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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The First Week in January 2004
Some of these devices sure do bring back some memories. interesting news with Ikon, and I remember the DiALTA Color CF5001 very well! Enjoy these threads from 15 years ago this week! Konica Minolta Unveils DiALTA Color CF5001 1/6/049:19 AM Konica Minolta Unveils DiALTA Color CF5001 Konica Minolta Business Solutions U .S.A. Inc. has introduced a 50-page-per-minute (ppm) color printer /copier/scanner, the Minolta DiALTA Color CF5001, designed specifically for environments with high volume...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago, The Third Week in January 2014
Enjoy the threads from 5 years a go this week! Topic Five Vendors Earn Winter 2014 BLI “Picks” in the A3 Color Category Art Post · 1/23/145:35 PM buyers. Konica Minolta Business Solutions, U .S.A., Inc. Konica Minolta bizhub C 364e Outstanding 31- to 40-ppm A3 Color MFP Konica Minolta bizhub C 454e Outstanding 41- to 50-ppm A3 Color MFP KYOCERA Document Solutions America, Inc. KYOCERA TASKalfa 5551ci (Also sold under the Copystar brand) Outstanding 51- to 60-ppm A3 Color MFP Ricoh Americas...
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Wide Format Technology Update -The New Canon TM Series Wide Format Technical Series
Wide Format Technology Update -The New Canon TM Series Wide Format Technical Series Having just completed one of our most successful quarters ever, I can confidently say that one of the main reasons for our sales success in Q4 was the new Canon TM Series printers and MFP systems. This series was introduced by Canon to replace the very successful 78x series which had anchored the Canon iPF wide format line for the last number of years. The 78x series was overdue to be replaced and the...
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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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A Few Copier Vignettes from the Late Eighties & Nineties
The picture in the header showed our demo room back in either 1989 or 1990, might have even been 1991. As you can see by the photo Atlantic Office Systems (the first one in NJ) was Authorized for Adler Royal, Brother, and Tele VaxaFax (facsimile). Sometime later Adler Royal was purchased by Mita and the Adler Royal brand was changed to Copystar. I thoroughly hated the name Copystar because there was no brand recognition, at least with Adler Royal, our clients knew about Royal typewriters. We...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago for the Last Week in April of 2015
Below are some of the threads that were popular 5 years ago this week. One thread that's great for newbies is State of the "Art" Sales Technology. Enjoy these awesome threads from 5 years ago today! Multiple Copier Pricing Spreadsheet Art Post · 4/30/1511:12 PM Topic Fuji Xerox and Ricoh for the the Provision of Print and Imaging as-a-Service PlaaS Art Post · 4/30/1510:13 PM an option of two (2) one year extensions. The combined purchasing power of the Queensland Government has enabled the...
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How to Generate Excellent Content without Really Trying!
I've been writing original content for the past 6 years or so, maybe even longer. One of my courses in High School was creative writing, though I never did well in English, I've always enjoyed the chance to put thoughts on paper and...
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Twelve Days of Selling "Day 5"
Day Five saw me running on empty, for some reason I could not get to sleep until 2AM!!! My first appointment was at 9AM in Red Bank, and I made it on time!! The appointment was with a net new customer, did my regular...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Fourth Week of January 2005
There was not much happening in the news 10 years ago this week. I thought I would do my own flash back for January of 2005. I don't keep notes but with having data on the threads from the forums from 10 years ago, the threads do spark the...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of May 2004
Randy Johnson pitches the 17th perfect game in Major League Baseball history in a 2-0 win by the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Atlanta Braves . Kyocera Mita America Calls 5/24/04 7:50 PM ...
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New RICOH Pro L4130_L4160 Sneak Peek
I've been waiting for this product for quite some time. Just today I saw the system appear on Ricoh USA web site. I'm super excited about having the chance to sell and support the new Ricoh Pro L4130/4160, however, I'll be the first...
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My Top Ten Copy Machines of All Time #2
The BETA, the ZOOM, "From the Mind of Minolta, Tony Randall, bayonet toner load, re-cycled toner and one tenth of 1% was the bomb! I'm not sure when the Minolta Beta 450Z was officially released, something is telling me circa 1985. By 1986 I...
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Ten Reasons Why I'm Still Enamored With the Copier Industry!
The clock continues to tick, most in the office will hear my rants as the month and or quarter winds to a close. I can be heard mumbling, "why do people just not call you back anymore", or "if you don't want to talk to me, just send me an email,...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The First Week of June 2006
Jason, this right be right up your alley! Even though it's ten years old there's a thread about Reynolds & Reynolds. I recently had to take my car in for service. I was astonished that the dealer was using yellow card stock for the first order ticket and when the service was complete, there were an additional, four sheets of paper generated, yup that's a total of five pages for every repair! Ricoh Forms New Worldwide Division Dedicated 6/7/06 7:59 PM Ricoh Forms New Worldwide Division...
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What does the future hold for the likes of Ricoh, Canon, and KonicaMinolta?
What does the future hold for the likes of Ricoh, Canon, and KonicaMinolta? Managed IT Services, 3D Printing, Medical Devices, Managed Services, Production Print Devices? Let's take a trip back to 1986 in the office equipment industry. That was the year I started my own copier business here in NJ. Copy machines had one single function, and that was to make a copy of an original. Those older devices were very mechanical, very heavy and service techs had to have excellent mechanical skills to...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Second Week of August 2007)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Before the baseball winds up on eBay, before we make up our minds what the new record means (if we can) and before Pedro Gomez is assigned to follow around Alex Rodriguez, let's pause for a few words from the former home run king. "I would like to offer my congratulations to Barry Bonds on becoming baseball's career home run leader," Hank Aaron said in a video message played on the AT&T Park scoreboard after Bonds hit his 756th home run. "It is a great accomplishment...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Last Week of October 2007)
As Friday came to close, there were only two (sales) of us left in the office by the time 4:30PM rolled around. Why were we in the office at 4:30PM on a Friday? That's easy, our month ends on Monday and we're still trying to get move shit forward. As we were packing up, the topic of demonstrations came up somehow. There we were reminiscing about how awesome it was to do demonstrations. The planning, the preparation, and of course the sizzle. I'll admit it, I could present excellent...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Last Week of October 2009)
There's a really awesome topic from ten years ago titled " Is selling at cost the future for print hardware?". I went back and read it several times, and realized that 2009 was the start of the great recession. Somehow we survived, but recently I've heard some grumblings in the AEC industry and they are not good Enjoy these awesome threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Industry Notes from 10/25/09 Neal · 10/26/093:34 PM - network based authorization, authentication and accounting -...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (First Week of December 2014)
A few years ago I was digging through some of my parents stuff that saved after they both had passed. I found a pamphlet was printing in 1941 and was titled "800 Ways to Save and Serve", which was designed to help Americans with the World War II effort. I re-posted these on the site and the first one was titled "Pamper the Sweet Tooth in Wartime". Having never lived through rationing (except for gas), I found these articles to be interesting in the lives of the Americans during WW2. Check...
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Color Label Press University "Glossary of Terms" Part Thirteen, Course One
I've used the hashtag of #followprintmigration for sometime now. I don't have any facts or statements, I just know what I see. Last weekend the wife and I spent a few days in Wildwood, NJ for a much needed getaway. The main purpose of the trip was to attend the North America Sea Glass festival. Many artists from the east coast were to there to display and sell their creations. So what did I notice? Branding, branding and more branding from the artists with their creations. I noticed three...
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Color Label Press University "Glossary of Terms" Part Seven, Course One
If you're a follower of this site, then you know that I'm a huge fan of Label Presses. They have sizzle, they have great margins and it's a great ROI sell to companies that are currently out-sourcing their labels. About six months ago I took the time to draw up a business plan to set up a Label Press division in the dealership that I work for. Dedicated reps just focused on that one product means that you could have a team ramped up in just 90 days. Think back to when a copier dealership...
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A Few Reasons Why Copiers and Dust Don't Get Along
Tell me if I'm going crazy, but are you finding it harder and harder to maintain decent margins or GP? Seems like every office equipment dealer now has special comp plan for attracting net new business. It's the sales war that we really don't talk about, but each one of us knows that there's someone out there that's willing drop to get that net new client. I could go off on a tangent about plans to keep existing clients, but that's a blog I'll save for another day. How does one find a client...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Third Week of March 2008
One of the threads below references e-copy software. I loved that software! Used it everyday and it was so easy to train users on how to work the software. Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week. Weekend Copier Notes from 3/14/08 Neal · 3/16/087:44 PM 5000 which has 20” wide paper path, runs at 500 feet per minute, and sells for $5,000,000.00 (IBM InfoPrint 5000 and Xerox 980 sells for $3,000,000.00 each) - Kodak claims to have sold 500,000 desktop color inkjet printers in 2007.
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Carolina Wholesale, the Eighties, Nineties and Today
I’m digging into the memory banks for this. From 1986-1998 I was the Founder of Atlantic Office Systems in New Jersey. In the beginning Atlantic Office Systems was not an Authorized Dealer for any manufacturer. Atlantic Office Systems rose from the ashes of Copy Machine Specialists (Authorized Minolta copier dealer in central New Jersey) after they closed their doors in early 1986. I still remember the end quite clearly. There was not enough cash to make payroll for everyone, and as we...
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Color Label Press University "Glossary of Terms" Part Eight, Course One
Here's a short story for all. About a month ago my wife asked me to go shopping with her because of a recent snow storm here in the East. I don't like food shopping, but at times I do need to do my part. My wife took me to some new fangled market, and I must admit I was floored with the quality and selection of the foods that were offered. However what intrigued me the most is that 25% of all the products for sale had a custom color label. There were hundreds if not a thousand of these...
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This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago, The First Week of February 2008
Really, has it been only ten years since our MFP's incorporated color scanning? Seems like we've had it forever. One of the threads from this post tells about the Ricoh MP4000 which came with standard color scanning. For me 2008 marks the start of the Great Recession here in the US. Most of my business at that time was in the AEC market. Thinking back, I lost almost 40% of my accounts to the Great Recession, some just closed up shop, while others went out of business. Far as I'm concerned I...
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Color Label Press University "Glossary of Terms" Part Five, Course One
I had a few minutes before I had to get to three appointments on Thursday of last week. Thus, I thought I would visit our Ricoh MP 3601SP demonstrator unit in our showroom (yes, we still have one of those). I was curious how many labels did Ricoh adhere to the MP 3601SP. I was shocked! If you have a Ricoh MP 3601SP, here's a little bit of homework for you. Check all of the outside covers, then the toner hopped and then the roll feeder. Let us know how many labels you find (color or just...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in May 2008
It's been ten years since Ricoh introduced the W7140 and W8140, couldn't believe that when I saw this in one of the threads below. One of the threads was also about the Ricoh 760 scanner. What a difference ten years makes. Ricoh no longer offers scanners and in the US they only offer one Ricoh manufactured digital duplicator. Ah, times do change! IKON Introduces New Printer Line 5/14/087:31 PM www.ikon.com . About IKON IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (www.ikon.com) is the world's largest...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Third Week of January 2003)
Pretty cool that this post will be the third installment of our Week in the Copier Industry 15 years ago this week. Looking back many of us new nothing about networks, nothing about networked printers and scanners. This site enables many copier sales people to lean on others and to share information that helped us compete. Many of these founding P4P'ers are still members today. I'd like thank them for all that they did over the years. 2002 Better Buys for Business HV 1/18/034:29 PM for 2002...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of August 2009)
What Kind of day was it today? Ah, it was a great day to sell something! Although today I had no orders. But I was able to attend the Stratix Quarterly Dinner last night somewhere in the boonies of PA. Enjoy these awesome threads from ten years ago this week! Topic Ricoh: Getting Ready to Rumble 8/1/099:39 AM By NEIL A. MARTIN | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR Ricoh isn't letting this slump get the better of it. Instead, the world's No. 1 copier maker is fine-tuning its business to emerge stronger...
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Color Label Press University "Glossary of Terms" Part Eleven, Course One
Living and working in New Jersey is no easy task. I've been doing that for the past 39 years in the same territory, some have said "who has it better than me?". Well not me, even at the ripe old age of sixty-two I'm always looking for ways to increase my sales or knowledge of print. What's really excited me the last couple of years is the huge opportunity that's out there for color label presses. At a recent food market, I noticed that every container of prepared food was accompanied by a...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (First Week of May 2003)
Have you been in the copier industry for more than 15 years? If so, you might remember some of these press releases and threads about your favorite copiers. Enjoy these threads from 15 years ago this week! Ricoh posts record profit but sees growth slowing 5/6/036:17 PM . Canon stock, though, is up nearly six percent and the company recently overtook Sony Corp (Tokyo:6758.T - News) to boast the highest stock market value of any Japanese manufacturer outside the auto sector. Ricoh recently...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago for the First Week of June 2010
It's late Friday night. I had a decent week for short week. In 30 days we'll be halfway through 2020. Continued prospecting in during the summer will fill the pipeline for the 3rd and 4th quarters. It's time to grind! Enjoy these awesome threads from ten years ago this week! Konica Minolta releases bizhub 423 series GUEST · 6/2/107:42 PM color scan-to email, FTP server , SMB, USB or TWAIN scanning to PCs as well as security features such as HDD encryption, HDD job overwrite and network...
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The Week in Copiers 15 Years Ago
You may have noticed I've changed the titles of these blog this week. The slug was too long for Google thus the above will be the new format moving forward. Enjoy these great threads from 15 years ago, better times indeed The Week in Copiers 15Years Ago RICOH INTRODUCES IS760/IS760D IMAGE SCANNER Guest · 6/8/055:04 PM , management and output of documents. Ricoh’s line of document management devices include, color and black & white digital imaging systems, facsimile products, printers,...
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The Week in Copiers 15 Years Ago This Week
For me 15 years ago was the start of the Golden Age of Color Copiers. Almost everyone wanted one and the talk track was more about how people retain information better when the content is presented on color. It was also kind of easy betting up on those old, slow and expensive color laser printers. My what a run it was. Enjoy these threads from 15 years ago this week: BLI Announces Its Spring 2005 "Picks" For Guest · 6/22/056:41 PM the award. For those who don't require duplexing, the Sharp...
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The Week in Copiers 5 Years Ago This Week
Side-by-side comparisons, does anyone make their own any more in the copier industry? Enjoy these great threads from 5 years ago this week! Canon U.S.A. Ranked #1 in Total A3 and Monochrome Copier, Monochrome Printer Segment 6 in Gartner Market Share Report ART POST · 6/25/1511:26 PM on Twitter @CanonUSA. +Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office. All referenced product names, and other marks, are trademarks of their respective owners. 1 Gartner,...
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The Week in Copiers 5 Years Ago This Week
The Week in Copier Last Week of June 2015 It is vacation week for me for my day job, however there's no vacation for the Print4Pay Hotel work. My daily blog on working remote will be put on hold until I return. Who knows maybe something will break during the week that I'll be able to write about. Even though I'm on vacation we know we're never really on vacation anymore. Enjoy these awesome threads from 15 years ago this week! Canon U.S.A. Ranked #1 in Total A3 and Monochrome Copier,...
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The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago the first week in October I wasn't even aware of the factoid from our site. We have more than ten years of copier proposals and quotes stored on the site. Maybe one day I'll have the time to research the data and cost per page and hardware prices and post the results. Enjoy these threads from 10 years ago this week Konica Minolta Earns Three Prestigious Marketing Research Consultants (MRC) Awards Guest · 10/3/1010:36 PM ), reserve a spot at the Konica...
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The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago Third Week of October 2015 It's Sunday afternoon somewhere around 3PM in New Jersey. Within the hour I'll be back to work trying to figure out a plan for the last week of the month. Enjoy these great copier threads from 5 years ago this week! 3D and wide format colour printing to be showcased at Konica Minolta’s The Future of Design Seminar Art Post · 10/22/1510:20 PM the new innovations can help them turn their ideas into profitable projects. The Future of...
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The Week in Copiers Ten Years
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago 3rd Week in November Some may ask how will our industry grow after COVID19? There's some naysayers proclaiming that our industry is doomed and it will never be like it was. Personally I think the pandemic has allowed us to reset and rethink our industry. I believe the next 5 years will be the best we've had in 10 years. TOPIC Konica Minolta Introduces the magicolor 3730DN Color Printer ART POST (GUEST) · 11/20/1011:28 AM the magicolor 3730DN is lower than...
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The Distractions of HP’s Subscriptions
Last week, I heard someone suggest that because HP is supposedly approaching 10 million print subscriptions, this validates that the SMB marketplace is ready to explode in the acceptance of managed print services. To this nonsense, I say, Delusional Prognosis. Let’s explore the reality. HP’s subscriptions are a direct to consumer business model. A model that relies on a pull-economy process. A process to sell sub $200.00 print devices and then sell a monthly subscription ink payment plan...
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The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago The Last Week of March 2011 There are times when I read some of these threads from 5, 10 and 15 years ago. Often these threads will jog my memory of days gone by and in other ways these threads will bring back memories of things that I did to remain successful in this industry for forty-one years. We all seem to get so caught up in our day to day activities that we sometimes forget the basics that got us to where we are today. Enjoy These Awesome Copier...
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The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago First week of May 2016 May is off to a slow start couple that with a so so April and it has me a little bit concerned moving into a post pandemic world. The first two months of the year was a record breaker but at least here in NJ have been interesting to say the least. Enjoy These Awesome Copier Threads from 5 Years Ago This Week Top Twenty Old Copier Manufacturers that FADED Away! Art Post · 5/3/1611:29 PM five market share leaders were Canon 29.1%, Sharp...
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The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago Last Week of May 2006 Another day of rain, wind and temps in the fifties. There's a chance it may all clear out for tomorrow. Enjoy Your Weekend! Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 15 years ago Re: Death of the Copier Salesperson Solutions Guru (Guest) · 5/24/0612:11 PM buying cycle that it yields the same result- limited or no competition. So you ask- "How do I, regardless of tenure and current account base- has a deadly success rate with bringing...
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The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago First Week of June 2006 Just eight business days before I end the halfway point for fiscal 2021. So far June is a struggle for me with many clients either stalled or ghosting. I realize the only way to over come the stalled ans ghosted opportunities is to go out and find more opportunities. Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 15 years ago this week! Savin 2824 mikefio22 (Guest) · 6/1/064:24 PM I have recently installed a 2824 with a booklet finisher...
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This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago First Week of August The run of the slump is still continuing, but there has been some light that I can see from the end of the tunnel. Next week should see a some action with some opportunities finally moving to the order side. Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 5 years ago this week! Ricoh named a global market leader in Managed Print Services by Quocirca for fifth consecutive year Art Post · 8/2/1610:23 PM TOKYO, August 1, 2016 - Ricoh...
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This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago Second Year of September 2011 Pretty much now time to play catch up on the world! Still need to finish September in the hunt for the end of the year. Enjoy these Awesome Copier Threads from Ten Years Ago! Lasers sharp against printer sales decline Art Post (Guest) · 9/8/115:04 PM Lasers sharp against printer sales decline All-in-one and other laser printer sales up as overall printer volumes fall By Fleur Doidge UK printer sales slid 15 per cent...
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Better Call Art "Neat Lease Rate Tip & Proposal Tip"
Sometimes a client will be very RED and that client will want the monthly leaser price for 36 or 60 months. My tip allows you to quote in seconds with out using a calculator. Also a nice little tip about add something extra to your proposal that sets you apart from the others!
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Nice seeing you back to work. Excellent reminders about how we can differentiate ourselves from others and offering skills. stay safe
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This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago First Week of October 2011 One of the items I do with Linkedin on most days is to find an interesting thread from another person/company. Once I find that thread I then read the thread an not just the headline. My goal is to share that thread with my peep but to also insert a comment in the share that makes the share my own twist on what was posted. Enjoy These Copier Threads from Ten Years Ago This Week! Notable Solutions, Inc. Announces Major...