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Re: Eight Things You Might Know Not About Copy Paper
@TML thank you! That's a great tip on the Color Lok for HP PageWides. Thinking the color lok paper is more expensive?
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Re: Eight Things You Might Know Not About Copy Paper
@Art Post A quick perusal of the world wide web shows that a carton of paper isn't appreciably more, if at all. It looks like some/most papers have the color lok symbol, but it is another qualifying questions a good rep should at least be asking/seeing. Kind of like how once upon a time ADA compliant devices were all the rage and now it's just standard.
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Re: Imaging Channel, 2019 the year of DaaS - My suggestions to help you Implement.
Wes also stated that early adopters will see greater profits with flat rate billing. Laggards will get in last and see the least amount of profit. Your statement about flat rate billing on RFPs will be more frequent in 2019. I receive many copier RF's Ill have to read them more closely to see if the flat rate is in the t's & c's
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Re: Imaging Channel, 2019 the year of DaaS - My suggestions to help you Implement.
Will somebody please explain to me how you can offer unlimited prints at a fixed price, when your cost varies with the actual volume of prints? The only way flat rate is possible is the fact that print is declining, and you use that as a smoke screen. Flat rate is, as I understand it, like leasing or selling a car to a customer with free limitless gas and miles at a fixed monthly price. Obviosly you have to have escape doors in your t&c's - my customers will find out right away. When we...
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Re: Imaging Channel, 2019 the year of DaaS - My suggestions to help you Implement.
I was hoping some one could chime on this. Let me see if I can get Ray's attention on this
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Re: Imaging Channel, 2019 the year of DaaS - My suggestions to help you Implement.
Anders good questions. Flat Rate billing is simply a billing method. The most vital component is understanding cost. Our industry has known customer volumes for decades. We also know it’s declining. Customers’ will not change printing behaviors based on billing. Obviously, each dealer will determine their T&C. The smart ones will focus on controlling cost of labor and increase their FCE, they will sell the right equipment in the right volume band, and they will understand the importance...
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Re: Imaging Channel, 2019 the year of DaaS - My suggestions to help you Implement.
I believe it's location, location,location. What is usually hot in the city is not always taken up as practice in rural areas. With the help of units being able to email meter reads it removes the "annoying" part of collection meter reads. I am with the first guy as I am a long timer(35 years) and agree with his assessment
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Re: Imaging Channel, 2019 the year of DaaS - My suggestions to help you Implement.
Well, I am old timer too my friend. However, I learned along time ago geography does not stop progress. The new competitor who comes to the rural landscape won't deliver by the rules of the old way. I would image back when C.P.C took the place of the previous contract type. Many in the rural areas thought well, that will never happen out here. Well it did.
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Re: Imaging Channel, 2019 the year of DaaS - My suggestions to help you Implement.
Thanks for commenting I am not worried about labor, I am more worried about consumables and yield parts. Our mif (mostly SMB) is producing less b/w and more color. And we have many customers who has outsourced large print jobs - fx. real estate agents who prints flyers. I am sure that they would bring that back home if the only cost is time and paper. So, some may change their behavior. Collecting counters is not a big deal any more - we are a Ricoh reseller (since 1980!) - and most of the...
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Re: Imaging Channel, 2019 the year of DaaS - My suggestions to help you Implement.
The difference in our iDaaS model is that volume DOES impact cost. Other flat rate model offer a rate with no impact on volume. Our program uses the current customer volume, service efficiency, margin expectations as well as our data on over 4 million devices to help remove the variables and concerns over switching to a no meter billing model. We can also adjust for color ratio's. So with the possible exception of print for pay, production and maybe some schools there is no reason not to...
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Re: The Transition of the Copier Industry "According to Art"
What a great walk down memory lane Art! Even as recent as 5-6 years ago I was still installing hecons and coin counters. Also, we sold the analog copiers for almost retail price! They cost more to the end user then than they do today! Great stuff!
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Re: The Transition of the Copier Industry "According to Art"
Mike, that's awesome, thank you! I used to get so frustrated with the key counters, it seemed every couple of months someone was losing them or calling because they broke one. Art
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Imaging Channel, 2019 the year of DaaS - My suggestions to help you Implement.
Well, it happened some pioneers in the print industry are delivering an as a Service model. The Participates of the Imaging Channel must respond and deliver print equipment, its supplies, it’s parts, and its labor to repair in this as a Service model. A fixed cost for a product which eats consumables. Some in the industry are beside themselves and will more than likely lose control in how they proceed unless of course, they move forward timely based on knowledge over desperation caused by...
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How Scannx Changed My Fear Of The Library Coin Box
I'd like to thank Monte (p4photel member for sending me this blog the other day. After 15 years of writing blogs for the industry, it can get interesting to try to write about something new. Monte delivers with this nice blog about copiers and coin boxes How Scannx Changed My Fear Of The Library Coin Box I don’t know about you but in my 20+ years of experience in our industry whenever a client came to me wanting a solution for a public library that included a coin box or some other pay model...
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Architect in New Jersey Adds Ricoh MP W7100
front view It’s not often that you can place a Ricoh MP W7100 in the field. In most cases the Ricoh MP W6700SP is more popular because of the lower price point from the Ricoh MP W7100. It’s also about the print speed too. The W7100 will print at ten pages per minute. The Ricoh MP W6700 prints at 6.7 pages per minute. Our existing client had an older Ricoh W2470 (owned) and the Ricoh W5140 (end of lease) in place. However, their volume has increased to about twenty thousand square feet a...
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Wisconsin AG urges government units to lower reproduction costs charged to FOIA filers
Citing a "noticeable and concerning increase" in the number of inquiries about what governing bodies can charge filers of Freedom of Information Act requests, Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel said he was lowering his own offices rates and encouraging others to do the same. "The OOG [ Office of Open Government] has recently received inquiries pertaining to the high fees that some authorities have charged for copying records," a news release from Schimel's office said. "An authority may...
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The Vintage Japanese Copy Machine Enjoying an Artistic Renaissance
Within 24 hours, Terzis had used the machine to print a 50-page book, joining the ranks of 21st-century artists and publishers who are using old technology to make new creations. The Risograph, a machine that duplicates like a mimeograph but dispels ink like a screen printer, has come a long way from its humble 1958 beginnings in a small home in Tokyo. Originally intended as more of a courtesy to Japanese businesses than a printmaking phenomenon, this ordinary, grey machine’s bulky exterior...
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Stop Counting Copies
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CEO facing sentence for theft of copier
HACKENSACK – The former chief executive officer of Garfield’s Boys and Girls Club will be sentenced Friday for stealing a $98,000 copy machine from the organization. Authorities arrested and charged Todd Vanderpool with theft by deception in 2017 after he created a false impression to obtain the Copy Star photocopy machine. Vanderpool, 38, had served as the program's director, and was previously the club’s interim CEO in 2013. He was employed as an administrator at Stevens Cooperative School...
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Your Copiers Are Storing Confidential Information: What You Can Do About It
I did not write this, however thought it's good information for us when talking about security with copiers. All of us copy all kinds of things at work. Many do not contain sensitive data, but some probably do: organizational financial information, donor information, confidential client data — the list is long. Modern digital copiers and larger networked multifunction printers have hard drives that store data and images of all the documents they copy, print, scan, or fax. There are things...
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Copy and Paste Command Creator Larry Tesler Dies At Age 74
S everal have come out to pay tribute to the guy without whom things would have been difficult. The creator of Copy and Paste command on computers, Larry Tesler has died. The 74-year-old scientist created one of the most revolutionizing computer commands, probably in the history of mankind even. Not just that, but some would like to refer to him as the pioneer of early computing. Perhaps this is the time where we get to know about this unsung hero. The scientist was born in Bronx, New York...
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Re: Copiers and MFP's "Do We Charge for Scans or Not to Charge for Scans"
This comes pretty close if you don't need 11x17 and can live with 50 sheet ADF for $1500 and no click charge: http://www.xeroxscanners.com/e...s/item.asp?PN=DM3920 They do have 11x17 scanners as well
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Re: Sharp M904 check copy demo using feeder HD
That is a very nimble doc feeder that can do that on a high volume system. Question, can it scan both front and back with both images on one page? I know the card function feature which outputs both sides this way is impressive.
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Re: Sharp M904 check copy demo using feeder HD
It would seem that from looking at the size of the feeder it could do two sided scanning in a single pass. Can anyone verify this?
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Re: Sharp M904 check copy demo using feeder HD
Hi Art, this series comes standard with a 250 sheet Dual Scan feeder.
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Re: Sharp M904 check copy demo using feeder HD
This a truly a nimble feeder on a powerhouse machine. Knowing its capabilities is a plus in searching out high volume input of off size docs. Good stuff
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Re: Major Managed Print Service Provider Reports 12 Million Stolen Pages!
Ya had me gripped Art, Similar crimes are being perpetrated in London, we need Joe and Ben here.
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Re: Major Managed Print Service Provider Reports 12 Million Stolen Pages!
thanx for the comment, you made me smile with your comment!!
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Re: Major Managed Print Service Provider Reports 12 Million Stolen Pages!
Well done Art. Maybe you should work on a novel.... The Case of the Missing Pages . Could be added to the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series. You'd be even more famous!
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Re: Major Managed Print Service Provider Reports 12 Million Stolen Pages!
lep524, Grant W & Doug thanx!!! Maybe there could be a mystery in store "for the case of the missing pages"!
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Re: My Top Ten Copy Machines of All Time #2
This is an automated response. Carl Mica is currently out of the office and has limited access to email and voice mail. He will return to the office on September 12th. Thank you.
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Re: East Penn delays copy contract following objection
look at that you never know what you'll learn from a press release, the fact that Xerox has the patent for tape binding for 125 page booklets!
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Re: 5 Reasons Why I hate My Comp Plan!!
Maybe it's time to find a new home? Times are tough all over. But, you do have a few valid concerns. Do you get a salary or is your comp plan commissions only?
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Re: 5 Reasons Why I hate My Comp Plan!!
Re negotiate your comp plan. Are you receiving a significant salary? Ins coverage? Perks?
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Re: 5 Reasons Why I hate My Comp Plan!!
Great post. Sounds like the frustration level is at a boiling point. One thing I can offer is in regards to the delivery/install fee, this is not as scalable as you might think. But in my time at a dealership the company president, sales managers, and I designed a plan that would scale based on speed segment and quantity. So, with some TLC, your company should have some wiggle room here rather than just stamping a flat fee on everything. The other thing we did was bundle the price into the...
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Re: 5 Reasons Why I hate My Comp Plan!!
It helps if salesperson is at quota. May have compassionate ear . Best of luck. May be a good idea to consider working on a contract basis , need to have the business and confidence and resources to do so. Don't plan on many incentives other than making your own fortune... Best wishes...
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Re: 5 Reasons Why I hate My Comp Plan!!
We offer salary + comm. At dealer cost, no lease pad, 30% existing accounts, 40% new accounts, 5% bonus with growth. $200 install 1st, $100 additional units. questions - bobb@synergyoffice.com
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Re: 5 Reasons Why I hate My Comp Plan!!
Maybe after 22 years, you should start your own dealership to be on the flipside of your comp plan concerns. But...oh...wait. That means that YOU have to put up with all the risk.
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Re: 5 Reasons Why I hate My Comp Plan!!
I took the dealer leap back in 1986 and did it for 12 years, I'd still be doing it today. However, I had one lazy partner and another who was, well lets say he was a lot like Slip Mahoney in the Bowery Boys. Risk is inherent in everything you do, from crossing the street to driving from appointment to appointment. Does taking the risk mean that you're allowed to charge whatever you want, well, yes it does. On the flip side, I'd bet dollars to doughnuts there is a high turn over. That's not...
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Re: 5 Reasons Why I hate My Comp Plan!!
Hello Ghost - i feel your pain and especially having been there in the same boat as you. My former employer marked up hardware by at-least 30% and lease rates by 4 to 5 points. Having transitioned to my own dealership 5 years ago, we do things differently. If you are looking for a partnership opportunity (you can be located anywhere in the USA), get in touch with me. For others reading this and interested in running your own copier sales business, please contact me. You must currently be in...
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Re: 5 Reasons Why I hate My Comp Plan!!
I am developing a new comp plan for my team which I will implement in 2015. My intent is to establish a GP based plan which has a minimum for a rep to cover salaries/guarantee's, commissions over draw, related employment cost (FICA, benefits, insurances), and a contribution towards branch expenses. Considering a $40,000 annual pay guaranteed, we are looking at a 96K GP quota. Above that we are looking at 50% sharing of GP, maybe a kicker for a 150% performer. With $150.00 delivery charges,...
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Re: 5 Reasons Why I hate My Comp Plan!!
Might work. Of course will require managing customary ingredients for sales to achieve above quota results... Best of luck...
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Re: 5 Reasons Why I hate My Comp Plan!!
John GP Quota's is what I grew up on. Revenue Quota's are not healthy for the sales people, but good for the dealer. I'm 34 years in the business and still have yet to hit monthly, quarterly and yearly in the same year. Although GP commissions is not what it used to be
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Re: 5 Reasons Why I hate My Comp Plan!!
I was reminded today of the "Few Good Men" parody. I thought this might be a good forum to reintroduce it. I'm certain it will be the best 3 minutes of your day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mcpMM1w1qY
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Re: Old Copier Brochures & Ads Preserved @ Print4Pay Hotel
Your Blog was forwarded to me and it was very interesting. I started my Office Equipment carrier January 1958 with Anderson Office Equipment in Great Falls, Mt. At that time we had the Franchise for Friden Calculators, Royal Typewriters and Verifax (Kodak) Copiers. At that time our main competitor was 3M Thermo-faxes. Montana did not see the Xerox 914 until the early 60's and it pretty well spelled the end to the Verifax and Thermo-fax. I started my own business in Helena, Mt. January 1,...
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Re: Old Copier Brochures & Ads Preserved @ Print4Pay Hotel
Loren: That's great stuff! Were you able to dig up any old brochures??