This Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
Third Week of January 2013
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Print Audit Releases Major Update for Rapid Assessment Key
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-counters and improved supply level detection with many manufacturer's devices, including Sharp, Lexmark, Kyocera, HP, Canon, Konica Minolta, OKI, Samsung and Ricoh. This update is free for all current Rapid Assessment Key owners and is available as an automatic update, which can be accessed by plugging in the USB key and launching the scanning software. Please visit the following link for a complete list of changes in this release: http://www.printaudit.com/down....0_Release_Notes.pdf For more
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Ricoh to Deliver 'Print and Beyond' Business Transformation Solutions at Hunkeler Inn
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addition to the Ricoh TotalFlow workflow suite offers customers an easy-to-use, end-to-end workflow software to manage transactional datastreams in Adobe PDF format. This solution brings the power and modularity of the proven Ricoh ProcessDirector software to mid-level customers who can now benefit from Ricoh's decades of experience with larger commercial and transactional printers. Ricoh will demonstrate mailpiece tracking via Ricoh ProcessDirector Express with itsMailroom Integrity solution
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Konica Minolta bizhub 36 and bizhub 42 – Editor’s Choice Award Review
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Konica Minolta bizhub 42 42ppm Sum-up: Compact small-to-midsize workgroup machines with excellent features. Konica Minolta’s new bizhub 36 and bizhub 42 are the latest entries in Konica Minolta’s small-to-midsize-workgroup MFPs. Each machine includes standard monochrome copying, printing, and color scanning functionality with faxing as an add-on. The $4,300 (list) bizhub 36 is rated at 36ppm with a monthly duty cycle of 48,000 pages. The $5,000 bizhub 42 copies and prints at 42ppm with a
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Konica Minolta and Hyland Software Announce Strategic Alliance
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competitive. Konica Minolta is a leader in advanced document management technologies, application solutions and IT Services from the desktop to the print shop. The company focuses on complete solutions including office systems, digital presses, production print systems, printers, vertical application solutions, and related services and supplies. Hyland Software is the developer of OnBase and a leading global provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software and solutions. "Hyland
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Konica Minolta to Exhibit Legal Solutions and IT Services at LegalTech® New York 2013
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(MFP), eCopy ShareScan software allows for a wide range of secure document scanning processes with seamless integration into business applications that support automated workflows. Equitrac Professional® – As the leading print management and cost recovery software for the legal industry, Equitrac Professional allows departments to accurately capture, allocate and bill for all client-related expenses, while helping firms gain control of their printing, copying and scanning costs. Konica Minolta
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Sharp Selects Southeastern Business Machines As Authorized Dealer And Expands Nationa
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#1 MAHWAH, N.J., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, announced that Southeastern Business Machines has joined its extensive nationwide network of authorized dealers. As part of the agreement, Southeastern Business Machines will now offer a range of integrated technology solutions, including Sharp's comprehensive portfolio of copiers and multifunction printers (MFPs). Sharp Authorized Dealers receive a wide
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Canon U.S.A. Announces Senior Executive Appointments
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consumer products, including digital cameras, camcorders, printers, fax machines, copiers, calculators, and binoculars. Ms. Higginbotham has been with CITS since 1997 and most recently served as senior vice president of operations. About Canon U.S.A., Inc. Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. With approximately $45.6 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S
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Sharp® Awards $100,000 of Technology Products to Coleman School District as Part of 1
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MAHWAH, N.J., JAN. 17, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, has announced the company's Centennial School Contest winner. As part of the company's 100 year celebration, Sharp held a contest open to all K-12 accredited schools in the United States. The prize: $100,000 of state of the art Sharp products for the school's classrooms, including interactive displays, copier/printers, professional projectors
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Nuance eCopy ShareScan 5.1 Strengthens Leading MFP Capture Capabilities and Dramatica
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. eCopy ShareScan runs embedded on the market’s leading MFP vendors including Canon, HP, Xerox, Ricoh and Konica Minolta, while also supporting any networked MFP and scanning vendor via eCopy ShareScan ScanStation software. eCopy ShareScan’s ability to support any brand MFP and nearly every device makes it an ideal solution for vendors and customers with mixed fleet environments. BLI, the imaging industry’s independent testing lab, praised eCopy ShareScan 5.1 in its new report (to read the full report
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Four Guiding Principles For Advancing Managed Print Services
Art Post (Guest) ·
document management costs and increase efficiencies they need to change their management process. Going down this path is likely to include deploying document management experts, whether internally or on an outsourced basis. Those experts can help facilitate changing the entire business function in order to deliver financial savings and operational efficiencies beyond equipment acquisition and per-page printing costs. Leveraging a Managed Print Services Model Many companies measure their office print
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Xerox Wins $14.6 Million MPS Deal
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A five year managed print service contract could cut costs by 25%, and greatly improve efficiency. With 6,500 employees and 34,000 students across five U.K. campuses, the University of Nottingham needed a better way of managing its diverse printing requirements. The university found it by working with Xerox, which today announced a £9.2 million managed print service contract that is set to drive considerable cost savings and reduce the university’s environmental impact. The five-year agreement
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Canon to Feature DreamLabo 5000 at Imaging USA, Jan. 20-22
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, imagePROGRAF wide-format pigment printers, PixmaPro printers and high resolution REALiS Projectors. Canon will also feature demonstrations of the DreamLabo 5000 Production Inkjet Printer, offering the retail photo printing and high-end print-on-demand (POD) markets optimal performance and productivity. Its integration of FINE (Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) print-head technology is designed to offer exceptional photo and text quality. The printer also offers an alternative to
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RICOH TO ENDOW RESEARCH CENTER AT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR
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Ricoh Innovations, Inc. ("RII") in Menlo Park, California, RIPL was created to combine market-oriented technology development with regionally optimized research to pioneer new business tailored for the Indian market and similar emerging countries. Ricoh's collaboration with IITGN began with RII's study of the application and validation of advanced IT technologies in educational fields. "We are thrilled to promote Open Innovation in India by locally researching solutions relevant to specific
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Ricoh Americas to feature comprehensive legal solutions portfolio at LegalTech NY
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try it! For details on Ricoh's full line of products, services and solutions for the legal industry, please visit http://www.ricoh-usa.com/legal . | 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 more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,903 billion yen
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Houston Copier Rental Services are Now Being Provided by Platinum Copier Solutions R
Art Post (Guest) ·
Houston, TX (PRWEB) January 18, 2013 Sharp copiers and Kyocera copiers are regarded as affordable premier document systems for businesses. Platinum Copier Solutions has been providing these document systems to businesses located in Houston and surrounding areas with exceptional services and technical know-how. Now, to provide even more convenience to its clients, Platinum Copier Solutions is offering copier rentals near Houston. For some businesses, like Architectural, Engineering, and
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Re: The Worst Copier Web Sites in the World!
fisher ·
Wow, a couple of blasts from the past. Nothing like having 15 year old copiers as the home page pictures on your website. Sharp SF7900 on the one website and a Pre Konica Minolta....Minolta on the other site.
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Re: Rumor has it.....
yeti ·
Allot of Ricoh dealers picked up Konica Minolta over the past 2 years. Most of these dealers are selling up to 3 KM devices for every one Ricoh they sell. Most of the KM dealer team came from Ricoh. Coincidence?
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Small Businesses Use Roland Large-Format Printers to Create Unique Digital Graphics
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(SGIA) Expo in Las Vegas – entrepreneurs that are using advanced large-format printers to differentiate themselves and attract consumers. Jim Dileva enjoyed building birdhouses and selling them out of the back of his nail salon in East Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Build a Birdhouse was mostly a hobby until one of Dileva’s salon clients asked him to create a birdhouse decorated to look like her favorite cartoon character. Dileva asked a friend in a printing company to print some decals. “The client
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ITsavvy Creates Managed Print Partnership with X4
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ITsavvy, formerly B2B Computer Products, just announced a strategic partnership with X4 Solutions. ITsavvy will now be providing managed print services through its branded savvyPrint to X4 Solutions’ sales partners. ITsavvy has been offering X4 Solutions’ telecom services to its clients since July 2006; with X4 Solutions providing expert streamlined coordination of major carriers’ telecom capabilities. The recent managed print partnership breaks new ground. Chris Kurpeikis, vice president
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Wide Format Printer Needed for GSA
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Solicitation Number:W911SA-13-T-0033Notice Type:Combined Synopsis/SolicitationSynopsis:Added: Jan 16, 2013 3:51 pmThis is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented...
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Sharp in talks with Lenovo for TV tie-up: Nikkei
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(Reuters) - Struggling Japanese TV-maker Sharp Corp is in the final stages of talks with Lenovo Group Ltd to form a television operations partnership in China the Nikkei reported. Sharp plans to sell its subsidiary operating a LCD TV assembly plant in Nanjing to the Chinese PC maker this year and convert its other Chinese subsidiaries into 50 percent joint ventures, the Japanese daily said. The two companies plan to enter markets other than China, including southeast Asia and South America
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The Worst Copier Web Sites in the World!
Art Post (Guest) ·
Let's have some fun, seems the participation on the forums has been a little slow of late. Either we're all to busy, or we're just a bunch of know it alls! So, let's have some fun, in a recent thread from yoda, he took me to what I think was one of the worst copier companies web site I ever seen. So, if you've been to a competitors that just plain stunk, post eh link in the reply section and after 30 days or so, we'll have vote for the worst copier web site in the work! Yoda, thanx for the idea!!
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Ricoh firmware
I am not sure if this is the right place, I'll try anyhow! How do you guys download firmware for Ricoh. I think it has become very cumbersome after Tessa dissapeared.
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Information Technology Request for Bid (Copier Lease)
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Town of East Lyme (Request for Bid) Sealed bids for the lease of copiers to meet the needs of the Town of East Lyme will be received by the Town of East Lyme, Connecticut at the East Lyme town hall engineering office, 108 Pennsylvania Avenue, Niantic, until 2:00 p.m. on January 31, 2013 at which time they will be publicly opened in the Town Hall Upstairs Conference Room. Specifications for the above lease agreement are detailed in the pdf document attached to the bottom of this article
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AIIM Teams Up with Photizo Group to Present Workshop at Transform 2013 Global Confere
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, president of AIIM. “We’re equipping the community to position and sell solutions in a way that enhances the selling organization and provides value to their customers. These are the industry’s best sales practices, provided in a one-day course.” Transform 2013 Global is the premier conference in the imaging industry, offering premium education about the ever-changing managed print services industry, as well as hardware, supplies, and digital workflow transformation. As the imaging industry landscape
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60 MON lease, 7 copiers
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Synopsis:Added: Jan 11, 2013 4:39 pmThis is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.The solicitation number...
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Solimar Systems Releases SOLscript™ 3.1
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fonts, expands transpromotional content options, and enhances the control of Xerox® VIPP® generated output. SOLscript is a PostScript preamble that emulates and optimizes Xerox VIPP software, extending the reach of VIPP applications to virtually all types and brands of workgroup and production printers, as well as ERM/COLD systems. Running in conjunction with PostScript interpreters such as Adobe® Acrobat® Distiller and the PostScript emulation modules of the Solimar® Print Director™ Enterprise
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Re: Sharp Selects Southeastern Business Machines As Authorized Dealer And Expands Nationa
Yoda ·
http://www.sebmhsv.com/wordpre...994&preview=true Another technology giant and world power of copier dealers that doesnt even put there name, phone number or address on the web site, let alone that they handle sharp. That will turn it all around.
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!
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manufacturing of its devices in the country. Sharp says it will continue to “provide brand and sales support” for its mobile business, a Morning Whistle report explains. Foxconn’s parent company Hon Hai struck a deal with Sharp to work together to build mobile devices in June 2012. But now it appears that the financially troubled Japanese tech company is downsizing its China-based operations, leaving Foxconn to step into the void. Sharp originally exited China’s mobile market in 2005, but returned
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Business Process Outsourcer Drives Growth with Kofax Mortgage Processing Solution
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and processing capture information 53 percent faster and spend 83 percent less per document,” said Nathaniel Rowe, research analyst at Aberdeen Group. “Multiply that over tens of millions of pages daily and you’ll see the kind of operational savings that can drive major growth initiatives.” “By removing manual document preparation, Kofax mortgage processing solutions accelerate critical processes and reduce the time it takes to approve mortgage applications,” said Howard Dratler, executive vice
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Harvard Gains New Insight from Map Archive using Contex Wide Format Scanner; Geo-Refe
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Blanken, General Manager, Contex Americas. Scan, Georeference and Print Arboretum staffers store the scanned images on a local server and the images are integrated into ESRI ArcGIS mapping platform to create georeferenced maps. These images give staffers new insight into plant legacies at the Arboretum. For example, staffers have been able to locate some living plants and remnants that fit into the historic landscape. In addition to viewing the maps from the database, staffers also print out 11x17
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Kofax Revolutionizes the Digital Mailroom with Increased Capabilities and Process Ana
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Automation automatically alerts the insured to submit the required information, which can be accomplished on paper or via fax, email, Kofax Web Capture or Kofax Mobile Capture. A line-of-business employee, such as a claims adjustor, is also alerted to the missing content to assist in resolving any discrepancies. These capabilities provide visibility into the status of the claims process from the moment a claim form is submitted at the Point of Origination? until it is passed to a claim adjudication
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Spanish Court Declares EFI Victorious in Patent Litigation Filed by KERAjet's Preside
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, vigorously defend ourselves and our intellectual property rights." "EFI has been a leading innovator in the print industry since our founding, and we acquired Cretaprint based on their demonstrated innovation and success in the ceramic inkjet market," added Ghilad Dziesietnik, EFI's Chief Technology Officer. "The victory confirms EFI Cretaprint's place as a leading innovator in the ceramic inkjet printer market, and we look forward to continuing to bring our innovative customer-focused printing
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Re: The Worst Copier Web Sites in the World!
Yoda ·
The newest addition to the Sharp arsenal of High Technology world beaters. Please note the lack of a phone number or email address anywhere. http://www.sebmhsv.com
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Re: The Worst Copier Web Sites in the World!
Yoda ·
My vote is for the copier GUY. He's got some kahoonas. New Radio spot: "Its always summer at the copier guy! 10 year old copier? No problem! Don't let that pesky parts thing keep you from calling! I'm THE COPIER GUY!"
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Re: The Worst Copier Web Sites in the World!
Yoda ·
A Watson is not bad either love this on the services page "FREE Service available with the purchase of a new copier and there are no overage charges on maintenance agreements. Call today for details." What possible details could there be its free?
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Re: Sharp "What will Happen"
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lately sharp stock in on the rebound with the yen dropping in value and statement that they expect to turn a profit for the last quarter of the fiscal year along with the money from qualcom. However they still have a heavy burden of debt to deal with. I am surprised that we haven't heard anything yet.
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Re: Erie businessman gets fed prison for copier fraud
fisher ·
There is a special place in hell for people who rip off churches. Have a church in my home town that was ripped off for about $20K by a copier company that had already gone out of business. The vendor wrote the church a 63 month lease with the service packed into the lease payment 3 months after the sherif had put a lock and chain on their doors. To make matters worse when the pastor of the church signed the lease he accidently signed in the wrong spot. When we got our hands on the actual lease
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Re: Nuance acquires Copitrak
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Can' you use the print audit solution? http://www.printaudit.com/law.asp
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Re: Are Photocopiers potential infection points for the flu virus?
Interesting response from another website: We have a new guy in sales. He was a technician before he came to work here and never got sick. After working here and being exposed to sick people in the office he got sick. He wondered how it was possible all those years as a tech not getting sick, then one week here and he gets sick. I asked him if he washed his hands after every service call. Answer: Yes Then I asked him if he did the same here. Answer: No He asked me why I thought of that. I told
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Re: Sharp Selects Southeastern Business Machines As Authorized Dealer And Expands Nationa
Art Post (Guest) ·
Holy crap! This site could make "the top ten worst imaging industry (copier) web sites", maybe that would be a cool thread to start!!
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Re: Sharp Selects Southeastern Business Machines As Authorized Dealer And Expands Nationa
GIntel ·
Out of all of Sharp's recently-announced partners, a few didn't even have sites. Not exactly announcement-worthy.
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Re: Sharp Selects Southeastern Business Machines As Authorized Dealer And Expands Nationa
Yoda ·
quote: Originally posted by Art Post: Holy crap! This site could make "the top ten worst imaging industry (copier) web sites", maybe that would be a cool thread to start!! Or companies that sell technology but to busy to use it thread. " All that new fangled technology stuff? Who needs it? BTW you want a copier?"
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Re: Need ecopy help please!
Art, I am assuming that the scanner has a TWAIN driver. Have you looked at the settings of the driver? Sometimes these settings can make a difference. There are also settings for the Scanner in the SHareScan Manager. Having said all that, I was one of the first people to install an eCopy Scan Station on a Ricoh MP6500. No one told us that the Ricoh TWAIN Driver would NOT scan faster than 25 ppm no matter how fast the MFD was. We worked with eCopy (pre Nuance) to allow us to set up a hot
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Re: Are Photocopiers potential infection points for the flu virus?
I asked one of my tennis buddies this weekend who is a high ranking local doctor about copiers and the flu virus. Viruses really cannot exist on plastic/glass more than a few minutes but germs and bacteria can linger for days. Although cleaning copier keyboards on a regular basis during flu season is helpful, placing spray pump bottles of hand sanitizer nearby the copier is ideal and very helpful towards maintaining a healthy office. As the copier is a shared office device which all employees
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Re: Ricoh firmware
I have just learned that Tessa is still running and that My-ricoh.com is still being improved.
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