The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
The First Week of March 2011
I have great news today! Every day that passes now is a day closer we get to spring and the end of the pandemic. One year and so many curve balls have been thrown at our industry, it's truly been curve ball after curve ball with the lockdowns, the pandemic, and recently the snowstorms. After seeing so many curve balls in row these curve balls are no surprise anymore and we have adjusted like any hitter in baseball would. Dealers across the country are now hitting those curve balls out of the park! Here's to a great 2021 season for all of us.
Enjoy these wonderful copier threads from ten years ago this week!
Heidelberg and Konica's local partnership sees strong sales
Art Post (Guest) ·
-up between Heidelberg and Konica remains strong despite the German press maker announcing a global partnership with Ricoh . Heidelberg ANZ managing director Andy Vels Jensen told ProPrint last week: "We have been selling two digital presses a month since we kicked off our venture with KM. It's business as usual here." Heidelberg ANZ and Konica announced the venture at Ipex 2010.Heidelberg, Konica Minolta and Kodak are set to demonstrate their alliance at PrintEx11 .
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St. Cloud based Marco, Inc. announced Monday it has bought the copier, printer sales
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St. Cloud based Marco, Inc. announced Monday it has bought the copier, printer sales and service division of Office Enterprises in Eau Claire, Wis. The purchase is the latest acquisition for the business services company as it continues to expand in the Midwest. “It is a nice fit for us as we move into Wisconsin,” said Jeff Gau, chief executive officer of Marco. “It is really an effort to continue expansion into the Upper Midwest.” Marco owns offices in Bemidji, Brainerd, Detroit Lakes, Mankato
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Xerox to manage print operations for Kelly Services
Art Post (Guest) ·
Press release from the issuing company Rochester, N.Y. – Xerox Corporation is deploying a managed print services (MPS) strategy across Kelly Services' North American operations to reduce costs up to 10 percent by better managing documents throughout its branch network. The five-year Enterprise Print Services PDF file (EPS) contract includes updating Kelly's fleet of copiers, printers and fax machines with more efficient technology and reducing IT infrastructure costs through the consolidation
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Office Depot Partners with Xerox to Offer Managed Print Services to Customers Across
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the remainder of the year. Office Depot’s new Managed Print Services offering, which leverages Xerox’s expertise in solution design and service delivery, will enable Office Depot to assess, optimize and manage customer printing needs, resulting in lower print, copy and IT support costs, reduced environmental impact, as well as increased office productivity. “The proven leadership of Xerox in the Managed Print Services space provides Office Depot customers with access to outstanding print service
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Canon U.S.A. Announces New imageCLASS MF4450 and imageCLASS D550
Art Post (Guest) ·
produces exceptional quality for the end-user. Canon’s imageCLASS D550 Laser Multifunction Copier possesses speeds of up to 26 ppm I at a fast first print time of six seconds*. Duplex versatility with two-sided copying, printing and scanning saves space and paper consumption, which leads to lower cost-of-ownership. Combining the high-optical, color scanning resolution of 600 x 600 dpi, color depth of 24-bit and various output file formats including Hi-Compression PDF, Searchable PDF, PDF, JPEG
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Toshiba Unveils New e-STUDIO™855SE Series with Advanced Security Features
Art Post (Guest) ·
Inc. (TABS) is an independent operating company of Toshiba Corporation, the seventh largest electronics/electrical equipment company in the world. TABS is a leading provider of managed print and professional services (MPS and PS), and manages product planning, marketing, sales, service, support and distribution of copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers, and toner products throughout the United States, Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean. MPS and
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Nova Direct Mail and Konica Minolta herald successful TFMA show
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Nova Direct Mail, said the Smellymail product enabled the company to garner a considerable amount of attention, which then allowed them to discuss other elements of the printer's offering. "We already have around 50 client visits in place following the show so for us, it has been a massive success," he added. Nova digitally prints the mailers on its recently-installed Konica Minolta bizhub PRO C6501e before one of around 50 scents are screenprinted onto the piece by a local company. The mailing
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Area Sales Manager-Wide Format Printing Systems at Océ North America
Art Post (Guest) ·
Area Sales Manager-Wide Format Printing Systems at Océ North America • a Canon Group Company in Phoenix AZ OR Denver CO URL http://www.oceusa.com/ Overview: The Area Sales Manager for Wide Format Printing Systems (WFPS) takes leadership in realizing business objectives targeted at revenues, margin, volumes and customer retention by effectively managing the Sales team. The primary objectives include meeting or exceeding the annual budget; developing an elite, high performing team; and providing
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Sales Rep. - Print Tracking & Cost Revovery Srvs. at American Reprographics
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Sales Rep. - Print Tracking & Cost Revovery Srvs. at American Reprographics Company in San Francisco, CA - Bay Area URL http://www.e-arc.com/ We are seeking a dynamic Salesperson with current, relevant experience selling print tracking and cost recovery software. Prior experience selling big ticket software solutions to senior executives in the Managed Print Sevices (MPS), a definite plus. Must have a good network of current contacts and the ability to hit the ground running. This position is
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Konica Minolta chalks up 1,300 installs with windfall sale of 11 Bizhubs
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model," he said. "One of the most useful features, and one absolutely essential for legal work, is the ability to print the full image area of documents. "This means that copies of prints done on Konica Minolta include all notations and page numbers on the original document, an important legal requirement." Konica Minolta national manager David Procter said he was "excited" about the company's growth. "We are excited about how well the local market has responded to our product offering and how
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Tall Security Print invests in Xerox Nuvera 144 digital production printer
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Tall Security Print invests in Xerox Nuvera 144 digital production printer Monday, 07 March 2011 Tall Security Print has invested in a Xerox Nuvera 144 MX digital production printer to bolster its product offering for new sectors such as transactional print. Be the first to comment Installed at the company's Runcorn, Cheshire operation, the mono high-volume machine can print up to 144ppm at a resolution of 4,800x 600dpi. According to Peter Andrew, group sales and marketing director at Tall
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Xerox to Stop Selling Wide-Format Products US and Canada by the End of 2011
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Xerox to Stop Selling Wide-Format Products US and Canada by the End of 2011 Xerox According to Scott Frame, vice president, Wide Format, Xerox Corporation, "Xerox will stop taking orders for wide-format products in the US and Canada in 2011, with specific timing based on inventory levels. Xerox’s European and Developing Market operations will continue selling wide-format products and will source new products. "Xerox prioritizes each investment, allocating research and development dollars to
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TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC. RECEIVES “ACE AWARD”
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largest electronics/electrical equipment company in the world. TABS is a leading provider of managed print and professional services (MPS and PS), and manages product planning, marketing, sales, service, support and distribution of copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers, and toner products throughout the United States, Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean. MPS and PS are strategic focus areas for the company, which first developed and began marketing
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NBS Print & Copier Suport Services
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businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), to lease print & copier block support services to support the NIH Business Systems (NBS) requirements on behalf of the National Institutes of Health https://www.fbo.gov
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Xerox buys Concept Group to expand further in the UK
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Netherlands' Veenman. The Norwalk, Conn. company has also furthered its relationships with European resellers and concessionaires. Concept Group, based in Livingston, Scotland, has nine locations in the U.K. and more than 50 salespeople. It will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox, keeping its name and headquarters. Concept Group founder Colin Paterson will continue to run the company, reporting to Douraid Zaghouani, president of Xerox's Indirect Channels Group. Xerox currently has more than 4,700
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EFI and Ricoh Advance Office Productivity and Color Quality With New Aficio MP Multif
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exactly how the finished document will look when printed, thus lowering cost by saving time and reducing waste. With a single click, users can create eye-catching booklets, presentations and other documents in-house, reducing the need for and cost of outsourcing color print jobs. "As a long-standing partner of Ricoh's, we're pleased to bring the power of Fiery technology to the new Aficio MP Series to give office workgroups and mobile workers an outstanding choice to meet their printing needs
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Business Ink Adds Canon imagePRESS C7000VP Digital Color System to Pursue New Color O
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printing industry. Canon develops, manufactures and markets a growing line-up of copying machines, printers, cameras, optical and other products that meet a diverse range of customer needs. Canon employs more than 170,000 people worldwide. Global net sales in 2010 were more than $45 billion. For more information visit www.canon.com . About Océ Océ is one of the leading providers of document management and printing for professionals. The Océ offering includes office printing and copying systems
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SCICOM Data Services Installs Xerox iGen4 220
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sized transactional documents. ■Productivity: calibrates color automatically to ensure SCICOM delivers precise brand color matches. ■Application flexibility: provides a total solution for SCICOM customers. ■Finishing options: saves dollars by printing on most cost-effective sheet size and eliminates labor-intensive manual cutting and stacking with the CEM DocuConverter. SCICOM is leveraging Xerox’s Digital Business Resources to drive more print jobs to the press with marketing plans, sales
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Imatech buys first Mauritian Xerox 1000 colour press
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Bureautique, Bytes Document Solutions’ channel partner in the region. Harel Mallac Bureautique has more than 50 years’ experience in the industry and delivers the demanding post-sales service that he expects. He also chose the Xerox press because of the quality that it delivers in comparison to the competition, which he examined first-hand at the Africa Print2010 exhibition in South Africa. The press, which prints at 100ppm, can produce high-definition image quality on a wide range of paper stock
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Canon U.S.A. Launches New Cloud Portal for imageRUNNER ADVANCE Software
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the cloud, the Canon Direct Print Kit or the PS Printer Kit needs to be installed on the imageRUNNER office system.* “Addressing the rising demand for round-the-clock access to critical work product by mobile workers, Canon U.S.A. is pleased to launch the Cloud Portal for imageRUNNER ADVANCE software,” said Sam Yoshida, vice president and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. “As cloud technology matures, the innovative hardware and carefully engineered software applications of
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RFQ is to supply two Digital Black/White Copiers for
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eSource Number ES-RFQ-53000-83 Agency Name 53000 COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY Contact Name Thomas, Ricky Contact Phone 706-507-8274 Contact Email thomas_ricky@colstate.edu Fiscal Year 2011 eSource Title Digital Black/White Production Copiers eSource Description Digital Black/White Production Speed Copiers for CSU Printing Services.FOB Destination. Shipping Charges included. Installation, training, service & maintenance (through 6/30/2011) included. See attached eRFQ Template, Supplier's General
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Paris school evacuated when copier begins smoking
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Paris school evacuated when copier begins smoking By Tony Reaves, Staff Writer Published Mar 04, 2011 3:11 pm | Last updated Mar 04, 2011 7:11 pm 1 Share0 tweets Retweet E-mail Print Save Sponsored by PARIS — A leased copier began emitting smoke Friday morning at Paris Elementary School, causing officials to evacuate the building. No one was hurt and there was no damage to the building. Students were bused to Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, where they ate lunch. Paris fire Chief Brad
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Xerox iGen4 EXP turns jobs in hours, instead of days
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Press release from the issuing company Rochester, N.Y. - Graphic communications firm Bryant Graphics ended an existing lease on a competitive device to purchase Xerox Corporation's iGen4 EXP press. The full-service print shop in Minnesota used to outsource six-page brochures to larger printing companies and get them back two to four days later. "Now, with the iGen4 EXP press we can produce them ourselves within hours," said Joel Johnson, president and Chief Operating Officer, Bryant Graphics
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Powered by OKI Printing Solutions, Carolina Wholesale Delivers “Solutions for Success
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for digital data and signature capture. The Digital Pen uses an infrared camera to record writing motion while monitoring its position on specially formatted documents, so users can combine handwritten input with electronic copies of business forms and digitize electronic signatures captured during field sales and service calls. Total Managed Print™: OKI Printing Solutions’ Total Managed Print™ TMP offering is a flexible modular platform that can be leveraged to create and support an entire MPS
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Re: Xerox to Stop Selling Wide-Format Products US and Canada by the End of 2011
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Just found this!!!! Is Xerox discontinuing its involvement in the wide-format, black & white equipment business? FURTHER UPDATE ..... AND BREAKING NEWS !!!! From: Quinn, Patti Subject: Xerox's Wide Format Statement Date: March 1, 2011 4:10:56 PM EST To: Joel Salus Joel, per your request, here is Xerox’s statement regarding Wide Format: Xerox will stop taking orders for wide format products in the U.S. and Canada in 2011, with specific timing based on inventory levels. Xerox’s European and
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Re: Xerox to Stop Selling Wide-Format Products US and Canada by the End of 2011
GIntel ·
This says to me: Xerox is not married to print. Print will fund its expansion to services, but Xerox will cut unprofitable or unsuccessful segments along the way as it continues to diversify. This is a quote from CEO Ursula Burns from two weeks ago about Xerox's plans for its printing business: "It's important not to kill this business before it dies naturally," Its hard to to go right to Monster.com to look for a job in an emerging technology after reading stuff like this, but we live in a
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Re: Aficio 2022 M5
Chuck ·
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Re: Xerox to Stop Selling Wide-Format Products US and Canada by the End of 2011
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quote: Originally posted by GIntel: Who's stock would you buy? I'm not sure, my question is why cut off North America and keep the others? Do they see something I don't? Double Dip coming and wide format to be down for years? I had heard through the grapevine this AM, that a few months ago Xerox had approached Ricoh to relable the W3600 model. I understand the need to change, we all have to understand and adapt to changing markets and technologies. Hmmmm, which stock to buy? I say whomever
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Re: Xerox to Stop Selling Wide-Format Products US and Canada by the End of 2011
GMAN ·
If I HAD to choose between Ricoh (aka IKON)and XEROX stock, I would buy XEROX. Much better leadership and they do not have the noose (IKON) hanging around their necks. I guess this is why Ricoh just established a $25M fund to help IKON protect and upgrade it's Ricoh / Canon base. IKON is having trouble maintaining those customer accounts, due to their notorious customer service attitude of the past, which is turning end users to other manufacturers. Even with Ricoh eliminating it's Dealer
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Xerox Head Lands Penthouse Condo .
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By JOSH BARBANEL Ursula M. Burns, the chairman and chief executive officer at Xerox Corp., upgraded her job title last year, and now she has upgraded her Manhattan apartment as well, property records show. Xerox head Ursula M. Burns has purchased a five-bedroom penthouse apartment for $8.15 million, property records say. .Ms. Burns paid $8.15 million to purchase a five-bedroom penthouse, with a library and separate dining room at the Brompton, a new condominium on East 85th Street at Third
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FY10 Q3 Financial Results
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Ricoh Company, Ltd. (RCL) announced third quarter financial results for fiscal year 2010 and I wanted to share some highlights with all employees. Net sales for the first three quarters of FY10 were $17.5 billion (U.S. dollars), down 2.4% from the same period last year, but up 3.3% without the effects of the currency exchange rate. Compared to the previous year, our year-to-date profit increased 34% before tax. This is a result of the solid growth in production printing and solution business
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NEW PRINT/SCAN for KM8030-6030
muleyman ·
Pulled from our last 8030 a couple yrs ago that customer decided they didn't want...MAKE ME AN OFFER!jeremy 971-404-1589Cjeremy@qosys.com
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Wisconsin-based reprographer Green Bay Blue
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." Utilizing the Oce ColorWave 600 printer, Green Bay Blue was able to print the banners – which read "Go Pack Go", "Welcome Home", "Titletown USA®" and "America's Team" – on durable Tyvek® material, ensuring they would not tear during the 40-50 mph trip from the airport or on the parade route. The printer's exclusive solid toner-based Oce CrystalPoint® technology guaranteed the banners were instantly dry, water fast and the team's colors and logo were eye-catching and crisp. Although Green Bay
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Toshiba Color Nothing Promo
GIntel ·
Toshiba is running a promo where select color MFPs (e-STUDIO4520C and e-STUDIO6520C/CT) are offered for the price of similar B&W systems. http://www.copiers.toshiba.com.../cash-for-color.html Any Toshiba dealers have any insight onto what similar B&W systems they mean, and how much of a discount this promo really offers? Has anyone seen a promo like this before?
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How Will Xerox’s Decision to Discontinue “Wide-Format”
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business with Xerox (wide-format) because their relationships with OCE and/or KIP ran amuck. Sometimes because of "terms", sometimes because of "price" and sometimes because OCE or KIP did not like how those reprographers were paying (or, I guess I should say, not paying) their bills. Those reprographers may realize the biggest adverse impact from Xerox's decision.” How Will Xerox’s Decision to Discontinue “Wide-Format” Impact Reprographers, Xerox Wide-Format Dealers, and the Reprographics Industry’s
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Re: Xerox to Stop Selling Wide-Format Products US and Canada by the End of 2011
GIntel ·
GMAN, I work with a Canon dealer out of San Diego that recently won a 100-plus-MFP account from IKON and IKON never knew the account was even getting bid on. The IKON techs called one day and asked if they need anything and the company told them that they have been using the Canon months. Funny how the big message behind Ricoh MPS is "change management" and this IKON transition is look colossally mis-managed.
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Re: Xerox to Stop Selling Wide-Format Products US and Canada by the End of 2011
Art Post (Guest) ·
A few notes on this Xerox thing: Look for dealers and direct to dump inventory. I'm thinking it's going to be tougher than ever to sell wide format over the next six months or so. Word on the street is that many Xerox dealers have placed calls to Ricoh, we'll see what happens. KIP in trouble? KIP has not posted a profit in the last ten quarters. I'm on a quest to identify all Xerox wide formats in my area and solicite them NOW! Thoughts from anyone else???
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Re: Xerox to Stop Selling Wide-Format Products US and Canada by the End of 2011
GMAN ·
KIP makes a great product and now I'm very curious as to why they seem to struggle, from what I have read over the past week. This is something I intend to pursue. It sounds like Ricoh may be signing up a few Wide Format only Dealers in the next few months, which may cause further marketplace distribution issues amongst current Ricoh (Savin and Lanier as well) Dealers.
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Re: Batches of PDFs ????
fisher ·
machine printed them without problems. I also brought some of the problem PDFs back to my office and they printed fine on my Oce' plotwave's web print tool and on an older Ricoh. The web tool is also quite cumbersome to drill down multiple levels over the network to find and select the files you need to print in the tiny window they give you. Quite frustrated. Not a good way to start off with a new model and with a new client. Tech support was little help.
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Brother 'Share Your Bigger Picture' Contest to Award $10K Small Business Grant
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BRIDGEWATER, N.J., March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Brother International Corporation, a premier provider of office printers and all-in-one machines for small businesses, has announced a contest to highlight the importance of 11"x17" all-in-one printing capabilities for small businesses. The "Share Your Bigger Picture" contest will seek out individuals across the country to share how they would use 11"x17" printing, copying, scanning and faxing capabilities in their day-to-day business. A $10,000
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ITEX 2011 Announces New Power Packed Feature: The Technology Innovation Forum
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Control and Optimization • Compass Solutions– Salesforce MPS Automation and Management • Newfield IT – MPS Facilitators and Environment Mapping and Impact • ESP – Leader in Channel Power Filters • Global Graphics – Mobile Printing and Electronic Document Management • RIM – Pioneer in B2B Mobile Communication • MWAi – Integrated M2M and M2P Solutions and Services Important topics covered at the Technology Innovation Forum include how and why the industry is changing; who the major players are in the
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How To Make Cold Calling, Warm
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a Monday morning and staff are well into their first cuppa of the day. Facebook pages have been checked and updated, and unanswered emails are being dealt with. The phone rings and the person at the other end launches into a sales pitch. “I don’t know who deals with your stationary supplies, but I wanted to tell you about our fantastic offers…” This immediately breaks the mood and instills a sense of irritation. “No, sorry, we already have an office supplies company.” End of conversation
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Re: Ricoh Ends Relationship with Ratio
New update on this one. Ricoh will be continuing support on existing plot bases up to the latest Ricoh version. However, there is a new player. Ratio US is starting up again. They are releasing new product to support the new PDFs from Adobe and update the Plot Base software. However, this will not be done in connection with Ricoh. Ratio US will have it's own versions and they are no longer supported by Ricoh.
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Re: Interesting statistics published by the Managed Print Services Association (MPSA):
JasonR ·
quote: Originally posted by CashGap: quote: Average percentage of company revenue dedicated to printing costs = 5% This doesn't pass the giggle/snort/guffaw test. Would you believe 1-3%? (ok, how about Chuck Norris with a BB gun?)
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Re: Drum Yields
Art Post (Guest) ·
Many drums fall short for a variety of reasons. A little know secret in the industry is that you would only get "x" amount of pages based on multiple page prints. Meaning if you always printed just one or two pages you could drop the drum yield by quite a bit. I too would like to hear from others on this!
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Re: Xerox to Stop Selling Wide-Format Products US and Canada by the End of 2011
fisher ·
There is now an official notice to customers from Xerox regarding this.
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Re: Aficio 2022 M5
GIntel ·
I had a client ask me. Here is a link that mentions the M5 http://www.compredia.eu/ricoh-...-aficio-2022-m5.html Not sure if its a Europe Only SKU Not a huge deal, just thought it may ring a bell with someone
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