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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Second Week of April 2007)

 

The fist thread that caught my eye here was the purchase of Global by Xerox.  Run that with the recent course of events from Ricoh last week and it's strange how these mega events fall into to place on the timeline.

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Konica Minolta Offers the Highest Level of

Konica Minolta Offers the Highest Level of Security in Industry for MFP Product Line Newark - RAMSEY – Amid growing concern for the security of documents being processed through network-connected multifunctional products (MFPs) and the pressure to comply with recent government laws and regulations regarding information security, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies announced today that it is among the
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Konica Minolta Introduces Printgroove – An

. “Konica Minolta has experienced phenomenal market share growth in the light- to mid- production print market with our award-winning product line of bizhub PROTM multifunctional products (MFPs) that includes the bizhub PRO 1050, bizhub PRO 920, bizhub PRO C6500, and bizhub PRO C500, “ said Kevin P. Kern, vice president, product planning and development, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. “Printgroove is an intuitive and powerful job workflow solution that’s affordable, easy to use
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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

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Frankly I'm amazed at the lack of discussion on this announce here. Xerox and Global Imaging seems like a very powerful influence in most markets. The ramifications of this on Canon's marketing plans going forward as well as RIcoh and Konica-Minolta, Global has come into many markets and gobbled up mid-sized dealers and taken it to many smaller dealers. Where will Canon go to maintain its marketrshare? What about all those CPC Contracts? Discussion?
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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

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Stop the presses!!!! Canon cancels Global for violating their contract by selling to Xerox.... From now on they can only purchase parts and supplies. Will Ricoh do the same? What about Konica? Although they might not be able to afford to do that. Interesting times we live in, don't you agree?
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Re: hp ready to rock?

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think this copier could do well in a school or church enviroment. The copy quality is better than a Riso but not as good as a xerographic color box. The finisher doesn't have a booklet or trifold option. That a big minus for that market. There's a lot of excitement about the product. I guess HP will spend a bit of money to market it....that gets sales people excited about it. If the public buys the marketing it could be a good seller for HP. I work on Ricoh and Konica Minolta boxes and I'm just not
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MWA Intelligence and Muratec America Launches

frustration for many dealerships. At the same time, aftermarket revenue acquisition is streamlined, while end-users benefit from more expedient service and increased device uptime. “Working closely with MWAi, we will be able to improve our affiliated dealers’ customer relations capabilities, which are driven largely by the men and women who support the Muratec end-user on a day-to-day basis,” said Jim D’Emidio, VP of Sales and Marketing, Muratec America, Inc. “Now Muratec employees will have the
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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

Same here! Maybe a few of the big "players" that were with Global will start some new dealerships, hire away the global people and attack the new Xerox base. I would have to admit after years of selling against Xerox and then having to sell Xerox would be quit a pill to swallow.
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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

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Hmmmm, maybe Xerox feels a threat from the Edgeline technology of H-P and feels in order to continue to compete it needs a solid entry into that part of the merket. Could H-P be looking at someone to help solidify their position in the Segement 1-2 and build a position in segments 3, 4 and 5? Someone like IKON? H-P will have invested $1.5 BILLION in the Edgeline technology so what's a few more BILLION BUCK to ensure its success? Boy, would Canon go CRAZY then.
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Re: hp ready to rock?

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I'm curious...What makes sales excited about it? Are there SPIFFs for selling it? Did I miss pricing? Everything I've seen have been projections.
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SCOTTI, I NEED MORE SPEED!

SCOTTI, I NEED MORE SPEED! I can remember Captian Kirk from Star Trek, always tell Scotti (Chief Engineer) that they always needed more speed to get out of a jam. Well, beleive or not RAM Logic, Inc., has the technology to increase speeds copy and prints speeds for multi functional copiers for the Ricoh Family Group. Ram Logic offers two chips one that is compatible with Ricoh Aficio 1060, Gestetner 6002, Savin 2560, Lanier LD 160 (including sp versions)and the other is compatible with Ricoh
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AFICIO SP 4100N/SP 4110N PRINTERS

, with fiscal year 2005 sales in excess of $17 billion, a 5.6 percent increase over the previous year. Ricoh Americas Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions. Ricoh’s fully integrated hardware and software products help businesses share information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the input, management and output of documents. Ricoh’s line of document management devices include, color and black & white digital imaging systems, facsimile products, printers
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Re: Leads in Illinois

. equipment and systems for operational requirements services to support increased business development activities products and services to support increased sales activities The company's first round of funding totals $34 million. PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Mike Domek Chief Executive Officer mdomek@TicketsNow.com Sridhar Murthy Chief Financial Officer smurthy@TicketsNow.com Frank Giannantonio Chief Technology Officer fgiannantonio@TicketsNow.com John Ketchum Vice President of Corporate Programs
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Re: Leads In Minnesota

marketing efforts in the U.S. expanding sales in international markets potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support a field sales force products and services to support growth in target markets, including marketing, research and advertising services services to support increased business development activities PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE David B. Kaysen President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Heinemann Vice
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Re: Prospecting in New Hampshire

advertising, PR services, direct marketing, and collateral material development PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Nancy M. Briefs President and Chief Executive Officer Christopher Joyce Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Michael Allen Vice President of Sales Kathryn Fix Vice President of Marketing Michail Pankratov, M.D., Ph.D. Vice President of Regulatory and Clinical Affairs OFFICE(S) SmoothShapes Inc. Heron Cove Office Park 10 Al Paul Lane Suite 102 Merrimack, NH 03054 Phone: 603-816-1920
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Re: Leads in Virginia

Claraview Inc. http://www.claraview.com WHAT IT DOES It provides strategy and technology consulting services, with a specialty in business intelligence. EVENT 03-19-2007-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Marketing OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support growth in target markets, including marketing, research and advertising services services to support increased business
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Re: Leads in Washington

Cahill is Vice President of Corporate Marketing. He will execute marketing strategies and programs to increase market and customer awareness. PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Adam Selig Chief Executive Officer David Burcham Executive Vice President and General Manager of TruCast Jim Webber Co-founder, Principal and Executive Vice President Mike Spataro Vice President of Intermediary Marketing and Sales Dean Graziano Founder, Principal and Executive Vice President Blake Cahill Vice President of
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Re: Savin 2400WD Windows Vista

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quote: Originally posted by wyzguynyuk: I would have never thought that Ricoh couldn't have seen this coming and been a little more prepared. Live and learn. Plotbase isn't made by Ricoh so it isn't totally their fault. They have to rely on Ratio to produce their software. Maybe that is the decision we should be beating them up over .
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Re: Savin 2400WD Windows Vista

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O.K., O.K., I rescind my negative comment about Ricoh...after all, it's only Thursday, I'm sure I'll find something else to beat them up over before the week's end!
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Re: SolidEdge prblm

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Could be older PCI cards do not support dual processors or certain ship sets that are common in newer computers but not avaialable back in the day. Starting to see this more... Ask your Ricoh tech to check with Ricoh TSC.
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Re: Look What I found! Great KIP3000 info

Question: alright so heres the deal. i got a call from a client. they have some TIFFs that they scanned in. they went to view them and the M$ fax and picture viewer opened the file. the image was shown upside down and so the rotated it to view the image in a more easily recognizable manner. well they then close the P&F viewer without saving the file. when they then attempt to plot the image from request, it gives an error. it says it is an unrecognized file type. i got a copy of the file and
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Re: Prospecting in British Columbia

systems for operational requirements tools and services for product development activities services to support increased business development activities products and services to support increased sales activities PARTNERS EmailLabs DataWave inComm Telus PEOPLE Peter Fitzgerald Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Kyle Hall Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development 604-893-8955 (x293) Aaron Rallo Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Product Development
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Re: Prospecting in California

industry. PARTNERS Salesforce.com Health Market Science (HMS) C3i The TerrAlign Group PEOPLE Peter Gassner President and Chief Executive Officer Matt Wallach Vice President of Sales and Marketing Mitch Wallace Vice President of Operations OFFICE(S) Verticals onDemand Inc. 309 Ray Street Pleasanton, CA 94566 Phone: 925-218-2340 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xceive Corporation http://www.xceive.com WHAT IT DOES It produces integrated circuits for TV
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Re: Prospecting in Florida

AuthenTec Inc. http://www.authentec.com Nasdaq:AUTH (PROPOSED) WHAT IT DOES It provides fingerprint authentication sensors and solutions to the PC, wireless device and access control markets. (number of employees: 97) EVENT 03-16-2007-GOING PUBLIC-Filed for its initial public offering (IPO) OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... general corporate purposes and working capital hiring in sales and marketing and research and development potential opportunity to provide... recruiting
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Re: Leads in New Jersey

development The company completed a $10 million loan agreement. Under the terms of the loan agreement, Hercules will advance $6 million to the company today, and the company has the option to request up to an additional $4 million from September 15, 2007, through December, 31, 2007. PARTNERS http://www.memorypharma.com/a_partners.html PEOPLE James R. Sulat President and Chief Executive Officer David Lowe, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer Jzaneen Lalani Vice President of Legal Affairs 201-802-7140 Michael P
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Re: Leads in Quebec

sales activities PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Francois Plamondon Chief Executive Officer Paul Blanchard Founder and Chief Technology Officer Carl Benscoter Vice President of Business Development Donna Lehman Vice President of Marketing 800-747-4828 (x405) dlehman@hralloy.com Normand Rivard Head of Finance OFFICE(S) HR Alloy Inc. 4200 St. Laurent Blvd. Suite 1203 Montreal, Quebec, H2W 2R2 Canada Toll Free: 800-747-4828 Fax: 514-938-3182 HR Alloy Inc. 4320 Sprucebough Drive Marietta, GA 30062 Phone
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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

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My DSM said she is losing $1.2 Million/month in revenue. I personally feel that there is a reason that those customers aren't with Xerox to begin with and unless Xerox makes major changes in the way they do business, all these customers will eventually leave. If I had the money, I would start a dealership in a current Global hotspot and target the customer-base.
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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

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I know that Ricoh is already looking at switching RMAP accounts to other RBS or other dealers for service.
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Re: Plotbase does not seem to accept more than 4-6 jobs at a time

I saw a client that had a similar issue with a Xerox 8830 and Dodge, what she did was to covert the drawing first and then print, it was awhile ago and I am not sure what the exact workaround was with Dodge.
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Re: Ricoh Rumor!! New Strategy?

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I'm 90% sure Muratec is also relableing this.
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Re: Is this True??? Xerox buys Global??

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Personally, of everyone who "could" have bought Global, I'm sure glad it's Xerox. I can't think of anyone who handles the market they are trying to re-penetrate worse than they do.
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Re: scan tool updates

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with a registered tech ID and loginon Ricoh TSC website,orfrom your Ricoh Field Technical Manager.
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the enhanced eCabinet 2100

Ricoh is pleased to announce its newest edition to the Document Solutions and Services Division (DSS) document solutions family, the enhanced eCabinet 2100, which offers extended compatibility with Ricoh’s latest peripherals. eCabinet 2100 remains a critical component in DSS’s document management solution’s strategy. DSS continues to focus on document management products targeting departmental workgroups and small businesses to power these customers with easy to use, high performance and
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Can we help Warren beat a KIP 3000?

Art, I notice you went to the Monster show on wide format. That has not come to the midwest (Minneapolis) yet. I am losing a 240W to the Kip 3000 with enbedded controller. A key point for them that we both can do is the printing without opening and scanning of autocad format files. That is what eliminated the Xerox. They will give me one more chance to show the advantages of the 240W. What would you suggest? Sincerely, Warren
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