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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week of March 2008

 

Ah, 2008 and not one of my favorites years.  The economy was tanking.  Clients that were at the end of the lease were opting to buy the equipment instead of upgrading. Credit became really tight, especially for start ups, and many companies were closing, declaring bankruptcy or one day they were open and the next day they were not. Some say that the economy really didn't rebound until 2015.  Any way you slice it, it was a horrendous seven years.  Looking back, I would also tend to think that the great decline in pages started back in 08.



Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Re: Ricoh c3000 manual input of fax number.

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I tried that, wouldn't work. I didn't even realize that this was happening until I was showing the customer how to use the machine after I installed it. It won't let you input a number manually on the main fax screen. You have to select "Manual Input" under the fax # window. Another window pops up and only then can you enter the number. After you press "Start" the window pops back up for you to enter it a second time. Then you press "Start" again and it will finally dial. It's really weird...
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Re: Ricoh c3000 manual input of fax number.

You may have to dig deep into the parameter settings and see what is turned on and off. I'll bet it is a parameter setting that is making it do this.
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Re: Ricoh c3000 manual input of fax number.

Weird indeed. There is a bit switch setting to force all settings back to factory default. I think I would perform this. Print out a system parameter list first.
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Re: MP1100 issues

Had the exact same error on a new DSm775 and it took forever and almost the account to fix it. I believe it was the DF board. The problem would only occur when more than one original was being run from the ADF. Off the glass or one DF original and it would run all day. I flashed the NVRAM, reseated all the RAM (4) to no avail. Then I replaced the DF Board and the data (not the CIS) harness and it works! I cant be sure which one was at fault, I burned both of the parts in a ritual ceremony.
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Re: Ricoh c3000 manual input of fax number.

We tried doing a ram clear on the fax option but it did not make any change in the manual dial procedure. What it did do was clear all the user parameters for the fax unit back to default which changed the setting so that the machine prints a fax report after every successful transmission. The customer does not want this. When I went into user tools for fax and tried to print off user parameters the machine will not let me, it displays that I dont have permissions to do so. Even if I try to...
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Re: Ricoh c3000 manual input of fax number.

no experience here removing the DOSS, I say remove it and see what happens or see if anyone else has any ideas, wish I could help you further.
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Re: MP1100 issues

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Well, we solved the problem. There was a bulletin out on this issue. The toner supply tube was kinked and toner wasn't getting to the hopper. Supposedly a manufacturing problem. Moved the tube/hose and service guys did a couple of other things and poof, everythings works great. I won't go into how I managed to break the staple unit, thats another story. Thanks for the help. John
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Re: Ricoh c3000 manual input of fax number.

Me too. Remove DOSS, physically and in user tools. See if you can then set the machine as usual.
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Re: MP1100 issues

any chance, I can get a copy o that bulletin?
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Re: 2400 not printing

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Problem went away after I upped the RAM from 512 MB to 1.2 GB on the external controller, and defragged the HDD. Still concerned that jobs in the Plot Base queue printed only after restarting the copier, before the upgrade. I don't see any connection. I'll post any significant observations. Greg
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Re: Gas Price Check

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it hit $3.53 per gallon of regular in Northern Indiana this morning....guess it's time to talk to the boss about my expense allowance.
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Re: Gas Price Check

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Good Luck...Keep in mind that it hits him just as much if not more He may say he can't afford to pay you what he's been paying you.
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Re: Gas Price Check

Agreed, it hits everyone hard, my expenses have stayed the same for six years along with the company raisinf labor rates to cover fuel.
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Re: KonicaMinolta 920

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Art, Are these pricings from a dealer or KMBS
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Re: KonicaMinolta 920

Neal, Not sure, just pricing that I read from another source.
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Re: Ricoh Aficio MP 161 and Duplex Prinitng

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What in the world is a " foomatic-rip bug ", and where did you get this from?
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Re: Ricoh Aficio MP 161 and Duplex Prinitng

Foomatic-RIP is an internal component of the Foomatic runtime printing system. Note from Art: I just reposted this from a site I found on the web, will share with all http://forums.linux-foundation.org/read.php?30,4903
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Re: KonicaMinolta 920

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This must be a special contract. Art, do you know what type of client (ie., government, school, print-for-pay, etc....)
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Re: KonicaMinolta 920

p4p
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Re: Edge to Edge printing problem

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Thanks for the help Art and Wyzguynyuk. We changed the driver to an HP4100 and it worked just fine. Much appreciated!
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Re: Edge to Edge printing problem

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Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then....glad we could help!
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Re: JP 3000/E-OO

Can anyone help with this?
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Re: Ricoh Catalog on your company website

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Some of you might remember that awhile back, I asked everyone how they went about getting a Ricoh Product Catalog of some kind on their website. The only answers I got were “link to the www.ricoh-usa.com site” or “Structured Web.” Neither answer was acceptable to me. We had done the Structured Web approach and the catalog was never anything close to current. The ricoh-usa link also linked our customers/prospects to every Ricoh competitor in our territory when they clicked on the “Sales and...
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Re: Postscript for MP C3000

try greater philadelphia equiptment in Morrisville, PA
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Would you like to have Ricoh's products on your website?

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Some of you might remember that awhile back, I asked everyone how they went about getting a Ricoh Product Catalog of some kind on their website. The only answers I got were “link to the www.ricoh-usa.com site” or “Structured...
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JP 3000/E-OO

HAVE JP 3000 WITH E-OO. REPLACED THE MOTOR, REPAIR THE MPU BOARD. CAN CHANGE THE CONNECTION FOR THE CLAMPER OPEN AND CLOSE SENSORS, AND IT WILL CYCLE UP, BUT WHEN YOU GO TO MAKE A MASTER THE E-OO WILL POP UP. CHANGE THE CONNECTION BACK AND A E-OO...
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vacation!!!!

yipee, I'll be in fort myers from 13th to 20th and will try not to log in, see you all when I return.
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MP1100 issues

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Group,We have an MP1100 on trial with an opportunity for a big multi unit deal. Other than a few occasional jams, the machine has perfomed very well. There is one issue however.We keep getting an error that originally happened a few times and now is...
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Ricoh Product Catalog on your website

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Some of you might remember that awhile back, I asked everyone how they went about getting a Ricoh Product Catalog of some kind on their website. The only answers I got were “link to the www.ricoh-usa.com site” or “Structured...
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Weekend Copier Notes from 3/7/08

WEEKEND MFP INDUSTRY NOTES3-9-08The following is a quick review of copier/MFP industry news from industry publications.- Canon announced that Gartner Dataquest concluded that more Canon copiers were sold in the U.S. in 2007 than any other brand. This...
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Man's Best Friend!

>> Man's best friend. >> >> A dog is truly a man's best friend. >> >> If you don't believe it, just try this experiment. >> >> Put your dog and your wife in the trunk of the car for an hour. >> >>...
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2400 not printing

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From an end user:"In PLOTBASE The "X" is unchecked. It's was always on auto, and the 4 windows were always open as well. The program cues everything fine, and the plotter seems to be receiving data, it just doesn't plot. Last night, after I had...
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Image processing/Document Management software sales

This opportunity is to sell nationwide to other resellers (copier distributors and system integrators) the best document processing and DMS software in the marketplace. It is focused on SMB (where the real action is)It provides the highest margins for...
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