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August 2021

Brother reports last quarter’s earnings

August 29th, 2021

Brother reports last quarter’s earnings
- Total net sales up 30.7% to 174 billion yen ($1.6 billion)
- Operating profit up 182.6% to 26.5 billion yen ($240.9 million)
- Printing & Solutions division net sales up 19.5% to 99.1 billion yen ($900.9 million)
o Equipment revenue up 14.7% to 84.7 billion ($770 million)
o Laser based devices down 16% due to supply chain issues

Sharp to make electric cars?

August 29th, 2021

Sharp to make electric cars?
- Sharp’s owner, Hon Hai Precision of Taiwan (aka Foxconn), had its founder, Terry Gou in interview state:
o “If we can make iPhones, why can’t we make EVs? It is an iPhone with four wheels.”
- Young Liu, current chairman, announced plans to build factories in the U.S. and Thailand that will assemble electric vehicles, and looking for locations in Europe
- Already supplies electronics to electric car makers, such as Tesla and BMW
- Plans to supply cars to Fisker of New York, Byton of Chica, Yulon Motor of Taiwan and possibly Apple

Sharp reports last quarter’s earnings

August 29th, 2021

Sharp reports last quarter’s earnings
- Sharp is a division of Hon Hai Precision of Taiwan (aka Foxconn)
- Total net sales up 18.9% to 611.5 billion yen ($5.6 billion)
- Operating profit up 86.3% to 18.3 billion yen ($169 million)
- 8K Ecosystems division (which includes MFPs, PPS and printer) had net sales increase of 36.8% to 137.6 billion yen ($1.3 billion)
o Operating profit up to 4.1 billion yen ($38 million)

Toshiba Seeking Options

August 29th, 2021

Toshiba seeking options
- Reuters News Service is reporting that Toshiba is in talks with at least 4 global private equity firms, including KKR & Co., Bain Capital and Blackstone Inc.
- Seeking new strategy
- Engaging with potential bidders for company since shareholders ousted its chairman in June after "colluding with the Japanese government to put pressure on foreign investors”
- “considering and discussing a wide range of initiatives without delay”
- Hope to announce new business plan in October

This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago

First Week of September 2016

It's been a tough week since Wednesday of this week.  Hopefully my last layover day in the Hospital is today.  I'll have a short test in the AM on Monday that will determine whether I'll have final operation.

Enjoy These Copier Threads from 5 years Ago This Week

Fiery Digital Front End Provides Higher Performance for Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS Printers

ART POST ·
. Konica Minolta has won numerous awards and recognition, includingplacement in the Leaders Quadrant on the Gartner 2014 Magic Quadrant for Managed Print Services (MPS) and Managed Content Services (MCS). Konica Minoltahas been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for nine consecutive years. Konica Minolta, Inc. has also been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for four years in a row. For more information, please visit
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Worldwide Shipments in the Production Printer Market Maintain Their Growth Streak, Increasing 10.0% Year Over Year in the Second Quarter of 2016, According to IDC

ART POST ·
Market Share, Q2 2016 (based on unit shipments*) Vendors 2Q16 Unit Shipments 2Q16 Market Share 2Q15 Unit Shipments 2Q15 Market Share 2Q16/2Q15 Growth 1. Xerox Group 1 5,179 50.7% 4,586 49.4% +12.9% 2. Ricoh Group 2 2,203 21.6% 2,235 24.1% -1.4% 3. Konica Minolta Group 3 1,682 16.5% 1,290 13.9% +30.4% 4. Canon Group 4 679 6.7% 665 7.2% +2.1% 5. HP Inc. 231 2.3% 241 2.6% -4.1% Others 236 2.3% 265 2.9% -10.9% Total 10,210 100.0% 9,282 100.0% +10.0% Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Production Printer
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Worldwide Large Format Printer Shipments Show Modest Strength in the Second Quarter of 2016, According to IDC

ART POST ·
attributable to the aggressive discounting that other vendors are engaging in as they compete against HP. Canon maintained its number two position among large format printer manufacturers in 2Q16 with over 22% of total large format printer shipments when Canon's aqueous, UV, and toner-based printer systems are combined. Epson , the number three supplier of large format printers worldwide, lost some share in terms of shipments, but is seeing slightly higher share in revenue due to the changing mix of
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Are Extroverts or Introverts Better Salespeople?

ART POST ·
Hiring salespeople is a high-stakes game. The cost of a bad sales hire can average from $25,000 to $50,000, not to mention the less quantifiable damage to team morale and culture. Conventional wisdom suggests that extroverts -- commonly thought of as outgoing and sociable -- would make better salespeople than introverts, who have been popularly represented as awkward in social situations. read the rest here
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Attorney General: Copier toner pirates hit businesses, churches...

ART POST ·
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Attorney General's Office reported it has filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against three California businesses alleging that they placed calls and sent invoices designed to trick Iowa libraries and businesses into paying exorbitant prices for photocopier toner they never ordered. The lawsuit names Central Supply Solutions, of Orange, California; Elite Supplies of Irvine, California; and Central Supply Center of Orange, California. Authorities said the fraudulent practice...
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Canon Shows Advanced Solutions for the Legal Industry at ILTACON 2016

JASON H ·
ADVANCE models 2 , helping firms to better manage print and document costs by controlling employees' access and usage. These new models also include support for mobile print workflows, and firms using the Worldox™ document management system can leverage the optional Scan to Worldox MEAP application to automate document scanning. Canon will also be showcasing a new imageFORMULA production document scanner add-on accessory called Scan Kiosk Networked Scan Station Expansion Pack 3 . This expansion
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Re: Seeing Any Manufacturer Price Increases?

JASON H ·
It will be my luck that canon and SAMSUNG (brands we carry) will increase their prices and then the whores Sharp and Konica Minolta will lower theirs to the direct ops even lower.
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Re: Nine Serious Issues For Today's Copier Dealers

LARRY LEVINE ·
Art I would love to add a 10th to your list.... The transformation of sales reps inside a digital business world. Educating, inspiring and transforming sales reps! This is a huge issue inside dealerships. Sales reps must learn a digital set of sales skills.
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Top 100 Summit

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Re: Looking To Purchase 5x Kyocera 3920dn

MDEVINE ·
Where are you located? Czech posted: Hello Kyocera partners! I am looking to purchase exactly 5x Kyocera 3920dn printers. They can be new or used, as long as they are in good working condition. Due to the discontinuation of this model, they are becoming difficult to source which is why I am turning to the P4P Hotel for help. Must be able to ship to Canada. Please Private Message me with details/pricing. Thanks for your help! Where are you located?
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Re: Canon's Intelligent Grading Solution

OLD GLORY ·
The Gravic solution (branded as ReMark by Ricoh) eliminates the need for Scantron. Ican see no reason to maintain a Scantron environment once this has been put into place. I would suggest that you go to the www.remarksoftware.com and view their presentation video. They also have a helpful sales department.
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Oval Partners Makes Strategic Investment in Laser Options Inc.

ART POST ·
business operations. For additional information, please visit www.FlexPrintInc.com About Laser Options Since our launch in 1993, Laser Options has evolved from a printer service and re-manufacturer of laser toner cartridges into a top-of-the-line, full-service business technology organization. Laser Options offers their trademark INFOtrack analysis: a full service office automation offering which includes the world's most respected manufacturers of multi-function copier/printers, managed print
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Re: Attorney General: Copier toner pirates hit businesses, churches...

JASON H ·
I heard they took about 120 million before being busted, if it is the same group that got busted a month or so ago.
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IQ Group Strengthens Consulting and Managed Services Capabilities with New Role Creation and New Hires

ART POST ·
supporting banking, finance, super and wealth management organisations, plus assessing how the IQ Group IP can work in a traditional enterprise environment.” With over 16 years of experience in solution sales, consulting and customer service for recognised brands including Citi, Bloomberg, HSBC, Thompson Reuters and SunGard, Regina Ugarte will educate internal and external stakeholders on the benefits of the IQ Group catalogue of services and IP. Regina will be based in the Sydney office and
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Epson Introduces Two Versatile Document Scanners to its Commercial Scanner Portfolio

ART POST ·
warranty, along with optional extended service plan featuring overnight exchange programs. About Epson Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to connecting people, things and information with its original efficient, compact and precision technologies. With a lineup that ranges from inkjet printers and digital printing systems to 3LCD projectors, smart glasses, sensing systems and industrial robots, the company is focused on driving innovations and exceeding customer expectations in inkjet
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Re: How would you interpret this cost per page pricing?

ART POST ·
that's exactly the way I see it Jason. The graphic I posted was from a Ricoh document. What a bunch of idiots!!!! Does no one proof read any more?

Sales Professionals Walk, Talk and Lead Their Life With Integrity.

"Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not."
Oprah Winfrey

In a post trust sales world, you must bring your integrity forward every single day. You must live it, breathe it and demonstrate it.

Living with integrity especially in sales takes courage.

Let's look at INTEGRITY through the lens of Wikipedia...

Integrity is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values.

Questions for all those in sales, sales management and leadership...

  • How many of your clients and future clients would define salespeople as being honest?
  • Would your clients and future clients use the words moral and ethical in your approach to working with them?

WHY INTEGRITY IN SALES IS IMPORTANT?

What are your sales morals?

Living your sales life full of integrity is the only way, especially in a world where trust is almost non-existent. The way you conduct yourself reflects your character and builds your reputation.

A life of integrity means you never have to spend time or energy questioning yourself. When you listen to your heart and do the right thing, your sales life becomes simple.

Your actions and the way you conduct yourself are open for your clients and future clients to see.

Acting with integrity gives you peace of mind in knowing you did the right thing regardless of the outcome.

You are responsible for your own conduct and you are responsible for your own integrity.

Living with integrity is daunting. How many in sales are drawn to the "dark side" where ego, fear and commission breathe run our every thought?

Let's face it, this happens to all of us. Therefore, we must regularly make adjustments, and about-faced u-turn's to bring integrity back into the forefront of our lives.

Are your words and actions in alignment with your beliefs and values?

"The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour."
Japanese Proverb

Are you guarding your reputation?

INTEGRITY, A KEY COMPONENT OF SELLING FROM THE HEART

No longer does old-school bravado and a bragging mindset work in today's sales climate. No one gives a rip what you've accomplished in your sales career. They want to know how much you care about them.

This where I strongly believe servant-led leadership comes in, learning how to serve with heartfelt sincerity and integrity.

The word “integrity” comes from the Latin “integritas,” meaning wholeness and soundness.

Are you serving your clients with wholeness and soundness?

"The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first.”
Robert K. Greenleaf

Learning how to serve, leading your life with integrity and selling from the heart; mix these together and this becomes a recipe for a very fulfilling sales career.

Salespeople who have a strong sense of integrity are sadly a rare breed in today's business world.

A FEW TRAITS ASSOCIATED WITH INTEGRITY FILLED PROFESSIONALS

"Integrity gives you real freedom because you have nothing to fear since you have nothing to hide."
Zig Ziglar

Integrity, said author C.S. Lewis, “is doing the right thing, even when no one is looking.” Integrity is a foundational moral virtue. This must be brought back into the sales profession.

Curious to know... What does your moral courage look like? How would you define moral courage?

Acting with integrity in sales means accepting to conduct yourself in accordance with honesty, fairness, and plain decency.

Salespeople with integrity share some of these traits...

  • They are always honest
  • They never take advantage of their clients
  • They are humble
  • They give without expect anything in return
  • They never manipulate their clients
  • They see the good in their clients
In a world full of empty suits, integrity will keep you at the top.

LIVE IT

Are you leading your sales life with integrity?

You can make an accurate assessment by asking yourself these questions devised by ThinkHR, a human resource compliance company.

  • Am I willing to say what I’m thinking?
  • Am I willing to risk being wrong?
  • Does this conduct make me a better person?
  • Am I leading by example?
  • Am I taking 100% responsibility?

Never ever ever waiver from your integrity. We expect it from others!

Integrity is essential in relational contentment and fulfillment.

A poem by Frank Outlaw

Watch your thoughts; They become your words.

Watch your words; They become your actions.

Watch your actions; They become your habits.

Watch your habits; They become your character.

Watch your character; It becomes your destiny.

Are you doing the right thing because it is the right thing for your clients?

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I understand, I get where you all are coming from. Every day, I walk in your shoes. I am fully committed to helping your sales team integrate social aspects and heartfelt strategies into your current sales process to grow new business. I want you to get results. This is why I am passionate about doing this the right way, the genuine way, the authentic way! It's about understanding value before visibility.

Selling From the Heart is making a difference! I poured my heart into every page of this book and I think you're going to love it. You can find it on Amazon in paperback, kindle and in audio. You can click on the book image below and this will take you to Amazon.In a world full of empty suits, I'm passionate about helping sales reps succeed by getting valuable before they get visible. I help sales teams understand the true value they bring to the market.

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In a world full of empty suits, I'm passionate about helping sales reps succeed by getting valuable before they get visible. I help sales teams understand the true value they bring to the market.

With great pride I transform, challenge, coach and inspire sales teams to grow new business by helping them share their story and how they communicate it out by integrating the use of social and Selling from the heart inside the sales process. You can follow me on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and on my podcast by clicking on Selling from the Heart.

Just When I Thought All Was Coming Up Roses

Please excuse me if some of the words are not formed corrective.

It was Wednesday early in the day,  and Tuesday saw me secure an existing client for 22K.  That was a great way to start the month and by 11AM an existing client added another 10k for a production RT device and a high end stacker.  By mid day Wednesday every thing was clicking, it was another hour later when an existing client client added a 7k. Within another 25 minutes I received another 5k from a client about PM for an A4 device.

By 4 PM on Wednesday I was at 43k for the first two selling days of the month.   July saw me add $140k in orders and June finished at 11k.

It was going to be a great month because there were other ducks on the pond for the month. At 6pm all went to ****. My wife knew there was something amiss. Kathy was concerned because I was not responding to her questions. Me, I had no clue and was not aware I was having a stroke. Make a long story short and I was off to the hospital confirming the stroke. It’s now Friday and we find out I have a clot in my heart, the only remedy is to have Herparin dissolve the clot.

So we never know what happens from day to day.  There were no warnings and I was enjoying life.

I’ll be taking some days off over the next few weeks and hope to be back in the near future.

Special thanks for those that have contacted me and thanks so much.

Art

PS only took me 3 hours to write this

Better Call Art "My Thoughts on Prospecting"

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All of our series for "Better Call Art" is under our collections tab, Better Call Art

With the Premium Content series of "Better Call Art", I'll be sharing my 41 years of sales experience and covering ever aspect of our business. A Premium VIP membership can be purchased annually for $117.

This video is a freebie and if you like the content I would hope that you purchase the Premium/VIP membership. To date we have more than 200 plus premium members.



IT, MSP & MSSP Industry Notes

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August 22nd, 2021

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What partnering with ARCOA looks like
Our role is to make it easy for you to bring more value to your clients. We work with you to help stretch your clients’ IT budget by reducing the total cost of ownership of their electronics. We’re experts at identifying and implementing the solutions your clients need for the end-of-use remarketing, recovery, and recycling of their technology assets. The sooner you involve ARCOA, the sooner you and your clients will see better results.MSP, MSSP and IT Notes Industry July 12th, 2021MSP, MSSP and IT Notes Industry July 12th, 2021

Toshiba launches new solution platform

  • Launched the Elevate Sky platform for cloud-based workplace solutions
  • Scan to cloud providers such as Google, Microsoft, Box and Dropbox
  • Document management, workflow and print management solutions

Cygnet Infotech and Document Accounting Solutions (DAS) Partner to Offer An Enhanced E ...

  • Cygnet Infotech has partnered with Document Accounting Solutions (DAS)
  • Will offer enhanced e-signing and document management capability
  • Created “Cygnature Node” for the ‘Square9 Suite of products’ Square9 is a leading developer of enterprise content management solutions

Lead for Managed IT Services

Apogee Enhances the Customer Experience with Appointment of Higher Education Industry ...

  • Announced the appointment of David Hinson as Campus Chief Information Officer
  • Will provide essential hands-on, strategic leadership at higher education campuses it serves across the country
  • "Higher education IT departments must modernize and innovate, and there's no better partner for that than Apogee,” said David Hinson

Data Intensity Awarded 2021 Top Oracle Solution Provider

  • Announced it has been recognized by CIO Applications as a 2021 Top Oracle Solution Provider
  • Highlights organizations that excel in providing mission-critical solutions powered by Oracle Applications and Technology stacks
  • "What makes Data Intensity a best-in-class provider is its absolute commitment toward investing in its people, process, and tools to drive scalable technology service management that delivers unprecedented service availability and reliability," said Joe Philip, managing editor of CIO Applications

Options Announce Microsoft Cloud Productivity Gold Partner Status

  • Announced it has achieved the Microsoft Cloud Productivity Gold Partner Status
  • Prestigious accolade is awarded to only the top 1% of Microsoft partners worldwide
  • Microsoft’s Cloud Productivity competency focuses on Options’ skills in delivering innovative Office 365 solutions and helping clients deploy and manage applications such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Team

Medicus IT Named to Inc. 5000 List for Seventh Time

  • Named it one of the Top 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the country by Inc. magazine
  • This is Medicus IT's seventh year earning a spot on the list
  • The annual Inc. 500|5000 list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy's most dynamic segment: independent small businesses

Microsoft issues another patch to fix print

  • Provided a more comprehensive fix for the dangerous Windows Print Spooler security flaws publicly knowns as “PrintNightmare”
  • Exposes users to remote code executive, ransomware attacks and privilege
    escalation attacks and may stop jobs from printing on printer or MFP
  • Second patch issued and default setting changed to hopefully finally resolve the vulnerability

Kofax makes acquisition of competitor

  • Kofax, which is owned by Thoma Bravo, is headquartered in Irvine, CA, and maker of document capture, RPA, and print management solutions
  • Announced it has acquired Printix.net ApS, headquartered in Denmark.
  • Provider of cloud-based SaaS (software-as-a-service) print management software
  • Kofax will extend this offering to its dealers
  • Purchase price not announced

BCM One Ranks on the 2021 Inc. 5000 List of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America

  • BCM One, a provider of NextGen Communications and Managed Services for IT leaders and resellers, is named to its annual Inc. 5000 list
  • We are excited to be recognized by Inc. as one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S.," stated Geoff Bloss, CEO of BCM One

Corsica Technologies Recognized as One of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies ...

  • Corsica Technologies, recognized as one of the top managed IT and cybersecurity providers in the country from magazine
  • Companies on the 2021 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2017 to 2020
  • Corsica Technologies was recognized for its strong 337.4% revenue growth

IRS Awards $184 Million Contract to ViON

  • Announced today it has been awarded a $184 million contract value with the Internal Revenue Service, Managed Infrastructure Data Service (MIDS) program
  • To provide managed services to reengineer, maintain, and operate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) storage and compute infrastructure environment with on-premise, infrastructure-as-a-service for storage and compute capabilities
  • Contract period has a one-year base plus the option of eight additional one-year terms

Network Remedy Named Best Managed IT Service Provider in Silicon Valley by Digital.com

  • Named Network Remedy among the best managed IT services in San Francisco and San Jose for 2021
  • firms were evaluated based on multiple service lines, size of firm, and industry focus
  • Experts at Digital.com examined providers that work with clients across various industries and different types of organizations

airSlate Among Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

  • Named one of the fastest-growing private companies by Inc. 5000
  • airSlate ranked No. 2313 in the annual list, after reporting 186% revenue growth in the last three years
  • Record company growth, reaching $100 million ARR and more than 100 million users across its portfolio of award-winning electronic signature, PDF editing, and no-code workflow automation solutions — signNow, pdfFiller, and airSlate

Managed IT Systems Ranked Among Elite Managed Service Providers on 2021 NextGen 101 List

  • Named as one of the world’s premier managed service providers on the prestigious Channel Futures 2021 NextGen 101 rankings
  • NextGen 101 list, honors industry-leading managed services and technology providers who are driving a new wave of growth and innovation for the tech channel via the groundbreaking solutions they deliver for their customers

Datto’s Rae: ‘Who Is Key In Digital Transformation? The Managed Service Provider’

  • Reported on CRN
  • Told an audience of MSPs at this week’s XChange+ 2021 conference that they are in the middle of what he termed the “golden age” of managed services
  • “Very, very few MSPs went out of business during this time. ... The time is now to take advantage of this golden age,” he said.

NTT DATA Awarded $15.4 Million Contract to Provide Managed IT and Security Services to ...

  • Won a $15.4 million contract to deliver superior end-user support services for Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne)
  • Argonne chose NTT DATA based on its ability to support these unique IT needs, as well as alignment to its core values of impact, innovation, client focus, integrity and teamwork
  • NTT DATA will work with Argonne to mature their IT operations, modernize their end-user experience, and identify technologies that drive the most impact

Remote Work is Here to Stay—But Only if You Meet the Requirements

New survey from The Harris Poll commissioned by Express Employment Professionals

  • Majority of U.S. hiring decision-makers (70%) agree onboarding employees remotely requires more time and money than doing it in an office
    • More than half (55%) say their company hired and onboarded new employees remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic
    • A similar proportion (51%) report their company plans to do so once the COVID-19 pandemic subsides
  • A survey by Owl Labs found that 59% of employees would be more likely to choose one employer over another if offered remote work.
  • Hiring decision-makers are split as to whether they will use specific criteria to determine which employees can work remotely (51%) or if all existing employees will be allowed to work remotely (49%)

Brother launches print subscriptions

  • Introduced the Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service
    - Monthly printing plan that delivers Brother ink or toner cartridges directly to a
    customer’s door before printer or MFP runs out of ink or toner
    - No long term commitments or contracts
    - 2 month risk free trial for eligible b/w laser printer models
    - Plans start as low as $3.49 per month flat fee
    o Applies to 100 page per month with low end b/w laser printer
    - Unused pages roll over to next month and never expire
    - If print more pages than plan allotment, overage charges apply

This Week in the Copier Industry Fifteen Years

This Week in the Copier Industry Fifteen Years Ago
The Last Week of August 2011

It's Sunday and that means another evening to prepare for the last week of the month. For me tomorrow is the last day of the month and there are still orders to be won and lost.  Winners make things happen and losers wait for things to happen!

Enjoy these awesome copier threads

Kodak Announces New Web-to-Unified Print

Art Post (Guest) ·
Latest Océ Color Printing Solutions Applications and Business Opportunities of KODAK Unified Workflow Solutions Kodak announces a new web to print solution to be featured as a technology demonstration at Graph Expo. Production efficiencies and feature rich applications enabled by KODAK Unified Workflow solutions will expand to include web to print services with KODAK Web-to-Unified Print software. Kodak's Web-to-Unified Print solution combines a traditional web to print offering with the
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launched the e-STUDIO™360CP

Art Post (Guest) ·
Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) today launched the e-STUDIO™360CP, a cost-effective business color printer with outstanding performance, sharp image quality, standard network printing and numerous finishing options. Ideal for corporate environments that have high volume color workgroups with ledger printing needs, the e-STUDIO360CP enables companies to introduce color into the workplace at an affordable price, without sacrificing speed or quality. “As Toshiba’s fastest and most
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Color imageRUNNER C5180

Art Post (Guest) ·
New From Canon: Color imageRUNNER C5180 Canon U.S.A. Expands Its Color Laser Line-Up with the Availability of the Color imageRUNNER C5180 and the Introduction of Four New Color Models. Canon Rounds Out Its New Color imageRUNNER Line to Deliver Powerful Color Within Reach of Any Sized Business. LAKE SUCCESS, NY, Aug. 24, 2006 - Helping to make color in the office a reality, Canon U.S.A, Inc., the nation's market share brand leader in black-and-white and color laser printer/copier solutions[1
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Lanier ld430/aficio mp c3000 print garbled characters

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have had 3 different customers where they do significant amount of printing. The system will start printing garbled characters in the middle of a print job (the pages are then completely unreadable. Once started, the only fix is power cycle the system and it will work fine for hours to days between symptoms.
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Re: SGC1506

Indy_Dave (Guest) ·
We ordered one and had our tech's look at it before we wanted to sell it. Our tech's thought it was poorly designed, and the print quality is poor. When thee GelPrinter Rep from Ricoh was in, he even said wait for Generation 2... So we have one if you want it?
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Re: SGC1506

Darth Vader (Guest) ·
Our techs were mixed on feedback. Some liked the printer and some didn't. The advantages they all seemed to agree on were: 1. The speed is awesome compared to other low end inkjets without having to be in draft mode to get great speed. 2. The ink dried VERY quickly when compared to other inkjets we tried. In fact, one of the more skeptical techs tried to smudge the ink right off the printer and could not. The biggest disadvantage was the print quality, but for a low end ink printer, the speed
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Re: 4022sp SMB scanning

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I have had this happen before with a PC that had McAfee Anti Virus loaded on it. You have to update McAfee to fix the issue. It is a McAfee created problem and they acknowledge it. Go to McAfee and search for (Case No: 758588, Hotfix HF214636). Also,check out this FAQ from Ricoh Corp website I attached. It will explain also.
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Re: 3 Aficio 220's w/Fax in Milwaukee

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can you believe it, I offered to deliver them for free and they said they were too outdated for them. they were looking for something with print and scan. as a donation of course.
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Re: C2500 - address book questions

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One at a time. A destination can have email, fax and folder programmed. I don’t know about the grouping. For lanfaxing you would have export from address book and import into laxfax address book. Lanfax cannot go into the MFP’s address book for the information.
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Re: MP1350 and Aficio 1085 file compatability

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I don't believe they are compatable, but I recommend you contact Tracy Rainey of Savin his number is (678) 576-0899. If anyone can give you a definite answer, he would be the one.
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ITI Member Program Blazing New Trail!

Steven Breault (Guest) ·
, IL (240) 331-0416 Corporate Fax
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C2500 - address book questions

Big Dog (Guest) ·
In the address book an individual (company) can have both a fax destination and an email address. Can a group contain both email and fax destinations? If an individual has both can you select which to include in the group? Also, is there anyway that the names, email and fax destinations entered into the address book can also be used for the address book in LAN-Fax?
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CPC file extention

Big Dog (Guest) ·
Is anyone familiar with the .cpc file extention? Can these files be printed to the 240w. Does it require the Postscript option?

This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago
The Last Week of August 2011

It was ten years ago this week when NJ felt the effects of Hurricane Irene, today we escaped the effects of Henri since the storm jogged east last  night.  However Rhode Island and parts of Mass took a direct hit.

Enjoy these great copier threads from ten years ago this week!

Taws Printers Ltd. completes sale for Ricoh Pro C901S Graphic Arts Edition colour pre

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discussions between Ricoh and his senior staff. Having seen how the Pro C901S would increase productivity and his company’s business offering, the sale was finalised. Taws Printers is an established and respected print provider producing a wide variety of printed products from business cards through to marketing documents. The organisation offers its customers a complete service from design and marketing, printing (litho and digital) to finishing and mailing. Taws Printers first approached Ricoh in
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California County Works with ACS, A Xerox Company, to Simplify Medicaid Process for P

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Océ Continues Popular Press Go! Digital Printing Webinars with

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Océ Continues Popular Press Go! Digital Printing Webinars with Series on Transitioning to Marketing Services Provider Free educational webinars help Graphic Arts and print service providers grow their businesses TRUMBULL, CONN. August 25, 2011 – Océ, a Canon Group company and an international leader in digital document management, today announced the latest in its popular Press Go! free webinars. Next up is a three-part series designed to help commercial printers make the essential transition
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Neopost USA will exhibit innovative digital printing and advanced

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Neopost USA Exhibits Innovative Color Printer and Advanced Mailing Solutions at Graph Expo 2011 MILFORD, Conn. At Graph Expo 2011,Neopost USA will exhibit innovative digital printing and advanced mailing automation solutions that allow commercial printers to differentiate themselves from the competition and create unique offerings for their customers. By leveraging mailing and related services to clients, printers can create powerful business opportunities and increase their revenue stream
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EFI Advances Fiery Leadership With Launch of New Fiery System 10

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digital printing innovation. EFI's award-winning solutions, integrated from creation to print, deliver increased performance, cost savings and productivity. The company's robust product portfolio includes Fiery® digital print controllers and solutions; VUTEk® superwide digital inkjet printers, UV and solvent inks; Rastek™ UV wide-format inkjet printers; Jetrion® industrial inkjet printing systems; print production workflow and business process automation software; and corporate printing solutions
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PCL Print Error

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This error printed from a Savin C230 after the customer printed a picture they downloaded from the web. What is an illegal media source? The customer thought Big Brother was watching them, because this error came after each document they printed from Word, Excel, the web, everything. I turned the machine off and back on, and when we printed again from the same sources, the errors did not come back. Any suggestions?
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Re: Printing Envelopes Reliably on MPC300

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printing per month? We've always seen problems with envelopes and the Ricoh/Savin hardware (as well as many laser printers). For the time and frustration, when our customers are looking for something to run a bunch of envelopes on I'd recommend a $50 inkjet anyday over an MFP. It's just the right tool for the job. No pressure, no fusing, minimal page coverage. But, you sacrifice image quality and the waterproof of laser.
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NEW!! August Sales Quota Poll!!

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Keep in mind the previous August Poll was for July, so here is the August Sales Quota Poll! I'm always interested in hopw everyone is doing across the country, with the recent news of the debt in the US, and the slow growth or no growth it could be good for us to gauge were we are as a group with quotas. Please take the time to vote every month, I'll post a new poll for each month! We'll even do a quarterly!
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Scan to email Savin SPC232DN

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I always test our MFP's scan to email capabilities with our Exchange Server and our ISP's SMTP server. For some reason, I cannot get this product to scan using the ISP's server. I can get all of the other Savin products in our showroom to scan to email with the ISP's mail server, but not this one. Has anyone else ran into this problem? Does anyone have a solution? Thanks!
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Re: Keyboards

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They aren't in the price book, so I assume they are not available. Even on the products for which the keyboards are available, they are only compatible with a few solutions, such as eCopy and GlobalScan. Sharp has a big leg up here since there keyboards are compatible with out-of-the-box scanning as well as OSA apps. I don't know why Ricoh doesn't do the same.
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Keyboards

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I know we have keyboards & mounting kits available for most of our color products but I have not been able to find them for A4 Savin C230 (Ricoh Aficio MP C400). Does anyone know if there are keyboards available for these? Thanks
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Oki Elec. Ind. : OKI's Color Digital MFP Receives HardwareMAG Silver Award in Singapo

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workgroups (VSWG) and small offices/home offices (SOHO), the MC361dn color multifunction printer features a compact design and small footprint with four-in-one functionality, giving customers the flexibility to easily print, copy, scan and fax from one compact device on a wide range of media. Combining fast print and copy speeds, reliability and ease of use with high quality high-definition color printing technology, this affordable desktop device will easily fit into any small workspace and
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Re: PCL Print Error

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Illegal media source simply means that the requested paper tray was not present on the device. Most likely the printer lost communication with a paper tray and rebooting the printer restored it. PCL5 will give a lot fewer errors (at the tradeoff of lesser image quality, some users won't notice or care).
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Re: C430dn issues printing Power Point from Mac

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I think that or compressing the file prior to printing are the leaders in the clubhouse right now.
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Re: New A4 Monochrome devices from Ricoh

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I'm in the same boat OldGlory. I have a bank coming to end of lease in September and the new A4 would be perfect. The customer is looking to downsize their fleet of 13 three year old Lanier mid volume A3 machines. Problem is I have to quote based on what I have now....not on what I might have in October. Could cost me the deal as my competition is in with 42ppm Kyocera A4 tabletops. I am also a Kyocera dealer and would rather not wind up being the lowest bidder to sell Kyocera tabletops
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Re: C430dn issues printing Power Point from Mac

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I'm willing to bet a 72MB .pdf would print just as slowly.
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Once it gets to the printer, you are correct. For some reason, the Mac processes the PDF faster that the Power Point. The result was the same on a Lexmark and HP, so the customer realized it wasn't a hardware issue but a file size issue.
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Re: MPS Service Fee References

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I am not sure I quite understand the question either. I can tell you of all the factors, understanding the projected print volume becomes the most important. It is hard to calculate the rest without it.
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Re: C430dn issues printing Power Point from Mac

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If they have a lot of pictures in their Power Point presentation they may want to check into the resolution/size. I've run into the same thing with Publisher. Schools wanting to print yearbooks or playbills where every picture is greater than 2 MB.
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