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Re: 7 Deadly Topics from 7 Deadly Sinners at Top 100 Summit (Part One)
Is it just me, it seems that the general rule of thumb for the copier industry to end users is "the take or leave approach". Meaning, come hell or high water we're not going to change the way we bill, the way we support, or the financial solutions that we offer. While I was at the Top 100 conference, a rep from Wells Fargo spoke about the billing options that they now have in their leases. One of the options was for seat billing for managed IT services. My thought is that if it's available...
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Re: Target GP Margins
There are a lot more of those than there used to be. That's why our industry has to change the way they add prospects to the pipeline. They are going to have to actually start marketing for a change (spend dollars on marketing instead of salespeople) & do things to position themselves as a resource companies will contact when they need something versus salespeople throwing a million lines in the water hoping they get a bite. It's got to be all about generating in-bound leads and...
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Re: Toshiba e-Studio Erasable Toner 4508LP Questions
There is an all inclusive cpc charge for the Erasable Blue toner. The cost per copy analysis suggests that if on a 60 month lease you do not expect the the customer to erase more than 210,000 pages (3,500 pages per month) you can forget the parts cost and charge the same cpc as for Black at around $0.010 per page with a decent profit. There is no charge other than the users effort to recycle pages printed with erasable blue. If a sheet of paper costs $0.010 and Erasable Blue costs $0.010 you...
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Re: How are Sales Going for 2010?
For a few of us at my company, sales have been at about the same levels as previous years, but many of our reps are barely treading water. 2011 is going to be an interesting year due to economic uncertainty and the fact that we will have to win more new business than in years past in order to hit our sales goals. We're counting on some hardware to start to "pull-through" in our MPS engagements as we begin the Optimize phase in the MPS accounts we've won this year.
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Re: The reason why Ricoh Bought Ikon
Art stated: "Geesh, so where does that leave the likes of KonicaMinolta, Toshiba, Kyocera and Sharp?" This specific Ricoh Press Release is a direct response to Konica Minolta acquiring All Covered, Inc. If you read carefully, there is no real newsworthy 'event' or 'announcement' in the Press Release, which is a statement in itself. The Press Release announces an 'intent' rather than an 'action' that has been taken. Sources tell me that this 'dog-and-pony' show was dressed up at an event held...
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Re: Quake in Japan
(Updates with Honda, Nissan closures beginning in fifth paragraph. See {EXT2 } for reports on the quake.) March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Companies including Sony Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. halted output at plants after an 8.9- magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, damaging production facilities and causing power outages. Sony halted and evacuated six factories in northeastern Japan, said Yasuhiro Okada, a spokesman at the Tokyo-based company. He said the company was assessing the...
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Re: Tohoku Earthquake Wreaks Havoc on Printer Industry Supply Chain
This was an article from the NY times over the weekend! SHIBATA-MACHI, Japan — When the ground shook violently on the afternoon of March 11, the ceiling collapsed in part of the huge Ricoh copier factory here, exposing the vents and wires above. The offices at the Ricoh plant near Sendai are still in disrepair; workers have focused on restoring the factory and production. The ceiling is still not fixed. But employees are back at their posts, working under temporary lighting and wearing hard...
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Re: Ricoh USA Eliminates CEO/President
This is probably the best article I have ever read concerning the reality at Ricoh: http://industryanalysts.com/IA...esident_%26_CEO.html It is such an accurate depiction of the situation since IKON took over the reigns at Ricoh. The only item that I disagree with is that the Dealer channel is only about 12% of Ricoh's total revenue (as opposed to the 20% mentioned in the article). The comparison to how current leadership at Konica Minolta is steadily growing revenue and becoming the new...
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Re: Ricoh unveils space-saving A4 multi-functional printers for offices and workgroups
Let's wait to see if these may be the best of both worlds. Comparing Ricoh to Canon, both of them are taking their first crack at monochrome A4 MFPs, so while they are competing against one another, they're primarily competing against perception that existing users of products from HP, Lexmark, Samsung & Xerox. From the TCO perspective, these should still blow HP's M4555 out of the water, at least as long as customers are buying OEM cartridges. Ricoh's A4 products will be great for Ricoh...
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Re: Ricoh unveils space-saving A4 multi-functional printers for offices and workgroups
Canon had a release preview of the Canon 1700 today. Impressive unit and compact. Canon has aligned with Photizo Group for MDS/MPS strategies. My gut is Canon is jumping into MPS with not all oars in the water.
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Re: Up against Minolta with a Rioh MP-C6501/Savin C9065 & MPC5501/Savin C9155
Hate to say it but we are a Ricoh dealer and if image quality is the determining factor you are at a disadvantage. We have the previous generation Konica Minolta color that we run in our back office and the KM blows any of our current Ricoh products out of the water on image quality. The only exception is our new production color machine.
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Re: Auxilio Loses another 1.6 million
Particularly for large MPS engagements, there can be substantial costs that are absorbed by the provider at the beginning of a contract. These costs are due to repairing printers that have been in need of major repairs, stocking toner in advance of billing, high-CPP printers in a competitive transaction, etc. It can take over a year for some of these large engagements to reach profitability, and it seems like that Auxilio only engages with large healthcare clients. In healthcare, if the...
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Re: Transform Global 2012
Day one has passed and overall, I'm impressed with the event. I actually ran into a couple of P4P members and finally after all of these years got to meet Lee Rummage from RJ Young. On Wednesday evening Oki hosted the evening reception @ Hiltons Signature Island. Food, drinks and networking, at this time I also had to the chance to meet Greg Walters (Death of the Copier) and now the newly elected President of the MPSA. I also ran across many new contacts and believe it or not many readers of...
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Re: Japan's Sharp Corp plans to sell its copiers and air conditioners businesses
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD. is a manufacturing company has three business segments. The Air Conditioning and Freezer segment manufactures and sells housing equipment, such as air conditioning, air purifiers and water boilers; commercial equipment, including package/spot air conditioning, water chilling units and turbo refrigerators; marine equipment, such as marine container air conditioning and ship freezers. The Chemical segment supplies fluorocarbon gases, fluorine resins, chemical products...
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Re: Managed Network Services discussion
Very valid point if a copier company is trying to manage networks with their core people. I've given this Peter Drucker quote before, "Every company needs to prepare for the total abandonment of everything that it does." This is probably no truer anywhere else than it is with our industry. I am convinced that we must expand our sources of revenue or we will cease to exist within 10 years. We have a customer base that we see on a regular basis which gives us the chance to market additional...
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Re: Managed Network Services discussion
Completely different businesses and core competencies. The day I see a network company start a true copier division is the day I will concede the two really have synergy. HP is the only company that tried morphing from a hardware company (i.e. Printers) into network services and they are failing miserably their printers and cartridges are all that are keeping them afloat!
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Re: EastCoast Franken Storm
We faired pretty well in NH, just lost power for 6 hours, but our wood stove kept us warm. My old neighborhood (Gerritsen Beach) Brooklyn was devastated. My brother and my friend tell me that they each had 6 feet+ water in their basements. They say the whole neighborhood is under water. My brother had to wade through chest deep water just to make it home from work. Keep them in your prayers, it will be a while before they return to normal. Vince
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Re: Leasing Company Copiers are Underwater
I'm in the same boat. I now think that taking the leasing company's insurance is the best option for the customer. My customers with leasing company coverage have had a delay of a few weeks but next week I will deliver the first unit that was covered. Took a while but its a done deal. Another customer with their own insurance immediately got new gear right away. They were dead in the water without equipment so they did a new lease. I put on my sales order clearly that it was the customer's...
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Re: Need help!
I don't know what you guys are talking about. We have tons of both 850's 1050's and 1085's (at least 50 from within my branch location) in the field. Mostly in schools (which I personally think is the worst environment to place a copier-due to too many hands on the machine by teachers who can care less about do's and don'ts.). But they quite often run PM to PM without any calls. And I've found that the majority of "in between calls" are due to user mishandling and abuse.Most of the...
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Re: 400 DPI IMAGE MOVEMENT!!!
We must not forget the Riso V8000 2-color single-pass system. I also can't speak for registration variance Riso vs Ricoh nor TC-II vs. 2 passes. I'm mearly suggesting that it makes for a compelling argument...whether it actually holds water, I don't know. Riso quotes a +or- one millimeter as an "acceptible variance on their current product line not counting the V8000. I don't sell the Ricoh nor do I compete against it so I can't speak to the registration or lack thereof.
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Re: Weekend Notes from the copier industry!
WEEKEND MFP INDUSTRY NOTES 8-5-07 The following is a quick review of copier/MFP industry news from industry publications. - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it is legal for manufacturers to create a mandatory minimum selling price for their product. The case was decided regarding a store that sold women’s clothing, that ran afoul of the clothing manufacturer’s rules. Unknown if any copier manufacturers will adopt this policy. - A group in Australia at Queensland University, is claiming that...
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Re: Sales Tips
Drink Water Before you give a speech, deliver a sales presentation or make phone calls - drink one to two glasses of water. It lubricates your vocal chords, helps your voice and gives you needed fluids that you lose while speaking. Lukewarm water is best. Cool water is OK. Ice water is not good for your vocal chords. Avoid dairy products because they create phloem in your throat.
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Re: Gas Price Check
Art, you've got it. Plus factor in the substantially increased mortality risk driving 100,000 miles in a 50mpg vehicle versus a 20mpg vehicle. We mask that by showing crash ratings based on the fiction that a tiny car will always hit or be hit by a similar tiny car. That's how you can have 5 star crash ratings for the Smart Car and 3 star crash ratings for Hummer H2's, by pretending that all collisions will involve a similar sized vehicle. You can probably pick up 2mpg with just the...
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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: Political Speeches
I received this email from whoever about an article from Jay Leno. We all agree that we have the right to disagree with someone else. Read on........ Jay Leno wrote this; it's the Jay Leno we don't often see.... > > " As most of you know I am not a President Bush fan, nor have I ever been, but > this is not about Bush, it is about us, as Americans, and it seems to hit the > mark 'The other day I was reading Newsweek magazine and came across some Poll > data I found rather hard...
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Re: Political Speeches
I guess it is not totally unfounded to blame the President for Iraq but the decision was supported by Congress and the American People at the time. As far as the decision to stay, even the Democrats are backing off discussions of immediate withdrawal. Most Americans do not support the Cut-and-Run approach. I also don't feel that "most Americans" are against "water boarding" or Warrantless wiretaps of terrorists. If you choose to believe the polls, keep in mind how easy it is to push an...
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Re: Global buysCOMDOC...yes you heard correct!
I don't think it's appropriate to view the ComDoc acquisition as somehow counter to the spirit of the 3,000 jobs eliminated by Xerox. Xerox is prudent to eliminate positions that efficiency has made unnecessary, and to spend funds to grow the business by acquisition. I cut the grass in my front yard and water the vegetables in the back, but that is not an inconsistent strategy.
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Re: How do you manage Letter of Intent dates for your customers?
The only time a letter of intent is required is if you are moving to a new leasing company and taking out your competitor. If you are the paper holder then no letter of intent is needed as you can upgrade to return or keep and all the transaction is internal with the leasing company. If a letter is needed make sure it is sent in certified to protect the customer. Leasing companies like to play games after they get these letters. They will call the customer and try to convince them to buy the...
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Re: shady salesman
Here is an idea to take care of the service techs who take care of you. They see the customer more than you and it does help everyone involved. Share your Aficio league pionts or whatever givex you points for gift certificates to a Sears, Home Depot Best Buy etc. I take care of my techs at twice a year and have a holiday present of $50 for each tech ( I work for a small company) and a Xmas in July with the same $ and also take care of them when I get a large deal. I also throw the service...
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Re: hp news!
I have been waiting for this for years. I thought of this 5 years ago. But even though the are a lot of pros to the system there are also a lot of cons. You will need to run paper designed for inkjets that costs more because on plain paper the ink runs an you get jagged edges on you print. Ink prints do not have any shine at all, you will have to use gloss paper to get any type of shine on the print. The print heads will not last forever, Canon has the lifetime printheads on their inkjet...
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Re: hp news!
When purchasing printers or multifunction copiers for an office, trade-offs are typically made. Is the speed appropriate for a workgroup or a department? Is color or monochrome output sufficient? If color, would ink technology or the faster laser technology be better? Typically, if color output is needed, the user must decide between the photo quality of an ink technology or the slightly more grainy output of a color laser. Of course, the color laser can print much faster than the ink...
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Re: hp news!
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 11, 2007 - HP today unveiled ground-breaking, ink-based color multifunction printers (MFP), enhanced management offerings, and a new portfolio of services and solutions to help enterprise customers optimize their printing environments. The new ink-based multifunction printers, the HP CM8060/CM8050 Color MFPs with HP Edgeline Technology, offer a powerful new printing engine based on the company’s $1.4 billion investment in Scalable Printing Technology. Enabling...
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Re: When your Deliverable doesn’t excite your Customers’ then it’s time to Innovate or even change that Deliverable.
Special thanx to Ray for letting us post this blog today Water, what's wrong with water? There is still growth in print, just not in the SMB or Enterprise markets. I'm in the trenches every day and you're correct. There's no more excitement with mfps. They all do the same thing, they are all reliable and when push comes to shove, all we are doing is stealing clients from each other. Growth for companies like Ricoh, Konic a Minolta, Canon and Kyo could be robotics. Robotics could mirror the...
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Re: Document Solutions Brings in Quality Water Coolers in New York and New Jersey
At least somebody get's it, that there's a lot of money to be made with water. A wise dealer owner once told me that he links "seeding accounts" with different products. Image having a sales force selling water and then sharing those DM's contacts and equipment survey with the copier sales team. It's a win, win. Tell em, P4P Hotel sent you! https://purewatertech.com/
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Re: Ricoh Wide Format update
Here is the translated Press Release! fnews release A0 / A1-size corresponding digital multifunction machine 3 new release the model 5 models Improved operability and ~ productivity, various solutions linkage can be ~ February 3, 2016 Ricoh Company, Ltd. Ricoh Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Miura Zenji) is, a total of three models of A0 / A1-size-compatible digital full color multifunction machine as "RICOH MP CW2201 / CW1201 Series", A0-size corresponding digital monochrome multifunction...
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Re: Recognizing Disruption
What, this article has been up since the 3rd and no comments? Well, I guess I'm guilty of that too as it is the 9th. However, I am surprised that I'm the first to comment on this. I have been in the business for a total of 5.5 years so on one hand I'm still a greeny (but then in the copier business that seems to be pretty tenured) and I'm 54 yrs old. After my first 1.5 yrs in the business I took another job, but then cam back 10 months later after my old boss called me with a major account...
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Océ Australia rolls out next-gen Colorwave 3000 Series
The new Océ ColorWave 3500 and ColorWave 3700 are both packed with intuitive operational features and print on a wide range of media from thin uncoated stocks like 80gsm bond to vinyls. Océ Australia's new ColorWave 3700 Océ Australia has launched its new generation Océ ColorWave 3000 series, a reliable, flexible and productive large format colour printing system, which it says has been designed specifically ‘for the creators’. Dale Hawkins, senior manager – Indirect/Marketing for Océ...
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Epson to Showcase Color Label Printing Solutions at Natural Products Expo West
LONG BEACH, Calif. , Feb. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Who: Epson, a leader in the digital label and packaging industry, will be showcasing its leading ColorWorks ® on-demand, desktop color label printing solutions for fresh food and natural products, as well as samples created on SurePress ® digital label presses, at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, Calif. in booth #3234. What: During Natural Products Expo West, Epson will be featuring its ColorWorks on-demand, desktop inkjet label...
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Epson launches new T-Series large format wireless technical printers
Marking Epson’s expansion of the T-Series product line to the low-to-mid-range CAD, AEC, GIS, POS poster and education markets, the wireless models feature a new clean and compact design coupled with the reliable printing performance inherent in Epson’s technical solutions. Whether printing blueprints, line drawings, signage, or classroom posters, the SureColor T3160 and SureColor T5160 will assist professionals across a wider range of segments including architecture, engineering, CAD, GIS,...
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Epson to Showcase Label Printing Solutions at Labelexpo Americas 2018
LONG BEACH, Calif. , Sept. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Who: Epson will be showcasing its leading Label and Package printing solutions at Labelexpo Americas in Chicago (Booth #5813). Epson's booth will include the SurePress ® digital label presses with automated solutions including workflow using the Wasatch RIP software, as well as ColorWorks ® on-demand color label printers . What: Epson will feature its SurePress digital label presses , including the SurePress L-6034VW and L-4533AW . Epson's...
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Canon Unveils Latest imagePROGRAF Wide-Format Inkjet Printing Solution
MELVILLE, N.Y. - September 20, 2018 - Offering a new versatile large format printing solution, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, has unveiled the latest offerings from its imagePROGRAF lineup: the TM Series. The new TM Series is designed with the quality, speed and ease-of-use that customers have come to expect from Canon’s imagePROGRAF devices. The TM Series is designed to offer a solution that is not only ideal for technical documents, such as CAD drawings and GIS...
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Epson Announces SurePress L-6534VW Digital Label Press
CHICAGO , Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- (Labelexpo, Epson Booth #5813) – Epson today announced the Epson SurePress ® L-6534VW digital label press. Joining the SurePress L-6034VW in the UV digital label press line, the SurePress L-6534VW will offer three print speed modes from 49 feet per minute to 162 feet per minute (fpm). Epson will be demonstrating the new SurePress L-6534VW, as well as the SurePress L-6034VW and L-4533AW and workflow automation solutions with Wasatch RIP, at Labelexpo...
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Canon Solutions America Announces New Cooperative Agreement with County of DuPage, IL and National IPA
MELVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc. today announced a new national cooperative purchasing agreement with the County of DuPage, IL and the National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance Company ( National IPA ) for multi-functional device equipment, supplies, software, and service solutions. This marks the third consecutive contract award for Canon Solutions America. The agreement allows participants...
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Kyocera Receives Mexico’s Highest Environmental Award for Third Consecutive Year
TIJUANA, Mèxico--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Kyocera has been awarded Mexico’s highest honor for environmental protection — the national “Recognition of Environmental Excellence” award — for the third consecutive year. Presented by Mexico’s Federal Environmental Protection Agency (PROFEPA), the award recognizes state-of-the-art environmental compliance practices at Kyocera’s manufacturing facilities in Tijuana, Baja California, especially the reduction of energy and water consumption. Kyocera was one...
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Canon Americas Headquarters Voted "Best Office Building" On Long Island
MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is proud to announce that its corporate headquarters which is LEED Gold certified has been voted "Best Office Building" on Long Island by readers of the Long Island Business News in their annual Reader Ranking Survey. Located at One Canon Park in Melville, New York, Canon U.S.A.'s headquarters opened its doors in February 2013 and is home to Canon's operations in the United States, Latin...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in October 2003
In the office on Friday we had a chat about the manufacturers in the industry. My thoughts centered around KonicaMinolta and the great job they're doing with diversifying. Ricoh was at the bottom of the list. Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week: Ricoh Offers Managed Print Services to Reduce Printing Complexity 10/2/0811:10 PM . In the past, printing was simple as everyone either shared one device or had a personal printer . Now the printing landscape is more complex with multiple...