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Re: 7 Deadly Topics from 7 Deadly Sinners at Top 100 Summit (Part One)
No, Art. You're spot on. I haven't had many jobs outside the industry, but the majority of the old guard is so proud of the way they've always done it & receives so much validation from other dealers with the same mentality (via BTA, CDA, SDG, et al) that they often refuse to admit the need to change until it's practically too late. There are ideas & concepts that I brought up 3-5 years ago that were considered to be "interesting but not really necessary" that we're suddenly latching...
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Re: 7 Deadly Topics from 7 Deadly Sinners at Top 100 Summit (Part One)
Originally Posted by txeagle24: I disagree that you have to own the network in order to offer seat-based billing. Before I go into why, can we (imaging industry) please stop referring to Managed Services as MNS? No one in the IT world uses this term; it's industry jargon that makes you stand out as a copier dealer 1st and an IT Services provider 2nd. Managed IT Services, Managed Services...fine. MNS needs to die. Now, here is why I disagree that you have to own the network as a client's...
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Re: Bad salespeople still exist, don't they?
Spot on Art. I love Gary Vaynerchuk's famous quote, "Legacy is greater than currency." You never know where you will be in 5 years. Walking away from every deal with your reputation and integrity intact is more important.
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Re: Panasonic's A3 Exit
I believe their copier market went south back in the 80's, the machines never ran like the other brands, You could get a machine like the old 1520 or 1300 to PM to PM but when they came out With the 1530 series and 3030 series they started down hill. What use to make me angry is their technology was state of the art. They were using transfer belts in that first 1530 in the 80's and they developed a lot of other ideas. But their weak spot, is the machines never were consistantly good. I am...
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Re: MP201
I quess that's why the system now comes with PSIII, tho enable the mail2print feature. I have questions also! Why would I need hot spot when I can have mail2print? Are there any other limitation with mail2print other than if you send multiple attachments only the first attachement would be printed and the fact that mail2print does not support hi compression pdf. I know there's the cost of the PSIII when working with the other mfp's to enable mail2print. But what's the cost to use the Hot Spot?
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Re: Dealer reseting meters??? USED as NEW!
Nice work....super sleuth! How can anyone live with themselves screwing over a church of all places. It does sound like that admin was not doing her job or there were no checks and balances. The bad part is it would be hard to prove that the meters were rolled back. But if I was in the situation I would cost justify how much those units were and be sure they were NEW if our organization wanted new. How do you not know if you buying new or used. Like you said if you sign a lease with the NEW...
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Re: Ricoh Loses another Top Exec
What I take exception with is the fact that they immediately filled the spot for Direct and left the Dealer VP open.
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Re: Cloud Poll
I believe it's an SAS model, but I could be wrong there may be something in place similar to PPDM. With the Ricoh's as long as you have the PSIII module you can forward email attachments to the device and the device will print the attachment, there are a few limitations with this. Not sure about the other cloud print except for HOT SPOT
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Re: Ricoh unveils space-saving A4 multi-functional printers for offices and workgroups
I think Ricoh waited so long to release an A4 system like this for the fear of what it will do to the A3 business. I know my Sr. Management is concerened that reps will start selling A4 systems to replace existing A3 systems and drive revenue down. The perfect spot as everyone has pointed out is in the MPS world. This product will do well to knowck out the HP, Lexmarks, etc... I wish we had it sooner.
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Re: Printing from Mac OS 10.6 and iPad
John: I do not believe the MAC PS drivers support locked print, however if you need this, a good work around is Print Audit Secure, very inexpensive, plus you can release jobs from any web enabled device such as smart phone tablet, etc..... All of the Ricohs that have a ps card can do email2print basically you're sending an email to the device and it will print the file. an't do multiples nor compressed files, this is a nice work around instead of hot spot if the only need to print one file...
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Re: Proximity Card Reader
Good job! If they are using MIFARE cards you should be good to go. Just make sure you get a sample to test. Remember just because it reads the card does not mean it will track for bill back purposes. That is where a software solution comes in. I forgot to ask what Canon model are you considering? Make sure it is an advance series. Do you have access to Canon ISG Central? They is an entire presentation on AAProx that you should definitely know the in's and out's BEFORE you meet with the GM.
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Re: Japan's Sharp Corp plans to sell its copiers and air conditioners businesses
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD. is a manufacturing company has three business segments. The Air Conditioning and Freezer segment manufactures and sells housing equipment, such as air conditioning, air purifiers and water boilers; commercial equipment, including package/spot air conditioning, water chilling units and turbo refrigerators; marine equipment, such as marine container air conditioning and ship freezers. The Chemical segment supplies fluorocarbon gases, fluorine resins, chemical products...
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Re: Leasing Company Copiers are Underwater
It wasn't that long ago that GA's home office was flooded and people were displaced...it maybe that they have a soft spot in their heart for unfortunate situations. I am sure if you look around for the news articles, it was within the past 3-5 years.
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Re: Leasing Company Copiers are Underwater
It was in summer 2008. GA press release: GA Press Release
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Re: The Worst Copier Web Sites in the World!
My vote is for the copier GUY. He's got some kahoonas. New Radio spot: "Its always summer at the copier guy! 10 year old copier? No problem! Don't let that pesky parts thing keep you from calling! I'm THE COPIER GUY!"
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Re: Erie businessman gets fed prison for copier fraud
There is a special place in hell for people who rip off churches. Have a church in my home town that was ripped off for about $20K by a copier company that had already gone out of business. The vendor wrote the church a 63 month lease with the service packed into the lease payment 3 months after the sherif had put a lock and chain on their doors. To make matters worse when the pastor of the church signed the lease he accidently signed in the wrong spot. When we got our hands on the actual...
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Re: Comcolor & Envelopes
Originally Posted by Art Post (Guest): Wee've had our Comcolor demo for almost 18 months, I have a demo for envelopes on this system. Our current system is leaving a spot of ink in the edge of the envelope, is this normal or has is there a fix for this? Please help. Art The envelope is hitting the first print head. It is probably a cyan ink spot. Make sure the envelope is flat (it can't be warped) and that you have the standard tray setting on envelope. Also have a tech install the new KG...
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Re: Konica
From: Docusultant (Original Message) Sent: 10/12/2002 10:43 AM Konica Introduces The 7135 Workgroup Document System Konica Business Technologies, Inc. (Konica), the innovation leader in digital imaging solutions and a subsidiary of Konica Corporation, today introduced the Konica 7135 Workgroup Document System. The Konica 7135 combines functionality with productivity in one of the most easy to set up and configure packages available on the market. Providing print and copy speeds of 35ppm, up...
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Re: Document Capture/Global Scan
From: Ted Sent: 3/11/2002 7:16 AM Brian, as for me 4.5 years copier sales, but 17 total in sales. Copier sales to me are the easist sales in the world. Yes you have good and bad months, but everyone in business NEEDS what we have. Not so with other sales jobs. A business cannot operate these days without printers, faxes and copiers. Lately, you can add scanning to that list. With the advent of the doc mall and e-cabinet, once you get a customer using this type of technology, they will never...
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Re: GlobalScan Training
We have a 40-system install of Global Scan and the need for training is minimal for the Ricoh reps and the end-user. Global Scan has fewer options for customizing a scanned document compared to Scanrouter Lite or Pro. Also, the options for sending are found in one spot and not broken out into several tabs. Operating GS is easy, the issues I have are with the software itself. There are at least two glitches with the software or MFP firmware that Ricoh has yet to fix. Our customer has had the...
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Re: Cloud Printing
Indeed Color1, we've got a pretty good story to tell. Hot Spot capabilities have been here for what, two years now, from Ricoh?
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Re: Cloud Printing
I currently have 5 hot spot enabled mfp's in use at one account and we have another 5 on order for them. They are extremely happy with the concept and the flexibility it has offered them. The actual units were installed in 2010 and we have added the "hot spot" option this year. The kit comes with stickers, and end user instructions on how to use. The customer seems to be very pleased with units.
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Re: Cloud Printing
Color1 What type of account has the 5 enabled mfp's and how are they using the hot spot?
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Re: Cloud Printing
NP, thanx, what type of account did you have the 5 Hot Spot enabled MFP's in and what was the main benefit for them? I'm trying to learn more also.
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Re: Cloud Printing
This is an international company, with thier home office in our territory, one of the few for our area. Their main campus is large and spread out. They have a number of employees who work from home and are not always at the office. They have a huge mobile workforce. Not that the "hot spot" has been a perfect solution, but, it has allowed them flexibilities that they didn't have before. This company is looking more toward "Cloud" functionality for a lot of their document flow. I have a...
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Re: Ricoh's Monster Garage
First my response to big R Did Art hit a tender spot? If is is the same as the 3800c we are screwed! Anything close to 10k and we have problems. -=Mike=-
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Re: Who Will Be #1 in Market Share for 2009?
Apr 22, 2009 10:03 AM In the annual Gartner U.S. copier market report for 2008, Ricoh Americas Corp. (West Caldwell, NJ) holds the number one spot for a second straight year in the combined black-and-white and color copier segment with a 21.4 percent market share. Ricoh leads the pack for the sixth consecutive year with a 22.2 percent stake in the individual color copier market. In the black-and-white copier category specifically, it came in second with a market share of 21.1 percent. These...
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Re: printing solution
I'm not sure that ecopy will do the "spot color" unless you erase/delete existing tect and then replace with your own.
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Re: printing solution
Pitney, long the leader in Mailing systems has some fast ink-jet printers designed to print addresses and USPS req'd bar codes along with limited color graphics so this could be their answer for a mailing app. I have no knowledge of a spot color device that could add to a .pdf fole tho. A more clearly described need thaty your customer has would help - if it's addresses and spot color graphics on pieces to be mailed take a look at this link: http://pitneyworks.com/g/#addressing .
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Re: Hot Spot Printers
Jason: Do you know what service companies that would handle the internet billing for these HOT spot printers?
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Re: JP 4500 Duplicator coming soon
01/14/2004 By: www.bta.org Ricoh Corp. has introduced the Ricoh Priport JP4500. A high-volume digital duplicator that provides publishing features, computer connectivity and a low cost per page, Ricoh describes the Priport JP4500 as "ideal for schools, non-profits or any businesses lookingfor high print quality at a low cost." The JP4500 is equipped with a retry paper feed mechanism. From bond and NCR paper to construction stock, the Priport JP4500 can handle sheets up to 11-inch by 17-inch...
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Re: Duplicator and sorting ideas
Amanda: What type of finishing?, do they need booklet making, more than 20 11 x 17's? Would they like to have spot color? Finishing options are available, however my first approach would be with two 90's with the finishers. You can sell the sizzle, that the systems will pretty much work unattended. They will have to fill and empty the paper, any printer would love to have the job run with out much labor involved and you can also sell the sizzle of direct print from the PC. If the finishing...
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Re: bluetooth printing
Wireless is indeed slower than a cable connection ... 802.11a up to 54Mbps, 802.11b up to 11Mbps, 802.11b+ up to 22 Mbps, 802.11g which will accept a, b, & b+ formats. But unless you are transferring REALLY REALLY BIG stuff between the wireless devices, speed should not be noticeable (or if your wireless printer or other device is located quite a distance from the wireless access point as the speed reduces the further the distance) ... remember, those are megabits (8 bits to a byte ...
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Re: DSc224
Inside the front cover of the B051/52 there is a perfect little spot for the gear. We've just been placing them inside the machine at setup, then the tool is on site for whichever tech. may be on the call. It may simple, but it has been effective in making sure they are available for use on the machine.
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Re: Ricoh DX3340 Priport
Specifications Mainframe Printing Process Fully automatic one-drum stencil system Copying Speed User adjustable: 80, 100, 130 cpm Originals Sheet/Book: Max. 11.7" x 17"; Min. 4.1" x 5.8" Paper Size Max. 10.8" x 15.6"; Min. 3.5" x 5.5" Paper Weight 12.5 lb. Bond to 110 lb. Index Print Area (max.) 8.3" x 14" (based on “LG” drum) Leading Edge Margin 5 mm +/- 3 mm Image Position Vertical: +10 mm (0.4") [from control panel] min. 0.5 mm (0.02") Horizontal: +10 mm (0.4") manual First Copy Time 33...
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Re: Pantone color Matching
More info on Pantone and Ricoh color systems Pantone Color pallettes are now available for the Aficio 3228C Aficio 3235C, Aficio 3245C, Aficio 3260C (with either the Scan/Print kit or Fiery E7000 controller),and the Aficio Color 5560 (with either the Scan/Print kit or Fiery E7000 controller).These color palettes will help users print a closer match of specific Pantone colors from supported Ricoh color devices. The enclosed Pantone Users Guide provides detailed information on importing the...
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Re: hp news!
Here's another report from LYRA that says HP will cut into market with new HP Edgeline! Lyra: HP's Edgeline To Impact Copier/Printer Market Lyra Research Alerts Copier Vendors: HP Is Coming. New Edgeline technology to lower inkjet costs, boost speed, print quality. NEWTON, MA - Lyra Research, the digital imaging authority, hosted a live Webcast called Will Edgeline Finally Give HP the Edge in the Copier Wars? on Thursday, November 16, at 2 p.m. eastern standard time (7 p.m. or 19:00 UTC).
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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: Question with full bleed 8.5 x 11 true edge to edge
As far as I know there is no option to make it print full bleed! Sharp just came out with a production unit that will due full bleed on 11x17 and I think letter. You're in a tough spot....You can always recommend the new Memjet 6030 ( I think), I saw it do full bleed and when using inkjet stock it's impressive. Any other ides?
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Re: MP C6502 & wireless print
This isn't machine-dependent but rather depends on having a connection to a wireless access point that connects to the network the printer is on. If he doesn't have access from one building to another, Hot Spot could be a good option.
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Re: Buyer Zone: Yay or Nay?
interesting, there's not even an open spot for buyer zone here in NJ.
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Re: Ricoh Adds New Color Envelope Printer
Art, When you get the chance take a look at the iQueue software that comes with this system. It is a very complete package which includes the ability to automatically recognize Spot colors, and allows you to manipulate them. This software will output to just about any device you can load a print driver for. I tested it on a Fiery driven device with excellent results.
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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: How Buyer's Habits are Changing
TXEagle, Great rant. I think you are spot on. Given the changing buying habits, we need to provide helpful, relevant content to prospects. Instead of content about our industry (they don't care) they need content that connects with the questions/problems they are facing. Then we can make the bridge to our products/services/solutions. Do you have any stories that you can share about how the buying process has changed? Originally Posted by txeagle24: I think understanding how buyer's habits...
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Re: Sharp CEO States "I believe it is my responsibilty to...)
No money means no R&D. Sharp is getting destroyed in Canada. Since Konica Minolta purchased Pitney Bowes' imaging division (Sharp's largest dealer in Canada), they've been offering customers massive incentives to flip their Sharp gear into KM bizhubs. I think there's more value in Sharp's direct channel base customer list than the actual technology. I've always found the MX series to be lacking in quality and ease of use. Prices have come down on Tier 1 products which means Tier 2...
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Re: If you make your living selling MPS
Great article from West! Those are some interesting stats. Regarding "Canon go Kaboom": Canon will always push hard for colour because they want to maintain their #1 spot in the marketplace. On the dealer side profitability is based on what the account needs. If a customer is doing 10 colour prints a month on an inkjet printer, dealers will sell a monochrome box. Corporate Canon on the other hand will push for a colour box, even though the colour volumes are not enough to make profit on the...
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Re: Riso Pros and Cons
I used to make my living here. First of all, over the last several years, we have seen a deterioration with Riso in support, inventory (especially parts) and innovation. Their attempts to reinvent themselves have not been successful. We have jumped ship and do the Ricoh PriPorts now. As far as the industry category of the Digital Duplicator is concerned, the niche is now so small that it hardly merits mention unless you feel that our industry is going the way of specialty. The niche now...
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Re: Ten plus Tips for Cold Calling in the Field
All great stuff. I'd like to add in a few more points. 1) Never use a cold call to sell, only to gather information. Receptionists and office managers are loaded with information because they are the primary users. Ask if they are having any problems with their copiers and you might be surprised with what you hear. 2) The 4 most important questions you need to answer in every cold call: What do they have? How long have they had it? Who is the decision maker? Who was their previous vendor? 3)...