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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: 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: Around the World w/Ricoh #3
Saints Crash at the Ricoh Coventry 2 Southampton 1 The Ricoh Arena 20/02/07 Attendance: 17194 Report Less-than-Subtle Coventry Dash Automatic Promotion Hopes Southampton`s playoff status was thrown into real doubt for the first time since their mid-October after 'new manager syndrome` seemed to affect most performances at the Ricoh arena. Instead of relentlessly and clinically building on Saturday`s victory over Barnsley, Southampton last night capitulated to a 2-1 loss and perhaps more...
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Re: We're Sorry.......To all my Canadian P4P'ers!
I was making phone calls right before the game started and had gatekeepers and DM's literally telling me to call back in 2 hours.
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Re: HP Agrees to Acquire Samsung Printer Business for $1.05 Billion
Here's something I picked up on alerts tonight: HP Inc. CEO Dion Weisler started Monday with a bang. His company, a giant in personal computer and printing, said it would buy Samsung’s printer business for $1.05 billion. Weisler’s hope is that the deal would help HP hpq better compete in the copy machine market and help offset declining sales of printers. HP said Samsung’s printing business brought in $1.8 billion in sales for its fiscal 2015. This number is just a fraction of HP’s overall...
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Re: Konica Minolta Flat Rate Program
hey Justin Thank you for posting! Yes, I agree it's a game changer.
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Re: Six Reasons Why Copiers Leases Can Cost You More Than You Signed For
I received the below message via email yesterday. It's from Kevin Clune (President of Clune & Company LLC). I've known Kevin for years and appreciate his insight with leasing. Art, we haven’t talked in years but I still follow p4p. I liked your article about copier leasing but I thought I’d show you the attached marketing piece which shines a spotlight on some of the leasing industry’s most effective/injurious revenue enhancers. It’s a constantly evolving landscape as our industry is...
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Re: Copier Sales Reps, Presidents Club & The Grind
Well said Art, spoken like a true Jedi-Master. Do or not Do, there is no try ! Congrats on 36 years of selling copiers. I think ! LOL. I don't know whether to feel good or bad for you. There must be something wrong with all of us to stay in this crazy game that long. Keep the articles coming.
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Re: Copier Sales Reps, Presidents Club & The Grind
TY, Jackson. Feel good for me, because I'm a guru and I still love what I'm doing!!
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Re: New Samsung A4 Color MFP Brochure
Quite frankly I soured on them a bit too for the same reasons you mention. At first glance this machine fills a nitch that I don't have an answer to with my primary product line. Hanging in there hoping the HP takeover is a game changer and opens many doors doors. As for the current equipment I am not a fan. Keeping the Samsung name on the equipment moving forward is a mistake. The sooner they make us HP dealers and put HP on the front of the machines the better.
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Re: Google Cloud Print
If you work with any school district this is huge. I have a school district client that has abandoned PCs in favor of tablets, chrome books and chrome boxes for the teaches classrooms and students. They run Google Apps For Education on about 400 devices. Printing is all done through Google Chrome. The benefits for a school district to do this are amazing. Unfortunately Ricoh was a little late to the game on this one.
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Re: Konica Minolta Promises Unrivalled Productivity With the Launch of bizhub PRESS C1100 / C1085
These two units have launched in Canada and I suspect USA. I have attached the Spec sheet and Brochure.
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Re: Canon Business Systems Pulling a Ricoh
I am dealing with this right now, my DBM is looking into it but I'm skeptical having lost two previous accounts to Ricoh Direct. One was a school district we had seven mfp's in Ricoh had one billable obsolete AF 650 so "technically" we weren't the incumbent. Ricoh has a lot of ways to get around their rules. Ricoh "says" the dealer cost is the same as direct but we see them sell at our cost all the time. Originally Posted by txeagle24: We've had issues with Ricoh finding (or try really hard...
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Re: Canon Business Systems Pulling a Ricoh
This has been a great thread so far! We're a mid size dealer in central pa and have most of the directs knocking around in our area. TABS, KMBS, RBS, CSA, Xerox and now Global just bought a small dealership. In addition we have quite a few other Indy dealers like us. I whole heartedly agree with what some one said before about selling the value of your company, service and the relationships. I've also told customers point blank I cannot compete with the directs price so if that's all that...
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Re: Canon Business Systems Pulling a Ricoh
We've had issues with Ricoh finding (or try really hard to find) ways around Rules of Engagement. One example I will use is a former customer I had that had all of their local Ricoh MFP placements with me but had a few old units from Xerox locally & several Ricoh units in a different market from RBS. The customer was looking to upgrade a Ricoh machine that I had placed a few years earlier. Ricoh went in and gave them pricing that was 25% lower than I could offer, & when we brought up...
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Re: Canon Business Systems Pulling a Ricoh
Frankly in my experiences the vendor (oem) will try to obtain the business , then negotiate with the dealer if they are unsuccessful going direct. Sounds like the game plan they employ.. Suggest working those things out prior to channel conflict. Long range consequence tends to upset customer who then selects another manufacturer altogether. Best wishes to those who encounter these circumstances... Try settling before not after..
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Re: Ink Based MFP's In The Market Place
Product acceptance may be the key. Have you ever seen a business class ink product that can match the image quality of a toner machine? I know they can in the production space. If they can go head to head with toner in the business class, then you have a possible game changer. My 2 cents...
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Re: HP should Buy Xerox
I do understand where you are coming from in terms of your data that A4 MFPs are destined to displace A3 copiers at an accelerating rate. I also agree that A3 copiers vendors need to step up their game in terms of IT support and capabilities. A3 vendors still hold a couple of cards that IT centric print resellers do not have. 1). Feet on the street, experienced outside sales reps who can make 20 cold calls a day. We are in the B2B business which to some people means belly to belly 2).
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Re: Who's Afraid of the Epson WorkForce C20590 100ppm MFP?
@printguy @Art Post We have not sold a single one yet. Most people seem to have no interest in ink. I like the product. It is a Kyocera finisher. The problem with the finisher is that it slows the machine down to half speed. So ultimately someone is getting a 50ppm system, not a 100ppm if you have the finisher. Space is an issue if you have the finisher. I talk about the product to everyone but most people revert back to a toner system. I don't think this is going to be a game changer as...
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Re: Professional Sports Team Sponsorships
In the 80's and early 90's, I did some advertising with a local pro basketball team in Asbury Park. We had a banner at all of the home games, got free tickets to all of the games, and was able network with many of the other sponsors. We did this for about three years, the investment was modest, I thought the return was excellent from all of the new businesses I met. However, I made sure I was at every home game. After 3 seasons the League folded, but I did get a basketball signed by HOF Rick...
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Re: Charging for MPS Assessments and Consultation
We are just getting into the MPS game and we have only charged standard MPS fees in the past (hardware and clicks). We have not seemed to get to a place where we can charge for initial assessment or the proposal, but we are getting into where we can charge a Managed Print Services monthly fee that includes automated meters, supply management, basic automated service calls, and will really help with the change management and post management. It is our first deal structured like this, so I...
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Re: Are Your Salespeople Good Losers? Ask Cam Newton...
Love it Jason! Finding out why we lost is always good. It allows for coaching and readjusting the game plan. The hardware deal may be lost if it involves one but the opportunities to sell additional solutions still exist.
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Re: Why I'm So Past Reading Sales Blogs on Linkedin
I guess I will be the one who steps outside the box here and rock the boat a little. I'm not saying that this Blog is 100% correct but he has some good points. I am looking at my numbers from the year before...up 19% and thinking to myself what was the biggest change I made last year to get that kind of a bump. I made quite a few changes, I worked hard of course but I worked hard in 2015 too. One of the biggest changes I made that when interacting with my prospects I worked like I didn't...
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3 Things Sales Reps Need to Do To Help Smash Their Sales In 2019
To everyone in sales, you can perform much better and become more successful, if you just learn to master with consistency the basics. Vince Lombardi , the great Green Bay Packers coach, once said that football comes down to only two things: Blocking on offense and tackling on defense, and those are the basics his teams spent 80% of their time on in practice. Many analogies have been made between sales and sports. It’s often been said the one key fundamental principle in sports is to focus...
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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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How Well Are You Creating Visibility? My Journey To Outbound 2019!
Those close to me, who know the real me, know I have no problem asking for help. Asking for help is not a sign of weakness. It's an opportunity to expand your horizons. I'm simply amazed by the amount of people who simply fail to ask for help. I've made it my mission to educate, engage and excite all those inside the sales world. Sales leaders and their sales teams must stand up, unite and transform how they go to market in a world full of sales mediocrity (I'm being nice). I believe every...
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EFI Connect Highlights New Opportunities for Customers with Leading Production Workflow Offering
LAS VEGAS -- January 23, 2019 -- At the 20th edition of Connect , the annual Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq:EFII) users conference, EFI™ is helping hundreds of print and packaging professionals from around the world achieve more with new technical and business management solutions that can give them a competitive edge in operations efficiency and help drive growth with new market opportunities. The extensive range of innovations featured at the Jan. 22-25 event include enhanced...
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Sales Professionals Get To The Heart Of What Matters
Heart is greatly misunderstood. Heart is relevant in sales, culture, and in leadership yet so many get it wrong. Getting to the heart of the matter, if sales reps are unable to uncover a personal or emotional need for the prospect to make a change, then they might consider breaking off the meeting, thanking them for their time and move on to the next prospect. Yes, I know it may be harsh BUT all too often many sales reps will continue down the journey without finding what motivates the...
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ConnectWise, Continuum, and Thoma Bravo. Oh, the possibilities are becoming probable
Well, it’s not just Office Supply and Print Service Resellers who are witnessing changes which pose both opportunities, and threats to their Status Quo. When Sycamore Partners the Private equity firm who owns Staples bought the office supply wholesaler Essendant - many office products re-sellers became gravely ill knowing that their product’s wholesaler was now owned by their competitor. As the dust was settling on the Essendant deal. Staples buys DEX Imaging a mega copy/print dealer. It is...
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Canon Solutions America Customers Share Success Stories, Valuable Feedback at Media Event
MELVILLE, N.Y. - March 4, 2019 - Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., recently participated in the 2019 Canon Media & Analyst Event, held February 11-13 in Boca Raton, Florida at The Waterstone Resort & Marina. Canon Solutions America customers participated in a series of Q & A style discussions that allowed Canon Solutions America to demonstrate its wide range of services through the customer perspective. Executive leaders from Canon...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in December 2008
Enjoy these awesome threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Copier Notes from 11/30/08 Neal · 12/1/087:06 AM . to strengthen its sales network in the U .S. after losing IKON to Ricoh . - Canon announced it has sold an imagePRESS C 7000VP production color system to The Processors, a printshop in Irwindale, CA. - Kodak announced it has sold a NexPress S2500 production color system to Evergreen Printing of New Jersey. - More details on Memjet Technology, the company that promised to...
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CareWorx and Fully Managed Announce Merger to Become Managed Services Powerhouse
OTTAWA and VANCOUVER , Dec. 11, 2018 /CNW/ - CareWorx Corporation, a top-50 global managed service provider (MSP), leading ServiceNow MSP, and market leader in Senior Care today announced it has merged with Fully Managed Technology Inc., a top-5 Canadian MSP and cloud service provider. Numerous synergies exist between the organizations and their merger enables them to augment their managed services catalogue in terms of security, cloud services, and digital transformation. This also greatly...
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What Does It Mean To Sell From The Heart?
Selling From the Heart goes against everything that standard sales training teaches you. The world has changed and yet, how we sell seems to be stuck in past decades. No longer are the old-school or hard-nosed tactics working, it’s time for a change. So how do you sell in this current environment? From the heart!!! You put the needs of your clients first. You place them up on a silver business platter. You intently listen to their every word, what they need and how you can best fill it. You...
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HP Opens CES 2019 with Stunning Displays, PCs, and Security Innovations
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today at CES 2019, HP introduced a series of bold new product innovations thoughtfully designed for the changing ways people live, work, and play. HP’s latest products provide powerful new ways for customers to connect, create, and compete – including a stunning new AMOLED display on its premium Spectre x360 15; a lineup of new Elite innovations featuring the next generation of the award-winning Sure View privacy screen; and, the jaw-dropping OMEN...
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A New Era of Collaboration Powered by Canon Propels the Company Toward a Fresh Approach to Innovation
MELVILLE, N.Y. , Jan. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- A true innovator always looks to develop new ways to break the mold, which is why Canon U.S.A. , Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, will demonstrate how its technology can help empower a variety of different businesses to communicate their visions at CES ® 2019 (Booth #16206). In an effort to authenticate Canon's connections with like-minded innovators, joining Canon at the show will be returning visionary and remote camera platform...
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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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Canon 525if/615/715
I am pretty impressed with these machines. Have placed a few in the field and what a nice change from the old 400/500if. I am now looking forward to a color version. That could really be a game changer.
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Nurturing Salesmanship
Sales hiring and management are consistently among the top three challenges VAR and MSP executives face. Trouble justifying a first sales salary and commission structure, learning to let go of the reins, refining sales processes to reflect corporate culture, and managing sales efforts to standard are common refrains. These challenges are likely to be found in any sales-centric professional services organization. I’ve certainly experienced them both over the past 20 years in the publishing...
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Canon Solutions America Debuts Book Smart Suite
MELVILLE, N.Y. , Feb. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. , Inc., today announced a new end-to-end solution designed to help increase the efficiency of book printing: the Book Smart Suite, a package of proven automated workflow, press, media, and finishing solutions for book manufacturers, publishers, and commercial printers looking to expand into the digital production book market. A fully automated book production workflow Book...
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6 Reasons Why Flat Rate Service Program Will Change the Copier Industry
I remember when plain paper copiers used rolls of paper and not sheets. I remember when the glass on the copiers had to move back and forth. I remember when copiers used liquid ink (toner) to produce an image. I remember when you used a dial to set how many copies you wanted to make. Yup, it's been a pretty incredible journey to see the industry evolve over the last 38 years! Back in the early eighties their was only one plan for a copier maintenance agreement. We included "x" amount of...
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Continuously Modify
“If you are forced to change you waited too long and should have Modified along the way.” Well, everything must end or at least it gets depleted. We have all found ourselves saying. “What do you mean that doesn't exist anymore.” “Customers buy outcomes; the means to their achievement always modifies.” Today we must Constantly Modify. If you're forced to change you waited too long. The marketplace customers either of business to business or business to the consumer are modifying quickly and...
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Ricoh's augmented reality solution helps "The 25 Best Print Sales Tips Ever!" book evolve as fast as the print industry
CHICAGO , Sept. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- PRINT 18, Booth #3011 -- Ricoh USA , Inc. today announced plans to debut the Clickable Paper -enhanced "The 25 Best Print Sales Tips Ever!" book at PRINT 18 . The book provides commonsense, field-tested tips for selling print. The addition of augmented reality (AR) allows for immersive experiences such as video sales tips , archived webinars , white papers , and a free sales assessment test for sales reps and selling owners looking to up their game.
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Ricoh dominates PRINT® 18 RED HOT Technology awards
CHICAGO, Oct. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- PRINT 18, Booth #3011 -- Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced that it, along with its subsidiary Avanti Systems, has received 12 " RED HOT Technology" and two Vanguard Awards. Spanning the Digital Presses, Marketing & Multi-channel Solutions, Sales & Management Systems and Workflow Automation Solutions categories, Ricoh's winners are RICOH Supervisor, RICOH Communications Manager, Clickable Paper™ , RICOH Pro C9200 Series , RICOH Pro C7200X Series and...
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Sales Professionals: Develop The Courage To Ask YOUR Clients For Feedback!
The consummate sales professional, runs their own business. They do their best to appease their clients, satisfy their needs and keep them loyal to their brand. How can you be sure your efforts bring about the desired results? If you fail to continually find out what your clients actually think about you and your service, you'll never be able to give them the best customer experience they deserve. It's their opinions about the experience they have with you that is helpful information to use...
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New Ricoh MP C501SP "A4 or A3 or a New Hybrid MFP?"
The first time I heard about the new Ricoh MP C501SP was a pic that a Print4Pay Hotel member posted on this site. That pic came from the recent Ricoh Convergence in Las Vegas a few months ago. I took a good long look at the device that's positioned as an 50 page per minute color A4 device. My first thoughts is well, it kinda looks too big, it looks very similar to another Ricoh device, and it looks like the MP C501SP has an A3 style document feeder. Alright, its just a pic, I'll just have to...
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A Selling From The Heart Professional Is Not A Sales Settler!
I applaud DirecTV with their bold and 'direct' ads on TV. They continue to make an impact within the cable TV wars; but they've also made a substantial impact within the sales world (more in a bit). In a sales campaign from a few years ago, they play on one single phrase which showcased a frontier-era family in a suburban neighborhood stuck in antiquated ways such as a horse-and-buggy and, by the way, cable. “We’re settler's son, we settle for things,” explained the father in “Neighbors”...
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A Selling From The Heart Professional Engages With Their Network!
Highly successful sales professionals have highly valuable networks. They've developed them, nurtured them and cultivated them over many years. They invest considerable time in maintaining them. Engaging with your community of connections will help build upon your personal brand on social sites such as LinkedIn. If you build a large and smart network and never engage with conversation, it is the equivalent of compiling a massive rolodex and never reaching out to anyone. REQUIRES PEOPLE...
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A True Sales Professional Knows Their Value And How To Use It
One of the most drastic changes in selling over the past decade has been the rapid evolution in customers’ overall sophistication and knowledge (courtesy of Father Google). Many of the issues salespeople encounter comes from their short-term, transaction-oriented sales mentality. This transactional approach means they go from deal to deal and from order to order. Customers made to feel like a means to an end. A TRANSACTIONAL MINDSET A transactional sales mindset runs rampant in today's sales...
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In Partnership With ARKEOS Group, Canon, Debuts the All New Océ Colorado 1640 Printer at Its Casablanca Showroom On Thursday, July 19, 2018
CASABLANCA, Morocco--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 27, 2018--The Océ Colorado 1640 – Canon’s heralded and first 64-inch durable wide format graphic arts roll-to-roll printer, built on the revolutionary new Canon UVgel technology - is now available on the Moroccan market. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180827005155/en/ The ARKEOS Group Showroom, located at 26 rue de Lille, Casablanca, has been completely refurbished to...