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This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago

 

This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago

Third Week of June 2017

Over the years, I've become an expert at adding, subtracting and multiplying tenths, hundredths, thousandths and ten thousandths in my head.  At times, I find my self spewing the correct math calculation and then wondering how I did that so quick.  Guess, that's why memorize our multiplication times tables in grammar school. READ THE REST HERE

Enjoy These Awesome Copier Threads from 5 Years Ago this Week!

Konica Minolta Business Innovation Center secures exclusive servicing partnership with leading security technology company Knightscope

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assets to expand robotic servicing and support, including onsite installation, maintenance and break/fix services for the Knightscope machines. The relationship, one of several Konica Minolta robotic partnerships, demonstrates the commitment Konica Minolta has towards helping scale innovative companies by servicing and support, sales, supplying components, and design consulting. “As an early partner of Knightscope, Konica Minolta is thrilled to have supported their tremendous success by providing
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Five Things I Hate & Love About My Copier Career

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Jersey. Who needs mapquest (so nineties) or google maps? Not me. There's no possible way I could ever get lost in New Jersey. Wow, now that's really something to crow about! 4) I've become a contrarian salesperson. Everything is questioned, nothing is absolute, and doing the opposite of what most salespeople do is fine by me. If you're just like every other salesperson, then you'll be treated like all of the other salespeople (The Contrarian Salesperson). 5) Junior High School, age 14 or 15
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Ricoh wants buyers for 2 units amid overall slump

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TOKYO -- Ricoh intends to put two subsidiaries on the market in an attempt to raise money for restructuring its operations worldwide, as the Japanese company continues to suffer a slump in its mainstay multifunction printer business. Ricoh Logistics System is a Tokyo-based unit that handles comprehensive logistics, from warehousing and forwarding to distribution. It draws clients from a range of businesses, such as precision-equipment manufacturing and online sales of office supplies
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Konica Minolta Reshapes Connected Classrooms and Showcases Educational Solutions at ISTE 2017

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how incorporating the Dremel 3D printer and MyStemKits curriculum can revolutionize a classroom and begin future-proofing classrooms for teachers and students in this rapidly evolving environment.” Dremel 3D Printers and MyStemKits Curriculum The Konica Minolta and Dremel 3D printers with MyStemKits curriculum are designed to renew students’ excitement for learning as they witness their own computer-generated designs become tangible objects right before their eyes. This breakthrough technology
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Canon U.S.A. and CGS Publishing Technologies International Announce the Compatibility of imagePROGRAF PRO Series Printers with Color Tuner // Web Software

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MELVILLE, N.Y. , June 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing to expand its offerings of versatile large-format print solutions for professionals in the graphic arts market, Canon U.S.A. , Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, and CGS Publishing Technologies International (CGS) are pleased to announce the compatibility of the imagePROGRAF PRO Series printers with the Color Tuner // Web software. Building upon the long-standing relationship between Canon and CGS and its success with legacy
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For Ricoh, it's a sink-or-swim moment

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years from now if nothing is done," he said. "People around me warn that our survival will then be questioned." Multifunctional printer dependence Close The Imaging and Solutions division, which primarily handles multifunctional printers, contributes 90% of Ricoh's consolidated sales. For the fiscal year that ended in March, the division's profit plunged, lowering Ricoh's operating profit to sales ratio to 4.6%. This is less than half the ratio at Canon , which suffered a setback in the same
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Genesis Technologies Earns Canon Top Dealer Award Again

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Northbrook, IL (PRWEB) June 21, 2017 Genesis Technologies became a Canon copier and MFD dealer in 2013. Since then, Genesis sales and service of Canon have grown dramatically to a large base of managed print services (MPS) clients nationwide. What the Canon Top Dealer Award Means Canon's Executive VP GM of the Business Imaging Solutions Group, Toyo Kuwamura, commented: "Please accept our congratulations and the 'Top Dealer Award' in recognition of your accomplishments for the 2106 sales year
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2017 BTA National Conference to be Held

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Sales Solutions, Continuum (lunch sponsor), CoreDial, Crawford Thomas, ECi Software Solutions, eesyQ, Epson, EverBank, GreatAmerica Financial Services, HP, Innovolt, ITC Systems, KYOCERA Document Solutions, Laserfiche, Lexmark, LMI, Miracle Service, Muratec, OKI, Panasonic (breaks sponsor), PHSI, Plustek, Polek Polek, Prism Software, ProcureIT, RISO, Royal Imaging, Static Control (keynote sponsor), Supplies Network (breakfast sponsor), SYNNEX, Tigerpaw, TonerCycle/InkCycle, Toshiba, Wells Fargo
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Gestetner wins best performance in Asia Pacific for RICOH

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office automation brands such as RICOH, BenQ, Fujitsu and Asus, in addition to its groundbreaking Papercut Document Management Solution and a range of services provided by Nashua Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. (Gestetner Offset) and Gestetner Printing Services (Pvt) Ltd. (Gestetner Outsource), under parent company Gestetner of Ceylon PLC. RICOH Asia Pacific is a global technology company specialising in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT
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Hey Sales Reps... Stop Chasing Shiny Objects And Get To Work!

Larry Levine ·
well. Sales reps are easily enamored! I submit to you sales reps are jumping on the social selling bandwagon as this has become the next shiny object of desire. Sales reps have become enthusiastic, raving fans of the social selling movement. It's the craze, it's fashionable, it's popular, heck they all want to be part of the growing movement. Let's take one huge step beyond being bandwagoner sales reps. Let's stop the madness! Let's get better at sales! Let's unite to improve our entire game as
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JFK Health Treats Printing Security, Costs and Usage with Nuance Solutions

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Output Manager and Nuance mobile printing with PrinterOn, to provide a rules engine to manage and monitor printing, and maintain secure printing. These solutions enabled JFK Health to eliminate about 50 devices from its printing fleet of 500. They also help drive down print volumes and identify when print volumes are spiking to trigger re-routing of jobs to the JFK Health print shop, saving money. “Healthcare networks, like JFK Health, must grapple with two seemingly opposite goals: reduce costs
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Toshiba seen unable to submit report by June deadline

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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Toshiba Corp. appears likely to face difficulties meeting the legal deadline at the end of this month for submitting a securities report for fiscal 2016, which ended in March, to the Kanto Local Finance Bureau. The struggling electronics and machinery maker is still unable to finalize its fiscal 2016 business results, due to a disagreement with its auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC, or PwC Aarata, over huge losses at Toshiba’s U.S. nuclear business unit
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Toshiba Has Chosen a Buyer for its Chip Business

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Toshiba ( TOSYY ) is said to have made the decision to choose a Japanese government-led group of Japanese, U.S., and South Korean firms to buy its semiconductor business, Reuters reports, citing sources. The consortium's bid clears Toshiba's minimum of 2 trillion yen, or $18 billion. Toshiba is looking to sell the chip unit in order to cover billions of dollars in losses from its now bankrupt U.S. nuclear unit. The group includes Japanese state-backed fund Innovation Network Corp of Japan, the
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Phase 3 and Gigantic Color Solidify Advantage with EFI VUTEk 5r Printers

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on the list of Best Places to Work by the Charlotte Business Journal, as well as the no. 202 printer in North America by the flagship Printing Impressions 400. Founded in 1988 in Dallas, Texas, Gigantic Color ( www.giganticcolor.com ) is a regional leader in marketing solutions, providing design, print and installation services. Gigantic Color ranked as no. 163 on thePrinting Impressions 400list, and has become the industry standard for gargantuan ideas delivered and installed through the
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Can Ricoh Pull Off the Global Restructuring?

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Geesh, seems everyday brings a new story. Ricoh operating profit was reduced from 2.9% to 1.7% for the year that ended in March. We've seen the restructuring here in the US, a giant cut with GAM, and a third cut to come in the US.
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Toshiba's lack of auditor options exposes global problem

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TOKYO -- When Toshiba holds its annual shareholders' meeting on June 28, the company's fiscal 2016 financial results will not be ready because its auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata, has not approved them. This ongoing mess at the troubled Japanese electronics company shows how concentrated the global audit industry has become and the danger it poses to global capital markets. Until fiscal 2015, Toshiba had its books audited by Ernst Young ShinNihon. Toshiba switched to auditorsin fiscal
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Canon awarded $4.5m in toner patent case

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Camera producer Canon has been awarded $4.5 million after a federal jury found that a plastic manufacturer and a toner company wilfully infringed Canon’s patent. The verdict was handed down on Monday, June 19, at the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division. The two parties found to have infringed Canon’s patent were General Plastic, which was ordered to pay $3.7 million, and Color Imaging, which was told to pay under $1 million ($730,000). read the rest here
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Wisconsin one of six U.S. states Foxconn, Sharp considering for plant

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* Decision to made in July - Gou * Plant could be worth more than $7 bln * Focus on "rust belt" states By Jess Macy Yu and J.R. WuTAIPEI, June 22 (Reuters) - Foxconn <2317.TW>, the world's largest contract electronics maker, is looking at six U.S. states including Wisconsin as locations for a display-making plant and would make a decision next month, top executives said on Thursday. Read the rest here
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Re: Ricoh wants buyers for 2 units amid overall slump

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We've posted a new survey about Ricoh, here's the link https://www.p4photel.com/surve...global-restructuring

Re: Can Ricoh Pull Off the Global Restructuring?

Bill Siderys ·
It is interesting that the Company who created the system of discounts is now suffering from their own creation. Ricoh should be called the king of "discount association", as they continued to create more ways too discount equipment to more verticals. Starting with the acquisition of Lanier which only accelerated the programs.
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Re: Can Ricoh Pull Off the Global Restructuring?

Jason H ·
I don't think the future is very bright for Ricoh. They continually lose their big dealers to global imaging and then add in all the problems with their business model. Buying market share at any and all costs is never going to be sustainable and they reallze that now, but they should have learned that years ago. The Japanese are their own worst enemy in business. The messed up with the direct operations and tried to screw their cash cow, the dealers.
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Re: Can Ricoh Pull Off the Global Restructuring?

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Bill Siderys posted: It is interesting that the Company who created the system of discounts is now suffering from their own creation. Ricoh should be called the king of "discount association", as they continued to create more ways too discount equipment to more verticals. Starting with the acquisition of Lanier which only accelerated the programs. Yup, and the killer was the purchase of IKON. IKON execs replaced Ricoh long term Ricoh execs. IKON was one of the biggest dumpers on price for
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Re: Lead for 4,500 Copiers (OMG)!

Larry Kirsch ·
Who has that kind of inventory?
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Contex to Exhibit Wide Format Scanning Solutions for the GIS Community at ESRI User Conference

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unlimited length. The SDOneMF is Contex’s most portable and flexible wide format scanner that turns printers into multi-function systems. Users can easily scan, copy, and markup documents, and share them via the scanner’s wireless cloud connectivity -- a market exclusive. Recently updated, SDOneMF scanner now provides greater scanning speeds, processing, and editing capabilities. ESRI attendees can also see the newly introduced IQQuattro 3600 wide format scanner at Contex’s booth. The IQQuattro
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Why Did We Build a Cloud Product Before Everyone Else?

Dr. Stefan Weinberger (Guest) ·
strategy was sound: we built a robust channel business (over 500 partners today) that delivered growth and profitability for literally decades. We went global (70 countries, 16 languages), we spanned industries (hundreds) and gained thousands of loyal users (over 175,000). In short: DocuWare was doing great selling enterprise, on-premises software . Cloud Was Fringe With years of growth and no signs of slowing, why did DocuWare move to the cloud? Competitors weren’t chasing it. Customers
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Re: Wide Format Selling Techniques & Best Practices Webinar

Glen T Scott ·
Awesome topic can't wait
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Re: Wide Format Selling Techniques & Best Practices Webinar

Tim Cunningham ·
Who is running this? You? Do we have any premium members?

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