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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago
Second Week of December 2007
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Thus, it was time to send another email to the client and the response was "we are still evaluating our options". Okay, so the typical response should be? I used "I understand the need for options, can you tell me what your other option(s) are? A few minutes passed and the response was what I thought it would be, they are looking at another device from a another vendor.
It was a few minutes until it clicked and thus I knew exactly what was going on.....more to come this week on my blog
Enjoy These great Copier Threads from 15 Years Ago This Week!
RICOH INTRODUCES THE GX7000 GELSPRINTER COLOR PRINTER
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launched the GX7000 GelSprinter ™ color printer. This cost-effective, energy-efficient printer provides vivid color and high productivity that is ideal for small and mid-sized office environments looking to minimize their total cost of ownership. The innovative GelSprinter technology eliminates smudging and curling by utilizing quick-drying viscous ink, belt-driven paper feeding and a long-lasting printhead design. With a print speed of 29 pages per minute (ppm), in both color and black and white, the
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New MP C6000 & MP C7500 from Ricoh!
Art Post (Guest) ·
These units are due to launch January 2008. Does anyone have any info on these models?? All, I know is that is going to be a "killer" product, Canon, Xerox and KonicaMinolta are going to have major problems competing with us!
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RICOH INTRODUCES THE GX2500 COLOR PRINTER
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color printer for the small office utilizing Ricoh’s GelSprinterTM technology. The GX2500 is the first in the line of Ricoh GelSprinter products that is specifically designed for workgroups of up to three users. The GX2500 produces documents at 28 pages per minute (ppm) in both color and black and white using an enhanced viscous ink formulation. Vivid color documents are made possible by GelSprinter technology, which is not only waterproof and fade resistant, it also averts any smearing and
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Kyocera Products On Government Security Checklist
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the printing capability of 60 and 80 pages per minute, respectively. Recently, the KM-8030 underwent an impressive 2,500,000 page print test by Buyers Laboratory; highlighting the machine’s outstanding performance and reliability. “Kyocera’s inclusion on the NIST Security Checklist gives us a strong competitive advantage over other key industry players,” said Victor Moro, product and solutions marketing manager, monochrome MFPs, Kyocera Mita America, Inc. “The government dictates the pace of the
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Re: Service Agreements and "Free" Copies
Art Post (Guest) ·
$6,000 per month! This can be very lucrative by giving away 500 each and every month, the mindset will be to make color copiers and color prints because the first 500 is FREE. B) Most Customer Care Agreements, Cost Per Copy Agreements from the Big Boys, Global, Xerox, Ikon and Danka have cost per copy clauses in them, they are in small print and usually on the back of the document. Basically what they state is that if they decide you are using too much toner they will assess an additional charge to
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Re: Danka Dead or Alive @ .16 .
Art Post (Guest) ·
I'm thinking maybe HP, if they can't cut a deal for Ikon. Ricoh is still buried in the Lanier, IBM buys. Canon would really piss off Ikon if they made a move. KonicaMinolta does not have the financial strength nor the personel to pull it off. Xerox is still working out the bugs with Global. Hp maybe the solution.
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Ricoh Introduction of the GX2500 and GX7000
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Ricoh is pleased to introduce the new Ricoh GX2500 and GX7000 color printers. The GX2500 is Ricoh’s lowest price offering in the color printer category, featuring innovative GelSprinter technology, which includes “Viscous Inks”, a “Wide Print Head”, and a unique “Belt Feeding System.” This 28PPM SOHO printer provides high quality color prints at a low total cost of ownership. The new flagship model in the GX SFP Series is the GX7000, which will replace the G7500 model. The GX7000 is Ricoh’s
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Print Much???
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Sunday, December 9, 2007 Print Much? You hear it over and over; printed pages on laser printers can have twice the volume of conventional copier and MFP's. Use your eyes when walking into accounts and the number of printers can be astounding, especially since manufacturers have the average monochrome laser printer price about $300. Your mission is to capture these prints either with your MFP's or your laser printers. Lets face it, it's much easier for clients to authorize buying a new laser
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Ricoh Introduction of the SP C400DN
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Ricoh is pleased to announce the release of the Ricoh Aficio SP C400DN. Built on the same proven platform as the highly successful SP C410DN and SP C411DN, the SP C400DN is a new addition to Ricoh’s line of mid-range color laser printers. This new model offers the same level of functionality and reliability at a lower price. With fast print speeds of 26ppm for full-color and black and white, a robust maximum duty cycle of 150,000 per month, and true 1200 x 1200dpi resolution, the SP C400DN
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New Ricoh SP C220 Color Pinter!
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Ricoh Japan proudly presented their new laser printer, the IPSiO SP C220. Designed with respect to needs of small business units and home use, the printer aims at achieving high productivity. The IPSiO SP C220 easily produces quality documents in colour and black at the speed of 16 pages per minute. It features miniature compactly placed cartridges including four colour cartridges for better results. Further more IPSiO SP C220 also includes unique functions such as Image position error
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Re: Danka Dead or Alive @ .16 .
Danka is dead... I have heard rumors that Danka may split when they do get sold. Konica Minolta is looking at the commercial business. Though I cannot confirm it. It may make sense for Ricoh PPBG whom is funded through Ricoh Japan to look at buying the High volume portion of the business. Considering that they have a contract in place with Kodak. I do know they just battled hard to keep a very highly regarded Solutions Engineer from going to Ricoh PPBG the day he was suppose to report in.
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Three Kodak Products Get JDF Certification
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Three Kodak Products Get JDF Certification Industry Leading Three JDF Certifications Demonstrate Kodak’s Commitment to Open Solutions That Help Create a Unified Workflow. ROCHESTER, NY, Dec. 10, 2007 — With the most JDF certifications in the industry, an anticipated two additional certifications coming in 2007, followed by five more in 2008, and a series of JDF enabled products, Kodak is serious about JDF and open connectivity. Supporting Industry Standards “Kodak’s approach to workflow is
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Embedded Controller and batch printing
John ·
Is there any way to batch print/plot using the embedded controller (RPCS driver) when all drawings are individual files? Scanrouter Lite says that the device is not supported when you try to combine the files together and print.
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Toshiba Direct in the news
Neal ·
well, here they grow again. one more dealershipdown.http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?...ewID=news_view_popup
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Funny Copier Joke
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Here's one I found on the web:A young executive was leaving the office at 6 pm when he found the CEO standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in hand.“Listen,” said the CEO, “this is important, and my secretary has left....
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Re: RPCS Driver Default black Print
Art, After opening the driver's properties screen from the "Printers and Faxes" folder, select "Printintg Preferences" and then select "Black and White" at the bottom left. Here's the part I usually miss: Don't forget to select "Apply" on the bottm right! The other thing about the RPCS driver that usually messes with my clients, is that you have to repeat this procedure for every one of the "Custom Settings" icons or only the "No Setting" icon will default to Black and White. Hope this helps
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Re: "currently no printer online" error
John ·
Take the Interface PCB print board out of the controller PC and place in another open available slot. Use slot #2 or #3. Turn off the copier and turn it back on then turn on the computer. Make sure to do it in this order. See if the message clears up. Has the customer had any power spikes recently?
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Re: Embedded Controller and batch printing
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Thats a bunch of BS, that one one of the key selling points when I argued that the cost of the W2400's was too high. I was told DTB would allow you to merge wf documents and print them as one document! 1) Are you using pdf's? if so there is always Adobe Pro, however the cost is high. 2)Download FREE trial of DTB(full version) for trial, see if that works. Someone mentioned on the p4p the other day that batch printing with the web client was a snap. I'll try and find it for you. Please let ne
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Re: Sales Tips
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WHAT IS OUTSTANDING SERVICE? To answer this question, we contacted their salespeople--more than 300 of them--and asked the following question: "What steps do you take to ensure that your clients receive outstanding service?" Before reading any further, take a sheet of paper and list 10 ways in which you or your salespeople are servicing your accounts. Then, compare your answers to the following list. 1. Discuss job with client and gather specs. 2. Prepare and submit quote. 3. Pick up artwork. 4
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Re: New MP C6000 & MP C7500 from Ricoh!
IT Dude ·
Here is what I was given at a recent conference.
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Re: RBS Rumor
Pete Maimone 2 (Guest) ·
Art, Shaja is correct in her statements. As an RBS direct rep. I experience the same problems internally as she does externally. I spend equal amounts of time if not more solving customer problems (without response from many within the company) as I do selling. The Lanier merger has presented many problems, which we anticipated. But not as bad as it is now. Hopefully with the new upper level changes in Ricoh Americas there will be some positive changes that make their way down to us and our
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Re: Up Coming Ricoh Launches
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New MFP Lineup Michael Hunter, Ricoh’s director of corporate product marketing, presented Ricoh’s hardware roadmap, while also including a number of slides in his presentation showing off the awards Ricoh MFPs have recently won from BLI. He then presented Ricoh’s new MFP models, while also detailing their market positioning. First up in the color lineup was the MP C2000, which has just been released as a new addition to Ricoh’s MFP portfolio. A Segment 1 color device, the Aficio MP C2000 is
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Visual Edge now Buying Dealerships!
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- A maker of print controller software for wide format color inkjet printers, is looking to buy copier dealerships. Visual Edge, run by Michael Brigner, announced that Brian Frank is now in charge of the two dealerships that Visual Edge owns in Ohio. Brian Frank used to run one of the dealerships, Graphic Enterprises Inc. (GEI). The other is Copeco Inc. The company hopes to make more acquisitions in 2008.
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Bates Stamping on MP9000/1100/1350
I had trouble finding out how to activate the Bates Stamping feature on the Katana's so I figured I might as well post it.
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Re: RPCS Driver Default black Print
Bob N (Guest) ·
Your service people can also go to the TSC Web Site and downlaod the RPCS Driver Editor and easily make changes to the drivers. I think the have a black print only driver as well.
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Re: RPCS Driver Default black Print
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quote: Originally posted by Bob N: Your service people can also go to the TSC Web Site and downlaod the RPCS Driver Editor and easily make changes to the drivers. I think the have a black print only driver as well. Now thats pretty cool, than!
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Re: CLP240d & Adobe Illustrator
My tech support tells me that the ppd is not the driver. They say A PPD (Postscript Printer Description) file is a file that describes the fonts, paper sizes, resolution, and other capabilities that are standard for a particular Postscript printer. A printer driver program uses a PPD file to understand the capabilities of a particular printer. They say the driver is not located on the website and that it is actually on the Fiery. I'm not sure how you acheived the results you did. I really wish
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Re: Embedded Controller and batch printing
John ·
What did I say. Yes, I meant desktop binder lite. It will not let you print large documents. It also says that the device (w2400 RPCS) is not supported. I can assure you I will not sell another embedded controller again. Unfortunately, I still need to figure out a way to batch print.
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Re: Service Agreements and "Free" Copies
Art: A) I understand about the pump priming method, however it seems like this is assuming the customer was not going to print any color if we didn't give it away to begin with. That is a HUGE assumption. I don't completely get your math. It seems like you're saying a 1500 volume would yield a big profit. If you look at the table below, assuming that color costs 5 cents to make and the customer pays 9.5 cents for the overages, you only make $20 a unit in profit at 1500 per month. If you charged
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Re: Whose is Gonna Acquire Who in 08!
Pete Maimone 2 (Guest) ·
Ricoh Buying IKON? c'mon folks.... Ricoh is tooo screwed up to pull that one off.
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Re: Ricoh and Server setup
, etc... Solution selling is great, but we should probably start with the basics and this is definitely one of the most important. Sorry for rambling.
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Oce VarioStream 9000 Family Sets Speed Benchmarks
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VarioStream 9510 and Océ VarioStream 9610 printers join the recently announced Océ VarioStream 9710 model to set new standards in high-productivity printing with a significant increase in black and white printing speed. The Océ VarioStream 9510, Océ VarioStream 9610 and Océ VarioStream 9710 models deliver greater printing speed, thereby increasing print productivity by up to 80 percent. All three models are targeted at the particularly high demands of users in the black and white sector. Growing
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Service Agreements and "Free" Copies
It seems like some vendors, especially Xerox are building in or giving away free color copies in their recommendations. Does anyone know just how free they are and how they can afford to do it? If you consider it probably costs 5 cents a page and they're giving away 500 per month, that's $25 per month. How can you do this and remain competitive? I think the next time a prospect tells me this, I'm going to tell them we'll do it, but only if they provide us the competition's proposal. This way
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DWF & Plot Client
Art Post (Guest) ·
My customer is interested in a new 480W, he also wants to batch print dwf's from Plotclient 1) Do I need the DWG controller to do this? Are there any other options? Thanx
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This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago
Second Week of December 2017
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In addition the when asked "are there any issues or problems we need the address with the new IT Director the answer was "everything great". More to come on this in my next blog.....
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Over the next 3 or 4 weeks this client when dark and all of my attempts to get connect via call, email and stop in lead to zero responses. It was a few days ago when I hear from my AR person about the dialog they had with the client. That dialog was in reference to a past due invoice for the maintenance agreement for the two copiers that they asked for a quote for replacement.
The invoice for the MA was past due and that prompted the call or resulted in an email exchange, That email exchange was asking for us if we could allow the client to go on a month to month to billing for the annual maintenance agreement or the copiers that they wanted to replace. Thus, it was time to send another email to the client and the response was "we are still evaluating our option". More to come on this in my next blog
Enjoy These great Copier Threads from Five Years Ago This Week!
Ricoh Joins Printer Vendors Offering Pro Services
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program; it gives priority for job fulfillment to partners who have completed training and attained certification. So far, 14 partners have entered ChaMPS, and Ricoh hopes to add dozens more in 2013. “We feel very good about our approach because it comes with our expertise; this is what we do every day,” Coriddi told Channelnomics. Ricoh is a relative newcomer to the ranks of printer vendors pushing professional services through the channel. Xerox, Konica Minolta and Hewlett-Packard have been
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Konica Minolta to Acquire Raber+Märcker GmbH, a Leading Software And System Company f
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, besides the print environment setup, have increased from Small and Medium Business (SMB) markets. In order to respond to such requests in a comprehensive manner, the establishment of a business structure has been an important task in KMBD. Through this acquisition, Konica Minolta primarily aims to strengthen the capability of KMBD by utilizing Raber+Märcker’s specialized expertise in Business Process Consultancy (BPC) to contribute to customers’ business process improvement and more diverse IT
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CSR Announces Newest Universal Print Interpreter Software – IPS™ Adds Support for Lat
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major wireless device and device operating systems, including Apple and Google. By incorporating all major print languages into a single architecture, the IPS Universal Print Interpreter is designed to provide OEMs with a highly efficient solution that has superior performance, reduced memory footprint and the lowest integration cost. CSR’s IPS software is used by the top printer manufacturers around the world, including Canon, Epson, Fuji Xerox, HP, Oki, Ricoh, Sharp and Xerox. For Apple
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Ricoh Print Copy Tool
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Has anyone seem this, I found it on Ricoh's web site tonight, is this an option, if so does anyone have pricing for this? http://www.ricoh-usa.com/produ...PrintCopy%20Tool.pdf
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Walters & Shutwell Inc. Brings Enlightening Professional Selling Seminars to Managed
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Walters & Shutwell Inc. Brings Enlightening Professional Selling Seminars to Managed Print Services and Managed Services Industry Summary Walters & Shutwell Inc.’s new seminar is focused on teaching business developers and sales professionals in the technology industry how to transform from selling independent technology products to creating long-term relationships and partnerships with “solutions” and services. Original equipment manufacturers (OEM), channel providers and value added
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Sharp Selects Wisconsin Imaging Solutions As Authorized Dealer And Expands National I
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MAHWAH, N.J., Dec. 11, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, announced that Wisconsin Imaging Solutions has joined its extensive nationwide network of authorized dealers. As part of the agreement, Wisconsin Imaging Solutions 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 array
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Fuji Xerox introduces DocuWide 3035
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during a continuous printing job. The device also features a multiple transmission function which enables users to save scanned documents in shared PC folders, and to print them out from the device, or other multifunction devices and printers on the network, using the device’s control panel. In addition, with a single scanning, the scanned document can be transmitted simultaneously to up to two PCs and five multifunction devices/printers on the network, for efficient data saving and printing
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Ricoh Announces New Ricoh Web FontCollection; Empowers Businesses to Reinforce their
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BOULDER, Colo. – December 11, 2012 – Ricoh Production Print Solutions LLC(Ricoh), a leading provider of digital output solutions, today announced the latestInfoPrint Font Collection. InfoPrint Font Collection enables users to increase the appeal of their business communications by controlling document appearance to reinforce their brand, customize Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) documents with popular documents and globalize AFP documents quickly and easily. Ricoh’s InfoPrint Font
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Pantone Support for the Ricoh C831DN
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are custom mixtures that are created from the process colors (CMYK). There are more than 3,000 PANTONE colors, and while it is impossible for a CMYK printer to reproduce them all, the Ricoh SP C830DN and SP C831DN can reproduce a subset of 1,089 PANTONE-defined colors in this mode. It is this support that helps Ricoh position these printers as graphics-quality devices. Please note this function is not available through the printer drivers. PANTONE has created a special release package for Ricoh
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Fuchs Business Solutions acquired by Xerox subsidiary
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Xerox Corp. subsidiary Global Imaging Systems said Monday it has purchased Fuchs Business Solutions via its subsidiary Modern Business Machines. Milwaukee-based Fuchs Business Solutions employs 17 and provides business and office technology products and services. The business will immediately add Xerox’s printers and multifunction devices and services to its portfolio. Fuchs president and owner Jim Fuchs will retire post-acquisition, according to a press release. Terms were not disclosed. “Each
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Cloud-based managed print services
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Xerox has chosen data center solutions from Cisco to enable its global delivery centers to meet an escalating demand for cloud-based managed print services (MPS). Xerox MPS customers will benefit from faster access to information about their global print operations delivered by the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and data center infrastructure, which is said to support hundreds of thousands of transactions per second on behalf of Xerox. Andrew Morrison, senior VP of Xerox MPS business
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Sharp, Panasonic Lead Gains in Japan’s Electronics Makers on Yen
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Sharp Corp. (6753) and Panasonic Corp. (6752) led gains among Japanese electronics makers in Tokyo trading as the yen weakened against the euro and dollar, boosting investor optimism that the companies’ projected losses may narrow. Sharp rose 6.4 percent to 250 yen at the close on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the highest since Aug. 2, and bringing its gain in the past 30 days to 64 percent. Panasonic added 7.9 percent, the most since July 2009, to 481 yen, extending its advance since Nov. 13 to 25
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Ricoh Digital Mail Services Bring New Efficiency And Accuracy To Traditional Manual,
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Facility In Virginia Ricoh Digital Mail Services is part of Ricoh's new Business Information Solutions approach, which directly addresses customers' most urgent business challenges. From paper to valuable dataTo transform a customer's mail service, Ricoh's on-site document management experts sort, scan and automatically extract key data from transactional mail, funneling the digitized information directly into the organization's workflow. No matter where transactional mail is initially received – at
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Minnesota company buys Waterloo Business Systems’ parent
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Mason City oversees the Iowa operations, as he did with Mason City Business Systems. The buyout will bring no changes in personnel, said Jennifer Mrozek, Marco’s chief financial officer. “We’d expect over time that we’d actually grow the number of employees we have, since they’re made up of sales and service personnel, and that’s exactly where we intend to grow,” she said. Mason City Business Systems has marketed itself as a “copier and printer solutions company.” Allen Behning established the
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Xerox Puts Lateral Data Viewpoint in the Cloud
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cloud is also a good choice for customers who could see themselves later upgrading to Xerox's managed service, OmniX, which is fully managed by Xerox Litigation Services. With that, "We take all data-related e-discovery tasks and processes off their hands, from data loading through to application administration, production, and project management," Matthews said. As such, "If a customer chooses to use hosted Viewpoint and later migrates to OmniX, it certainly makes it easier having the data in the
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Fujifilm Expands its Acuity Advance Select Series of Wide Format UV Inkjet Printers
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cyan along with new print modes to further boost productivity and versatility. The six channel and eight channel Acuity Advance Select printers can configure clear ink and white ink in one of two ways depending on customer needs: Clear + White The clear and white ink channels allow print service providers to print on a range of non-white substrates and add a spot or flood coat ‘varnish’ effect in a single operation all on one printer. This extends the application versatility of the Acuity
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Leading U.S. Insurer Improves Customer Service with Kofax
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just one of the many reasons seven out of the top 10 largest insurers in the world use Kofax.” The customer will use Kofax Communication ServerTM to automate the exchange of tens of millions of claims related documents, such as accident reports, repair invoices and proof-of-identity documents, it receives annually. Kofax Communication Server ingests email, fax, SMS, MMS, voicemail and telex communications, and replaces the manual processing of these communications by connecting inbound and
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Re: Pro C550EX
It is still listed as current on the Ricoh USA and Ricoh Canada websites. Are they just trying to quietly clear them out? When you add a Fiery controller, regardless of brand, there is no auto colour. I was very surprised to learn about this Fiery weakness. The question is can the Ricoh general line print in auto colour? I know they can copy in colour.
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Re: Ricoh & Epson Plotters
Art Post (Guest) ·
The system on the web ex was the new Ricoh CW2200SP Color wide format MFP, this is Ricoh's wide format version of the gelsprinter. A point was made that the inks have been reformulated to prevent clogging of the print heads. I think it will be hard for any of us to forget the original gelsprinters that were horrific! The only available option is an additional roll feeder and at $14k list, I think it's over priced. I have yet to see one in action, I'd like to see one in action, but it is truly
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Re: Sharp has Serious Money Problems!
Art Post (Guest) ·
Sharp has mortgaged nearly all its properties to secure a $4.6 billion bailout from Japanese banks and so has few assets to offer in a grand garage sale. Instead, it's selling part of the garage. Qualcomm has agreed to buy a 5 percent stake in Sharp, making it the largest shareholder. Hon Hai, which earlier this year agreed to invest in Sharp - before its stock slumped in the wake of record losses - has said it remains interested in taking a stake. "Whatever they can get to get through this
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Re: With a new year approaching....
fisher ·
Ricoh Full Line Kyocera Full Line Oce' Wide Format Riso Full Line DocStar Solutions
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Re: With a new year approaching....
Ricoh full line minus duplicators, Lexmark BSD, HP, Ademero Content Central, Doculex, PaperCut, Print Audit, FollowMe Printing by Ringdale, MBM, Formax, Duplo, FP Mailing Solutions, Lenovo, Dell, N-Able.
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Re: Pro C550EX
Art Post (Guest) ·
It is not a current product and can anyone help with to other question in reference to the Fiery RIP's ability to print auto color?
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Re: Does canon have an off the shelf...
Art Post (Guest) ·
Vince: Do you have a document with the current lineup of canon systems? I've been to the web however I can distinguish whats current.
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Re: Pro C550EX
Art Post (Guest) ·
yes, the general line will print with auto color, black will register as black and color as color. Dang I thought those Pro series were gone for a few years, they really stunk!
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Re: Ricoh & Epson Plotters
fisher ·
Any word what Ricoh has planned for color wide format? I have an opportunity right now for a color wide format MFP. A shame they haven't gotten their act together on this.
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Re: Ricoh & Epson Plotters
fisher ·
The only thing I have found on it is the user's manuals which are on the web. Has our regular color touch screen display that is on the rest of the Ricoh line.
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Re: Ricoh Clickable Paper™: A New Cross-Media Service
Another useless ricoh app that know one will use!!
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Re: USA Presidential Poll
Art Post (Guest) ·
decades because most of our countries population does not bother to vote except in a Presidential Election. There needs to be a strong third party however neither the democrats nor the republicans will allow that to happen. Laws are made for the rich by the rich, because we don't hold them accountable. When was the last time an average joe made it to the whitehouse? That's my rant for the night!
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Re: Sandra Zoratti, VP Marketing, Ricoh - Leadership Insights
Yoda ·
Wow a very nice way of saying Ricoh is cutting back advertising? Seems that way to me.
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Re: Sandra Zoratti, VP Marketing, Ricoh - Leadership Insights
Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh is now retweeting their old commercials on youtube.
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Re: With a new year approaching....
Art Post (Guest) ·
fisher: I'm in a end of year battle to win a small 20K deal and oce is quoting a plotwave 350, do you know how low they may go (dual roll, scan, print). Thanx
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Re: Rumor has it.....
yeti ·
Looks like Ricoh has just gone through restructure #127388 for 2012. Details coming.
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Capital Alliance with Qualcomm, Inc. and Display Technology Development Agreement wit
Art Post (Guest) ·
wireless technologies, as the allottee. MEMS display to be developed jointly by the two companies is a display using ultrafine process technology and existing display manufacturing infrastructure with features including high color reproducibility and low-power consumption. The development for commercialization of MEMS display will be achieved by integrating Sharp’s core display technology, IGZO*2 and MEMS display technology of Pixtronix. In addition, Sharp is planning to accept up to 9.9 billion
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With a new year approaching....
Art Post (Guest) ·
I'd like to hear from as many members as possible in reference to what your company offers, this thread can prove to be a valuable tool when we are looking for help features, pricing, questions, etc.... The company I work for support these products: The full line of Ricoh Products (except C901 series) Fujitsu Scanners Samsung MFP's MBM products (although we don't service the products) Planet Press Microsoft 365 MS Sharepoint Context Wide format scanners Typehaus
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Ontario Environmental Fee for MFP Increases Tenfold Jan 1 2013
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Happy New Year floor model MFP buyers in Ontario Canada. You now get to spend ten times as much for the environmental fees (WEEE fees) for your new acquisition come Jan 1 2013. After a recent review of the fees charged for a range of electronic products under the Ontario Electronic Stewardship Program the new 2013 schedule has been published. While fees have gone up for most products the real surprise is the fee for floor model printers and MFP printers which increase from the current $32.50
Attention Sales World... Your Walk Must Match Your Talk In A Post-Trust World
"Trust is congruence between what you say and what you do."
Peter Drucker
In a 2018 White Paper produced by the Dale Carnegie Research Institute titled, "Trust is Dead. Long Live Trust! Why Long-Term Customer Loyalty is Still Driven by Trusted Relationships".
They interviewed more than 1,600 customers around the world. They asked them how they would describe trust in their salesperson and the top two answers to the open-end question, “How would you define trust?” centered on two themes: “I can believe them, they are honest, credible and knowledgeable” (50%), and “They are looking out for my best interest and providing value” (25%).
Are you being honest, credible and knowledgeable? Or just for the deal sake?
Are you looking after your clients best interest and providing value? Or just for the deal sake?
When the walk doesn't match the talk in a post-trust world, many in sales will revert to price discounting as their means of providing so-called value.
When in fact,
"71% of respondents said they would rather buy from a salesperson they completely trusted than one who gave them a lower price."
Dale Carnegie Research Institute
The age-old phrase, "Talk is cheap" still carries much truth.
You can say anything you want to, but your words take on another meaning when they become backed up by your actions.
Unfortunately, we’ve become a society where truth is foreign and lies are the norm.
Applied to sales, just because you say something really doesn’t mean anything at all. You see, any salesperson can talk, but it takes a sales professional of character, integrity and wholesomeness to follow through in their actions.
"Most people will talk the talk, few will walk the walk; be amongst the few"
Dr. Steve Maraboli
Does the walk match the talk?
Does the way you carry yourself online match the way you carry yourself offline?
Does the way you carry yourself out in the community match the way you carry yourself with your clients?
Are you carrying yourself in a congruent state to best serve your clients?
Now, let's loop this back into trusted client relationships.
Trust can be earned or lost through your actions. How many of your clients are watching your actions or for that matter your in-actions?
Please key in on this...
If your actions are not congruent with what you say, then how legitimate are you through the lens of your clients' eyes?
If your clients are important and you value building meaningful client relationships, then you must spend quality time with your clients cementing those relationships.
Congruency isn’t about big actions. It's about the little things.
CONGRUENCY IS A TRUST BUILDER
"Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self."
Mahatma Gandhi
Congruency leads to connection, deep conversation and attraction. I ask you to think about how salespeople are perceived, and where trust sits inside the sales world, now think about what it means to be congruent.
Derived from the Latin word “congruere”, which means ‘to meet’ or ‘to agree’, congruence is the point at which your principles and beliefs align with your thoughts and actions.
Therefore, someone who lives with congruency acts in complete accordance with their dreams, desires, beliefs, values, mission and goals. They do not let the thoughts of others affect how they lead their life.
An overwhelming feeling of inherent trust comes from someone who is congruent
Congruency will keep you at the top, especially in a world full of empty suits.
This requires you to personally reflect upon yourself, your actions, your thoughts and how you carry yourself. This requires you to become hyper-vigilant and observant.
Allow this quote from Nathaniel Branden to sink in,
"Integrity is congruence between what you know, what you profess, and what you do."
Congruency means living on purpose. But wouldn't you agree, you must first know your purpose?
You must...
Fully understand what it is you stand for and what are you passionate about adding to the lives of your clients and future clients.
And then...
Reorganize your life so you act in line with these beliefs daily.
When you are congruent, amazing things start to happen:
- Your confidence soars
- Your desire to make a difference dramatically increases
- You feel at peace
More importantly, watch what starts to happen to your client relationships, new opportunities and who you start to attract.
CONGRUENCY WILL BE TESTED
In some instances, congruency will be tested within the confines of your work environment.
Think about all the incongruent, mismatched and misaligned moments that happen or for that matter you observe in any given day, week or month.
Often, we do what we are told (think of sales meetings and misaligned training), and we continue these patterns over and repeatedly without giving it much thought. Doesn't this sound like sales autopilot?
"Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision."
Tony Robbins
What will you commit to?
Let's face it, sales is an emotional rollercoaster. It will tug on your heart and wear on your mind. However, to be truly fulfilled in sales, we must act from a place of congruency.
To be congruent, who you are, what you say, and what you do must be aligned.
Zero in on this with me, spend any amount of time in sales and you will have been faced with "what is right versus what is wrong" actions and behaviors.
When you find your heart and mind being pulled in opposite directions, or when your deeds collide with your thoughts; your body senses it and you start to experience the effects of incongruence.
Stress, inner conflict and disease thrive when congruence is threatened. I know you all get what I am cooking because everyone of us has experienced it.
E.E. Cummings wrote,
"To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."
With trust and credibility constantly being challenged, practice congruency and lead your sales life in an authentic manner.
CONGRUENCY IS WHAT MATTERS, WHAT WILL YOU DO?
Someone who lives with congruency carries themselves in direct accordance with their vision, dreams, values, mission, beliefs and goals.
What values, standards and rules are you leading your life by? Can these be applied to your sales career? Do you even know?
“Each one of us was put on this planet to discover their own path, and we will never be happy if we follow someone else’s.”
James Van Praagh
Will you commit to leading a congruent lifestyle?
Will you carve out your own unique path paved by a deep understanding of you?
The road to self-discovery will unlock a treasure trove of opportunities. This could be one of the single hardest things you do.
Congruent people generate trust
Congruent people do not put forth the effort in pretending or disguising their inner state.
They know how to listen to their feelings and can accept them, without fooling themselves or others. They do not play games, and do not play charades.
Congruent people are brave because we live in a society which hasn’t taught us to show our feelings or even place them up onto the business table.
Reflect for a moment...
- What inspires you?
- What are your strengths?
- What is your personal mission statement?
- What are your core set of values?
In today's post-trust world, starting on the path of congruence is no laughing matter. It implies a pact of honesty with yourself, and this is very important.
Think about this... It’s hard to trust someone who acts in a way that’s different to how they think. It becomes difficult to trust someone who shows an image of themselves that is contrary to how they truly feel.
I will ask you again... Does your walk match your talk?
When your actions match your values, it gives your clients and future clients the confidence that you lead authentically and act with integrity. And isn't this what you want?
Would you like to increase your sales success and fulfillment?
This was my goal when recording all-new materials for the new Selling from the Heart Masterclass, to increasing your sales success and fulfillment in your business.
If you enjoyed the Selling from the Heart book, you’re going to love this masterclass! It takes the tools given to the next level.
Have yet to read Selling from the Heart? No worries, you will receive an audio version as a part of the Masterclass. As an option you can get a free signed copy of Selling from the Heart (just pay for shipping and handling).
You can get your copy here - https://www.sellingfromtheheart.net/book
Together, we will go on a journey where we’ll dive into how to apply the ideas in the book to help you achieve even greater sales success.
With each of the 10 sessions, you’ll receive questions that will help you increase your sales in a way that also makes selling more enjoyable and fulfilling.
This masterclass is configured with you in mind where you can complete the course in chunks from any mobile device, iPad or computer, based on your availability.
You’ll also discover fun bonus materials throughout the course.
This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Five Years Ago
Second Week of December 2017
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About a month ago I had a call from an existing client to meet about upgrading two of their older copiers that they owned and were under a maintenance agreement. That call came from the new IT Director since the existing IT Director was retiring. That meeting went well and since there were four other A3 printers, service has been exceptional, I priced those two MFP's with acceptable gross profit (I'm not in this business to give **** away because we all have to eat). In addition the when asked "is there any issues or problems we need the address with the new IT Director the answer was "everything great". More to come on this in my next blog.....
Enjoy These great Copier Threads from Five Years Ago This Week!
Konica Minolta Senior Vice President of Marketing, Kay Fernandez Recognized for Outstanding Achievements, Named YWCA Bergen County TWIN Honoree
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mobility, cloud services, and optimize business processes with workflow automation. OurAll Covered IT Services division offers a range of IT strategy, support, and network security solutions across all verticals. Konica Minolta has been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for 10 consecutive years and is proud to be ranked on the Forbes 2017 America's Best Employers list. Konica Minolta, Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability
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To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas in 2017"
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'Christkindlmarkt' (Christmas market) from late November or early December, selling Christmas decorations, food (like gingerbread) and Glühwein (sweet, warm mulled wine). Cities like Vienna, Innsbruck and Salzburg have huge markets and people from all over the world visit them. You can read the entire "Christmas in Austria" here. This blog will mark thetenth blog that I've posted over the years for "What I Want for Christmas" from Ricoh. Over the years I've asked Ricoh to supply me with new products, and
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Canon sweeps prestigious 2017 BLI awards for wide format printers
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Canon sweeps prestigious 2017 BLI awards for wide format printers Canon wins BLI’s coveted 2017 Wide Format Printer Line of the Year award for its outstanding reliability, superb user experience, efficiency-boosting innovations, and exceptional image quality. Adding several new trophies to its shelves, Canon swept the Wide Format category of the prestigious BLI Pick awards for 2017. The company took home the coveted Wide Format Printer Line of the Year award, which recognized the Canon
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KYOCERA Receives Japan Environment Minister's Award for Record 8th Consecutive Year
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combining these engineered materials with metals and integrating them with other technologies, Kyocera has become a leading supplier of industrial and automotive components, electronic devices, semiconductor packages, solar power generating systems, printers, copiers, and mobile phones. During the year ended March 31, 2017, the company’s consolidated net sales totaled 1.42 trillion yen (approx. USD12.7 billion). Kyocera appears on the “Top 100 Global Innovators” list by Clarivate Analytics and is
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Ricoh unveils award-winning NYC Customer Experience Center, offering customers hands-on interactivity with newest digital workplace technologies
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around the world specifically designed for experts within Ricoh's Commercial Industrial Printing (CIP) Group to collaborate alongside our production customers – commercial printers, book publishers, print service providers and enterprises of all sizes – to help solve their printing and workflow challenges. For more information on Ricoh's offerings, visit https://www.ricoh-usa.com or follow the company's social media channels on Twitter , Facebook and LinkedIn . | About Ricoh | Ricoh is
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DMS Color Launches “Feel Your Print” Campaign
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DMS Color Launches “Feel Your Print” Campaign with New MGI JETvarnish 3DS Digital Embellishment Press Konica Minolta Delivers Industrial Print Solution Support to Assist Growth of National Web-to-Print Leader New DMS Color “Feel Your Print” Campaign MELBOURNE, FL USA (December 12 th , 2017) – Fast-growing printing technology firm, DMS Color , based outside Birmingham, Alabama, has been integrating digital software and hardware with client business strategies for over 10 years. The success
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Epson Expands its WorkForce Wide-Format Printer Series, Powered by PrecisionCore
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accordance with ISO/IEC 24734. Actual print times will vary based on system configuration, software, and page complexity. For more information, visit www.epson.com/printspeed 1 Up to 80 percent based on comparing manufacturers' reported TEC values of the best-selling, A3 color laser printers priced at $999 (USD) or less with print speeds of 30 ppm or less as of December 2016 . Actual power savings will vary by product model and usage 2 Most features require an Internet connection to the printer
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George P. Johnson Invests in EFI VUTEk FabriVU Printer to Remain at Leading Edge of Event Marketing
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. “ Our clients and our team are seeing the graphics that are coming out of here and being installed on site at conferences, and they’re recognizing the increased level of sharpness and crispness this printer puts out ,” according to Erlich. Demand for soft signage continues to grow at George P. Johnson and the VUTEk FabriVU printer, which offers the time- and money-saving option of printing direct to textile or transfer paper using the same ink set, is being used for diverse client needs in
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The Quest for $200K "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail"
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A great quote from the great orator and statesmen Ben Franklin. As I stated in yesterdays blog, today was all about prepping for four appointments tomorrow. Back in the eighties, copier sales people relied on their knowledge, demo skills and leading the client to the path of making a decision for buying or leasing that copy machine. But, before the demonstration, we outlined what the clients needs were foreach device. For example the client required these features: stapling the ability to zoom
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MGI Receives DPS Magazine “Readers’ Choice” Top 30 Award
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November issue of the magazine. In 2017, MGI standardized the implementation of the intelligent and adaptive AIS SmartScanner print registration on the entire JETvarnish 3D Series of digital enhancement presses. It also greatly expanded its global alliance with Konica Minolta to provide expanded, international service and support to customers. U.S. product launches included: the Meteor Unlimited Colors Series of integrated, inline digital printing foiling production presses; the JETvarnish
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Canon Catapults into the Office of the Future with Interactive Panel to Discuss the Digital Transformation and Show Businesses Ways to Gain a Competitive Edge
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it distributes in the United States . Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon Americas Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a recognition for the design, construction, operations and maintenance of high-performance green buildings. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A. , sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA. For media
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Sharp Becomes First MFP Provider Working With Alexa for Business to Enhance Technology in the Workplace
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multifunctional office solutions, professional displays, robotics and energy systems. Sharp Imaging and information Company of America, a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, markets Sharp's business products, including MX Series multifunction print (MFP) systems, professional and commercial displays and Skywell atmospheric water generators. For more information on Sharp's business products, contact Sharp Electronics Corporation, 100 Paragon Drive, Montvale, N.J. , 07645. For online product
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Xerox Ranks Among Nation’s Best in Measures that Matter Most to People and Communities
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moving at an accelerated pace.For more information visit www.xerox.com . Note: To receive RSS news feeds, visit https://www.news.xerox.com . For open commentary, industry perspectives and views visit http://twitter.com/xerox , http://www.linkedin.com/company/xerox , http://connect.blogs.xerox.com , http://www.facebook.com/XeroxCorp , http://www.youtube.com/XeroxCorp . Xerox ® and Xerox and Design ® are trademarks of Xerox in the United States and/or other countries. Contacts Xerox Bill McKee
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Hong Kong fund tells Toshiba that chip unit sale to Bain group not necessary
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hedge fund with $1.2 billion under management, sent the letter to Toshiba’s board late on Monday, Chief Investment Officer Kin Chan told Reuters. The fund declined to say how many Toshiba shares it owns. read the rest here
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Sales Leaders: 3 Essential Promises Your Sales Reps Must Make To Themselves And To Your Clients
The more value your sales reps demonstrate the more strategic they become to your clients. Consistent quarterly business reviews create top of mind awareness and serves to create engagement. Ideas for these reviews... Develop relationship from vendor to partner Reinforce value Review/set goals moving into following quarters Establish a pulse (How are wedoing?) Capture and reinforce successes Secure introductions into people they know (referral opportunities) WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOUR CLIENT? • It's
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Toshiba, Western Digital aiming to settle chip dispute next week: sources
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp ( 6502.T ) and Western Digital Corp ( WDC.O ) have agreed in principle to settle a dispute over the Japanese firm’s plans to sell its $18 billion chip unit and aim to have a final agreement in place next week, sources familiar with the matter said. The board of the embattled Japanese conglomerate approved a framework for a settlement on Wednesday, one of the sources said. read the rest here
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ok, it's got some sizzle, but where is the beef? Practically no one copies anymore, thus the only use I can see is for scanning. I havefiveAlexa's at home, great for playing music and askingquestions. I guess I could ask Alexa"scan documents toRob", and with out noticing Alexa sends those documents to "Bob". I just don't see the applications, can someone enlighten me, maybe someone who was atthe recent Sharp event?
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Vonage Names Dharmesh Shah Vice President of Inside Sales
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HOLMDEL, N.J. , Dec. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage (NYSE: VG ) has appointed Dharmesh Shah Vice President of Inside Sales. In this newly-created role, Mr. Shah is responsible for driving worldwide inside sales to support Vonage's growing global presence as a business cloud communications leader. Mr. Shah reports to Kenny Wyatt , Chief Revenue Officer. "We are thrilled to welcome Dharmesh to the Vonage Sales team," said Mr. Wyatt. "His experience in building and leading winning Inside Sales
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Ricoh CW 2201SP ink head cleaning issue
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Having a bear with a few of these devices. Is there a way to set the CW2201SP to clean the ink heads every few days? Maybe some type of internal service mode software setting?
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How abt seg 1 doc feeder that isn't a piece of crap.
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Hello, We are interested in advertising on your website. Could someone send me a media kit? Thank you, Jennifer
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Hi Thank you, I will send this to you over the weekend Art
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This is key: Make sure you are using the actual driver that you download from the Ricoh webpage. Macs will automatically set up the printer with a generic driver if you don't download the actual driver. The generic driver isn't nearly as detailed as the real driver. This is also something to look out for if you find you are missing features like user codes in the driver.
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Thanks Fisher. Actually, this was an application setting. In Adobe X Pro the customer had a Color Profile that was set to something other than Savin MPC3003/C3503. After correcting this, the prints were much better. It's challenging dealing with the nuances of Mac and desktop publishing/graphic arts programs when you don't work in them every day. It's frustrating but customers expect us to be the printing experts and many times aren't familiar with their print settings. They just want it to
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days are the equivalent of a small TV. "Mr. prospect, have you ever been to an electronics store where they have dozens of TV's all set to the same channel? The source of the image is the same but the picture is different. Copiers get their print instructions from the source which isn't the monitor, it's the computer."
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The Quest for $200K "Luck is for Rabbits"
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the names ofour birth parents. My name was listed as "A", I thought what the frak is "A", it then dawned on me that I was baby "A" and my twin brother was baby "B". Anyway, after receiving that letter I spent most of the day searching on the internet for clues to learn more about my birth parents. Wow, kinda glad, I got that out there. I know we want to know about copiers, right? Today, I only had one scheduled appointment and that was for the two production units. I was in touch with the client
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MP C3003 Color Quality
We have a client who is complaining about the color print quality on their Savin MPC 3003. It doesn't look too bad when printing from Windows but from Mac the colors seem to be off. I am hoping to return to do some troubleshooting soon. However, Mac OS is not my strong point. Does anyone have any guidance on where to start and what to look for? We have found that going into the Advanced printing settings and selecting "Let printer determine colors" seems to improve things but beyond that I'm
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Not my strong point either but one of the things I would consider is the difference between PCL and PostScript drivers. The 03 series didn't come with emulated PS...you had to purchase the PS 3 option to have true native Postcript printing capability.
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Entrust Datacard Announces New Integration with ConnectWise to Simplify SSL/TLS Certificate Management for Managed Service Providers
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: creation, re-issuance, revocation, and renewal. The Entrust Certificate Services solution also includes an option for malware scanning and reputation monitoring powered by SiteLock. “The simplicity of Entrust Datacard’s new integration is going to be key for our partners,” said Gavin Gamber, vice president of channel sales and alliances for ConnectWise. “TSPs just have to configure the ConnectWise settings in the partner portal and begin ordering, tracking, and renewingcustomers’ Entrust SSL
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BlackRidge Technology and MAD Security Partner to Deliver Next Generation Cyber Security Solutions to Government and Commercial Markets
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Director at BlackRidge Technology. "Our customers will benefit from having MAD Security integrate, deliver and manage a BlackRidge cyber defense solution." "We are very excited to begin this partnership with BlackRidge Technology as we pride ourselves in delivering next generation cyber security solutions to address today's advanced cyber threats," said Joe Delaney , Director of Federal Sales at MAD Security. "This is a substantial step in MAD Security's aspiration to become an industry-leading
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3 Reasons Office Printers are Essential for Sales Materials
3 Reasons Office Printers are Essential for Sales Materials
People think continued technological advancements are turning the world fully digital. Since as early as the 1970s, humans have speculated that the future would be completely paperless. The idea seems to be founded on the thought that computers made it easier to think and process information, eventually making printed documents outdated.
Even Stanley Kubrick’s classic film, 2001: A Space Odyssey showed the future and space travel as a paperless future. A 2001 newspaper was merely something to be viewed digitally on a television screen.
But rather than a sudden or even steady switch to a completely digital world, 1980 through 2000 saw paper use increase. In 2017, over four hundred million metric tons of paper were used by business offices alone. Experts predict paper use worldwide will continue to remain high for the foreseeable future – reaching around four hundred and seventy-six million tons by 2032.
While paper remains a key resource, the growth of digital has not lagged. US adults currently average over thirteen hours of digital media consumption per day. Those interactions include emails and social media as well as the PDFs, presentations, and other items regularly viewed throughout the workday. And businesses attempting to leverage digital communications have to compete with the growing clutter and digital fatigue.
Oddly enough, those brochures, direct mail pieces, and presentations that used to get tossed out with the rest of the junk mail have become a novelty. And providing printed references might just be the differentiator a business needs to break through the digital noise.
Printed Materials Provide Effective Impressions
When it comes to making an impression, print is the best option. Over three-quarters (88%) of Millennials believe the information in printed text is more official than anything provided digitally. But trustworthiness is not the only advantage print materials provide.
Studies show humans read printed items seventy to eighty percent faster than digital materials. They also retain more of the information because complicated information that requires more concentration is followed better when it is presented in a printed format. Part of this phenomenon is due to a lower level of stress as reading printed items has been shown to reduce overall stress by sixty-eight percent.
This level of reduced stress, better understanding, and faster perusal is a win for sales and marketing teams. It is especially beneficial for businesses with products and services that are more complicated and require additional information.
Printed Materials Lead to Better Brand Building
Businesses want their targeted audiences to have their brand, products, and services top-of-mind. But that might be hard when companies are competing for keyword share with competitors in the market. And it’s not just keywords for which businesses must compete now, it’s screen time and share of attention.
When it comes to keeping brand names at the forefront, nothing can compete with printed materials. Seventy-five percent of consumers have been proven to remember brand names better if they have seen them on a printed document.
And, when it comes to making sure prospects understand what makes a company a better choice than the competition, there is nothing quite like printed brochures, flyers, and presentations. Prospects can process printed text 60,000 times faster than digital. Even better, complete understanding takes twenty-one percent less cognitive effort. The result is faster, better communication that sticks.
Printed marketing and sales materials provide more engagement
The digital realm seems more dynamic. There are certainly more options for delivery, including video, interactive software, email, and chat. But most of these digital formats are mentally processed in the same way.
By triggering more sensory input, printed materials provide more engagement than anything standard digital can provide. While the digital space leverages sight and sound to its fullest, print leverages something called the textual landscape.
The brain sees and processes words and letters as physical objects. Coupled with the action of turning the pages of a book, brochure, or presentation, the brain registers the materials as taking another step down a walking trail. It then maps the information it absorbs more fully in the mind, bundling additional neurons that increase recall, understanding, and longevity.
While digital delivery may be faster and more convenient, sales and marketing teams that leverage the truly interactive process triggered through printed materials gain an unexpected edge.
Reliable Office Printers are Essential to Sales and Marketing Efforts
While digital advertising and sales materials may be a growing and essential trend, paperless interactions end up making the marketing and sales processes more difficult. Business offices with active sales and marketing teams need a way to provide printed documentation and reliable printers to support their efforts.
Printers help sales representatives give prospects and current clients a better way to differentiate and promote brand, products, and services, through printed brochures, flyers, and presentations. These printed materials help sales and marketing create better, more robust, and more memorable interactions that help build customer base and increase sales for the business.
One of the best ways to ensure reliable, cost-effective printer access is to partner with a managed print services provider. These businesses use their expertise to provide the right equipment, supplies, maintenance, and service to keep the business’s sales and marketing departments running smoothly. With the right printers and materials, the business will be able to create everything needed to provide unique communications that capture attention and keep the brand top-of-mind.
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Covid Killed The Copier Industry
Late 2007
It was late in 2007 that I had our first taste of the Great Recession. The housing bubble burst and I was one of many copier sales people that were affected by professionals and businesses going belly up. One day they were there and the next day they weren't, at one time the leases were paid on schedule and the next month many stated there was no income to be had. Many think the Great Recession was from 2007 to 2009, however with my feet in the trenches living that horrid dream it was more like 2007 to 2011.
Every Recession Will Spawn New Technology
I'm not sure what year it was but I do remember attending an industry event in Park City, Utah. One speaker spoke about how every recession will spawn new technology that will change every business. When the going gets tough companies will launch new technologies that are designed to lower companies costs. I believe the message to us is that our industry could lose up to 10% of our revenue because of new technology in the next recession.
It's my firm belief that 2007-2011 was the start of our reduction of clicks for our industry due to technology advancements and rapid advancement of digital solutions and habits with a younger workforce.
Yes, there were some good years after 2011, even though the revenue from gross sales from the hardware got better and better. But the eroding of clicks was still there. It was more a slow demise over the next eight years.
Covid19
How can we forget? Covid19 was the triple whammy for our industry.
First of all because workers were not in the office, printing in major market areas fell hard and fast. New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and other major markets had no one in the office. Thus no one was printing/copying or scanning which equals no clicks.
Second of all business owners and workers adapted, they quickly learned how to get their work down without printing pages (even old guys like me had to adapt or die). Many companies adopted technologies like DocuSign, Capture Software and Document Management Software.
Third of all Covid19 spawned the recession, not as bad as the Great Recession because Governments printed absurd amounts of cash to avoid a catastrophic financial crash. Thus technology developed over those COVID years of 2020, 2021 and 2020 further reduced the volume of printed pages in the modern office.
Post Covid19
There's been some small gains in recent months with print because many of the major market areas are trying to get people back to work. Bad habits are hard to break and that's helped our industry somewhat. From what I've read the overall percentage drop of page volume is 25-35% from 2019. For those off us in secondary and rural markets many dealers claim that the drop is much lower than the major markets and that estimate is 10%-15%.
Major Headaches Still Out There
I've read that the supply chain might never go back to where it was in 2019. There's just too many variables in play with lingering COVID zero tolerance in China. Threatened rail strikes here in the US and the recent revolt of the Chinese people because of Covid lock downs can threaten the fragile supply chain yet again.
Paper
When was the last time we really factored in the cost for a sheet of paper? Cut sheet paper costs have been rising, thus the question becomes when will the cost for paper be higher than the cost per page? A quick review at Amazon puts the cost per page for standard letter paper at the cost of penny per page. Thus what happens when the cost per page rises to 2 cents per page or more?
The Last Generation
Those of us in the industry today are possibly the last generation that will sell a digital copier. If you're the young of of 30, then by the time you're 50 copiers will have gone the way of the typewriter.
As I write this I also realize that businesses that offer print can still be profitable with the existing clicks. Of course with clicks eroding, the cost of producing prints will continue to go higher every year. It might be fair to say that low volume prints could start at 2 cents and rise to 3 cents per page in the next couple of years (office print). This might offset some of the losses with declining print volumes.
RIP?
Will our industry die?
Nope, there is no chance of that happening. Our industry's core is technology. As users during COVID learned to adapt with not printing, our industry has already adapted to offering new technologies and services and we'll continue to evolve as events change the course of print.
In 2043 what's the next break and fix with planned obsolescence?
-=Good Selling=-
I heard you on the wireless back in '52
Lying awake, intently tuning in on you
If I was young, it didn't stop you coming through
Oh-a oh-a
They took the credit for your second symphony
Rewritten by machine on new technology
And now I understand the problems you could see
[Verse 1: Trevor Horn, Debi Doss & Linda Jardim] I heard you on the wireless back in '52 Lying awake, intently tuning in on you If I was young, it didn't stop you coming through Oh-a oh-a They took the credit for your second symphony Rewritten by machine on new technology And now I understand the problems you could see
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