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Re: Memjet Color Printers to the Rescue?
Like all new products. Time will tell the tale. One would need to see the output and know the operating costs before an accurate assessment could be made. RJ
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Re: RBS Continues to Dump Machines & Make Dealers Look Bad!
Here's some more on this: The attempt to reduce or to eliminate predatory pricing is also likely to reduce or eliminate com petitive pricing beneficial to consumers. --Harold Demsetz Predatory pricing is one of the oldest big business conspiracy theories. It was popularized in the late 19th century by journalists such as Ida Tarbell, who in History of the Standard Oil Company excoriated John D. Rockefeller because Standard Oil's low prices had driven her brother's employer, the Pure Oil...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Second Week in January 2004
Fifteen years ago I was not blogging about our industry. Most of what you'll see below is threads from P4P'ers asking and answering questions. The Print4Pay Hotel forums offers our members the opportunity to post questions, answers, news or maybe you want to blow off some steam. If you do here's a link to our forums. Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week! Ricoh Demonstrates Its Dedication 1/9/049:25 AM manufacturing, distribution, use and the recycling of its products. Sustainable...
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A Halloween Tale of an A3 Copier’s Death
A Halloween Tale of an A3 Copier’s Death As the copier homicide unit arrived, the scene was familiar. The office hallway barely lit the trash can next to the copier was laying on its side, the window was broken from the inside and when looking out one can see an A3 Copier laying smashed on the sidewalk below. Recognizable by the owners manual still taped to the broken 11/17 paper drawer and the rainbow color on the sidewalk created by splattering CMYK toner. Yes, it appears there was another...
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A Halloween Tale of an A3 Copier’s Death (Part Two)
Part Two - hashtag # A4’s Murder charges dropped in A3’s death. Well, a few days ago we all heard of the apparent suicide of an A3 copier. The police report outlined that the A3 copier became so distraught over a new A4 its owners had on demo, it jumped from the office window. Today there is an update. It seems that a local judge has thrown out all attempted charges leveled by an A3 manufacturer who believes the unfairness of A4’s capabilities and price points should have caused them to...
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Re: OMG! Copier Rep Turned into POS! Read this!
Here's this guy's latest Press Release I picked up today: In his self-published, easy-to-skim book, Hustlewise: An Insider Exposes the Tricks to the Copier Trade, decision-makers (CEO’s, CFO’s, IT professionals, office managers or small business owners) will finally have a solid defense against all of the schemes and rhetoric and misdirection that reps throw at them when it comes time to finalize the deal. Memphis, TN, September 17, 2010 — Brady Spencer wants to give office managers...
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Re: Check this ^%$^ out!
Interesting reply to the same question from www.Copytechnet.com Copier service depends on who you are and where you are. In Afghanistan a while ago, a soldier told me of a tech junk yard. Since there where no techs there when they arrived they threw away everything that broke and just bought new stuff. He said the huge tech junk pile had 3 bulldozers pushing it around. _ side note_ in one of those Afghan junk yards after they got there, they found 2 old WWI tanks in excellent condition that...
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A Road Less Traveled
Some roads just seem to have a bad reputation for some reason. Often it is due to an infamous historical happening that occurred along the byway. Sometimes it takes nothing more than the dark foreboding environs of an isolated roadway to earn it its...
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3D Printing and the Second Amendment
By Nick HodgeFriday, October 5th, 2012Over the past few months I've railed against corporatism and Big Government. We've discussed how the most sophisticated financial systems (LIBOR) are a sham, and the bankers (HSBC, Jamie Dimon, Jon Corzine) with...
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Power Protection and Murphy’s Law
Raise your hand if you’re familiar with Murphy’s Law. For those unfamiliar, it’s the idiom that “anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” You’ve likely experienced this at some point in your life, and a great...
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A Tale of 3 Giant Canaries in the Toner Mine
A Tale of 3 Giant Canaries in the Toner Mine Posted on November 3, 2015 by Print Audit By West McDonald, Vice President of Business Development, Print Audit & Owner, FocusMPS Some big news quietly hit the wire last week that Lexmark International Inc. had decided to work with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to “explore strategic alternatives.” What this means exactly is anybody’s guess but one thing we know for certain is that it’s not about maintaining the status quo. Lexmark has,...
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Auxilio Loses another 1.6 million
Just curious if any P4P members follow Auxilio (they are a public MPS company that caters to Medical/Hospitals), last year I think they lost 6 million or so and for the first quarter of this year they just announced a 1.6 or 1.7 million loss with...
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Desktop Color Printing:
Desktop Color Printing: A Tale of Two Markets Over the next few years, revenue from the sale of ink jet printers and MFPs and color page printers will rise as revenue from the sale of monochrome page printers and MFPs slowly but steadily declines (see...
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"Cool Stuff in my Home Town!
The legend of Bud's Grave is a complicated one, and one of the most famous weird spots in New Jersey. Located in Highlands not far from Sandy Hook, Bud's Grave was a memorial to something, or some one. What that was, no one seems to really know for...
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7 Freakish Tales From the IoT of the Bizarre!
By West McDonald, Vice President of Business Development, Print Audit and Owner, FocusMPS The IoT (Internet of Things) has been getting a lot of press lately as more and more things find themselves getting connected. There are a lot of things you’d expect to be connected to the IoT such as printers, MFDs, thermostats (think Nest), smartphones and computers but there are also a host of bizarre and unusual items you wouldn’t expect. Print Audit has scoured the IoT and compiled this list of 7...
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Canon U.S.A., Ron Howard and the Public Select 91 Winning Photos for "Project Imagina
Canon U.S.A., Ron Howard and the Public Select 91 Winning Photos for "Project Imaginat10n" Which Will Inspire Short Films Directed by Eva Longoria, Jamie Foxx, Biz Stone, Georgina Chapman and James MurphyRon Howard Chooses One Winning Photograph,...
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The Real Reasons for the Race to Zero in the Copier Industry
After reading a recent thread on Linkedin posted by Dale Dupree the self-proclaimed “Copier Warrior” who is slaying high costs and conquering poor service. I thought it would be a great time to write about what’s driving the “Real Race to Zero in the Copier Industry”. If you check out Dale Dupree’s profile page to learn more about him and what hes does to make himself unique and different in his marketplace. Part of Dale’s comment below: Copier reps are not out selling workflow strategies...
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The Future and the Past: A Tale of Two Meetings
Seat Based Billing is a concept bringing the future to the present. Last week I attended Print Audit’s Seat Based Billing Roadshow. The Roadshow was held the day before the BTA meeting in Kansas City. I decided to attend both. The SBB roadshow was informative. It is always refreshing when I see organizations bringing the future to the present. A company becomes obsolete when it focuses on bringing the past to the future instead of bringing the future to the present. For that, I give Print...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Fourth Week of March 2008
Interesting thread about "Sales People Ge NO Resect" with a crap load of responses. There are always two sides of each tale, and kudos for those that took the time to point out both sides. Weekend Copier Notes from 3/23/08 Neal · 3/23/089:25 PM Greenville-Spartanburg o Was authorized for Konica Minolta , Canon , HP & Sharp o Purchase price not disclosed - Adobe Corp. reported its worldwide financials for last quarter: o Profits rose 52% to $219.4 million o Revenue up 37% to $890.4...
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COVID19 Remote Working Day Two Hundred and Forty-Six of Selling
COVID19 Remote Working Day Two Hundred and Forty-Six of Selling Copiers Hard to believe it's been a week since my last blog. It's mostly been a week of sheer frustration for me since it's been nine days since I've turned in an order. I knew going into to March that the no orders part would be the theme for the early going. However it's always tough when you're not getting the orders because anything and everything comes to the top of your mind. From pricing to presentations and follow ups...
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The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago Last Week of March 2016 The month of March has not been good for me. In fact it seems to be a replay of March 2020 when the pandemic started. With two days left in the month a goose egg could me my tale for the month. WTF I've got two days left and I won't quit, I end with the goose egg at least I'll be building a solid funnel for the upcoming months. Enjoy These Awesome Threads from Five Years Ago This Week Print4Pay Hotel Road Show Visits East Texas Copy...
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Canon USA Sponsored and Participated In the Virtual 16th Annual Japan Center Essay ...
MELVILLE, N.Y. , April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its continued commitment to empowering young leaders and education, Canon U.S.A. , Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, proudly sponsored and participated in the virtual 16 th Annual Japan Center Essay Competition Awards Program on April 24, 2021 . The goal of the competition is to provide young American students with the opportunity to think creatively and critically about their lives by relating to some aspect of Japan and...
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iPhones Can Apparently Now Be Hacked Just By Texting Them
Zero-Click Exploit In a chilling cautionary tale, a New York Times journalist says a hacker was able to access his iPhone after sending him a text message — even though he never clicked anything. Ben Hubbard, a NYT reporter covering the Middle East, said that hackers used something called a “zero-click exploit” in order to get into his phone in 2020 and 2021, according to an article he wrote in the NYT . Experts say that just receiving an iMessage from a hacker using this exploit can be...
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Managed Service Providers are Key to Customers’ Data Protection in an Increasingly Digital ASEAN
SINGAPORE--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Datto Holding Corp. (“Datto”) (NYSE: MSP), the leading global provider of security and cloud-based software solutions purpose-built for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), today announced the findings of a special report commissioned by Datto called ASEAN MSPs are Key to Customers’ Data Protection . Conducted by global technology analyst firm Canalys, the study underscores that MSPs in the ASEAN region play an increasingly crucial role in protecting their Small...
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A Sheet of Paper More Expensive Than Cost Per Copy?
I had to find away to not sell my client another copier aka MFP. That client told me they thought they were printing too much volume on the A4 MFP they purchased 3 years ago. In fact I agreed when the meter on the copier gave up the ghost for the quarter of a million pages they produced. During the last 12 months the annual volume had to increased to 90K. How could I be different from others that want to push a copier? I'd love to push a copier but considering where our industry is at with...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago Second Week of June 2017 When one can't get copiers to sell then what does one do? Me, I've made the switch to changing the talk track to from speeds and feeds to content aka business intelligence. Yes, I'll still sell that copier whenever I'm given the chance, but I know I'll make a better choice to by a clients trusted advisor with more than just copiers. I've known and sold business intelligence for some time, but kept it under wraps until a...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! 1/3/2023 Why is everyone getting hacked on Facebook? - Security Boulevard .... .If your social media networks are anything like mine, you've noticed an uptick in people getting “ hacked ” lately. Maybe you've gotten a weird .. LA housing agency is hit with cyberattack and is given a deadline to respond – Daily News .....Ransomware group Lockbit claimed to have hacked the agency according to ... hacked data online if LAUSD refused to pay out an unspecified ransom. Crypto Hack Lawsuits...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked 1/30/2023 U.S. No Fly list shared on a hacking forum, government investigating .....A U.S. No Fly list with over 1.5 million records of banned flyers and upwards of 250000 'selectees' has been shared publicly on a hacking forum. JD Sports Group Hacked - What 10 Million Customers Need To Know - .....Customers of JD Sports, including group brands Size?, Millets, Blacks, Scotts and MilletSport, have been warned that hackers gained unauthorized What happens when you've been hacked . -...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! Riley Reid's Twitter Hacked and Posting Extremely Racist Things for Days to 2 Million Followers .... One of the biggest pornstars in the world has been hacked to spread hateful content and Twitter hasn't done anything about it for days. Police shut down website selling logins from hacked Australians .... Lee said there was no link between Genesis Market and recent large-scale, data- hacking incidents in Australia involving companies such as Optus, ... Have you been hacked ? Experts...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago Last Week of October 2018 Real Copier Sales "Distance Yourself from The Pack" Whew! I must say that they last ten years selling for a Ricoh Dealership has been interesting. When I first started with my dealership back in 1998, Ricoh had just purchased Savin and..... more here View These Awesome Copier Threads Below Selling Copiers in the Seventies with Darrell Leven Art Post · 10/30/1811:18 PM . If you worked for a dealer please tell us what...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! Microchip in body, bank account hacked: Court says probe Mumbai man's claim - A man claims a hacker bugged him with a microchip, compromising his social media and bank accounts. Lebanon's Beirut Airport Hacked To Flash Anti-Hezbollah Message - A Christian Lebanese Hacker group hacked the display screens of Beirut International Airport. How to check if your account password has been hacked - Tips on checking if your account password has been compromised. City of Peterborough's social...