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Re: Post KM Flat Rate Webinar Follow Ups
Art, you sent me a copy of the One Rate Seminar, but now I can't find the link. Could you please resend it to me? Ken Lee Sales Manager Ephesus Office Technologies, Inc.
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Re: Best Black & White MFP for 10k/month yeild. Suggestions?
First is this your actual reply to the account looking at thoseToshiba products listed (455 & 305)? If yes and they have a great history with the Toshiba product, telling them there a "bottom dweller" would make anyone think that you're only wanting to sell them what YOU'RE offering. The models they requested are older models of Toshiba and who knows if they've worked well for them or not. Also if you research the Okidata product, most of their MFP's are based on the Toshiba platform now...
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Re: Best Black & White MFP for 10k/month yeild. Suggestions?
Actually, I did not mention that I am offering any equipment to them. I'm not even sure where they are located, I'm not looking to sell them, All of the recent MFP's that I've seen at the shows have pretty much the same GUI> I do remember something about a more robust partnering with Toshiba/
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Re: Best Black & White MFP for 10k/month yeild. Suggestions?
FYI: Toshiba, overall, is in the top ten for R&D Spend-to-Sales ratios. "Bottom dweller" really is not a fair use of words. With any device manufacturer, product is only as good as its dealer support. Get references if need be. RE: maintenance; The asker is talking B&W devices not color. Regardless, get the maintenance. Fewer spikes in copy quality or hardware issues because you'll make that phone call to fix rather than putting up with poor copy quality, etc. for fear of how much it...
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Re: Best Black & White MFP for 10k/month yeild. Suggestions?
TimB: Thanx for the comment! I believe you with the top ten in R & D for Spend to Sales ratios, but I don't R & D being conducted for copiers not like Canon, Xerox, KonicaMInolta & Xerox. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck then it must be a duck. Toshiba's market share over the last ten years in the US has always been at or near the bottom of the pack, thus they are cellar dwellers, bottom feeders, in the US market. You are correct with the MA, they were not asking for...
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Re: Best Black & White MFP for 10k/month yeild. Suggestions?
Art, I like your general guidance to the initial poster, and I won't grade your writing since this isn't an English class. In regard to this brief post conversation, I think honesty is the best policy with customers and with ourselves. Yes Tim, they probably are in the top ten. However, the customer was asking which is the best. By rankings in the market place, the top seven do not include Toshiba. They fall within the bottom 7% of market share for shipments and the bottom 8.6% for market...
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Re: Best Black & White MFP for 10k/month yeild. Suggestions?
thanx for nor grading my English!!! most threads are done at night and I'll admit, I'm much better at selling than writing.
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Re: Top Ten Copier & Imaging Industry Predictions for 2018
11a. For 2018 the total A4/A3 print volume (compared to 2017) will reduce with 10% 11b. For the coming 10 years the total A4/A3 print volume will reduce with 10% per year and will (in 2027) only be 35% of the current volume
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Re: Samsung to Acquire Nuance?
Equitrac/Safecom/ecopy/ppdm its too small of a component of Nuance. I will bet you they split the document imaging division into a separate company.
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Re: Samsung to Acquire Nuance?
I think buying Nuance would be a great opportunity for Samsung to get deeper in the solutions side of the industry. However, I 100% agree with Yeti that it's too small of a division of Nuance. Knowing that iPhone's Siri uses Nuance technology gives Samsung huge opportunities to work with or against Apple.
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Post KM Flat Rate Webinar Follow Ups
I'd like to thank the 60 or so peeps from dealers across the US that took the time to view the webinar today. We even had a rep from Norway in on the call, thanx again for your time and your interest in our webinar today. For those of you that are Premium/VIP Print4Pay Hotel members (FYI, we have a $99 Lifetime Premium/VIP special running now). The three documents that I promised along with the link for the recording has been posted in our Premium/VIP forums.
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The Flat Rate Program "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly"
If you've been around as long as I have, then you're old! No, really it's that you've seen or heard about some of the coolest marketing programs from our beloved copier manufacturers. One program has recently has a ton of chatter on the Print4Pay forums lately. That's the KonicaMinolta All inclusive unlimited click program. I first heard of the program through one of my Linkedin connections and he was touting how awesome the program is for clients. In fact he's authored his success on the...
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Re: Committed to Dealer Success
So are you saying as a customer you wouldn't expect to be able to go to a manufactures website and locate a dealer? Am I supposed to go find the product I want then go someplace else to find where to buy it.
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Re: Committed to Dealer Success
No I'm not. In the case of Formax, you would call them and they would give you the name of the Authorized Dealer and I'm assuming it would be the same case with Muratec since there are no dealer locators on their web sites. Is there really a need to have 6-8 dealers covering the same geo area along with the Direct channel. Here's an example, in my territory in which we are Authorized I can't remember the last time I received a lead. Some of the manufacturers sights are slanted to delivering...
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Re: When Was the Last Time You Named your Printer or Copier?
The was a picture of "Bob Marley" on a Ricoh when i met with a new potential account. Below the pic is said: "I'm alwayz Jammin"! Oh and yes a new Toshiba 6550c was installed! Will see if something shows up on our machine
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Re: When Was the Last Time You Named your Printer or Copier?
There was a picture of "Bob Marley" on a Ricoh when i met with a new potential account. Below the pic is said: "I'm alwayz Jammin"! Oh and yes a new Toshiba 6550c was installed! Will see if something shows up on our machine
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Re: When Was the Last Time You Named your Printer or Copier?
Funny, I saw a similar picture. Copier Name, Bob Marley Reason, keeps jamming
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Re: When Was the Last Time You Named your Printer or Copier?
Lou S. Canon. Does what it wants, when it wants.
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Re: When Was the Last Time You Named your Printer or Copier?
Originally Posted by aperrett: Lou S. Canon. Does what it wants, when it wants. like it
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Re: When Was the Last Time You Named your Printer or Copier?
I have an IT friend who names the printers on his client's networks after the Seven Dwarfs. If he runs out of dwarfs he uses other Disney characters. I always know when I'm in one of his client's offices.
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Re: Selling Copiers "Should I Go Out on My Own"
While we are reminiscing about starting an office equipment dealership, it was 37 years ago that I started Business Machines Inc. (BMI) in Raleigh. BMI started as an Olivetti City Dealer and later into a full service dealership. Over the years BMI transitioned from a typewriter/calculator dealer to a computer, fax, and finally a copier dealer. It was August, 2012 that I started my exit of the industry by selling BMI to CEI with the agreement to work with them for one more year. As I write...
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Re: Selling Copiers "Should I Go Out on My Own"
MIke: Wish you the best and hope you are retiring after all these years!
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Re: Selling Copiers "Should I Go Out on My Own"
Yes... retiring from work and starting a new career of piddling on the farm and traveling.
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Top Ten Copier Proposals for July 2015
Last night I took a peek at the proposals and thought, what's another benefit that I get from reading these? At times, and more this year than any other year I've been struggling for revenue. I'm behind in revenue for the year,...
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Committed to Dealer Success
It's refreshing to see an email from a office equipment manufacturer that is touting their web site as dealer and end user friendly. A recent email from Formax introduced me to their new web site, and their claim to fame was the fact there...
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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...
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Selling Copiers "Should I Go Out on My Own"
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 1982, and believe it or not by 1986 the owner was in a divorce, hooked on other stuff and...
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Our Top Ten Copier Proposals/Quotes for July 2013
Yup, with the new site and still having to keep down my day job.....I've been a little busy. But before I post these I just wanted to tell you that I received a call from a Print4Pay Hotel member that is quitting his job of selling MPS and...
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I Kissed A Copier and I Liked It!
I've been toying around with this blog for some time. For some of us old timers in the industry we've either heard or been told that we have toner in our blood. To have someone describe you as having toner in your blood is a compliment ...
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Samsung to Acquire Nuance?
Whoa! Read this today on a blog, will post that thread at the bottom of this blog. The blog goes on to state that the Wall Street Journal reported that Nuance has spoken to Samsung about the possible sale. It was stated that the talks happened...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago (2nd Week of December)
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead vocalist and a founder member of The Rolling Stones. Jagger's career has spanned over 50 years, read more here or...
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Best Black & White MFP for 10k/month yeild. Suggestions?
From time to time I'll see an interesting thread or post on a forum and I'll take the time to give an unbiased opinion based on the questions that are presented. Below is a thread I found on a forum that really didn't answer the question for the...
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Top Ten Copier & Imaging Industry Predictions for 2017
Looking back, 2016 was one heck of a year with our industry. Lexmark was purchased by Apex Technology Co., Ltd (People Republic of China). Who would have guessed that? Sharp Corporation lived to fight another day when Foxconn (Taiwan aka Republic of China) acquired them earlier this year. Then just a few weeks ago Print Audit purchases NeoStream (document management software company). Of course we then have the purchase of Samsung Imaging Division by HP. We can only wonder what's next for...
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Graph Expo Day Two 2016
It's early on day 3 of the Graph Expo show. I'm up and about early at the Hyatt Regency and I've made way to the pool grotto to enjoy the sunrise. Since I had covered most of the show floor on day one, day two was a chance to go back and gather additional information on some of those products that I found interesting. In addition there were some additional devices like the KIP Color wide formats, and the OCE Color wide formats that I wanted to get some additional data on to help me in my day...
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Top Ten Copier Proposals for June 2017
Where can you find more than five hundred copiers proposals? If you guessed the Print4Pay Hotel, then you've guessed right! Our Competitive proposals are shared from other Print4Pay Hotel members. In fact many P4P'ers will email me those "trophy" proposals in order to receive a few free months of Premium/VIP membership. You may ask what are trophy proposals? They would be the proposals where we've won the clients business and then asked for a copy of the competitors proposals. Over the...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Third Week of October 2007)
Tens years ago Tom Salierno, also known as Tom, Jr lost his job as Chief Operating ... Officer of Ricoh U S of Ricoh Corporation from June 2006 to December 2007. In the ten years after it seems that Big Tom was the chief culprit in Ricoh dealer acquisitions for Global Imaging. Today Tom serves ae Chief Executive Office with Global Imaging. Big Tom Out as Prez at Ricoh Boston Mike · 10/16/072:15 PM Don"t let the door..... Ricoh Americas Corporation Announces Organizational Changes WEST...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Last Week of October 2007)
As Friday came to close, there were only two (sales) of us left in the office by the time 4:30PM rolled around. Why were we in the office at 4:30PM on a Friday? That's easy, our month ends on Monday and we're still trying to get move shit forward. As we were packing up, the topic of demonstrations came up somehow. There we were reminiscing about how awesome it was to do demonstrations. The planning, the preparation, and of course the sizzle. I'll admit it, I could present excellent...
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Top Ten Copier & Imaging Industry Predictions for 2020
So was 2019 a good year or a not so good year for the imaging industry? If I'm thinking about my personal results then 2019 was awesome and one of the best ever. I think 2020 will prove to be one of the biggest years yet for change in our industry. Change is good, right? I'm sure there will be at least two or three bombshells with one of them happening in late January 2020 and then another in late March to early April 2020. None of my predictions came true in 2019 and that's because I didn't...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week of March 2008
Ah, 2008 and not one of my favorites years. The economy was tanking. Clients that were at the end of the lease were opting to buy the equipment instead of upgrading. Credit became really tight, especially for start ups, and many companies were closing, declaring bankruptcy or one day they were open and the next day they were not. Some say that the economy really didn't rebound until 2015. Any way you slice it, it was a horrendous seven years. Looking back, I would also tend to think that the...
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Top Ten Copier Proposals for December 2017
Yesterday I posted Top Ten Copier Proposals for January 2018 . I don't have much time tonight, however please click that link and you'll read why I think seeing competitive proposals is key for keeping up with the latest pricing for hardware and cost per page maintenance agreements. Toshiba 5540ct unlimited color and black pages proposal 2017 Ricoh MP C4504SPex 5 device Proposal December 2017 Ricoh CW 2200 Wide Format Proposal MP_C2504ex_december 2017 Samsung X4250 Copier Proposal 2017...
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Top Ten Copier & Imaging Industry Predictions for 2018
What a year! Ricoh sells most of their SMB accounts to dealers (not including education, legal and production) and proves that they are dedicated to their dealers. Toshiba might has probably staved off from selling the kitchen sink with the sale of their chip unit to a consortium that is led by Bain Capital. Epson delivers two color A3 ink MFP's with speeds of 75 & 100 pages per minute. Proving that disruption of our coveted A3 toner based is well underway. Last years Top Ten MFP Copier...
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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,...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of May 2009)
MY apologies for not posting for two weeks. It's been busy with the trip to Itex and the end of the month. However, I'm back and will be posting these regular now. Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Copier Notes from 05/03/09 Neal · 5/3/099:47 PM trade group, IKON/ Ricoh will hold 4 workshops to help printers move to digital: - 6/3/20009 in Boston - 6/4/2009 in Alexandria, VA - 8/5/2009 in Chicago, IL - 8/6/2009 in Minneapolis, MN - will be held in IKON showrooms -...
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Re: Top Ten Copier & Imaging Industry Predictions for 2020
Toshiba Corp does not own the majority of shares in Toshiba Tec Corp. Toshiba Tec is an independent corporation and owns 51% of its shares therefore controlling its own destiny. Toshiba Corp owns the remaining 49%. NineStar remains highly leveraged from its $3.6B 2016 acquisition of Lexmark and has fully tapped two lines of credit to keep operations functioning smoothly. NineStar can access unlimited funds from the Chinese gov't to fund future acquisitions under the China 2025 initiative.
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Re: Top Ten Copier & Imaging Industry Predictions for 2020
Prediction 11. As eCommerce continues to grow at a rapid rate, the label printing industry is expected to grow with it. Expect more players with color label printing equipment.
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Re: Top Ten Copier & Imaging Industry Predictions for 2020
I agree with SALESERVICEGUY on his Toshiba/Lexmark comment, and the relationship between Toshiba and Lexmark has been very strong for a dozen+ years. I was actually a bit shocked that Lexmark re-labeled KM instead of Toshiba for their A3 products. The Toshiba product line has always been strong, and the newest series does NOT disappoint. The issue with Toshiba is that they have been resistant to investing the resources to offer a complete Toshiba-made, e-Bridge lineup from A4 all the way to...
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Re: Top Ten Copier & Imaging Industry Predictions for 2020
Expect a Toshiba Tec manufactured A4 product line maybe as early as April 2020 using the same eBridge Next operating system as the current A3 product line. The current "Toshmark" e478s/e389cs/e479cs product line sells well and will continue. These Lexmark models can currently use the Toshiba original Universal 2 print driver. I would not expect any news or interest in the Production space from Toshiba Tec.
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Re: Top Ten Copier & Imaging Industry Predictions for 2020
Yes - Toshiba is introducing two A4 units, I believe, and from what I hear, they are not much smaller than their A3 cousins. While I have heard claims they did this to minimize CPC's, it is probably because Toshiba did not want to invest in creating a whole new product line, rather tweak an existing one. It is wait-and-see time. Question is, will it fit on a desk/credenza? As to Production, I am well aware of Toshiba's lack of vision/desire in that arena, as I tried for years to push for...