The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
Last Week of March 2016
The month of March has not been good for me. In fact it seems to be a replay of March 2020 when the pandemic started. With two days left in the month a goose egg could me my tale for the month. WTF I've got two days left and I won't quit, I end with the goose egg at least I'll be building a solid funnel for the upcoming months.
Enjoy These Awesome Threads from Five Years Ago This Week
Print4Pay Hotel Road Show Visits East Texas Copy Systems
Art Post ·
job is still selling copiers to SMB accounts. I'm up against the same day to day issues that they have from pricing, cold calling, finding pain, setting appointments, researching and closing the order. When I arrived at East Texas Copy, I was immediately impressed with the size of the location and the awesome demo room! Everything is bigger and better in Texas right? East Texas Copy Systems is a reseller and service provider for Canon, Kyocera, Lexmark and Samsung. Dang, I only have one brand
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3 Ways Copier Sales Reps Can Use LinkedIn To Solve Sales Math Problems
I know what you are thinking, "What does math problems and sales have to do with each other?" How many times have you all heard the "Sales is a numbers game" cliche? By incorporating simple sales math, copier sales reps can integrate LinkedIn to invigorate their sales funnels. No need for a calculator to help solve my social business development math problems. Allow me to ask a serious question to help set the stage. This may open up a "can of worms" with a vast majority of dealerships and
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Kyocera New A4 line 406ci Series
, all on their Kyocera TASKalfa 406ci series device. The TASKalfa 406ci series is the latest TASKalfa MFP series with the Tiered Color System capability, putting customers in control of color costs by paying for the actual color used. As is true with many Kyocera TASKalfa MFPs, the TASKalfa 406ci series delivers an industry-leading preventive maintenance schedule of 300,000 pages for the TASKalfa 406ci and 200,000 pages for the TASKalfa 356ci and TASKalfa 306ci. Kyocera’s long-life technology is
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Toshiba's UCedge Wins 2016 UC Product of the Year Award
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annual sales surpassing 6.6 trillion yen ( US$55 billion ). To find out more about Toshiba, visit www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm . For additional information, or to purchase Toshiba telecommunication products, visit http://www.telecom.toshiba.com for an Authorized Toshiba Dealer. To subscribe to the Toshiba Telecom Blog, visit http://blog.telecom.toshiba.com/ . Follow us on Facebook (ToshibaPhoneSystems), Twitter (toshibaphonesys) and LinkedIn (Toshiba-telecommunication-systems-division). © 2016
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Arisant, LLC Collaborates With Canon Information And Imaging Solutions, Inc.
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harness the power of Canon's in-depth knowledge of information flow and world-class imaging technology. Utilizing Canon's vast collection of imaging technology and development tools along with select third-party enterprise applications, Canon Information and Imaging Solutions delivers compelling market-driven solutions in the area of business process automation, procure-to-pay order-to-cash automation, records management, and print management. Additional information about the company, its
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Canon Solutions America Sponsors the 2016 PAC-12 Environmental Health and Safety Director's Conference
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format printing solutions, supported by exceptional professional service offerings. With the technology offerings of the Canon and Océ brands, Canon Solutions America helps companies of all 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
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Canon Solutions America Launches Free Mobile App
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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 registered trademark of Océ-Technologies B.V. in the United States and elsewhere. All other referenced product
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Re: Canon Has Agreed To Purchase Toshiba’s Medical Unit After Toshiba Scandal
Czech ·
There's big money in medical. Do you think Canon will try to go after Toshiba Business Solutions?
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Re: Need help Up against Kyocera & Sharp
Art Post ·
Kyo guy, thanx for the follow up. it's now down to me and Xerox/. Keeping my fingers crossed
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Foxconn, Sharp Reportedly Set To Sign Takeover Deal March 31
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Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry, aka Foxconn Technology Group, and Japan’s Sharp plan to sign an agreement Thursday giving the former company a controlling stake in the latter through its purchase of newly issued equity for an estimated 389 billion yen ($3.44 billion), the Nikkei Asian Review reported Saturday, citing people familiar with the negotiations. The world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer and the beleaguered maker of consumer electronics products were on track to
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Is Office Printing Increasing or Declining? Answer: YES
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Is Office Printing Increasing or Declining? Answer: YES Posted on March 23, 2016 by Print Audit By West McDonald, Vice President of Business Development, Print Audit Owner, FocusMPS If you are in the office equipment industry one of the things you rely on is people printing. As your primary revenue source relies on the equipment and supplies that allow people to print you need to ask a very important question: Are people printing more or less than they used to? read the rest here
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Canon U.S.A. Honored as a 2016 Energy Star® Partner of the Year
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MELVILLE, N.Y. , March 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --Canon U.S.A. , Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is proud to announce that it has received the 2016 ENERGY STAR "Partner of the Year - Product Brand Owner Award" from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by manufacturing energy-efficient products. Canon's accomplishments relating to ENERGY STAR will be celebrated at a special event held in Washington D.C. on
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Print4Pay Hotel Receives 2015 Constant Contact All Star Award
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Print4Pay Hotel Receives 2015 Constant Contact All Star Award Recognized for achievements using online marketing tools to drive success HIGHLANDS, NJ — 3/29/2016 – Print4Pay Hotel, a leading provider of web based information and collaboration for the Imaging Industry, has been named a 2015 All Star Award winner by Constant Contact ® , Inc. , the trusted marketing advisor to hundreds of thousands of small organizations worldwide. The annual award recognizes the most successful 10% of Constant
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Print4Pay Hotel Receives 2015 Constant Contact All Star Award
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Print4Pay Hotel Receives 2015 Constant Contact All Star Award Recognized for achievements using online marketing tools to drive success HIGHLANDS, NJ — 3/29/2016 – Print4Pay Hotel, a leading provider of web based information and collaboration for the Imaging Industry, has been named a 2015 All Star Award winner by Constant Contact ® , Inc. , the trusted marketing advisor to hundreds of thousands of small organizations worldwide. The annual award recognizes the most successful 10% of Constant
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Sharp Shares Dip After Report of Wider Losses in Fiscal 2015
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Sharp Corp. shares fell after the Nikkei reported that the electronics manufacturer may post a wider loss for the current fiscal year than analysts had anticipated. Sharp is in the final stages of negotiations with Foxconn Technology Group, which is seeking to acquire the maker of Aquos televisions after years of wrangling. Foxconn has held off on signing a final deal for more than a month as it looks more closely at Sharp’s finances, especially its performance in the current quarter. read
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Epson Now Shipping Complete SureColor S-Series Line of 64-inch Production Solvent Printers
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fine art reproduction markets. The SC-S80600 joins the complete line of SureColor S-Series printers, including the SC-S40600 and SC-S60600 , and is now available for purchase through authorized Epson Professional Imaging S-Series resellers . "The SureColor S80600, our flagship signage printer, delivers on all the features our customers consider important when seeking a quality, production-grade solvent printing machine," said Matt McCausland , product manager, Professional Imaging, Epson America
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CharTec training hosted by GreatAmerica
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Lowery, President, Applied Imaging has had exposure to CharTec training and was impressed. “Alex has a great process and it works. We have not found anyone else who helps prepare our salespeople to get Managed IT Services deals closed.” “Several partners who implemented strategies from Sales Simplicity Seminars are seeing instant results,” said Lindsay Dick, Director of Sales for Collabrance, LLC. “They’ve improved their close ratio by overcoming objections they couldn’t in the past, and closing
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Foxconn and Sharp Done Deal
Jason H ·
According to Slawetsky it's a done deal as of overnight. Anyone guessing how long until the copier division is sold off. Samsung would probably pay cash for it this morning I would think. I am eager to hear what they tell the dealers today.
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Re: Five Tips for Better Scanning of Documents with Your Copier
andrewjones posted: That’s a good looking MFP. Great post… All the best, Andrew Jones Marketing Coordinator Muratec America, Inc. 469-429-3320 ajones@muratec.com www.muratec.com Shameless plug.
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Re: Foxconn, Sharp Reportedly Set To Sign Takeover Deal March 31
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with the original deal for $4.3 billion US dollars. Sharp USA reported that 45 million was to go to the North American market for building the business imaging division. In a document from Sharp the 45 million. Since the buy number is now 1/5th less. I would expect that number to now drop to 36 million or so.
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Re: Foxconn, Sharp Reportedly Set To Sign Takeover Deal March 31
I would be surprised if any such discretionary spending can survive unless Fox Con desides to dump a bunch of money into making this acquisition pay off. Remember that Sharp has already cut to the bone and some things probably cannot be cut any further.
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Re: Kyocera New A4 line 406ci Series
For the series: 306ci 32ppm color $4,552.00 higher cost to operate. 356ci 37ppm color $6,757.00 low tco 406 42 ppm color $7,505.00 lower tco. Both the 356ci and 406ci have dual scan doc feeder options. Fully Hypas capable, standard wifi mobile print and scan. Full functionality of A3 units with a nice print 5 bin mailbox option that doesn't need a finisher.
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Re: Five Tips for Better Scanning of Documents with Your Copier
Even though we try to educate it seems we still get calls on lines on scans/copies. I know it's fundamental but when you train on a new unit always show them how to clean the scan glass/slit glass and how to troubleshoot the lines.
Mimaki marks FESPA Digital 2016 as its “Best ever FESPA”
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Newly launched UJV55-320 printer generates strong show sales Amsterdam, March 29, 2016 Mimaki looks back at a successful FESPA. In the first two days of the show, the company reports sales of 30 of its 3.2m wide UJV55-320 printers, launched at the show. In addition, a 180m2/h TS500P-3200 sublimation transfer printer was sold within the first 15 minutes of the show doors opening. Mike Horsten, General Manager Marketing EMEA at Mimaki Europe comments, “We knew the new UJV55-320 press had a lot
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Re: Demonstrating Mobile Print
fisher ·
Careful......printing to ricoh devices from mobile........sucks. Its a real weakness. If a customer asks I will set it up or demonstrate but its not something I would draw attention to until Ricoh gets its act together. Air print may work or it may not work.....some machines do but most don't. Ricoh Print Scan app SUCKS .....yes all caps and bold sort of SUCKS . Ricoh Smart Device Connector app doesn't seem to work at all (been playing with that one this morning with no success). Your best
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Re: Demonstrating Mobile Print
Jason H ·
I wouldn't bother showing Ricoh's Mobile Print App. It is terrible. Fisher is right, download one of the other ones to use. I also have found that very few of my customers actually use the mobile print app after I show them how to use it.
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Re: Foxconn and Sharp Done Deal
Art Post ·
Business Solutions Company (Business Solutions business) With regard to Business Solutions Company, we are currently strengthening the solution business with MFP (digital multi-functional printer) products and display products as a core for global expansion of the solution business through utilizing our existing products and customer base, as well as effective expansion in investment. Also, as the MFP business is expected to face a maturing market due to a change in business environment, with a
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Re: Demonstrating Mobile Print
Art, did the printer you printed to have PostScript? I tried it to a Savin C2525 that does not have PostScript and there is no generic PCL driver...also, there are no color drivers. Am I missing something? I thought I had missed something when I found I could connect to my server and the printers shared from there...however, it doesn't recognize the drivers. This free app doesn't compare to Presto I'm afraid. I still say you get what you pay for.
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Re: Demonstrating Mobile Print
Art Post ·
no, I connected to my ricoh MP C2003SP and it does not have PS. However the color picture did come out as black, I did not have the time to see if I selected something wrong or maybe it only prints black? I need to check
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Re: Demonstrating Mobile Print
Hey, you're right. I was able to successfully print to the Savin MPC2003 also. However, even though I selected Color it printed in BW. I have to say it is a good app for free and I'll keep it in my tool bag.
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