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Re: This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Fourth Week of January 2005
I am out of the office on annual leave until the 26th Jan. In my absence please contact 01983 406522. Thank you
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Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
Ten years ago I was a mere 53 years of age in 2010. Some news I remember was the start of the "War for A4" MFPs, Ricoh launched APP2ME (gone but not forgotten) and Canon purchased Oce for $1 Billion dollars (Oce brand is now gone also). Funny thing about time, as more of it passes by we tend to only remember the BIG moments and forget about all the small moments that led to those BIG moments in our industry. What will the next 10 years bring to our industry? Will it be feast or famine for...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Fourth Week of January 2005
There was not much happening in the news 10 years ago this week. I thought I would do my own flash back for January of 2005. I don't keep notes but with having data on the threads from the forums from 10 years ago, the threads do spark the...
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Top Ten Copier and MFP Proposals for May 2013
May 2013 business got me back on top of the leaders list for tops in total sales and tops in new business for the entire team. To date I've racked in $130k in net new business. However, June is not looking so good, a lot in the pipeline but...
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Canon & Oce "Was this a good deal or a not so good deal?"
I was going through some of the web polls that we've had running on several of the old sites.I'm closing all of the old polls out and will be adding new polls. For the time being the new polls are located at P4P Polls, as soon as I figure out...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago (2nd week of October)
The Concorde makes its last commercial flight, bringing the era of airliner supersonic travel to a close. I don't have a lot of time tonight, below is the list of threads that populated the Print4Pay Hotel forums this week ten years ago. ...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago (3rd week of October)
Geesh, can you believe color systems have been around for ten plus years now! From reading one of the threads, yes I remember having to sell color develops not color pages. Mention develops to a new rep and they'll look at you like you've...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago (4th week of October)
When reviewing these threads I noticed a thread that I posted 10 years ago that referenced the loss of my brother. Ten years....just want to thank all of the P4P'ers that expressed their condolences. It was and still is appreciated. I did...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago (1st Week of November)
Ten Years ago this week.............After 26 years, and at a distance from Earth of over 8 billion miles, Voyager 1 exits the solar system. It is expected to keep on transmitting into the 2020s . [47] [48] Enjoy these threads from the Print4Pay Hotel forums 10 year ago! I Get To Change Jobs! November 8, 2003 1:27 PM Topic by Graham Well all, it looks like I will be making a Job Change on December 1st. My company has been sold to our chief competitor.I will be still selling...
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New Jersey HVAC Company Selects Ricoh MP W6700SP over OCE PlotWave 450
Just about a week ago I was able to visit a client with an existing KIP 3000 multifunctional wide format device with hopes of providing a new Ricoh MP W6700SP. Seems the KIP 3000 had received quite a workout over the years and was closing in the end of it's useful life. After spending about fifteen minutes with the device and the operator, I found that the KIP 3000 was purchased pre-owned, and the volume was about 3,000 square feet a month, in addition the KIP 3000 has a dual roll paper...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Second Week of November 2004)
So here's a thread where my first thought was, gee that was a long time ago! In most cases I'm thinking time is flying buy. Canon buys Oce, really that was a long time ago! Enjoy These Awesome Threads from 15 Years Ago this Week! UPDATE 3-Canon buys Dutch Oce for $1.1 bln, fights Ricoh 11/16/097:44 AM Minolta Holdings, which is in a business alliance with Oce. "Konica Minolta procures high-end production printing machines from Oce, while Oce procures lower-end machines from Konica Minolta,"...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Third Week of November 2009)
Dang, it's been ten year since Canon bought OCE. Interesting that it took ten years to finally retire the OCE brand. Ten years ago I was blogging about the War for A4, I also find it interesting that the war has been going on for 10 years now, and finally people are starting to pay attention. Enjoy These awesome threads from ten years ago this week! UPDATE 3-Canon buys Dutch Oce for $1.1 bln, fights Ricoh 11/16/097:44 AM Minolta Holdings, which is in a business alliance with Oce. " Konica...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of December 2009)
Reading through some of the threads below I re-read Ten Ways to Save Energy and Reduce Waste with your Office Copiers & Printers. It may be ten years olf but most of it is good content to share with your clients. Pick and choose what you want and feel free to add come of your own! Enjoy these wonderful threads from ten years ago this week! Konica Minolta Receives Sales Support Award from Mail Boxes Etc., Inc. 12/5/0911:41 AM Ramsey, N.J. and San Diego – December 2, 2009 – Konica Minolta...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in May 2008
It's been ten years since Ricoh introduced the W7140 and W8140, couldn't believe that when I saw this in one of the threads below. One of the threads was also about the Ricoh 760 scanner. What a difference ten years makes. Ricoh no longer offers scanners and in the US they only offer one Ricoh manufactured digital duplicator. Ah, times do change! IKON Introduces New Printer Line 5/14/087:31 PM www.ikon.com . About IKON IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (www.ikon.com) is the world's largest...
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Re: Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
Art love your post here is my 5 cents worth: the manufacturer that has most of cash is Kyocera that is growing at small percentage rate year by year they don’t have any presence nor they have their own production print device so watch for them to acquire someone that bleeds profusely and most OEM’s do! A 4 units will increase placement but I don’t believe it will be that high. Small independents will actually have more leverage and this might surprise everyone however I truly believe they...
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Re: Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
10 years from now there will be a serious shortage of experienced manpower on primarily the sales but also on the service side of the copier industry. Young people are just not interested in the copier business and particularly do not want to make cold calls. The industry has a long ruthless history of being quick to terminate people's employment because they are somehow on the wrong side of a balance sheet. Be it A3 or A4 hardware, it will take care of itself and adapt to whatever new...
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Re: Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
Art - love the article, and I totally agree with you. I have been saying for the past 10 years that the "SMART" manufacturer will build two models: Seg 1-4 model and Seg 5-6 model. Then all the customer has to do is buy the "speed" chip that determine's the speed. It's the perfect scenario from a production side: Manufacturers only have to build two models and can increase production. Here is why it has NOT happened: Manufacturers would move fewer units to each dealer. As an explanation,...
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Re: Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
What will be left of the Copier business if printing volume will decrease 10% per year until 2030? Only 35% of the current volume (and clicks)! And only 20% with a yearly decrease of 15%.
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Re: Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
I understand many dealers sell mostly only A3/A4 colour copiers. That does not mean that other dealers do not sell black only A3/A4 copiers. There is no way around the fact that toner based colour copiers have a higher built in cost with the more parts, more expensive toners and more expensive developer material. There are always going to be both SMB businesses and enterprises that only want a low cost black copier than can scan in colour, especially if they have multiple copiers on their ...
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Re: Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
Thanx @Frank Vasquez you have an interesting concept with a license to turn on color. Just like most MFP's have fax built it and you're just buying the SD card license to turn it on. Very interesting!
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Re: Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
I was looking for the global annual copies and prints produced annually. I haven;t found that yet, however I did find this. I believe I read somewhere that there are more than a trillion pages printed every year. Going to try and find that.
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Re: Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
That much paper, trees, energy and water being used is a tragedy for the environment. Black only copiers that can recycle paper are here now and work well. They are popular in Europe and Asia but have not yet caught on in North America.
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Re: Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
Not sure if those types of copiers will ever take off in the US. Toshiba has had them for years, think I've only seen one ever. It would be nice though
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Re: Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
Will the next generation still print as we do? They watch Netflix on their phones, and study at Starbucks. In 2030 the NextGen will be the new business generation. My thoughts; for doing business in 2030 you do not need any paper.... (at all). Only old men, like myself, will print emails, read them, and throw them away.
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Re: Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
This. It’s nothing against the copier it’s just that it won’t be as crucial to day to day office operations. Will every office need some kind of print device? Sure. But it won’t need to be a $10k A3 MFP to only print 500 sheets per month. I had a customer that our company worked with for over 20 years. The new executive director is early 30’s and reached out questioning their contract and lease. I worked every angle to get him to upgrade but he closed out two A3 leases and purchased two HP...
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Re: Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
@grizzlyadams yup at one time the copier was the key communication tool in the office. We all have to change and change is a good thing I guess.
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Re: Prognostications for the Next Decade in the Copier Industry
Agree 100% the A4 space will suck up more A3 units and not necessarily on cpc contracts. I'm not convinced at all Canon & Ricoh will make the long term cut, they seem to have serious profitability issues and properly diversifying doesn't seem to be a play they are getting fully behind (or fast enough?). I think there are some Dark horses in the race so to speak. Sharp/FOXCONN, NINESTAR or the immense cash and acquisition strength of Kyocera as mentioned above. These guys are not flushing...
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Re: New Jersey HVAC Company Selects Ricoh MP W6700SP over OCE PlotWave 450
Art, Great selling job! However, some of your comments are not totally accurate. That's why I said "great selling job" before.
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Re: New Jersey HVAC Company Selects Ricoh MP W6700SP over OCE PlotWave 450
Thank you! PLease tell me what's not accurate, I want to be accurate in every phase of this business!
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Re: New Jersey HVAC Company Selects Ricoh MP W6700SP over OCE PlotWave 450
Good sales meeting topic!!
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Re: New Jersey HVAC Company Selects Ricoh MP W6700SP over OCE PlotWave 450
42" long print job will stack OK on the Ricoh front tray?
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Re: New Jersey HVAC Company Selects Ricoh MP W6700SP over OCE PlotWave 450
Yup wit exit tray from copier solution shop
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This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Ten Years Ago Second Week of July 2017 sponsored by Cloud opportunities are exploding! Whether it's document management with the likes of DocuWare, serverless printing (aka Cloud Print) with EveryOne Print, or Cloud Faxing , the move to the Cloud for services is real. We need to dig deep with our existing accounts because they are our gold mines. In addition introducing cloud services to net new client is a great way to seed your future additional services,...
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This Week in the Copier Industry Fifteen Years Ago
This Week in the Copier Industry Fifteen Years Ago sponsored by But to get right down to it I don't know of any other job that lets me make my own hours, lets me go on vacation without telling anyone (hope my boss is not reading this) , hey as long as you have your phone, pda or pc you're working right, isn't that a rule? I get to travel down roads where I've..... Why Am I Still Selling Copiers? I'm looking for help, I need to reach out to KM, Toshiba and HP principals. I'm willing to offer...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago
This Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago Second Week of February 2009 Real Copier Sales "They're likely to offer a pat answer about price or prior loyalty, but if you probe a bit you might find your way to a more substantial reply" You know Art, the answer, I think, is likely in the last sentence of your sales tip. Far too many reps don't "peel the onion". Pat questions that receive pat answers to put together a pat proposal. Einstein once said that the definition of insanity... .. go here or...
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MFP Wars "The Final Five"
re-post with corrections from 2009 How many players do we have now? Let's see: Ricoh, Xerox, Canon, KonicaMinolta, OCE, Sharp, Kyocera, Toshiba, Muratec, and Panasonic. Many moons ago, I made a few predictions regarding what I thought would happen with Ricoh Americas. To sum it up, my thoughts were that Ricoh would take all non-performing dealers and ask them to become Lanier or Savin, while keeping the top Ricoh Dealer performers. It made sense to me that the Direct Channel would then have...
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Re: MFP Wars "The Final Five"
Toshiba Tec is potentially going to seek an independent path from Toshiba Corp. while entering a joint manufacturing partnership with Ricoh to produce new MFPs with the same print engine a few years from now. I would maybe put Lexmark on the chopping block as it seems happy to relabel it's A4 product to Xerox, Sharp and Toshiba and somehow tries to distance itself from it's 60% owner NineStar.