Tagged With "Printer"
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago, The Second Week of February 2008
Looks like a thread from 1996 appeared and I'm not sure how that happened. But, it's interesting about the time frame that Danka purchased the Kodak copier unit. Danka brings back memories also since the Danka name is now gone also. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe Canon bought Danka, right? Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week on the Print4Pay Hotel. Danka to Buy Kodak Copier Unit for $684 Million 2/11/087:04 PM By DANA CANEDY Published: September 10, 1996 The Eastman Kodak...
Blog Post
Five Reasons Why I'm Stoked About the New Ricoh SP8400DN Printer
It's been some time since I've blogged about a print device and there's a couple of reasons for that. One is the fact that there has not been a device in recent months that has piqued my interest, and the second reason is that I've tried to enjoy more of my summer evenings and not be tied to a PC. At my age, you're just not sure how many more summer evenings you're going to have. Thus, it's time to start enjoying! The new SP8400DN could prove to be a valuable asset while we're in the process...
Blog Post
How Many Labels Did We Count on the Ricoh MP3601SP?
Aight, it's an older Ricoh MP 3601SP, However, we still have one in the show room and I thought it would be cool to count how many color and black labels were adhered to the MP3601SP. I didn't not pop any of the covers, but I did open the roll feeder and the toner hopper. The method for my madness is to bring attention to labels, especially color labels. Color labels are all around us, and most of the time we're not paying attention to how many labels are in our lives on a daily basis. With...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in May 2003
Wow, a lot of excellent topics from the P4P'ers. I especially liked "the new push to get rid of paper"! Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend here in the USA. New Xerox Printers and Multifunction Printers: Easy to Use Affordable, Reliable Techn 5/21/087:03 PM New Xerox Printers and Multifunction Printers : Easy to Use Affordable, Reliable Technology for Small Businesses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hardware • Sharp Introduces A4 MFP Line, First...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The First Week in May 2003
Nice thread about the Seri Printer below. I recently sold a Seri Printer with a Ricoh HQ9000 duplicator, well it was last year. I ran across the perfect application and pretty much knew there was no one else in the US that would even think of offering the Seri Printer and the Duplicator. Ricoh discontinued the Seri Printer in the US about ten years ago. To make a long story short I met the inventor of the Seri Print back in 2002 when I visited Japan. He was England or Scotland I think. I...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in May 2008
Don't have much time today, still trying to play catch with blogging and posting. Just arrived in Indianapolis for the Flex Show. Stayed tuned to @artpost, here and my linkedin wall for updates! Weekend Copier Notes from 05/04/08 Neal · 5/4/089:29 PM -635 gloss coating system (aqueous or UV) o Incorporates a KAMA die cutter and stacker conveyor o Pricing unknown - Xerox announced that it will relabel CD-ROM duplicators made by Vinpower Digital, of Los Angeles, CA. The company also relabels...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of December 2007)
There's an interesting thread below about an RBS sales person that person accepted $3,500 from a copier sales person so that RBS could win that bid of 73 copiers. Which raises in interesting question about gifts,trips and prizes to a person that works for a corporation if they buy their copiers from xyz dealer. It's my understanding that any gift, trip or prize is then the property of the corporation and not the person (decision maker). Yet, we find some dealers openly engaging in offering...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in June 2003
WooHoo! Finally a decent Saturday at the NJ Shore. For our family it was Cousins Day at Monmouth Park in NJ. Cousins get together to share some food, share some drinks and get to place some bets on the ponies. I love going to the track and wish I had more time to do it. While I only placed four bets, I was able to come home with $300 in profit. Not a bad day at all. What was more interesting is that I lost a super trifecta bet that would have paid $18K. Next time I'll pay more attention to...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The First Week in June 2003
Interesting thread about the meaning of "Aficio" below. Meaning of Aficio Aficio® comes from the Latin root "afficio" which reflects Ricoh 's creative concept and commitment to total customer satisfaction. Afficio embraces the meanings "manage", "handles", "move" and "influence". Ricoh Introduces Barcode and OCR Printing Capabilities for SAP R/3 System 6/3/038:01 PM 7000 CMF Laser printers AP 2600 AP 2600N AP 2610 AP 2610N AP 3200 AP 4510 AP 3800 C CL 3000 CL 5000 CL 7000 About Ricoh...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The First Week in July 2003
Kobylensky Named Konica VP of Color Sales 7/7/035:37 PM Kobylensky Named Konica VP of Color Sales Konica Business Technologies U .S.A. Inc. has announced the promotion of Robert (Bob) Kobylensky to vice president of color sales . Kobylensky, who joined Konica in December 2002 as director of color sales , direct channel, will now be responsible for the overall sales initiatives for Konica 's color product line. He will report directly to Yasuo Matsumoto, president and chairman of the board.
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Third Week in July 2003
I started my vacation on a Thursday last week. Why? Well best laid plans of mice and men don't always work. Which leads me to a series of meetings I had last week with an a net new account. They were interested in 20 plus users for Managed IT, a copier and needed to bring their IT infrastructure up to date. A pretty sizable deal that was on the fast track. We met last the Friday before last, schedule an assessment on Monday. Had to go back on Wednesday and present. On Wednesday AM, we...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Third Week of January 2003)
Pretty cool that this post will be the third installment of our Week in the Copier Industry 15 years ago this week. Looking back many of us new nothing about networks, nothing about networked printers and scanners. This site enables many copier sales people to lean on others and to share information that helped us compete. Many of these founding P4P'ers are still members today. I'd like thank them for all that they did over the years. 2002 Better Buys for Business HV 1/18/034:29 PM for 2002...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Second Week of August 2009)
No story tonight, watching the Mets Vs Nationals, Mets down by 2 top 8 Enjoy these awesome threads from 19 years ago this week! Topic Konica Minolta, CTWP Put Printing Technology to Work in "100 Percent Green" 8/12/0910:58 PM Konica Minolta , CTWP Put Printing Technology to Work in "100 Percent Green" Office bizhub MFPs Increase Office Efficiencies and Eliminate Waste at Waco Chamber of Commerce Highlighted Links Count on Konica MinoltaRAMSEY , NJ and WACO, TX--(Marketwire - August 12, 2009)...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Third Week of August 2014)
Pretty exciting day for P4P Hotel today. I received our video for promoting the P4P Hotel over social media. I'll be uploading on YouTube in the next couple of days and will then post on a blog. Enjoy these awesome threads from 5 years ago this week! New bliQ Time Saving Tricks, Training Sessions, Equitrac Express, ECM Solution.. Art Post · 8/21/1411:02 PM important to you, we’ve got that covered too, with analysis on both printed and copied output. You’ll also find out the value each model...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of September 2009)
Labor Day Weekend is upon us. There's only a few things on my mind tonight, first is to get finished with the updates for the site. Secondly a little worried about my friends and colleagues in Florida. The last one is the end of the third quarter and the end of the month. Not this month but September. I'm like WTF, it's not even the first on the calendar month and I'm jonesing already. We close our month early, I've got a decent pipeline, but most of its 50/50 at best. In addition I've got a...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Third Week of June 2009)
Let's see ten tear ago Polek & Polek was celebrating 35 years in business. Thus in 5 more years Polek & Polek will be celebrating an amazing 50 years of giving excellent support. Polek & Polek is a fantastic sponsor of the Print4Pay Hotel and I urge all members to click on their site and see what they have to offer. Back in 86' I was buying 50% of my generic Mita toner from them. Please check them out Polek & Polek. Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Third Week of June 2014)
Oh how I miss "bandit", taught me so much about wide format. Hoping "bandit" can get back in the industry one day! I posted "Selling Copiers (A week in my life) 5 years ago. This thread starts off with Monday and what we do on Sunday. Because any good sales person needs prep and plan going into Monday AM. Check it out. Enjoy these threads from 5 years ago this week! This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of June 2004 Art Post · 6/15/149:04 PM Cathedral)...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Second Week of July 2009)
It was ten years ago this week for the Ricoh "cleansing". These times were the months after Ricoh had acquired Ikon. Many great long time Ricoh peeps lost their jobs and were replaced by many Ikon peeps. GMAN paints an accurate picture of the "cleansing" in the thread titled "Cleansing". That is below or you can read it here. It's still my belief that when Ricoh cut the deal for Ikon, one of the covenants of the deal was that many Ikon Execs had to stay on for x amount of time. Enjoy these...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Second Week of July 2004)
Fifteen years ago, hmmm, I was 47 years old and was with Century for 5 years. That time was something special since it was what I call the digital age of copiers. There were still analog copiers to be upgraded and the we attacked new business was to educate the client on how much that fax and printer cost per page was. Faxing was still big and most fax machines had a cost of 3 cents per page or higher. For companies that were receiving a couple of thousand pages a month the cost...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Third Week of July 2004)
Thursday had me in the field with 2 appointments and ten or so planned stop ins and cold calls. I also mentioned that I would be on the lookout for other opportunities for prospects. Many times reps will ask, "where are the prospects?". Ah, grasshopper the prospects are all around you. All you have to do is use your eyes. Many of you know that I sell my fair share of wide format, and with wide format prospecting all you have to do is use your eyes for prospects. When you're out driving,...
Blog Post
When Was the Last Time You Named your Printer or Copier?
Note: I wrote this back on 2013 on the old blog site MFP Solutions, thought it would be a good recycle. When Was the Last Time You Named your Printer or Copier? "Can anyone come up with a fun and creative name for a Canon copier/printer? It's my job to name it since the office just got a new one the other day and I'm the new work study employee. All the other ones were named by previous work studies and were good like a leased Canon was Lisa Canon...since they leased a Canon. Thanks!" Whoa,...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Third Week of July 2009)
In yesterdays post This Week in the Copier Industry 5 years Ago I wrote about the end of the month for me along with still have 25% of the month left. Well, tonight there's still 20% of the month left. I had two appointments, both where buying decisions will be made for August. Thus they count as two added opportunities. The rest of the day was spend with pre-planned stop ins, along with anything else that looked interesting. I had ten on the list, made all then and added two accounts that...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of August 2009)
What Kind of day was it today? Ah, it was a great day to sell something! Although today I had no orders. But I was able to attend the Stratix Quarterly Dinner last night somewhere in the boonies of PA. Enjoy these awesome threads from ten years ago this week! Topic Ricoh: Getting Ready to Rumble 8/1/099:39 AM By NEIL A. MARTIN | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR Ricoh isn't letting this slump get the better of it. Instead, the world's No. 1 copier maker is fine-tuning its business to emerge stronger...
Blog Post
I Had an Awesome Day and Didn't Sell A Copier aka Print Device
I'm thinking it was 2006 when I first met Dave. Dave had this really cool setup for printing color envelopes on one of the first Oki color A3 laser print engines. At that time Dave definitely had one printer running and If I remember correctly had a few more that were primed for back ups. Back in 2006 it was quite uncommon to see a color laser printer that would feed envelopes without wrinkling them. Could have also been because I only carried the Ricoh brand and back in 2006 they were not...
Comment
Re: Comparing Printers and Copiers "The Real Dope for Copier Salespeople"
Can you resend my renewal so I can expense it? Thank you Carl Little Director of Business Development Datamax KC 913-752-2256 (direct) 913-333-7180 (cell)
Comment
Re: Comparing Printers and Copiers "The Real Dope for Copier Salespeople"
I will get that to you
Comment
Re: This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago, The Second Week of February 2008
KM purchased Danka after Dan Doyle ran danka in the ground and sold his stock while leaving everyone else in the toilet. Jason Habbal Vice President Vision Office Systems, Inc. Office - 704-583-7393 ext. 3230 Mobile - 704-746-1007 Serving North and South Carolina's businesses for 20 years
Comment
Re: A Few Reasons Why Copiers and Dust Don't Get Along
Thanks Art! We at Copier Solution Shop have a lot of extra info about the DustCab for anyone who is intersted. Just send an email to Mike at sales@copiersolutionshop.com
Comment
Re: PaperLock Device Adds Extra Layer of Security for HealthCare Industry Copiers & Printers
Thanks Art, for clarifying how these products can benefit the US Copier Dealers. We recently added al lot of Brand-specific Locks (and other solutions) to the Shop, so together with our Universal Locks we can cover almost every locking problem!
Comment
Re: PaperLock Device Adds Extra Layer of Security for HealthCare Industry Copiers & Printers
Hey Art. A quick note that based on your recommendation a few months ago I checked out the Copier Solutions link on your site as I had a need for tray locks for a university application. I ordered the dealer kit and I was extremely impressed with the construction and quality of the product. We sell Toshiba systems and the universal tray locks from their site worked excellent! What I liked about these is they are easy to install and a single key is all that's needed. There is a variety of...
Comment
Re: PaperLock Device Adds Extra Layer of Security for HealthCare Industry Copiers & Printers
Thanks Dave, you are too kind!
Comment
Re: PaperLock Device Adds Extra Layer of Security for HealthCare Industry Copiers & Printers
Dave Thanks, I agree! Quality and support from VA is excellent!
Comment
Re: I Had an Awesome Day and Didn't Sell A Copier aka Print Device
Thanks for sharing this special friendship with your blog readers. What you are having to let go of is very difficult but writing about it is an important step in the process of saying goodbye. Tugs at my heart.
Comment
Re: I Had an Awesome Day and Didn't Sell A Copier aka Print Device
Thanx Jeff Right, the writing does help. 13 years is a long time
Comment
Re: This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in May 2008
Kindly forward sales article. Tnx
Comment
Re: When Was the Last Time You Named your Printer or Copier?
Good repost! While I can't remember the specific names, I know I've had my fair share of copier names. You also have the ones who have named them and shamed them with the Bob marley meme's and other funny ones about jamming, sucking, etc. Love knocking those out of the field! I have one office staff comprised mostly of some interesting females that name them after good looking celebrities and tv/movie characters; Channing, Joe, Darryl..... Also have one customer who specifically refers to...
Comment
Re: When Was the Last Time You Named your Printer or Copier?
I have a customer who names their 75ppm color system Big Mama on the network. Every time an alert comes through to their IT it says Big Mama needs toner or whatever is going on.
Comment
Re: When Was the Last Time You Named your Printer or Copier?
10 years ago, I sold two 45 cpm colour copiers to one law firm both located in the same copier room. I named them Bert & Ernie and even put stickers for the same on each copier. The grouchy law firm after about a month asked me to remove the stickers and give each copier an IT asset name. They found it difficult to relate to a copier with a name. I have not named copiers since.
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago for the Last Week of May 2010
Down to one day left in the month on Tuesday. Going to enjoy tomorrow however need to put in a few hours of work in order to make things happen. Enjoy these awesome threads from ten years ago this week! MFP Wars "Copier/MFP Manufacturers to Buy Printer Manufacturers" Guest · 5/25/106:48 PM With the recent aquisition of Oce by Canon, what's next for the likes of Xerox, Ricoh, Canon and KonicaMinolta? There's no more Ikon, Danka and Global like companies left for them to buy. Could it be...
Blog Post
5 Ways to Reduce Damp Paper in your Plotter
Plotters and Wide Format Printers With summer brings the awful heat and humidity to New Jersey along with damp paper issues for plotters. Damp paper will cause print and copy quality issues because the toner and or ink doesn’t adhere to damp paper well. One of the ways to tell if the paper is damp is that the print of copy looks muddled or not a fully formed image. Our technicians refer to the issue as “blotching of the image”. Extreme high and low humidity can cause print & copy quality...
Blog Post
The Week in Copiers 10 Years Ago This Week In 2010
The Week in Copiers 10 Years Ago This Week In 2010 Recently I signed up for my own lead service because I'd rather spend my time with those that are interested rather than making huge amounts of phone calls each week in a state where businesses are not back to normal. Yes, some of the leads are crap and most are price buyers. I realize I will lose more than I win but just having the data points for that business with DM information is worth the extra dough spent. Enjoy these beautiful...
Blog Post
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago This Week In 2010
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago This Week In 2010, The First Week in August What's in store for me this week? Still dealing with Corona Virus, New Jersey closed and a Hurricane coming up the coast. Forgot to mention a forecast of zero for this week. Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week! Canon Copiers Advancing the Frontiers of Digital Printing – Three New imagePRESS Digi Guest · 8/7/1011:02 AM C7000VP Digital Printer Since Canon entered the high-quality, high-volume digital...
Blog Post
This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago
When talking with your client(s) do you have that come to Jesus moment with them? That would be the talk track about what makes your company (dealership) unique and different in your market? If not maybe it's time to add it. Enjoy these awesome threads from 5 years ago this week and check out the one about Great Sales People and how some great peeps at another dealership helped me out. Konica Minolta Significantly Reduces CO2 emissions in Fiscal Year 2014 Art Post · 9/3/1511:17 PM product...
Blog Post
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago the Third Week of September 2010 Over the last two days I've had the opportunity to speak with four dealer principals, one dealer sales manager and a CEO of an industry supplier. There is good news! The good news is that we are recovering along with dealers pivoting to other products and services to offer to their clients. It's refreshing to speak to so many people that have found a way to see the good in a bad situation. May we all treat this time as a...
Blog Post
The Week in Copiers 15 Years Ago
The Week in Copiers 15 Years Ago The Second Week in October 2010 I have no clue as to how 2020 will end revenue wise. The year has proven to be full of challenges for all of us. What I do know is that I will not give up, or give in to negative thoughts. The world is what we make of it an if we are too succeed then WE need to make things happen every day. Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week Konica Minolta Office Equipment Unit May Miss Guest · 10/11/057:12 PM Konica Minolta Office...
Blog Post
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago for The Third Week in October 2010 I was rolling when I read one of the threads from ten years ago about "Smell O Vison". It's been ten years and it seems "Smell O Vision" n ever came to pass, however it's still a good read. I always thought it would be neat if our smart phones emit smell patterns. Wouldn't it be interesting.... Enjoy these great copier threads from ten years ago... Check this out this email and Print Solution! Guest · 10/18/107:41 PM Print...
Blog Post
The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago The Last Week October 2015 Way back when in 1986 I went into business for myself at the ripe age of 29. I had been selling copiers for a Minolta dealer in central New Jersey since 1981. The reason for starting my own dealership was simple. The dealer I worked for was about to go belly up. Probably the best thing I ever did. You can read that blog here Enjoy these cool threads from 5 years ago this week! When Was the Last Time You Named your Printer or...
Blog Post
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago The Third Week in February 2011 Snow, snow and more snow. Some might take off, some might be lazy, some may relax on the couch. I took the entire day to keep working, keep grinding to make I'll finish the month strong! Enjoy these Awesome Copier Threads from Ten Years Ago this Week Konica Minolta Introduces the bizhub 652/552 Series of Monochrome MFPs Art Post (Guest) · 2/16/117:52 PM SOURCE: Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. Feb 15, 2011 15:37...
Blog Post
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago The Last Week of March 2011 There are times when I read some of these threads from 5, 10 and 15 years ago. Often these threads will jog my memory of days gone by and in other ways these threads will bring back memories of things that I did to remain successful in this industry for forty-one years. We all seem to get so caught up in our day to day activities that we sometimes forget the basics that got us to where we are today. Enjoy These Awesome Copier...