This Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
First Week of January 2018
The past few weeks with the end of the year, Christmas, vacation, and the passing of my Father-in-Law has put me the hole for my weekly email updates. This week I'll be back to my full work schedule and I apologize for not posting our weekly email address. We will resume on the 15th and thanx to all of those that have reached out to Kathy and myself the past few weeks.
Enjoy These great Copier Threads from 5 Years Ago This Week!
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Top Ten Copier & Imaging Industry Predictions for 2018
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top $221 Billion US by 2022. 5. Consolidation in a mature market will continue. Merger is the name of the game, and it could come from the likes of Ricoh, Canon, Kyocera or KonicaMinolta. Konica and Minolta merged many years ago, and maybe it's time for another merger. 6. Toshiba emerges from ashes of financial ruin , sells off Toshiba Tec to Okidata and continues it's focus in mini-nuclear reactors. 7. In an effort to continue "moving boxes" and a fear of FOMO, one of the major copier companies
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Twelve Awesome Tips for a Great MFP/Copier Demo
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This Blog is the top blog on the old site has more than 15,000 page views!! ENJOY!! Demo, what the heck is that? In other posts I've mentioned that demo's were the way we used to sell copy machines many years ago. I'm here to tell you that offering a demonstration still works. Whether it's at your office or there's, who can't resist getting seeing or trying it before they buy it! The OLD Days One of the requirements of a copier sales person is that you needed to have some type of station wagon
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Konica Minolta, Epic Products International Announce Partnership to Promote Digital Inkjet Solutions
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Ramsey, Jan. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. ( Konica Minolta ), today announces the partnership with Epic Products International, an Arlington, TX-based designer and manufacturer of equipment that enhances the quality and productivity of the printing process. The venture will enhance Konica Minolta’s AccurioJet KM-1 program, which markets and promotes the KM-1 to print providers worldwide. Founded more than 40 years ago, Epic specializes in coating
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Appointment of Managing Director at Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia
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establishment of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Thailand and its transformation into a value-added organisation. A veteran in the print and imaging industry, he has helmed vital roles in Japan, Singapore, France, Vienna, Thailand and India. Throughout his career with Konica Minolta, Mr. Kawamura has undertaken several roles in Sales, Marketing, Business Planning, and Strategic Leadership with experience managing markets in Middle East, ASEAN, Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific, Central and South
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Konica Minolta Launches bizhub C759 and bizhub C659 for High-End Color MFP Market
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Ramsey, NJ, Jan. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. ( Konica Minolta ), today announced the debut of the Konica Minolta bizhub C759 and the bizhub C659 , two multifunction solutions for offices where speed and color quality are essential but production print equipment is not necessary. Featuring the company's award-winning InfoPalette control panel design, the Konica Minolta bizhub C759 and bizhub C659 offer high-quality color printing, high-speed
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Scott Labels moves into digital with Konica Minolta investment
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Scott Labels has entered the digital print arena after investing in a Konica Minolta bizhub Press C71cf label printer. The Konica Minolta bizhub Press C71cf can print at up to 18.9m/min The new, additional machine has been installed at the Liphook, Hampshire-based firm’s 743sqm premises in the past few months. Prior to taking delivery of the 18.9m/mindevice, Scott Labels was an entirely flexo operation, running a fleet that included two six-colour UV Focus Proflex flexo presses and a die
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Re: Scott Labels moves into digital with Konica Minolta investment
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No I don't. Seems odd why it's not working for you. Here's the complete: The new, additional machine has been installed at the Liphook, Hampshire-based firm’s 743sqm premises in the past few months. Prior to taking delivery of the 18.9m/min device, Scott Labels was an entirely flexo operation, running a fleet that included two six-colour UV Focus Proflex flexo presses and a die-cutting machine used for plain labels. The Konica Minolta machine has enabled the six-staff company to cost
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Re: Top Ten Copier & Imaging Industry Predictions for 2018
11a. For 2018 the total A4/A3 print volume (compared to 2017) will reduce with 10% 11b. For the coming 10 years the total A4/A3 print volume will reduce with 10% per year and will (in 2027) only be 35% of the current volume
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Computer Design & Integration LLC Announces the Appointment of Rob Sienrukos to Vice President of Managed Services Sales
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NEW YORK--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Computer Design Integration LLC (CDI LLC) announced today the promotion of Rob Sienrukos to Vice President of Managed Services Sales. In this capacity, Sienrukos is responsible for continuing to grow CDI’s managed cloud services while overseeing a technical sales team and building client relationships. During his decade-long tenure with the Company, Sienrukos has been instrumental in demonstrating CDI’s value proposition as a true consulting company with many
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Please tell me I'm not crazy! I pulled this from Ricoh
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"A cost-per-page (CPP) factor of $0.054, just a little more than one-half cent per page, is among the lowest in this segment. That means any competitive hardware price advantage can be wiped away by the lifetime total cost of ownership savings achieved with your Ricoh product. This also includes the cost of a Waste Toner Bottle with every print cartridge." The number written is 5.4 cents right?
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Xerox U.S. Channel Leader: Increasing SMB Demand for Managed Print Services
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Xerox is honing its channel strategy to reach small and medium-size businesses. Thedocument-servicescompany made major inroads with partners in 2017, hiring a longtime Brocade and Tech Data channel sales leader to head its global channel strategy. Xerox also bolstered its channel program in December with the addition of two new partners. The company says it sees an increasing demand for managed print services. We spoke to Darren Cassidy, president of theU.S. Channels unit forXerox, about what
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Toshiba gets rid of Westinghouse for $4.6 billion
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CNNMoney Toshiba's disastrous foray into the U.S. nuclear business is coming to an end. The Japanese conglomerate is selling Westinghouse, its beleaguered U.S. nuclear unit, for $4.6 billion to Canadian investment firm Brookfield Business Partners, the companies said. "The decision to sell Westinghouse is good news for creditors, as well as our company," Toshiba said Friday. The collapse of Westinghouse cost Toshiba some $6.4 billion, forcing the storied Japanese company to admit its financial
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Lead for Fleet of Copiers in Alberta
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Opportunity: Open Region of Delivery: Alberta Opportunity Type: Open Competitive Commodity Codes: WL3610C: Digital Photocopiers, Printers and Multifunctional Devices (MFDs) - Lease N3610BED: Photocopying Machines, Laser-Intelligent Copier Category: Goods Potential vendors (bidders) may view the bid package here. Interested vendors (bidders) who wish to submit a response to this opportunity should register their interest by downloading the document(s) from the bid package. Response Submission: 7000
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Re: Scott Labels moves into digital with Konica Minolta investment
I would like to be able to read this but the "read the rest here" link goes to a PrintWeek destination but the page is blank. I went to PrintWeek.com and find out it is their link that is defective.
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Re: Scott Labels moves into digital with Konica Minolta investment
Same issue. Do you subscribe to PrintWeek?
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ECi continues investment into the field service industry and expands global footprint in the print and service management market
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aligns with PrintFleet’s strategic initiatives, one of which is to achieve greater scale, affording us still more opportunities for growth,” said McFarlane. “As a recognized leader within the data collection and data utilization space, PrintFleet, with ECi’s support, now has greater capacity to assist our clients in bringing innovative solutions to the printindustry.” “ECi is committed to continuing to invest in the field service industry,” said Ron Books, CEO of ECi. “It is a quickly evolving
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Ring In The New Year with Premium/VIP Membership Forever!
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We're releasing only 20 (twenty) Lifetime Premium Memberships for only $99.00. Premium/VIP Membership gets you access to the entire site for viewing, posting and commenting for: Competitive Copier Proposals Quotes Copier Comparison Spreadsheets Sharing Information Ideas Helpful Sales Productivity Documents RFP's, RFQ's Leads Create and View Surveys Access to Premium Blogs Ability for Advanced Searching Dealer Black List Coaching with Art (one session) If interested send email to apost
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5 Adjectives Sales Reps Must Consume For Breakfast In Order To Build Their Personal Brand
leading with the heart and become a servant led sales rep. As you approach sales with heart, you care about your clients, their needs, wants and desires. Roll up your sleeves and dig deep into who they are as people and how you can help them become successful. What value do YOU bring to your clients and prospects as a person? Not as a sales rep. My podcast Selling from the Heart podcast is a great resource to help you on your journey to sales professionalism. REAL Be truly genuine, not a fake
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Re: Kyocera Dealer Meeting 2018
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We aren't a Kyocera dealer anymore but I am pretty sure it is always in Las Vegas.
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Mark in England
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New Zealand reseller goes out of business
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explored every possible option to keep the company trading and return it to profitability.” CCL was founded in 1990 as a print consumables business, but had diversified into wider workplace supplies over the past few years. In fact, it was a supplier on the New Zealand All Of Government (AOG) office supplies contract that includes general office supplies, washroom consumables, cleaning and hygiene consumables, ICT consumables and educational supplies. With CCL going out of business and another AOG
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4 Reasons Your Prospects “Ghost” on You and What You Can Do About
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Many moons ago, I was pitching a huge deal to Sony Pictures. It all was going according to plan -- we had a great initial call, flew to Los Angeles to demo the product, and nailed it. Things were looking good. We sent them a proposal, even flew out for a second in-person follow-up. And then … they dropped off the face of the Earth. A deal we thought we had in the bag all of a sudden hit the skids. I like to call this “ghosting” -- when a sales process is chugging along smoothly with a client
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