This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago
Second Week of December 2007
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Thus, it was time to send another email to the client and the response was "we are still evaluating our options". Okay, so the typical response should be? I used "I understand the need for options, can you tell me what your other option(s) are? A few minutes passed and the response was what I thought it would be, they are looking at another device from a another vendor.
It was a few minutes until it clicked and thus I knew exactly what was going on.....more to come this week on my blog
Enjoy These great Copier Threads from 15 Years Ago This Week!
RICOH INTRODUCES THE GX7000 GELSPRINTER COLOR PRINTER
Art Post (Guest) ·
launched the GX7000 GelSprinter ™ color printer. This cost-effective, energy-efficient printer provides vivid color and high productivity that is ideal for small and mid-sized office environments looking to minimize their total cost of ownership. The innovative GelSprinter technology eliminates smudging and curling by utilizing quick-drying viscous ink, belt-driven paper feeding and a long-lasting printhead design. With a print speed of 29 pages per minute (ppm), in both color and black and white, the
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New MP C6000 & MP C7500 from Ricoh!
Art Post (Guest) ·
These units are due to launch January 2008. Does anyone have any info on these models?? All, I know is that is going to be a "killer" product, Canon, Xerox and KonicaMinolta are going to have major problems competing with us!
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RICOH INTRODUCES THE GX2500 COLOR PRINTER
Art Post (Guest) ·
color printer for the small office utilizing Ricoh’s GelSprinterTM technology. The GX2500 is the first in the line of Ricoh GelSprinter products that is specifically designed for workgroups of up to three users. The GX2500 produces documents at 28 pages per minute (ppm) in both color and black and white using an enhanced viscous ink formulation. Vivid color documents are made possible by GelSprinter technology, which is not only waterproof and fade resistant, it also averts any smearing and
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Kyocera Products On Government Security Checklist
Art Post (Guest) ·
the printing capability of 60 and 80 pages per minute, respectively. Recently, the KM-8030 underwent an impressive 2,500,000 page print test by Buyers Laboratory; highlighting the machine’s outstanding performance and reliability. “Kyocera’s inclusion on the NIST Security Checklist gives us a strong competitive advantage over other key industry players,” said Victor Moro, product and solutions marketing manager, monochrome MFPs, Kyocera Mita America, Inc. “The government dictates the pace of the
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Re: Service Agreements and "Free" Copies
Art Post (Guest) ·
$6,000 per month! This can be very lucrative by giving away 500 each and every month, the mindset will be to make color copiers and color prints because the first 500 is FREE. B) Most Customer Care Agreements, Cost Per Copy Agreements from the Big Boys, Global, Xerox, Ikon and Danka have cost per copy clauses in them, they are in small print and usually on the back of the document. Basically what they state is that if they decide you are using too much toner they will assess an additional charge to
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Re: Danka Dead or Alive @ .16 .
Art Post (Guest) ·
I'm thinking maybe HP, if they can't cut a deal for Ikon. Ricoh is still buried in the Lanier, IBM buys. Canon would really piss off Ikon if they made a move. KonicaMinolta does not have the financial strength nor the personel to pull it off. Xerox is still working out the bugs with Global. Hp maybe the solution.
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Ricoh Introduction of the GX2500 and GX7000
Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh is pleased to introduce the new Ricoh GX2500 and GX7000 color printers. The GX2500 is Ricoh’s lowest price offering in the color printer category, featuring innovative GelSprinter technology, which includes “Viscous Inks”, a “Wide Print Head”, and a unique “Belt Feeding System.” This 28PPM SOHO printer provides high quality color prints at a low total cost of ownership. The new flagship model in the GX SFP Series is the GX7000, which will replace the G7500 model. The GX7000 is Ricoh’s
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Print Much???
Art Post (Guest) ·
Sunday, December 9, 2007 Print Much? You hear it over and over; printed pages on laser printers can have twice the volume of conventional copier and MFP's. Use your eyes when walking into accounts and the number of printers can be astounding, especially since manufacturers have the average monochrome laser printer price about $300. Your mission is to capture these prints either with your MFP's or your laser printers. Lets face it, it's much easier for clients to authorize buying a new laser
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Ricoh Introduction of the SP C400DN
Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh is pleased to announce the release of the Ricoh Aficio SP C400DN. Built on the same proven platform as the highly successful SP C410DN and SP C411DN, the SP C400DN is a new addition to Ricoh’s line of mid-range color laser printers. This new model offers the same level of functionality and reliability at a lower price. With fast print speeds of 26ppm for full-color and black and white, a robust maximum duty cycle of 150,000 per month, and true 1200 x 1200dpi resolution, the SP C400DN
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New Ricoh SP C220 Color Pinter!
Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh Japan proudly presented their new laser printer, the IPSiO SP C220. Designed with respect to needs of small business units and home use, the printer aims at achieving high productivity. The IPSiO SP C220 easily produces quality documents in colour and black at the speed of 16 pages per minute. It features miniature compactly placed cartridges including four colour cartridges for better results. Further more IPSiO SP C220 also includes unique functions such as Image position error
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Re: Danka Dead or Alive @ .16 .
Danka is dead... I have heard rumors that Danka may split when they do get sold. Konica Minolta is looking at the commercial business. Though I cannot confirm it. It may make sense for Ricoh PPBG whom is funded through Ricoh Japan to look at buying the High volume portion of the business. Considering that they have a contract in place with Kodak. I do know they just battled hard to keep a very highly regarded Solutions Engineer from going to Ricoh PPBG the day he was suppose to report in.
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Three Kodak Products Get JDF Certification
Art Post (Guest) ·
Three Kodak Products Get JDF Certification Industry Leading Three JDF Certifications Demonstrate Kodak’s Commitment to Open Solutions That Help Create a Unified Workflow. ROCHESTER, NY, Dec. 10, 2007 — With the most JDF certifications in the industry, an anticipated two additional certifications coming in 2007, followed by five more in 2008, and a series of JDF enabled products, Kodak is serious about JDF and open connectivity. Supporting Industry Standards “Kodak’s approach to workflow is
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Embedded Controller and batch printing
John ·
Is there any way to batch print/plot using the embedded controller (RPCS driver) when all drawings are individual files? Scanrouter Lite says that the device is not supported when you try to combine the files together and print.
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Toshiba Direct in the news
Neal ·
well, here they grow again. one more dealershipdown.http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?...ewID=news_view_popup
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Funny Copier Joke
Art Post (Guest) ·
Here's one I found on the web:A young executive was leaving the office at 6 pm when he found the CEO standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in hand.“Listen,” said the CEO, “this is important, and my secretary has left....
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Re: RPCS Driver Default black Print
Art, After opening the driver's properties screen from the "Printers and Faxes" folder, select "Printintg Preferences" and then select "Black and White" at the bottom left. Here's the part I usually miss: Don't forget to select "Apply" on the bottm right! The other thing about the RPCS driver that usually messes with my clients, is that you have to repeat this procedure for every one of the "Custom Settings" icons or only the "No Setting" icon will default to Black and White. Hope this helps
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Re: "currently no printer online" error
John ·
Take the Interface PCB print board out of the controller PC and place in another open available slot. Use slot #2 or #3. Turn off the copier and turn it back on then turn on the computer. Make sure to do it in this order. See if the message clears up. Has the customer had any power spikes recently?
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Re: Embedded Controller and batch printing
Art Post (Guest) ·
Thats a bunch of BS, that one one of the key selling points when I argued that the cost of the W2400's was too high. I was told DTB would allow you to merge wf documents and print them as one document! 1) Are you using pdf's? if so there is always Adobe Pro, however the cost is high. 2)Download FREE trial of DTB(full version) for trial, see if that works. Someone mentioned on the p4p the other day that batch printing with the web client was a snap. I'll try and find it for you. Please let ne
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Re: Sales Tips
Art Post (Guest) ·
WHAT IS OUTSTANDING SERVICE? To answer this question, we contacted their salespeople--more than 300 of them--and asked the following question: "What steps do you take to ensure that your clients receive outstanding service?" Before reading any further, take a sheet of paper and list 10 ways in which you or your salespeople are servicing your accounts. Then, compare your answers to the following list. 1. Discuss job with client and gather specs. 2. Prepare and submit quote. 3. Pick up artwork. 4
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Re: New MP C6000 & MP C7500 from Ricoh!
IT Dude ·
Here is what I was given at a recent conference.
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Re: RBS Rumor
Pete Maimone 2 (Guest) ·
Art, Shaja is correct in her statements. As an RBS direct rep. I experience the same problems internally as she does externally. I spend equal amounts of time if not more solving customer problems (without response from many within the company) as I do selling. The Lanier merger has presented many problems, which we anticipated. But not as bad as it is now. Hopefully with the new upper level changes in Ricoh Americas there will be some positive changes that make their way down to us and our
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Re: Up Coming Ricoh Launches
Art Post (Guest) ·
New MFP Lineup Michael Hunter, Ricoh’s director of corporate product marketing, presented Ricoh’s hardware roadmap, while also including a number of slides in his presentation showing off the awards Ricoh MFPs have recently won from BLI. He then presented Ricoh’s new MFP models, while also detailing their market positioning. First up in the color lineup was the MP C2000, which has just been released as a new addition to Ricoh’s MFP portfolio. A Segment 1 color device, the Aficio MP C2000 is
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Visual Edge now Buying Dealerships!
Art Post (Guest) ·
- A maker of print controller software for wide format color inkjet printers, is looking to buy copier dealerships. Visual Edge, run by Michael Brigner, announced that Brian Frank is now in charge of the two dealerships that Visual Edge owns in Ohio. Brian Frank used to run one of the dealerships, Graphic Enterprises Inc. (GEI). The other is Copeco Inc. The company hopes to make more acquisitions in 2008.
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Bates Stamping on MP9000/1100/1350
I had trouble finding out how to activate the Bates Stamping feature on the Katana's so I figured I might as well post it.
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Re: RPCS Driver Default black Print
Bob N (Guest) ·
Your service people can also go to the TSC Web Site and downlaod the RPCS Driver Editor and easily make changes to the drivers. I think the have a black print only driver as well.
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Re: RPCS Driver Default black Print
Art Post (Guest) ·
quote: Originally posted by Bob N: Your service people can also go to the TSC Web Site and downlaod the RPCS Driver Editor and easily make changes to the drivers. I think the have a black print only driver as well. Now thats pretty cool, than!
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Re: CLP240d & Adobe Illustrator
My tech support tells me that the ppd is not the driver. They say A PPD (Postscript Printer Description) file is a file that describes the fonts, paper sizes, resolution, and other capabilities that are standard for a particular Postscript printer. A printer driver program uses a PPD file to understand the capabilities of a particular printer. They say the driver is not located on the website and that it is actually on the Fiery. I'm not sure how you acheived the results you did. I really wish
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Re: Embedded Controller and batch printing
John ·
What did I say. Yes, I meant desktop binder lite. It will not let you print large documents. It also says that the device (w2400 RPCS) is not supported. I can assure you I will not sell another embedded controller again. Unfortunately, I still need to figure out a way to batch print.
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Re: Service Agreements and "Free" Copies
Art: A) I understand about the pump priming method, however it seems like this is assuming the customer was not going to print any color if we didn't give it away to begin with. That is a HUGE assumption. I don't completely get your math. It seems like you're saying a 1500 volume would yield a big profit. If you look at the table below, assuming that color costs 5 cents to make and the customer pays 9.5 cents for the overages, you only make $20 a unit in profit at 1500 per month. If you charged
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Re: Whose is Gonna Acquire Who in 08!
Pete Maimone 2 (Guest) ·
Ricoh Buying IKON? c'mon folks.... Ricoh is tooo screwed up to pull that one off.
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Re: Ricoh and Server setup
, etc... Solution selling is great, but we should probably start with the basics and this is definitely one of the most important. Sorry for rambling.
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Oce VarioStream 9000 Family Sets Speed Benchmarks
Art Post (Guest) ·
VarioStream 9510 and Océ VarioStream 9610 printers join the recently announced Océ VarioStream 9710 model to set new standards in high-productivity printing with a significant increase in black and white printing speed. The Océ VarioStream 9510, Océ VarioStream 9610 and Océ VarioStream 9710 models deliver greater printing speed, thereby increasing print productivity by up to 80 percent. All three models are targeted at the particularly high demands of users in the black and white sector. Growing
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Service Agreements and "Free" Copies
It seems like some vendors, especially Xerox are building in or giving away free color copies in their recommendations. Does anyone know just how free they are and how they can afford to do it? If you consider it probably costs 5 cents a page and they're giving away 500 per month, that's $25 per month. How can you do this and remain competitive? I think the next time a prospect tells me this, I'm going to tell them we'll do it, but only if they provide us the competition's proposal. This way
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DWF & Plot Client
Art Post (Guest) ·
My customer is interested in a new 480W, he also wants to batch print dwf's from Plotclient 1) Do I need the DWG controller to do this? Are there any other options? Thanx
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