There's a pretty cool blog down below titled "Copiers Dealers Need to Embrace the Next Big Thing". That next big thing was going to be 3D printing, however after 5 years it seems that a 3D printer in every office or home may not come to fruition. Heck, even I'm wrong every now and then.
Enjoy these threads from 5 years ago this week!
This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago First Week of May 2004
Reply by Ted One of my sales reps had this reply: "The reason the Ricoh was faster was because it has True Adobe Postscript 3, where as Canon and Xerox 'emulate'. It is always faster to print PDF's with Adobe Postscript 3. This guy needs to run a MS PowerPoint RE: 2232/38 series productivity! 4/20/04 4:31 PM Reply by Guest comments. I have done some productivity tests with the Aficio 2232 C /2238 C versus the Canon C 3200 and the Xerox 40 C . In printing a PDF file of 27 pages, the Xerox took
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Print Audit Introduces Embedded Application for KYOCERA Document Solutions America
custom, integrated business applications that are designed to meet and exceed users’ specific document imaging needs. “The release of Print Audit Embedded for Kyocera MFPs enables organizations to leverage their existing technology investments to maximize cost and efficiency savings,” said Danielle Wolowitz, Senior Director of Product Planning and Product Marketing for Kyocera. “Additionally, Kyocera MFPs with Print Audit Embedded create a secure printing environment that helps our mutual
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NEW KODAK CREO IC-309 SERVER DRIVES KONICA MINOLTA BIZHUB FULL COLOR DIGITAL PRESSES
Ramsey, N.J. – May 1, 2014 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. ( Konica Minolta ) and Kodak have released the latest technology development in the KODAK CREO Server family — the IC-309 Server. Developed specifically for Konica Minolta’s bizhub PRO C1060 / C1070 models, the company’s latest front-end technology innovation is designed on a new architecture with the same robustness and usability existing customers have appreciated for years. First demonstrated at Print ’13 in Chicago
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New KODAK CREO IC-309 Server Drives Konica Minolta bizhub Full Color Digital Presses
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) and Kodak have released the latest technology development in the KODAK CREO Server family — the IC-309 Server. Developed specifically for Konica Minolta’s bizhub PRO C1060/C1070 models, the company’s latest front-end technology innovation is designed on a new architecture with the same robustness and usability existing customers have appreciated for years. First demonstrated at Print ’13 in Chicago and more recently at IPEX in
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Konica Minolta Launches Order Automation and Multi-Channel Marketing Solutions
Solutions U.S.A. "Our EngageIT XMedia and EngageIT Automation solutions focus on bringing a heightened level of performance, workflow efficiency, profitability and cost savings to today's print customers, ensuring they can count on Konica Minolta for complete graphic communication solutions." Konica Minolta bizhub, bizhub PRESS, bizhub SECURE and bizhub MarketPlace are registered trademarks of Konica Minolta, Inc.All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective
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Konica Minolta Launches Order Automation and Multi-Channel Marketing Solutions
of solutions and production planning, BIS, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. "Our EngageIT XMedia and EngageIT Automation solutions focus on bringing a heightened level of performance, workflow efficiency, profitability and cost savings to today's print customers, ensuring they can count on Konica Minolta for complete graphic communication solutions." Konica Minolta bizhubâ®, bizhub PRESSâ®, bizhub SECUREâ® and bizhub MarketPlaceâ® are registered trademarks of Konica Minolta, Inc. All
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Ricoh launches colour laser printers with low total cost of ownership: Ricoh SP C252DN / SP C252SF MFP
Amstelveen, April 2014 , Ricoh Europe (Netherlands BV) has introduced a new series of desktop A4 colour laser printers that combine a low total cost of ownership (TCO) with advanced features such as wireless printing from smartphones and tablet computers. The Ricoh SP C252DN printer and SP C252SF MFP are highly productive, with colour print speeds of up to 20 pages per minute. Automatic double-sided printing as well as wired and wireless network connectivity and USB 2.0 are standard. Gerard de
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Xerox Names Parmetech Top Reseller in the U.S. for Managed Print Services
, chief sales marketing officer. About Parmetech Founded in 1991, Parmetech is an award-winning reseller, integrator and provider of IT and office equipment life cycle services. Its core expertise is in providing comprehensive Managed Print Services (MPS) solutions covering various manufacturers print technology such as Xerox, HP, Lexmark, Epson, and Zebra. The Parmetech team has extensive intellectual property in managed print services, workflow optimization and document management and only uses
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Intellinetics Announces New IntelliCloud(TM) Growth Strategy in Action: Muratec America, Inc. Partners With Intellinetics to Provide IntelliCloud(TM) to Its Reseller Network
Muratec America, Inc. "The Intellinetics solution is easy to use, affordable, enterprise grade and directly integrates with our Muratec multi-function printers (MFPs)." IntelliCloud is optimized for price-sensitive SMBs that want to easily capture documents and connect them to business processes, reducing costs and increasing information accessibility, security and compliance. It enables resellers to deliver these capabilities as a device feature and/or as a managed services value-add to increase
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Re: Print Production Pricing
When I was a Color Sales Specialist I made a living selling to the Print Industry. I agree that David's approach is spot on. Taking the consultative approach is an added value that will allow you not to have to be the cheapest price. Having said that, we as a company have moved away from pursuing the Print for Pay market. For the following reasons: They are often difficult to get financed (But they know it) They are slow to pay their Service charges They want to negotiate away what they owe in
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Konica Minolta Launches Business Innovation Center in North America
RAMSEY, NJ, May 07, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announces that parent company Konica Minolta, Inc. has opened its first Business Innovation Center (BIC) in North America. Located in Foster City, Calif., the Center is one of five BICs that will be set up around the world designed to identify new technology solutions to provide accelerated growth opportunities through acquisition, investment or platform integration. As an
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Ricoh : Production Print Solutions Assigned Patent
ByTargeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va.,April 30--Ricoh Production Print Solutions,Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,705,141) developed by five co-inventors for a method and system "for printing simple data utilizing a raster image processor in a computer system." The co-inventors areJean M. Aschenbrenner,Boulder, Colo., Joseph S. Czyszczewski,Longmont, Colo.,Nenad Rijavec,Longmont, Colo.,Arthur R. Roberts,Boulder, Colo., andJames T. Smith II,Boulder, Colo. The patent application
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Ricoh Unveils Powerful Yet Easy-to-use Interactive Whiteboard For Business
line of products, services and solutions, please visit www.ricoh-usa.com . | About Ricoh | Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo , Ricoh Group operates in about 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2014 , Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,236 billion yen (approx. 21.7 billion USD ). The majority of the company's revenue comes from
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Xeretec acquisition of Bytes Document Solutions creates Xerox super VAR
Xerox ’s largest Managed Print Services (MPS) provider n the UK, Xeretec ,has announced it has acquired Xerox reseller, Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), part of the Bytes Technology Group (BTG), to become the vendor’s largest reseller in Western Europe in terms of scale, managed print services and large production equipment sales. Xeretec says the deal, for an undisclosed amount, will accelerate the pace at which it will achieve its goal of becoming a £100m turnover organisation by September
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New Ricoh MP C401 C401SR Spec Review
(letter legal) Scan2usb and Scan2sd card Print from USB Print from sd card Copy resolution 600 dpi Print resolution up to 1200x1200 dpi Duplex up to 90 lb index 2GB RAM and 320GB hard drive Standard Color Copy/Color Scan/Color Print Options? There are too many to list, however, the MP C401SR comes with internal stapler. There's one more feature that I need to read up on, and that's the Mandatory Security Information Printing feature. I'll have to read up on this one. It's getting late, good
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Why Won't Ricoh Bring the CW 1200SP Color Wide Format to US Market?
based products to scan or print from USB or SD. 5. We need to have Ricoh ICE available for all of the systems. Should I go on? I'd rather not.....I'm done ranting!!! -=Good Selling=-
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ACE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS BECOMES A RICOH CERTIFIED MANAGED DOCUMENT & BUSINESS PROCESS SERVICES PROVIDER THROUGH CHAMPS PROGRAM
examination that followed intensive training through the Ricoh Learning Institute, the company’s comprehensive training organization. “Congratulations to ACE Business Solutions and its newly certified staff,” said Jim Coriddi, Vice President, Dealer Division, Ricoh U.S.A. “This certification arises from a unique and transformative program in our industry. The overall goal is to give our dealers the tools to address their clients’ most pressing business problems. We remain committed to supporting our
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Copier Dealers Need to Embrace the "Next Big Thing"
printer that we see now could evolve to be the Star Trek replicator one day. But, is buying these 3D printers today? Sales are being made to manufacturing companies. larger AEC firms, Colleges, Universities, High Schools, Vocational Schools. Medical Companies, the list goes on and on. I can remember back in the eighties, the dealership that I owned signed on as a Brother Dealer. It wasn't a big deal at the time, however, the opportunities that came from being an Authorized Brother Dealer exploded
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Seems Ricoh offers a Color 24x36 model wide format MFP
ok, pretty miffed as to why we dont have this Ricoh product in the US. Ricoh in JP is offering the CW1200 color wide format printer, copier and scanner (max 24x16), why are they not bringing this to market in the US?? http://www.ricoh.co.jp/pdf/342.../MP_CW_2200_1200.pdf
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Tinkerine Launches DittoPro: Industry's First Affordable "Prosumer" 3D Printer
prototypes to educational models." Tinkerine pioneered the 3D printing industry's open C frame design, which the DittoPro employs to allow the build volume (the size of printed objects) to be significantly taller and deeper than the leading competitor. In addition, compared to other leading 3D printers on the market, the elegant frame shape uses 43 percent less desktop space. DittoPro's quality machined aluminum construction and stable glass print bed allows precision printing of very small
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New DittoPro ‘Prosumer’ 3D Printer from Tinkerine
." Tinkerine pioneered the 3D printing industry's open C frame design, which the DittoPro employs to allow the build volume (the size of printed objects) to be significantly taller and deeper than the leading competitor. In addition, compared to other leading 3D printers on the market, the elegant frame shape uses 43 percent less desktop space. DittoPro's quality machined aluminum construction and stable glass print bed allows precision printing of very small parts as well. Previous models of Tinkerine 3D
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MakerBot Offers a Step Back in Time with Jurassic T-Rex Skeleton and T-Rex Skull Models Available for Download and 3D Printing
BROOKLYN, N.Y., May 06, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Adventurous 3D print fans have some new 3D models to get excited about this week. The MakerBot® Digital Store is thrilled to announce two new models that take 3D printing to a whole new level and time. MakerBot is introducing the T-Rex Skeleton , an anatomically correct, realistic and scaled model of a full Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton! This giant lived in the forested river valleys of North America 65 million years ago and has always been a
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Ricoh is charging their customers to accept a phone call for meter reads or supplies!
Check out the article I wrote on TheCopierNetwork and let me know what you think about this practice. http://www.thecopiernetwork.co...-of-Customer-Service Vince McHugh
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Re: Light Production Color CPC Check
Color typically is $0.049-$0.065 We have not done any color below .04...yet. Our Xerox accounts come native with single-click 11x17 so we honor that. Other units we carry are case by case. Competitively, we end up single-clicking more often than not. Basically Print Shops have all become privy to this now and for the most part they expect it...not much we can do if we want the business.
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WorkForce DS-40 Ensures Easy Scan-to-Cloud, PC or Mobile Device While On-the-Go
summer through major resellers, office retailers, and direct on Epson.com . The scanner features a one-year limited warranty, along with optional extended service plans and overnight exchange programs. For more information about Epson scanners visit www.epson.com . About Epson Epson is a global innovation leader whose product lineup ranges from inkjet printers and printing systems, 3LCD projectors and industrial robots to sensors and other microdevices. Dedicated to exceeding the vision of its
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Re: Question for those who work at multi-line Dealers
We are Konica and Xerox..KM by far is the superior product until you get to Production in which case we are pretty 50-50. Xerox, at least for us, offers some price advantage, especially in the entry-level to mid-range. Also, we are no longer the exclusive dealer of either as Xerox Agents are popping up everywhere.
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Re: Print Production Pricing
I'd like to bring this back...I think a lot of this topic has to do with how specialized the Commercial Printer is. Is this a Printer that offers something unique, or just wants to get the best price on their Digital machine to compete with someone who might still be using offset? I would say the majority of my Commercial Printers want the same thing, good image quality, accurate registration, and responsive support. Does that warrant a discount, no, but in the big picture, we're not providing
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Re: Canon C5325
Yes. Several levels of. There is a free mobile printing app thatallows basic printing and finishing (Canon Mobile Print). Then, Uniflow mobile print app etc...
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Re: Xerox C75 Press Question
The embedded Fiery is quite a bit cheaper, but comes very basic. I have had a few instances in which my customer had to buy the Impose package afterwards. The Fiery EX server includes Compose, Impose, and the Color Profiler Suite with the ES-2000 Spectrophotometer, a must have for all Print-for-Pay shops.
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Re: MPS opinions on margins, business models. What say you?
There are a few factors that should be considered: 1. What is the mixture of printer models? 2. Are the devices currently being serviced properly? 3. What are current fill rates? (and does the business require MICR Toner?) As part of our Go-To-Market strategy for MPS, we take into considerationHOW the volume is being produced and WHERE the volume is produced. Identify High Volume devices, aged devices, and even opportunities to leverage their existing technology by eliminating under used assets
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Re: Seems Ricoh offers a Color 24x36 model wide format MFP
If it's as much of a POS as the CW2200sp, I have no interest in selling it.
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Re: Seems Ricoh offers a Color 24x36 model wide format MFP
I've had success selling it, we don't offer anything else in that price range
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Re: Seems Ricoh offers a Color 24x36 model wide format MFP
Given how Ricoh priced the CW2200wide format I figure the street price would likely be $9,000 or more for the 24" version. Doubt many people would be buying a $9,000 24" system.
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Re: Air Print for Metis
There is a Ricoh apavailable for apple and android. with the ricoh apyou can use ID codes, select BW or cololur. It is quite simple to use and my customers seem to really like it.
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Re: Air Print for Metis
The Smart Device PrintScan app works pretty well for both iOS Android and does give you some advanced functionality in terms of finishing, Locked Print and more. Some formatting does get screwed up, but I'm not sure if that's the fault of the app or not. I do hope AirPrint is approved for this series by Apple soon. Some customers are used to using that at home on their $100 printer and are somewhat annoyed that it won't work on their expensive business-class system.
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Re: Air Print for Metis
One cool thing you can do with the Smart Device Print app(Android) is share things to the printer. Basically you open a picture or PDF or whatever print ready item and click on the share button the 3 connected dots in the shape of a v and then scroll down past facebook, e-mail etc to Smart Device Print and it connects and prints. Good way to do a mobile print app is take a picture of the customer by the machine and print it out. With practice you can do this very fast and its a nice stunt. Scan
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Re: New Ricoh MP C401 C401SR Spec Review
We bought one of the C300 when they were clearing them out and imagine my surprise to learn we also had to put toner in it! All the other printer based models come with starter cartridges. Anyway, the toner cost more than the fricken machine!!
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Creaform launches the next generation of Go!SCAN 3D portable scanners
20 delivers maximum resolution and isdedicated for use with smaller objects with intricate details,making it the perfect companion for 3D printers. Customers willattest to the Go!SCAN 3D's multitude ofbenefits: -- High speed: Typical objects are scanned infive minutes or less. -- Professional-grademeasurements: The Go!SCAN 3D provides an accuracy of up to0.1 mm (0.004 in.) and resolution of up to 0.2 mm (0.008 in.). -- Full-color 3D models: Users can easily andsimultaneously capture of high-quality
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Kofax AP Agility™ Takes Accounts Payable Automation to the Cloud and Expands Analytics Capabilities
, insurance, government, healthcare, business process outsourcing and other markets. Kofax delivers these through its own sales and service organization, and a global network of more than 800 authorized partners in more than 75 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. For more information, visit kofax.com . 1Accounts Payable Automation: Five Technology Advancements Helping to Break Down Adoption Barriers; The Hackett Group, December 5, 2013 © 2014 Kofax Limited. Kofax and Kofax
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Lance Trollop: Setting the record straight on the Wausau School Board's copier contracts
instance pursuant to law or district policy. The legal memo also briefly summarized some of the reasoning behind the plan, including noting that the vast majority of the devices were already under contract with the selected vendor anyway, the cost savings, user satisfaction, saving of staff time and so on. Administration continues to recommend a competitive bidding process once the district is no longer tied to any vendor, agreements or device, which will occur in approximately four years. http
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NovaCopy Announces the Next Generation of Creaform GO!SCAN 3D Portable Scanners
, manufacturing, energy, research, education and consumer products. “Creaform scanning technology guarantees a quick, reliable (as well as affordable) means for customers to enhance their 3D printing and prototyping processes,” said NovaCopy’s President of 3D Printer Solutions, Melissa Ragsdale. “These new scanners will provide NovaCopy’s customers a level of unmatched accuracy throughout their entire product development process.” 3D scanners are used in reverse engineering processes or product development
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