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Re: UPDATE 3-Canon buys Dutch Oce for $1.1 bln, fights Ricoh
Tokyoamsterdam: Japan's Canon plans to buy Dutch copier and printer maker Oce for 730 million euros ($1.09 billion) as it tries to return to growth after the global downturn and fight rival Ricoh. Copier and digital camera maker Canon and Oce said in a joint statement on Monday that Canon intends to offer 8.60 euros per share, or 730 million euros, for Oce's outstanding shares. Canon's offer follows little over a year after Japan's Ricoh, the world''s largest copier maker, bought US office...
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Re: UPDATE 3-Canon buys Dutch Oce for $1.1 bln, fights Ricoh
SCENARIOS-Will Canon succeed in its bid for Oce? * Canon offering 730 million euros to buy Oce * Shareholder Orbis with 10 percent stake opposes offer * Oce shares remain above Canon's 8.60 euro offer By Harro ten Wolde AMSTERDAM, Nov 20 (Reuters) -Japan's Canon (7751.T) plans to buy Dutch copier and printer maker Oce (OCEN.AS) for 730 million euros ($1.09 billion), but large Oce shareholder Orbis said the offer undervalued the company. In response, Oce shares passed Canon's 70 percent...
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Re: JOINT STATEMENT BY SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION AND EDWARD MCLAUGHLIN
Very good points Art. The only print production (as some would call it) would be 85, 95, 110ppm. But these are more large departmental units. Mostly it is the 85ppm that is being pushed. There are only a few major players when you get higher than that. The very low end has always been a issue for them. The only item would be the AR-208 unit but that little Ricoh desktop will blow that away. Then there is the issue that some of these low end units can only be purchased from a distributor that...
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Re: there is no end in sight to Sharp’s crisis.
They could be going to more of a master distributor type of model. It is way less expensive for them to support 4-5 big wholesalers than 3-4-500 dealers across the US. The dist then has to give tech support, parts dist etc. A few years ago they pushed all the smaller dealers doing less than $500K anually thru distributors. This may be their long term master plan....... But who the heck knows?
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Re: there is no end in sight to Sharp’s crisis.
Going the Master Distributor route makes them a commodity in their catalog. No value selling, low cost and margins but it keeps the factories running - th ottom line.
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Re: Ikon Press Release iR 105+
Press Release Source: IKON Office Solutions, Inc. IKON Expands Production Color Offering With Canon CLC 3900 High-speed, High-quality Color Copier/printer Sets New Standard in Price-performance Monday October 7, 10:38 am ET VALLEY FORGE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2002-- IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:IKN - News) today announced availability of the Canon CLC 3900 copier/printer, targeting the growing number of businesses that require color in their daily document workflow. This...
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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: Ikon to relabel The Konica 8050 Color System
Here's the Press Release Press Release Source: IKON Office Solutions, Inc. IKON Launches New Color Printing and Copying System to Meet Growing Demand for Color Tuesday October 21, 9:29 am ET IKON CPP(TM) 8050 Enhances IKON's Strong Portfolio of Color Product Offerings VALLEY FORGE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2003-- IKON Office Solutions (NYSE:IKN - News), the world's largest independent distributor of document management products and services, today launched the IKON CPP 8050, a...
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Re: Gas Price Check
Another jump today to $3.49. A buddy of mine that works for a refueling distributor said to get ready, because most states will be over $4.00 before summer.
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Re: MFP Wars "Death of the Independent Dealer"
Art I too am an independent dealer and have trouble getting deals with schools or govt. agencies. How can we bargain with the OEMs to get a piece of the pie. I have dealings with schools on rentals but have a hard time getting new equipment in there. Any suggestions? If you want to email me my email is dosystems7@yahoo.com Thanks and God Bless! Leonard Garcia Jr. at Dependable Office Systems
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Re: Panasonic Dumps Dealers, Keeps all but a handful!!!!
A Sharp P4P'er PM'd me this today (alot of stuff here from a tech MB) There had been rumors circulating that Panasonic was in dire straits. Some rumors said that Panasonic was getting out of the game altogether, some said that Panasonic would continue to make SOHO machines, but was dumping the commercial-grade WORKiO line. Some said Panasonic was just dumping printers. All of these I discarded, because Panasonic just recently announced two new WORKiO models, and will be shipping new color...
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Re: Panasonic Dumps Dealers, Keeps all but a handful!!!!
FWIW, we haven't been a pandealer for many years now, and can still order parts, anything we want.. . . from MSC. What is MSC? I just got off the phone with Scott, my (former) sales rep. Apparently Panasonic cut 15,000 jobs nationwide (last day is end of February), and dumped all but the top handful of dealers. Those employees who lost their jobs can re-apply, but the "new" positions will be far fewer. Here's what I know so far: -If you have an existing Parts account, you'll keep it. Whew.
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Re: RISO Redefines High-Speed Low-Cost Digital Color with Launch of New Inkjet Printers
Contact: David Murphy 978-739-3687 dmurphy@riso.com RISO REDEFINES HIGH-SPEED LOW-COST DIGITAL COLOR WITH LAUNCH OF NEW INKJET PRINTERS Revolutionary ComColor® series prints up to 150 color pages per minute for about half the operating costs of comparable toner-based MFPs Danvers, MA – June 17, 2009 – RISO, Inc., a leader in digital printing technology, today introduced its much-anticipated ComColor® series of full-color inkjet printer/MFPs to the North American market. With ComColor’s print...
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Re: Introducing the Ricoh(R) AC104,
This retagged Samsung product is in my opinion below Ricoh's standards. As an independent distributor, we have sold some of the Samsungs over the past year and a half and found them for the most part to be a disappoinment. I believe Ricoh is targeting the same SOHO prospects we were when we began implementing the Samsungs. My conclusion is that these prospects are better off purchasing from retail stores if they want inferior products. There has to be a line we won't cross, and under $1000...
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Re: E-Copy just like all the rest.....#$%$
Hello wyzguynyuk: We are an Authorized P4P Vendor. VircoSoft is a developer/distributor of fine document management products catering to the copier dealer industry. In fact I was in the industry before founding VircoSoft. Our goal is to provide quality products, priced to give our resellers the upper hand in virtually any competitive situation. WE DO NOT CHARGE A FEE TO REPRESENT OUR PRODUCTS We let our products, support and service do our talking for us. You get results, everyone wins!
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Re: Aficio 3045 user quotas
All of our school districts are asking for the same thing. A salesman in one of our branches has been installing keypads from HECON (about $515.00 from a 3rd party distributor here in the states). Unfortunately, that 3rd party distributor closed down. We were just discussing trying to contact HECON directly to see if they will sell to us...you might try the same thing. I, too, would be interested in hearing about the competition...according to our local school districts, Ricoh is the only...
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Re: Top Ten MFP Copier Industry Predictions for 2015
I really like number 4, and I believe #7 is going to happen sooner than we expected. I hold out hope as well.
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Re: Top Ten MFP Copier Industry Predictions for 2015
Not liking the Kyocera part of #4 at all. On the other hand really liking # 10 Add: Color equipment will become more prevalent with costs of color equipment continuing to drop and coming more in line with monochrome.
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Re: Top Ten MFP Copier Industry Predictions for 2015
5) - Canon bought a very large stake in one last year (Therefore). Locally hosted or cloud based.
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Re: Lost two deals in one day
Art, Write your main contact(s) a nice email saying that you are sorry you lost their business, and if there is anything you can ever do to help them please don't hesitate to call or email you. Then check in six months and see how their service after the sale is. If their service is poor maybe your company can steal back the service. That does not help you immediately but the next time you put in a proposal you will NOT have to be the cheapest. Because they will have seen what cheap service...
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Re: Lost two deals in one day
nice!! Thank you, I will do that tomorrow!! See, even an old dog can learn new tricks!!
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Re: Lost two deals in one day
Along the line of Vince's thinking, recommend that they sign a separate service agreement from the lease & that they ask for a clause that allows them to terminate the Service Agreement if satisfactory service levels are not delivered. This gives you a better shot of being able to get the service back if they are unhappy.
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Re: BLI
GAP is great. Another alternative is printer-benchmark. Andy Slawetsky is the distributor for this. Very economical product. That’s what we are using.
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Re: Xerox, HP, Fuji Film, Fuji Xerox "It Just Keeps Getting Curiouser & Curiouser"
Fuji might be the modern version of Konica’s Ikon CPP500 & Danka. What’s old could be new again. But don’t worry, according to all the naysayers, the industry has been dead since copy machines were taught how to print, scan and fax. Yes that right, I said copy machines, not MFP,MFD, XDF or whatever kids are calling them these days. You wanna make $200k per year selling gear, come and move to Wisconsin and we’ll so you the path to what could be...
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Re: Xerox, HP, Fuji Film, Fuji Xerox "It Just Keeps Getting Curiouser & Curiouser"
Xerox floats the idea of buying HP on the same day that the Fuji Xerox/ Xerox tussle seems to be resolved. Does that sound like a coincidence? I think Art hit the nail on the head when he said "In addition they would not have to purchase MFP's from Fuji Film in the future." I think this is Xerox's way of letting Fuji Xerox know that they do not hold all of the cards.
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Re: Xerox, HP, Fuji Film, Fuji Xerox "It Just Keeps Getting Curiouser & Curiouser"
@SalesServiceGuy yeah that did seem kind of odd, however the Miami Herald did report that HP received a proposal from Xerox late yesterday. Ty for the comment
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Re: Xerox, HP, Fuji Film, Fuji Xerox "It Just Keeps Getting Curiouser & Curiouser"
@dimaxusa I agree what comes around goes around, will be interesting to see how things pan out. I'm having one of my best years in the business, however the last two months have been terrible. But I'm not ready to give it up, many more good years are still ahead of us
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Re: Xerox, HP, Fuji Film, Fuji Xerox "It Just Keeps Getting Curiouser & Curiouser"
HP's head office is in Palo Alto, California. How could the Miami Herald in Florida, not known as a beacon of copier information and clear across the country, have this kind of information? Did someone at Xerox (?) deliberately leak confidential information to publicize a rumor?
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Re: Wide Format Printing
Sorry for answering this so late. I would try these two supplies Relyco and National Azon. National Azon is a wide format distributor for Canon along with media supplies
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Re: Who would have thunk?
We should be able to support all. Two proposals for IT hardware have failed and I thought they would. Existing client has an inside Dell sales person. We have a distributor alliance or something like that with Dell. Plain & simple we will never less expensive than Dell for Dell equipment. I explain it this way, it's like us buying equipment from RBS and then reselling it. It ain't gonna happen!
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago, The First Week in December 2013
Okay, we're back to doing three of these a wee. Where we look back on the threads from, 5, 10 & 15 years ago Enjoy these threads from 5 years ago this week! Canon U.S.A. Unveils Océ VarioPrint 6000+ Series of High-Speed, High-Volume Digital Production Printers Art Post · 12/5/139:45 PM deliver critical savings to print providers. This black-and-white printer is ideal for burgeoning industries -- such as on-demand, digital book printing -- due to its registration accuracy, outstanding...
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AWS Products and Services Now Available Through Carahsoft’s Authorized Reseller and Managed Services Provider Partners as Part of AWS Public Sector Distribution Program
RESTON, Va., Dec. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carahsoft Technology Corp. , The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, today announced that Amazon Web Services has authorized Carahsoft as a distributor in its AWS Public Sector Distribution Program, enabling Carahsoft’s reseller network to provide the complete range of AWS solutions to government customers. This agreement expands on Carahsoft’s existing reseller agreement with AWS and opens new opportunities for Carahsoft and its partner...
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Acquisition for Konica Minolta France
EOS vendor Konica Minolta Business Solutions France has purchased seven Sequoïa Group subsidiaries in the Grand-Est and Reunion Island regions. Based in Metz, France, the Sequoïa Group is one of the leading dealers in the Konica Minolta network. Founded in 2006, the company employs 179 staff and reported sales of €36.5 million ($41.6 million) in fiscal 2017/18. The purchase is part of Konica Minolta’s medium-term development plan aimed at consolidating its presence in strategic regions, such...
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Minuteman Press Silverton expands with Xerox
Two-and-a-half years ago, Minuteman Press Silverton purchased a Xerox Versant 80 press and began its relationship with Compleo, a Xerox Platinum Partner, and Altron Bytes Document Solutions (BDS). This relationship has continued to grow, with the company recently installing the Xerox Versant 180 to supplement its production capacity. Minuteman Press Silverton first opened in 2006, when husband and wife IT team Leon and Wendy Krause were looking for a franchise opportunity. Following the...
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Contex Completes the HD Ultra X Scanner Series with Two New Models
Thursday, February 21, 2019 Press release from the issuing company Unrivaled scanner series raises the bar in large format scanning ?with unprecedented speed, image quality, and productivity Alleroed, Denmark – Contex, the world leader in large format scanning, today introduces two new models to the HD Ultra X scanner series. The series now includes 36- and 42-inch models, completing the range of scanning solutions for Contex’s newest line of premium scanners. Introduced in 2018 to rave...
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ACDI and PSIGEN Software Inc. Announce Distribution Partnership
Access Control Devices, Inc. (ACDI), a leading PaperCut® Authorized Solution Center, is pleased to announce a new partnership with PSIGEN Software, Inc., an innovative developer of document capture, business process automation and document management solutions. Effective immediately, ACDI will serve as the exclusive distributor of PSIGEN products to the Office Equipment Reseller Channel in North and South America. The partnership between the two organizations will strengthen an already...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Third Week in September 2003
There's a great thread below "Print Management" Truth and Lies". It's a compilation of threads from members about best and worst practices. Check it out if you have the time. Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Copier Notes from 09/14/08 Neal · 9/16/087:20 AM 11% annually o copy volumes are declining 2% annually o HP sold 60 million printers last year o Xerox sold 3 million printers last year o Kyocera only sold 115,000 printers last year o Average print volume for a...
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Business Technology Association Names 2018
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release For More Information Contact: Sept. 25, 2018 Brent Hoskins Executive Director (816) 303-4040 Business Technology Association Names 2018 Channel’s Choice Award Winners Awards presented at 2018 BTA National Conference in New York City Kansas City, Mo. ⎯ On Wednesday, Sept. 19, during the 2018 BTA National Conference held at the Stewart Hotel in New York City, New York, Business Technology Association National President John Eckstrom announced and presented...
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NETGEAR Insight Pro Rated Best Network Management Solution for Managed Service Providers and Multi-Location Small Businesses
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTGR) the leading provider of networking products that power today’s small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has released findings by Tolly Group that have concluded through extensive testing of network management solutions that NETGEAR Insight Pro provides the best deployment architecture for small multi-location businesses. Many businesses today are structured to have regional offices, which oversee activities at...
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Kyocera announces strategic partnership with Leapfrog 3D Printers
Leapfrog 3D Printer’s flagship machine, the Bolt Pro , will be exclusively distributed in Australia and New Zealand after the company announced its partnership with Kyocera Document Solutions Pty Ltd . Kyocera is a leader in delivering 2D printing products and multifunction devices into the Australia and New Zealand markets, having established an office in Sydney back in 1989. It is now looking to harness its wealth of contacts in the region to provide FDM 3D printing technology in the shape...
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Carolina Wholesale Group Announces the combination of Arlington Industries, Carolina Wholesale, and Digitek into one new and improved ARLINGTON
Carolina Wholesale Group Announces the combination of Arlington Industries, Carolina Wholesale, and Digitek into one new and improved ARLINGTON The new unified Arlington brings with it over 100 years of industry wholesale experience. Charlotte, North Carolina, November 12, 2018 ‐ Carolina Wholesale Group (‘WG’, the parent company of Arlington Industries, Carolina Wholesale Office Machines, and Digitek announced today that effective January 1, 2019 they will be combining all three...
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Giacom Partners With Storetec to Launch a Tailor-made Document Management Solution - Exclusive to the UK CSP Reseller Market
HESSLE, England , October 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Giacom announced today that it has partnered with Storetec - an award-winning market leader in scanning, storage and document management solutions - to bring a tailor-made cloud service to its reseller-only channel. Newly launched in the Giacom Cloud Market, Document Management by Storetec enables resellers to store all their customers' scanned paper, text and image-based documents in a fully secure, GDPR-compliant database. With two thirds...
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Mutoh America, Inc. Appoints Staci Gann as Central/North East Sales Manager
PHOENIX - July 13, 2018 - Mutoh America, Inc., a leading manufacturer of wide-format printers, welcomes new hire Staci Gann as Mutoh America, Inc.'s regional sales manager for their central and north east territories. Gann's vast experience of multi-layer sales channel management and customer service makes her the perfect fit for the position. Working under the guidance of the director of sales and marketing, David Conrad, Gann's main responsibilities will be growing sales and brand...
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How long is it taking to get your equipment
One of our offices has taken on Sharp. We are very pleased with them as an organization and their support is fantastic. My only thing bad to say is them using a distributor like tech data for equipment. I'd rather have teeth pulled than have to deal with Tech Data, even though after I voiced my displeasure, they have gotten better the last week or two. How long are most of you waiting on equipment to get to your office after ordering? We ordered a Skywell for a customer almost 10 days ago.
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Contex Celebrates Milestone at Esri User Conference
Attendees Rave Over HD Ultra X 6000; Pre-Orders Exceed Expectations by 50% Contex , the world leader in large format scanning, celebrated a milestone at the recent Esri user conference where the company premiered the HD Ultra X 6000 . Attendees raved over the advanced design and state of the art technology of the 60-inch CCD scanner, the market’s widest, fastest and most productive device available. Contex reports that pre-orders for the HD Ultra X 6000 has exceeded expectations by double.
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Support BTA & Please Cast Your Ballots!!!
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Contex HD Ultra X 6000 Pre-Order Promotion Expires Soon
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Turnspire Capital Partners Makes Strategic Investment In LMI Solutions
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Whitebird is Soaring to the Forefront of Innovation with an EFI Nozomi C18000
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in September 2003
I took the time to re-read and correct some of the grammar and spelling issues that plagued me from many years ago. I'm a copier sales person and not an English major. Please excuse typo's or grammar. Anyway, I must have wrote this after the Ricoh purchase of Ikon and the title "MFP Wars". After the re-read, I realized that we're still fighting the MFP Wars, whether it's the low cost per pages that are low balled or the continuing battle of A3 vs A4. Somethings never change. Enjoy the...