Tagged With "Niche Player"
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Re: Copier Parts & Accessories China Tariff Starts in 9 Working Days
I am glad to hear that you are working in the copier industry so that I know that you have "skin in the game". There are very many players in the copier/ printer industry each with their own strengths/ weaknesses when faced with a trade war. Each player will have a different tolerance for how much money they want to loose to maintain market share. I definitely would not expect a uniform response. Multi line dealers will have more options to select from than single line dealers and brand...
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Re: Copier Parts & Accessories China Tariff Starts in 9 Working Days
as of July 6th, there is no tariff on copy machines. Just copier parts and accessories.
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Re: Oki 1450 vs Ricoh 6700 wide Format
Wow the OKI wide formats! Haven't run across any of these yet. I do remember that Oki bought a minor wide format player a number of years ago. Ah, now I remember, it was the Seiko wide format devices. I need to brush up on this one for you. The first thing I would lead with is how long Ricoh has had the same digital print engine. I believe it to be one of the most reliable engines on the market today. The Ricoh MP W6700 and MP 7100 are identical except that you can add a dual roll feeder to...
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Re: I need everyones opinion on this!
Just goes to show you the quality of Ricoh. Sharp will never be as player in this arena. Sure looks like a Ricoh to me.
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Re: I need everyones opinion on this!
I used to work for a dealership that sold Sharp (when this came out). It is a very nice box, the ultrasonic feeding in awesome, and the pricing for parts and consumables is aggressive. The mistake that Sharp made was to not do a beta program with commercial printers and other high volume users. The irony of Larry's statement is that I would not consider Ricoh a player here. They are chasing Xerox, Canon etc in Seg. 6 and 7, and are seriously held back by their lack of a production color unit.
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Re: Ricoh Ikon Letter
Something to think about as well, adding to what was mentioned by Mega. The Japanese division is making the bulk of their profits on the manufacturing of toner. That is the money tree for them. They sell to Ricoh USA and they work through their channels to distribute the boxes. The ultimate goal is to “place the box” Ricoh USA makes their overhead by the profit on the box moving it to the Dealer and other channels. The profit make by selling the box is what keeps the “Reps paid and the...
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Re: IKON steals University of Kentucky MPS contract from Lexmark!
I don't find this story surprising at all. Lexmark is a printer company that lacks a complete competitive product line. Ricoh has a complete product line to fit a major university from production machines down to desktop printers. You can bet this was a very profitable deal for Ricoh. I don't even think low bidder would be an issue regarding Lexmark given how weak they are on any product beyond a desktop printer. Loyalty would be the only thing Lexmark would have going for it in this...
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Re: Ricoh Ends Relationship with Ratio
New update on this one. Ricoh will be continuing support on existing plot bases up to the latest Ricoh version. However, there is a new player. Ratio US is starting up again. They are releasing new product to support the new PDFs from Adobe and update the Plot Base software. However, this will not be done in connection with Ricoh. Ratio US will have it's own versions and they are no longer supported by Ricoh.
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Re: JOINT STATEMENT BY SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION AND EDWARD MCLAUGHLIN
I dunno, I can see much room for Sharp anymore. Growth areas are Print Production, very low end and MPS. Right now I don't see them as a player in any of these markets. They don't have wide format, duplicators (not that these have been big sellers lately), scanners. I was just on the sharp web site and what do they have three models of laser printers, maybe four tops! The claim to fame is A4 right now and the slick GUI. The industry is changing once again, thus we could see additional...
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Re: Cloud Poll
2011 is a transition year. It is no longer about Microsoft vs the World. It is about iPad and Android OS vs Microsoft. Remenber it was only two years ago that Laptops outsold desktops. It was only this year that Smartphones outsold laptops. The MFP Manufacturers have not quite yet identified who the Business Consumer will put their money down on yet for Cloud Services. New Cloud providers are offering free 2GB-5GB Storage space for consumers, in the hopes that they will learn and like their...
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Re: Cloud Poll
Microsoft's "Sky Drive", a free cloud based storage solution is now a player in the "freemium" space?
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Re: KYOCERA MITA ANNOUNCES EXECUTIVE TRANSITION
Now that we are hearing Mike Pietrunti will remain in our Industry and soon be announced at another manufacturer, the question is which one? As you hinted Art, Mike may have realized that "Toshiba, Sharp and Kyocera may get out of the industry all together" and he needed to move on to move up. Since SHARP will continue to be a periphery player in the Industry and Toshiba is managing their MFP business into it's decline, I put my money on Pietrunti surfacing at Ricoh, as the new VP of DEaler ...
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Re: Kodak & Possible Buyers?
I would think that it makes the best sense to break the company into pieces and sell individual divisions. The print production division (Nexpress, etc..) would be enticing for Xerox, Ricoh, KM or even Canon. I think Ricoh is not in a position to buy. I think KM would make sense, but I think Canon would be a very strong player. They used to relable the Digimasters (not sure if they still do) and the Nexpress would fill the whole abover thier current color production gear.
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Re: Comments on the Canon 1730/1740/1750 Models
The Ricohs have been slow sellers is not because of end user needs or wants. Basically ours is a quota/revenue driven business from the top to the bottom. The preferred compensation model for commissions is that of a revenue based plan with commissions. Why have a GP driven comp plan for your sales people when your Dealership or Branch has a revenue based quota plan from the manufacturers? It just doesn't make sense. With that A4's from Canon, Sharp, Ricoh, and KonicaMinolta has presented...
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Re: Toshiba TEC (and OCE) partner with Memjet
SSG Xerox has retreated from the North America market for wide format, but will continue to market systems in emerging markets. yeah, Toshiba seems to be the only player with memjet for MFP's we'll see!
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Re: Competing against A4 sharps
These are A4 models?? First things first, I would tell them Sharp just lost another 1.4 billion dollars last quarter. With these types of losses, layoffs come first and then services deteriorate (hope I spelled that right) In the US Sharp in a minor player in the market. What happens IF sharp bails out of the US marketplace? Sharp makes too many average products and nothing that is over engineered. You get what you pay for. If these are A4's, I have major doubts about how they will hold up...
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Re: Preo closes its doors
Whoa, does anyone know more about them? Were they a major player in te MPS arena? Art
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Re: Preo closes its doors
They were a small player. Their tool was similar to Print Audit Assessor, and they partnered with a few supplies distributors to offer it to dealers who could install it free for a 90 day assessment and then charge a per-device per month price. Decent tool, but they didn't seem to have much as an organization.
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Re: Samsung Says Offer for Sharp’s Photocopier Unit Rejected
Samsung often makes statements in their dealer meetings that their plan is to become the #1 player in any industry they choose to target. Samsung has made big advances in the imaging industry in the last five years and an acquisition of Sharp would obviously advance that agenda.
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Re: Konica
From: Docusultant (Original Message) Sent: 10/12/2002 10:43 AM Konica Introduces The 7135 Workgroup Document System Konica Business Technologies, Inc. (Konica), the innovation leader in digital imaging solutions and a subsidiary of Konica Corporation, today introduced the Konica 7135 Workgroup Document System. The Konica 7135 combines functionality with productivity in one of the most easy to set up and configure packages available on the market. Providing print and copy speeds of 35ppm, up...
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Re: Ikon to relabel The Konica 8050 Color System
In the Production Color environment it is going to go over great. It is going to give Canon a run for its money. If Ricoh is going to step up and be a player in the Color market, they are going to have to make a lot of improvements. In Business color environments they are okay but where quality is an issue, I struggle to sell them.
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Re: For HP, Copiers May Not Be A Cinch
this is very intersting, just a note of recent personal experience. I just had a deal signed for a branch campus of a university. Until this month, this satellite has been a client with me. When we came to upgrade, everything was fine, until the higher powers said anything connected to the network, no matter what had to be HP. Simple fix right! Remove the print controller from the paper work and the unit. NO NO NO. I found out. Deal turned south. This HP copier is thing is going to be large...
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Re: Ikon to relabel The Konica 8050 Color System
With extreemly aggressive service rates and a duty cycle of 150k per month (and unlike other manufacturers Konica has a history of meeting their spec) this product is going to kick out a great deal of production units, as well as a few creative units. Ricoh just is not a player in color beyond the printer. The 6513 is just the most recent in a series of failures in the mid space. As far as color printers, it is allways the cost per page and flexability that makes these limited.
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Re: Danka Business Systems PLC Signs Agreement With Konica Minolta to Sell U.S. Business
It make you wonder what Ricoh and Canon, and even The powers to be at Ikon are thinking. If Ikon stay independent they may be able to demand even more discounts from Ricoh and Canon, leveraging the fact that they are the only Big player left and if purchased someone loses.
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Re: Around The World with Ricoh II
Ricoh keeps Adidas International in Full Swing Ricoh Australia is again sponsoring the Adidas International, Sydney’s largest annual international sporting event. For the fifth consecutive year, Ricoh is the Official Supplier of office automation equipment to the tennis tournament. Servicing areas such as the Media Centre, Tournament Organisers’ offices and Player Services offices throughout the event, Ricoh network printers, MFDs and faxes will assist in maintaining efficient and effective...
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Re: Around The World with Ricoh II
Ricoh Charity Bowls Day 2004 Story Link A crackerjack day for Ricoh On Thursday, 1 April, Ricoh’s inaugural Charity Bowls Day at the Paddington Bowling Club raised an impressive $95,000 for the Sunnyfield Association – an organisation committed to helping those with intellectual disabilities. Celebrity guests and sporting greats joined Sydney business identities for a fun-filled afternoon on the sun-drenched Paddington green. Ten-times Australian decathlon champion, Peter Hatfield delighted...
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Re: Ikon sells leasing units to GE
G.E. is a tremendous power player. i agree its b.s. but finacially they might have to do it, here in the midwest they are notorious for skimming on parts and service. removing serial numbers on off lease machines is... well. money and poor management relaxes CEO judgment. 25 mil.to a company like ikon, with the way the economy is? im glad i dont have to worry about questionable buisness practices to put food on my table. the stress of what we do is enough, i cant comprimise my integrity...
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Re: proposal template
Dude, here's my approach to your stated problem I use PowerPoint Slides, first they are on a landscape format, automatically setting you apart from the rest and of course in color. First couple of slides identify you first (remember you're "the main pole of the big tent" and then your company (if single line dealer another slide for them) if you're dual line, all the better, stress your ability to provide "Best in Class" solutions. Slide for guarantees and what to expect after the purchase...
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Re: Aficio League Crapola
Yes, I had the same problem at the end of the summer. Alas, I thought I was a great video game player, however with Aficio's hit the homerun, I managed a mere 200 points. You are correct, there is a different game when you get to try for the "grand slam". Boo's the AF league for changing the swings and also Boo's the Aficio League for making us wait up to 30 days for points to be awarded. I inout all of my sales in clusters, it never fails that there one isw one or two "hung up" for 30 days...
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Re: Hoping someone can help with this solution
If not done already...... download VLC media player, there is a built in "convert" utility that will handle .m4a audio files.
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Re: MY Top Ten Copy Machines of All Time
Gotta go back a REALLY long time in the industry, so many won't even know this: the Kodak 100 & 150. Really reliable machines that heavily created industry disruption with Xerox having dominant market share and IBM climbing fast in the mid-70's and then a new player, Kodak, opened the door for many other later players to enter.
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Re: Getting customers approved with poor credit
Hello John - You have several options that I am familiar with. While every company has a few things that are not perfect, the companies below on the B list are good companies, have a good brand and you will get paid. The companies fit the part of a good secondary player. They look at A & B credits. Lease Corporation of America Marlin Navitas Element Balboa If you want to move into tougher credit customers, Start-ups, you have a few option nationally. Time Payment Financial Pacific...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The First Week in January 2004
Some of these devices sure do bring back some memories. interesting news with Ikon, and I remember the DiALTA Color CF5001 very well! Enjoy these threads from 15 years ago this week! Konica Minolta Unveils DiALTA Color CF5001 1/6/049:19 AM Konica Minolta Unveils DiALTA Color CF5001 Konica Minolta Business Solutions U .S.A. Inc. has introduced a 50-page-per-minute (ppm) color printer /copier/scanner, the Minolta DiALTA Color CF5001, designed specifically for environments with high volume...
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Digital Copiers Drawings Market to Witness Huge Growth by 2023 | Leading Key Players: Konica Minolta, Matsu****a, Kyocera
HTF MI recently Announced Global Digital Copiers Drawings study with 100+ market data Tables and Figures spread through Pages and easy to understand detailed TOC on “Digital Copiers Drawings. Global Digital Copiers Drawings research allows you to get different methods for maximizing your profit. The research study provides estimates for Global Digital Copiers Drawings Forecast till 2025*. Some of the Leading key Company’s Covered for this Research are Ricoh, Mei Village, Aurora, Betcolor,...
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EventTracker SIEM by Netsurion Included in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management Report for the Eleventh Year
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Netsurion , a leading provider of managed security services, today announced that its security information and event management (SIEM) solution, EventTracker , has been recognized once again by Gartner, Inc. in its 2018 “Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management.” This will mark the 11 th consecutive year that EventTracker has been included in this Magic Quadrant report. 1 The Magic Quadrant is based on Gartner’s...
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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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EdgeMicro Expands Leadership Team To Accelerate Nationwide Rollout
CENTREVILLE, Va. , Oct. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- EdgeMicro is expanding its leadership team with the addition of experienced technology executive Martin Capurro , who will serve as Vice President and General Manager of the company. Capurro has extensive go-to-market experience in telecommunications and IT infrastructure that will make him a significant asset to EdgeMicro as the company enters the implementation phase for its rollout of micro data centers at the edge. Martin Capurro is a...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The First Week in November 2003
Do you count how many selling days there are in every month? Do you minus those days for the corporate meetings, or hour the hours that you may leave early or get in late? They all add up, now with the Holiday Season upon us, November and December will offer the least few selling days of the year. Are you ready? Enjoy these awesome threads from 15 years ago this week! Xerox claims chip innovation Boston Mike · 11/3/038:38 AM , even on flexible surfaces. Xerox researchers in California then...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Fourth Week in June 2003
Fifteen years ago, hard to believe that many of us have seen so much come and go during those years. The Ricoh Aficio 1224 was an A3 color device that printed 12 pages per minute in color and 24 pages per minute in black. We had some horrific problems with speed when the Ricoh 1224 would go into an auto calibration during a print or copy run. It would take up to 5 minutes to calibrate and then restart the print job, and yes we had many frustrated users because we weren't aware of how the...
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3 Strategies Sales Professionals Use To Decline Being Invited To The Pity Party Of Discouragement
Sales professionals constantly face the temptation to give into discouragement. Bad news and rejection are inevitable in sales. What's important is how you handle it. Let's be honest, we all get discouraged. It’s just one of those potholes we face as we navigate down the road called sales. When we get discouraged our attitude, belief and emotions turn negative. When this happens our productivity plummets, we tend to retreat, withdraw and bitch about everything. The risk of giving up on...
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Outstanding Copier MFPs Earn BLI Pick Awards
FAIRFIELD, N.J. (PRWEB) July 11, 2018 Keypoint Intelligence - Buyers Lab (BLI), the world’s leading independent provider of testing services and analytical information to the document imaging industry, announces the winners of its coveted Summer 2018 Pick awards in the Copier MFP category, with the honors going to stellar devices from Fuji Xerox, HP, Kyocera, Sharp, and Xerox. Awarded twice annually for office equipment, Picks acknowledge the products that gave the best performances in...
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Options Announces Appointment of Micah Kroeze to Its Management Team
July 26, 2018 08:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time NEW YORK--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Options , the leading managed service and IT infrastructure provider to the global capital markets industry, has today announced the appointment of former NYSE Technologies and Vela Trading Systems executive Micah Kroeze to its management team. Kroeze joins the New York team as VP, Product Management where he will be responsible for driving new business growth and supporting the firm’s product development. Kroeze...
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MFP Industry Notes 08-19-2018
HP is the most secure???? - Numerous industry and IT news organizations reported on a vulnerability in the fax boards of many HP devices - Check Point Research of Israel reported that in many HP inkjet MFPs, a hacker can dial up the fax number, send a specially created image file containing malware by fax to the MFP, allowing attacker to penetrate one access point in order to enter the customer’s entire network. HP dealer executive leaves firm - Thomas Jensen, a 15 year HP veteran, announced...
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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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The Copier Industry Fast Forward Twenty Years
The year is 2039. It's hard to believe that it's been 15 years since the mighty Xerox Corporation folded. One remembers that statement in December of 2018 that touted Xerox "Unable to Adjust". My how the mighty have fallen. It wasn't only Xerox that fell to the paperless society that we now see today. Canon Let's take a trip back to late 2022, it was late in November that Canon announced that they were going to cease to manufacturing A3 multi-functional devices. That decision was made...
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Canon Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Contractual Print & Document Services Hardcopy 2018-2019 Vendor Assessment
MELVILLE, N.Y. , Jan. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognized for its success in process optimization, security features, and consistency in both global and domestic service delivery, Canon U.S.A. , Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced Canon was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Contractual Print & Document Services Hardcopy 2018-2019 Vendor Assessment (doc #US44387318, December 2018). Based on a five-stage approach: discover, design,...
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Roland DGA Announces its First Direct-to-Garment Printer for On-Demand Personalization
IRVINE, Calif. (PRWEB) January 17, 2019 Roland DGA Corporation, a leading provider of wide-format inkjet printers and 3D devices, has released the VersaSTUDIO BT-12 – an affordable direct-to-garment desktop printer ideal for printing directly on cotton-based products. The new VersaSTUDIO BT-12 makes printing directly on cotton* apparel and accessories easy, efficient, and cost-effective. With the BT-12, users can print full-color graphics, including photos, logos and text, directly on...
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Docupace Announces New Data-Driven Formless Account Opening Wizard and Delivery of its Winter Product Release
LOS ANGELES , Jan. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Docupace Technologies, Inc. , a leading provider of digital operations software for the wealth management industry, recently announced new advancements of the Docupace Platform with the delivery of its Winter Product Release that results in a better user experience and dramatically streamlines the client onboarding and account opening process for our customers. With the secure, cloud-based Docupace Platform, the Docupace team provides a suite of...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Third Week of March 2009)
I'm booked for ITEX 2019! I'm pretty excited about going. I'll be arriving late on the 22nd and then taking the red eye out Thursday night. I'm hoping to see many P4P members, connect with new peeps along with visiting our sponsors and exhibitors. Hit up the reply and let me know if you'll be there! Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week! Introducing the NEW bizhub PRO C65hc Digital Color Printing System 3/16/0912:58 PM Marketing Bulletin Bulletin #08-GB-120 Date: March 16, 2009...