Tagged With "Royal"

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...

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

Nice memories. Former Saxonite..

curious that nobody mentioned Kodak. I was working for Danka when they acquired Kodak. It created a mess but the equipment was solid.

I remember Kodak well, especially the EktaPrint, here's a cool link I found for the press release https://www.nytimes.com/1984/0...ktaprint-copier.html

Don't forget Panasonic

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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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...

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...

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...

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...

Well done! I joined this forum because of this post! If I ever come across an old e-stat copier I swear I'm going to try to restore it!

Nothing was "reliable" back then! Such a funky era of technology thinking back on it all. There were so many different physical configurations of copy machines back then. Each was a marvel of engineering chaos. I remember it well since the company that first hired me would work on anything they could get their hands on. I worked on plenty of those SCMs and Saxons when I first started out. They both went from liquid to dry toner technology before their demise. Saxon put their name on the...

Did you sell these? If so would love to hear some stories. #copiers #royal #goodtimes #konica #mfp #copymachine

I retired after over 55 years in the industry and was wondering if anyone has a desire to take a walk down memory lane and talk about some antiquities that some of us old timers used to sell or fix.

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...

@Bill Monroe great story Bill. I love hearing about the early days of the copier industry!

Hi Bill I started in 1980 as a tech and then quickly moved to sales. I would love to hear more about the older Mita's and Royal Bond copiers. Did you ever save any of the brochures from that time?

I spent half an hour typing a lengthly post, only to have it returned because the site doesn't allow direct replies via email. OK, so I'll try to remember what I wrote. I startend with the RBC I, II and III. The RBC II was the 20 CPM behemoth that was a technical challenge to most dealers. Royal had the best equipment at the time and the RBC II was replete with technical problems. Switches and relays made for a lot of service calls. I'm proud to say that I was able to master that beast and...

Great stuff @Bill Monroe . I have some of those older Mita brochures posted on this site. Still looking to find some of those older Royfax brochures. Would love to have a chat one day

Hi- I'd love to see them. I'm not sure of how to navigate this site but I've found a few in the forums. Someone posted that they would love to rebuild one of the old esatats. Depending on the geography, I'd be willing to help. I hope to keep this thread going. Getting a kick out of the nostalgia. Not many I know have been in the business way back when. Most are newbies. I don't know if it's permissible but my email address is honu4601@gmail.com . Hope that they don't edit it out of this...

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...

Meet Mike and John Morello , Co-Owners of Royal Printing BOCA RATON, Fla. , Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newest thINK members and Royal Printing owners (and brothers) Mike and John Morello opened their print business in 1989 in Las Vegas, Nevada . Print was in their blood—not only did they have many fond memories of working after school at their dad's print shop, but when their dad sold the business, both went on to work at different print companies through their high school years. Already...

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...

I love the Cabinets underneath the Copiers...

The picture in the header depicted our demo room, likely taken in either 1989, 1990, or possibly 1991. As evident from the photo, Atlantic Office Systems (the first one in NJ) was authorized for Adler Royal, Brother, and Tele VaxaFax (facsimile). Later, Adler Royal was acquired by Mita, and the brand changed to Copystar. I strongly disliked the name Copystar because it lacked brand recognition; at least with Adler Royal, our clients were familiar with Royal typewriters. Small Dealer We were...