The Week in Copiers 5 Years Ago This Week In 2015 First Week of August
Friday was a pretty good way to tend the week. At 7PM I received the docs for a net new order for $58K and added more than 1/2 million clicks a month! Woohoo!
Enjoy these great threads from 5 years ago this week!
Konica Minolta fosters collaboration with Cal Poly's Graphics Communications Program through donations of print engines and multi-channel marketing software
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, California Polytechnic State University. The donated products include: Konica Minolta bizhub C1100 PRESS – This is one of the flagship products among Konica Minolta's line of color digital presses. It boasts a print speed of up to 100 impressions per minute (or 6,000 per hour), a 13,890-sheet maximum paper capacity for long runs and a wide array of inline finishing options. Konica Minolta bizhub C754e – One of the company's first multifunctional products to feature the INFO-palette design
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Leader of the Pack: Xerox Tops Quocirca Managed Print Services (MPS) Market Landscape Report for Sixth Year Running
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NORWALK, Conn., Aug 03, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Xerox XRX, -0.73% has again retained the top position in worldwide managed print services (MPS), according to the latest market landscape report by analyst research group Quocirca . The 2015 rankings mark Xerox’s sixth consecutive year as the leader. Xerox helps companies optimize their printing infrastructure with MPS , and streamlines their communication andbusiness processesto grow revenue, reduce costs and operate more efficiently. Through
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Nearly 51% of enterprises plan to increase spend on managed print services
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the broadest hardware portfolio are best positioned to address the diverse printing and imaging needs of large enterprises. The market is characterised by a tightly packed group of leaders -- Xerox, HP, Ricoh, Lexmark and Canon. “Xerox is well-established within the MPS market – proven again by its sixth year leading the pack," the analyst firm adds. amp;lt;img class="wp-image-2381248 size-full" src="http://s3.firstpost.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MPS.jpg" alt="MPS" width="580" height="477" /amp
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Label Print Technologies Installs Epson SurePress Digital Label Press to Deliver High-Quality Short-Run Labels
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labels and designs that meet customer demands. We love the exactness of the print, the crispness of the image, and the color gamut on the SurePress is stunning – we've had the ability to spec in a very wide range of colors for our customers." Designed for prime label converters and commercial printers, the Epson SurePress L-4033AW is an easy-to-operate seven-color inkjet digital label press with White ink that makes high-quality, short-run label printing easier and more efficient, even on clear
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Budget Document Technology given 2015 Pro-Tech Service Award
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RAMSEY, New Jersey, and LEWISTON, Maine — Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. ( Konica Minolta ) has announced that Budget Document Technology of Lewiston has been honored with a 201 5 Pro-Tech Service Award at the Art of Disruption Dealer Conference in Los Angeles. Presented by Konica Minolta CEO, Tom Taiko, President and COO Rick Taylor and EVP, Dealer Sales, Alan Nielsen, the Pro-Tech Award recognizes those Konica Minolta dealerships that demonstrate the highest
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Sharp exits the U.S. TV business
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haven't been kind to Japanese TV makers in general; Sharp is just the latest of a string of formerly powerful companies that have decided to pull out of the U.S. market. Hitachi no longer sells TVs in this country, and the JVC brand is now controlled by Amtran , a Taiwanese company. Mitsubishi and Pioneer both stopped selling selling TVs, and early this year Toshiba pulled the plug on its U.S. TV business. Panasonic stopped selling the plasma TVs it was best known for, and many question if it
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Four Reasons Why I'm SO Excited about Print Audit Insight Dashboard!!
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After viewing the first Print Audit Insight Webinar a few months ago, I thought I would pick five existing accounts that I would approach and offer them a print analysis of their fleet. Over the last month, I identified those five accounts, and scheduled two meetings. Our first meeting was with an existingaccount that has a fleet of about 30 printers (we have the copier business but not the printers), believe it or not there is a printer on every desk! Most are aged, less than half are on the
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Ricoh Canada Inc. Completes its Acquisition of Graycon Group Inc., a Leading IT Services Firm in Western Canada
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global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo , Ricoh Group operates in about 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2015 , Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,231 billion yen (approx. 18.5 billion USD ). The majority of the company's revenue comes from products, solutions and services that improve the interaction between people and information. Ricoh also
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3D Printing in Electronics Industry Will Thrive Following the Increased Range of Applications for 3D printing Through 2019: Technavio
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Size The new Technavio report covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global 3D printing in electronics industry from 2015-2019. To calculate overall market size and vendor shares, we consider the revenue generated through sales of printers, materials, and services in the electronics end user segment. Key Information Covered in the Report: Key Vendors: Stratasys 3D Systems Arcam ExOne Market Growth Drivers: Advances in technology and manufacturing processes For a full detailed list
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Ricoh SP431DN Repositioning
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I just noticed that the 430DN and 431DN was repositioned. MSRP went down. I see these printers now selling for under $900 on the web, yet my cost is 25% higher, WTF? Anyone else seeing this?
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How I Revolutionized my Sales Results, and you can too!
.” If the executive buyer is 69% of the way through their journey before they contact a salesperson, then as sales professionals we must place and position ourselves in the world they are now living in. Adapting to social selling platforms such as LinkedIn allow sales professionals to gain the attention of the new buyer in a competitive market. Social selling is the method in which sales people identify prospects, nurture them, share relevant information and generate a sales pipeline. This
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Becoming 3D Announces New Leasing Program for 3D Printers
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direct financing options for small, mid-sized and Fortune 500 companies across the United States . They help companies succeed. A core objective is to improve the quality of life and economic vibrancy of the places where their customers, employees and investors live and work. About Becoming 3D Becoming 3D is a leading provider of 3D printing design-to-manufacturing solutions including 3D printers, print materials and supplies for both professionals and consumers.Their products and services
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Future of Mobile Printing
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or image, then print. This works with any NFC-enabled printer, not just your own. Images can also be uploaded to cloud storage by using an NFC-enabled scanner. The Future of Mobile Printing Last year, Samsung acquired PrinterOn, a pioneer in mobile cloud printing solutions, which reinforced Samsung’s mobile ecosystem and delivers enhanced solutions. Samsung is currently working with a mobile network operator in Europe to develop a cloud printing and charging solution based on the Samsung Cloud
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Many copiers needed in California
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (METRO) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will receive proposals for Request for Proposal (RFP) No. PS15534 Multifunction Devices (Convenience Copying Services). This goal of this procurement is for a contractor to furnish and maintain a fleet of convenience copiers for use by MTA employees. All proposals must be received on or before 2:00 p.m., September 9, 2015 Pacific Standard Time, at the address
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Re: Budget Document Technology given 2015 Pro-Tech Service Award
Great Job Tom. This award reinforces what everyone already knows that works with your company- your focus is on taking care of your customers and run a great company.
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Open Disussion about Ricoh & The New Epson Wide Formats
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Has anyone else seen the LDP MSRP and options for the new Epson's that are available from Ricoh? How about the lowest selling price? Would love to hear everyone's comments. I have some information I can share.
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How to Generate Excellent Content without Really Trying!
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I've been writing original contentfor 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 now on my blog. On most occasions writing comes easy for me, don't know why, it just does. Over the years, I've been able to build the Print4PHotel web site to more than 600K page views a month with zero dollars spent on advertising or SEO (Search Engine Optimization
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Mac slow printing
I have a customer who has uncovered a strange situation for which I'm trying to find a resolution. The initial complaint was that all printing to the Savin MPC3003 is taking a long time. In trying to duplicate the problem I was able to identify at least 1 known issue that I can reproduce. When trying to print a 16MB PowerPoint presentation from their Mac OSX 10.10.4 with the PostScript driver the document takes over 5 minutes just to RIP the job. If you look in the print queue it takes a long
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Supplies Network Announced as Sponsor For Exclusive Top 100 Summit
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and Equipment Solutions Manager at Supplies Network. “These interactions help us enhance our solutions to address the needs of our partners. We’ve launched many services such as national printer installation, national break/fix and local device management as a direct result of these face-to-face exchanges. We’re excited to sponsor and participate in this year’s Top 100 Summit.” "Supplies Network has been a leader in the Managed Print Services space since the beginning. We couldn't be happier about
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Commissioners approve wide format printer purchase
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Fillmore County’s commissioners had no visitors to entertain during its meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 4, but the board did have some regular housekeeping to do. Recorder David Kiehne presented a request to purchase a wide format plotter printer for the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) office for a total of $3,495. Kiehne cited the printer his office needed would be paid for out of the recorder’s allocated funds and would have a five-year warranty that would eliminate the need for a $395 annual
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Canon IRC3300 Series
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I am impressed with this machine over the previous 2200 series. This box seems to be a lot better designed and can't help but rave that they finally put postscript on it out of the box. We just sold our first two the other day and they seem solid as a...
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Panasonic’s Newest Workgroup Scanners Win Buyers Lab “Summer 2015 Pick Award”
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imaging devices, each representing months of exhaustive hands-on testing in its U.S. and UK laboratories, BLI has been the most comprehensive source of competitive intelligence on MFPs, single-function printers and scanners, wide-format devices and production hardware, as well as on software and consumables. BLI’s database includes nearly 53,000 products globally. For more information, please visit buyerslab.com, call (201) 488-0404 or email support@buyerslab.com . Panasonic Solutions for Business
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Re: Mac slow printing
Thanks Art, that was my initial thought. However, the problem is with the RIP, the MFP is doing what it is told...the problem is the information is just taking too long to get to it. I'm still working on it, gathering information so that when I call the hotline again I'll be better prepared. I'm in the process of recreating this in our office. It took 16 minutes to print the 17 page PowerPoint.
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Re: Mac slow printing
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This being a power point, they should save the finished power point as a pdf and they should be printing the pdf not the actual power point file. Just asking for problems otherwise.
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Re: Anyone using Telemarketers in your office
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thus, if I was doing 5 appointments per day, that would be a high level of activity and sales would sky rocket!!!
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Re: Anyone using Telemarketers in your office
We do, but it's kind of a catch 22. For one thing, it's hard to keep the good ones from moving into a field sales role or from going to a better-paying inside sales job in a different industry. For another, executives use it as a reason to reduce certain components of sales reps comp plans. I understand giving the telemarketers a cut of the commission but arguing that the department costs too much (especially when speaking to top producers) is a standard greedy owner cop out. All that aside, I
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Anyone using Telemarketers in your office
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I have been hearing more and more lately about using telemarketers, or "appointment setters" in house. I am hearing great feedback from several people about the number of deals they are getting now and how much business has been brought in. One guy I know has 5 and they are killing it from what he told me. They make 150 calls a day per person if I remember correct and are responsible for setting 35 appointments for the sales reps a week. Does anyone have a feedback to share on this. I have
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