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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Third Week of July 2008

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I can't tell you the last time I worked a 40 hour week, my weeks are always 50 hours or more. I've been asked why do you work so much and my response has been "because I want to be the best sales person at my company".  I want to be the guy with the big numbers, the big quota. the most.....more here

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Ricoh Embedded Print Director 1 MFP License

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Has anyone installed this on an MP8000 and how does it work? I was told by a Ricoh Digital Support Specialist that this is what I needed for a client who wants to set copy codes and copy limits for each code. Looking for feedback. How hard is this to install? Does it install on the copier directly. Thanks, John
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Ricoh looks to protect its lot

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Kometani tempered his pleasure at announcing sales growth by warning resellers of the perils of the economic climate. “The Ricoh family continues to experience growth,” Kometani said. “However, we need to recognise the uncertainty of the current world economy.” Kometani also indicated that Ricoh needs to build on its historic strength as a mid-market copier specialist. “We need to have a presence above and below our core market. This will allow all of you to increase revenue and profit.” Marketing
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Xerox results overshadowed by margin concerns

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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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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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Successful Cash Flow Management

Art Post (Guest) ·
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

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President of Marketing for RISO, Inc. "Our digital duplicators have a history of offering our customers a better, more efficient alternative to traditional photocopying. Industry-wide accolades such as these awards from BERTL for our recently launched EZ series demonstrate that not only are our new products continuing this tradition, they are setting the benchmark for other printing technologies in the industry as well." With their adaptability and easy-to-use design, RISO's digital duplicators reduce
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Need a document feeder

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I am interested in document feeder for a Savin 8055 aka: Gestetner DSM755 Gestetner DSM765 Gestetner DSM775 Lanier LD255 Lanier LD265 Lanier LD275 Ricoh Aficio MP 5500 Ricoh Aficio MP 6500 Ricoh Aficio MP 7500 Savin 8055 Savin 8065 Savin 8075 Hoping someone has a machine they are parting out. If you have one you would like to sell please fax me price including delivery to zip code 21801. Company Name__________________________________ Telephone______________________________________ Price
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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: Fakery aided school copier deal

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-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: LINE CARDS

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Sharon, I think what you want is in the Aficio League site under InfoCenter as CopyJax Fax has added. Its under the Product Information Tab in Sales Support. If you're not Aficio League registered let us know.
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Re: Ricoh Embedded Print Director 1 MFP License

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John, check with us in Jax. I believe we have successfully installed the embedded software and demoed the product already.
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Re: Ricoh Embedded Print Director 1 MFP License

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Yes, it installs on each machine. You will need a Java card installed on each copier before you can install it. It is not that hard to install, although one issue we ran into was that the latest version of the software seemed to not install, we had to drop back one version, then it worked just fine. As far as how it works, from the customer perspective, they get to the copier and it asks them for a code and they enter it and then can use the copier as normal. One limitation of the User limits
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Re: LINE CARDS

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What is a Line Card? If you are referring to a full line brochure, there is one in the most recent Ricoh Image Magazine (Vol. 18) or it is #R2751 to order.
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Re: RICOH MCE

Jomama (Guest) ·
And the answer from Ricoh (finally) is there isn't and wont be a Vista version. You have to stay with XP. S'OK with me.
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Re: LINE CARDS

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If you find one, pass it along. I've never seen one either. Savin lists an 11x17 duplexed brochure, but they don't call it a line card.
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Re: LINE CARDS

DRichard (Guest) ·
Check Publications Bulletin PUB (C)-052 reissue [tpc@ricoh-usa.com]. I think that is what you want. They're called specification charts for all models and all mfg names under Ricoh.
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Re: Color Control

Art Post (Guest) ·
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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LINE CARDS

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A few months ago I was able to grab the B/w and color line cards on here - the lineup has changed for the Ricoh Product - anyone have any updated line cards? I would love to have them!
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Third Week of June 2008

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Real Copier Sales

used my desire, determination, and dedication to achieve most of my goals in those twenty years. It wasn’t easy, it was hard work, long hours and also putting in time on weekends (I still do that) that led to my success. Thus, I put this blog together to help those that come after me, and for those that want to aspire to greatness. more here

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MT Business Technologies Acquires Ricoh Business Solutions Office

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added. Since 1918, MT Business Technologies has prided itself on delivering the highest quality and best value to their customers. They specialize in integrating document management solutions with office hardware including printers, scanners and copiers. With this acquisition, MT Business Technologies becomes the largest office technology dealer in the Toledo and surrounding marketplace, employing over 50 people and representing more than 30% market share. To learn more about the products and
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RICOH HONORED BY PREMIER HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE FOR EXCEPTIONAL SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE

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leading provider of document solutions. Ricoh’s fully integrated hardware and software products help businesses share information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the input, management and output of documents. Ricoh Americas Corporation directly or through its network of authorized dealers markets and distributes products in North, Central and South America. Information about Ricoh's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at
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Ricoh is pleased to announce the introduction of the Aficio SP 8200DN.

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. 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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Ricoh Expands Relationship with CIMA Software

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Ricoh Expands Relationship with CIMA Software Ricoh Corp. Press Release Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment, announced today that CIMA Software Corporation, Inc., recently passed the Compatibility Testing offered by the Ricoh Developer Program for their enterprise content management system, DocuClass. CIMA’s DocuClass MFP Link is the gateway to the entire DocuClass suite of components seamlessly embedded in Ricoh’s multifunction products (MFPs) through
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'Japannovation' marketing strategies

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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

Art Post (Guest) ·
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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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

Art Post (Guest) ·
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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discontinued parts for Aficio 240W

Art Post (Guest) ·
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 B663 5113
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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: Gas Price Check

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simple, painless answers. Simply shifting where we buy gasoline isn't nearly as good a solution as the much tougher choice of sharply curtailing the amount of gasoline we buy.
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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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Re: Up Coming Ricoh Launches

Art Post (Guest) ·
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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Drawbase & Plot client

Art Post (Guest) ·
I have a customer using drawbase and needs to batch print these files, does anyone have any ideas for us?
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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 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Second Week of June 2023

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Real Copier Sales

used my desire, determination, and dedication to achieve most of my goals in those twenty years. It wasn’t easy, it was hard work, long hours and also putting in time on weekends (I still do that) that led to my success. Thus, I put this blog together to help those that come after me, and for those that want to aspire to greatness. more here

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Konica Minolta Announces Availability of the KIP 3100 Series of

Art Post (Guest) ·
06/09/08 - Konica Minolta Announces Availability of the KIP 3100 Series of Wide Format Printing Systems Konica Minolta Announces Availability of the KIP 3100 Series of Wide Format Printing Systems Jun 09, 2008 Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. announced the availability of the KIP 3100 Series of wide format network print systems from KIP America, a leading manufacturer of wide-format printing and imaging technology. The KIP 3100 Series is a highly advanced wide format
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KIP stings Ricoh, Oce & Xerox w/ New 6ppm System

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 KIP stings Ricoh, Oce & Xerox w/ New 6ppm System I'll commend KIP, someone over there was thinking when they made the decision to offer color scanning with their monochrome wide format systems. Kudos to KIP! Ricoh, Xerox and Oce are now under the gun in the low volume wide format market. KIP recently introduced the 3100 a 6 page per minute wide format device, with the sexy color screen, the 3100 seems to be the 3000 with a few more bells and whistles and a chip that
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RICOH AMERICAS CORPORATION RECOGNIZES RINGDALE, INC. AS OFFICIAL MEMBER OF TECHNOLOGY

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, Ringdale has joined Ricoh’s Technology Alliance Program as a bronze member. Ringdale’s FollowMe is a roaming, secure printing and accounting solution designed to enhance, track and secure document output without requiring major changes to the existing network infrastructure or printer hardware. That means organizations can improve the cost-effectiveness of document output while leveraging existing investments in technology. FollowMe Embedded for Ricoh technology works on Ricoh’s Embedded Software
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HP Printers

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We sell Savin printers but we have some accounts that are die hard HP and are our customers for MFPs. I would like to be able to sell them HP to lock our competitors out. Is there anywhere I can purchase HP and sell at close to staples prices and still make a little? How about supplies? Any suggestions from someone else who is selling/servicing HP would be great. Thanks for any input!
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Re: Konica Minolta Announces Availability of the KIP 3100 Series of

Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh W3600 Ricoh W3600 (1 Roll Feeder) 16120 Ricoh W3600 (2 Roll Feeder) 17200 Ricoh W3600 (1 Roll Feeder & Embedded Print) 19005 Ricoh W3600 (2 Roll Feeder & Embedded Print) 20085 Ricoh W3600 (1 Roll Feeder & Embedded Print + STF) 21529 Ricoh W3600 (2 Roll Feeder & Embedded Print + STF) 22609 Can't compete Can't compete So there it is a comparison vs KIp and Ricoh W3600, both are 6ppm, both copy, scan and printi blueprints. Ricoh wide format needs to make drastic price changes for the 6ppm
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Re: New Ricoh Color Pro C900 & C900s

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カラープロダクションプリンターにおいて(2008年5月7日現在) Body standard price of 30 million yen or less in color printer production (2008 year on May 7) 製品名 Product RICOH Pro C900 RICOH Pro C900 標準価格(消費税別) Standard price (consumption tax.) 1,230万円 123.0 million 発売日 Release Date 2008年8月 August 2008 販売台数 Sales 300台/年間 300 units / year ※ ※ このニュースリリースに掲載されている価格および料金には、消費税は含まれておりません。 This news release is the price and the price of the consumption tax is included. 商用印刷市場や企業内印刷市場では、印刷物の多品種・少ロット化により必要な時に必要な部数を低コストで印刷できるカラーPOD(プリントオンデマンド)に
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Newly Designed e-STUDIO(TM) Color Multifunction

Art Post (Guest) ·
businesses with moderate output needs. Utilizing Toshiba's leading-edge enhanced laser image technology (e-Fine), these new color MFP products deliver best-in-class color clarity and rich text renditions in all scanning, printing and copying jobs. Supporting print resolutions of 1,200 x 1,200 dots-per-inch (dpi) and 10-bit scanning resolutions of 600 x 600 dpi, the e-STUDIO2830c/3530c/4520c series provides razor-sharp text and superior graphic detail in all printed documents.
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New b2c color boxes from Ricoh

Art Post (Guest) ·
I was poking around on ricoh.jp and found a new MPC5000, MPC4000, MPC3300 & MPC2800, will these be the new boxes here in the US?? Here is the linkm use google as a translater. 6.5 sec FCOT for color [URL= http://www.ricoh.co.jp/] http://www.ricoh.co.jp/[/URL]
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Re: Konica Minolta Announces Availability of the KIP 3100 Series of

Art Post (Guest) ·
associated inks and a specific media type creates an accurate, uniform color standard copy. Recall, Modify and Reprint: The KIP 3100 features the ability to save print and copy jobs to the IPS for future use. This print job history is configured via KIP PrintNET and is expandable up to 25 GB. Scan to DWF: Operators have the ability to scan monochrome technical documents into DWF format which can be printed on the KIP 3100.
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Re: Konica Minolta Announces Availability of the KIP 3100 Series of

Art Post (Guest) ·
-directional infrared communication with printer. Holds up to 350 A - E sized prints. KIP Print Receiving Rack: Stacks up to 100 A - E size prints. KIP Print & Original Stacking System: Stacks up to 100 A - E size prints and 50 originals.
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Re: HP Printers

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Try going to the nextag website. You will find sources there to buy HP printers.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Last Week of April 2008

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Real Copier Sales

Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your mood will very likely increase as your pursue your goal because you will feel better about yourself for going after something you value. And, you will begin to see more sales, which equal more $$$$$.

Enjoy These awesome copiers threads from 15 years ago

Konica Minolta Launches Bizhub 421

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Marketing Bulletin Bulletin #08-GB-019 Date: May 28, 2008 To: All Konica Minolta Sales Channels From: Marketing and Product Development Subject: Introduction of the Konica Minolta bizhub 421 monochrome MFP Konica Minolta is pleased to announce the introduction of the bizhub™ 421 printer/copier/scanner/ fax device. With print/copy speeds of 42 pages per minute (ppm), the bizhub 421 is ideal for mid- to high-volume office environments that require a reliable, monochrome MFP with network
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Global buys BIg Ricoh Dealer!

Art Post (Guest) ·
is made up of regional core companies in the U.S. that sell and service document management systems such as printers, copiers and multifunction devices; network integration services; and electronic presentation systems. As an office technology dealer, Global sells products from various suppliers including Xerox, Sharp and Konica Minolta. Xerox acquired Global Imaging in 2007 and operates it as a wholly owned subsidiary within Xerox's North American operations. -XXX- Media Contacts: Mike
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Ricoh Wins Boys & Girls Clubs of America Account

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WEST CALDWELL, N.J., May 28 /PRNewswire/ — Ricoh Americas Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced that it has signed a national agreement with Boys & Girls Clubs of America(R) (BGCA). Some 4,300 Clubs are now able to purchase any Ricoh printer, copier, multifunction product or software solution. The use of Ricoh products in Boys & Girls Club facilities will enable them to streamline document workflow from the creation of a document to its distribution and
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The New Push to Get Rid of Paper

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doesn't include costs for ink, toner, or running copiers, printers, and fax machines. In the typical office, for every dollar spent on printing documents, companies incur another six dollars in handling and distribution, according to Xerox. Little wonder that the will to go paperless remains strong in parts of Corporate America. It's showing up in ways big and small, from admonitions at the bottom of e-mails to think before pressing the print button, to notes posted alongside printers asking
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Xerox Gel Ink Printer

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Xerox previews digital printer cured gel ink Posted by Dawn Kawamoto Post a commentXerox gave a sneak peak Thursday of its cured gel ink, which is designed to print on a variety of materials from super slick plastic to foil with a digital printer. Xerox's cured gel ink, previewed at the print industry's trade show drupa in Germany, is aiming to capture a larger slice of the estimated $400 billion offset printing market. The cured gel ink, with its peanut butter-like consistency, is heated up
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CANON U.S.A. COLOR imageRUNNER C5185 SOLUTIONS ACHIEVES FIVE STAR-RATING FROM BERTL,

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- to high-volume color imaging system with many exceptional features capabilities to recommend it,” said Terry Wirth, director, Research and Analysis, BERTL. “Overall image quality, a hallmark with Canon imaging products, was rock-solid in both black-and-white and color modes, and printer and copier modes.” Designed with versatility in mind, the Canon Color imageRUNNER C5185 model provides reliable productivity across office and professional environments. Additionally, using a variety of print
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WORKFLOW EFFICIENCY IMPROVED WITH RICOH’S GLOBALSCAN 3.1 WORKFLOW SUITE

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WORKFLOW EFFICIENCY IMPROVED WITH RICOH’S GLOBALSCAN 3.1 WORKFLOW SUITE Enables Scanning Directly to Back-end Systems, Document Management Systems and Fax Servers West Caldwell, NJ, May 29, 2008 — Ricoh Americas Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, today launched GlobalScan™ 3.1 with Workflow Suite, designed to help document-intensive organizations and companies improve workflow efficiencies by integrating scanning into their mission-critical business processes
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Is anyone else facing this from Xerox?

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We are about to lose our third school district to Xerox who is quoting FREE UNLIMITED COPIES (toner inclusive). This one, we have 7 units there now and are proposing that 4 stay. Xerox has to replace all 7 and they are still beating our hardware cost so they aren't hiding service in the equipment price. The equipment is new and the agreement is for three years. Anyone else seeing this? We have another situation that is a large church with a dozen units. Xerox has put a new color box in AT NO
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Re: Ricoh Rumor!! New Strategy?

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Does the Sammy 6345 have a feature like tihe Ricoh/Savin DOcument Server where you can store documents for walk up access? If I understand right the Sammys are relabeled as Muratec, do you guys see a benefit for being a Muratec dealer vs. Samsung dealer (maybe see less Muratec in Staples)?
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Re: Is anyone else facing this from Xerox?

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Xerox recently placed a color unit in a Print 4 Pay location in Clinton, MS. No charge for the box, just copies billed at .08 each (single click for 11 x 17).
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Re: Features you would like to see on future products

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An ldap scan to email search that doesn't require 5 button pushes (Xerox can in 2). Color scan on everything. Web access from MFP panel. More sophisticated scanning setup (create scan profiles in one application and then push to one or multiple devices simutaneously, Xerox does this). PostScript emulation at a fraction of the cost of the real postscript option (as most of our competitors have). Scan2print. Oh yes, and most important for Ricoh to stop trying to acquire it's already acquired
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Re: Is anyone else facing this from Xerox?

skbens (Guest) ·
In PA, Xerox has been pushing this promo to the school districts for three years now. We have a couple of disctricts that have Riso's and won't even entertain us on the copier side. The only way you are going to beat this is to wait and hope they screw up with servicing the account, other than that, there's no way to beat the price. Most of the schools are very happy with the program, the ones that aren't on it, hate Xerox and refuse to allow them on the RFP. I haven't heard anyone get hit
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Re: Sales Tips

Art Post (Guest) ·
Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. Conversely, if you are around people who are happy their emotional state will be infectious. You are happy it will shine through, and your sales will show it as well.
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Re: Ricoh Rumor!! New Strategy?

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We just brought in a MFX-4550 for evaluation. I printed off all the comments on this page and gave them to my service manager, and he thanks you for all the good insight. We have a tip to share back, and Ryan and Art will be glad to hear this. That annoying "confirm page size" screen that you get every time you open a paper drawer? You can turn it off. Go into the Machine Set-up/Admin Set-up screens, and poke around and you'll find it. We'll let you know how the rest of the evaluation
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Re: Ricoh Rumor!! New Strategy?

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quote: If I understand right the Sammys are relabeled as Muratec, do you guys see a benefit for being a Muratec dealer vs. Samsung dealer Muratec sent us evaluation equipment, and it came in a Samsung box. They were pretty upfront about relabeling Samsung. Art, you wrote that you've been getting service calls on small printers once you registered as a Samsung service center. Can you share any more about that?
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Re: Ricoh Rumor!! New Strategy?

Art Post (Guest) ·
We also got set up with Sammy as a service center for thier laser printers. here you can have the best of both worlds. A: there are alot of samsung printers out there. B: You can get the support on the 4550N from Muractec
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Re: LAN Fax Instructions

Art Post (Guest) ·
For those who need these files I have created one pdf document with all of the files. They are located on documentmall, under P4P users, Ricoh, then ricoh manuals, it is a 15mb file. log in credentials account: art_post user: p4pusers passcode: goodpals
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Re: Features you would like to see on future products

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The PS3 option for most of the newer models includes PDF Direct Print. You can set up a scan to folder (FTP) using the IP address of the printer you want to output on. This gives you "Scan2Print" capability. And of course, you can choose another folder on the network to scan to in the same operation...
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Re: Global buys BIg Ricoh Dealer!

Mr. Copy (Guest) ·
I am a rep working out of the Jacksonville office. We are very excited about this opportunity to carry one of the premier products lines in the world. Xerox products will give us a distinct advantage in our market.
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Features you would like to see on future products

Art Post (Guest) ·
Please put down your wish list for future features or options for mid range ricoh color mfps
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Last Week of April 2008

DW_P4P_Hotel_500x100_March2023-100

Real Copier Sales

Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your mood will very likely increase as your pursue your goal because you will feel better about yourself for going after something you value. And, you will begin to see more sales, which equal more $$$$$.

Enjoy These awesome copiers threads from 15 years ago

IKON Introduces New Printer Line

Art Post (Guest) ·
www.ikon.com . About IKON IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (www.ikon.com) is the world's largest independent channel for document management systems and services, enabling customers to improve document workflow and increase efficiency. IKON integrates best-in-class copiers, printers and MFP technologies from leading manufacturers, such as Canon, Ricoh, and Konica Minolta, and document management software and systems from companies like Captaris, Kofax, EFI, eCopy and others, to deliver tailored
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Samsung Deals another Blow to MFP Giants (Ricoh, Canon, KonicaMinolta)

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You here it from me over and over, A4 devices are the way to go!Samsung has launched their 6555N Multifunctional System, a 55 page per minute device that incorporates a go here for rest of story
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Weekend Copier Notes from 05/11/08

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4 tandem OPC drums, making paper jam removal difficult, and end user may inadvertently scratch or damage drums when removing jams o Comments from BLI on image quality:  “color saturation was below average”  “output generally not bright enough”  “smoothness, sharpness and color halftone rage were average”  “flesh tones were too red” - Street pricing seen in print for pay market: o Canon imagePRESS C6000VP w/Fiery/LCT/stacker/booklet-maker for $194,000.00. Color click @ $0.052 and b/w clicks
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Océ transforms wide format printing industry with introduction of new Océ CrystalPoin

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paper, producing crisp, waterfast high quality images with extremely accurate dot placement. Color and black & white on inexpensive plain paper The first printing system to utilize Océ CrystalPoint technology is the Océ ColorWave 600. With the Océ ColorWave 600, customers can print both color and black & white on lower cost untreated and recycled paper. Most existing color wide format products require specially coated inkjet paper. The Océ ColorWave 600 also prints an A0 sheet (one square meter
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RICOH ADDS MBM CORPORATION

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Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions. Ricoh’s fully integrated hardware and software products help businesses share information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the input, management and output of documents. Ricoh Americas Corporation directly or through its network of authorized dealers markets and distributes products in North, Central and South America. Information about Ricoh's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World
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Automated Fax Reception

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On a recent install of a Savin 9050 with fax option, the customer is not able to receive incoming automated telephone orders from Verizon via the fax option. Ricoh says this is an issue they are working on but have not come up with any solutions yet. The system they had before was the Savin 4035e, and the automated faxes came through fine. Any suggestions other than what Ricoh is telling us?
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RICOH’S DOCUMENTMALL™ RECEIVES BOOST FROM KARORA TECHNOLOGIES

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, 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 leading provider of document solutions. Ricoh’s fully integrated hardware and software products help businesses share information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the input, management and output of documents
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MP4000/5000-Rx fax problems

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Somebody else must be seeing this...Our MP4000/5000 machines cannot recieve faxes properly when they are generated through IP servers. The line opens but the comm link takes forever and we recieve each page three times. We have set Fax SP1-104-003 bit2=1 per Ricoh Tech Support. Symptoms remained but only the last page came through. Monitor report shows error code 06-21 after each attempt. All incomming faxes from traditional sources work fine. I am being told Ricoh is aware of the problem
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Re: usage management

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I sold Konica Minolta for 3 years and worked with Konica/Minolta products for 7. One of the major differences between Konica Minolta and Ricoh is administration and ease of use. It is true that Konica Minolta has this feature. The problem with it is that you can not make the quotas time sensitive. It can start to get confusing to the end user when they have to go back in and allow another 100 copies. Ricoh does not have this feature because the designers probably thought that it would
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usage management

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My prospect has told me that the Konica Minolta product they are looking at offers the capability to set specific copy quota's for users so that they may have unlimited b&w, but have 100 color copies per user for example. #1. Is anyone familiar with this feature on the Konica Minolta systems or other manufacturer's systems? #2. Assuming Ricoh products don't offer this, how would you handle this question? Thanks for any input!
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Pelican, Fuji Team To Offer New DocuColor Business

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volume, high margin print contracts. In a special arrangement with FujiFilm USA, customers of the DocuColor series digital printers will receive a free demonstration copy of the software with their purchase. Certified technicians from FujiFilm USA will install the software and owners of the printers can contact Pelican Software directly to become a Publisher of their memory book applications! Pelican Software is currently used to produce over 125 MILLION printed memory book pages per year
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Ricoh Laser vs HP Laser Video

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Hello folks.Cut and paste or even click on the link belowand watch the U-Tube video on the HP vs the 5100N. We beat them inevery category except paper handling. http://www.printershowcase.com...ed_Desktop_Laser.asp
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New Ricoh Wide Formats shown at IRGA

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MPW 7140 14ppm MPW-5100 (upgrade path from Ricoh 480W) 10ppm Embedded RW-7140 and External RW Controller: Options: Scan, DWF,VIC,CGM Scanning (150-600dpi) (150-1,200TWAIN) Embedded color or external (7140 only) scan2email, scan2file, scan2print, (LED or Color Ink Jet) It's about TIME!!!! More to come soon!
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Re: Print Management

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My experience with Print Director has just been training. It is just PrintAudit product relabeled with Ricoh's name but I still prefer to get stuff from Ricoh if possible. I think by keeping everything Ricoh (when possible) helps keep everything Ricoh (when possible) if you know what I mean. If everything is from Ricoh, they are less likely to go non-Ricoh when the opportunity arises. I can also promote the idea of keeping everything Ricoh as long as I haven't done a bunch of 3rd party stuff
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Re: usage management

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If you ignore the cost recovery aspect of Ricoh's Print and Copy Vending Embedded Solution, it may work for you. I assume you would be able to set B&W values to 0 and set color values to 1 with a one hundred limit and get what you need. This is a new product so I haven't actually worked with it. In case my attachment didn't work, the brochure number is R2480.
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Glue Binding Machines

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With the new Ricoh 906ex series there is inline glue binding. It costs a fortune. Does anybody have any insight into standalone glue binding machines for high volume binding? I have a prospect who uses a standalone Xerox Docubind.
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Re: Sales Tips

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Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your mood will very likely increase as your pursue your goal because you will feel better about yourself for going after something you value. And, you will begin to see more sales, which equal more $$$$$.
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Re: New B/W 25-50 PPM Engines Receive 2008 BBB Editor's Choice Award

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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess these are Ricoh machines?
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Re: Student proposes chalk as flier alternative

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well personally I feel it's going to hurt the Universities copier vendor as all those clicks will now go away. Next thing you know they'll ban smoking in resturants.
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Re: IS760 Scanning Options for speed.

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You will increase the speed with the scuzzi, i think dtb and twain is slowing the process down. I have placed one of these in a title company and used the network board and scanned to folder, customer was very happy and the speed was very good. Go with the network board option and mirror what the Xerox is doing.
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Re: Default Username & Password

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Let me inform you of the DISASTER that this can create. The supervisor password should NEVER be accessible for the sales staff or the end-user. The reason for this is if the supervisor password EVER get accidentally changed, (Believe me, sales and customers say that) You CANNOT fix it. You must replace the MAIN board and / or replace the NVRAM which is a nightmare/ and very costly. Just beware of who knows of this specialty login. That is probably why this login has been held in such secrecy
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Re: MP4000/5000-Rx fax problems

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Personally, I only have two of these in the field and nonw with fax. Is anyone else seeing this problem with faxing??
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Re: MP4000/5000-Rx fax problems

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You might think so, but we have at least twenty machines in various locations with exactly the same symptoms. We just yesterday brought one to the shop and reproduced the problem sending test faxes from our Blackberries. This isn't limited to the MP4000-5000 either, we are also getting reports from our field techs they are seeing it from MP2550 and MP2500 series also.
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Wide Format Scanner Buyer Guide

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Found this on the web, good stuff for all of us who are or are thinking of selling wide format scanners. The Quatra is also listed!! See attached file
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IS760 Scanning Options for speed.

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I have an acct. that is testing one of our is760d scanners. Their requirements are all docs will be 400dpi uncompressed Tiff. they have given me some comparisons to a xerox workcenter 7655 they have. Ex. 400dpi 1 sided b/w 60page doc took 36 seconds on xerox. and took 1:36 on the Is760d using usb to pc running dtb with twain driver. Has anybody have or done a comparison of USB vs Ieee1394(firewire) vs SCSI vs Network. Also what about twain vs isa drivers and compatible apps. does the hardware
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Last Week of April 2008

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Interesting topic came up today while I was out knocking on doors again!  Most of us (salespeople) have monthly quotas.  For those of us that care, we take pride in striving to meet those monthly and quarterly goals.  When we don't hit those quota's we start thinking about what went wrong, did we not prospect enough, was there not enough in the funnel.   Most of us do have a sinking feeling when we don't hit our quotas. read more here

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NETAPHOR SOFTWARE, INC. INTRODUCES USER TRACKING WITH NEW VERSION OF ITS PRINTER MANA

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2.0 includes a new Jobs Analysis view, which tracks user printed pages, the applications and documents used, when jobs were printed and to what printer—the Who, What and When of user printer management. It provides all the printer data, analytics, notification and reports for organizations to control costs, support help desk operations and improve printer service. In addition, the new version of SiteAudit includes a Host Analysis view, which tracks print queue name, port addresses, queue use
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Canon and GBC

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I am up against Canon on a big color machine. I know the Ricoh high end color machines will do GBC punching on-line. The only machines that I can find that Canon supports are the B&W 7105/7095/7086 machines. Has anybody else run across a Conon Color machine that will GBC punch?
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Re: Weekend Copier Notes from 05/04/08

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Thanks! I always love to see this info! quote: - Netaphor Software of Irvine, CA launched new software for tracking clicks on printers and MFPs. The new software, called SiteAudit 2.0, supposedly is the only software that can track clicks without the need to load software on each individual workstation. I know of several print tracking solutions that do not require software loaded on the client. some examples off the top of my head: Canon Netspot accountant (now called imageWare something-or
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Print Management

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Has anyone tried any of the products from this provider? http://www.softwareshelf.com/I found these guys on the web and did a Webex with Danny Byrnes.Their products seem impressive and I'm thinking about offering them.If you've tried their products,...
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Ode to the Copier Repairman

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An Ode to the Copier Repairman Of all the heroes great and small; comes he, the most unsung of all. You've seen him before, you know him well; he comes to do battle with the copier from Hell. He steps through your door, a glaze in his eye, a tool kit in hand, and toner on his tie. The problems, oh yes, he's seen them all, this week; the jams, the rattles, the chortles, the squeaks. The customer tells him "It's broke, see, right there!" As slowly he pulls out what's left of his hair. "Okay
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Ricoh Americas Corp. Makes Acquisition

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Ricoh Americas Corp. acquired Associated Business Systems (ABS), a Ricoh dealer headquartered in Portland, OR, U.S. The acquisition signals a major expansion by Ricoh in the Pacific Northwest marketplace. Associated Business Systems will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh Americas Corporation and be known as Associated Business Systems—A Ricoh Company.
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W2400 Embedded Printing

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Previously, we created 2 custom sizes for a customer (36x100 and 24x100). Both of these are longer than the customer will ever need but we created these due to the fact that all their drawings are different lengths and you could not create a custom driver for each. When they print to the W2400, the DIMM chip is set so that the printer will only print the "inked" area which is what we want it to do. The problem is that if you select the 24x100 customer size and there is no 24" paper in the
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Re: Need Input for Color Deal

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Customer bought: 2 - Savin CLP240d Color Printers 2 - PB3010 Large Capacity Trays 2 - SR3030 Finishers for Output $7,250 each CPC - $.0582 with toner for color CPC - $.0135 with toner for black
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Re: Ode to the Copier Repairman

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No credit to me, I'm just a salesman! Honestly, I found it on the web this morning while I was looking for a cute copier cartoon to put on my monthly sales flyer. I cut out the pictures (inside of a copier, we've all seen them before) and pasted the rest. Glad you liked it.
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Re: Ode to the Copier Repairman

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Oh, that was too good!! I'm printing this out and hanging up in our shop right now! Edited to say: our techs love this. John, do you get author credit?
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Re: SP C221SF toner yield

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I believe the starter cartridges are only good for 500 prints or so, and the max with new is only 2,000. estimated cost per page is .18 cents if you get the yield. Very expensive to run color, however good for LV mono, where they would only do 200 color pages a month.
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Re: WOMEN IN POWER

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Agreed, but lighten up on the handshake. A bone-crushing handshake is a horrible impression on anyone but especially on a woman. You would think this would be common sense, but I've had this discussion with several customers about other sales people who think a "Firm" handshake means the other person walks away in agony.
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Re: SMB Scanning and conflicts

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I have installed several MFP's w/ SMB Scanning on networks that have multiple workstations/domains and routers w/ wireless or no wireless. Of course you have to have one of the workgroup/domain names listed in the SMB workgroup setting on the MFP. This is the first step for ANY SMB installation. The default from Ricoh is WORKGROUP. Which fits to about 90% of the existing networks. But, occasionlly you will have to change this if there is no WORKGROUP located on the LAN. If you have 5 workgroup
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Re: tracking software

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John: I did a few searches and found nothing, maybe you need to use to programs to accomplish what you need. Time tracker and Print Tracker.
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SMB scanning and Administrative Login

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When SMB scanning from an MFP, I believe it's necessary to set up the MFP with administrative login rights. I'm running into a problem with a client who wants the scanning to go to their 2003 Small Business Server, but wants the password to change every week or month. How would you guys deal with this? The product is a Savin C2525. Thanks for any help!
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Art Post - Image Source Magazine

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For those that subscribe to Image Source magazine, Art has written an article in April's edition on the Sales Pipeline. Congratulations Art! on a great article. As I was reading through the article, I realized I had read most of the article before on the p4p. Thanks again for all the time and work you put into the p4p!!
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tracking software

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Here is an interesting situation I happened upon yesterday. I have a P4P customer that provides workstation computers to customers at a rate of $.20 per minute and also allows them to print to devices behind the customer counter. The customers are billed on the honor system (not smart). I was told by a Manager that they used to use a program that would track the users time once they logged onto the PC and also would track the prints and to which device they had been sent. This program was
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Plotbase upgrade

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I've added the PS option, dwg/dfx convertor and scanning to a 240W we have in the field. After updating the TAN, I was unable to print the CAD files through Plotclient Win (there is no AutoCAD present). I received an error that the file format was not supported. In talking w/ tech-support, I understand I have Plotbase 3.3 and need to upgrade to 3.7.1 which I'm downloading from the TSC website. Can anyone give me pointers on thr proper procedures and/or things to look out for?
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Last Week of April 2008

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One of my stops was to an existing wide format Architect.  Luckily my Architect was in the office and what was suppose to be a meet and greet turned into a thirty minute appointment.  My client did not have a need to replace the existing device, however we yucked it up about getting old, the high taxes in New Jersey, and thought of leaving New Jersey.  My client then asked what the rest of my day was like and I responded with telling him about my next two stops.  He then told me that he new both principals and had worked with both principals in the past. In addition he asked that I mention him when I stop in...more here

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Weekend Copier Notes from 04/27/08

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board attorney, Percy Harvey, who was deceased at the time of the signing. - In a study conducted by Lyra Research, the results of a survey found that Konica Minolta bizhub color MFPs were used to print more overall pages per month, and more color pages than similar equipment from Ricoh and Xerox. - American TonerServ Corp. of California announced it has purchased The Pendl Company of Brookfield, WI. Both are companies that provide toner cartridges. - Canon announced it has placed an imagePRESS
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Canon Q1 profit down 18 pct, cuts outlook

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the current business year. Although Canon saw healthy demand for its IXY and EOS brand digital cameras, the yen's appreciation hurt its overall profitability. The company earns more than three-quarters of its group revenues overseas, but the value of those earnings falls when converted back into a stronger Japanese currency. Sluggish copier demand in the United States also hit Canon, which competes with Xerox Corp (XRX.N: Quote, Profile, Research), Konica Minolta Holdings Inc (4902.T: Quote
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Kyocera Mita America’s Data Security Kit Offers Advanced Encryption and Overwrite Cap

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, as set forth by Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), HIPAA, or other federal government mandates, as well as stringent data security needs to ensure secure printing, sending and coping of highly confidential materials, Kyocera Mita America has added critical enhancements to its Data Security Kit, including Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Overwriting and Data Encryption. Data Security Kit (C) will overwrite all data on the standard HDD at the device level immediately after each copy, print and scan job is completed
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Re: Samsung SCX-6345N

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Nice unit, MSRP fom Samsung is $2,995, MSRP from Muratec is $4,995. Letter and Legal only, 50 page df, sorter/stapler, max paper capacity 2,200 sheets plus by-pass. Scan2email, scan2folder, color scan, walkup fax, fax4ward2pdf or folder. We are doing all inclusives for .0160 Runs very well, our customers are averaging 7,000 pages per month. Accounting package does not work (as of three months ago). Will not receive letter and legal faxes, they must print toone size paper only. System is still
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Should Ricoh have added color scanning to the MP6000 series?

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Print Control/Mgmt

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I'm trying to offer a solution that would allow my prospect to manage their printing more effectively and efficiently. It's a private school that will be replacing many HPLJ's and many inkjet printers. We're proposing a few color mfp's, some color laser printers and some b&w laser printers. I need a solution that will allow the administrator to track usage by user across all devices with one simplified report. Oh yeah, and it needs to be inexpensive I'd appreciate any input.
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Need Input for Color Deal

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A customer of ours contacted me today on a new program they are implementing. This customer is a newspaper company with roughly 380 newspapers under their belt. The program is that they want to print color double sided letter size invoice statements to their clients to the tune of 96,000 color prints per month. I am debating on what to quote them. They currently have two Xerox Phaser printers with 3 paper trays, but the problem is the output tray only holds 500 sheets. They will make production
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You Can't Satisfy Every Customer

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Sometimes you cannot satisfy a customer, no matter how much customer service you provide, and how well the system operates. Case in point...We have had this customer for 8 years, and had sold them a Savin 2527, and a Savin 4027sp as the latest series. They had a 48 month lease contract with full service, and had been happy up to 3 years ago, from what they say. I received a letter they sent to the leasing company stating they did not wish to renew their lease, nor did they want another Savin
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fax4ward issue with MP5500SP

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Our cleint had scanrouter and was forwarded all faxes to email, we upgraded this client to the MP5500Sp and added the fax option. We programed all faxes to be forwarded to email and all has worked well. However, now the customer has an issue with the naming solution that fax4warding uses with the MP5500SP, the systems gives and arbritrary (hope I spelled that right)file number when forwarded. Scanrouter actually showed the incoming fax number. The client likes the new system, however not the
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Re: Need Input for Color Deal

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From the outside looking in, this deal begs for a total solution proposal that takes into consideration more than just speeds and feeds but you can't do it justice by tomorrow afternoon. What is the nature of the content? Is content that is color static and the variable B&W? If so, they would be better served financially with pre-printed stock. Is the intent purely to generate an invoice or do they intend to use this output to promote products or services. If it is the latter, have you looked
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Re: Need Input for Color Deal

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I also agree that this situation calls for much more than just hardware. There are data issues and workflow issues here. Hardware is the last part of this equation. In addition to Old Glory's questions, Have they discussed where their data is coming from, what format it's in and whether it's proprietary? How clean is the data? Do they have any other delivery needs for the output (for example, archiving pdfs of the invoices, searchable archiving, faxing, emailing)? How do they currently generate
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Re: Need Input for Color Deal

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Well, unfortunately I do not get to present those ideas to this customer. They have already implemented a Pitney Bowes mail-merge system that is set up to send out renewal notices (not invoices) to 67 newspaper customers around the country. They aleady have in place a folder/envelope stuffer/sealer in place to take the printed notices. I approached them with the idea of getting the notices pre-printed for greater savings, but the response was, the system was already in place to print. They had
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Re: Ricoh MPC6000 vs Xerox WC7665

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Good morning: The truth of the matter is that the Xerox DC systems are 2400 dpi, but at 1-bit. And KM is at 600 dpi, but 8-bit. keep in mind that there is also a third factor that dictates image quality, and that is the dither pattern, which is essentially how those individually modulated dots are placed next to each other to create the illusion of shades and tones. The problem is that it can't be easily quantified, so no one talks about it. At the end of the day, don't get caught up into the
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Re: Samsung SCX-6345N

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Are you selling these as an alternative to the Ricoh's when the deal is tight? Do you have a good mark-up for GP?
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Re: Need Input for Color Deal

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I also received a copy of what they are printing. I will scan and attach tomorrow to show what the output is. I should be able to put the quote off until Monday to gain more insight.
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Re: You Can't Satisfy Every Customer

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3 jams in 168,000? come on, that is not possible, I would guess like 100 jams atleast. Maybe you had to visit it 3 times, but most jams are customer removable. I have never seen a copier that had only 3 jams in 168000 unless its a high volume copier running all day, never in a normal office environment. Too many variables affecting the machine/paper over too long time for this to happen. If the customer really only had 3 jams, and did not tolerate that, he should get a diploma for being the
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Re: SCANNER/PRINTER KIT TYPE 7500

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Good morning: Configuring the SR5000 for either the GBC or BK5010 is not a new requirment. If you take a look at the last few generations of Ricoh MFPs that supported the options, there has always be the requirement to include the 100-sheet doument finisher when configuring the GBC or Plockmatic. While finisher models have changed (SR841, SR842, and now SR5000) the requirement has always been there.
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Re: Need Leasing Help!

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Great America is now doing print fleet management leases which by definition funds a payment not collateralled (not really a word) by equipment. If they are willing to that, I would think that they would no longer hold to the typical maximum 125% of MSRP rules. Another idea...can you pre-fund maintenance and exaggerate the rate? By that I mean add $68,000 to your normal maintenance rate but attribute it all to maintenance. I've never tried...just trying to think outside the box.
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Re: no e-cabinet now what?

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Our company has just taken on Nitix (network in a box). I am selling Docuary (P4P Capture Software)and then using google desktop as the search engine.
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Re: Print Control/Mgmt

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Ooops sorry. Smart Accounting only works with users codes. Try the print director software suite.
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Re: Samsung SCX-6345N

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How do you get away with selling for $5,500 when they retail for $2995 and are sold on the internet for $2,700? Am I missing something?
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Re: Samsung SCX-6345N

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The one I just sold had an additional paper tray and the finsiher and cabinet. Muratec MSRP is $4,995 for 4550, I think $800 for finisher and $350 for paper tray and $400 for cabinet. What I have been doing is not leading with this machine, I am leading with traditional A3 systems. When I get an objection, whether competition or price, I then ask the user if 11x17 is really needed to copy, print or scan. In most cases the answer is NO, from there I proceed to tell the story about how A4
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Re: Samsung SCX-6345N

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xerox relabels this as well correct?
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Need Leasing Help!

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Customer wants to get rid of toshibas. I can save them money and start a new lease, however lease is 168% of MSRP plus it is over $100K. Is there anyone who will not blend at that percentage of some leasing company that will work with us better than CIT, DLL & USXL. Thanx
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no e-cabinet now what?

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Since Ricoh has discontinued the e-cabinet. What is everyone offering for a solution for the small to mid users for document storage?
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Web Image Monitor

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I couldn't wait to tell you all about this. I had to demonstrate Web Image Monitor to a customer, they were interested in the ease of use for programing the MFP. Our company has no demo units, nothing new in stock and they would have charged me $250 to ship a machine down to demo. I did a search on google and found 8 web image monitors that were on wan's. I then found two were the users had left the default username and passcode. End result I was able to log in as admin and demo WIB to client
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RISO INTRODUCES NEW SERIES OF DIGITAL DUPLICATORS

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Danvers, MA – April 22, 2008 – RISO, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high speed printers and duplicators, announced today the introduction of two new series of digital duplicators: the CZ and EZ series. The new EZ series, which includes the EZ220, EZ390 and EZ590 models, are designed to enhance productivity, print quality and offer a host of features not previously possible with traditional office printing equipment. The CZ180 is also being introduced as the first model in the new CZ series
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Second Week of April 2008

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What I have learned that makes a big difference in how I continue to make quota each month. Read the quotes posted here on the p4p. This site has probably 1000 years worth of experience right here at your fingertips. I can't begin to tell you how many times a day I will log on to find an answer to a question. Art keeps such a history of posts that covers virtually any problem or question you come across.  read more here

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Danka Business Systems PLC Signs Agreement With Konica Minolta to Sell U.S. Business

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stronger as a result." Upon consummation of the transaction, DOIC will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta, and will maintain its current offices in St. Petersburg, Florida and elsewhere. Konica Minolta will supplement the product mix including network-ready multifunctional products (print, copy, fax and scan all in one system) and network printers in DOIC markets beginning in mid-2008. DOIC will continue servicing its customers with its highly trained sales and service teams. Frazier
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Konica Minolta and Oce' Strengthens Buisness Alliance

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Office printing systems: Konica Minolta will supply its products to Oce on an OEM basis, from its entire product line. Production printing systems: Both companies will supply products to each other on OEM basis. For the joint developed products, each party will sell through each sales channel with each brand. This strategic business alliance will provide Konica Minolta with entry to one of the most extensive provider in the industry for office as well as production printing systems and related
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RICOH AMERICAS CORPORATION UNVEILS

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7500 Series. To meet the changing needs of the marketplace, Ricoh upgraded the Aficio MP 5500/MP 6500/MP 7500 Series and increased its print speeds to offer users more efficient and productive copiers at an aggressive price point. With speeds of 60 pages per minute (ppm), 70 ppm and 80 ppm, respectively, the Aficio MP 6000/MP 7000/MP 8000 Series provides users with professional, high-quality, black and white prints. In addition, quick warm-up times and a single-pass duplexing document feeder that
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Ricoh May Miss Profit Target as U.S. Sales

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Ricoh May Miss Profit Target as U.S. Sales Decline, Nikkei Says By Jason Clenfield April 12 (Bloomberg) -- Ricoh Co. of Japan may miss its pretax profit target for the 12 months ended March 31 this year because of weak sales in the U.S., the Nikkei newspaper said, without citing where it got the information. The maker of copiers and printers is expected to report pretax profit of 180 billion yen ($1.8 billion) for fiscal 2008, down from an earlier estimate of 192 billion yen, the Nikkei said
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RICOH PRODUCTION PRINTING BUSINESS GROUP CONDUCTS EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS

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president of Marketing, PPBG, Ricoh Americas Corporation. For more information on PPBG please visit www.ricoh-usa.com/ppbg . About Ricoh’s Production Printing Business Group The Production Printing Business Group (PPBG) of Ricoh Americas Corporation is dedicated to delivering state-of-the-art, high-speed production systems that provide efficient document workflows with high-volume production printing and finishing. Incorporating superior engineering, service, reliable technology, and extensive software

CANON U.S.A. DELIVERS TWO NEW PRINT CONTROLLERS TO HELP REALIZE THE FULL POTENTIAL OF

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color intensive corporate environments that require color accuracy. “The new ColorPASS-GX200 and imagePASS-H1 will allow businesses and mid-level production users to achieve faster processing, unimagined color output, and benefit from extraordinary control over their printed color documents,” said Sam Yoshida, vice president and general manager, Enterprise Systems Division, Canon U.S.A. “By better managing the color print process using these feature-rich controllers, users will be able to
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CANON U.S.A. ADDS TWO NEW MULTIFUNCTION SYSTEMS TO ITS COLOR imageRUNNER SERIES FOR S

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Lake Success, N.Y., April 1, 2008 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in document imaging and office solutions, today announced the addition of the Color imageRUNNER C3480 Series and the Color imageRUNNER C3080 Series. Joining the Color imageRUNNER C2550 announced in February 2008, the Color imageRUNNER C3480/C3080 Series models bring time-savings, performance and high-quality output to smaller offices and workgroup environments. With print speeds of up to 34/30 pages-per-minute (ppm) in monochrome
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Used Copier Sales

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We used to do great business in used. Good for the company and great commission for sales rep, seems like used has driedup now - anyone else having the same problem? Any suggestions on how to reverse this trend?
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CANON U.S.A. BRINGS THE POWER OF ITS imageRUNNER LINE TO THE DESKTOP WITH THE ADDITIO

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printers are powered by the same high-performance system architecture developed for Canon’s Color imageRUNNER line -- delivering extraordinary productivity, robust functionality and enhanced processing capacity. The new models provide fast first-printout times and high-quality letter-sized output speeds of up to 30 pages per minute (ppm) in color and 31ppm in black-and-white, as well as 1200 X 1200 dots-per-inch (dpi) resolution. These models also produce remarkable color and monochrome documents
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Ricoh 615c

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Last year this machine was getting some bad press and I'm just wondering if things have improved. Is anybody selling it? Hows the color? Hows the service?
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Re: Danka Business Systems PLC Signs Agreement With Konica Minolta to Sell U.S. Business

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Also, internally Konica/Minolta just announced Alan Nielsen as the SR. VP of Dealer Sales...
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Re: Danka Business Systems PLC Signs Agreement With Konica Minolta to Sell U.S. Business

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This was posted last night by another Canon P4P member. Now that Xerox has purchased Global, and KM has purchased Danka...........well that makes a total of 2 large distribution channels that will no longer be Canon re-sellers. The Global deal stung a little, but this is really going to hurt. Maybe Ikon is in Canon's sights? For Canon's sake, I would sure hope so because if I were Ricoh, I know I would be planning my next move. Ricoh dodged a bullet on this one (Danka). If Ricoh were to go
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Address Book Upload for Ricoh MP2550

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Could someone give me instructions on how to upload an address book for an MP2550?
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Copier life expectancy

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Does anyone have any data on copier life expectancy?
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Re: Salespeople Get No Respect?

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so in conclusion to the story, management blamed sales person for cc'ing Red in an email to management. Salesperson thought it would be GOOD that they know also. Nothing is being done about the nasty vm's. Salesperson then stated they will just not acknowledge Red anymore. So, it is almost two weeks later nothing is delivered, backordered from Ricoh on accessories, and no delivery in site for at least 7 or eight more days. Salesperson is now looking for a NEW job!
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Re: PB3050 on an MP5000

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Problem "solved"? We have the basic version of this model, (no HDD, extra memory, etc.) So no auto continue feature. If we add the document server (HDD) we will then gain auto continue. It would be nice if Ricoh mentioned this in compatibility notes (Product Support Guide). We have a customer who may not like paying for an LCT to do large uninterrupted copy jobs, only to find their job incomplete and the copier waiting for them to press the start button again. Thanks for opportunity to
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Re: Copier life expectancy

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Jomama Posted Mon April 14 2008 07:51 AM quote: It is actually the law that any manufacturer must maintain parts for 7 years after the last date that the product is sold new. What kind of law? How would that be enforced on overseas manufacturers? Beats me...all I can say is that in the 27 years I've been in the business, I have represented every manufacturer except Xerox and Sharp (including some not around anymore like Saxon and 3M) and everyone says the same thing. How does the U.S. get
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RBS "Rules of Engagement"

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In a letter to RFG Dealers Kirk Yoshida outlines a new rule of engagement for RBS. Basically RBS is not to solicit business from any account which is a Ricoh, Lanier or Savin customer of an RFG Dealer! send me an email and I will email you a copy of the letter if needed.
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Re: Konica Minolta Pro 1050

5050 (Guest) ·
.005 is still very profitable on this device....One great way to displace this machine is with a duplicator: It's a niche market but if you find Low Coverage Environments that need to run very heavy or a substrate not conducive to heat....Trust me,,,just demo your dup - You'll win.
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Re: Kofax Capture compatible with 8025e

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I have little experience but I do remember presenting a solution with kofax with a ricoh scanner. At that time I needed to purchase a kofax Adrenaline 650 board for the scanner or the pc, can't remember. You will also need to know what version of Kofax Capture/Ascent Capture they are using. Check with them http://knowledgebase.kofax.com/faqsearch/search.aspx
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Re: IP Fax, Internet Fax, or LAN Fax

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To me it sounds like they need to get a dedicated fax line instead of trying to compensate with software. This would be most simple and most reliable.
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Re: IP Fax, Internet Fax, or LAN Fax

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quote: To me it sounds like they need to get a dedicated fax line instead of trying to compensate with software. This would be most simple and most reliable. I don't see anyone recommending software for this issue in this thread. Obviously a dedicated fax line would be the best solution but my interpretation of the OP's message is that they were trying to avoid that.
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Re: IP Fax, Internet Fax, or LAN Fax

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quote: What I mean is that while there are other solutions, #1. how much money can you make on them #2. do you or your service department really want to learn and support them? #1. It means we can separate ourselves from the other guys that tell the customer that they need another dedicated fax line at $30 to $50 a month. #2 Sure it's a bit of a risk at first but it's a $99.00 piece with a one year warranty. Let the customer know up front that it's not covered under the maintenance program
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Re: Used Copier Sales

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That's puzzling. It should be better now than ever with economic factors being what they are and what does the 2550 do that the 2022 doesn't do? Color scanning? Is that worth paying double? What about used color? We are finally seeing good used color boxes (other than the original 1200 series that we would never put back out) becoming available. Used digital Wide Format has merit if you know where to look. We don't do much cost per copy that includes the equipment but it is a sales strategy
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Re: user codes on ricoh printers

mmetal (Guest) ·
the ricoh cl3500n thanks
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Re: user codes on ricoh printers

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I have a CL3000 and if I added the hd, I would then get these additional features: Locked Print and Sample Print. What I would do is downlaod the RPCS driver for the CL3500, and then add the HD and see what additionals features are avaialble. I would say it has to do with the hard drive, however check out the driver first.
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Re: Whose is Gonna Acquire Who in 08!

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Looks like I forgot to include KonicaMinolta, just goes to show you that you can't figure out this business!
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Re: user codes on ricoh printers

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into the printer, then go into Configuration/User Authentication and select what you want to manage. Then as Art said, you'll need to enter the user code into the print driver. With the RPCS it is a one time thing and it's computer specific. With PCL, you can change the user code as you like. Another note, you have to do something to initialize or tell the printer it has a hard drive, this is beyond me and usually our service department does this.
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Re: W2400 Embedded Printing

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Here's an update on the printing problem. When using our windows drivers, it seems as though the print output is predicated on the application. For example, let's say you create a custom size that is 36"x100". If you were to print a 36"x50" file out of Catia (using the custom page size you set up previously), you will get 50" inches of drawing image and then 50" of blank paper. If you repeat this procedure but print a document out of MS Word, you will get 50" of image and then the W2400 cuts
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Re: RICOH AMERICAS CORPORATION UNVEILS

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Why no color scanning? This lack cost me a deal against Xerox!!!
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Re: Copier life expectancy

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I would say as long as they have parts available, whether new parts or from old trade ins. One of the conversations that I have with people is that unlike before, our systems now have two lives to consider. Because our systems are now an intergral part of the overall technology of a business or organization, they need to not only realize that there are both a mechanical and a functional lifespan to their system. As I said earler, as long as there are parts available, we can keep a copier going
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Re: Copier life expectancy

Jomama (Guest) ·
Yes, I agree, most companies outgrow their copier. Obviously, the most important change was in connectivity. Digital technology and modular technology added to reliability and total uptime for productivity. Whereas with analog machines, they are older, cheaper and they can be rebuilt until the cows come home.
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Re: Copier life expectancy

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Ricoh use to claim that they would guarantee parts availability for 7 years after a product was discontinued. Not sure if that still holds true but that was the standard.
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Re: Copier life expectancy

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As for the parts availability of any of the Ricoh series, you can find that info on ROL under the Parts Bulletins.
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Re: Copier life expectancy

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Heres how Ricoh does it: "The period of assured parts avialability is seven years from Ricoh Corporation's product discontinuation date. After the Final Month of Assumed Availability for a discontinued model, procurement of such parts may not be available. After the termination of Parts Availability, theere is a high risk of being unable to obtain such parts."
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Kofax Capture compatible with 8025e

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Had a customer ask if their Savin 8025e was compatible with Kofax Capture. Can anybody help with this question?
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Sorters for Duplicators

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I have not been asked this question in 15 years, so I need some help from all. Risograph used to have a 27 bin sorter that could be attached to their duplicators but cost about the same price as the duplicator itself. They were cumbersome and really defeated the purpose of what a duplicator was designed to do, but nevertheless, they did sort. I have a new customer that wants to see if they are still available for the Ricoh series. Ricoh tells me that they are partnering with MBM Corp for
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Document Mall

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Looking for some feedback about Doc Mall? Is anyone selling this service, and if so how is it working for you and the end user? Is there much money to be made? Thanks in advance for any replies.
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IRGA Show

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Heard today Ricoh is showing a 10ppm (possible upgrade to 480W) and a 14 ppm system. WOW! Jopefully one of these will have color scanning
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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What I have learned that makes a big difference in how I continue to make quota each month is read the quotes posted here on the p4p. This site has probably 1000 years worth of experience right here at your fingertips. I can't begin to tell you how many times a day I will log on to find an answer to a question. Art keeps such a history of posts that covers virtually any problem or question you come across.  read more here

Enjoy These awesome copiers threads from 15 years ago

Axacore Certifies Faxing with the Xerox Workcenter Pro

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San Diego, CA, April 05, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Axacore, a worldwide provider of fax and imaging solutions, announced that Axacore has certified the Xerox Workcenter Pro to interface with their fax server product, FaxAgent. FaxAgent offers users the convenience to easily send faxes from all popular multi-function copiers from manufacturers such as Cannon, Xerox, HP, Sharp, Konica and Ricoh. The FaxAgent multi-function device interfaces enable companies to reduce the number of devices that require
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Weekend Copier Notes from 04/06/08

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company claims that it can produce pages as fast as 1000 per minute, however, this would be for low quality b/w images. It operates a much slower when printing in higher quality color. Unknown when the company will ship an actual printer that uses this technology. - Ricoh won an award from VARBusiness magazine as it was voted its desktop printers as the most profitable to sell by computer VAR/dealers. - Sharp announced that its GSA Schedule 36 contract was extended until the year 2011. (this is
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Konica Minolta Debuts bizhub PRO 2500P (250ppm)

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Ramsey, N.J. – March 4, 2008 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies today unveiled the bizhub PRO™ 2500P at the 2008 ON DEMAND Conference and Exposition. The bizhub PRO 2500P is the first in a series of engines marketed by Konica Minolta to address heavy production print requirements in both the in plant and commercial printing markets. The new single pass duplex cut-sheet printers bring a new level
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So Easy, A Copier Rep Can Sell It!!

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The copier industry is facing tough times. It is no longer just about speeds and feeds, rather how can the equipment be used as part of a business process to increase productivity? Usually that business process includes software add-ons. The software add-ons can be for a specific task; for example, managing access and usage, or for general purpose document processing and document management. All of the manufacturers now have reliable devices that will print, scan, fax and copy in color or
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How Printshops Stay in Business

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? Many didn’t charge enough and built their entire marketing strategy on being the lowest-cost producer selling commodity products. As customers begin buying printing from the surviving printers, they are expecting to pay higher prices because they realize a printer must sell products and services at a price that includes a profit. Printbuyersonline.com, an organization of professional print buyers, asked its members how much do you expect prices to increase on your print projects in 2008
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user codes on ricoh printers

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does anybody know if i need to have a hard drive on a ricoh printer to have the user code functionality or are the 30 out of the box user codes stored in memory ?
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MP3350/Savin 9033spf Backorders

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Just found out that a Savin 9033spf that I ordered last week is on backorder, all accessories shipped fine. I looked at the ETA, which shows September 2008. In other words, they have none in stock and no window of availability. However, there are still 3 of the Savin 9025's in California. If you're selling these, be prepared for a long wait!
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Ricoh Introduction of the Aficio MP 6000/MP 7000/ MP 8000

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Ricoh is pleased to announce the introduction of the new Aficio MP 6000/MP 7000/MP 8000 monochrome digital imaging systems. These new systems which copy and print at 60/70/80-ppm respectively, replace the Aficio MP 5500/MP 6500/MP 7500 and are designed to support the document workflow and productivity needs of today’s networked office environments. On the higher end of the line, these devices also fit well in Central Reproduction Department (CRD) and Print for Pay environments. The Aficio MP
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Re: How many prospects are in your territory?

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If that number of businesses includes resturants and retail, you have a tough row to hoe my friend. Really, number of businesses is a poorer way of gauging one territory vs another than number of employees. However, the only "accurate" way is to use the BEQI (pr. becky) Index. That stands for Business Equipment Quota Index which is a market quota index for B&W and Color MFP's, B&W and color printers, and Fax's. It makes it possible to compare different territories b county, metro area, or zip
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You know your sales process is outdated when......

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.There is little thought of or interaction with your customers' customers. Sales is a chain reaction. If your customers' customers are happy, your customer will be happy. Do you know how your product fits into the overall package your customer offers to his customers? And does your sales process address this critical link? 8.Your salespeople are internally focused. How much of your salespeople's time is spent in internal meetings and doing administrative tasks? In most companies, it's a lot. How
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SCANNER/PRINTER KIT TYPE 7500

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On the new MPC 6000/7500 there is a option in my price book for scanner/printer kit. What is this for. I thought these machines comes standard with print/scan. No where can I find what this is for. HELP. Thanks
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Savin 8075 Phantom Jams

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I sold an 8075 3 months ago to a towing company who runs about 65k per month. Every so often they will get a jam light that says the jam is in the bypass tray. Nothing was fed from the bypass tray. They use letter in tray one, legal in tray two,...
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W2400 Embedded Printing

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I have a new customer using the RPCS driver to print from Catia vs 5 out of Windows. The driver wants them to select the original size and also the output size but this will not work as they do not work with standard sizes. They may have a 36"x57" and the next is 36"x 73". They do not want to have to create a custom size each time prior to printing. Anyone know if there is a way to create a custom size that is longer than they will ever need and if the embedded controller will print only
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Businesses leading the way

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Ricoh New Zealand’s parent company, Ricoh Group, has been selected as one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. “Worldwide, the Ricoh Group has long held sustainability as integral to its business approach, and this has helped us maintain market leadership,” says Ricoh New Zealand Managing Director Mike Pollok. Mr Pollok says it is a great honour to be the only brand, of the top three New Zealand copier/print distributors, to be named in the Global 100. “Between 2007 and
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eCabinet Supplement: DocuLex Provides Instant Document Access with Archive Studio 4 D

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as an eCabinet supplement, and to request a convenient online program demonstration, call DocuLex at (863) 297-3691 ext. 236 or email access@doculex.com . [b] About DocuLex [/b] Incorporated in 1996, Winter Haven, Florida-based DocuLex creates open-system document management software for use with desktop and production document scanners, as well as digital multifunctional copiers, facsimile and wide format units. Through an extensive reseller channel, the company offers network-enabled document
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Re: SCANNER/PRINTER KIT TYPE 7500

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If you look in the footnotes that Ricoh has with their pricing, you will see that footnote (1) lists what is standard and the controller is not listed. Footnote(3) says "Machines do ot include a controller for network printing and scanning. Controller is ordered seperately." I'm sure the thought is that when there is a Fiery option, no one wants to have to pay for the Ricoh controller as well.
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A Targeted Prospecting List:

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A Targeted Prospecting List: Your First Step to More Sales What's the first step toward making a sale? It's not setting an appointment. It's not even picking up the telephone. The first step in making your sale is to decide who to call. Who should you call? It's an old adage, but still true: if you are marketing to everyone, you are marketing to no one. So before you can develop a list of prospects to call you must first create a profile of your ideal customer. Be specific. The better and more
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Document Server Files to PDF

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A customer has a Savin 4035 that he bought in 2005. He has the print/scan option, but did not get the file format converter. Now he wants to transfer his document server files over to PDF but like I said, he does not have the file format converter. Is it possible to transfer the files to PDF without the file format converter, or will he have to print the files and then scan them to a PDF?
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New KIP 9000 Wide Format

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needs. Warranty Information All KIP models come with a 90-day parts and labor warranty for manufacturer defects directly from KIP. KIP 9000 Features • KIP 9000: Prints 22 ‘D’ size sheets per minute at 600 x 600 dpi resolution o That’s 15% faster than any other printer in its class! • 100% toner efficient operation from 4 media rolls • Integrated touch screen display provides advanced system management • KIP software and application drivers included with each system KIP 9000 Print, Copy and Scan
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NEW Docuary Forum!!

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We've added a new forum to our site!! Docuary (Dok-u-arie) Document Management for everyone. Docuary is a P4P branded product and has thousands of installs. I was asked to bring this to all of us. The end result is that all of us will make more GP, more sales and get us out of just selling boxes. Docuary Forum
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The OKI CX3641

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Today is the day that OKI Printing Solutions redefines Color MFP. With the launch of the CX3641 MFP, you now have the ability to sell the only High Definition Color A3 MFP featuring embedded EFI SendMe Scanning and Fiery Technologies for unsurpassed document management, workflow integration and color control. The CX3641 is a business color MFP that can print, copy, scan and fax. Plus, with print and copy speeds up to 36 ppm color and 40 ppm black and white, 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution and
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Re: Salespeople Get No Respect?

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I agree with all the responses about the fault lying with management for not standing up for the person that brings in the bacon. COMMUNICATION with all parties in a timely manner, not the day before, would have made the salesperson a happy camper. The damage was already done, but I assume the orders were processed, so if I was the salesperson, I would do like the others said and bring the donuts, lunch, drinks, whatever to try and difuse the situation from happening again. Everyone in our
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Re: MP3350/Savin 9033spf Backorders

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Just got an email from the Ricoh order entry person and she said they are due in the TN warehouse the week of 4/14.
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Re: Salespeople Get No Respect?

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Okay....so here's the solution....just tell the sales admin how nice of a job she's doing and send me the gift card for the dinner for two!
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Re: SCANNER/PRINTER KIT TYPE 7500

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I'm the last person to praise any web site of Ricoh's, and once in a great while I find an error in the item numbers. But, Connectivity Cafe is usually worth your 30 seconds. It will alert you that the SR-5000 is required on the MP 9000 series.
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Re: AF2232

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Does it happen with both faxing and scanning? Is the image missing in the same area on scans and faxes? If this is happening with both and the same area of the image is missing on both, I would tend to think it is Operator Error or a Hardware Malfunction. Anyway you can send me docs from the unit?
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Re: Document Server Files to PDF

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If it is a one-time thing, print then scan is probably best. I've never done much with the File Format Converter but can't you add it? Maybe it is worth $300 to the customer to be done with it.
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AF2232

Sypher (Guest) ·
Hey can anyone help? I am having a problem with a AF2232 every now and again when my customer scans of faxes part of the document image is missing. Any Ideas
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Last Week of March 2008

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Manager then emails other managers about this and the person who was on vaca for the day has to come in. Salesperons feels really bad, however salesperson still has bills to pay and the salesperson small salary can't hold forever.more here

Xerox tool calculates environmental impact of printers

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Jeremy Kirk PC World Tuesday, March 25, 2008; 11:19 AM Many businesses want to jump on the green IT bandwagon, but don't know where to start. But a new software calculator can suggest how offices can reduce the environmental impact of printers, copiers and other devices. Xerox says its "Sustainability Calculator" uses proprietary algorithms and document assessment research to suggest ways to reduce energy and paper consumption from office devices regardless of manufacturer. On Tuesday Xerox
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Canon and efi

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billion. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com . (i) Source - Gartner Dataquest - "Printer, Copier and MFP Quarterly Statistics - Database, 4Q2007", February 2008 (ii) IFI Patent Intelligence Press Release, January 2008 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
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Re: New Tactics from RBS

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more items. It seems the next bug growth in copiers is the very high end in print production and I don't see Ricoh giving those units to dealers any time soon.
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Ricoh Nitix HELP!!!!

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must have an Interent connection- are always connected (function is part of solution) 5. Be the 1-stop shop your customer needs for all IT, Copier & Network services. 3. Our March Promo - A $5,999.00 +shpg (Regular SRP $17,000.00) - Ricoh pays $11,000.00 til MARCH 28th 3 - Servers to Resell (2 Mark 1 Units and 1 Micro unit) Including Software and 5 Licenses of Nitix, AntiVirus, Anti-Spam for each server $2500 of Software applications Onsite Technical Certification/Training. (no travel expense
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Pay at the copier with a credit card

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he CPI system allows you to pay with a credit card at the copier. Fast and Easy. Direct bank deposit with no transaction charge. Price is less than a coin-op. Works with copiers, B/W and color, MFP, fax and computer time billing. Also with a remote access providing a printed receipt for non credit card users. www.CPIsystem.com (321) 914-3242 Florida
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Savin SPC222DN & Vista

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I've installed a Savin SPC222DN with a TCP/IP port on a Vista PC and once a day, all of the printers in the control panel disappear and you get a message saying something to the effect that before you can print you must install a printer. After rebooting the PC, the printers are back. Anyone experienced this or a similar problem? Any known solutions? I've since installed the driver on a 2003 server and shared it out, but I don't believe this will correct the problem. I'm stalling until I have a
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IP Fax, Internet Fax, or LAN Fax

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Help me understand what this customer needs. I sold a Savin 816mf to a doctor's office. Now they want to fax signed prescriptions to pharmacies via the 816mf, but not using the phone line which is now connected to their credit card machine. If the pharmacy has a standard fax machine using a phone line, what feature do I need to show the doctor? IP Fax, Internet Fax, LAN Fax, or something else?
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Salespeople Get No Respect?

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Thursday evening. Salesperson sends email to manager stating how can this happen at this time of year! Manager then emails other managers about this and the person who was on vaca for the day has to come in. Salesperons feels really bad, however salesperson still has bills to pay and the salesperson small salary can't hold forver. Salesperson then receives email from booking administrator stating how unfair the sales person is to that person, and then is told that the they could have and would have
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No color print indication

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a color signal is sent when a color copy is made but not when a color print. Need signal to count and bill for colored prints with a CPI system credit card terminal. most new Ricoh MFP could not provide a signal. Only B/W and copies not colored prints. Need firmware solution for 4 universities that have the device. CPIsystem.com Basil http://cpisystem.com/picindex.html
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Re: New Tactics from RBS

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This story is a little old but worth repeating: We have a very good P4P client who has been with us for years. Loves their Ricoh 2090s, loves us. Adores me because I'm his local PrintShop Mail guru (yes, a little cross-vendor action there, thank you, Konica Solutions :-)...) He went to Graph Expo last September. This is the big printing industry show that is held in Chicago every fall. It takes up most of the huge McCormick Place convention center. All the big guns (Heidelberg, Kodak, etc etc
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Ricoh Losing Assignment of Proceeds

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I wander if this has happened to anyone else. When leasing to customers, we use the Assignment of Proceeds form that allows the leasing company to pay Ricoh direct for the equipment invoice. I usually sell 7-8 of these per month. The problem is that Ricoh keeps telling us that we owe a tremendous amount of money for the equipment that was leased and assigned to them. The leasing companies send all of Ricoh's monies to a lock box at the JP Morgan Chase Bank in Chicago. I have been very specific
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Danka Europe

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subsidiaries and affiliates in 21 countries. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, revenues from Ricoh's European operations totalled over EUR 3.15 billion, accounting for 22.7% of Ricoh Company Ltd.'s global revenues. Ricoh Company Ltd.'s worldwide sales increased by 5.6% totalling Yen 1,915 billion (EUR 13.9 billion). Certain statements contained in this press release, including statements related to Danka's future business and financial performance, are forward-looking. Such statements reflect
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Current Ricoh Spreadsheet for Monochrome

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see attached file
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Ricoh Full Line Color

Art Post (Guest) ·
see attached file
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Sammy 40PPM A3 Color MFP under $5K

Art Post (Guest) ·
- More info on Samsung’s first floor-standing color laser MFP, the CLX-8380DN offering: o Base MSRP of $4999.00 o Actually made by Samsung of Korea o Letter/legal size paper only o Competes against the Hewlett Packard Color LaserJet 4730MFP o This product may be relabeled by Xerox and Muratec (as they currently relabel other Samsung made models) o 40ppm top speed color or b/w o 600x600dpi or 1200x1200dpi (not 8 bits per pixel) o Interpolated up to 4800dpi o 4 tandem OPC drum design o
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Re: Postscript and Windows Authentication

no_dice (Guest) ·
No luck with the new driver(s) and PS. The one from the ricoh website won't even install on print server running Windows 2003. No Dice
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Re: P4PHotel - Konica Minolta Board

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RFG vs Konica-Minolta - Sounds like a duel to me.
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Re: New Tactics from RBS

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understand why Ricoh behaves this way, Xerox doesn't try to cut their dealers throats, why does Ricoh"? Nice thing is that RBS cannot go into this account now. They have been directed from the higher ups to leave it alone since we are the dealer of record. I think they are desperate. The RBS branch I was told only has two technicians that cover a huge area. I guess that is why we are getting ship ins from RBS to service and support. Screw RBS!!
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Re: New Ricoh MPC6000 & MPC7500

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The MP C3500 (Savin C3535) does not come with toner, but it DOES ship with developer.
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Re: IP Fax, Internet Fax, or LAN Fax

Art Post (Guest) ·
You need to show them internet fax. IP is for just faxing within the same network (thats how I understand it) LAN fax allows to yo use both internet fax from the PC and the phone line. Can anyone else shed somemore light on this?
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Re: Salespeople Get No Respect?

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First, if I was the salesperson I would send the sales admin a gift certificate for a nice dinner for two. Second, I'd come in Monday morning and start hitting it hard to have a great start to the new year. Third, I'd take Red and my sales manager out for a drink after work on Monday and ask them when writing and booking business is a bad thing. Fourth, I wouldn't think about it again.
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Re: Salespeople Get No Respect?

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I agree with both Neal and Mike, if the administrator feels they're an integral part of the team they wouldn't have contemplated a "Friday end of month" vacation day. Here's where the rewards/prizes from sales contests and extra spiffs come into play. I once gave our order administrator a TV/VCR combo unit I had won. You can order in Friday lunches, bring in bagels and donuts - everyone wants to be appreciated for the job they do especially the lower paid ones. Don't make it a habit BUT
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Re: Op manual for MP4000

Art Post (Guest) ·
Which One do you need? MP4000/MP5000 About This Machine MP4000/MP5000 Copy/Document Server ReferenceMP4000/MP5000 Facsimile Reference MP4000/MP5000 General Settings Guide Network GuideMP4000/MP5000 PostScript3 MP4000/MP5000 Printer Reference MP4000/MP5000 Scanner Reference MP4000 MP5000 Security Reference MP4000/MP5000 Troubleshooting Guide
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Re: Ricoh Continues Fifth Season of Advertising With Major League Baseball

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Ricoh just made an agreement to purchase Danka Europe operations.
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Looking for a new job in Texas?

dialrecruiting (Guest) ·
If so, we have some outstanding opportunities in the Lone Star State. We represent a growing client that is looking to add the top local sales and service talent to their team. Our client has opportunities throughout the state: sales reps, major acct. reps, sales managers, service managers, technicians. Great organization, with plenty of opportunity to advance your career. Very competitive salaries, excellent commission plan, & outstanding benefits. If you're interested - or would like to
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Mp2400 Rator to Vector software

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is there any software available that some one can get and be able to scan in a DWF print make changes with Auto Cad and print it out with an absoute 1 to 1 ratio David147

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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Third Week of March 2008

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Real Copier Sales

The buzzword in the industry is scanning and archiving. All of systems will scan in some way shape or form. If you work for a dealership or manufacturer that is selling wide format systems, you want to attack these types of clients. read there rest here

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Konica Minolta Launches bizhub 40P/40PX Series

Art Post (Guest) ·
Minolta’s own EmperonTM print system architecture, is a high-quality 45 pages per minute laser printer that boasts performance and value along with productivity. Compatible with Windows®, Macintosh® and Linux environments, the Emperon Print Technology in this series supports XPS (XML Paper Specification) file format from Microsoft Vista with a built-in XPS interpreter in addition to PostScript, PDF, and PCL emulations. Secure prints – via password protected printing – are also possible. “The bizhub
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Toshiba Announces Alliance with Ringdale, Inc.

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ever," said Joseph Contreras, director, Product and Solutions Marketing, TABS. "By teaming up with the industry’s foremost authority on secure print management, Toshiba can now offer the highest level of security and confidentiality to our customers without the need to replace their existing printing fleet." FollowMe is a standards-based roaming, secure printing and accounting solution that provides organizations a complete output security and accountability suite within a single business tool
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Toshiba America Business Solutions INC. PARTNERS WITH FUJITSU COMPUTER PRODUCTS OF AM

Art Post (Guest) ·
, please see: http://us.fujitsu.com/fcpa . About Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) manages product planning, marketing, sales, service support and distribution of copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers, and toner products throughout the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TABS has four divisions: the Electronic Imaging Division; the Toner Products
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Ricoh MPC6000 vs Xerox WC7665

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Just got hammered on the 2400dpi vs 600dpi on Ricoh. I didn't think you could get 2400dpi on a laser system. I obviously didn't do a good job with the customer. Any ideas on the resolution difference?
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New Color Printer from Ricoh?

Art Post (Guest) ·
SP 711 I was just poking around Ricoh Japan web site and saw this color printer, does anyone know if this will be one of the new color printers due to be launched soon. Looks like an Oki to me.
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RICOH INTRODUCES THE AFICIO MP 2550B/MP 2550 AND MP 3350B/MP 3350 DIGITAL IMAGING SYS

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-old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2006 sales in excess of $17 billion, an 8.4 percent increase over the previous year. Ricoh Americas Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions. Ricoh’s fully integrated hardware and software products help businesses share information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the input, management and output of documents. Ricoh Americas Corporation directly or through its network
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Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America Expands Direct, Local Sales Operatio

Art Post (Guest) ·
reliability and preserve document integrity. To keep documents safe from unauthorized users, Sharp leads the MFP industry in security by offering the most secure suite of MFP applications.* For more information about the complete line of Sharp document solution products, contact Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, N.J. 07430, or call 800-BE-SHARP. For online product information, visit Sharp's Web site at sharpusa.com or sharpusa.com/documents. Sharp Electronics
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Canon honored with BLI award

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models were recognized with 2008 Editor's Choice Awards from Better Buys For Business, a leading independent authority on document imaging equipment. The Editor's Choice recognition for the Canon imagePRESS C7000VP digital press will appear in Better Buys for Business's 2008 High-Volume Printer and Digital Duplicator Guide, while the award for the LASER CLASS 830i/810 will be featured in the publication's Laser Fax Guide. "If color printing is an important part of your business, the [Canon
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New B930 Series from OKI Printing Solutions Delivers Fast, Feature-Rich Monochrome Pr

Art Post (Guest) ·
RAM of 256MB enhancing performance High-quality output at 1200 x 1200 dpi for crisp, sharp printouts Wide media flexibility, including tabloid-size (11”x17”) sheets supporting the variety of daily monochrome printing, including reports Low CPP (cost per page) and best-in-class price making the robust printer available to businesses of all sizes and budgets The B930 Series of A3 monochrome printers have estimated street prices starting at $2,790 and will be available in late March. It will be
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President of Ricoh "Talks about Business"

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- Ricoh’s President of worldwide operation, Shiro Kondo, gave out details on its financials: o predicting increase in worldwide sales of 11% between now and end of fiscal 2011 o predicting total worldwide sales this fiscal of 2.5 trillion yen ($26 billion) o key driver will be sales of production print devices to commercial printers o will spend a total of $725 million to finish acquisition of IBM’s printer division by 2010 o IBM sold $1 billion worth of printers in 2006 o Has paid a total of
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Ricoh Introduction of eCopy ScanStation and eCopy Desktop Software

Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh is pleased to announce the launch of updated versions of eCopy ScanStation and eCopy Desktop software. With Ricoh’s eCopy document imaging solutions, consolidate different document formats – handwritten, paper, electronic – into a single universal format. Paper and electronic processes can now be merged into a single workflow, giving your customers a solution that turns paperwork into paper that works. eCopy is designed to provide your mid- to enterprise size customers an easy to use
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HP CM8060 interesting BLOG

Art Post (Guest) ·
the overall footprint on the machine...and Greg, I noticed that to service or remove a jam from the finisher, it needs to be slid out about 2- 3 feet..." she says. "I see", I say, "and?" "well, maybe they could put the finisher on a rotating platform so instead of sliding out a yard, it just moves half a foot or so and the rotates. This would allow me to free a jam and reduce the 12' foot print closer to 6 feet." My response, "interesting...and, does your Konica Minolta do this now? How about
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How to Sell Wide Format

Art Post (Guest) ·
Saturday, March 22, 2008 Copier Sales People "How to Sell Wide Format" The buzzword in the industry is scanning and archiving. All of systems will scan in some way shape or form. If you work for a dealership or manufacturer that is selling wide format systems, you want to attack these types of clients. · Construction Companies · General Contractors · Architects (Design & Build) · Engineers · Builders · Print 4 Pay · Telecommunications · Utilities · Manufacturing Most of these clients will have
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MP C3500 Bypass Tray Printing

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We installed an MP C3500 and once the printer was configured, the customer said that when they try to print multiple pages from any of the 4 trays, and press print, the machine beeps and says to change the settings in the bypass tray. I have tried to select the individual trays, as well as auto select and get the same outcome with the bypass tray. Is there a setting I am not seeing?
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Ricoh Discontinuation of the BP20N

Art Post (Guest) ·
Due to unforeseen demand for the BP20N (EDP code 402454) our inventory has been depleted earlier than planned. Due to this situation and the fact that we cannot obtain additional units, the BP20N is hereby discontinued.The replacement product, the SP...
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Re: Ricoh MPC6000 vs Xerox WC7665

Mr. Copy (Guest) ·
You are just lucky that they did not bring up the fact that the Xerox is 8 bit vs the Ricoh 4 bit. Whenever someone starts talking about resolution say that 600x600 is true dpi. Anything over 600x600 is an emulation. Simply put, the machine guesses where dots should go so your solids tend to be inconsistent. See if that works.
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Re: New Ricoh MPC6000 & MPC7500

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I have yet to sell the Savin C6055 (MPC6000) also but was just told that my cost will be $1600 for the supplies when selling this model. Woe, not good! As a matter of fact, I have sold the C3535 (MPC3500?) a few times and I think I was not charged, does that come with starter toners and developer?
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Océ system is bursting with options

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color printers. “Océ PRISMAprepare software gives printrooms more control over their Océ VarioPrint 1105,” says Pijpers. “This can translate into real cost savings in terms of reduced user error, efficient use of systems and the ability to easily charge back costs to the right departments.” Océ Professional Printroom Program to improve efficiency The Océ Professional Printroom Program is a stepwise program that allows printing professionals to systematically change their printroom configuration
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Re: finishing with a SR4020

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Just to pass on our test results, the MP C6000 with a SR4020 does fold (no staple) when printing a single page booklet (11x17). We didn't try this in Copy mode.
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Re: Ricoh MPC6000 vs Xerox WC7665

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Check the competitive comparison to the 5560 in the aficio league. According to the specs listed, the Xerox is only 600 dpi.
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Re: MP C3500 Bypass Tray Printing

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The customer loaded the RPCS driver, and printed pages remotely just fine. I tested the settings down here, and from Word, it tried from the bypass tray, but when I printed an Exce doc, the page came out fine from tray 1. Light bulb came on and I checked the Page Settings in Word, and yes, the bypass tray was selected as default. I changed the setting to Auto Paper Select, and now all applications print fine. Thanks for your help. Now I have a happy customer.
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Re: Embedded Controller and batch printing

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I am having the same issues when trying to batch print PDF's. I downloaded DTB lite and tried that as well. You can drag the files and create a new document, but the embedded controller is processing the smallest file size first. By doing this, the files are then printed out of sequence. Not acceptable, the beauty of the embedded controller was to make this machine easy to use for the average user. Even DTB for someone that is not totally computer literate is confusing at times. I also tried
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Re: Postscript and Windows Authentication

no_dice (Guest) ·
Spring is officially here and there is a new PS driver on the Ricoh Canada web site to test. I hope to check things out in the next week or so and see if this works. Cheers! no dice
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Re: Big changes afoot with the new mp4000 and mp5000

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Posting here because Ricoh Order Processing is once again their usual non-responsive selves. Does anyone know if the old models (MP 3500-MP 4500, and by association the MP 2510-3010) are officially out of stock?
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Web SmartDeviceMonitor

Andy (Guest) ·
Does WSDM pick up any printing from a printer connected to a networked computer via a USB cable?
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ScanRouter Instructions

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I was never good at setting up ScanRouter, so does anyone have easy to understand instructions? My first color customer still has his Savin C3210 and now wants to set up scanning.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Second Week of March 2008

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Guide to Selling Copiers

For those of us that have been selling copiers for 20-30 plus years (yes there's still a few of us around) the month to month and then quarter to quarter grinding quota cycles can take their toll on your mental toughness. read there rest here

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Image processing/Document Management software sales

Randy Kochis (Guest) ·
This opportunity is to sell nationwide to other resellers (copier distributors and system integrators) the best document processing and DMS software in the marketplace. It is focued on SMB (where the real action is) It provides the highest margins for resellers in the industry. Seeing is believing. Call me for a web demo and let's discuss your experience and your goals. Randy 610 436 6002 randalljkochis@captureplusdms.com
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Ricoh Product Catalog on your website

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Some of you might remember that awhile back, I asked everyone how they went about getting a Ricoh Product Catalog of some kind on their website. The only answers I got were “link to the www.ricoh-usa.com site” or “Structured Web.” Neither answer was acceptable to me. We had done the Structured Web approach and the catalog was never anything close to current. The ricoh-usa link also linked our customers/prospects to every Ricoh competitor in our territory when they clicked on the “Sales and
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Would you like to have Ricoh's products on your website?

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Some of you might remember that awhile back, I asked everyone how they went about getting a Ricoh Product Catalog of some kind on their website. The only answers I got were “link to the www.ricoh-usa.com site” or “Structured Web.” Neither answer was acceptable to me. We had done the Structured Web approach and the catalog was never anything close to current. The ricoh-usa link also linked our customers/prospects to every Ricoh competitor in our territory when they clicked on the “Sales and
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Re: Ricoh c3000 manual input of fax number.

dvb (Guest) ·
We tried doing a ram clear on the fax option but it did not make any change in the manual dial procedure. What it did do was clear all the user parameters for the fax unit back to default which changed the setting so that the machine prints a fax report after every successful transmission. The customer does not want this. When I went into user tools for fax and tried to print off user parameters the machine will not let me, it displays that I dont have permissions to do so. Even if I try to
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2400 not printing

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From an end user: "In PLOTBASE The "X" is unchecked. It's was always on auto, and the 4 windows were always open as well. The program cues everything fine, and the plotter seems to be receiving data, it just doesn't plot. Last night, after I had restarted the plotter a few time to get the drawings plotted. I reprinted one of the jobs. I waited for awhile for it to print on its own, but it never did. So I left it alone to see if it would eventually print over night. When came in this morning it
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Re: Ricoh Catalog on your company website

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Some of you might remember that awhile back, I asked everyone how they went about getting a Ricoh Product Catalog of some kind on their website. The only answers I got were “link to the www.ricoh-usa.com site” or “Structured Web.” Neither answer was acceptable to me. We had done the Structured Web approach and the catalog was never anything close to current. The ricoh-usa link also linked our customers/prospects to every Ricoh competitor in our territory when they clicked on the “Sales and
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Re: 2400 not printing

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Problem went away after I upped the RAM from 512 MB to 1.2 GB on the external controller, and defragged the HDD. Still concerned that jobs in the Plot Base queue printed only after restarting the copier, before the upgrade. I don't see any connection. I'll post any significant observations. Greg
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Re: Ricoh Aficio MP 161 and Duplex Prinitng

Art Post (Guest) ·
quote: Originally posted by IT Dude: What in the world is a " foomatic-rip bug ", and where did you get this from? Foomatic-RIP is an internal component of the Foomatic runtime printing system. Note from Art: I just reposted this from a site I found on the web, will share with all http://forums.linux-foundation.org/read.php?30,4903
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Re: KonicaMinolta 920

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This must be a special contract. Art, do you know what type of client (ie., government, school, print-for-pay, etc....)
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Re: Ricoh c3000 manual input of fax number.

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I tried that, wouldn't work. I didn't even realize that this was happening until I was showing the customer how to use the machine after I installed it. It won't let you input a number manually on the main fax screen. You have to select "Manual Input" under the fax # window. Another window pops up and only then can you enter the number. After you press "Start" the window pops back up for you to enter it a second time. Then you press "Start" again and it will finally dial. It's really
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Re: Ricoh c3000 manual input of fax number.

Jomama (Guest) ·
Weird indeed. There is a bit switch setting to force all settings back to factory default. I think I would perform this. Print out a system parameter list first.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

First Week of March 2008

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Guide to Selling Copiers

Twenty Eight years in the business, I started my copier selling career in 1982. I have seen the tough times, an the good times too many time to count. Here's a few things that I try to do so I can take advantage of an economic slowdown.  I'm not stating we are in one however the decision making process that used to take a few weeks now seems to be almost 4-6 weeks...... read more here

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PRINT4PAY HOTEL APPOINTS NEAL PETERMANN AS MODERATOR FOR KONICAMINOLTA MESSAGE BOARD

Art Post (Guest) ·
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Print 4 Pay Hotel Web Site: www.p4photel.org CONTACT: Arthur Post Print 4 Pay Hotel, Arthur Post CEO (732) 977.1211 art@p4photel.com PRINT4PAY HOTEL APPOINTS NEAL PETERMANN AS MODERATOR FOR KONICAMINOLTA MESSAGE BOARD Highlands, NJ, March 01, 2008 --(PR.COM)-- The Print4Pay Hotel: The Imaging Professional’s Resource Center, and the leading provider of information for the copier sales professional has announced Neal Petermann as Moderator for the KonicaMinolta Message Board
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Canon imagePRESS C7000VP Digital Color Press From IKON Opens New Doors for Superior C

Art Post (Guest) ·
of Chicago. About IKON IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (www.ikon.com) is the world’s largest independent channel for document management systems and services, enabling customers to improve document workflow and increase efficiency. IKON integrates best-in-class copiers, printers and MFP technologies from leading manufacturers, such as Canon, Ricoh, Konica Minolta, and HP, and document management software and systems from companies like Captaris, Kofax, EFI, eCopy and others, to deliver tailored
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Ricoh’s Secrets

Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh’s Secrets TECHNOLOGY: Company has 1.4M square feet, 835 workers By Sarah Tolkoff Orange County Business Journal Staff Briwick: “I’ve been here for 20 years, and I’m one of the new kids on the block” Japan’s Ricoh Co. has amassed an empire along the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway. But for those who pass by each day, what goes on inside the buildings emblazoned with Ricoh’s red logo largely is a mystery. The maker of digital cameras, copiers, fax machines, scanners, printers and all-in-one
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Ricoh c3000 manual input of fax number.

dvb (Guest) ·
We received in from are used copier wholesaler a Ricoh C3000 with the dataoverwrite option. My question relates to when you what to fax out a document and have to manually enter the fax number you have to enter it in 2 times before it sends out. Is this because the dataoverwrite option or is this a simple fax setting that needs to be changed. Also can the dataoverwrite option be removed from the machine as most of our customers do not need the option.
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Savin 9050spf Fax Issue

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I had a customer call this morning about the fax option on a Savin 9050spf. He says when receiving a fax, the machine will print out the first page only, but not the rest of the pages. The faxes receive to memory for printing, but will not print more than the first page, and the other pages are deleted. Any suggestions?
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RICOH SHOWCASES STATE-OF-THE-ART PRODUCTS

Art Post (Guest) ·
businesses’ document workflow at the AIIM ON DEMAND Conference & Exposition 2008 from March 3-6 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts (booth #631). Some of the Ricoh products attendees at AIIM ON DEMAND will see in the Ricoh booth include: Ricoh Pro C900 As part of Ricoh’s Production Printing Business Group (PPBG), this color digital printer offers large production capacity, and high-productivity with speeds of 90 pages per minute (ppm) in black and white and
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CANON U.S.A. EARNS NUMBER-ONE OVERALL U.S. COPIER MARKET SHARE POSITION IN 2007

Art Post (Guest) ·
Canon Captures Overall Brand Leader Ranking for Past Five Years LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., March 4, 2008 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of digital imaging solutions, today announced that the Company is the number-one brand leader in the overall copier market in the U.S. for 2007, according to Gartner Dataquest*. "Canon has a strong heritage in digital imaging and copier technology that has allowed the Company to consistently be the copier of choice over more than two decades," said Ted
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Selling Copiers "Selling in a Slow Economy"

Art Post (Guest) ·
Selling Copiers "Selling in a Slow Economy" Twenty Eights years in the business, I started my copier selling career in 1982. I have seen the tough times, the good times and these times come and gone more than a few times. Here' s a few things that I try to do so I can take advantage of an economic slowdown, not saying we're in one however the decision making process that used to take a few weeks now seems to be almost 4-6 weeks. Please comment is you're experiencing this, I would like to hear
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CANON U.S.A. ADDS TO ITS COLOR LINE-UP WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CANON COLOR image

Art Post (Guest) ·
security. Enabling users to save time and achieve higher productivity, the Canon Color imageRUNNER C2550 prints in color up to 23 pages-per-minute (ppm) and in monochrome up to 25 ppm for letter-sized output. The new Canon imageRUNNER model comes standard with UFRII (Ultra Fast Rendering) printing to facilitate high-speed color up to 1,200 dots-per-inch (dpi) printing and Color Universal Send to enable the distribution of scanned documents to multiple network destinations. Using Canon’s
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RICOH AMERICAS CORPORATION AND PEAK RESOURCES SIGN DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT

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between Ricoh’s Production Printing Business Group (PPBG) and PEAK. This is the first distributor agreement for PPBG’s indirect channel. PEAK, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, is currently the only distributor authorized to resell the DDP line of PPBG products, including the Ricoh DDP 70e, Ricoh DDP 92, and Ricoh DDP 184 as well as the Ricoh EMP 156 to its resellers around the country. A mutual go-to-market strategy will build a broader customer base for both companies while providing a new sales
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Ricoh Introduction of Dataworks3

Art Post (Guest) ·
Ricoh is pleased to announce the launch of its new Variable Data Printing software, Dataworks³, which enables customers to create and distribute dynamic “data-driven” documents to any destination – including print, e-mail, fax, and archival systems. This new solution utilizes a simple Windows-based application to simplify and automate the creation of direct mail, transactional, and complex transpromotional output. Dataworks³ is designed to provide your customers with valuable workflow
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Xerox Business Partners Recognized with 2007 Partner of the Year Awards

Art Post (Guest) ·
ROCHESTER, N.Y., 27 Feb. 2008 -- Xerox Corporation's (NYSE: XRX) Production Systems Group presented Partner of the Year awards to 16 business partners for their continued contributions to Xerox, its customers and the printing industry. The awards highlight developers of digital workflow software, document feeding and finishing solutions. The Xerox Business Partner Program assembles industry-leading software and hardware providers to create integrated solutions that extend the capabilities of
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PrintFleet and PartsNow! Enter Distribution Partnership

Art Post (Guest) ·
Ontario, Canada – February 27, 2008 - PrintFleet Inc., a global leader in print management and assessment software, recently announced a distribution partnership agreement with Parts Now! LLC, the nation’s largest laser printer parts distributor. Under the agreement, PrintFleet’s PrintFleet Optimizer software and supporting services will power Parts Now!’s newly launched Managed Print Solutions program. “Our distribution partnership strategy ensures that PrintFleet software is accessible
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Full Color Envelope Printing makes a Great First Impression

Art Post (Guest) ·
The competition is no match for the crisp, sharp, full color laser envelopes printed with PSI’s Laser Mail 3640. Full Color laser printing guarantees your envelopes will standout over envelopes printed on spot color machines. Get Noticed...Get Opened Unlike bulk mailings, envelopes printed in Full Color using PSI's 3640 look personalized and important. This ensures your mailings will have a better chance of being opened and read. Why have envelopes pre-printed...Print your company logo, a
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Expanded imageCLASS Series Delivers Economical, High-Performance Multifunction Copy,

Art Post (Guest) ·
Expanded imageCLASS Series Delivers Economical, High-Performance Multifunction Copy, Print, Fax, & Scan Solutions for Small and Home Offices CORRECTION...by Canon U.S.A., Inc. LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ninth graph, first sentence of release should begin: The imageCLASS MF6540 (sted The Color imageCLASS MF6540). The corrected release reads: CANON EXPANDS IMAGECLASS MF6500 SERIES LASER MULTIFUNCTION COPIERS OFFERING FOUR NEW DESKTOP SOLUTIONS FOR SMALL AND HOME OFFICES Expanded
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RICOH AMERICAS CORPORATION WINS

Art Post (Guest) ·
. Ricoh’s line of document management devices include: color and black & white digital imaging systems, facsimile products, printers, scanners, digital duplicators, production printing products and wide format engineering systems. Additionally, Ricoh offers a wide variety of document and printing solutions directly and through strategic alliances enhancing office productivity and document workflow. Ricoh’s hardware and software enhances workgroup collaboration and offers secure storage, retrieval and
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Edge to Edge printing problem

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Group, As I seem to have the pain in the a** issues lately here is another one that we cannot figure out. We have two Ricoh SP4110n printers that were installed to print from an accounting program at a nursing home. The program is MDI Achieve and they are using Windows 2000 version 5.0 SP4. When printing a test page out of the program it tell us that to meet the UB04 specs that our printer must have edge to edge printing and 4mm margins on L,R,T,B. Well, we have turned on edge to edge printing
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AP2100 Print Problem

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Ricoh AP 2100 Print problem Posted by: Ray Smith (IP Logged) Date: December 10, 2006 07:44PM I recently obtained a Ricoh AP 2100. The printer is connected via ethernet to a Airport and I am running a Mac w/ OSX wireless. Using appletalk I am able to print but I always get (4) duplicate pages of the same document with every print job. I have checked all setting, reset the printer, and downloaded latest drivers. Any suggestions. Options: Reply To This Message•Quote This Message Re: Ricoh AP 2100
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Duplex printing: Aficio MP C3500 on OS X

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Duplex printing: Aficio MP C3500 on OS X Posted by: Chris O'Brien (IP Logged) Date: March 27, 2007 07:50AM I'm using the Ricoh-Aficio_MP_C3500_PXL.ppd pxlmono based driver on OS X 10.4 with an Aficio MP C3500 (no postscript). Everything works well except duplex printing - the jobs just come out single-sided despite the option setting. Duplexing works using a generic PCL 5c driver, but this doesn't allow color and some other printer options. The printer config page lists RPCS[3.3.25.1.1], PCL 5c
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Ricoh Gelsprinter : Aficio GX3000, GX3050N, GX5050N

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) printer, all networked printers sold in the US are PCL capable. In this case PCL6, they can use the PXLmono driver, like most all Ricoh printers in production. I have these in my lab and they print just fine from all sorts of Linuxes and Unixes. What is not available for the GX3xxxN and GX5xxxN are linux tools. Still, printing is not an issue whatsoever. Keep calling tech support, though, that way we might be able to justify development of support even for the windows only printers (USB only
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Ricoh Aficio MP 161 and Duplex Prinitng

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Ricoh Aficio MP 161 and Duplex Prinitng Posted by: Michael (IP Logged) Date: February 06, 2008 03:03PM Hi, I am encountering a problem with trying to print duplex pages from Fedora on two separate installations. Configuration/s below. I am trying to print via lpr -d printername -o sides=two-sided-long-edge and the result is always that the pages are printed on separate sheets of paper. Configuration: OS: Fedora 7 and Fedora Core 5 PPD-file: downloaded from linuxprinting.org (http
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Re: Former Mount Vernon schools purchasing agent charged with bribery

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Former school district head of purchasing indicted on bribe receiving, official misconduct Rose WHITE PLAINS – The former head of purchasing for the Mount Vernon City School District was indicted Tuesday by a Westchester County grand jury on charges of bribe receiving, official misconduct, receiving unlawful gratuities and petit larceny. It is alleged that between June 21 and July 13, 2005, Arthur Rose, 49, of Mount Vernon took a bribe of $3,500 from a sales rep of Ricoh Americas Corp. for
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Re: Xerox 7345 vs Ricoh MPC4500

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Clear All Select All Services Select Copy icon Select copy features Press Start Seems rather cumbersome to me, plus the fact that users have to install drums, and fusers (ouch), plus guss with waste toner bottles! Couple of cool features: print from USB thumb drive, and media card v-fold It's late and that was some of things that popped out at me! I suggest to download the manuals from the Xerox site and give them a good going over and I'll be you'll uncover alot more. Over and Out! Speaking from
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RISO Announces Reseller Agreement with Objectif Lune

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and transpromotional variable content documents, including business forms, to local and remote printers, email, archive and fax. PrintShop Mail is a powerful, easy to use solution personalized printing. Objectif Lune has a worldwide presence in United States, Latin America, Germany, the United Kingdom, Benelux, Japan, Australia and France. For more information, please visit www.objectiflune.com . FORCEJET is a trademark of RISO Kagaku Corporation. PlanetPress is a trademark of Objectif Lune.
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New Ricoh MPC6000 & MPC7500

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I was just reviewing some pricing for the supplies for toner and developer! MSPR for all developer is $2,181.15 and $815.50 for a total of $3,096.63.How is everyone handling this for a lease with a regular MA and no cpc. Are you guys getting charged...
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FAX OPTION ON MPC 2500 CONFIRMATION REPORT

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I just deliver a MPC 2500 with fax option. The problem I have is the confirmation reports. When the customer uses memory tx they get a confirmation. But when they use immed.tx they do not. Any help
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Ricoh Introduction of the Ricoh Aficio Color 5560V

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Ricoh is excited to announce the availability of the Ricoh Aficio Color 5560V Imaging System. This new system fills a gap within Ricoh’s color portfolio and combines high speed imaging with versatile functionality, and superior reliability at a very competitive price. The AC5560V is designed to meet the document workflow and productivity needs of today’s networked general business offices and can also be positioned as a color solution in basic production requirements The AC5560V is the latest
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Re: Ricoh Rumor!! New Strategy?

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do you mean these? A4 Colour MFD’s SP C220S – Copy, Print, Scan 16ppm Colour and BW, Network ready, GD1 driver SP C221SF – Copy, Print, Scan, Fax 20ppm Colour and BW, Network ready, GDI driver, Duplex Scan to email/Folder/FTP SP C222SF – Copy, Print, Scan, Fax 20ppm Colour and BW, Network ready, PCL/ PS3 drivers, Duplex Scan to email/Folder/FTP
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Re: Weekend Copier Notes

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After reading this, it sounds like Canon is trying to duplicate what Xerox did in the 1990's. Sooner or later it will come back to bite them in the rear, just like it did Xerox.
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Re: Savin 9050spf Fax Issue

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I wish customers could give you the whole story the first time they call. I found out that this issue only happens when the customer is receiving a fax from one vendor. They would receive multiple copies of the same page from this one vendor.There would be an intermittent disconnect of the handshake between the two faxes. I suggested they put a line conditioner on the fax line. They already have that. They have an older Savin 4035spf that the faxes do receive from this one vendor. I also
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Third Week of February 2008

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Guide to Selling Copiers

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If you were to put all these posts into a book, salespeople would line up to get a copy. Old reps and new ones alike can learn from these. Thanks!

Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 15 years ago



Ricoh Introduction of the Pricom 3100 Print Server

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We are pleased to announce the Pricom 3100 Print Server from Silex Technology. This print server replaces the Network Interface Board Type 1018 (EDP 410778) that was used to connect the Printer Controller Type 1018, used in the FAX3320L, FAX4430L, and FAX4430NF, to the network. (Note: The Network Interface Board Type 1018 was discontinued several months ago, and notice was issued to this affect, due to unavailability of parts to continue manufacturing.) The Pricom 3100 attaches to the
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Selling Copiers "Testimonial Letters"

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Saturday, February 16, 2008 Selling Copiers "Testimonial Letters" Cleints are more skeptical than ever. How do you win the sale when your potenital cleint knows nothing about you or excellent benefits that your systems provide? About eight months ago, I lost a sale for a wide format system. I lost because the customer was buying on price only, and of course I did not have the lowest price. Well.... go here for restof blog
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Xerox 7345 vs Ricoh MPC4500

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Anyone familiar with this Xerox unit and if there are any dual line dealers out there can you give me a comparison between the Ricoh MPC4500 and the Xerox WC7345? Thanks, John
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NEW Ricoh Introduction of the Aficio MP 2550B/2550 & MP 3350B/ MP 3550

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Ricoh is pleased to announce the introduction of the new Ricoh Aficio MP 2550B/MP 2550 and MP 3350B/MP 3350 Digital Imaging Systems. Built on the strong features of the Aficio MP 2510/MP 3010, the new Aficio MP 2550 and Aficio MP 3350 are available in both standard scan/print and scan/print/fax configurations and offer COLOR SCANNING plus many enhancements including a full-color VGA control panel, auto paper sensors and advanced security functionality. In addition, we will offer a basic copier
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Ricoh Americas Corporation Acquires BSA Business Solutions, Inc.

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West Caldwell, NJ, February 12, 2008 – Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of office equipment in the United States has acquired select assets and the associated customer base of BSA Business Solutions, Inc., of Tempe, AZ. BSA was an authorized Savin dealer with sales offices in Phoenix, Tempe and Tucson, AZ and also in Palm Desert, CA. “The acquisition of BSA Business Solutions, Inc., strengthens Ricoh’s position in the Arizona market,” said Nori Goto, President of Ricoh U.S., a
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FMAUDIT CLOSES THE LOOP ON MANAGED PRINT SERVICES

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demonstrated well, but just weren't practical in the real world. ASM is the answer dealers have been searching for." For a dealers' existing fleet, ASM provides proactive consumables replenishment, notifying the dealer prior to the supplies running out. In addition and at no extra cost, ASM monitors competitive devices for consumable supplies up-sell opportunities. "FMAudit is the only solution that utilizes the collected data for both sales and service." stated Kevin Tetu, President and CEO with
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Re: XPS

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Right, this is a Microsoft thing, not a Xerox thing. It's supported (future models of) by Xerox, Ricoh, Sharp, HP and Epson. The main advantage of this is that XPS is embedded in the operating system starting with Vista. It actually uses XPS for its print spooling. The XPS print driver is included with the OS so anyone can create XPS documents without the need to download additional software. I still like Acrobat
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Ricoh DX3340 Competitor Price

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I had priced a school the Savin 3180dnp version of the Ricoh DX3340. My price with the platen cover and cabinet was $3750. A competitor came in and priced the DX3340 with the same accessories at $2764. Fortunately, the principal wanted to buy from me and asked if I could match the pricing, she would give me the order. I signed her up on US Communities, and got the deal.
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Ricoh Business Solutions - Any Issues

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Any other people having problems with service, getting supplies, receiving equipment in a timely manner?
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Re: Xerox 7345 vs Ricoh MPC4500

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Copy icon Select copy features Press Start Seems rather cumbersome to me, plus the fact that users have to install drums, and fusers (ouch), plus guss with waste toner bottles! Couple of cool features: print from USB thumb drive, and media card v-fold It's late and that was some of things that popped out at me! I suggest to download the manuals from the Xerox site and give them a good going over and I'll be you'll uncover alot more. Over and Out!
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docSTAR Supports Kodak Scan Station 100

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. The KODAK Scan Station 100 Scanner quickly and easily turns paper documents into digital files with the touch of a button. Documents can be simultaneously shared via email, stored on the network, sent to networked printers and copiers, and saved on portable USB drives—all without a computer. It connects to existing network infrastructure and features intuitive and interactive operation—including image preview of scanned images prior to sharing—from a full color touch screen. The Scan Station 100
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240w meter count?

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We have a customer that has bought several used Ricoh copiers from us. They asked us to look for a wide format copier to use in their office. Since we sell mostly Ricohs we found a nice used 240w at a wholesaler. I have worked on a few wide formats and just wanted to know how does the meter count work on these. Is it based on linear feet or meters, or is it square feet or meters. I have the service manual for the Ricoh and under PM list it states that certain parts(coronas,drum blade,dev,etc
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XPS

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While doing research on the Xerox 7345 I ran across one of their claims to fame, which is scan2XPS. Never heard of it? Is it a big deal, so I did some searching on the net and heres what I found. What is XPS? The XML Paper Specification (XPS) format is basically an electronic representation of digital documents based on XML. It is a paginated fixed-layout format that retains the look and feel of your electronic documents. As a form of electronic paper, the XPS format provides a way in which you
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Re: Sales Tips

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Research your target companies individually, discovering as much information as needed before your sales call Find detailed people listings that include biographies (when available) and job titles Read about a company's products and operations so you can tailor your sales pitch to show how your product can fit their needs Access a database of over 23 million companies Receive news updates via email about your prospect companies
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Re: Gas Price Check

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Democrats in control. Democrats have specifically stated that they would like to impose windfall taxes on the oil companies. Since Exxon-mobil made $40 billion in 2006, I think losing even 10% of that to a new tax would far outweigh any advertising they might do (in 2007, they spent $40 million on advertising, that's 1/1000th of their profit). Here's what an Economist had to say: “As an economist, I cannot speculate on the politics that may be involved, but my recent research suggests that the recent
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Re: Gas Price Check

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I really did not mean that as an insult. I just have never heard the theory before and truly thought that it was specualtion only on the part of the two of you. I only meant that the fact that it is a theory held by more than just you, adds credibility to it. Because no one stated it as a Republican or Democrat issue, I assumed that it was neither. To present it as a Republican Conspiracy clears up alot of my confusion. By the way, oil always goes up in the winter months, election year or not
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Re: Gas Price Check

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The oil business is very complex. It's much like the stock market. Let's say you own a gas station. You buy a 1000 gallons of gas at $1.00 per gallon. You sell it for $2.00 per gallon. Your make a nice profit BUT, you call to order another 1000 gallons and it's now selling for $2.00 per gallon. There go your profits. You must raise your price to meet the new wholesale price. While your $2.00 gas is in the ground the price drops to $1.00 per gallon. What do you do? Refinery issues, pipline
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Re: 240w meter count?

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Thanks guys!!! I owe you each a beer! That should make things a little cheaper for us and the customer. She's paying 25 cents a square foot at the printers. We can definitely offer a better price than that!
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Re: Xerox 7345 vs Ricoh MPC4500

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The Ricoh Product & Solution Training Portal (www.ricohconnects.com- go to the resource section) has a lot of good competitive information.
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Re: NEW Ricoh Introduction of the Aficio MP 2550B/2550 & MP 3350B/ MP 3550

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They are available for download on the Ricoh InfoCenter.
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Re: Ricoh Business Solutions - Any Issues

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I expect things to get worse (but not because we are close to election time)before they get better. This is what we face... First off, Ricoh will run themselves out of the old before launching the new and they will grossly underestimate the inventory of new and we have a lot of new. Secondly, Ricoh's year-end is March 31st and they will always run their inventory down as low as possible at year's-end. That's part of running efficiently which helps to keep costs down. I don't like it, but I do
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Re: Guide to Selling Copiers

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If you were to put all these posts into a book, salespeople would line up to get a copy. Old reps and new ones alike can learn from these. Thanks!
 
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago

Second Week of February 2008

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With all of the recent news about China with the recent the recent shooting of the SPY balloon and the downing of two "UFOs" (suspected from China), will this alert MFP buyers to ask "where are your MFPs manufactured"?

I remember in the eighties when many buyers wanted no part of copiers that were manufactured in Japan. Of course that all ended when Xerox partnered with Fuji and all copiers where manufactured in Japan.  However the manufacturing Japan ended as well with most of the MPFs now being produced in Japan,

Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 15 years ago



Japan's Ricoh to build $92 mln Thai copier plant

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140,000 units, which would raise Ricoh's overall capacity by about 70 percent. Ricoh, which competes with Canon Inc (7751.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Xerox Corp (XRX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) in the global office equipment market, said the Thai plant was part of plans to spread production geographically. Ricoh produces more than 70 percent of its copiers and printers in China. "We hope the Thai plant will grow and become our major production base in the future," Ricoh Executive Vice President
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Danka to Buy Kodak Copier Unit for $684 Million

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distributor of Kodak-branded office copiers and printers, but Kodak would retain its manufacturing operation. Analysts said the company would have preferred to dispose of the manufacturing business as well. Eugene G. Glazer, an analyst with Dean Witter Reynolds, said: ''I don't think this is the ideal deal for them. What they are selling is the profitable part of the division and what they are keeping is the unprofitable part.'' But the money Kodak could earn on the proceeds of the sale could be
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Ricoh Support Phone Numbers

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Document Solutions & eCabinet Support 888-RICOH66 (742-6466) For End Users, Sales, Technicians & VAD/VAR’s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Printer and Scanning Solutions 888-RICOH38 (742-6438) For End Users and Pre Sales Support 800-RICOH38 (742-6438
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Sales Tip "Found on the Web"

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task at hand; to make a sale. Slowly and resolutely I would use all my resources and experience to gain the “knock out”…I was closing the sale. I’ll bet the copier salesperson never looked at selling the same way again. It is crucial that in the process of closing the sale you at some point ask for the order. It is amazing to me that this fundamental of sales is so often overlooked in the sales cycle. I have literally asked for an order many times and received the same response from my prospect
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Ricoh printers hit industry top spot again

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Ricoh printers hit industry top spot again Printer specialist Ricoh has scooped a range of prestigious industry gongs for the second time in less than a year. InfoPrint, a joint venture between the firm and computer giant IBM, was singled out by Better Buys for Business and Buyers Laboratory for its effective provision of printer solutions. "The InfoPrint Colour 1767 provides exceptional image quality and outstanding ease of use," remarked senior printer analyst Marlene Orr. She continued
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Re: c2500SPF LAN with MAC?

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Support Development Manager Options: Reply To This Message•Quote This Message Re: Ricoh Aficio MP 2000 LAN Fax driver installed in Italy Posted by: maurice cohen (IP Logged) Date: February 08, 2008 04:39PM To: Chris Story Ricoh Americas Corporation Advanced Product Support Development Manager Hello, We bought this machine (marked "NRG MP 2000") that was supposed to copy, print, scan to folders on macs and manage faxes from Macs in our office; Ricoh assistance in Milano don't know what to do, they say
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Hold Print

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I have a prospect who was printing separator sheets, which I've switched to printing to Hold Print on the Savin C4540. The problem is that when they print from MSOffice (Excel)the document is picking up the last user that print's info. I imagine it must be saved in the metadata of the document. Has anyone else run into this? Is there a solution?
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Ricoh New Model Support for IPDS (MP2500)

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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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Donated copiers delayed but on the way, company says

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Donated copiers delayed but on the way, company says All Copy Products pledged machines to nonprofits in December; some not yet delivered because of late orders BY CARI MERRILL CariMerrill@coloradoan.com A company that promised free copiers to nonprofits by mid-January says they’re close to delivering the rest of the machines. Some nonprofits have questioned whether they were actually going to get the copiers, which All Copy Products pledged during its “12 Days of Christmas” program in December
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Paper Pains!

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the past and said he’s happy to see a consensus among the budget review committee. Krizansky agreed with Hahn’s suggestion of assigning responsibility for machine use. Accountability In light of overages, Krizansky acknowledged that copy machine use is a cheaper option than using printers because the district saves money by buying less toner cartridges. He said that each district employee must use a personal identification number when using copiers. Superintendent Frank Victor said he wasn’t
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Paradigm Imaging Group announces BERTL® Four Star Rating

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jane Hicks www.scantopia.com 1590 Metro Drive, Suite 116 Costa Mesa, CA 92706 Phone: 714-432-7226 Fax: 714-432-7222 jane@paradigmimaging.com http://www.SCANtopia.com Paradigm Imaging Group announces BERTL® Four Star Rating for Graphtec CS500 and CS600 scanners! Costa Mesa, CA — February 13, 2008 — Paradigm Imaging Group, a leading supplier of large-format scanning, printing and document archiving solutions, announced today that the Graphtec CS500 and CS600
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Re: c2500SPF LAN with MAC?

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Picked this up on the web, someone from ricoh asking for beta test users for MAC LAN FAX, I say we take advantage of this!!!! Ricoh Aficio MP C3500 LAN Fax driver Posted by: Murray (IP Logged) Date: December 05, 2007 01:34PM Is there a PPD driver (non-postscript) available for Mac OS 10.5 that will allow use of LAN-Fax capabilities of the Ricoh Aficio MP C3500 Options: Reply To This Message•Quote This Message Re: Ricoh Aficio MP C3500 LAN Fax driver Posted by: uli wehner (IP Logged) Date
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Technician position in SE Wisconsin/Northern Illinois

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Could you please forward this to any experienced technicians who are looking for new opportunities: Dual line Ricoh and Konica dealership is looking for an experienced technician to join our award-winning team. We have an immediate need for a field-tested pro. Competitive wages, medical insurance, paid vacation and holidays, (401)K plan, continuous training, tools, a car for business use or mileage reimbursement, and dress shirts and pants. We are a Konica Pro-Tech certified dealership, and we
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Great Careers for Great People...Finally!

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/or company that treat their employees with respect and offer a good life/work balance? We can make that happen! IPG-Innovative Performance Group, LLC is an executive placement and career consulting firm specializing within the printing/document management/enterprise s/w industry. We are currently seeking professionals for all types of positions from executive management to area sales reps. Additionally, we are seeking high volume production print and color sales specialists and managers in the
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Re: Sales Tips

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Always ask for the order Always include a direct request for an order in your sales script after the because statement. "Can you help us meet our goal?"
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Re: Hold Print

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I was using the PCL5c driver. Switched to PCL6 and problem was resolved . Even another problem where they were printing from MAS90 accounting software and the trail edge of the page was getting cut off.
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Re: Up Coming Ricoh Launches

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Dedicated Printers (May 08) Aficio 4100SF Aficio 4110SF Aficio SP3300DN "Casanova-P1" Aficio C420DN "Gaia-PC" Aficio SP8200DN Aficio SP4100NL B2C Color (June 08?) MP C 1800
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Re: Danka to Buy Kodak Copier Unit for $684 Million

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NO Problem Art. We appreciate your effort to keep us up to date. BTW I heard that Xerox is going to buy Global!!!
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GEM GSA Extension promo

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Major Accounts is pleased to announce that the GEM/GSA Promotion has been extended through July 31st, 2008. All Purchase Orders must be dated by July 31st, 2008 and equipment should be shipped by August 30th, 2008. If you have any questions regarding this Bulletin please contact your Ricoh
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"Lunch & Learn" from EFI Webex!!!!!!

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All: Please pass along to your sales reps. You are all invited to participate in the first of a series of monthly "Lunch & Learn" events provided by Tim Shallbetter from EFI. The first topic is an introduction to the Fiery Spot-On option, which as you all know is available for FREE as part of a promotion running through the end of March. This is a great opportunity to learn a little bit more about some of the great Fiery technology that can help you sell more color. Logon information is below
 
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