys for Business HV 1/18/034:29 PM for 2002...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Second Week of August 2014)
Some what of an interesting day today I arrived about 645Am to the office. Had to prep for a 10AM, 1PM and 4PM appointment, All were closing opportunities, thus I wanted to have all of the documentation ready to sign. First appointment needed to "think about it", not worried been doing business with him for 20 plus years and that's just what he does. But, I also delivered a side by comparison via email later in the day (stated he might be looking at another copier from another vendor). I'm...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (First Week of June 2004)
It was 15 years ago this week when Ricoh launched the MP 240W digital wide format printer/copier/scanner. It was a fantastic time for me in sales. I guess I was at the right spot at the right time. Similar to when Minolta launched the Minolta 450Z copy machine back in 1984. Ricoh broke the bank with the MP 240W in 2004. There was no other digital wide format like it that could print/scan and copy for the price. Many Architects, Engineers and Construction companies were farming out prints and...
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for July 28th, 2019
July 28 th 2019 MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Carbonite Seeks CEO Amid Security Momentum, Data Protection Challenges Carbonite CEO Mohamad Ali steps down to join IDG as CEO Company hires executive search firm to find new CEO Before leaving, Ali outlined strategy that would allow security and data production systems to work together. Malware blocking and instantly recovering infected systems whenever possible NetGain Technologies announces new CEO Leading managed IT provider in for South...
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University of Texas Athletics teams with Ricoh to bring football fans to the stadium in the form of printed cutouts
University of Texas Athletics teams with Ricoh to bring football fans to the stadium in the form of printed cutouts EXTON, Pa. , Sept. 16, 2020 / PRNewswire / -- Ricoh USA , Inc. has teamed with University of Texas Athletics to produce individualized fan cutouts to help fill the stands at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, home of the Texas Longhorns football team, during game days. These cutouts, produced in conjunction with local Ricoh partner UT Print San Antonio , allow fans to show...
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The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago The Last Week October 2015 Way back when in 1986 I went into business for myself at the ripe age of 29. I had been selling copiers for a Minolta dealer in central New Jersey since 1981. The reason for starting my own dealership was simple. The dealer I worked for was about to go belly up. Probably the best thing I ever did. You can read that blog here Enjoy these cool threads from 5 years ago this week! When Was the Last Time You Named your Printer or...
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Selling Copiers in the Eighties with Harold Spieckermann
Just like that I'm honored to present my interview with Harold Spieckermann. Harold is a long time Print4Pay Hotel member and has helped many of us over the years on our Print4Pay Hotel forums. Selling Copiers in the Eighties with Harold Spieckermann Art: How did you find your way into the copier industry? Harold: A friend interviewed for the position I was hired for and said he wasn't interested, but the gentleman doing the interview asked if he knew of anyone and mentioned my name. I was...
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Re: Top Twenty Old Copier Manufacturers that FADED Away!
I started with SCM in 1963 in Honolulu. SCM was king of the copier world back then. They had an excellent line of copiers, all the model numbers were double digits, 33, 44, 55, 111. The 55 was the first console with dual paper feeds and was the basis of three more spinoff models, the 111 and the 211 and the 412. Then in 1975, along came "black Friday" over a hundred branches were closed of sold to dealers. Their heyday was over. The Japanese came into the market and even though SCM sold...
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The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago Third Week of April 2006 Tonight a spent a few minutes on the web hunting down some old copier pics and newspaper ads. I have no clue as to the manufacturer of the copy machine that is pictured. I posted up ads for Canon, Minolta and Royal copiers here. Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 15 years ago this week! Should Ricoh develop a fax option for thier new HV series? Art Post (Guest) · 4/17/067:46 AM Topic Konica Minolta bizhub C351 Art Post...
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This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago Send Week of October 2016 Five Years Ago I created own contest for the last 57 selling days left in 2016. Each day I published my journal of the who, what and how of my day. At the end of most days I also published revenue stats. Need to get charged? Create your own contests! https://lnkd.in/g7_E8RDj #sales #contest #doitbetter #doityourself #blog #journals #selling Enjoy These Awesome Copier Threads from 5 Year Ago 57 Days of Selling Copiers...
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This Week in the Copier Industry Fifteen Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Fifteen Years Ago Second Week of November 2011 I got nothing for tonight, enjoy your Sunday night and back to the grind in the AM. Panasonic ranks highest among copier Art Post (Guest) · 11/8/067:18 PM ." Overall Copier Ownership Index (Based on a 1,000-point scale) Panasonic 772 Kyocera 761 Konica Minolta 746 Lanier 746 Sharp 742 Toshiba 740 Ricoh 738 Industry Average 735 Canon 715 Xerox 706 Brother 705 Included in the study but not ranked due to small...
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This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago Third Week of June 2017 Over the years, I've become an expert at adding, subtracting and multiplying tenths, hundredths, thousandths and ten thousandths in my head. At times, I find my self spewing the correct math calculation and then wondering how I did that so quick. Guess, that's why memorize our multiplication times tables in grammar school. READ THE REST HERE Enjoy These Awesome Copier Threads from 5 Years Ago this Week! Konica Minolta...
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This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago Last Week of July 2017 sponsored by Over the last couple of days, I've been approached about help with device recommendations and or configurations from a few of our newbies. I love it when they come to me for help, because most of the time I'm on my own sales island and really have no one to turn to if I have questions about devices or configurations. Thus, the reason why I post most of my questions on the these forums. I need to hear from...
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Today's Hacked!
HACKED! 1/12/2023 Twitter says leaked emails not hacked from its systems - .....But it warns users to beware of criminals using the data to send fraudulent messages. Mike Pompeo: We should know by now if airlines hacked - .....Mike Pompeo, former secretary of State under Donald Trump's administration, said in an interview that the Joe Biden White House should know by now ... Royal Mail export services severely disrupted after 'cyber incident' - ....The Twitter accounts of at least two senior...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! 1/18/2023 FTX says $415 million of crypto was hacked - .....FTX has identified about $5.5 billion worth of digital assets for recovery, a number that includes $415 million in “ hacked crypto Mailchimp says it was hacked — again - TechCrunch .....Email marketing and newsletter giant Mailchimp says it was hacked and that dozens of customers' data was exposed. It's the second time the company ... Serious Security: Unravelling the LifeLock “ hacked passwords” story .....Serious Security:...
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The Copier Quote from Hell
First see the attached file and download. This quote was sent to me from my good buddy and P4P member Jeff. His note to me is below; Art Hope you are having a Great Monday!! Just wanted to get your take on this proposal and if you all are seeing this kind of proposals out east. I look forward to hearing your thoughts or anyone else's. Jeff There so many things going on here but let's start at the top! Ever wonder why there is no mention to the brand of the MFP? I have my thoughts because I...
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This Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
This Week in Copiers Five Years Ago First Week of April 2018 Real Copier Sales Differentiating the price buyer from the value buyer was a conversation I had last week with one of our VIP/Premium Print4Pay Hotel members. I'll start with why I found this to be an important topic. If you follow or are connecting with many of the sales soothsayers on Linkedin most of them are missing the point when it comes to selling. Note I did not mention sales but "selling" which is the act of closing the...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! Tencent QQ users hacked in mysterious malware attack, says ESET - Bleeping Computer .....The Chinese APT hacking group known as 'Evasive Panda' are behind a mysterious attack that distributed the MsgBot malware as part of an automatic ... Websites of Israeli port hacked ; Sudanese group said to claim responsibility ......Websites of Israeli port hacked ; Sudanese group said to claim responsibility. 'Anonymous Sudan' said to target Haifa site and Israel Ports ... NPC server can't be...
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How eCommerce Is Impacting Managed Print Services
How eCommerce Is Impacting Managed Print Services Bob had a car delivered today. He ordered it online from one of those new car purchase websites to find the specific make, model, and features he desired. He raved about how he avoided dealing with salespeople and could check inventory from all over the country. But it makes you think, what can’t you order online? Nowadays, you can have almost any item delivered from an eCommerce website right to your door in as little as a few hours with the...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! This gig worker had her account hacked recently. Here's how it likely happened ....Merivett Primera had worked as a DoorDash delivery driver for several years with no issues — up until she received a message from the company in ... What Piers Morgan knew about phone hacking – in his own words - The Guardian .....Morgan expressing sympathy in 2007 for News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman, who was jailed for hacking Prince William's voicemails: “I feel a ... Bab**** University...
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MSP, MSSP & IT Industry Notes May 21st, 2023
IT, MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by May 21st, 2023 Arcoa Group Why partnering with ARCOA makes sense Electronics Recycling is an important and profitable part of the IT asset lifecycle, but it can be overwhelming with all you already do, varying state regulations, and the limited resources at hand. That’s where ARCOA comes in. When you partner with ARCOA, you get all the benefits of a big company without any of the capital investment. We’ve been doing this since 1989 and have the...
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This Week in the Copier Industry Twenty Years Ago
This Week in Copiers Twenty Years Ago Second Week of June 2003 Real Copier Sales No words of wisdom today, just swamped with things at home and things at work. It's going to be a very busy spring! Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 20 years ago Ricoh 5000 color Printer Documan (Guest) · 6/12/034:30 PM Is the new ricoh 5000 color printer the same engine as the color mfp 1232/1224. Thanks Topic What's a Workio??? Art Post (Guest) · 6/10/039:46 PM Windows. Printing System technology. Print...
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A Few Copier Vignettes from the Late Eighties & Nineties
Re-post from 2018 The picture in the header showed our demo room back in either 1989 or 1990, might have even been 1991. As you can see by the photo Atlantic Office Systems (the first one in NJ) was Authorized for Adler Royal, Brother, and Tele VaxaFax (facsimile). Sometime later Adler Royal was purchased by Mita and the Adler Royal brand was changed to Copystar. I thoroughly hated the name Copystar because there was no brand recognition, at least with Adler Royal, our clients knew about...
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Re: A Few Copier Vignettes from the Late Eighties & Nineties
I love the Cabinets underneath the Copiers...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago First Week of August 2018 Real Copier Sales Just a short note for all...... I tend not to post as much during the summer, it's kind of like my vacation time in the evenings. Come the second week of September I'll be back to full time posting. Is it too early to start talking to our clients about Section 179? Enjoy These Awesome Copier Threads from 5 Years Ago This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in August 2008 Art Post ·...