This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in September 2008

$588 million o 10/98, Dan Doyle resigns as CEO o 2004, DANKA sells its Canadian subsidiary to Pitney Bowes o 2005, DANKA sells South and Central American business to Toshiba o 2006, DANKA sells its European business to Ricoh for $210 million o 2008, sells to Konica Minolta for $240 million Silverbrook Research announces a delay in launching its revolutionary color inkjet technology. The company, which had previously announced that its MEMJET technology would rival that of laser printers, is now

the bizhub 361 is $9,200.00. About Konica Minolta Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop. In 2008, Konica Minolta was recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys. For more information, please visit http://www.kmbs.konicaminolta.us . Konica Minolta Corporate Contact James Norberto Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. +1 201.825.4000 PR

in the ads, is that the system offers only 2 bits per pixel, as compared to 8 bits per pixel with the Konica Minolta bizhub PRO C6500) o The ads state that system will be “under $125,000” o Will run thick stocks at 90ppm (since the machine is not 8 bit, perhaps it is laying down very little toner, so it has less to fuse when running thick stocks) o Print samples still not available from Ricoh - Ricoh announced it won a bid at the law firm of Shepherd & Wedderburn. The company claims it reduced

eight seconds, providing fast color printing to businesses with moderate output needs. Utilizing Toshiba’s leading-edge enhanced laser image technology (e-Fine), the e-STUDIO2330c delivers best-in-class color clarity and rich text renditions in all scanning, printing and copying jobs. Supporting print resolutions of 2,400 x 600 dots-per-inch (dpi) and 10-bit scanning resolutions of 600 x 600 dpi, the e-STUDIO2330c provides razor-sharp text and superior graphic detail in all printed documents

I have an AP3800C with a confusing problem. We can see it through the web. We can ping it. We can get feedback from it. However, when we send a print job to it from any computer, the job stays in the print driver (still shows a pending job) and will not release or go to the device for output. We have the latest drivers installed and are using smart device monitor for our printing. Any ideas? John

KIP Color 80 System KIP America KIP has developed the industry’s first wide-format LED toner based color print system for technical and graphics printing environments. The KIP Color 80 print system is designed for printing professionals who require high speed production of color and monochrome technical documents, business communications and display graphics. The system is a comprehensive solution for wide format color imaging; spanning the full spectrum of applications from

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