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Re: Toshiba now has tier based CPC's?
I pretty much never see anyone proposing Toshiba color equipment, so I haven't seen this. There are a few Kyocera dealers I've seen proposing their tiered color billing capabilities. What shocks me is that no Ricoh dealers have started marketing this. The Cxx02 series & Cxx03 series have the ability to report multiple tiers of color coverage for billing purposes, but in a market with 7 dealers + RBS selling RFG products I have yet to see a single dealer pushing it.
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Re: Toshiba now has tier based CPC's?
Ricoh hasn't even made us aware that those systems can do that.... I don't ever hear of anyone talking about the tiered rate. I wonder if, for once, everyone is on the same page and wants to keep it at a full page of color cost regardless. I hope it stays that way.
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Re: Toshiba now has tier based CPC's?
Our Ricoh SSS told us about it. I'd love to be the first one to push it & make everyone else react. Plus, it would improve profitability if we could charge a higher rate for higher page coverage.
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Re: Toshiba now has tier based CPC's?
Very interesting. Has anyone else seen Toshiba MFPs selling with tiered CPCs? Art, how were these deals structured? I'm seeing more and more of this from Kyocera (and less and less from Xerox ColorQube), but I'm interested to see how billing evolves once metering/billing and accounting technology catches up. Thanks, Jake
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Re: Toshiba now has tier based CPC's?
Hi, we sell Toshiba in the UK. The current colour range can run with a two tiered counter already. We used to sell the Kyocera range with this feature it seemed to be good and won us business, but lost us money in service. When colour costs are dropping to 4p, the percentage of toner from the 4p is getting less. So to breaking this down into 3 tiers could seem marginal. But let say you could offer 1.5p for 2% coverage then 2.5p for 2-5% coverage and then 4p for above, you have now lost out...
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Re: Toshiba now has tier based CPC's?
Jake Not sure, I got this from one of our branches. I will try to get additional detailed info on Thursday of this week, hopefully a quote also.
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Re: Toshiba now has tier based CPC's?
In Canada, no such plan exits nor am I even aware the capability exists within Toshiba copiers. In my market, multi-tier pricing for color does not comes up in competitive pricing. For a 25 cpm, pricing seems to be holding steady at $0.010 Black and $0.070 color for single units. I have seen less and sometimes we move the cpc around a bit. For example, when we set up a copier we build the initial toner costs into our equipment costs. That gives us 32,000 colour pages to play with.
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Re: Toshiba now has tier based CPC's?
SSG How have you been? Thanx for the response, I had heard of this tiered cpc for color happening in another state and just wanted to confirm.
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Re: Toshiba e-Studio Erasable Toner 4508LP Questions
1). The new e4508LP uses the heat of the fuser to decolorize the blue toner to clear. The seperate RD30 erasing device is still available and presents a few advantages. 2). The MSRP does not include the seperate RD30 erasing device nor is it needed. 3). Not yet available. 4). Not yet available but probably. 5). Not yet available. 6). Regular 20 lb bond paper works fine. 28 lb bond paper will produce a better erase. 7). 45 cpm is the speed of black only. 35 cpm is the speed of the erase...
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Re: Toshiba e-Studio Erasable Toner 4508LP Questions
thank you!! So, I guess the erasing will count as a click. Thoughts?
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Re: Toshiba e-Studio Erasable Toner 4508LP Questions
I do not know yet. The product is not yet released in my area until mid August.
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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: Toshiba e-Studio Erasable Toner 4508LP Questions
SSG, ty for this. In order to erase the blue toner, does the device count a click for that?
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Re: Toshiba e-Studio Erasable Toner 4508LP Questions
There is no charge to erase pages. A 3rd paper drawer would probably be useful. Letter/ Legal/ Erasable. The number of erased pages are recorded and displayed in the useful Paper Re-use Report which describes sheets of paper saved, CO2 saved and money saved. The Eco-MFP can erase pages at 17.5 sheets per minute.
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Re: Question about Toshiba MFP's
Less than 5% of my Toshiba clients are not under a Maintenance Service contract. Toshiba sells lots of kits designed for trained service techs to install but not typical end users. Even those customers who prefer not to be invoiced for monthly meter reads we try to automatically collect the meter reads via email or fax and usually but them on copy blocks.
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Re: Toshiba Introduces World's First Copier Delivering Erasable and Black & White Prints
Imagine a CMYK copier, except remove the CMY toner and developer and insert a new Erasable Blue (EB) toner and developer. Modify the copier so that when the Erasable blue toner passes back through the heat of the fuser, it de-colorizes the blue to white. A new rules based print driver can automatically makes software apps like emails auto print in blue plus provide a new counter to show how much paper, CO2 and money you saved. The previous generation product appealed to too small a section...
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Re: Toshiba Introduces World's First Copier Delivering Erasable and Black & White Prints
A good YouTube video showing the erasable copier in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwRBOqI9sq0
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Re: Toshiba Introduces Powerful Desktop Multifunction Printer Trio
Anyone have info on these new models?
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Re: MPS and Linux HELP!
So some clarification first. PaperCut absolutely does support Mac. In fact, it is the only cost recovery/print control solution that I know of that actually installs in an all Mac environment. (Server and Client) It also is the only solution I know of that installs in a Linux environment. So both of your issues are solved with PaperCut. I included the install guides for Mac and Linux to get you started.
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Re: Another Ricoh Dealer Takes on Konica Minolta
Who will be next? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A & A Office Systems Now Offering Esteemed Konica Minolta Product Line 9/9/2009 New England-based Company to Offer Award-Winning Lines of Konica Minolta MFPs, Production Print Systems, Printers, and Software Solutions Middletown, CT and Ramsey, NJ – September 9, 2009 – John Sullivan, President & CEO of A&A Office Systems (A&A) and Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider...
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Re: Colortrac Inc. Distributes its SmartLF Wide Format Scanners via Promark Technology
Colortrac Announces Financial Results and Growth in Scanner Sales Colortrac Inc. Colortrac has achieved record unit sales, revenue, and profit in their financial year ending April 30th 2010. Not including new business from OEM agreements, worldwide unit sales of Colortrac brand SmartLF large-format scanners increased by 24 percent over the previous year. Colortrac's consolidated result (unaudited) shows that group revenues increased by 42 percent to GBP £7.3 million, with a corresponding...
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Re: Japan Crisis
Hi Art, Hope below help you understand the situation. This information came from industry analysts. OEMs Canon: Some plants are still not operational. They are facing serious shortage of Polyester from Kao. Biggest damage for MFP production is aspheric lens production at Utsunomiya plant. This is a key component for their MFPs, and recovery may take months. Tohoku Ricoh: Some of the facilities restarted operation, but not for chemical toner. Also finisher (for MFP/POD) assembly lines are...
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Re: Japan's Sharp Corp plans to sell its copiers and air conditioners businesses
Somewhere near last.... However, I just picked up this press release from Rueters also: Sharp seeking over $1.2 bln for plant and other assets -Yomiuri * Sharp also in talks to sell some Tokyo offices -Yomiuri * Sharp will struggle to find buyer for solar business-source By Reiji Murai and Tim Kelly TOKYO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Sharp Corp is in talks to sell its key solar panel plant in Japan as part of an asset sale seeking more than $1.2 billion, local media said on Thursday,...
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Re: Need Good People
Hi, I'm 28 years old and from South-Africa. I've been in office automation sales for Canon SA for 3.5 years. For the last 3 years with Nashua Western Cape which is the Richo distributor in SA. I am in need of a new challenge and willing to relocate. Please send me some more info regarding the position. Regards, Stefan Stander stefans@nashuawc.co.za
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Re: Q & A for Minolta Di3510f
Question What is required to enable the scanning capabilities of the SU-2 Network Scan Kit or SU-3 Internet Fax/Network Scan Kit for the Di3510-2010 series? Answer At time of launch, the SU-2 Network Scan Kit and the SU-3 Internet Fax/Network Scan Kit require the Pi3505e PCL Print Controller (or Pi3505e PS3+PCL Controller when it becomes available) AND the NC-4 Network Printer Kit.
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Re: Q & A for Minolta Di3510f
Question What types of scanning are available with the SU-3 Internet Fax/Network Scan Kit on the Di3510-2010 series? Answer Scan-to-E-mail, FTP, URL and Hard Disk Drive (HDD) plus IP Scanner and Internet Faxing.
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Re: Q & A for Minolta Di3510f
Question What is the scan-to-URL function available on the SU-2 and SU-3 for the Di3510-2010 series? Answer Scan-to-URL sends a notification that a file has been scanned to an FTP site and ready to be downloaded at your convenience.
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Re: Q & A for Minolta Di3510f
Question What types of scanning are provided by the SU-2 Network Fax Unit on the Di3510-2010 series? Answer Scan-to-E-mail, FTP, URL and Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
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Re: Q & A for Minolta Di3510f
Question Which Di3510-2010 series models are compatible with the SU-3 Internet Fax and IP Scanner accessory? Answer The SU-3 is compatible with all eight products in the Di3510-2010 series, both printer/copier/fax versions (Di3510f, Di3010f, Di2510f, Di2010f) and printer/copier versions (Di3510, Di3010, Di2510, Di2010).
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Re: Q & A for Minolta Di3510f
Question What file formats are supported by the SU-2 and SU-3 for the Di3510-2010 series? Answer TIFF and PDF File Formats
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Re: Q & A for Minolta Di3510f
Question On the Di3510-2010 series, how many one-touch keys are available for programming IP addresses using the IP Scanner utility available with the SU-3? Answer All 540 keys available on the Di3510-2010 devices (printer/copier as well as printer/copier/fax versions) can be used to program IP addresses.
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Re: Q & A for Minolta Di3510f
Question On the Di3510-2010 series, is it possible to perform an IP scan via WAN or it is limited to a LAN? Answer The IP Scanner function available with the SU-3 was designed to work in a LAN environment.
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Re: Gas Price Check
Don't feel bad, it's $3.08 in Western Kentucky, and my property taxes are $1200 per year. The economy is going to get you some way or another no matter where you live.
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Re: Gas Price Check
In the last 2 weeks the price of gas went up 20 cents a gallon to $ 3.74 in Western NY.
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Western Kentucky is also $3.65, but diesel is $4.49. I can't seem to go to the grocery to pick up a few items without spending $50 anymore.
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Western Kentucky finally hit $3.99 on Saturday, but I see Southern California is sitting at $5.19.
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Re: Gas Price Check
Last week Western Kentucky got down to $3.44, but with the news of the latest hurricane, and Labor Day holiday, we are back to $3.59 - $3.68.
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From $3.65 yesterday to $4.59 today in Western Kentucky. So much for the brief savings.
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Western Kentucky finally went below $3.00 this weeken, to $2.95 this morning.
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120 miles west of Nashville, 250 miles east of St. Louis, about 200 miles northeast of Evansville. My directions may be off, but Western Kentucky borders Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, & Tennessee. We are also about 5 hours from Cincinnati.
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You think that's bad, Western Kentucky went from $1.58 this morning to $1.78 this afternoon.