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Re: Samsung Copier Million Page Test "A Tree Massacre"

VinceMcHugh ·
Art, I think Samsung needed to do this test to shut the mouths of the critics. Now anyone who wonders or asks if the Samsungs are reliable will get a link to this test. My Service guys tell me that the Samsungs have been working well! And the new MX series with the Android (OS) Tablet has been very cool. That wish list item that you asked Ricoh for has already been delivered by Samsung! I have just worked with a 3rd party tech company to get the first non-Samsung Android App ported to the...
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Re: Samsung Copier Million Page Test "A Tree Massacre"

Art Post ·
Seems my Blog about the million page test was not that well received with Samsung. They complained to ENX Magazine who then pulled the blog off their site. Whatever happened to FREE Press? They were not happy that I pointed out that they used "x" amount of tree's for a 1980's type test! Since Samsung spends money with ENX, ENX pulled the blogs and is not posting any of my latest stuff. You know what, as far as I'm concerned we here this finance stuff about Sharp, Toshiba and none of the...
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Re: Samsung Copier Million Page Test "A Tree Massacre"

daninsun ·
On average for every tree taken down in US for paper it is replaced by three new ones This is one of the reasons there are more trees in US than in past Dan Schmidt (sent from mobile device) > On Nov 23, 2015, at 6:19 PM, Print4Pay Hotel < alerts@hoop.la > wrote: >
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

Larry Levine ·
Love it Art! Curious what HP does with this acquisition.
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

Art Post ·
Yup we'll see, it's interesting that I had a conversation about the pagewide technology at the Top 100 Summit.
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

SalesServiceGuy ·
Thanks HP for taking Samsung out of the picture and giving me a new line to put doubt in customers minds when competing against Samsung.
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

SalesServiceGuy ·
I think everybody was thinking who in the copier industry was Samsung planning on buying. Nobody thought that it would be Samsung who got bought up. It is not like they needed the money. I think there was some corporate pride at Samsung that they would become #1 in any industry that they entered. It must have been obvious to Samsung that to conquer the consumer electronics industry is one thing put to conquer the business to business copier industry was unlikely.
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

Tom Koenig ·
Interesting observations Art.
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

gra8dane ·
I think I figured out what happened. Their PR company accidentally sent out a press release from 15 years ago, not realizing that the core messages they put out were no longer relevant. It's like having Comcast put out a press release that they just bought an ISP and they are going to completely disrupt the dial-up internet market.
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

KimL ·
Art It was great meeting you in San Diego….. Thanks again for the work you do on this blog. Have a good week! Kim Louden Vice President, Sales Tel 319-261-4057 Cel. 319.491.7096 Fax 319.261.6057 klouden@greatamerica.com<mailto:klouden@greatamerica.com> www.greatamerica.com < http://www.greatamerica.com/ > GreatAmerica Financial Services | 625 First St. SE, Suite 800 | Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 [GFSC-Cannata-6outof7-BTA-Sig-2015]
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

Kyocera Guy ·
My coworkers and I are scratching our heads too.
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

SalesServiceGuy ·
PRINTING BUSINESS UNIT DIVESTMENT GUIDANCE Following is communications guidance on the Samsung Printer Business Unit Divestment includes: The Samsung Electronics Press Release Q&A for Samsung Employees and Partners Samsung Printing Business Unit Divestment Statement “Samsung Electronics has reached an agreement to sell the entire global operations and assets of its printing business to HP Inc. This transaction is part of the Company’s efforts to concentrate on its core business areas.
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

SalesServiceGuy ·
What is puzzling to me is almost the same day that HP announced they were purchasing Samsung's print business, they launched a major new product line. Are they going to ditch the new Samsung line? Did HP buy Samsung's print business to take out a competitor and get the recurring revenue from parts, supplies and cpc contracts. To me, HP has always been an abbreviation for "hardly profitable".
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

Art Post ·
I had the time at lunch today to listen to a recorded webex meeting from Photizo that offered up speculation on why HP bought Samsung. Here's my takeaways: Patents, more than 6,500 of them 1,500 world class engineers The eventual replacement of all canon marking engines with Samsung Thus, as there was much hype about the purchase of Samsung, I don't think was for the laser based engines, but more for the patents, the engineers, and the laser engines for HP printers. In addition, HP will now...
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

SalesServiceGuy ·
Any idea what an "in-cave stacker stapler is? Is this the same as an Inner Finisher which fits inside the body of the copier and takes up no floor space?
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

SalesServiceGuy ·
I hope HP (Hardly Profitable)'s idea of market innovation is not to make the whole industry hardly profitable. Outside sales reps need to make a buck and will not flock to a new product that dramatically reduces their commission on every sale. Kind of like the A3 to A4 transition of a few years ago. Sales reps do not want to be forced to try and sell a lot more boxes to earn the same income regardless of how great the technology might be. Did that, been there.
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

Art Post ·
not here, I was going to google it to see
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

Art Post ·
I'm not sure......will be interesting to see how the industry responds. I think it may be time for HaaS or Seat Based Billing for MFP's. Get ahead of the curve and tie up your accounts now!
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

Art Post ·
Maybe they are calling the exit area in the MFP a cave, because it is surrounded on at least two sides. The finisher then sits in the cave?
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

Art Post ·
Picked this up today: Seems these new PageWide devices will offer tiered billing just the like the tried and test HP Edgeline. Wow, this could get very exciting!
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

SalesServiceGuy ·
As of this date, BLI has published no specs on the new A3 product line. HP's website has posted a few images. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-ne...s/2016/GPC_2016.html Tiered billing has been offered by Kyocera and Xerox for a few years. I think the tiers are very low and a customer quickly gets knocked up to Tier 3 full or above market price.
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Re: 5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

Art Post ·
Yup, because these models will not be available until May of 2017. I agree, most are pushed up, and I'm not to worried
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Re: Will H.P. Uber the Imaging Channel

Martin Hofman ·
After a week og being overwhelmed with opinions this is the most sensible/viosionary article I read about HP - Samsung
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Re: Will H.P. Uber the Imaging Channel

Ray Stasiezcko ·
Thanks Martin Hofman, The industry needs more "Imaginationalyst" (Yes I made that word up). Without the ability to imagine a completely different way of doing things, or the ability to break loose from stubbornness. Change will always happen to you instead of being caused by you. Too much analysis not enough Imagination we need to combine them "Imaginationalyst"
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Re: Will H.P. Uber the Imaging Channel

Czech ·
This is a great article! One point that I disagree on is that HP will be entering the SMB market with this acquisition. What's the point? Dealers own the SMB market, and most dealers will sell whatever their customers already have. Where HP has the advantage is going into their national and global accounts where they dominate with MPS contracts on A4 devices. Finally, they can go back to the banks/governments/etc and kick out the Canon/Ricoh/Xerox A3 devices that are in there. And because HP...
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Re: Samsung to Acquire Nuance?

yeti ·
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?

Czech ·
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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Re: "MFP Wars" Hi Speed A3 MFP's vs A4 MFP's

Ray Stasiezcko ·
Art, one of the problems is dealers servicing a machine for $30.00 a month. however, the reality is the industry has allowed the sales engine to destroy the service model. selling full service on A3 for .006 or less in volumes of 5k a month. Dealers were chasing sales revenue as they sacrificed service profits. As volumes continue declining so will margins. Dealers will begin realizing that all the A3 service they gave away is too costly to manage and the shift will begin. The A4...
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Re: "MFP Wars" Hi Speed A3 MFP's vs A4 MFP's

Art Post ·
Hi Ray I agree with the silliness of the low cost per page for A3. However most dealers have escalators that can raise the price as much as 10-15% per year whether it's A4 or A3. AS far as the $30 per month, almost no one will send out and invoice for $30 It's either billed quarterly or annually. One thing the A4 manufacturers won't due is too sacrifice the consumables. I also believe that dealers will always find a way to make their profit, whether it's Daas, flat rate, or seat based. I...
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Re: "MFP Wars" Hi Speed A3 MFP's vs A4 MFP's

Greg Moseley ·
Art, another piece of the equation is that monthly units placed are 45% to 74% mono A4 in the segment 3 and segment 4 speed range. Online retail is $170 to $600 where used A3’s are three times that amount. The real question here is what these placements are doing to the service department revenue and eventually to staffing.
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Re: "MFP Wars" Hi Speed A3 MFP's vs A4 MFP's

fisher ·
I've always sold A4 machines where they are a fit. There are very few A4 devices that offer a low CPC. Some carry CPCs that are very high. A bigger issue in many placements is that the Automatic Document Feeders on most A4 machines are not robust enough to meet the copy scan and fax demand. Many are complete garbage. In fact I've seen the quality of the Domument Feeders on A4 units go backwards in the last couple of years as if the document feeder is an afterthought or it is where the...
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Re: "MFP Wars" Hi Speed A3 MFP's vs A4 MFP's

Art Post ·
Amen @fisher doc feeders are inept on most A4's
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Re: Who Would be a Viable Buyer for Toshiba Tec?

Jason H ·
Makes me wonder what may happen. From my talks with muratec, of course I'm not in a high position of being in the know, it sounds like the label presses will become their go to product and eventually the mfp's will be less important to them. It would be interesting to me if Samsung sold to HP for a billion (I'm not sure why HP thought they were getting a steal by paying a billion for the copier division) and then Samsung turns around and says "thanks for the billion dollars, now we are going...
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Re: Who Would be a Viable Buyer for Toshiba Tec?

Art Post ·
Wow, that would be a kick in the ass with Samsung. I was thinking a little more and thought Epson might be a candidate also. Just my two cents!
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Re: Who Would be a Viable Buyer for Toshiba Tec?

Jason H ·
I figure the way Samsung treats everyone else in the tech world they would be laughing all the way to the bank with their billion, and then laugh all the way to the bank buying a company with a more whole product portfolio.....look at what they do with apple. Steal a patent and just pay off the lawsuit judgements and move on.
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Sharp Corporation "What Happens Now?"

Art Post ·
Well, it took long enough. I'm sure this brought a smile to Vince's face. I see that he's on the site right now. What happens NOW? Initial reports from a few days ago stated that Sharp Execs would kept on board. There was no mention of how long from recent reports, and I would those execs may have a year or so at most. If I were Terry Gou, I would offer them an additional severance package to leave early. You don't want them hanging around and mismanaging the company. Another report stated...
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Samsung Copier Million Page Test "A Tree Massacre"

Art Post ·
I recently saw caught a google alert in reference to a test that was done on a Samsung Multi-Functional Copier the other day.  I thought, wow that's kinda cool, and dismissed it as a link that I didn't need to post on the site.   ...
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Samsung to Acquire Nuance?

Art Post ·
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 Second Week of August 2004

Art Post ·
Shares of stock in Google, Inc. begin trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange at around $100 per share in one of the most highly anticipated initial public offerings of the year. It is estimated that the IPO raised a total of $1.66 billion , the third...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of August 2004

Art Post ·
I got nothing for some type of world event headline for ten years ago this week.  Thus enjoy these Print4Pay Hotel threads from Ten Years Ago This Week!      Minolta South Africa...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago First Week of September 2004

Art Post ·
U.S. presidential election : George W. Bush accepts the Republican nomination for a second term in office as the party's National Convention concludes, signaling the beginning of all-out campaigning by Bush and Senator John Kerry.   YOU KNOW...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of September 2004

Art Post ·
This week in 2004.  Hurricane Ivan , still at Category Five strength, continues to travel northward, causing damage throughout the western Caribbean . As of 23:00 local time (0300 UTC September 13), it is located about 285 km (175 miles)...
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BTA Grand Slam Event Baltimore (Thursday)

Art Post ·
It was a nice an easy drive down the New Jersey Turnpike this afternoon, the wife and I made the drive in about three and a half hours.   This year the Grand Slam Event is at the Hyatt Regency in Baltimore inner Harbor. This is my first to...
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57 Days of Selling Copiers "Day 8"

Art Post ·
OMG, I finally arrived home about 20 minutes past mid-night from our quarterly sales dinner last night. I'm thinking I finally fell asleep somewhere on the other side of 1AM. The week has finally caught up to me. I felt drained when I woke up, and it took me the better part of an hour to get going. I had two appointments scheduled for the day. My first appointment was scheduled for 10:45, and sure enough the travel time from my house was about ninety minutes. Myself and my IT Guru were...
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5 Questions for HP about the Acquisition of Samsung Printer Business Unit

Art Post ·
It's obvious that HP's CEO Deon Weisler may not have the pulse of the copier channel especially when he releases a statement that reads: "What we're doing is disrupting an outdated , old $55 billion copier market with superior multi-functional printing and that's the core takeaway. Some questions I'd like to ask Weisler would be: 1. How is the current copier channel out dated? Last time I checked Samsung also uses Xerographic technology to print & copy. 2. Why are you investing into the...
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Will H.P. Uber the Imaging Channel

Ray Stasiezcko ·
Well, with recent events everyone finally got to see some of the future. The news of Samsung selling their Printer line to H.P. defiantly captured my imagination. As I read the comments and listen to the chatter I am reminded of how Status Quo thinking is so attached to one's emotions. The title of this post is what the Imaging Channel should fear most, this article will lead you to my titles definition. As you read this give your imagination power over your perceived reality. This will...
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Imaginations are a terrible thing to ignore

Ray Stasieczko (Guest) ·
Wouldn’t it be great if we humans could program our minds to dream of practical things? My answer - hell no! Although I believe many wish they could. In this information-driven world, we can learn so much today that we had no concept of yesterday. This fact is multiplied when we welcome time for our imaginations. So many of us get stuck in the routine commonality of what they do, their reality, they forget to nourish their most valuable asset their Imaginations. Things which are practical...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of July 2007)

Art Post ·
First and foremost Happy Fourth of July! Most interesting is the first thread about one of my largest accounts being "stolen" from RBS ten years ago. My how the tables have now turned! Email 2 Ricoh America Corp about RBS 7/3/078:16 PM 6, the other Design Ideas Group (lost 6 machines). Why are they doing this to Ricoh Dealers???? We will be out of business if this trend continues, somebody has to step up to the plate and tell them the business they should be getting is from Kyocera Accounts,...
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Who Would be a Viable Buyer for Toshiba Tec?

Art Post ·
Seems that every new day brings a new set of issues for Toshiba Corporation, which is not to be confused with Toshiba Tec . You might ask what does Toshiba Tec offer besides copiers? After a short visit to their site I was surprised to see so much diversification of products. Software, POS (Point of Sale) Systems, Printers (thermal, mobile and more), Self Checkout Kiosk, Displays, and Digital Signage. So, who could benefit? Almost two years ago, we posted up a survey for "Who Would be a...
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57 Days of Selling "Day 26"

Art Post ·
It was a late night last night, I finally got to sleep around 2AM or maybe 2:30AM. The election had me riveted to the TV for hours and hours of counting votes, percentages and listening to commentary. Rather than give you my journal for the day, I thought I would share an email that I just sent to a net new account that I had an appointment with today. The end of the appointment was somewhat humorous. The client had back to back appointments, my was first and then the competition followed.
 
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