The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
Third Week of May 2016
Geesh, I'm looking for something to make mention of and I'm coming up with nothing until just a few seconds ago. Summer...., a time when we would all like to take it down a notch and enjoy the fruits of our labor. Summer...., a time we need to pick it up a notch because the prospecting that we do now will carry us for the third and fourth quarters of the year. There is limited time to rest, pick and choose those days carefully because before we know summer will come to an end.
Enjoy These Great Copier Threads from Five Years Ago This Week!
Toshiba Introduces PrintReleaf Reforestation Program
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through a patented aggregation process that implements automatic transmission of device and fleet data collected by print management software on multifunction printers. This enables organizations to help neutralize paper waste and participate in sustaining our global forests. With PRX, Toshiba customers can “releaf,” or reforest, by planting new trees – equivalent to their paper use – at global reforestation project sites of their choice. Through PrintReleaf’s integration with Global Forest Watch, a
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Ricoh launches new industrial inkjet print head for high resolution label, packaging and wide format graphic printing
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Ricoh launches new industrial inkjet print head for high resolution label, packaging and wide format graphic printing Ricoh Europe, London, 17 May 2016 – Ricoh has announced the launch of a new industrial inkjet print head designed for a range of printing applications such as labels, packaging and wide format graphics. The Ricoh MH5220 will be on display at drupa in Dusseldorf, Germany, from 31 May through to 10 June alongside Ricoh’s full range of industrial print heads . The MH5220 print
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BRD Printing Reaches New Heights with Canon imagePRESS C10000VP
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their offerings to reach an entirely new customer-base.” She continues, “Collaborating with customers like BRD Printing and helping them push the envelope on what is possible from a business standpoint is what we value most at Canon Solutions America.” Impressed with the flexibility in jobs the new imagePRESS has provided Lee and his team, BRD Printing added another digital printer to its fleet to advance its levels of print versatility even more: the Canon imagePRESS C800/C700. Now operating with a
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Toshiba Launches 23 Newly-Engineered Multifunction Printers
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Solutions (TABS) is subsidiary of Toshiba TEC Corporation, a global leader in office printing and retail solutions. TABS provides multifunction printers, managed document services and digital signage for businesses of all sizes throughout the United States, Mexico, Central and South America. The company’s award-winning e-STUDIO ™ copiers and printers provide quality performance with the security businesses require. Complementing its hardware offering is a full suite of document workflow
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Kodak to Use drupa as Platform to Drive a New Generation of Book Printers to Adopt Inkjet Printing
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — May 18, 2016 — Kodak will use this year’s drupa 2016 conference as a platform for driving a new generation of book printers to adopt inkjet. After a year that saw the first increase in printed book sales since e-readers and tablets disrupted the space, Kodak is increasing its commitment to helping printers of higher-quality books — including high-quality travel books, cookbooks, science journals and more — evolve using inkjet. Kodak will be showcasing its print technologies
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Ricoh Laser Printers & MICR HACK
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Acting on a tip from Fisher (p4p member), I placed a SP3500N laser printer, bought a MICR cartridge from Rosetta Technologies and made our own check printer. All wnet well until the Rosetta cartridge did not fit in the SP3500N. In the past, I've had a lot of experience with rebuilding HP, Lexmark Xerox cartridges. I examined both the OEM and Rosetta, they looked almost identical except for a small nub on the Rosetta cartridge. On the Ricoh cartridge there was no nub. This nub prevented the
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Toshiba Strengthens Vertical Market Solutions Portfolio Via Nuance Partnership
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centric architecture is designed to connect, integrate and simplify the workplace. Toshiba’s 23 next-generation e-STUDIO products, available by this summer, will all incorporate the company’s innovative e-BRIDGE Next controller technology. About Toshiba America Business Solutions Toshiba America Business Solutions (TABS) is subsidiary of Toshiba TEC Corporation, a global leader in office printing and retail solutions. TABS provides multifunction printers, managed document services and digital signage
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Ricoh Cabinet Type F
I am trying to find out if it is feasible to supply Ricoh (or other brand) Cabinets on a dealer level to the US market. VZ Industries is the largest European producer of Copier and Printer Cabinets. Is it possible to give an estimation of the dealer-purchase-price for Ricoh's Cabinet F (item no. 100478FNG - SRP = $ 250)? Thanks in advance!
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Pondres partners with Ricoh to boost production inkjet quality with a Ricoh Pro™ VC60000
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Ricoh Europe, London, 19 May 2016 – Pondres, the Dutch full service print provider and expert in data driven marketing, has chosen to refocus its inkjet printing production with an investment in a Ricoh Pro VC60000 continuous feed production inkjet platform. An early adopter of inkjet in the Netherlands, Tilburg-based Pondres is looking to take the next step to address market developments and accelerate transformation. CEO Jeroen Beckers says, "The quality demands for graphics in marketing
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Ricoh MP 305SP & MP 305SPF "Coming to America"
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A few months ago, I was able to view the Ricoh MP 305SPF video on youtube. I completely mis-understood how valuable this system will be for our clients, especially those clients in the AEC (Architects, Engineers Construction)industry! For years, I wanted an MFP that would allow us to scan, print fax 11x17, but only print letter and legal size. I thought that this would be an excellent seller because of the small foot print since it would be an A4 (prints letter legal documents only)device
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Here Is How I Can Relocate To Sydney, Australia As A Copier Rep And Crush Quota Within 12 Months!
playbook. This playbook incorporates social media, social selling, and the web; in conjunction with proven traditional sales skills as copier reps guide the customer at every point through their journey. As a recovering copier rep, I know first-hand the power of prospecting and the impact this has to your sales funnel. I am firm believer, "Old is forever new" as this sets up the stage for 'The New Sales Playbook". The way copier reps have traditionally filled their sales funnels has been through
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Clover Imaging Group (CIG) & Print Audit Partner to Create Wholesale SBB (Seat Based Billing) offering for Managed Print
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-leading addition to the Axess Managed Print Services suite, the new CIG offering currently being finalized will enable managed print providers to deliver cost savings through BPO (Business Process Optimization) for customers while improving and protecting total dealer profits. CIG’s wholesale SBB/CPS Axess Express offering provides an all-inclusive SBB/CPS price to office equipment dealers which can include toner, service, parts and some or all of Print Audit’s products. The new capabilities
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Canon Unveils Large-Format Monochrome Printing System for Document Handling
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MELVILLE, N.Y. — May 17, 2016 — Canon U.S.A., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the launch of the new Océ PlotWave 450 large-format monochrome printing system. Canon’s newest wide-format device was developed to meet the needs of larger workgroups and copy shops looking to efficiently handle bigger sets of technical documents during routine and peak periods. Based on award-winning Océ Radiant Fusing technology, the print system saves costly man hours and energy costs with
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Canon Solutions America to Showcase its Dynamic Suite of Offerings and Technology at the Vermont Chamber Business and Industry EXPO
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sizes improve sustainability, increase efficiency, and control costs through high volume, continuous feed, digital and traditional printing, and document management solutions. A wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., Canon Solutions America is headquartered in Melville, N.Y. and has sales and service locations across the U.S. For more information on Canon Solutions America, please visit csa.canon.com . Canon is a registered trademark of Canon Inc. in the United States and elsewhere. Océ is a
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Re: Toshiba Introduces PrintReleaf Reforestation Program
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Does anyone remember a few years ago when Toshiba marketed a National or World wide no print day?
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'Sharp needs a miracle to recover,....
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Sharp , one of Japan's oldest consumer brands, "needs a miracle" to recover from its current struggles, global investment banking firm Jefferies said on Friday. Operating losses more than tripled to $1.5 billion for the fiscal year that ended in March, the Osaka-based firm reported on Thursday, blaming sliding demand for its liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, with sales of LCD televisions slumping an annual 23 percent during the year. Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision or Foxconn , which paid $3.5
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Canon U.S.A. Helps Empower Young Women Of Girls Inc. With "A Day At Canon"
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culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future," said Christine Sedlacek , senior director of Digital Marketing Services Division, Canon U.S.A. , Inc. "We are excited to have the opportunity to positively impact these young women and share our Kyosei philosophy in a tangible way within the local community." Girls Inc. guests were greeted with a Continental breakfast and received tours of the corporate showroom, showcasing some of Canon's top product lines, such as Cinema EOS
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Canon launches two new large format printing systems with advanced security and productivity
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to the user-friendly platform, the new Océ PlotWave models make it possible to print from and scan to a folder on a user's workstation with LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) integration. The Océ PlotWave 345/365 printing systems save valuable time and energy costs. With the ability to go from sleep mode to print in hand in less than 40 seconds, the new offerings were built with busy professionals in mind. Compared to the two to six minutes warmup needed with conventional LED printers
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Looking to take on new copier line
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We are looking to take on a new copier line and are looking for Recommendations. Both Canon and Ricoh are out as options. 11x17 printing is a must for the line. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Greg
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7 Ways to Permanently Ruin Your Prospect's Opinion of You on the First Call
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You know that one person that you detest, but everyone else loves? For me, that was Alex. Something about him drove me up a wall -- yet whenever I asked my friends how they felt about him, they couldn’t compliment him enough. It took me a long time to figure out the cause of my distaste. One time, Alex mentioned “the day Maya introduced us,” and I suddenly remembered I’d gotten a bad first impression of him. He’d seemed standoffish and arrogant. read the rest here
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Xerox takes the wraps off retail workflow suite
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, and it’s easy to see how an automated, streamlined system can cut time and cost. To help bring products to market faster, reduce cost structures, grow sales and create more competition, Xerox introduced five new automation solutions for leaner manufacturing. For more information on each, visit xerox.bz/1Oy9Wb3. Personalising Banking Across Digital Screens Banks are expanding their omnichannel capabilities, enabling customers to complete banking transactions on a variety of different screens
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Xerox Innovation Turns Online Video Lectures Into Next-Gen College “Text Books” and E-Learning Tutors
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. The company is funded by Kaizen Private Equity, India’s premiere education-focused private equity fund. Learn more at www.impartus.com . About Xerox Xerox is helping change the way the world works. By applying our expertise in imaging, business process, analytics, automation and user-centric insights, we engineer the flow of work to provide greater productivity, efficiency and personalization. Our employees create meaningful innovations and provide business process services , printing equipment
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9 New School Approaches To Help Copier Sales Reps Prospect In All The Right Places
In all copier sales departments across the country and yes even in Australia, there is not a week that goes by where you hear this, “Nothing happens until a sale is made." Yes, sales is the life-blood of any organization but I submit to you the following... "Absolutely nothing happens in these modern business times until a prospect says show me how you can help" How are copier sales reps looking to help prospects these days? As a recovering copier rep, I know how tough it is to prospect for
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Lead for Multiple Copiers in Illinois
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http://www.nationalipa.org/Contracts/CP –002–13/RFP_Copiers_Addend3.pdf
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Sharp creditors divided on risk assessment
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JUN TAMAKI, Nikkei staff writer TOKYO -- Sharp 's two main creditors gave differing evaluationsof the struggling electronics maker's debt when compiling their fiscal 2015 results, a decision likely influenced by their viewof Sharp rescuer Hon Hai Precision Industry . Sharp had 324.6 billion yen ($2.95 billion) in outstanding loans with Mizuho Bank and 318.3 billion yen with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ as of March 2015. Mizuho Bank classified Sharp in its internal ratingas a debtor that
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mindSHIFT opens new data center to support customers' complex IT and cloud demands
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a robust and extremely reliable and secure data center that can completely cover our needs in one solution. mindSHIFT has always met and far exceeded any requirements that any of our clients have ever had with the hosting of their data." For details on Ricoh's full line of products, services and solutions, please visit www.ricoh-usa.com . Also, follow @mindSHIFT_Tech and @RicohSMB on Twitter for more information. | About mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. | mindSHIFT, a Ricoh company, is one of the
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New Ricoh MP501SPF & MP601SPF's
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The MP501SPF and MP601SPF are new A4 devices that may launch in July. They were originally planned for June release but seems they have now been moved to July. I stumbled across these new products with the drivers already available on support.ricoh The 501 may be a replacement for the SP5200S and the 601 maybe a replacement for the SP5210SF/SR. Don't have much more than this, thus soon, we'll have a 52ppm & 62ppm A4, where is the 70ppm A4? Seems these two devices will have all the...
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Re: Toshiba Launches 23 Newly-Engineered Multifunction Printers
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I guess if you win just one award then you can state "Award Winning". Check it out a 300 page document feeder. Please correct me if I'm wrong, however you can't match Pantone colors without a color rip, right?
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From Copiers To Computers: ECM Eases Shift To Digital For Photocopy Companies
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By Tim Wacker, technical writer, NBN Communications The digital age has transformed most paper-dependent industries. Newspapers, magazines, and other publications are online and may no longer have print versions. Email has displaced mountains of snail mail. However, the multibillion-dollar photocopier industry is a notable holdout in this paper-to-digital transformation with printers producing as much paper as ever in offices across the globe. Yet the latest evolution of digital document
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Canon C10000 Image Press
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I previously posted something on this back in November but I have heard a lot of rave reviews of this system. The only one I have seen was at the Canon Expo in NY. For the ones who have placements in the field how are they performing and at what volume ranges have you placed them. I was speaking with a few of the production reps for Canon and they mentioned this could be a good fit for places that have Igen systems that are under utilized and maybe don't run but 300-400K per month on them. I
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Re: Ricoh MP 305SP & MP 305SPF "Coming to America"
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We got the pre launch info yesterday, brochures haven't been posted to dealersource yet. From the launch letter it appears that print/copy is only through the bypass for 11 x 17. This is a great device for that customer who only needs A3 infrequently but now doesn't need an A3 machine.
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Re: Ricoh MP 305SP & MP 305SPF "Coming to America"
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mnchstr posted: We got the pre launch info yesterday, brochures haven't been posted to dealersource yet. From the launch letter it appears that print/copy is only through the bypass for 11 x 17. This is a great device for that customer who only needs A3 infrequently but now doesn't need an A3 machine. Yup, you are correct with the 11x17 print copy through the by-pass, but don't think that will be a deal breaker for most clients. Ty for the comment!
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Re: Ricoh MP 305SP & MP 305SPF "Coming to America"
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Art Post posted: mnchstr posted: We got the pre launch info yesterday, brochures haven't been posted to dealersource yet. From the launch letter it appears that print/copy is only through the bypass for 11 x 17. This is a great device for that customer who only needs A3 infrequently but now doesn't need an A3 machine. Yup, you are correct with the 11x17 print copy through the by-pass, but don't think that will be a deal breaker for most clients. Ty for the comment! It won't be for the low
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Re: Ricoh MP 305SP & MP 305SPF "Coming to America"
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mnchstr posted: Art Post posted: mnchstr posted: We got the pre launch info yesterday, brochures haven't been posted to dealersource yet. From the launch letter it appears that print/copy is only through the bypass for 11 x 17. This is a great device for that customer who only needs A3 infrequently but now doesn't need an A3 machine. Yup, you are correct with the 11x17 print copy through the by-pass, but don't think that will be a deal breaker for most clients. Ty for the comment! It won't be
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Re: Looking to take on new copier line
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I like the Muratec but the pricing is very high. You have to purchase the doc feeder on the machines and it is about 1200.00. My reps have had a hard time selling it since its even more expensive than canon. Canon is our go to product line but we have Samsung and Muratec as well. With Samsung you can make a good margin on the machines and the new ones seem to be working well. We have been a Samsung dealer since about 2008, so we have seen the horrible and the good side of them. If you want to
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Re: Looking for suplementary brand, How is Canon for Independent Dealers?
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Muratec is more expensive than Canon since you have to add the doc feeder. We have been a Muratec dealer for almost a year and have not had much traction. We mainly sell Canon and Samsung. I would pick up the Canon line as the brand awareness will win you plenty of business. It is the same for Samsung. Everyone has a Samsung product in their home or office etc. They know the brand name and will gravitate towards it. You can make good money with Samsung as well. I would agree with everything
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3D Systems Product Catalogs Now Available for Dealers
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Dealer Marketing announces the availability of 3D Systems printers in the product catalog service it provides for copier dealer websites. “With an increasing number of our copier dealers clients selling 3D printers we decided to add the 3D Systems product line to our product catalog service,” commented Darrell Amy, Chief Innovation Officer of Dealer Marketing. Dealer Marketing provides product catalogs for copier dealers across the United States and Australia. The catalogs help dealers make
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