Tagged With "PictBridge"

Two recent appointments with clients actually tested my knowledge of one of the obscure features of our multi-functional copiers.  On one appointment with a tech saving client, he wanted me to tell him about every option that was listed for the Ricoh MP 3003SP.  It was the old Feature, Advantage and Benefit for each of those options that were listed, until I arrived at the PictBridge option for the Ricoh. It was my understanding that with the PictBridge option installed that would...

Great feature that people rarely talk about. I have used it also for auto dealers. I explain to them that when someone comes in and looks at a vehicle and says they will think it over and come back that they should snap a photo of the customer sitting in or standing next to the vehicle and go to the device and print it out on the spot sending it home with the customer. The customer takes the photo home and will continue to look at it and hopefully get attached to the vehicle and decide to...

Jason- Good memory! We used to discuss a MC dealer in Fl who did exactly what you describe. But- I'm not sure you need the PictBridge option anymore, as the Ricoh device accepts an SD (camera memory) card directly. So, it's a built-in feature!

I was thinking that was a conversation you and I had about pictbridge. I couldn't remember where that dealer was and few years ago I brought it up to our Ricoh people now and they had no clue what I was talking about.

How is this better than mobile printing, where you can print directly from a phone by installing a no cost app

The most obvious to me is that I can't mobile print from my digital camera. I think it's also something no one talks about as much and while it is an older option it may still win deals for those people who have never heard of it. I'm working with a car dealer right now who thinks it's the greatest thing ever. Probably thinks that because everyone else comes in and gives her the same BS lines like "would you be interested in buying a copier? It's great! It's got print and scan and fax and 2...

I for one do not own nor have I ever I owned a digital camera, but I have owned a smart phone with camera for many years. Practically everyone has a smart phone with camera, so by utilizing a free app on the phone, mobile printing is more flexible than a Pictbridge. Even if PictBridge is free, it seems like its the method that is more limiting, not mobile printing. What am I missing here?

ratbstrd Different strokes for different folks. In the case of the police department, procedure calls for them to use the digital camera and not a smart phone. Here's my take on mobile printing, at least with Ricoh, it's a pain in my arse to use. The camera direct card that installs on the copier is the easiest solution, since it will only the digital camera to connect and print. No one has to download apps on their phones and then I don't have to get phone calls from users that can't...

I agree with both sides of it. Yes we can all use our phones and yes I find all the mobile print apps from the brands we carry to be a pain to use. I find that I even have to go back and remember how to use them correctly from time to time. I have not used a single free one yet that I like. I do, however, like Ricohs ICE mobile printing application even though it is a pay service.