This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Last Week of January 2004)

Boston Mike · 1/28/046:58 AM

document products rely on a core set of imaging software and supporting electronics, collectively known as an imaging controller. Peerless' broad line of scalable software and silicon offerings enables its customers to shorten their time-to-market and reduce costs by offering unique solutions for multiple products. Peerless' customer base includes companies such as Canon, IBM, Konica/ Minolta, Kyocera, Legend, OkiData, Ricoh, Seiko Epson and Xerox. Peerless also maintains strategic partnerships

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Guest · 1/29/047:23 PM

with Konica-Minolta. Combined with IKON's powerful mix of color technologies from Canon and Ricoh, IKON's color portfolio is unmatched, and early results give us added confidence that this product will be a great contributor to strong color performance for Fiscal 2004. "We also made substantial progress in improving our financial flexibility in the first quarter of Fiscal 2004. In December, we announced an agreement with GE Vendor Financial Services, which will effectively transition IKON out

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Mike N · 1/22/0411:24 AM

Looking for a print controller for a Ricoh 1085 and also a Ricoh 700/551.

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Graham · 1/23/0410:55 PM

Had to remove the sales information guide upload. It is copyrighted and propriority Ricoh material and we can't post it here. Sorry Guys! Graham

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Jim Stocker · 1/22/045:16 PM

, hereinafter referred to as "Riso Kagaku" ), have jointly developed a high-speed printer based on ink-jet technology. The ORPHIS HC5000 will be launched on Tuesday, December 9, 2003, by Riso Kagaku. With a print speed of 105 pages per minute*1, it is the world's fastest*2 full-color business printer. *1 For A4 size, long-edge feed, simplex, continuous printing in standard mode. *2 Based on sheet-feed type full-color print-on-demand printers available as of October 2003. The ORPHIS HC

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Guest · 1/27/045:14 AM

Any chance of sourcing as many of these as possible, or do we have more chance of winning the lottery???

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Guest · 1/27/046:39 PM

Xerox 2101 w/fiery LCC & Stitcher $46,399 cpc is .0039 monthly min is 200K

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Jay · 1/28/049:27 AM

The latest info I have is 2232/38 Mid February. The 2013/2015/2018/2035e/2045e Late February or early March. Anybody else have any insite.

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Guest · 1/27/046:37 PM

CANON iR 8500 w/Fiery Finisher K1 $23, 650 cpc os .00459

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Guest · 1/27/046:33 PM

Canon iR 105 w/Fiery paper Deck and Saddle Stitcher $43,199 cpc no 290K min .0035

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Guest · 1/22/043:24 AM

We need about 200 printcon 270's and about 200 NIC 185E's.Can anyone get hold of this stock and forward some kind of pricing? Thanks Clifford Reed

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Guest · 1/22/044:07 PM

Can anyon help, From Data Check there doesn't seem to be much differnce, except the 20ppm and ours is 13. Has anyone had experience with these.

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Jim Stocker · 1/22/048:03 PM

adversely critique? Ricoh seems pleased with its r&d for the HQ master, but are they going to be willing (or able) to compete with such a shift in duplicating technologies like this masterless inkjet system? I hope this gives a wake up call to Ricoh to get off that company aquiring pot they've been squatting on and start getting a feel for what the market place is needs, catch up with their competition and improve with their proven technology innovation, that has been fairly quiet. Alas, I rant

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Guest · 1/22/049:00 PM

Power source AC100V, 50/60Hz, 12A or higher With 12 amps of power we're consuming as much power as a copier now! Item Specification Printing method Line head type, inkjet Resolution High-resolution: 900dpi equivalent normal resolution: 600dpi equivalent ( with character smoothing ) too much use of the word equivalent and line "inkjet resolution" Orphis? Whats in a name? Here is the meaning or the genesis of Orphis: after Orphis, a Mycenaean poet who rowed through the Dardanelles with Jason

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Guest · 1/22/048:03 AM

placed, ranging from the GESTETNER 9199's fax, 6002 copiers, 45pm printers, and 6513 color copiers, plus a few other things some smaller mfp's scattered around. Thanks everyone for the help.

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Guest · 1/27/041:36 PM

life cycles on the individual dies. Ricoh and GBC are telling us that their will be a fix to the "chad" issue mid to late January. Has anyone had this problem or had a fix for it? Posts: 2 | From: Rocky Hill, CT USA | Registered: Wed January 22 2003 Docusultant Manager posted Tue December 30 2003 04:24 PM SH^T: I just sold my first one and am waiting to have it delivered. I was told the die life cycle was 500,000 pages by GBC and 5-8 million from big R. I do not know which one is right. How

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Guest · 1/27/046:45 PM

The Konica 8050 will also be marketed by Minolta (of course), AB Dick, Hamada, Ikon, and HP! It seems like the 8050 will get decent penetration.

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Guest · 1/25/049:08 PM

copiers for a "good six months". Bob, being the ever so kind technician raised the lid of the copier for Mary. Mary being on the petite size had no problem lifting her onto the copier, however Bob (they all called him BIG BOB) had a much harder time saddling up on the system. Bob keyed in the email addresses, he then managed to press the print key for the copier. As the scanner finished the Plexiglas of the copier (oh, let me explain the plexi, a few years ago, someone had won a law suit because

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Guest · 1/26/044:08 PM

Is 2232/2238 replacing just the CL7000CMF? I have a customer who just wants a printer not the copier portion. Will they be keeping the CL7000? Thank You Melissa

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Guest · 1/23/0410:06 AM

Maybe, there is a better hardware config here. Why not propose the 2022SP? Propose it just as a scanning solution, then you can scan directly to the folder with out the need of Scan Router. No, passwords are then needed at the copier because the file has benn sent to the PC that is pass code protected. Then you are within the HIPPA comnpliance. 2022SP is $7,195 retail. To me thats les that $140 a month for a scanner solutiona nd I believe the 2022SP scans at 36ipm. Is that right. If you also

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Old Glory · 1/29/046:40 PM

up. What about taking the tractor...way too slow. That's why he has a pick-up...for all those jobs too long and hard for a car but need to be done quicker than a tractor. You Mr. customer, are like a farmer without a pick-up. You are doing hard jobs with a passenger car (Copier) and quick jobs with a tractor (Press or outside printer). You need that pick-up in between." Good Luck

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Guest · 1/29/047:10 PM

Jim: As always, GREAT STUFF! I have been successful with selling duplicators in the P4P industry. I sell the CTP (Computer to Plate) technology as the only way to buy. I will show the customer samples in my "art porfolion" (as long as he likes the quality), I will then ask him how many jobs do you think you can pull away from the press every month? Once he gives me his answer, I have ammunition I need to cost justify the duplicator or move on to the next print shop. After this step we set the

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Guest · 1/22/046:37 PM

Well first thoughts are ink jet cpp @ .0235 is incredible. Paper, and the image dpi of 300 dpi, would lead me to believe that the best prints will be with special paper. If it is, you can say goodby to the printshop business. Ink jet resolution is not as good as laser. Will it handle 11 x 17? 8 shades of Gray, will not be ok for the p4p industry. This is the first of a new technology, you never know where the improvements may come from. It looks cool, it has the sizzle, the real test is the

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Guest · 1/23/046:32 PM

Don't let my reply above stop you from criticizing the thing. Let it out, man. I need to know anyway. And, believe me, it's almost impossible to offend me. Sell copiers for several years and you get numb.

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Guest · 1/28/042:36 PM

NP Photonics http://www.npphotonics.com WHAT IT DOES It provides advanced optical components for the sensing and communications markets. EVENT 01-23-2004--Announced the appointment of a new Vice President, Sales and Marketing SALES NOTES potential opportunity to provide… - sales training programs - software and systems specific to the sales function - recruiting for sales professionals - products and services to support increased marketing activities; services may include PR activities

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Guest · 1/28/042:37 PM

. (AnalogicTech) 830 East Arques Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Phone: 408-737-4600 Fax: 408-737-4611 http://www.analogictech.com/contact/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aligo http://www.aligo.com WHAT IT DOES It provides wireless software solutions. (number of employees: 40) EVENT 01-19-2004--$10.5 million in a Series C round of financing SALES NOTES company expected to make purchases to support... - product development - marketing

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Guest · 1/28/042:39 PM

Cellular Genomics Inc. (CGI) http://www.cellulargenomics.com WHAT IT DOES It is a biopharmaceutical company focused on chemical genetics for drug discovery and development. (number of employees: 20) EVENT 01-23-2004--$22.3 million in a Series C round of funding led by Lilly BioVentures SALES NOTES company expected to make purchases to support... - product development potential opportunity to provide… - tools and services for product development activities - equipment and services for research

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Guest · 1/28/042:41 PM

prospects™ for Illinois OptionsXpress Inc. http://www.optionsxpress.com WHAT IT DOES It provides online options trading and brokerage services. EVENT 01-20-2004--$90 million in financing from Summit Partners SALES NOTES potential opportunity to provide… - products and services to support increased marketing activities; services may include PR activities, collateral material development, advertising, and direct marketing services - marketing and advertising services to promote their web site

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Guest · 1/28/042:44 PM

Medical Discoveries, Inc. no website currently OTCBB:MLSC WHAT IT DOES It is a biopharmaceutical research company that develops anti-infective technology. EVENT 01-23-2004--$1.1 million in a private placement SALES NOTES company expected to make purchases to support... - product development potential opportunity to provide… - tools and services for product development activities - equipment and services for research and development activities PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Judy Robinett President

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Guest · 1/28/042:45 PM

Divergence Inc. http://www.divergence.com WHAT IT DOES It is a genomics research and development company focused on pest control. (number of employees: 8) EVENT 01-19-2004--$4 million in financing from Prolog Ventures LLC SALES NOTES company expected to make purchases to support... - product development potential opportunity to provide… - tools and services for product development activities - equipment and services for research and development activities PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Derek Rapp

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Guest · 1/28/042:46 PM

Appilog, Inc. http://www.appilog.com WHAT IT DOES It builds and markets software and services to enhance IT systems performance and management. EVENT 01-19-2004--An undisclosed amount in a second round of funding led by Cedar Fund SALES NOTES company expected to make purchases to support... - sales and marketing - research and development - operations potential opportunity to provide… - sales training programs - software and systems specific to the sales function - recruiting for sales

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Guest · 1/28/042:47 PM

Thetus Corporation http://www.thetuscorp.com WHAT IT DOES It develops software for non-text data classification, collaboration and search. (number of employees: 5) EVENT 01-23-2004--An undisclosed amount of Series A funding from Silicon Forest and Silicon Valley SALES NOTES potential opportunity to provide… - tools and services for product development activities - tools and services for software and application development - recruiting services for developers and engineers - products and

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Guest · 1/29/048:44 PM

GWS Photonics Inc. http://www.gws-photonics.com WHAT IT DOES It develops tunable components for use in dense wavelength division multiplex (DWDM) systems. EVENT 01-23-2004--$3 million in a Series B round of funding led by Apax Partners SALES NOTES potential opportunity to provide… - recruiting services for marketing professionals - tools and services for product development activities - products and services to support increased marketing activities; services may include PR activities

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Guest · 1/29/048:45 PM

AlterPoint, Inc. http://www.alterpoint.com WHAT IT DOES It provides network configuration management solutions. EVENT 01-19-2004--$6 million in Series B financing from Austin Ventures and Palomar Ventures SALES NOTES company expected to make purchases to support... - accelerated sales and market presence - product expansion potential opportunity to provide… - software and systems specific to the sales function - recruiting for sales professionals - products and services to support increased

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Neal · 1/23/047:05 AM

the 213d is more of a graphics quality system which the Minolta is not. It is stictly business color. It is also at least two year old technology and they have had tremendous problems with the fuser oil web. it dries out much sooner than thought and causes a host of problems. when i was with minolta business solutions we had a lot of reliability issues with it. Neal

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Guest · 1/26/047:53 AM

There is a work around that is not sanctioned by Ricoh. You must take the staple cartridge out of the SR 860 and then defeat the sensor that tells the SR 860 that the staple cartridge has been removed. Or just remove the staple from the cartridge and defeat the sensor that tells the system it is out of staples. Make sure you try this with your techs blessing. Anyone know of any other ways to make this happen?

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Guest · 1/26/0411:12 AM

Art, if you remeber, could you tell me where you got this information, my techs are giving me a hard time with this and maintaining that RICOH will not support this. Thanks Brian

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Guest · 1/26/0412:29 PM

This came from Ricoh tech support web site, your guys are familiar with this, if not they should be logged on here and there. Does anyone have the web address for this? Art

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Old Glory · 1/26/048:27 PM

If someone has an idea that could make it work all across the board. For instance, a portion of my salary is paid as auto allowance so that Social Security doesn't have to be paid. The other difficulty is the fact that one person may sell $750,000 but get paid less than someone else who sells $500,000 because salesrep #2 got more margin. However, you can't bring G.P. into the equation because not everyone is working from the same "Sales Cost". My $10,000 sales may have $2,000 G.P. and pay me

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Jay · 1/28/045:00 PM

Well I wouldn't bet the farm on it yet BUT my source said at Ricoh said the 1013 was being replaced also. This is one we will have to verify. I will try to get more info.

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Jayson Gilbertson · 1/28/045:26 PM

I spoke with a Ricoh product trainer yesterday about the new machines. He shared with me that the Aficio 1013 and the F were going away. The slowest we will have is the 2015. JG

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Guest · 1/29/0410:36 AM

I thought the new 2238 and 2232 were brand new units??? I have seen a brochure and they look like 1224's and 1232's. I sure hope they are not relabeled 7000 CMF's. Jim or anyone else have more info on this?? Thanks

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Darren .... · 1/29/041:54 PM

No pricing yet that I have seen on the 2015/18/18D, but the Savin equivalents (4015/18/18D) have all of the other launch information on Savin iLINK... including supply pricing ... I would imagine the release can't be too far behind.

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Jay · 1/29/044:09 PM

Seems my source at Ricoh was incorrect on saying the 1013 is being replaced at the same time as the 15 and 18. Wrong info from Ricoh? Can it be? Apperently there is a new low end macine in the works but no info is available at this time.

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v-tec · 1/29/0410:27 PM

Amanda A 4410NF will gave you the same results at less cost. IP/LAN faxing. And all the incoming faxes routed to an E-mail address and not printed. The email account must be made public to everyone in the office. Scanrouter Pro will also give you same results with most MFPs.

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Jayson Gilbertson · 1/29/0410:38 PM

My sources say that any lower end not 11x17 capable will not be built or offered by Ricoh. Maybe a relable is in the furture. JG

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Amanda · 1/29/044:32 PM

My customer would ideally like to send faxes by IP/LAN/Internet (which we can do) and receive them digitally (not having the fax print it out). Additionally they would like to be able to access the faxed information over the LAN and/or WAN. Is this possible and how is it done? Thanks for you time to respond! Amanda

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Guest · 1/27/047:15 PM

The On demand show in NYC at jacob javits center in March. Here is the link for the free pre-registration for the exhibit floor. Greg and Mike and others you can all register as members of the Print 4 Pay Hotel. Those of us from the East are going to have a small meeting, everyone is welcome!

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Guest · 1/27/047:52 PM

have a customer who is trying to run 300 consecutive black prints. he can't the system goes into a cycling mode after every 70 pages. Help!! Art

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dmurrah · 1/23/0412:54 PM

We just had a customer run 1,157,613 copies on their 2090 last month!!!! I was so blown away I had to share it with everyone. The amazing thing is the machine ran like a CHAMP! Just confirmed my belief that the 2090 can go head to head with the Canon box any day!