This Week in the Copier Industry Fifteen Years Ago
Last Week of February 2007
A little delayed with Covid19 but last week had me attending our (Stratix Systems) 2022 kickoff. Yes, I was able to get to Presidents Club in 2021 because my dealership gave the tools that helped me in my quest. Ob the flip side if you don't use of understand the tools that your dealership provides then you'll never have the opportunity to excel. As much as it's about me reaching Presidents Club it's also about the dealership and the team that drives us forward. KUDOS to all!
Enjoy These Copier Threads from 15 years Ago This Week!
Recognizes KONICA MINOLTA's bizhub C450 as "Most Reliable"
Art Post (Guest) ·
The Annual Color Product Reliability Study Conducted by the Office Products Analyst (OPA) Recognizes KONICA MINOLTA's bizhub C450 as "Most Reliable" RAMSEY, NJ and ROCHESTER, NY- January 19, 2007 - KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC. (KONICA MINOLTA) is pleased to announce that Office Products Analyst (OPA) named the KONICA MINOLTA bizhub™C450 color multifunctional peripheral (print, copy, scan and fax all in one device) the 2006 OPA Most Reliable 36-45 PPM Color MFP. The Office
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Konica Minolta Demos Support For New Vista
Art Post (Guest) ·
new imaging, networking and security features in the Windows Vista operating system. Konica Minolta will be one of the first in the market to support the XML Paper Specification (XPS) file format and Web Services for Devices (WSD) on the soon-to-be introduced next-generation of bizhub™ multifunctional products (MFPs – print, copy, fax, scan all in one system), and select bizhub and magicolor printers. New Page Description Language (PDL) from Microsoft XPS is a new Windows Vista file format that
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AFICIO MP 1600/MP 2000 SERIES
Art Post (Guest) ·
1600/MP 2000 Series. These digital imaging systems enable users to copy, print, scan and fax all from one conveniently compact and powerful system. The MP 1600spf and MP 2000spf are pre-configured and offer digital copying, printing, scanning and faxing standard. In addition, Ricoh has also launched the MP 1600L/MP 2000L Series that provides copying, PCL6 printing and TWAIN scanning capabilities and is ideal for Windows-based environments such as small businesses, workgroups and offices that
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Copier Sales a Dying Breed with Dealers?
Art Post (Guest) ·
Got this email from a fellow sales rep, he asked that his name not be mentioned in reference to his job. Our P4P member stated that he was sick and tired of fighting for "his" commissions and the never ending battle from business owner to salesperson Art, My screen name was Darth Vader. I've enjoyed the hotel. It was a great source of information. I have left my sales position, and I will no longer be working in sales - not because I couldn't sell; I was the most successful copier salesman my
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New Copier Sales Poll!
Art Post (Guest) ·
also know there are many that would jerk some sales people around enough to make them quit or leave.
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Position Yourself as an Expert
Art Post (Guest) ·
additional service that they offer for their clients. Your goal is to sell your knowledge and nothing else. Have copies of Print Assessments that you have completed to show the accounting firm what the typical report entails, here you are breaking the mold from the common copier salesperson and establishing yourself as the expert. You can even offer a FREE print assessment to the accounting firm to show them your expertise and your creative ideas for print assessment and print migration. You can
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Ricoh Aficio MP 1600/MP 2000 Digital
Art Post (Guest) ·
1600/MP 2000 Series Highlights: 11” x 17” platen Scan to Email/Folder with LDAP support IP Faxing Full Duplexing (MP 2000) PDF Direct Print and extensive security features including Authentication, Encryption and SSL support The MP 1600SPF and MP 2000SPF will come standard with digital copying, printing, scanning and faxing features and the MP 2000SPF will also include the 1-Bin Tray
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RICOH CORPORATION ALIGNS WITH XYTHOS
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, today announced Xythos’ entry into the Ricoh Technology Alliance Program. Xythos’ document and file management software will help users access and share electronic and scanned documents and is compatible with Ricoh’s embedded software architecture in its multifunction products (MFP). Ricoh and Xythos both view this alliance as a means to deliver user-friendlier document management options to their users. Xythos Software offers web-based document and records management applications that help
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Re: Fair Comission Plans
Art Post (Guest) ·
Great Topic!!!!! I too get nothing for service and supplies except when I sell suppies at the time of the sale. Also with the industry moving more to monthly cpc charges and less yearly maintenance agreements I also receive nothing for this. I have just started tracking the pages that I am capturing with new installs, where I knock out a MFP's faxes and printers. I can now tract how many new clicks I am pulling in for the company and the charges associated with these. I feel as this can be a
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Re: Fair Comission Plans
Inventory has become an almost impossible issue. When I started, the only accessories for the most part were a finisher or LCT and we had a 13, 20, 28, 35, 45, and 60 cpm unit...6-7 mainframes and a few fax machines. Look at it now...we literally have more fax models now than we used to have copier models and more possible accessories per model than we used to have in the whole product line. Add a full line of printers and a parallel copier line that is color. We now have 57 separate and
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Re: Fair Comission Plans
Art Post (Guest) ·
quote: Originally posted by Jim Parker: Inventory has become an almost impossible issue. When I started, the only accessories for the most part were a finisher or LCT and we had a 13, 20, 28, 35, 45, and 60 cpm unit...6-7 mainframes and a few fax machines. Look at it now...we literally have more fax models now than we used to have copier models and more possible accessories per model than we used to have in the whole product line. Add a full line of printers and a parallel copier line that is
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Re: Around the World w/Ricoh #3
Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh Launches Tree Planting Offset Program Ricoh UK has joined the growing list of companies implementing tree growing initiatives by offering its customers the opportunity to plant fruit trees in a bid to offset carbon emissions. The printer manufacturer is working with Seeds for Africa, which, according to Ricoh, educates young people in Africa about how to farm their own fruit and vegetables. The program monitors the printer and copier usage levels of businesses. For every 100,000
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Building on the December 2006 release of Enhanced Locked Print
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have this level of functionality, they would need specialized third-party print server software, which significantly increases their costs and often requires an annual software maintenance contract. Effective February 23, 2007, Enhanced Locked Print – EX (Extended Edition) is available for immediate purchase. About Enhanced Locked Print Reduces operating costs, by using a centralized printing strategy, without having to sacrifice security Stores, releases and manages confidential document output
Re: Fair Comission Plans
No question that is alot of G.P. in anybody's book. I personally am not one who believes that a sales rep has right to share in the savings when a dealer takes advantage of "cash with order" discounts or quantity discounts. Sales reps aren't the ones who get "stuck" with discountinued inventory ,etc. so I'm willing to accept that deal. Therefore, I'm OK with Dealer Cost being based on regular "Single Unit Price" regardless of occassional discounts. The way I see it, for me to lay claim to that
Re: 240w background
PrintDoctor (Guest) ·
I dont see background when scanning to PC, however, replaced the drum and heavy background still exist. If this was an older analog Ricoh (700 series or 870) I would try adjusting the lamp setting (light sensor adjustment) in Severice Mode # -12. I can not find a lamp setting adjustment on this unit.
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Re: Fair Comission Plans
You speak of $300,000 G.P. above sales cost. Anytime you try to compare commission plans, you need to keep in mind that that the amount of "pad" added to Dealer's Cost can have a significant impact on commissions even though it may not effect total income. This is what I mean. One company may pay $3,000/mo. salary and 40% commissions but have a sales cost that is 20% above Dealer Cost. Another company may only pay $3,000 salary and 30% commissions but be a better plan because they pay based on
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Re: Fair Comission Plans
merlin ·
ANYBODY BRINGING IN $ 200-300,000 GP SHOULD MAKE IN THE SIX FIGURES. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THE COMMENTS ABOVE IS DEALER COST. MOST SALES AND MANAGERS DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE TRUE DEALER COST IS. ALL MANUFACTURES OFFERS PROMO'S IF THE DEALER BUYS ALOT, PLUS THEY OTHER OTHER INCENTIVES WE NEVER HEARD ABOUT. IF A SALESMAN IS TRUELY GROSSING OVER TRUE DEALER COST $200-300,000 G.P., I WOULD THINK THE DEALER BETTER BE KISSING HIS OR HER ASS.
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Re: Fair Comission Plans
Art Post (Guest) ·
Jim: My company uses a 20% pack. No discounts are passed and on along with CWO's. They are entitled to this, it is their company. In reference to the 200K -300K, yes I agree the rep should be getting anything in reason for that type of GP volume, and thats what I stated for the AMEN! I am not the smartest or most gifted sales person on the block however longevity and the desire to work hard, compete and win makes me above average when it comes to the numbers. What ticks me off most is the day
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Re: rw240 won't plot
Art Post (Guest) ·
is plotbase showing the paper roll feeder installed, also do you aalso see the paper roll feeder on the copier?
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Re: 240w and .pln files
when I choose print to file for an app. then I name the file. with quotes around it and end it in .tif that way it will be a supported file adding it to plot client.
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Re: Around the World w/Ricoh #3
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Saints Crash at the Ricoh Coventry 2 Southampton 1 The Ricoh Arena 20/02/07 Attendance: 17194 Report Less-than-Subtle Coventry Dash Automatic Promotion Hopes Southampton`s playoff status was thrown into real doubt for the first time since their mid-October after 'new manager syndrome` seemed to affect most performances at the Ricoh arena. Instead of relentlessly and clinically building on Saturday`s victory over Barnsley, Southampton last night capitulated to a 2-1 loss and perhaps more
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Re: 2090 printing?
dmurrah ·
we tried that and they were all for it but the aplication they were printing out of their AS400 will not print to the doc. server.
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Re: looking for recommendation small b/w plotter
Art Post (Guest) ·
Call Paradigm Imaging and click thier link, they have the Canon Prograph 700 which is awesome, plus they are a sponsor of the site!!
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