This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in November 2008

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There's a pretty cool thread below that I wrote ten years ago.  The thread was about what Japanese copier companies were manufacturing in WWII.  Take a peek it may surprise you.  Japanese Copier Companies & WWII 

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Weekend Copier Notes from 11/0/08

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Ricoh units, Canon ran full color, full page ads in major newspapers around the U.S. last week. The ads try to push customers to contact their local Canon factory direct branch for service and sales. IKON announced it won an FM bid to displace Pitney Bowes at Emory University, including all facilities and hospital. IKON also announced it won a bid to provide scanning and document management for Harrison County, Kentucky. The project starts by scanning 57,000 records. Konica Minolta launched the CS
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Canon seeks M&A with US office equipment

aims for 6 trillion yen ($62 billion) in sales and a net profit margin of 10 percent or more in 2010. Earlier this year Ricoh acquired U.S. office equipment distributor Ikon Office Solutions for $1.6 billion, dealing a blow to Canon because Ikon is a major dealer of its copiers and other office machines. Canon machines represent 60 percent of the products Ikon handles, with Ricoh machines accounting for 30 percent. (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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Ricoh Introduction of the New Aficio SP 4200N-KP and SP C410DN-KP

Ricoh is pleased to announce the launch of the new Ricoh Aficio SP 4100N-KP and SP C410DN-KP HotSpot Printers. What is a HotSpot Printer? A Ricoh HotSpot Printer provides a way for users to print documents securely across the Internet from any Internet-enabled PC, laptop, PDA, or cell phone. Without the need for a driver…without the need for direct access to the network hosting the printer! Printing to a HotSpot Printer is incredibly easy. Each HotSpot printer has a unique URL and E-mail
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History of OCE

digital printing to all volume markets. In addition to the company's digital printers--which already accounted for more than 40 percent of engineering systems and 80 percent of total company sales--Océ also continued to manufacture and sell a popular line of analog and inkjet black-and-white and color copying and printing equipment for the engineering systems market. This division, including sales of supplies and services, accounted for more than NLG 1.6 billion of the company's sales in 1997. Océ's
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Re: Image Site from Equorum

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Per Image Site,they don't use a specific print driver to print to a device. Not sure how they get around it, but apparently they send the data directly from the software to a printer file (with a predefined profile) as a RTL or a CAL file. Our device list these as being supported, however, out of image site, the 2404 doesn't recognize page size or orientation properly. Equorum is in Atlanta, so I hooked them up with the local office there, they went in and tried to make it work, but were
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Ricoh Trivia II

More fun
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Ricoh Trivia III

Keep it going
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Ricoh Trivia IV

Egads more
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Ricoh Trivia Time!

Thought this would be fun
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In what year did Ricoh introduce thier firs copy machine?

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Was the founder of Ricoh?

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What did Ricoh Manufacture during World War II

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What was Ricoh's first Innovation?

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Japanese Copier Companies & WWII

Japanese Copier Companies & WWII Before Ricoh was Ricoh, it was known as Riken Kankoshi Co., Ltd. was formed to produce positive sensitive paper, used to develop film. Riken also developed computer-designed lenses originated during World War II. Before Canon was Canon, it was known as Precision Optical Industry., LTD, not much here for them, all I could get was go here for rest of article
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solidworks CAD program

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Anybody running this software and printing to a Ricoh 240/Plotbase? thx.
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Re: Canon Bounty on Ricoh Devices

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Canon had just recently come in and outbid Ricoh for a huge dealer in San Fran at the last minute....now a bounty.... Canon has some pretty deep pockets and they are like a cornered animal...a very dangerous combination.
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Re: AP3800C unable to print on network

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If you are using smart device monitor port and the printer is shared, when an error occurs, the notification will go back to the "print server" machine. I would not recommend using the smart device monitor port, but choosing a TCP/IP port and seeing if that resolves the problem. You may also be able to go to the "print server" if you are using one and a smart device monitor port and see if there are any error notifications.
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Re: AP3800C unable to print on network

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quote: Originally posted by jswinberlin: I would not recommend using the smart device monitor port, but choosing a TCP/IP port and seeing if that resolves the problem. My exact thought. There were also some problems with the 3800c when it was released where it had problems on 100mb networks. I believe some firmware fixed that, but as a work around, I had a 10mb hub I placed between the printer and network.
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Re: Gas Price Check

Art. LOL, you know what though, I would go along with the $1.00 as long as flat tax (fEDERAL sALES tAX) was instituted and the IRS was disolved
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Re: Gas Price Check

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quote: Originally posted by Art Post: LOL, you know what though, I would go along with the $1.00 as long as flat tax (fEDERAL sALES tAX) was instituted and the IRS was disolved I'm all for a Federal Sales tax, like they have in Europe. Just think, you could get your check from your employer with no taxes taken out (except Social Security), put it in the bank and gain interest with no taxes paid, buy and sell stocks with no taxes on the gain/loss, etc., etc. The only time you'd have to pay tax
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Re: Gas Price Check

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How can so many people, left and right of center agree on something yet not see any changes? That was rhetorical...the answer is because ultimately the government gets much of it's power via the tax code. As JasonR says, there would be ways to help the poor but with a national sales tax, even the criminals and drug dealers would pay taxes. Not to equivicate Harvard with criminals but I heard today that Harvard doesn't pay a penny of tax including revenue on a $37 Billion endowment. I am curious
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Re: Image Site from Equorum

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www.equorum.com eQuorum document management and batch printing solutions, plus raster editing and viewing tools. File conversion for scanned formats, CAD formats Thanks for the reply!
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Re: Image Site from Equorum

Try using the HPGL print driver and see what happens, you may have to tell the system its and HP. Only thoughts so far
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Last Week in October 2008

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We're in to the last 8 weeks of the year.  Prospecting that was done in July & August will now start to pay dividends and carry you through the end of the year. If you're just prospecting now for November and December then you're toast!

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Weekend Copier Notes from 10/26/08

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WEEKEND MFP INDUSTRY NOTES 10-26-08 The following is a quick review of copier/MFP industry news from industry publications. Kodak’s print controller division, Creo, announced that it will produce a Japanese version of its products to expand its reach worldwide. The first product it will launch in Japan is a controller for the Konica Minolta bizhub PRO C65XX series, even though it also partners with HP & Xerox as well. Xerox announced that it will fire 3,000 employees to cut costs. Details
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Konica Minolta Launches Sleek and Quiet bizhub C20 Series of All-in-One Printers

Ramsey, N.J. – October 16, 2008 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, today unveiled the bizhub® C20 Series of all-in-one printers (AIO). Serving both small offices and multi-platform workgroups with seamless productivity, the sleek bizhub C20 and bizhub C20X AIOs are color tandem, multifunctional document services workhorses. Equipped with Konica Minolta’s new
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SHARP TO BEGIN SELLING NEW FRONTIER SERIES NEXT MONTH

SHARP TO BEGIN SELLING NEW FRONTIER SERIES NEXT MONTH First available units - MX-C311 31 PPM MFP and MX-C401 40 PPM MFP – deliver acclaimed Sharp performance in a stylish A4 footprint MAHWAH, NJ, October 22, 2008 -- Sharp today announced that the first models in its new Frontier Series, the MX-C311 and the MX-C401, will begin shipping in November. The MX-C311 and MX-C401 are the first in the new line of A4 Multifunction Peripheral (MFP) and printer products that are designed to meet the needs
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InfoPrint Solutions Rolls Out Largest Ever Workgroup Printer Line

businesses look big while cutting costs • Konica Minolta Launches Sleek and Quiet bizhub C20 Series of All-in-One Printers • HP Unveils Innovative Large-format Printing Solutions • CANON INTRODUCES NEW 24-inch S-SERIES LARGE FORMAT PRINTER Boulder, CO, October 22, 2008 – InfoPrint Solutions Company, a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, today announced the expansion of its broad portfolio of workgroup solutions. This brings to market several new, lower cost products to provide users more
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MFP Copier Sales Tips "Distance Yourself from The Pack"

Thursday, October 30, 2008 MFP Copier Sales Tips "Distance Yourself from The Pack" Whew! I must say that they last ten years selling for a Ricoh Dealership has been interesting. When I first started with my dealership back in 1998, Ricoh has just purchased Savin and Savin purchased Gestetner or something like that. Anyway it was easier to sell Ricoh when there was not a saturation of the marketplace that we have today. We all know that Lanier, Savin, Ikon, and Ricoh Business Systems all have
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Canon Printing With Clear Toner

, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. “The ability to produce consistent color reduces the need for multiple prints, bringing down overall printing costs. In addition, the clear toner enables designers and graphic arts professionals to expand their capabilities and offer a wider array of innovative printing solutions. This new model will further establish the Canon imagePRESS line as an industry leader.” The unique clear toner feature of the Canon imagePRESS C1+ introduces to the creative market a
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From Start to Finish, Xerox Boosts Productivity of Nuvera Printers with New Automatio

The latest enhancements for the Xerox Nuvera 288 EA Perfecting Production System are debuting at Graph Expo, the printing industry’s largest annual exhibition in North America, Oct. 26-29 in Chicago. Enhancements to the industry’s fastest digital duplex monochrome cut-sheet printer are: CEM DocuConverter™ cuts, slits and stacks oversized printed sheets with multiple images to deliver complete document sets on a convenient conveyor, ready for offline or near-line finishing. A high-capacity sheet
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GRAPH EXPO: Canon Unveils Black-and-White Printer

Graph Expo debut this week at the Canon booth (#3000). “Our imagePRESS product line and award-wining imagePROGRAF large format printers have set the standard for image quality and productivity in the digital production and large format printing markets,” said Tod Pike, senior vice president, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A.. “With their industry leading technology and innovation, such as the innovative use of clear toner on the imagePRESS C1+, the new products, along with the acceleration of
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Konica Minolta Launches Bizhub PRO 2500P at Graph Expo

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October 26, 2008 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Konica Minolta Launches Revolutionary bizhub PRO 2500P Series Konica Minolta Delivers Power, Speed and Cost-Efficiency in New High-Volume Systems – Up to 250 Duplex Prints per Minute, 13,800-sheet Paper Capacity, and Production-class Finishing Options Innovative New Print System on Exhibit at Booth #4816 at Graph Expo 2008 – McCormick Place South in Chicago on Oct. 26-29 GRAPH EXPO 2008 CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Konica Minolta Business Solutions U
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Konica Minolta first-half net income down 22%;

electronic components said net income fell to 29.28 billion yen ($297.46 million) from 37.64 billion yen a year earlier. Sales were up 1.5% to 532.97 billion yen. Konica Minolta cut its net profit outlook by 40% to 42 billion yen from its May forecast of 70 billion yen. Sales for the fiscal year are expected at 1.04 trillion yen, compared to its earlier forecast of 1.11 trillion yen.
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Canon Cuts Full-Year Forecast for Profit Gain to Drop

projected to drop 23 percent to 580 billion yen this year. Canon earlier predicted 770 billion yen. The company, also Japan's largest business-equipment maker, said its sales of office gear such as copiers and printers will probably reach 1.16 trillion yen this year, missing the 1.29 trillion yen forecast in July. Xerox Corp., the world's largest maker of high-speed color printers, said last month it's experiencing a slowdown in North America, Canon's second-biggest market. The Norwalk, Connecticut
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CANON INTRODUCES NEW 24-inch S-SERIES LARGE FORMAT PRINTER

Lake Success, October 15, 2008 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of office imaging systems, inkjet technology and digital photography equipment, today announced the release of the imagePROGRAF iPF6000S, a 24-inch wide large format printer using eight colors of LUCIA pigment ink, specifically targeted for graphic art professionals and print-for-pay (PFP) establishments. The iPF6000S is a new addition to Canon’s award-winning, speedy, eight-color large format printer line, the S-Series
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Ricoh Trade-in program from Canon

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We received this attachment yesterday. It looks like Canon is offering anywhere from $100-$8,000 to replace Ricoh units with Canon gear, and part of the program is that the rebates must be passed on to the customer. And the fall-out from the IKON acquisition begins...
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InfoPrint’s Mailroom Integrity Solution Automates Operations for Transactional Printe

and reduced errors by streamlining the print and mail process. The solution itself is built on the InfoPrint ProcessDirector (IPPD) backbone, packaged along with modular features including vendor-neutral inserter management, document-level control and tracking, and fully auditable reports that can confirm every document is mailed accurately, every time. This solution offers leading edge, highly scalable technology, allowing transactional printers and service bureaus to address today’s need for
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Ricoh Unveils Independent Solutions Vendor Program

specifically by the channel, makes it much easier for Ricoh direct and dealer field personnel to engage RiSVP members in joint selling opportunities. With RiSVP member products now available right from Ricoh, the direct and dealer channels are provided more opportunities for new revenue growth combined and simplified sales operations. “RiSVP member products are critical to delivering a total solution that addresses our customers unique needs,” said Hede Nonaka, executive vice president, Ricoh Americas
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Xerox FreeFlow Suite of Workflow Software Extends Automation Across Simple and Comple

involvement, saving time and money. The new offerings are: FreeFlow Print Server version 7, the company’s most powerful print server, delivers enhanced color matching, an intuitive interface for simple job submission and customizable security features. FreeFlow Output Manager version 7 software, integrated with Xerox office printers, allows users to scan hard copy documents and route them from a remote multifunction printer (MFP) to the appropriate production device when larger quantities or
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RICOH CUTS FY08 NET PROFIT OUTLOOK TO 18% DROP ON EUROPEAN SLUMP

TOKYO, Oct 29, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- RICOF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Ricoh Co. (TSE:7752) said Tuesday that group net profit will likely fall 18 per cent to 87 billion yen (US$883.9 million) in the year ending March 31 after earlier projecting a 1 per cent rise to 108 billion yen. The yen has risen more sharply than expected against the euro, likely prompting the firm's second straight annual net profit decline. Sales are seen dropping 3 per cent to 2.15 trillion yen
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Xerox Scores Big in 2008 Must See 'ems Awards at Graph Expo

being shown for the first time in the U.S. at Graph Expo. With its high-definition image quality, it enables production of high-end collateral, direct marketing and photo specialty products - the type of jobs that typically generate the most profits. Xerox 700 Digital Color Press - Also making its U.S. debut, the 70-ppm system delivers production capabilities at an entry-level price and opens the door to affordable digital printing and profitable color print applications. The press offers
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New Lexmark color laser printers, MFPs help small businesses look big while cutting c

laser printer models deliver unique 4800 Color Quality mode for stunning color images and graphics, along with true 1200x1200 dpi for extra quality and detail in customer-facing documents. The Lexmark C540 Series is the only color laser family under $500 to offer this level of print quality. The series also features a unique, four-in-one color laser printhead that delivers precise color registration. The Lexmark C540n is an easy-to-use small workgroup color laser printer that prints at speeds up
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Ricoh Rumored to have acquired small dealer

Rumor has it that Fairfax Communications will be aquired by Ricoh Americas Corp. Fairfax is located in Bethel, CT.
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Ricoh cuts Jobs

I just read that 50 employees were let go at Ricoh at all levels. Were there any major people axed or anyone we know. Art
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Five Steps for Embracing Crisis

jobs. She also recognized a big weakness: her lack of expertise in finance and R&D. To compensate, she had her own people tutor her. She also surrounded herself with leaders whose own skills sets balanced hers. The result: an amazing and continuing turnaround at Xerox. • Be yourself. In a crisis, the pressure to compromise your values can be immense. With employees, shareholders, and the media demanding a response—and your career potentially hanging in the balance—there's a temptation to take
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Notice to All Copier Employees

Notice to All Employees As of November 5, 2008, IF President Obama is officially elected into office, our company will instill a few new policies which are in keeping with his new, inspiring issues of change and fairness: 1. All salespeople will be pooling their sales commissions into a common pool that will be divided equally between all of you. This will serve to give those of you who are underachieving a "fair shake." 2. All hourly employees will be pooling their wages, including overtime
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Re: Lease Approval Poll!

I've heard the same from a few other sales guys.
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Re: Gathering Competitive Quotes

Here is a Toshiba Quote from one of our local lowballing toshiba vendors.
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Re: Ricoh Trade-in program from Canon

time for us to start using our own serial numbers and pull ricoh serial numbers off of all machines.
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Re: imageRUNNER C1022 unveiled

yeah, I did not want to hot link on the blog to the canon picture. Here I felt I could do it.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Third Week in October 2008

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I like to start these updates with some interesting things that happen to me in the last week or so.  I received two leads and closed both of them from Linkedin.  It was net new clients reaching out to me via Linkedin and requesting to set a meeting.  Yes, this was the first I ever had two in one week.  So I keep moving forward and keep growing my connections because you just never know when one of those calls might be for 20, 100 or 1,000 MFP's #nevergiveup

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Weekend Copier Notes from 10/19/08

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720,000 non-Ricoh products in the field) o After acquisition, Ricoh’s office equipment revenue will surpass that of Xerox worldwide o Currently, Ricoh’s revenue is $16 billion, while Xerox’s is $17.2 billion o Canon’s office equipment revenue is $11 billion, but $24.9 billion overall - Ricoh claims that during the Total Print! Show in England, it sold 18 of the new Aficio PRO C900 production color systems. The company will also sell the product in its InfoPrint division, which it acquired from IBM
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Konica Minolta Launches Sleek and Quiet bizhub C20 Series of All-in-One Printers

Ramsey, N.J. – October 16, 2008 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, today unveiled the bizhub® C20 Series of all-in-one printers (AIO). Serving both small offices and multi-platform workgroups with seamless productivity, the sleek bizhub C20 and bizhub C20X AIOs are color tandem, multifunctional document services workhorses. Equipped with Konica Minolta’s new
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New Xerox Wide Format Printer Delivers Technical Documents

at Graph Expo, the printing industry's largest annual exhibition in North America, Oct. 26-29 in Chicago. Pricing and availability Order taking for the Xerox 6279 Wide Format Printer with FreeFlow(R) Accxes(R) Print Server will begin this quarter in North America and Europe, and worldwide in first-quarter of 2009. Installations begin in November, depending on a customer's location. The U.S. list price starts at approximately $23,000.
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Konica Minolta New Offerings at Graph Expo '08

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again expanding its robust offerings for the production print market, all of which will be showcased during Graph Expo(R) 2008. The new offerings -- highlighted by innovative print systems and software enhancements -- enable commercial printers to improve productivity, quality and efficiency. Konica Minolta will showcase the following offerings at Graph Expo, which takes place at McCormick Place South in Chicago, Illinois on Oct. 26-29, 2008: -- bizhub PRO 2500P Series -- Printing up to 250 duplex
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Re: Ricoh to purchase IKON Office Solutions

Ikon’s last 12 months of sales or 8.2 times its earnings before income taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA. In contrast, Xerox Corp. paid $1.72 billion for Global Imaging in 2007. That’s 1.6 times sales, or 12.2 times EBITDA. Still there’s a world of difference between a deal proposed in 2008 and one done in 2007. The current times are more like the no-no days, rather than the go-go days. Goldman did include another 2008 deal in its comparison. Konica Minolta bought Danka Office Imaging
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CANON INTRODUCES NEW 24-inch S-SERIES LARGE FORMAT PRINTER

Lake Success, October 15, 2008 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of office imaging systems, inkjet technology and digital photography equipment, today announced the release of the imagePROGRAF iPF6000S, a 24-inch wide large format printer using eight colors of LUCIA pigment ink, specifically targeted for graphic art professionals and print-for-pay (PFP) establishments. The iPF6000S is a new addition to Canon’s award-winning, speedy, eight-color large format printer line, the S-Series
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Ricoh Announces New Universal Print Driver

Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced the latest release of its PCL6 Driver for Universal Print designed to expand the versatility of an organization’s printing network. The Printer Command Language (PCL) driver enables users to print from a wide range of systems without downloading separate drivers for each output device, reducing a company’s total cost of ownership. It is compatible with a wide range of PCL printers and multifunction
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Océ launches versatile wide format color printer

prints have high durability for many years of outdoor use. The pigment inks are 100% water-based and solvent-free, resulting in a healthier working environment. Double printhead design combines speed and productivity Another new printing technology in the Océ CS2344 is the double integrated printheads. These combine high speed, quality and productivity on all types of printing work. Print speed is less than 2 minutes per full-color A0 print (draft mode with Océ standard paper). Further
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New Xerox 6279 Wide Format

Looking for any information on this newly released (yesterday) unit. Here are a couple of attachments Good selling all!!
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Ricoh Introduction of the MP C2800/C3300 & MP C4000/C5000

, coupled with competitive pricing, will allow us to maintain our #1 Market share for Color MFPs, expand our reach into color-intensive workflows, and continue our successful B2C conversion strategy. RICOH AFICIO MP C2800/C3300 & C4000/C5000 SERIES HIGHLIGHTS; Faster output speeds (equal BW/FC speeds on all models) Benchmark image quality (New PxP toner, 1,200 dpi print resolution) Faster warm-up and first copy out times Better paper handling (up to 140lb. Index from all front trays) Side LCT
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Re: Some of my observations....

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received on my BlackBerry but can't view because of the small screen. With this, I could walk into a Books-a-Million that has this and walk out with the print. The new MFP Platform is called Cosmos. Be watching for Big Bang information coming the week of November 17-21. During this week, Ricoh will be launching the new color boxes in 25 different cities. Ricoh's new selling strategy is called REV = Real Enhanced Value. Part of this initiative is 5 websites: ricohconnects.com for training
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Re: Vision News 08 Orlando

Got it, well they are not A4, alas will this be a missed opportunity with the market changing to A4. Xerox, Samsung, Muratec and Sharp (Frontier, just heard their first commecial last night) all have seen the light with the coming of age of A4. I'm sure these units will be fantastic, however it will be tough to comepete in a tough economy with the likes of the Sammy 40ppm color that has an MSRP of under $6,500. I can't wait for the Big Launch to learn more about these units!!!
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HP Unveils Innovative Large-format Printing Solutions

productivity along with high print speeds and standard three-quarter automation. The HP Scitex FB950 Printer, which provides consistent high-quality point-of purchase/point-of-sale (POP/POS), tradeshow and event signage on virtually any rigid(2) or flexible media.(3) The HP Scitex TJ8550 Printer, which delivers higher print speeds and quality at lower costs than its predecessor. The U.S. debut of the HP Designjet L65500 Printer, the first of a new category of large-format signage printers to feature HP
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today introduced the Xerox 6279

So, Xerox released a 7ppm and 9ppm version today of this cool looking unit. Here's another instance of the option for color scanning. We are now the only manufacturer that does not offer and embedded color scan option. What gives???? The world is not black and white anymore.
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Ricoh Americas Unveils Color MPC2050/2550

Ricoh Americas Unveils Color MPC2050/2550 Awesome, to say the least, I haven't been very patient waiting to have our own A4 devices. To tell you the truth I would have been satisfied with monochrome devices, however to have three different COLOR models the MPC2030, MPC2050 (20ppm) and MPC2550 (25ppm) is Go here for rest of specs and features on blog
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Some of my observations....

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It was refreshing seeing Yoshida back at the helm, however Ricoh obviously has a tremendous amount of damage control to do within the dealer channel. There were a number of dealers not present at the dealer awards dinner, and Ricoh obviously had no knowledge of this as they called out names only to get no replies. Quite a few whispers about Cannon agressively seeking out these disgrunteled Ricoh independents. Congrats to fellow P4P,er Drew Murrah as his company won an award in Black/White MFP
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Vision News 08 Orlando

Well, I only heard from one person so far at Vision. Here's a few notes that were taken: First off, Ican't get clarification that a new A4 color device was shown. Can anyone comment? Ricoh spoke at great length to win back the confidence of Ricoh Dealers. Each Regional VP is now responsible for Ricoh, Lanier and Savin Dealers. Ricoh C900 was there, however it was reported it was not running and notes were taken that it will run heavy stock at rated speed! WOW Launching in December 08 (maybe
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Oce Business Services Shares Winning Document Management Strategies in an Economic Do

internally, can help organizations lower costs and streamline operations during a downturn. These processes include enterprise-wide print/copy management. According to Gartner, most enterprises do not manage their office printers well, having too much and often the wrong equipment and supplies for their needs. Actively managing office printing can reduce spending by 10 percent to 30 percent while reaping real environmental benefits ("Key Issues for Print Management, 2008," Pete Basiliere, March
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Osceola County, Iowa

County auditor Barb Echter presented the board with a proposal to lease two color copiers from Office Elements in Storm Lake. The $12,000 Sharp copiers could be leased for 63 months at a cost of $120 per month each, which would include all maintenance and toner supplies. The machines also have the ability to send e-mails and double as fax machines. No decision was made on the proposal.
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Re: U.S. Launch Of Ricoh Pro C900 Set For GRAPH EXPO

Ricoh shocases Pro C900 at TPE Tim Sheahan, printweek.com, 14 October 2008 Ricoh has announced it is to build upon the awareness of its new high-volume Pro C900 digital printer at Total Print! Expo. The show is the first time the machine has been showcased in the UK following the worldwide launch at Drupa earlier this year. Ricoh is the largest exhibitor at this year's show, and has praised the "targeted" nature of the event. Kristiane Bottom, marcomms and PR manager at Ricoh, said: "There's
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Re: Former Mount Vernon schools purchasing agent charged with bribery

. Between mid-June and mid-July 2005, rose, the former head of purchasing at the school district, accepted a bribe of $3,500 from a sales representative of Ricoh Americans Corporation for his assurance that the company would receive a five year contract from the district for 73 digital copiers, support products and related services. On August 3, 2005, based on Rose’s recommendation, the school district gave Ricoh the contract which exceeded $1 million. Between June and September 2006, Rose
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Re: Gas Price Check

I think if the DOW keeps going lower, so will gas, with that the saving grace for the econonmy maybe lower gas prices. With talking with a CEO of a frieghtliner dealer, sales have been dismal, and to many truckers not making money with the high cost of fuel. However in the last month, profits are back, and consolidation of routes are helping to squeeze additional profit. He and I agreed that if the DOW goes to 4500 so goes a barrell oil to $20. Thus that will be the economic stimulus that
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Re: Vision News 08 Orlando

[b]Just got this from my /b]!! On December 1st, Ricoh will be launching an exciting, brand new, segment 1 color MFP call the Aficio MP C2050/2550 (20 and 25 ppm for color and BW). Some product highlights of this A3 size system are: An internal finisher with optional 2/3 hole punch Standard duplexing at nearly 100% of mainframe speed. Scan to email (w/LDAP), scan to folder (SMB, FTP, NCP), Network TWAIN and Scan to Media (USB/SD Card) Full color VGA/touch panel monitor 1,200 dpi Super G3 fax
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New Heller Layoffs; Axed Secretary Tells of Disappearing Copiers

difficult to work in Heller’s stripped-down offices and being laid off comes as a relief. She said she printed a document, but found that the copier had been been removed before she was able to pick it up. "I have to run down to the ninth floor to get mail and look through 18 bins," the secretary said. "We don't have any records people. They took away our coffee machines. Our cafeteria is gone." Many of Heller’s partners have moved on to other law firms. Those lawyers with expertise in intellectual
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Re: New Xerox 6279 Wide Format

quote: Originally posted by rhutto: Looking for any information on this newly released (yesterday) unit. Here are a couple of attachments Good selling all!!
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Re: Ricoh Introduction of the MP C2800/C3300 & MP C4000/C5000

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The scan to SD/USB device was obviously and afterthought as this device looks and is attached very akwardly. Also it lacks the ability to print files from the flash memory where the majority of our competition can.
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Re: Former Mount Vernon schools purchasing agent charged with bribery

How about the rep and how about Ricoh Business Solutions!!!!!! They should also have the opportunity to GO TO JAIL!!!!!!!
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Re: Ricoh Americas Unveils Color MPC2050/2550

That's correct, good article to read, and also to all the naysayers that beleive A3 will still be the standard in years to come. If you don't have an A4 device to sell, you are gonna get you butt kicked by Sharps new frontier line, the current and proposed Sammy line (next year for 70 & 90ppm A4)
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developing countries such as China, India and Brazil. Fears that turmoil in global financial markets will spark an economic slowdown in developed countries has helped push prices down from a record $147.27 in July. Last week, news of rising U.S. oil inventories, falling retail sales and slowing housing starts fueled concerns that the world's largest economy may face a major recession that will undermine demand for crude. "Oil demand in the U.S. will be a bellwether," Pervan said. "If the US, Europe and
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Re: Ricoh Americas Announces Organization Changes

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I just remember in my former life that when the insurance companies I represented were still being run by "sales minded" people the insurance industry was completely different that the one it evolved into once those companies were bought out and then run by the "bean counters" As long as the "bean counters" surround themselves with good sales oriented support then things can go well, if not, good luck.
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Re: Ricoh Americas Announces Organization Changes

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At Vision 2008 they introduced Martin Brodigan as being the one who doubled revenue and took Ricoh from #3 to #1 during the 7 years he was there (2000-2007)
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Re: Vision News 08 Orlando

That's a real drag and I believe that Ricoh and Dealers will lose clicks and boxes if they do not have competetive A4 boxes. Ricoh touts their new LV color box will be $2,000 less than the MP2000, still that makes the unit higher than the sammy and the proposed frontier box, plus the customer will get 40ppm instead of 25 or 20ppm. I understand this whole value proposition however will the customers understand and enbrace it also. I guess that will be a question that will be answered over the
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Re: What's New MPC 4000/5000

. Improved Toner Quality New chemical toner for improved print quality and support of 1200 dpi printing. Yields are the same as previous models.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in October 2003

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In the office on Friday we had a chat about the manufacturers in the industry.  My thoughts centered around KonicaMinolta and the great job they're doing with diversifying.  Ricoh was at the bottom of the list. 

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week:

Ricoh Offers Managed Print Services to Reduce Printing Complexity

. In the past, printing was simple as everyone either shared one device or had a personal printer. Now the printing landscape is more complex with multiple printers, multifunction products (MFPs), servers and drivers comprising the output environment picture. In addition, users are continuously increasing their standards in regard to results, security, sustainability and cost. To address these demands, Ricoh created the MPS offering. This flexible program makes it easy to outsource all or part
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Copier leases spark Town Board cost-savings clash

annual $1,404 is saved only in instances where Smithtown replaces an Icon model printer with a new Toshiba model. In those departments where a Xerox copier is being replaced, the savings only amounts to $14 a month; moreover, in the case of the engineering department, the new printer lease will cost the town an additional $29 per month. Smithtown will also be taking on an additional expense by renting a copier to replace one it already owns, she added. The confusion in facts over cost savings
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Toshiba Releases New Line of MFP’s

copying jobs. The entire line supports print resolutions of 1,200 x 1,200 dots-per-inch (dpi) and 10-bit scanning resolutions of 600 x 600 dpi, allowing the e-STUDIO5520c/6520c/6530c series to provide razor sharp text and superior graphic detail in all printed documents. Unique Toner and Developer Delivery System Unlike traditional color MFPs on the market, the Toshiba e-STUDIO5520c/6520c/6530c line does not require regularly scheduled changing or refilling of developer. Thanks to Toshiba’s unique
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Oce posts Q3 operating loss as slowdown

quarter net profit of 1.7 million euros. Oce, which competes against Canon, Ricoh and Xerox, refrained from giving an outlook for the full year because of the current economic turmoil, but said it expected a positive fee cash flow. Its shares have lost 60 percent so far this year. (Reporting by Harro ten Wolde; editing by Jon Loades-Carter)
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Xerox Borrows 300 Million from Xerox Canada!

to obtain the necessary level of financing to maintain government operations and may be forced to turn to the federal treasury for short-term financing," the Governor wrote to Mr. Paulson. "California is so large that our short cash-flow needs exceed the entire budget of some states." California is big, but it isn't alone. U.S. states are required by law to balance their budgets every year. So they typically borrow cash at the start of the year, paying off those loans when sales and property tax
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Ricoh Fires Ann Moser

Ricoh fired its Senior Vice President of printing solutions, Ann Moser. She joined the company in 2001, and implemented a managed services program, as well as launched several new desktop models. Under her tenure, she increased the amount of dealers carrying Ricoh printers by 30%, and increased Ricoh’s market share. Ms. Moser also won numerous awards, such as: Everything Channel’s Chief Everything Channel Most Powerful Woman of the Channel Did anyone else know about this??? Figure she'll now go
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Photocopy King Pushes Paperless Office

pitch revolves around very basic ideas. It wants customers to move from single-function products such as printers and faxes to now-affordable multi-function systems. In addition, the company stresses that injecting a bit of color into a presentation can illuminate important ideas and save time. (And wouldn’t you know it, Xerox executives highlight their names in indigo on their business cards.) Xerox offers programmable software interface for its multi-function products that allows organizations to
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Re: Ricoh Fires Ann Moser

Here's one that I found: Ricoh Channel Chief Out By Caitlin Moriarity, ChannelWeb 4:26 PM EDT Mon. Sep. 22, 2008 Ricoh Americas has consolidated its printers divisions into one unit, eliminating the position of channel chief Ann Moser, senior vice president of the former printing solutions division. The new head of the consolidated Office Printer Business Group is vice president Matt Sakauchi, formerly the director of printer marketing for Ricoh. Sakauchi will be handling, "all channel
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Re: Ricoh Fires Ann Moser

ago, IBM's top channel chief opted to take an earlier than expected retirement, forcing Richard Hume to jump in sooner than planned. In July, Microsoft split the role of U.S. channel chief Robert Deshaies in half, leaving him with sales and giving another executive marketing responsibilities. While some folks were packing up, others were assuming new roles, such as Ted Bereswill, who takes over as Oracle's top channel chief, or Rob McKernan, U.S. channel chief of APC, who got the keys to the
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Bowing to Xerox a bad move

Bowing to Xerox a bad move Letters to the Editor Posted 2 days ago Editor's Note:This letter is addressed to Chatham- Kent council. With so many people struggling emotionally, physically and financially due to job losses in Chatham- Kent, you have the audacity to award a contract to Xerox, a Torontobased company. What a warm fuzzy feeling to know you were threatened by Xerox's "deal with us or we'll sue." Where is your support for our local businesses? Will Xerox support our community in the
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Ricoh Presents Presentation Builder Tool is now live at

We're excited to announce the release of Ricoh’s Presentation Builder Tool now available at www.RicohPresents.com! Use your ICM Value Proposition Web Tools (RicohConnects, RicohSaves) username and password provided below to access this powerful Presentation Builder tool now and other ICM Value Proposition Web Tools coming soon. What is RicohPresents.com? It's a powerful online tool that helps you create professional PowerPoint presentations for your customers and prospects. Your presentations
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Xerox Canada to lend parent up to $300-million

Breaking News Xerox Canada to lend parent up to $300-million The Canadian Press Friday, October 03, 2008 TORONTO — — Xerox Canada Ltd. says it intends to lend its parent, Xerox Corp., to $300-million, with excess cash that's available to the Toronto-based subsidiary. The loan, to mature on or before Dec. 15, 2009, would be on "commercially reasonable" terms even though it's a related-party transaction. The actual amount of the loan would be reduced by an amount equal to whatever has already
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imageRUNNER C1022 unveiled

Wow, and finally an A3 (no 11x17) from Canon!! Price is competetive for the speed range, the inside seems like they took an existing color laser printer engine and married a scanner to the top. So, not a new engine, but a really cool scanner attachment on top. It looks sweet and will probably sell very well. imageRUNNER C1022 unveiled Canon Unveils the Color imageRUNNER C1022 Series. Canon unveils the new sleek, compact, easy to use and feature-rich Color imageRUNNER C1022 Series. The new
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Age Matters When It Comes to Small Business Owners' Attitudes Toward Office Technolog

fixed computers and printer/copiers increases according to the age of the respondent, while the importance of laptops and handheld devices decreases with that age. Baby Boomers and Veterans are more likely to insist that it is a priority to spend their technology budget on desktops or PCs and printers or copiers, rather than wireless technology. According to the survey, Boomers prefer traditional devices such as fixed computers as opposed to laptop computers. Boomers (84 per cent) say that fixed
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DLL to raise rates

see manufacturers leasing the equipment at Zero percent in order to keep the factories producing? Or would the factories subsidize and entice the leasing companies to extend credit in order to keep sales going? Alot of questions that may or may not be answered. At some point in time the madness needs to stop!
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Re: Around The World with Ricoh

: "Central England is a rugby heartland and the Ricoh Arena a wonderful modern stadium which gets you close to all the action. We're really excited about the prospect of bringing the EDF Energy Cup to a new stadium, one that offers a fantastic setting for back-to-back semi-finals." Tickets will be on sale from October 30 from Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.co.uk, the Ricoh Arena www.ricoharena.com and the subsequent semi-finalists, priced £35, £28, £20 and £10 for Under-15s. The final of the EDF Energy
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Re: Ricoh Offers Managed Print Services to Reduce Printing Complexity

all of the same printers? If you are taking service on different manufactuers you will need service manuals, parts manuals, some type of training and some3 inventory on critical parts, right???? I for one believe that managed print services is the removal of all printers and the re-assement of volumes, needs, costs and workflow! Otherwise, I don't see how you can service the account like you could with all of your own products. A statement like this "Best of all, users only pay for actual output
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Re: imageRUNNER C1022 unveiled

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The picture on the blog looks like a normal Canon. I'm guessing the picture displayed here is the correct one?
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Re: Ricoh Offers Managed Print Services to Reduce Printing Complexity

Jason: Thats what I thought "not to service 30 different models from 8 manufacturers". Seems to me that the new Ricoh brochure and press release and others in the industry seem to be misleading. Art
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Last Week in September 2003

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There's a cool blog below from Bill Siderys titled MFP & Copier Pay Plan Changes for the Future. If you get the chance check it our.  Bill is still a member of the Print4Pay Hotel, and I'd like to thank him for his valued long time membership.

Check out the threads from ten years ago this week!

Weekend Copier Notes from 09/28/08

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, selling out to Ricoh. Details on NewCal: o Founded by former Kodak copier technicians, Steve Tarpley & Ken Wilkens in 1991 o Won award from Canon for service excellence in western region o Also sold and serviced computer networks o Had FM division o According to one industry author, Canon may consider buying Oce’ to make up for the impending loss of IKON - Media Sciences Inc.(maker of generic color wax and toner that works in Xerox printers and MFPs) admitted in its recent financial statement
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Kyocera Mita America's President and CEO Michael Pietrunti Named

, provides consultative services to manufacturers and is also the publisher of such notable office equipment publications The Cannata Report, Copier Marketing Newsletter and LIVE WIRE. ABOUT KYOCERA MITA AMERICA Kyocera Mita America, Inc. ( http://www.kyoceramita.com/us), headquartered in Fairfield, N.J., is a leading provider of computer-connectable document imaging and document management systems, including network-ready digital MFPs/printers, laser printers, color MFPs/printers, digital
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Michigan Printer Builds New Business With Nexpress

Michigan Printer Creates Solutions Business Centered around KODAK NEXPRESS Digital Production Color Press. KODAK MARKETMOVER Business Development Services help customers provide targeted marketing campaigns. ROCHESTER, NY, September 29, 2008 -- Evolving from solely a print service provider to a print and marketing service provider, Wolverine Printing created Wolverine Business Solutions in November 2007, a marketing company with the KODAK NEXPRESS 2100 Plus Digital Production Color Press and
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Ricoh Introduces Wide Format Color Scanner for Rapid and Accurate Scanning

operability making it possible to scan documents directly to network storage. When paired with the Ricoh Wide Format Printer and imaging software, the Ricoh Wide Format Color Scanner provides users with high-speed monochrome and full color scanning and printing for an array of original documents ranging from architectural drawings to oversized posters. "The Ricoh Wide Format Color Scanner is a welcomed addition to our growing line of wide format devices that help businesses do their jobs more
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Get to know clients and keep them

postage meters -- he was selling photocopiers. His territory included major clients such as Honeywell Bull, the University of Toronto and the Toronto Board of Education -- organizations where no one ever got fired for buying from industry leaders like Xerox or Canon. "It helped me learn the ropes," Somani says. As the underdog, he learned to compensate by offering more personal and dedicated service. Where his competitors called on prospects only when a new bid process was about to begin, Somani
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Re: Envelope Printing

quote: Originally posted by JasonR: quote: Originally posted by John: We are competing in a CPA firm and the incumbent is Konica/Minolta and their 550/650 unit will do envelopes or so they say. Anyone know more about this? I also have a customer who is hitting me with this. I have a solution for them as mentioned above, but it seems to put me at a disadvantage with the customer (two network drops, two power outlets, 2 machines to learn, etc., etc.). Will the KM machines really run envelopes
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Xerox brought in the lowest RFP -- request for proposal

Maple City Office Equipment sales manager Jeff Dam recently, said municipal council had a "heart," referring to council's late-August decision to award a contract to Maple City over Xerox Global Services. Xerox brought in the lowest RFP -- request for proposal -- but Maple City, which had the contract, was only a handful of percentage points off Xerox's numbers, and was a local company. Administration followed RFP protocol and recommended Xerox, while council, in a 10-7 decision, opted instead
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$10M Detroit copier contract probed

it legitimately. City audits of the six-year copier contract, the most recent of which is dated Sept. 17, show most of the work is performed not by Daniels' Olive Delivery, but by Leader Business Systems Inc. of Oak Park in Oakland County and the city's own information technology department. "Olive Delivery receives the equipment orders from the city departments and gives them to Leader Business," Auditor General Loren Monroe said in a Jan. 8 report. "Leader Business, who is the authorized dealer
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Duplexing Duplicators, Rise of the “Green” RICOH DX 4640PD Duplicator.

Duplexing Duplicators, Rise of the “Green” RICOH DX 4640PD Duplicator. Death of Duplicators was an article I read many years ago. I too thought the technology was dead. However, it seems “Green” Duplicators are now the “in thing” . You may ask how the heck can a duplicator be Green? Well, they can and I’ve outlined one particular system in this blog. Others may ask what is a digital duplicator? If, so you can go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_duplicator . go here for rest of blog
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Ricoh's SmartAccounting Software

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Is there anyone out there who has succesfully installed SmartAccounting? We have tried twice and can't get it to work.
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scan to SMB to Windows 2003 server with Ricoh MP2000Le

Hi, I’m trying to scan from MP2000Le into Windows 2003 Server but fails. The documents arrived at the server folder but with 0KB. Subsequently failure to open the file with sharing violation message appears. Initially the scan works in Windows...
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Re: Envelope Printing

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quote: Originally posted by John: We are competing in a CPA firm and the incumbent is Konica/Minolta and their 550/650 unit will do envelopes or so they say. Anyone know more about this? I also have a customer who is hitting me with this. I have a solution for them as mentioned above, but it seems to put me at a disadvantage with the customer (two network drops, two power outlets, 2 machines to learn, etc., etc.). Will the KM machines really run envelopes hassle-free? I have another vendor with
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Re: Latest Rumor on the Street!

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If I did my euro to yen to US dollar conversion correctly, it seems that Oce is about twice the size of Konica-Minolta. Maybe K-M is buying a piece?
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County makes photocopying deal to save more than $1k per month

19 copiers in the courthouse and other county properties. The county had agreements for copiers spread among several suppliers, and some deals had expired. Weikert said bringing 19 copiers under a contract with one supplier will save the county more than $1,000 a month. The agreement provides county offices with new copiers, some of which also can scan and print and therefore will allow the county to do away with desktop scanners and fax machines, Weikert said. The county considered cutting back on
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Latest Rumor on the Street!

KonicaMinolta to Acquire OCE, unreal!
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MFP & Copier Pay Plan Changes for the Future

MFP & Copier Pay Plan Changes for the Future I like to introduce Bill Siderys as one of our new "Guest Bloggers" . I have known Bill for years and recommend him to anyone who is looking to venture into the Managed Print Services side of the business. Here's what Bill contributed for you, also please pay a visit to his site. MFP & Copier Pay Plan Changes for the Future: MFP & Copier Pay Plan Changes for the Future:
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Océ launches affordable high resolution wide format color scanner

ISO 14001 environmental management standard. About Océ Océ is one of the world's leading providers of document management and printing for professionals. The broad Océ offering includes office printing and copying systems, high speed digital production printers and wide format printing systems for both technical documentation and color display graphics. Océ is also a foremost supplier of document management outsourcing. Many of the world’s Fortune 500 companies and leading commercial printers are
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Oki 3641

We also sell the OKi 3641 and I know some of the P4P members are also resellers for oki. We have the new 3641 and have a print quality issue. Whne printing a large solid area, the color fades in and out and is not consistant. We have done all of the fiery calibrations, has anyone else seen this issue? Art
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Re: Ricoh Introduces Wide Format Color Scanner for Rapid and Accurate Scanning

$6,500 list..... $5,600 LDP, once you put a MU on it, your sales cost is higher than the MSRP, what the %$#& are they thinking. Realistically, they messed up so bad by not having a color scan option with the new 2400 and 3600 (and nothing forseeable for the next 16 months), that they had to resort to this scanner from Contex. Plus the fact you need a dedicated PC, Touch Screen and the system needs to have a W2400, 2470, W3600 or 480 on the network in order to make this work.
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2470 & the competition

I'd like to open a dicussion in reference to the competetive boxes against the Ricoh 2470. Are their any?????
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Re: scan to SMB to Windows 2003 server with Ricoh MP2000Le

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Recently Ricoh has greatly enhanced the scanning features. You can now set security rights for files. Such as Protection setting as "Read Only". I am not for sure that this "IS" the problem your experiencing but, this surely will help find this answer. Read the attached PDF. This was just release from Ricoh March 08. I hope this helps. Slim463
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Third Week in September 2003

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There's a great thread below "Print Management" Truth and Lies".  It's a compilation of threads from members about best and worst practices.  Check it out if you have the time.

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Weekend Copier Notes from 09/14/08

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11% annually o copy volumes are declining 2% annually o HP sold 60 million printers last year o Xerox sold 3 million printers last year o Kyocera only sold 115,000 printers last year o Average print volume for a desktop laser printer is 3,000 per month o Less 3% of laser prints made are under a print management program o Every $1 spent on printing results in $9 spent on managing the document
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Weekend Copier Notes from 09/21/08

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, eCopy, DocuWare, Fujitsu and other solutions vendors o Launched SS4 Professional Services Selling training program Sharp announced that it will resell copy/print tracking software & hardware from Print Audit, to push its dealers and branches into print management programs. In response to the sale of its largest distributor, a Canon executive finally commented on the sale of IKON. Canon’s managing director, Masaki Nakaoka, stated; “The acquisition (of IKON) will trigger a further reshuffle of sales
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Ricoh Production Products Get High Marks

virtually swept the monochrome production category, beating out competitors like Canon, Xerox and Konica Minolta. “Print for pay customers are extremely dependent on the performance and quality of the products they use and therefore are the best critics when it comes to document management devices,” said Andy Slawetsky, president, Industry Analysts, Inc. “Ricoh’s commitment to innovation and its customers is demonstrated by the overwhelmingly positive response to its production printing devices
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X Woman

like Hewlett-Packard, Canon, and Ricoh. Mulcahy, who serves on the boards of other companies, including Target, Citigroup, and the Washington Post Co., talked about these issues with Condé Nast Portfolio contributor Michael Fitzgerald at Xerox’s corporate headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut. Xerox’s earnings have gone up throughout your tenure, but so far investors haven’t noticed. Your market cap is lower than your ­annual revenue. What can you do to make the stock go up? We’re riding a wave
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Océ North America Introduces Desktop Color Printing Performance

performance To obtain the ultimate in performance and productivity, print and copy speeds remain constant in full color and black & white at 21 ppm for printing and 17 ppm for copying. For high quality color prints that users can rely on for attention grabbing excellence, laser quality printing at up to 2400 x 600 dpi resolution delivers crisp detail and vivid color. With standard auto-duplexing, a 50 sheet ADF and an 800 sheet maximum paper capacity, the Océ cx2100 is able to keep up with
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Okidata 3641 Color MFP "Print Shop in A Box"

Okidata 3641 Color MFP "Print Shop in A Box" Can't be, Naw one system can't be everything to a Print Shop right? Well, the Okidata 3641 foots the bill and it's a "Print Shop in A Box"! I recently had this system on a demonstration with the Oki3641 at a local P4P (Print4Pay) Account in New Jersey. The customer has an older Ricoh 6513 (fiery) and a Canon 3220 (fiery). Our customer was actually using both of these units for color output the 3220 for speed and the 6513 for thick stock and high
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Re: Another RBS proposal with loss!

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Five Printing and Imaging Trends to Watch

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businesses, along with the wider flexibility solution providers have in creating service packages. Some solution providers will continue to take advantage of the channel programs offered by most major printer OEMs. Others will turn to custom offerings built around third-party assessment and management products from partners, such as Print Audit and PrintFleet, according to Edward Crowley, CEO of The Photizo Group, an investment research firm that specializes in the printing and imaging industry
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Print Management "Truth and Lies"

Print Management is HOT! My understanding is that Printer Management is providing a turn key solution for companies that have more than 40 printers, along with providing all service and supplies for all printers. Am I correct in this assumption? Also, print management can consist of paper workflow and moving output to less expensive systems right? I have also heardof print management incorporating paper saving software such as scanning, LAN Fax, and Fax Servers. This is also true right? Would
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Re: Canon & Ikon

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September 17, 2008 Another question answered and oh so many posed... During an internal conference call yesterday, IKON explained to it's employees that Canon would indeed be de-certifying IKON as soon as the Ricoh deal is final. Falling back on "Policy" - Canon expressed that this action falls within their policy on not certifying "competitors". Indeed, this action is in line with their previous movements after Xerox bought Global dealers who sold and supported Canon. http
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Canon & Ikon

Rumor on the street is that Canon will publically announce that they will drop Ikon as a dealer. Can't wait to read that one!
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Re: Print Management "Truth and Lies"

This was posted on the Sharp p4p this morning: Today at 08:25 AM #4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My impression of print management is........ Yes it gets the dealership deeper penetration of account. Dealer has complete picture of accounts paper usage, who is printing, what is being printed, how can the current process be done for less expense However it's advantage for the account is as needed toner delivery, every Tom Dick and Harry are not
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Re: Ricoh 2075 - Printing Custom Size Paper

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We solved this problem by taking another Ricoh driver used by another printer the company had and that seemed to fix the problem.
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Re: Envelope Printing

Envelopes are not supported on the C6000/C7500. Why would you want to run envelopes on a 70ppm color device? Sell them a printer in addition, or give them one. It's much cheaper to change a fusing unit in a printer than an MFP.
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Re: TCRU and the MP9000, et.al.

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We have a customer in the UK. A 24 hour print room. They love the TCRU. Parts are left on site. The fit them then we go and check the machine and rebulit units. Webs running out marks on fusers etc all dealt with asap. Even pm's Like many print rooms either swap or empty the waste toner everyone wins. The print room opeatives who perform the changes are experienced and do speak to the Engineers for advice. But it has reducded down time and tieing up a engineer to racing over to meet a
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Re: MFP Wars "Death of the Independent Dealer"

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brought in because of national contract pricing that I either can't compete with or can't profit from. Ricoh is strong in the SMB market so that is where we go to pay the bills. We also have competitive Wide Format products so we focus there. Don't get me wrong, I want all the business just like everyone else. I just feel that you will wake up every morning depressed if you try to make a living selling to government and schools.
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China to demand digital secrets-Japanese paper

Chinese market or producing or selling it in China, the paper said. The system, called "obligatory accreditation system for IT security products", would target products such as IC cards, digital copiers, computer servers and possibly flat-TVs, it said. It would pose a threat of the intellectual property of foreign companies being passed to Chinese competitors and coding technology being leaked, and could result in serious international trade disputes, the paper said. (Reporting by Sachi Izumi) . ng
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[RDECOM Acquisition Center - Pine Bluff]

DATE POSTED: 15-SEP-08 AGENCY: Department of the Army OFFICE ADDRESS: RDECOM Acquisition Center - Pine Bluff, ATTN: AMSSB-ACP, 10020 Kabrich Circle, Pine Bluff, AR 71602-9500 SUBJECT: Xerox Copier Maintenance CLASSIFICATION CODE: 00 - None SOLICITATION NUMBER: W911RP08T0168 CONTACT: Crystal G. Tubbs, 870-540-3054 mailto:crystal.tubbs@us.army.mil [RDECOM Acquisition Center - Pine Bluff] SETASIDE: N/A NOTICE TEXT: Department of the Army U. S. Army Materiel Command RDECOM Acquisition Center - Pine
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Re: Print Management "Truth and Lies"

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I think your giving three seperate yet totally intergrated defintions of Print Management shows just how great a disconnect there can be when dealing with our customers in regards to providing a PM solution. I was recently doing a discovery with a company's CIO and while a PM solution had been addressed with the previous CIO and accepted as one, the new CIO saw it merely as a way for the current vendor to lock in recharged toner cartridges and service at a hefty price. From what I've seen from
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Re: Print Management "Truth and Lies"

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i would say the answer is yes.... PM is really what your customer thinks it is, so it is really up to us during the discovery stage to find out just what the customer's viewpoint is on the subject. Obviously with the CIO I was speaking about, just providing recharged cartidges and including service on the printers wasn't footing the bill, however, for some that may suffice. It's like everything else in our business now, as the professional we have to be the one to diagnose(?) and to recommend
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Re: Print Management "Truth and Lies"

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I just think of Print Management (or Managed Print Services) as the extension of copier programs into the print environment...all service and supplies for a set cost per copy (or in this case print). Sometimes it includes hardware, sometimes not. The other aspect we bring to the table is the establishment of automatic ordering by the device thereby eliminating the need for pre-paid inventory and all the problems associated with it i.e too much, too little, obsolete, employee theft, etc. We also
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Re: Print Management "Truth and Lies"

I agree with the abuses, more on that later. So have we determined that PM is just that, putting a cpc on all print devices and performing service and managing their inventory?
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Re: Print Management "Truth and Lies"

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quote: Originally posted by Art Post: most important for customer is they have "one throat to choke" when something goes wrong My God, that's what I came here to post... "One neck to hug, one throat to choke". That's important for the customer, no more questions about "who do we call for this machine? how about that one? what about the one in the corner?" for all of those questions the answer is the same. Lots of people SAY managed print services, but deliver a contract with toner included. I
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Re: Print Management "Truth and Lies"

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One of the other components which can be part of the managed print process is the financing side. We just recently finalized a total CPC contract with a long term client and the number one reason they were really interested in going this way is to get "off book" financing. Our deal is a cpc for a 48 month term and we carry the hardware as well as the service and supplies...for them it is only a quarterly (paid in advance) invoice for a volume of prints...no lease, no long term responsibility
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Re: Ricoh to purchase IKON Office Solutions

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Well if the danka merger is going well as written in the statment i wonder what they would comment on the Ricoh uk and NRG merger One thing is for sure Ricoh want to provide a nationwide service like it has bulit up in the Uk over the last 20 odd years. Was very slow at first and now at least on paper covers the entire Britsih isles as Ricoh
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Re: Weekend Copier Notes from 09/14/08

wow, 5 cents for a desktop laser printer....I'm thinking thats about right. Printer Management is a farce, I have alot of issues with the practice.
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Re: MFP Wars "Death of the Independent Dealer"

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Danka, and Alco (Ikon) emerged to buy some of the largest or most profitable dealerships in the nation. At one time Alco (Ikon) was a distributor for Sharp copiers, and then one day Alco (Ikon) dropped Sharp and the Japanese Manufacturers shook in their boots. From what I remember, and I could be wrong, Sharp lost about 80% of their North America distribution in one day. Every since then the Japanese manufacturers have been buying dealers to preserve market share. Which brings me to a line in Tommy
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in September 2003

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I took the time to re-read and correct some of the grammar and spelling issues that plagued me from many years ago. I'm a copier sales person and not an English major. Please excuse typo's or grammar.  Anyway, I must have wrote this after the Ricoh purchase of Ikon and the title "MFP Wars". After the re-read, I realized that we're still fighting the MFP Wars, whether it's the low cost per pages that are low balled or the continuing battle of A3 vs A4. Somethings never change.

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Re: Ricoh to purchase IKON Office Solutions

. RECOMMENDED READING • "Konica/Danka Deal Will Transform U.S. Distribution Landscape” — When the deal closes, IKON Office Solutions will be the only large, independent, nationwide distributor of printers, copiers and MFPs in the U.S. By Don Dixon and Ken Weilerstein • "Dataquest SWOT: Canon, Worldwide, 2007” — By building its service network organically as well as through acquisitions, Canon is becoming more nimble and better able to compete with Xerox and HP on national bids. By Don Dixon, Sharon
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Xerox launches DocuShare Express

paper and digital information can be difficult in a small business setting where administrative resources are limited. For example, in a doctor's office regulatory materials, pharmacy procedures and training manuals need to be updated frequently and can be costly to print, store and keep organized. DocuShare Express allows employees to review materials online, anytime - fostering communication and collaboration without straining the budget. DocuShare Express also includes a time-saving imaging
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RICOH TEAMS WITH SEPIALINE ON COST RECOVERY SOLUTION

and consulting companies work with Ricoh to provide innovative and effective software, digital imaging and content/document management solutions for the business community. For more information on Ricoh products and solutions, please visit www.ricoh-usa.com . About Sepialine Founded in 1998, Sepialine delivers products and services to capture, analyze and report business expenses — print, copy, scan, fax, phone and more — across multiple platforms, devices and sources. Sepialine’s award-winning
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Ricoh Introduction of RA2K Integration for IPDS 40-59PPM

Ricoh is pleased to announce the release of new model support for printing IPDS in IBM zSeries (S/390) and iSeries (AS/400) environments. RA2K Integration for IPDS is an internal software solution, which resides on the hard drive of select Ricoh print devices and enables users to send AFP/IPDS print jobs directly from their S/390 or AS/400 systems. This solution is designed to allow your customers to print professional laser-quality output, access standard finishing and paper size options
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New Ricoh 14ppm wide format!

14 A1 per minute and color scanning,, found this on the ricoh.jp site. If you are using google tight click on the page to translate. http://translate.google.com/tr...%2fW5100%26spell%3d1
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Ricoh Document Feeders

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Does anyone know what's the smallest Ricoh copier that does a duplex copy with just one pass through the document feeder???
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Paradigm Imaging Adds Dealer Area to Web Site!

scanning and printing solutions. This new site will be extremely valuable to our channel, providing dealers with many sales tools and marketing resources at their fingertips," says Randy Geesman, President of Paradigm Imaging Group. About Paradigm Imaging Group Paradigm Imaging Group is a large format solutions provider whose expertise extends from scanning and printing products to imaging systems integration, software development and product distribution. Paradigm counts among its clients, companies
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Re: Leads In Minnesota

President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Financial Institutions and Small Business Segments and President of Financial Services Lynn R. Koldenhoven Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Direct to Consumer Segment Anthony C. Scarfone Senior Vice President and General Counsel Malcolm J. McRoberts Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Jeff D. Stoner Senior Vice President of Human Resources Pete J. Godich Vice President of Fulfillment
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MFP Wars "Death of the Independent Dealer"

of the largest or most profitable dealerships in the nation. At one time Alco (Ikon) was a distributor for Sharp copiers, and then one day Alco (Ikon) dropped Sharp and the Japanese Manufacturers shook in their boots. From what I remember, and I could be wrong, Sharp lost about 80% of their North America distribution in one day. Every since then the Japanese manufacturers have been buying dealers to preserve market share. Which brings me to a line in Tommy Boy: go here for rest of blog
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Re: Leads in Florida

maintains data centers in several European cities, including Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Paris and Amsterdam. People Steve Miller Chief Executive Officer and President Josh Gagliardi Chief Technology Officer Gabe Miller, M.B.A. Chief Financial Officer Scott Munger Chief Operating Officer Chance Brannen Vice President of Worldwide Sales Mark Hayes Vice President of Marketing and Business Development George Antoniou Vice President of Operations Michael Brownstein Vice President of Network
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Re: Leads in Colorado

, research and advertising services People David J. Leonard Chief Executive Officer Kenneth G. Carroll President and Chief Operating Officer Erwin C. Hudson Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Mark D. Adolph Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Michael A. Casullo Chief Information Officer Jim Elliot, M.B.A. Vice President of Infrastructure Ed Knudson, M.B.A. Vice President of Sales and Marketing Thad Mazurczyk Vice President of Technology Raymond Mills Vice
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Re: Prospecting in Michigan

Equity 11 Ltd + expand to see all events Opportunities company expects funds to be used for... materials production activities expanding sales and marketing efforts product development potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities recruiting services for sales professionals products and services to support increased marketing activities; services may include PR activities, collateral material development, advertising, and direct
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Re: Leads in Oregon

... financial services, 401K rollovers and COBRA assistance office furniture and equipment liquidation services The company will shutter its window and door manufacturing facility in Stockton, Calif., on October 6, resulting in the loss of 126 jobs. The plant is located at 4547 Frontier Way in the Arch Road Business Park. People Roderick C. Wendt Chief Executive Officer and President Douglas P. Kintzinger Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Barry Homrighaus Chief
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Re: Leads in New York

3, 2008: $16 million in Series A financing from Fidelity Ventures Correlix Ltd. -- New York, NY September 2, 2008: $8 million in Series B financing led by Sequoia Capital Epic Advertising Inc. -- New York, NY September 2, 2008: Announced a new Senior Director of Agency Sales Veramark Technologies Inc. -- Pittsford, NY September 2, 2008: Announced a new Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales Frederick Wildman and Sons Ltd. -- New York, NY September 2, 2008: Announced a new Vice President and
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Re: Ricoh 2075 - Printing Custom Size Paper

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Try having the customer re-save the document with the 2075 RPCS as the default printer driver. If the document was created in Word and printed on another printer, those settings sometimes override the print driver setting.
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Re: Leads in New Jersey

What It Does It provides regulatory and quality services to FDA-regulated industries. Industry Professional & Technical Services Contact Information Q Pharma Inc. 22 South Street Morristown, NJ 07960 Phone: 973-656-0011 Fax: 973-656-0408 http://www.qpharmacorp.com Events 9/4/2008 - Announced a new Vice President of Sales and Marketing Opportunities potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities recruiting services for sales
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Re: Leads in New Jersey

President of Corporate Business Development Joseph M. Mahady Senior Vice President Gregory Norden Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Denise M. Peppard Senior Vice President of Human Resources Lawrence V. Stein Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mary K. Wold Senior Vice President of Finance Andrew F. Davidson Vice President of Internal Audit Douglas A. Dworkin Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Leo C. Jardot Vice President of Government Relations Jeffrey E
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Re: Leads in Georgia

President of Supply Chain Sarah Molinari Manager of Corporate Communications 770-384-5504 Joe Izganics President, Southern Division Joe McFarland President, Western Division Bruce Merino Senior Vice President of Merchandising and President of EXPO Design Center Marvin Ellison Executive Vice President of U.S. Stores What It Does It provides custom software development and strategic technology consulting services. Industry Publishing, Communications Services & Software Contact Information
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Re: Leads in Louisana

support increased sales activities recruiting services for sales professionals software and systems specific to the sales function products and services to support a field sales force Dana Stetson is Vice President of Sales. Mr. Stetson was most recently Head of Sales for Lava Trading and previously held the same position at Dynamicsoft. People Justin A. Brownhill Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer Nicholas R. Perkin Cofounder and President David S. Willenzik General Counsel Ed
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Re: Leads in Quebec

What It Does It provides human resource professionals with software that enables process automation, authoring and delivery of recruitment and assessment systems. Industry Publishing, Communications Services & Software Contact Information Inscape Software Inc. (formerly HR Alloy Inc.) 4200 St. Laurent Boulevard Suite 1203 Montreal, Quebec H2W 2R2 Canada Toll-Free: 800-747-4828 http://www.inscapesoftware.com Events 9/3/2008 - $7 million in Series B funding led by Solidarity Fund QFL
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Re: Prospecting in Utah

, Chairman and Founder John Braun, M.D. Clinical Consultant and Founder Lesa Nelson Vice President of Clinical Operations Eric Olson Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Joe Ross Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Rina Wolf Vice President of Reimbursement and Regulatory Affairs NYSE RZ number of employees: 40 What It Does It develops and licenses advanced electric motor technology to motor manufacturers. Industry Product Development & Production Contact Information
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Re: Leads in South Carolina

events Opportunities potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities recruiting services for sales professionals software and systems specific to the sales function products and services to support a field sales force products and services to support growth in target markets, including marketing, research and advertising services Melissa Rapp is Vice President of Sales. She will be responsible for the supervision and coordination of
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Re: Leads in Massachusetts

Boston Millennia Partners Greentech Media Inc. -- Cambridge, MA September 2, 2008: Announced a new Vice President of Sales
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Re: Leads in Texas

Celevoke Inc. -- Liberty, TX September 8, 2008: Announced a new Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development Luminary Micro Inc. -- Austin, TX September 5, 2008: Announced a new Vice President of Worldwide Sales IdentiPHI Inc. -- Austin, TX September 3, 2008: Announced a new Vice President of North American Sales Mannatech Inc. -- Coppell, TX September 2, 2008: Announced a new Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
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Re: Sales Tips

It is important to understand that you deserve happiness. Those who believe that they are not worthy of happiness may subconsciously sabotage their efforts to achieve happiness. If necessary, tell yourself each day that you deserve to be happy and remind yourself what steps you will take to achieve the happiness you desire. Being happy, you can achieve alot more in life then you ever though. Even in sales, have a happy face, it helps to close business.
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Re: Gas Price Check

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From $3.65 yesterday to $4.59 today in Western Kentucky. So much for the brief savings.
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Re: Leads in California

Platform WildPackets Inc. -- Walnut Creek, CA September 4, 2008: Announced a new Vice President of Sales Microfabrica Inc. -- Van Nuys, CA September 4, 2008: $22.5 million in Series B financing co-led by Versant Ventures and Interwest Partners NutriPure Beverages Inc. (formerly Liberty Diversified Holdings Inc.) -- Newport Beach, CA September 4, 2008: An undisclosed amount of funding Fonality Inc. -- Los Angeles, CA September 4, 2008: $12 million in financing led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth

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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in September 2008

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Labor Day weekend is just about over.  The end of the fiscal year 2018 is only 120 some days from gasping it's last breath. I'm looking forward to the these last four months of the year because yet again I still have that desire for success. Time to crack the whip one more time!

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Weekend Copier Notes from 08/31/08

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$588 million o 10/98, Dan Doyle resigns as CEO o 2004, DANKA sells its Canadian subsidiary to Pitney Bowes o 2005, DANKA sells South and Central American business to Toshiba o 2006, DANKA sells its European business to Ricoh for $210 million o 2008, sells to Konica Minolta for $240 million Silverbrook Research announces a delay in launching its revolutionary color inkjet technology. The company, which had previously announced that its MEMJET technology would rival that of laser printers, is now
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Konica Minolta Launches bizhub 361 Newest bizhub B&W MFP Boosts Productivity in Mid-

the bizhub 361 is $9,200.00. About Konica Minolta Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop. In 2008, Konica Minolta was recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys. For more information, please visit http://www.kmbs.konicaminolta.us . Konica Minolta Corporate Contact James Norberto Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. +1 201.825.4000 PR
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Weekend Copier Notes from 09/07/08

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in the ads, is that the system offers only 2 bits per pixel, as compared to 8 bits per pixel with the Konica Minolta bizhub PRO C6500) o The ads state that system will be “under $125,000” o Will run thick stocks at 90ppm (since the machine is not 8 bit, perhaps it is laying down very little toner, so it has less to fuse when running thick stocks) o Print samples still not available from Ricoh - Ricoh announced it won a bid at the law firm of Shepherd & Wedderburn. The company claims it reduced
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TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC. EXTENDS MID-VOLUME COLOR LINE WITH NEW SMALL

eight seconds, providing fast color printing to businesses with moderate output needs. Utilizing Toshiba’s leading-edge enhanced laser image technology (e-Fine), the e-STUDIO2330c delivers best-in-class color clarity and rich text renditions in all scanning, printing and copying jobs. Supporting print resolutions of 2,400 x 600 dots-per-inch (dpi) and 10-bit scanning resolutions of 600 x 600 dpi, the e-STUDIO2330c provides razor-sharp text and superior graphic detail in all printed documents
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AP3800C unable to print on network

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I have an AP3800C with a confusing problem. We can see it through the web. We can ping it. We can get feedback from it. However, when we send a print job to it from any computer, the job stays in the print driver (still shows a pending job) and will not release or go to the device for output. We have the latest drivers installed and are using smart device monitor for our printing. Any ideas? John
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KIP 80 Press release

KIP Color 80 System KIP America KIP has developed the industry’s first wide-format LED toner based color print system for technical and graphics printing environments. The KIP Color 80 print system is designed for printing professionals who require high speed production of color and monochrome technical documents, business communications and display graphics. The system is a comprehensive solution for wide format color imaging; spanning the full spectrum of applications from
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Re: AP3800C unable to print on network

Have you tried this? Ensuring that Windows Firewall is properly configured can solve this problem. Error messages that may appear The error messages that may appear when you try to print will differ depending on your operating system, application, and other factors. Some common Windows 2000 error messages are: Message Occurs when... Printing preferences cannot be displayed. The print subsystem is unavailable. ... you click [Printing Preferences] from the printer icon. Printer properties cannot
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in August 2008

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One of the last threads in this blog is Sales Tips, that was an ongoing thread ten years ago, I just read a lot of those threads and it's worth the time to pat those threads a visit.

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Weekend Copier Notes from 08/17/08

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attributed to an un-named IKON sales rep; “At the beginning of the month, we sell solutions (Documentum, Captaris RightFax, Objectif Lune, etc.), but by the end of the month we just sell copiers (Canon & Ricoh)” According to Photizo Group, 60% of print management decisions are being made by IT departments, over-riding traditional copier buyers (purchasing, facilities management, etc.) o Of the 4.6 trillion pages printed annually by companies in the U.S., only 3% are covered by a print management
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Konica Minolta Unveils bizhub C200

Ramsey, N.J. – August 11, 2008 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, today unveiled the new bizhub C200, a multifunctional product (MFP – print, copy, fax, and scan all in one system) tailored to fit the needs of small office to mid-range office workgroups, departments or low volume black and white environments, coupled with color prints at an economical price
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CANON U.S.A. ROLLS OUT NEW imageCLASS MULTIFUNCTION PRINTERS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., August 18, 2008 – Continuing to provide the small business and home office document solutions that businesses require to be successful in today’s market, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of digital office imaging systems and solutions, today introduced the new monochrome imageCLASS MF4350d and imageCLASS MF4370dn laser multifunction printers. The new Canon imageCLASS models boast print and copy speeds of up to 23 pages-per-minute (ppm) for letter-sized output, and
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SHARP IMAGING AND INFORMATION COMPANY OF AMERICA EXPANDS DIRECT, LOCAL SALES OPERATIO

documents safe from unauthorized users, Sharp leads the MFP industry in security by offering the most secure suite of MFP applications. For information about the complete line of Sharp MFP products, contact Sharp Electronics Corporation, Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, N.J. 07495-1163, or call 800-BE-SHARP. For online product information, visit Sharp’s Web site at sharpusa.com. # # # Sharp Electronics Corporation is the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Sharp Corporation, a worldwide developer of one-of-a-kind home
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SHARP LAUNCHES NEXT GENERATION COLOR WORKGROUP DOCUMENT SYSTEMS

document workflow and distribute to up to seven destinations – email, desktop, FTP, network folders (SMB), USB, fax and Internet fax – with a single button push. High-volume workgroups will appreciate the Send to Group mode for group broadcasting via email, fax and Internet fax. These models also include a network ready PCL®6/PCL5c printing system with direct print function and available Postscript® 3™ and Windows® XPS options. Supporting the Newest Security Standards With Sharp’s latest award
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CANON U.S.A. ANNOUNCES NEW imageCLASS D480 MULTIFUNCTION COPIER TARGETING SMALL BUSIN

and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. “The entire line of imageCLASS models gives workgroups, small businesses and home office users the critical access to the office document functions necessary for running their businesses at a high level of efficiency.” The imageCLASS D480 multifunction copier provides duplex capabilities in all modes, including in output mode for printing, copying and receiving faxes, and in input mode for copying, scanning and faxing. With this duplexing
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New SP 4110SF from Ricoh!

of several mid-volume, printer-based MFP introductions in the pipeline. These products aren’t entirely new. While the IS800C Image Scanner is a new piece of scanning hardware, the print engines are the recently introduced 31-/36-ppm Aficio SP 4100NL, SP 4100N, and SP 4110N laser printers – so you can be confident in recommending these “new” products based on their already proven reliability and performance record. With a bundled SRP of $2,158 (SP 4110SF), $2,008 (SP 4100SF) and $1,829 (SP
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Best Print Management Solutions Updated with Announcement of Version 4.1 of Equitrac

support for the increasingly important green printing initiatives.” Benefits in the new editions of the Equitrac solutions suites include: Enhanced Follow-You Printing® capabilities — Automatic server discovery — With automatic server discovery, users of Follow-You Printing will now immediately see all print jobs available to them, regardless of the server — or workstation — they were printed from, while still minimizing the amount of network traffic. Direct IP printing environments — An enhanced
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Mac OS 10 Network Fax

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I'm not normally involved in this area at our dealership, but we have a new account with a MPC3500spf in a Mac (OS10.5.4) inviornment that would like to implement Network Faxing. Is this possible with a Mac? Also, they are having issues with printing from Photoshop CS3 where they get an error message of "No %% bounding box: comment in heater". In doing some quick research I've come to the conclusion that it is an OS10.5.4 issue as many different printers/MFP (not just RIcoh MPC3500's) are
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New Version of EFI Fiery Central Workflow Solution Boosts Production and Maximizes Re

even greater flexibility to tailor solutions just right for them.” Fiery Central 1.5 is available now from EFI and its partners. For more information please visit www.efi.com or call 800-875-7117. About EFI EFI (www.efi.com) is the world leader in customer-focused 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 color print
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Re: Wide Format Color Scanner

. It will also allow output to a host of inkjet color printers, further extending the capabilities and benefits. Please note that to output to inkjet devices, the WFCS must recognize the 480W, SP W2470, MP W2400 or a MP W3600 on the network. Ricoh Wide Format Color Scanner Key Highlights: Standard Features: • 4-channel CCD camera (x3) • 48-Bit Color • 600 dpi • 12 inches per second (monochrome)/.6 inches per second (color) scanning speed—the fastest in the industry • Automatic color calibration
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Industry Trending

. The internet, email, and intranets are big drivers. Printing surpassed copy volume in 19953. End-users are printing multiple originals, rather than making copies. Color printers are bringing new documents to the network. The number of documents created and distributed electronically — then printed at the time of need — continues to grow. Document Trend #3 Copy and fax are becoming secondary technologies. Copy volumes are stagnant or in decline. Long-held habits are changing. Fax volumes are
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Océ Launches Comprehensive Suite of TransPromo Solutions and Services

. Market research firm, INTERQUEST, in a 2008 study, forecasts that full-color promotional transactional printing in North America will grow at an annual rate of 45 percent between 2007 and 2012, presenting a major opportunity for transactional printers. The study also cites statistics indicating that consumers spend an average of 5.6 minutes looking at bank and credit card statements they receive through the mail. While TransPromo documents are highly effective tools for increasing the lifetime
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Re: Ricoh 2075 - Printing Custom Size Paper

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I went on site today and tried that route and still no dice. I also tried everything under the sun to try and get the driver to acknowledge that it had custom paper in the drawer. Also, I even had problems printing the paper from the bypass with the driver fully configured. Very odd problem, indeed.
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Re: Ricoh 2075 - Printing Custom Size Paper

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Yes. I can copy to the trays (I tried tray 2 and bypass) with no problems at all. However, when it comes to printing, it's giving me a type mismatch even though I've set everything under the sun to make this work.
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Re: Industry Trending

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Great information. If the predictions here are correct (I have no reason to doubt), the shift we've been making as an industry (more print, more consolidation) should turn out well for us.
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Re: Industry Trending

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ART, CURIOUS WHERE YOU FOUND THIS - I'D LIKE THE ORIGINAL FOR MY 'PITCHBOOK'. FOLKS DON'T BEIEVE SALESTYPE BUT IF THEY READ IT ITS GOSPEL!
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Re: Mac OS 10 Network Fax

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Lan Fax is for windows printing only. I don't know about the other issue.
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Re: Wide Format Color Scanner

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Notes from the Savin price book: (22) The Wide Format Color Scanner (100117FNG) requires either a MP W2400, MP W3600, or SP W2470 on the network and turned on to activate the scanner. (23) The Wide Format Color Scanner includes scanner unit, scanner stand, monitor bracket and cable channeling. This unit requires a PC and a touch screen monitor that must be purchased locally. Please refer to the brochure or InfoCenter for PC and Monitor specifications. Sorry, Art. I realize this didn't answer
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Re: Wide Format Color Scanner

to conduct some testing. We basically know that the scanner will work with the 240 (based on test conducted by Contex) and the 480 (based on tests that were run by TSC). Although the launch materials do not reference, the scanner will work with the 480 and 240, however we have not confirmed it working with products prior to those two. Thanks Bryan Batelli Associate Product Manager, Wide Format Ricoh Americas Corporation Production and Color Systems Marketing
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Re: Sales Tips

Just The Facts, Please "I told a prospect that I'd follow up within a week. Two weeks later, I figured I missed my chance and they went with someone else." Sound familiar? Effective salespeople don't guess themselves into a sale. To ensure you're operating with the facts, ask yourself this, "Do I have evidence to support my assumption or how I'm feeling?" Enjoy the peace of mind that comes from gaining clarity rather than drowning in the stories that you believe are true.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in August 2008

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There's an interesting thread below titled A4 Device Poll.  It's a short thread and I disable the poll site years ago. However, from reading the thread it was about ten years ago that A4 devices were starting to talk hold. What I can't believe is that the major A3 manufacturers have continued to lower prices on the A3 boxes and move very slowly with offering full functionality for A4 devices. It's been ten years!

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week.

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Weekend Copier Notes from 08/10/08

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it is giving CDW the funds to hire 110 people to telemarket businesses in the U.S. to focus on HP product only. Unknown if this will also include the slow-selling HP Edgeline inkjet MFP products. - Street pricing seen in the print for pay market: o Xerox DocuColor 242 (40ppm color laser MFP) with embedded Fiery for $24,200 with color clicks at $0.05 and b/w clicks at $0.008. 11”x17” billed as one click. o Xerox DocuColor 242 with Creo controller & stapling finisher for $35,500 with color clicks
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Ricoh 2075 - Printing Custom Size Paper

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Hello all, I’m having a bit of an issue with a Ricoh 2075. Our customer wants to be able to print to size 8x10.5 paper from tray 2. She’s able to get the printer to print one copy of a multiple copy job, but after that it refuses to print the rest of the job. The tray itself is set for 8x10.5 landscape and I’ve set that size into the machine under paper tray settings. Using the RPCS driver and changing the original size of the paper to a custom size, as well as changing printout paper size to
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Envelope Printing

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Has anyone tried printing envelopes on the MPC6000 or 7500? We are competing in a CPA firm and the incumbent is Konica/Minolta and their 550/650 unit will do envelopes or so they say. Thanks, John
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HP Broadens Portfolio of Imaging and Printing Solutions

, such as duplex printing and non-color printing, and user authentication requirements. · The HP LAN Fax Solution from HP and Captaris(1) combines the Captaris RightFax offering with HP multifunction printers (MFPs) and digital senders. Instead of using traditional stand-alone fax machines, users can now send and receive faxes easily from an MFP, digital sender or PC, reducing the number of devices and supplies required for the office. · The HP Print Optimization Solution from HP and Standard
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Ricoh New Model Support for IPDS

Ricoh is pleased to announce the release of new model support for printing IPDS in IBM zSeries (S/390) and iSeries (AS/400) environments. RA2K Integration for IPDS is an internal software solution, which resides on the hard drive of select Ricoh print devices and enables users to send AFP/IPDS print jobs directly from their S/390 or AS/400 systems. This solution is designed to allow your customers to print professional laser-quality output, access standard finishing and paper size options
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New A4 Device Poll!

With Companies such as Muratec, Xerox, Samsung already marketing A4 multifunctional devices along with Sharp now announcing that they will have a complete A4 line. Do you feel that all of the manufacturers need to develop an A4 strategy? click here to take poll. http://www.websitetoolbox.com/...wPage=1&id=16329
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SSDP Protocol and Multicast Storm

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I am looking for help in identifying the trigger of what is termed as a Multicast Storm, caused by the SSDP protocol on the Ricoh/Savin MFP's. I had a customer whose network was brought to a standstill by this "Mulitcast storm" creating so much traffic on their network. We had to disable 60+ devices and manually go to each machine and update the firmware and initialize a fix that turns this off. An extremely time consuming process, however, at this time we don't know what brought this on, most
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New MPC Wirless Card

I have a new (never been used), was installed and customer did not need it wireless card for the MPC 2000,2500,3000,3500 and 4500. The card is out of the box. $200 or best offer I also have a NEW in the box Printer/Scanner Unit for Ricoh Typ 3030 # model B767-57. Everything is complete. Dealer cost is around $943, your cost is $400, take both items for $500. Want to move these, make an offer. Art 732.977.1211 art@p4photel.com
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Wide Format Color Scanner

Just pulled thi off the ricoh-usa web site. Does anyone have any pricing for this system?
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Re: Ricoh 2075 - Printing Custom Size Paper

I don't have a machine to tese, however have you tried to send the job to the "document server" and then program the print functions? This may do it, anyone else out there have any comments to help? Art
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in August 2008

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A little of news this week is that the US Dollar is growing stronger vs the Japanese Yen.  When this has happened in the past Japanese copier manufacturers have decreased pricing here in the States.  When you couple this with the Chinese tariffs that may go into effect this week, it could mean that our industry may not see price increases.  Japanese manufacturers might just bite the bullet on the increases in order to keep boxes moving out of the plants.

BTW, the dude in the picture, had just a few too many drinks at the after party from the award night. Can ya tell!

Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!

Weekend Copier Notes from 08/03/08

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to sales of Canon imageRUNNER Pro, which is relabeled Kodak DigiMaster product) o Black/white production placement up 13% (primarily Ricoh Aficio 90/110/135ppm systems) o Total MIF in the U.S. increased 2% (from growth in FM sites) - A dealer goes out of business. Executive Imaging, of Cherry Hills, NJ, a one-time Toshiba and Kyocera dealer, apparently has shut its doors. At one time, this dealer was one of the largest independently owned Toshiba dealers in the U.S.
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UPDATE 3-Canon Q2 drops 12 pct on strong yen, slow copier sales

slows. The company, which competes with Xerox Corp (XRX.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), Ricoh Co Ltd (7752.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Konica Minolta Holdings Inc (4902.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) in printers and copiers, is also grappling with the soaring cost of raw materials and the profit-slicing impact of a firmer yen. "We expect the yen to remain strong and for high raw materials and fuel prices to continue. The operating environment is tougher than we
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Sharp Imaging "Giving Customer What They Need"

Sunday, August 3, 2008 Sharp Imaging "Giving Customer What They Need" Finally...., and Kudos to Sharp Imaging!! Sharp announced on May 7th, 2008 and they will be the first Copier Manufacturer to release a full line of A4 multifunctional devices. If you don't know A4 print devices are not capable of printing or copying onto 11x17 (tabloid size paper). I've been touting this type of machine for about two years know and feel that this launch of A4 MFP's could vault Sharp into #1 in MFP placements
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New Xerox Desktop Document Scanner Boosts Productivity

, major resellers and Xerox and its agents and dealers. About Xerox DocuMate Scanners Xerox DocuMate high-performance business scanners and document management solutions give people speed, image quality, advanced paper handling and ease of use with exclusive Visioneer OneTouch technology. Scanner products range from mobile and desktop scanners to production imaging scanners. For additional information on Xerox scanners, visit http://www.xeroxscanners.com and http://www.xeroxestore.com . -XXX
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Ricoh Introduction of eCopy CAC Solution

Ricoh is please to add the eCopy CAC solution to our product offering. The ability to secure your MFP scanning with CAC implementation services from eCopy, a valued partner. Product Offerings Common Access Card (CAC) As the list of federal security technology mandates continues to grow, so do the demands on valuable internal IT resources. Among the immediate technology requirements is the Common Access Card (CAC) enablement of daily office tasks such as copying, printing, and scanning. In
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Ricoh 8200DN

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I have a customer that is demoing the Ricoh 8200DN for printing invoices. Usually the invoices are 6 pages duplex pulling one page from all 3 drawers. When it is 6 pages duplex everyting is fine, but when there is no duplex page 5 print where page 6 would have been. This is happening every time. If anyone can help me it you be very appreciated, since Ricoh is not giving me any answers to resolve this problem. Contact me if there is more information you might need to resolve this. Thanks!!!!
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Five Rules For Success In Deal Making

in control. If a seller recognizes that you want something too badly, you can become easy prey. This trap of excess desire contributed to many of the business collapses in the late 1980s. Rule 4: Be innovative to make a successful deal. If you use innovative methods you can find ways to profit where others can't. By using innovation in financing or selling, you can discover value or make a hidden value accessible. Rule 5: Be aggressive. While being friendly can be helpful at times during the
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Re: Ricoh 8200DN

What print driver are you using? Have you tried a different print driver?
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Re: Ricoh 8200DN

Did you replace a printer that was doing the existing job? If so, what type of printer was it?
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Re: Sharp Imaging "Giving Customer What They Need"

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I believe they are to be launched sometime this fall. We just picked up the entire Sharp line and I am extremely impressed. Very strong across the board!!!
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Re: Sharp Imaging "Giving Customer What They Need"

These new A4 models, is Sharp the OEM or are they from Samsung?
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Fourth Week in July 2008

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Last week seemed to be pretty interesting.  I've been working on an order for about six months and was told the paperwork was ready to pick up tomorrow.  As soon as I have the docs in hand I'll be writing about this, till then mums is the word.

Weekend Copier Notes from 07/27/08

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Russian investors are considering acquiring the company. - Kodak announced it has sold a NexPress 2500 production color system to Mailings Unlimited, a print and mailing house in Portland, Maine. - Kyocera launched “PrintQ” which is server based software that tracks usage of printers and MFPs on the network. - Xerox reported its latest financials: o Total revenue up 8% o Gross margins fell 39.3% o Net income fell 20% o Revenue from color products up 11% o 70% of revenue came from consumables o
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Konica Minolta Introduces PageScope Enterprise Suite for MFP Accounting and Authentic

advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop. In 2008, Konica Minolta was recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys. For more information, please visit http://www.kmbs.konicaminolta.us . Konica Minolta Corporate Contact James Norberto Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. +1 201.825.4000 PR@kmbs.konicaminolta.us Konica Minolta Media Contact Rachel Reed Lois Paul and Partners +1 781.782.5785 rachel_reed
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Kyocera Mita America Simplifies Ability to Track Print Usage with PrintQ Manager

FAIRFIELD, New Jersey – July 21, 2008 - Kyocera Mita America, one of the world's leading document solutions companies, today announced the release of a new server-based software tool, PrintQ Manager, to monitor, maintain and analyze print jobs and usage. This powerful solution combines advanced user/group print tracking capabilities, access controls, and robust reporting to significantly reduce paper waste and lower output costs on all Kyocera networked MFPs and printers. Based on proprietary
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U.S. Launch Of Ricoh Pro C900 Set For GRAPH EXPO

U.S. Launch Of Ricoh Pro C900 Set For GRAPH EXPO Ricoh Pro C900: Ricoh's Full Color Production Powerhouse is specifically aimed at Print for Pay, Reprographic and Graphic Arts environments, as well as at commercial users such as service bureaus and direct mailers. July 28, 2008 -- Ricoh Europe (Netherlands) B.V. announced at drupa the launch of the Ricoh Pro C900, its complete workflow solution for color production printing. As the flagship of Ricoh’s new Pro line, the Pro C900 stands out from
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Xerox results overshadowed by margin concerns

services. But because of the weak U.S. economy, some large clients have been hesitant to purchase higher-end technology, Xerox said. Therefore more sales of lower-priced products hurt gross margins, which fell to 39.3 percent in the 2008 first half. Xerox, which has targeted margins at 40-41 percent, now sees them in the range of 39-40 percent for the full year. The outlook for margins follows results from Canon Inc., which posted a 12 percent decline in quarterly profit due to sluggish copier
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Ricoh looks to protect its lot

director Chas Moloney told CRN that Ricoh’s push to get its partner base to adopt software products was an ongoing quest. “We have talked about this many times. Most dealers are buying into it in some way, shape or form, but it will take time,” he said. Chief executive Nigel Palmer revealed that printers now account for about half of Ricoh’s revenue and he told resellers that a move towards selling them should be a priority. “If you are not already doing it, please do it quickly. Within two years
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Going Green Sales Efforts

systems can print, scan, fax and copy in color for pennies and eliminate the need to have four different devices in the office. Multi-functional systems have a very low cost per page when compare to standalone fax machines, copy machines, laser or ink printers. Consider this the average laser printer and fax machine has a cost of .03 per page. Multifunctional Systems have a cost of .0125 per page. That’s a savings of over 50%! Where else can you cut your costs by over 50% these days? If you’re
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Forced Printing Feature

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Does anyone know where to get the firmware revisions for this? I looked on the Ricoh TSC and RFG e-source sites and only saw bulletins. Thanks.
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SAMSUNG LAUNCHES THREE AFFORDABLE, NETWORK-READY, COLOR LASER PRINTERS FOR SOHO AND S

-3175FN and CLP-315/315W) have a maximum resolution of 2400 x 600 dpi and each unit delivers the first (mono) print out in 14 seconds. These printers also come with Samsung’s NO NOIS™ print engine for quiet operation. “Samsung understands the needs of today’s SOHO and small-workgroup users who are the inspiration for our new CLX-3175 and CLP-315 line of printers,” said Kenneth Colby, Senior Manager, Printer Product Marketing, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. “Not only do these feature-rich printers
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TCO FullView Tool Is Now Live at RicohSaves.com!

We're excited to announce the release of Ricoh TCO FullView Tool now available at www.RicohSaves.com! Use your RicohConnects.com user name and password below to access this powerful TCO calculator now and other ICM Value Proposition Web Tools coming soon. What's Ricoh TCO FullView Tool? It's an online tool that easily calculates a customer's total cost of ownership (TCO). Reducing TCO is one of our value propositions but it's hard to do without knowing the total costs of currently installed
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New Océ VarioPrint 1105 Cut-sheet Production System Brings Print Shops More Flexibili

July 23, 2008 – Trumbull, CT– Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, announces an option-rich addition to its cut-sheet production printing portfolio. The Océ VarioPrint 1105 system greatly expands users’ choices for paper input and output, workflow software, business applications and quality finishing. The monochrome laser printer/copier/scanner helps in-house and commercial print shops extend service offerings, enhance customer satisfaction, and improve
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NEW SAMSUNG MULTIFUNCTIONAL PRINTER (MFP) MAXIMIZES PERFORMANCE AND EFFECTIVE WORKGRO

multi-functional printer offers dependable and consistent printing, scanning, copying and faxing operations – essentially eliminating the need to purchase several products to do the same thing. 50-sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) 50,000 pages a month at speeds up to 30 pages per minute (ppm) 128MB of memory (expandable to 384MB) PC fax, scan-to-email and fax forwarding to email “ID Card” copies two sides of an ID card and prints on a single sheet “Clone” copies the image and prints it
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Successful Cash Flow Management

By AllBusiness.com Published: July 22, 2008 Cash management is ultimately about cash flow --and very few small businesses are awash in cash. Even successful, growing companies are vulnerable to cash flow problems because they tend to add employees and inventory rapidly. This may quickly deplete the company coffers and lead to cash shortages. Because having cash at the right time is so important, entrepreneurs must pay close attention to cash management. Here are some tips for saving money and
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RISO Printers Take Two 'BERTL's Best' Awards

operating and capital costs, which have earned the entire product line the distinction of an ENERGY STAR rating for low energy use. The EZ models are designed to meet the needs of organizations that require versatile spot color and monochrome printing while also being cost-effective. Hundreds of thousands of customers currently use RISO digital duplicators as production printers in high volume environments. RISO, Inc., headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts, is a wholly owned subsidiary of RISO
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Muratec Announces ScanTag Metadata Capture Integration with iDatix

Plano, Texas (July 30, 2008) - Muratec America, Inc., manufacturer of multifunction office equipment and business productivity solutions, and iDatix, a leader in business process automation and enterprise document management solutions, announce today a partnership that enables Muratec ScanTag users to easily index newly scanned documents into iSynergy, iDatix’s document management and process automation platform. Designed for the Muratec MFX-2050, MFX-1450, F-565 and F-525, ScanTag enables
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Color Control

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Hey folks, I was hoping someone might be able to help with this scenario I have going on. The customer (a private school) has several Savin C3030mfps. They want their staff and students to be able to print to these. They would like user codes set up on the mfps and to have each computer have a unique user code. I have installed 2 instances of the RPCS driver (copier color and copier b&w). In the b&w driver, I set the color preference to b&w and I went into advanced optionslimitation settings
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Re: Color Control

are you looking for a "no cost" solution, if so I do not know of anything. Cost solutions would be Print Director and or Print Audit. Let me know
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Re: Color Control

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I understand. However, I don't want each user to have to configure their default to b & w or have to remember to choose b&w everytime they print. If I just restrict color, it will result in jobs not printing as opposed to just printing in b&w. The work around I've devised is to install a print driver for a b&W mfp (Savin 9025/33) with similar options for them to use for black only users/jobs.
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A Multipronged Approach to Greener IT

in PDF or make them available for pickup via a custom client extranet. We produce about 12,000 invoices each month, and now deliver roughly 12 percent electronically. Because our average invoice is four pages long, we save approximately 5,700 pieces of paper each month, representing another $10,260 in savings on printing. We began upgrading technology to stabilize our infrastructure and provide our clients with superior legal service. However, our metrics have proven that we are saving money
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Re: Color Control

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well, if you do not put the user code into preferences, they'd have to enter the code each time. And if they do not have a code, they cant print.
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240W PM's

Interesting scenario, we received a 240W on trade, we bought it from the leasing company for $2,800, print, scan dual rf..etc. The system has 80K of linear feet. We were told yesterday that our base price is $7,000!!! The system needed a pm, drum, cleaning blade, oil roller, coronas, fuser was in vg condition!!! What are your thoughts about adding $4,200!!
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Re: Fakery aided school copier deal

-mail story iPod friendly Printer friendly Related Links Complete coverage of the Memphis City Schools. Memphis City Schools Beat Blog More Memphis City Schools Memphis City Schools sues shop in billing scam Schools security priority for Cash School funding court case concludes Share and Enjoy [?] And all principals and central office administrators will be placed on performance-based contracts and evaluated based on the district's goals and objectives. Cash presented his plans at Monday night's
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Re: Scan Router Lite and Vista

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This is the text of the email I received 7/3/08 Jim, Here is the official response... "It will not (work with Win 2008)! ScanRouter is EOL December 31, 2008." Note: EOL meaning End-Of-Life, and will be made an official announcement in the near future. Please disclose what you feel is necessary. Thank you sir, Bryan Hogan Tactical Solutions Manager / South Integrated Channel Marketing Ricoh Americas Corporation 714-566-0688 bryan.hogan@ricoh-usa.com mailto:bryan.hogan@ricoh-usa.com Ask me
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Re: 240W PM's

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whatever. All that being said, there is no justification that I can think of for a 300% increase. I have to believe that if you told them that they are stuck with it at that price that they will reconsider. Our goal is that the sales cost needs to be 25% of the street price of new. That way Sales reps can sell at 100% markup and the customer is getting it for 50% of the cost of new.
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Re: 240W PM's

YES, THE 2,800 was the final cost on the equipment. I quess our beef is that when a customer needs the PM, our charges to the customer is less than the charge to sales person. Plus talking to the tech is useless, they tell us nothing and to speak to management. I can understand a mu on parts and costing for labor and realize the comapany should make money for the prep of the unit. However, I have estimated the parts at about $1800 plus labor, lets give it four hours of labor at 80, which equals
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in July 2008

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Not much here this week, seems the entire industry was probably on vacation.

Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week!

Weekend Copier Notes from 06/29 & 07/06

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. - In a recent article in What They Think magazine, the following companies were mentioned as owning most of the inkjet print head technology patents that are used by many vendors: o Xaar o Dimatix/Spectra (used in new Fuji JetPress 720) o Panasonic (used in Kodak Versamark) o Kyocera (used in Oce’ JetStream) o Epson (used in Screen Truepress) o Toshiba (licenses technology from Xaar)(used in Riso HC5500) o HP (used in its own products) - Printable Technologies, maker of FusionPro variable data
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Re: Is anyone else facing this from Xerox?

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especially if they're in a marketplace where Canon or Ricoh or Konica Minolta have a much more competitive (read that "Less costly") Gov't Bid program in place and Xerox would not ordinarily be able to place equipment and sell toner otherwise. It work extremely well in the 70's and 80's for me as a K-12 Rep then.
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Ricoh MicroPress Connectivity for the Pro Series

Ricoh is pleased to announce the launch of the MicroPress Connectivity for the new Pro 906EX/1106EX/1356EX, the newly updated PrintStation 0135R. The PrintStation 0135R now supports the dynamic new finishing capabilities that make the new Pro Series unique in this market segment. Designed for customers that require superior make-ready and advanced workflow management capabilities, the PrintStation 0135R and the new Pro 906EX/1106EX/1356EX provide an unbeatable combination for your production
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Ricoh Release of Perfect Binder GB5000

Ricoh is pleased to announce the release of the new Perfect Binder GB5000 and its related accessories for the new Ricoh Pro 906EX/1106EX/1356EX systems. The Perfect Binder GB5000 automatically creates perfect bound books in-line up to 200 sheets (that’s 400 pages in duplex mode), and it provides trimming on up to 3 sides of the book providing the capability to create professional looking books with “full-bleed” covers.
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Ricoh Introduction of DWG/DXF/DWF Option and Upgrade for the RW-480

Ricoh is pleased to announce the availability of the newest versions of the DWG/DXF/DWF option and Upgrade option for the RW- 480 Controller and RW-3600 controller. These options are now available for purchase and support PlotBase 3.7.1 (RW-480 & RW-3600) and AutoCad 2008. Refer to the charts below for EDP code number for the appropriate RW-XXX Controller for your customer. Option and Upgrade Option Overview: The DWG, DXF and DWF are AutoDesk native file formats created in their AutoCAD
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Re: Political Speeches

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of having air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter? C. Could it be that 95.4 percent of these unhappy folks have a job? D. Maybe it is the ability to walk into a grocery store at any time and see more food in moments than Darfur has seen in the last year? E. Maybe it is the ability to drive our cars and trucks from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean without having to present identification papers as we move through each state? F. Or possibly the hundreds of clean
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Re: Network Install Guide For Dummies

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This is why I don't like General Guides If a customer is using DHCP, simply picking a higher number is not safe. You (and your contact at the customer) may not be aware of other factors. There may be a different class of devices (such as servers or printers or whatever) that is placed into a higher DHCP range. If you want to be perfectly safe when the customer is on DHCP, their IT should provide you with an IP. Of course, I've grabbed a seemingly open IP in order to get he printer working too .
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Re: Network Install Guide For Dummies

quote: their IT should provide you with an IP Of course, if they have an IT person. How many times have I heard "The salesman said you would take care of it all!" (dangling a check over my head)
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Re: Network Install Guide For Dummies

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If the customer can't give me an IP or know of one that is available, I will use the one that was in the printer/copier that I am replacing. If it is a new install, I will ask their IT what IP to use or have them do it. So far it has not been an issue.
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Re: Savin 8075 Phantom Jams

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going to complain about a machine when it is their own stupidity. The adage goes "It's always someone else's fault, but not me." This machine consistently runs 60k+ per month from both prints and copies, and the jam count now is less than 8 and those are not from the bypass tray.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Fourth Week in June 2008

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Dang, me and the entire industry must have been on vacation this week! 

Enjoy these meager threads from ten years ago this week!

Weekend Copier Notes from 06/22/08

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and management software to large corporate customers  Graphic unit will offer printers and supplies to wide format users o Most of the U.S. employees of the printer division (3,400) work at the division headquarters in Boise, Idaho, which designs the products, while manufacturing is done overseas. - Ricoh launched a new print-only color laser system, the Aficio SP C420DN offering: o 31ppm top speed color or b/w o 1200x1200dpi top resolution at half speed (600dpi at full speed) o Does NOT offer
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Printing Company Wanting Production Color

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I need some suggestions. One of our production printing customers wants a color system that will print up to 12 point chromecoat, either from the bypass tray or other trays. The other feature is that it must print up to 12x18 paper. They have looked at the Savin C7570, but I was told this unit will only print up to a 10 point chromecoat, which they could live with, but they want another option. Speed is not that important as long as it will print on 12 point chromecoat. Is this an area that
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'Japannovation' marketing strategies

the most sustainable companies in the world. During Earth Day, the firm turned off all its lights as a "gesture of commitment to environmental protection." Today, Iwamoto said Ricoh has overtaken Fuji Xerox in the copier business. Iwamoto said "there is really no stereotype innovation model." "Every company tries to create its own innovation model to promote brand differentiation. Today, the Made-in-Japan or the monozukuri concept is no longer just for manufacturing high quality products as in the
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Xerox 7232

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Xerox Authorized Agent: Xerox 7232 Stand $7,000 .008 b&w .055 color service only, no supplies included
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Remote Web Workplace

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Not sure really where to post this, so here goes. I use a Windows 2003 Small Business Server at the office and Remote Web Workplace to work from home. It appears that in order to enable printing to the printers from the house, the server establishes a connection by sending what appears to be a print job and then deleting it. The problem is that although I try to keep it clean, I often have many printers installed on my laptop and it ends up with hundreds or thousands of jobs in the queue of the
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Third Week in June 2008

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Happy Fathers Day to everyone, I spent the entire day with my Son and his wife. It was a great day, hope everyone else was able to have a great day!

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, profitable printing” = HP o “Print is Powerful” = Kodak o “Connect With Opportunity” = Xerox o “We Speak Image” = Canon o “Produce, Persuade, Perform..on the network” = Canon o “We’re Listening” = Ricoh o “Empowering Print Communications” = Sharp o “Leading Innovation” = Toshiba o “Print To Win” = EFI o “Business Beyond the Ordinary” = Oce’ - Ricoh claims it has sold its first Aficio Pro C900 production color system (90ppm) to Integrated Graphics Ltd, a print shop in England. - Ricoh announced it
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Weekend Copier Notes from 06/22/08

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and management software to large corporate customers  Graphic unit will offer printers and supplies to wide format users o Most of the U.S. employees of the printer division (3,400) work at the division headquarters in Boise, Idaho, which designs the products, while manufacturing is done overseas. - Ricoh launched a new print-only color laser system, the Aficio SP C420DN offering: o 31ppm top speed color or b/w o 1200x1200dpi top resolution at half speed (600dpi at full speed) o Does NOT offer
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MT Business Technologies Acquires Ricoh Business Solutions Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MT Business Technologies Acquires Ricoh Business Solutions Office Toledo, Ohio June 10, 2008 - MT Business Technologies, Inc., a leading independent provider of office technology solutions in Ohio, announced today that it has acquired the Ricoh Business Solutions (RBS) office in the greater Toledo Market. Ricoh Americas Corporation and MT Business Technologies have enjoyed a solid business partnership for over 25 years. MT Business Technologies is pleased to broaden
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Ricoh Expands Relationship with CIMA Software

deliver on this promise,” said Nelson Cano, vice president, Sales and Marketing, CIMA Software Corporation, Inc. “We are excited about our admission into the Ricoh Technology Alliance Program as this is a great honor and we look forward to continuing our work with this innovative organization.” As CIMA’s signature document management solution, DocuClass is a robust, and user-friendly system for both operational office staff and the information technology department. For users, it features an
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RICOH HONORED BY PREMIER HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE FOR EXCEPTIONAL SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE

. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com . About Ricoh Americas Corporation Ricoh Americas Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 72-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2007 sales in excess of $19.4 billion, a 7.3 percent increase over the previous year. Ricoh Americas Corporation is a
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Ricoh is pleased to announce the introduction of the Aficio SP 8200DN.

. All of these enhancements make the Ricoh Aficio SP 8200DN an ideal printing solution for mid-volume customers with sensitive application needs. The Aficio SP 8200DN is designed to deliver high quality output across a wide variety of applications with 600 x 600 dpi image quality, fax print speed, large paper capacity, network readiness, and data encryption. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RICOH SP 8200DN: • 50 ppm black & white printing with standard duplexing up to 11” x 17” • The latest GW controller
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'Japannovation' marketing strategies

the most sustainable companies in the world. During Earth Day, the firm turned off all its lights as a "gesture of commitment to environmental protection." Today, Iwamoto said Ricoh has overtaken Fuji Xerox in the copier business. Iwamoto said "there is really no stereotype innovation model." "Every company tries to create its own innovation model to promote brand differentiation. Today, the Made-in-Japan or the monozukuri concept is no longer just for manufacturing high quality products as in the
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Re: Network Install Guide For Dummies

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192.168.0.42 for example, I start pinging 192.168.0.43 and up to find an open one. I assign this to the mfp (never use dhcp) and make it static. I connect the product and ping it to make sure it is at that location and can communicate. 4. I resist the temptation to make a pc/server a print server and spend the extra time installing a straight TCP/IP port on each client computer for printing purposes. 5. If installing LAN-fax, I show the customer how it works and send a test page. If they ask about a
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KonicaMinolta Lease

I have a customer who has an old KMBS lease here in NJ, that was done back in 11/03, he dopes not have a copy of the t's & c's. Can someone pleae forward to me. art@p4photel.com
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User Code Authentication with PostScript

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Customer wants to use User Codes to keep track of individuals and departments usage. Not an unusual request, right? Well, it works fine with printing from PCL or RPCS, but has anyone had issues with PostScript? We placed an MP C6000 w/PS3 and the users cannot print with VALID user codes when using the PS driver. We happen to have one in our demo room and it showed the same error. Our Ricoh DSR was in our office on Friday and helped us escalate to Ricoh support, but has anyone else had this
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Re: MT Business Technologies Acquires Ricoh Business Solutions Office

This is the only one I have heard of. In the same week Ricoh aquired a dealer and then sold an RBS location. What gives???? Yes, you are right, this can be used against RBS, and can be quite powerful. Think I'll print it off and keep a copy with me at all times!
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Drawbase & Plot client

I have a customer using drawbase and needs to batch print these files, does anyone have any ideas for us?
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discontinued parts for Aficio 240W

As you are aware this item has been discontinued and is NOT available any more from any where. But, we do occasionally have a customer in the field who at this late date may want to "connect" the copier and make it a printer/scan unit. Or, they bought the used trade in from a dealer, etc. You can order the "parts" necessary to build an interface by ordering the parts listed below. PLEASE SAVE THIS EMAIL S Part # Description G068 5750 Interface Cable B126 5560 Cover: Middle: C/Tbox B
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Remote Web Workplace

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Not sure really where to post this, so here goes. I use a Windows 2003 Small Business Server at the office and Remote Web Workplace to work from home. It appears that in order to enable printing to the printers from the house, the server establishes a connection by sending what appears to be a print job and then deleting it. The problem is that although I try to keep it clean, I often have many printers installed on my laptop and it ends up with hundreds or thousands of jobs in the queue of the
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Re: Up Coming Ricoh Launches

August 08 Ricoh Pro C900 October 08 MPC 1800, MPC 2800, MPC 3300, MPC 4000, MPC 5000 November 08 SPC 310N, SPC 311N, MPC 2050, MPC 2550, PRO C900s
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Re: Gas Price Check

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come away from reading it with the mistaken impression that most of the USA's crude oil is imported from the Middle East. It isn't. According to some recent figures regarding crude oil imports, in December 2007 only 23% of the USA's crude oil imports came from countries classified by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as Persian Gulf exporters (i.e., Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain). The top six countries (by percentage of total USA imports) supplying
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Re: Gas Price Check

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solution: We all ride bicycles! I did last week and put on 642 miles. I am now into a size 30 from a 42. I have also left copier sales and have just been added to one of the teams for the Tour De France!!!
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Re: MT Business Technologies Acquires Ricoh Business Solutions Office

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I am somewhat surprised this has not had any responses. Here's a case where the local RICOH Business Solutions Office was acquired by a local dealership. Must've been a rather underperforming branch office. Does anyone know of other situations like this. This could be used to create doubt in prospects minds that they're dealing with "the manufacture" - "So what guarantees does that give you Mr. Customer . . . yada, yada, yada"!
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Re: KonicaMinolta Lease

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It is probably the same as Ricoh's since they both used DLL back then.
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