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Re: 7 Deadly Topics from 7 Deadly Sinners at Top 100 Summit (Part One)
Tx, awesome post! The conclusion for managed IT was at our own round table and not the general audience. One of the dealers in my group is heavily involved with managed IT, and thought it would be great offer. Yes, it was stated that MNS is only used by copier dealers and should be referenced to what you described. TY for the awesome reply!!
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Re: Color clicks
JWS- Good luck getting your machine to count correctly! We went round and round with Ricoh and our rep about this. They swear it counts correctly, we know it doesn't. You are correct in that it can be application- dependent; some apps will click correctly, but Acrobat prints, when there are mixed originals, usually treat the whole job as color. I experimented with different drivers (PCL / PS3 / Universal PCL), but could never resolve the issue for our client (a church). BTW, the ame doc...
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Re: Copier Parts & Accessories China Tariff Starts in 9 Working Days
agreed, however there may be another round after July 6th, Hoping NOT!
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Re: Copier Parts & Accessories China Tariff Starts in 9 Working Days
The Trump Administration today announced plans for a new round of $200 Billion worth of tariffs against China. https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/10...ffs-trump/index.html Copy machines were on the original list but but were taken off leaving parts and consumables subject to a 10% tariff. It seems most suppliers have not taken actions to increase their prices. On the new list which could go in effect sometime after Aug 30th are: 8443.39.20 Electrostatic photocopying apparatus, operating by...
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Re: Around the World with Xerox
Testing concluded this evening for the Ducati Xerox team and riders Noriyuki Haga, Michel Fabrizio and Troy Bayliss. The three-day test session took place on Thursday, Sunday and today, with the first two days of testing coinciding with the first and last day of World Ducati Week, allowing the huge crowds of Ducatisti to witness an official testing session first hand. Noriyuki and Michel were on track on their factory 1198 bikes while Troy Bayliss, testing for the second time this season,...
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Re: When was the last time you did a demo in your demo room?
When you say you take a copier to a customer for a demo... Is it a Conditonal Sale? I will do this but only on the terms of if the MFP works as described you agree to buy/ lease that same unit without any further demos. I have seen too many potential customers do the Vendor merry go round with six copier vendors to get free copiers for several months. I have seen too many RFQs where a customer has to get three quotes and you are unexpected lowest bid. They ask you in for demo but never...
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Re: When was the last time you did a demo in your demo room?
Re: When was the last time you did a demo in your demo room?
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Re: When was the last time you did a demo in your demo room?
Yes, I remember once seeing a "bid" that had a requirement of a 90-day, no-obligation trial. At the time, I joked "They'd only need to get 4 guys to bite on this and then they wouldn't even have to buy a copier!". Exactly one year later, I saw the same "bid" from the same company. I guess it's working out for them. We declined to participate both times.
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Re: MOM Sues OSU for $1M over COMDOC Secret...
An office-company filed a lawsuit against Ohio State, saying the university wrongly awarded a potential $24 million printer and copier contract to a competitor. Modern Office Methods filed the lawsuit on Sept. 26 in the Court of Claims, requesting that OSU set aside its recently awarded contract with ComDoc, Inc. and rebid it. According to the documents, Modern Office Methods said a ComDoc employee met with an OSU employee, unknowingly to the other top-two competitors, Modern Office Methods...
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Re: Are you a Data Miner?
In the first round of 700 emails that I have sent out so far, I have sold one 20 cpm Colour and quoted a KIP wide format to customers that I would have never met otherwise. I hope to get to 2500 emails sent once a quarter a year from now. That would be 10,000 emails a year prospecting to new customer's As the message I send is very small with no pictures or web links, I do not get shot down by many web filters. So far only a handful of people have asked to be deleted from the list.
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Re: More layoffs at Ricoh
Little harsh there don't you think? Never easy to make cuts, but sometimes cuts are actually addition by subtraction, at least the way I've viewed them over the last few years. I see another round coming at some point as there is some still fat on the plate that can go.
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Re: The Worst Copier Web Sites in the World!
Too busy cashing checks to worry about our website. 20% growth in revenue three years in a row, well get a "round tuit" ASAP
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Re: Worst Experience with Nuance
Vince This was awesome information, on my next go round with Nuance (only if the customer is demanding ecopy), I will send this to my people about Cranel. Yes, the V5 software is so flakey that we couldn't complete to installs (took more than 12 hours), and the second install was with Nuance on the phone. Thanx
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Re: Toshiba's Eco MFP. An industry first!
I wonder how practical it will be to use the same piece of paper 4 times? surely it will increase misfeeds when its been round the office 4 times, erased and then put back in the device? Such a cool concept though
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Re: Ikon Press Release iR 105+
Thursday May 23, 9:20 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: IKON Office Solutions, Inc. IKON Adds Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 9000MFP to Digital Arsenal Targets New Business, Increased Page Volumes Through IT/MIS Decision Makers VALLEY FORGE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2002--IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:IKN - News) today announced another milestone in its expanding Hewlett-Packard relationship with the addition of the HP LaserJet 9000MFP to IKON's lineup of digital output devices from...
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Re: Frustrated with Inventory Levels?
We are a small dealership where we do not have the luxury of having machines in the demo room to show. Fortunately, we have a relationship with the customer that we can sell off of a brochure, and then order the unit, which usually comes from TN. The majority of the time I will buy from Savin, instead of Ricoh, because of not only price to the dealer, but turn-a-round time. I can sympathisize with the problems other dealers are having with inventory. We are lucky if we have a machine to...
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Re: Vision
Ok P4P members, how about we meet at 9PM on Tuesday evening in the Lobby of the Mandalay Bay? From there we can schedule another time to meet or just sit and have a round table. What do you all think? Art
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Re: Global buysCOMDOC...yes you heard correct!
Friday, January 30, 2009 A Xerox Company Agrees to Buy Comdoc Whoa! I had the call at 8:00am this morning and I was flabbergasted. My first thoughts was of this release; Xerox has become the latest technology heavyweight to issue a major round of layoffs.The company revealed on Thursday that the sagging economy has forced a reorganisation plan which could see some 3,000 jobs eliminated. Such a cut would remove five per cent of Xerox's total workforce. Global Imaging Systems, Inc. is owned by...
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Re: New imageRunners (Advance) from Canon
Lake Success, N.Y., July 13, 2009 – Delivering new color capabilities to the light production marketplace, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital document imaging, today introduced the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C9075 PRO and C9065 PRO multifunction products. "These new imageRUNNER ADVANCE models will provide high-speed color and black-and-white performance, exceptional print quality, advanced finishing and media support, solutions integration and reliability," said Sam Yoshida, vice president and...
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Re: Around the World w/Ricoh #3
Players gathered in Beijing competing for Ricoh Cup of Go Chess In order to enlarge Chinese traditional culture of go chess and promote development of the cause of Chinese go chess, Ricoh Corporation, Ricoh China Co., Ltd. and Beijing Jin Hua Ming Office Equipment Co., Ltd. have been holding the “Ricoh Cup of Go Chess” every year since 2000 together with the China Academy of Chess. The forth competition of go chess has inaugurated in Beijing on December 9th, 2003. Featuring in gathering...
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Re: We're Sorry.......To all my Canadian P4P'ers!
I have been glued to the TV watching Canada win Gold in the Women's Olympic Hockey final beating USA in a thriller. in the men's hockey, Canada beat the USA 1-0 and advances to the gold metal round. I am waiting for Barrack Obama to pay up on his losing bet to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and deliver two cases of beer! Productivity was not that great today in Canada as everybody who could was watching TV.
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Re: Buyer Zone: Yay or Nay?
So, I believe the cost per lead is $15, right? I would pay $15 just for name of mr or ms right, the company name, and the email address. If I don't get them the first time, I'll get them the next go round.
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Re: Xerox Global Rumors today
WEBSTER, N.Y. (WHEC) - Xerox is planning a new round of layoffs. A representative for the Rochester Regional Joint Board of Workers United said Xerox informed him it will be reducing management staff; union employees will not be affected. Advertisement – Content Continues Below Xerox cut hundreds of jobs back in August. Now, the union confirms it has been informed by the company that a new round of cuts is being rolled out Thursday. So far, company representatives haven’t said anything about...
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Re: Xerox Global Rumors today
December 13, 2018 08:28 PM More employees at Webster's struggling Xerox plant went home without jobs as the company executed a new round of layoffs Thursday. The company remained silent on its latest cutbacks but union leaders, local government officials and newly dismissed workers told News10NBC that numerous employees were let go although none of them could say exactly how many. "It's always nerve-wracking," exclaimed employee Sandy Mele who was not one of those dismissed."I've heard it...
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Rule of 2 & 3 for leasing
Rule of 2 & 3 for leasing I find the easiest way to quote a monthly lease cost while with a prospect is what I call “the rule of two and three”. This works for quoting 36 and 60 month terms in your head. Round up the purchase price, thus if the purchase is $8,800 round up to 9,000 and multiply by 3 and drop the last two zeros. Lease price would be $270. Use that same method for 60 months, but replace the 3 with a two. I use will use the word “around” $270 and then use a calculator for...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Third Week in January 2004
Wow, a Super Bowl thread from back in 2004, talking about the 14 game win streak from the Pats. It was the Pats vs the Eagles. Fly Eagles Fly, no Super Bowl for you this year! Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week! Re: Super Bowl Poll! Our Year! · 1/16/048:54 AM The Patriots are now on a 14 game winning streak. They will go into the Super Bowl on the longest streak of any team since the '72 Dolphins. And Peyton Manning is putting together what might be the best postseason for a QB in...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Last Week in January 2009
It's been a hectic week for me. Had to spend a couple days in PA for meetings, coupled with the end of the month. January was nothing but a bummer. That's what happens when you cram everything in for the end of the year. One item I was happy with was my commission check. Back to rebuilding the pipeline. Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week. Weekend Copier Notes from 1/25/09 Neal · 1/26/096:56 AM server, which is a relabeled Konica Minolta PRO C 6501. This certification is based...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Last Week in January 2004
In the next day or so I'll be blogging about the new Ricoh IMC MFP series. There's a lot of new stuff and I'm chomping at the bit to get my hands on one. Enjoy these threads from 15 years ago this week! Peerless Systems Announces Everest Family of MFP Controllers; New Controllers Based on Sierra Techno Boston Mike · 1/28/046:58 AM document products rely on a core set of imaging software and supporting electronics, collectively known as an imaging controller. Peerless' broad line of scalable...
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NXT Robotics Announces Service Partnership with Ricoh
SAN DIEGO , Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Reflecting a growing global demand for industrial robots, NXT Robotics, an emerging security robotics firm, has announced an on-site service partnership with Ricoh USA Inc. This partnership leverages the RICOH Service Advantage program and utilizes Ricoh's vast global network of repair and service specialists. RICOH Service Advantage offers businesses access to Ricoh's global network of highly skilled and certified services employees. It empowers...
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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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PDI Large Format Solutions to Grow with Three New EFI VUTEk Printers
NEWS -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PDI Large Format Solutions Primed for Strong Growth with Three New EFI VUTEk Superwide-format Printers FREMONT, California -- February 12, 2019 -- Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq:EFII) has announced that PDI Large Format Solutions ( www.pdi-gf.com ), a subsidiary of Montreal-based PDI Group Inc., is the first business in Canada to install both the next-generation, high-end flatbed/roll-fed EFI™ VUTEk® h3 superwide-format LED printer, and the new EFI VUTEk...
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Florida Municipality Selects Toshiba Official Copier Provider
LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 26, 2018-- Toshiba America Business Solutions today announced it has reached an agreement with the City of Hialeah, Florida , to become the municipality’s official copier provider. The multiyear contract equips the sixth-largest city in Florida with Toshiba’s industry-recognized e-STUDIO ™ copiers, managed print services and round-the-clock customer support. Toshiba products and services will enhance the document workflow while streamlining business...
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Sharp To Showcase Latest Pro Series Color Document Systems At PRINT 18
MONTVALE, N.J. , Sept. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC) is pleased to be a part of PRINT 18, where it will highlight its newest Pro Series models at the annual gathering of print and graphic communications professionals. Sharp is proud to showcase at PRINT 18 the Pro Series MX-8090N Color Document System, which will be configured with the high-powered MX-PE13 EFI ® Fiery ® Print Server...
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Around the World with Ricoh
Lee Leads the Way at Lytham August 2, 2018 Australia’s Minjee Lee carded a superb seven under par 65 to claim a slender one-shot lead after the first round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes. The 22-year-old from Perth raced to the turn in three under par 32 and then fired three birdies and an eagle coming home to go into the second round one shot in front of Japan’s Mamiko Higa and two ahead of England’s Georgia Hall, Koreans Sung Hyun Park and Mi Hyang Lee,...
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Color Label Press University "Glossary of Terms" Part Nine, Course One
Yes, Since Summer is winding down, I thought I'd get back in the groove with the glossary of terms for Color Label Presses. It was a few months ago when I went cold calling in South Jersey. I was on the lookout for copiers but also wanted to keep my eyes open for companies that could benefit from a label press or a corrugated press. If you're not familiar with a corrugated press that device will allow a user print graphics for use on card board boxes. I was able to find three companies that...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Third Week of March 2004)
Can't wait for another four years! In 2023 I'll be able post twenty years of activity on this site. Can only wonder what the next four years will be like in this industry! Enjoy these awesome threads from 15 years ago this week! UPDATE - Konica Minolta 3/22/049:13 PM equipment maker said it aimed for a group operating profit of 160 billion yen ($1.5 billion) in the year ending in March 2007. Konica Minolta , created last August through the merger of precision equipment companies Konica Corp...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Second Week of April 2004)
In the last two blogs and in this blog I used some scene pictures. If anyone can tell me what country these are from we'll comp you a one year Premium/VIP membership at no cost. You need to post your answers in the reply section. Enjoy these threads from 15 years ago this week! Color On Demand from bizhub C350 4/9/044:56 PM punching with the addition of PK-501 Punch Kit. Printing and Scanning Capabilities are Standard The standard configuration for the bizhub C 350 includes color and B&W...
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Putting a Strategic Vision into Action with Hoshin Kanri
8:30 a.m. in Germany is 2:30 a.m. in my native east coast U.S. time zone. I was jet lagged from the previous day’s flight. It was already hot, and there was no air conditioning in the conference room of the hotel in Bad Wörishofen. Coffee. Europe has the best coffee. My discomfort alleviated, I still did not expect that this day in July of 2016 would have such a profound impact on DocuWare and the way we operate. This was the first day of a workshop that introduced our senior management team...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Second Week in November 2003
So it was fifteen years ago that Ricoh launched the first GBC puncher. I remember it well, chads were evenly distributed through out the entire device! One of my accounts had to vacuum their GBC puncher once a week. Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week! Toshiba America Business Solutions Introduces the Flagship Model in its Workgroup Color Printer Line Boston Mike · 11/10/036:05 PM in TABS color printer product line. Boasting a powerful 600 MHz processor and 256 MB of standard RAM...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 15 Years Ago (Last Week of February 2004)
Just a short story from an order I had last week. The client was an existing account, almost five years ago it was net new. Thus I had some promo's I could throw at the client in order to secure the order. Now it comes time for the renewal almost 5 years later, there are some payments left in the lease. There is no way I can sell them at the same lease price per month. I also made an early mistake on the pricing when I met with the client. I never presented the lease price for the new...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (First Week of March 2004)
Seems we're coming to the end of the first quarter already. After dumping everything into the end of 2018. I've had a rough go of it for the past 7 weeks. Last week proved to be better with two orders and one of them was $45K. We're also going see have then end of the fiscal years for most if not all of the copier manufacturers. This time of years scares me because nothing is safe, you need to ask the tough questions up front and try your best to wrap up business either the day you met with...
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The Benefit of Building a Copier Quoting Tool
Last month, due to P4P Hotel's generous offer, we did a few webinars and showed our quote making product, Perfect Copier . It has been a great learning experience for me. I haven't pitched a tool like this before, and the first round, I made the mistake of showing too much of the features and not focusing on the simplicity of the product. We have used what we learned on the webinars to alter both our pitch and improve the product. Since we had the webinar, here are some of the new features...
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This Week in the Copier in Industry, The Last Week of November 2003
Looking back there was one incredible thread from 15 years ago and that had to do with a new member that refused give information that we required in order to approve them for membership. Those days were the early days from when we transitioned from an MSN community to a real web site. Back then all we had was the forums. Graham & Ted were also key players in getting the forums launched back then. Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week and make sure you check out that thread!
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Wallace Carlson Wins Big with Color-Logic
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release For more information, contact: Mark Geeves at 513-258-0047 or mark@color-logic.com Wallace Carlson Wins Big with Color-Logic West Chester, Ohio, USA; December 2018-- Wallace Carlson Printing--a full-service commercial/packaging printer in Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA--recently received two silver awards in the 2018 Printing Impressions Gold Ink Awards competition. The winning entries-- Merry-Go-Round Self Promotion in the Packaging and Folding Carton...
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Xerox "Unable to Adjust"
About four weeks ago I was told that that Global Imaging was going to be absorbed by Xerox in the next few months. In addition it was mentioned that this absorption would result with the loss of many managerial positions. In fact one of those managers called me to ask a favor in reference to a past issue that was posted on this site. It didn't take long for me to put two and two together and I agreed that most of what I heard could come to fruition. After that initial conversation the last...
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Ottawa-based Fully Managed snaps up Calgary IT firm
When Ottawa-based IT and senior care technology firm Fully Managed announced last week it had landed a new $25-million financing round, CEO Mark Scott said the company planned to invest part of the cash in “strategic acquisitions across North America.” It didn’t take him long to make good on that pledge. Fully Managed said Monday it’s acquired Calgary-based managed service provider TWT Group in a cash-and-share deal that closed last Friday. The company would not provide further details about...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Second Week of February 2005)
Just a little more on the show that I'd like to share from this week. While standing at the end of our booth I was watching the reps from other companies in our section. So many peeps passed their booth and they did not say a word! No greeting, no communication, they waited for someone to speak to them first. Needless to say I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that many warm leads were lost because these reps were never taught the fine art of "hawking" while at a trade show. I was taught many years...
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COVID19 "Remote Working" Day Sixteen of Sales
This blog will be one of the longer running blog series. NJ just locked down for another 30 days, that statement from the Governors Office came today. In addition an additional lock down was placed on all county and state parks. While it seems that the infection rate is slowing down, the media is mostly giving us the bad along with a few specs of hope here and there. I follow the numbers on a daily basis but I'm somewhat concerned that more peeps will be out and about as the better weather...