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Re: Soda, Pop, Coke or Other
So much fun! My son had a great laugh when I called a bathing suit, swimmimg trunks! Here in NJ, we will call a pizzia a "pie"!
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Re: Soda, Pop, Coke or Other
As long as you don't call your bathing suit "Speedo." Now, do you call your sandwich a GRINDER, HOAGIE, SUB, or WEDGE ?
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Re: End of Life
We all know the duty cycles are bull. If one manufacture say they have a duty cycle is 100,000 on a 20 cpm machine, all the others have to follow suit. These numbers have been off since I been in this business. i.e. 28 years.
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Re: New Samsung 11 x 17" Colour MFPs due Oct 01 USA
Until A4 starts to really take over in the U.S., my guess is that the manufacturers will produce higher CPP A4 devices so they do not negatively impact the number of more expensive A3 devices that are placed into higher volume environments. Once one manufacturer lowers the CPP for A4 devices, everyone else will follow suit.
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Re: New Samsung 11 x 17" Colour MFPs due Oct 01 USA
I agree, kudos to the manufacturer that breaks the pattern!
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Re: Dealer Management Software
Thank you both Rick and Jason. We will definitely have them go over service contract invoicing and modules in great detail when we view the demo to see if it will suit our needs- great tip. Jason- being a user of both systems, your recommendation will weigh into my decision. Thanks again!
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Re: MOM Sues OSU for $1M over COMDOC Secret...
An office-company filed a lawsuit against Ohio State, saying the university wrongly awarded a potential $24 million printer and copier contract to a competitor. Modern Office Methods filed the lawsuit on Sept. 26 in the Court of Claims, requesting that OSU set aside its recently awarded contract with ComDoc, Inc. and rebid it. According to the documents, Modern Office Methods said a ComDoc employee met with an OSU employee, unknowingly to the other top-two competitors, Modern Office Methods...
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Re: What's the best way to close on price increase?
Ricoh blinked first to drive December 2011 sales, due to recent sales struggles and to help Jim Corridi's first Quarter appear impressive (if this works), but other Manufacturers may follow suit, as Old Glory states. We will know soon...
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Re: Hinds audit turns up $35K in stockpiled ink, toner
So, they have 220 systems in place and only 10% was picked as nn essential?? "But for security reasons, such as with some employees of courts and the district attorney's office, some desktop equipment is necessary, she said. "You have to be guarded with your information, and you don't want that going to common printers," Davis said." Me: Geesh, has anyone ever told them about "locked print" or "secure print" (print audit)? I'm thinking I'd like to get in their for that assement. The nice...
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Re: Ricoh Dealership in Minnesota will buy.......
Independent Dealers will never compete successfully with any Direct _BS branch on price. The _BS Branch has shown that they are willing to run their branches at a loss for years! We must sell at a profit, IMHO they should (Legally) have to also sell at a profit (Don't get me started on dumping). If you work for an independent dealer and you are trying to compete with a _BS Branch (that sells your product) on price then you are playing into their hands, and you are going broke. They can...
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Re: Patent infringement for scanning from copier.
We are getting several as well must be something in the air. We tell the customer unless its a lawsuit ignore it. If its a suit fight it (no one has been actually sued for this where we are). All businesses have some sort of legal.
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Re: Q & A for Minolta Di3510f
Question What is the purpose of the Accessibility Key on the Di3510-2010 series? Answer The Accessibility Key enables the user to customize settings such as the look, feel and sound of the display to suit their needs. It also allows users to set the amount of time that a notification or confirmation screen remains on the LCD.
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Re: Weekend Notes from the copier industry!
WEEKEND MFP INDUSTRY NOTES 8-5-07 The following is a quick review of copier/MFP industry news from industry publications. - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it is legal for manufacturers to create a mandatory minimum selling price for their product. The case was decided regarding a store that sold women’s clothing, that ran afoul of the clothing manufacturer’s rules. Unknown if any copier manufacturers will adopt this policy. - A group in Australia at Queensland University, is claiming that...
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Re: RBS Continues to Dump Machines & Make Dealers Look Bad!
If you have a signed contract and RBS quotes a lower price, you have grounds for a law suit. It's considered unfair business practices and tortuos interference. Your dealerships laywer should send a letter to Ricoh's legal council seeking compensation. The last thing they want is a lawsuit.
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Re: Supply Price Increase
This price increase for Ricoh does not discriminate as it is hitting all dealer's, VAR's and direct RBS Branch's. I'm guessing that Xerox, Canon, and KMBS will all follow suit.
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Re: Dressed for Progress
It is the man (or woman) that "makes the suit." I know those custom fabrics and tailoring make the attention to detail and appearance seem professional, but the substance behind the outfit is even more critical when our customers rely on "trusted advisors."
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Re: Dressed for Progress
I rarely ever even wear a tie anymore. Let the competition show up in a suit. Dress to suit the appointment. Perhaps it would be different in NYC but for up and down the street business a nice shirt and neatly pressed Khakies is all that's needed these days for 90% of your appointments.
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Re: Dressed for Progress
Very true. As Fisher said, of course you will don the suit when the appointment warrants it, but It's silly to be sitting in a room with 10 people wearing business casual while you have on a suit and tie.
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Re: Who's Afraid of Xerox ColorQube?
Here's the comment that was left by Xerox in reference to "Who's Afraid of Xerox ColorQube" Art – Thanks for tuning into the Webcast. I got a kick out of you running the old HP video from last year. Anyway, I thought I would help with some of your questions about solid ink. Our desktop solid ink desktop printers used to use more energy than laser, but we’ve closed that gap with this product by reducing the melting temperature. Don’t take my word for it, a study by RIT confirmed ColorQube’s...
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Re: Who's Afraid of Xerox ColorQube?
My response to his comment Thanx for the repsonse! Yeah, the bear suit was really funny, btw, I didn't even know that this was an HP video (LOL). As I was writing the piece I thought to myself, why would they have a three tier approach to pricing if they didn't have the data to back it up? Glad you will be launching that and I'd like to see it work. Will a customer have to upload a document in order to find out the pixel and or page coverage? I'm a down the street guy and I'm still tryin to...
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Re: Net New Business "How Do We Do It"?
You yourself Art dropped this pearl of wisdom a few days ago "A few days ago, I was going through my "Who's viewed your profile" on Linkedin. I try to connect with all of my second level contacts" I was on a recent sales seminar and believe that the point of Linkedin is to get and communicate with as many second level contacts as possible. LinkedIn is definitely the new sales tool of the last few years. I have been quilty of not using it effectively but now I put at least 30 minutes per week...
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Re: Email 2 Ricoh America Corp about RBS
John, I agree there has got to be a law, and if there is not one, then there should be! All it takes is some gumption from someone to file a law suit.
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Re: competiton
repost from the league In response to your issues - yes - Ricoh is following/benchmarking Oce's practice of setting up dealer vendors at local repro shops that sell only Ricoh wide format (instead of full product line). This has been a successful model for Oce and I could only imagine that Ricoh wants to follow suit. Duncan-Parnell is a Carolinas based Wide Format Repro/Surveyor Supplies/Xerox full line wide format dealer with roughly 1,200 wide format placements in this area. They have just...
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Re: Professional Sports Team Sponsorships
Marketing is my strong suit, certainly more than sales. There probably won't be a direct ROI on your advertising, but your branding will be strong. Expect people to know who you are but not call your office. Digital is the best direct response advertising.
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Re: Ricoh posting pricing on-line with Get A Quote Button
That's exactly what I was thinking. It's like they have a corporate script planned out. I also just heard from my Canon rep about 5 minutes ago that the other directs would probably follow suit and do the same thing. He told me Canon has had a digital marketing team (or something like that) for a while now for this but they were waiting to see who went first and then follow.
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Re: Ditching the Polo Shirt Can Increase Your Sales
Buttoned down shirt with a tie or jacket says "professional," "consultant," A polo shirt says "peddler" I don't care where you are or what the prospect says. A "peddler" in a suit WILL make people uncomfortable. A professional consultant in a polo shirt will most likely be seen as a peddler. I know I just skewered a lot of sacred cows but I caution you to not discount what I am saying just because you don't like dressing up. Some of the people reading this are better off in a polo shirt...
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Re: Ditching the Polo Shirt Can Increase Your Sales
I feel like many clients are intimidated by someone in a full suit and tie. You want to relate to the customer and I rarely even see ties in the workplace anymore. Millennials just don’t care about a piece of cloth around your neck. But I’m 30 so obviously there’s a generational thing here too. I do agree with the shoes though, studies show it’s the first thing someone notices about you. I think a nice polo with a company logo shows your part of the team.
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Re: Ditching the Polo Shirt Can Increase Your Sales
I can agree with not needing the tie & suite jacket with existing accounts. At least with net new accounts a suit with no tie is still appropriate. Appreciate the comment .
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Re: RBS employee non competes
in order for there to be litigation, someone has to file suit and I don't see Ricoh doing that and if they did, I think they would most likely lose.
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Epson Unveils Four of the Fastest and Lightest Mobile Document Scanners Designed to Easily Organize Documents and Receipts
LONG BEACH, Calif. , Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson America, a leading provider of digital imaging solutions, today expanded its portable scanning portfolio with the WorkForce ® ES-50 and 60W document scanners, as well as the WorkForce ES-55R and ES-65WR receipt scanners equipped with advanced accounting management tools. Boasting extraordinary speeds, both the ES-50 and ES-55R scan a single page in as fast as 5.5 seconds 1 , while the ES-60W and ES-65WR scan a single page in as fast as...
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New Jersey Bill Would Push State Government to Go Paperless
(TNS) — A bill under consideration in the New Jersey Legislature envisions a paperless state government, and would establish a task force to examine the feasibility of transitioning to digital records. Proponents say that eliminating or reducing the volume of paper used in state agencies would mean less waste, lower costs and streamlined operations. “While going paperless is a large feat, it has the potential to save time and money, as well as save the environment," State Sen. James Beach,...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago, The Second Week in January 2014
One of my goals for this year is to garner more leads. You can do that with generating educational documents. I wrote this blog a few years ago, hope this helps. 31 Ways to Garner Net New Copier & Managed IT Business (2 of 31) Enjoy the threads from 5 years ago this week! This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago (2nd Week of January 2004) Art Post · 1/12/143:32 PM it... Ricoh Dealer Meeting 1/8/04 9:48 AM Topic by Boston Mike Ricoh Dealer Meeting - Las Vegas, NV...
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Canon Compact Scanners and Personal Multifunction Printers Win BLI Awards for Outstanding Workgroup Scanner and Personal MFP
MELVILLE, N.Y. , Feb. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Constantly innovating to produce compact yet powerful solutions for entrepreneurs and other working professionals, Canon U.S.A. , Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, achieved two accolades from Keypoint Intelligence – Buyers Lab. The coveted honors recognize the imageFORMULA DR-C225W II device and the imageCLASS MF260 product series as outstanding workgroup scanners and personal MFPs, respectively. "Both the imageFORMULA and imageCLASS...
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Contex Completes the HD Ultra X Scanner Series with Two New Models
Thursday, February 21, 2019 Press release from the issuing company Unrivaled scanner series raises the bar in large format scanning ?with unprecedented speed, image quality, and productivity Alleroed, Denmark – Contex, the world leader in large format scanning, today introduces two new models to the HD Ultra X scanner series. The series now includes 36- and 42-inch models, completing the range of scanning solutions for Contex’s newest line of premium scanners. Introduced in 2018 to rave...
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Fujifilm wins appeal in battle with Xerox over aborted merger
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings Corp has won an appeal in its legal battles with Xerox Corp, with a New York court overturning preliminary injunctions requested by an activist investor that had blocked their planned merger. Xerox in May scrapped a $6.1 billion deal with Fujifilm in a settlement with investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason that also handed control of the U.S. photocopier giant to new management. The ruling by the New York State Appellate Court could give the...
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Macquarie University chooses Y Soft and Konica Minolta to manage print services
BRNO, Czech Republic and DALLAS , Oct. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Y Soft and Konica Minolta today announced Macquarie University has chosen YSoft SafeQ and Konica Minolta's managed print services to manage 240 devices across Macquarie University, servicing 60,000 students. The solution is delivered entirely on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) private cloud. Moving managed print services to the cloud helps reduce server and maintenance costs. YSoft SafeQ's full print management features include...
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Outstanding Copier MFPs Earn BLI Pick Awards
FAIRFIELD, N.J. (PRWEB) July 11, 2018 Keypoint Intelligence - Buyers Lab (BLI), the world’s leading independent provider of testing services and analytical information to the document imaging industry, announces the winners of its coveted Summer 2018 Pick awards in the Copier MFP category, with the honors going to stellar devices from Fuji Xerox, HP, Kyocera, Sharp, and Xerox. Awarded twice annually for office equipment, Picks acknowledge the products that gave the best performances in...
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Attention Sales Leaders... Your Sales Reps Must Get Valuable Before They Get Visible!
In my previous blog, "Attention Sales Leaders... How Well Are Your Sales Reps Opening New Conversations?" I shared, the way sales reps open up new conversations has a direct bearing on the close. The way sales reps open up conversations, the direction they take those conversations along with the strategy behind those conversations; all will have a direct bearing on the close of the sale. Let's dive into this a bit deeper as we uncover the next layer in effectively opening up new...
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Xerox sued by Pa. company over printing press agreement
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania corporation is suing Xerox Corp., citing alleged breach of contract and misrepresentation and concealment. Life Celebration, Inc. filed a complaint on July 13, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, against Xerox alleging that it misrepresented a lease agreement for servicing two costly digital printing presses until 2022, without any corresponding sublease or premises to house and operate them. The plaintiff alleges that, between...
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DocAuto Announces Release of WorkSpace Manager 2.1
ATLANTA , Jan. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- DocAuto announces the availability of WorkSpace Manager 2.1, which allows the security of multiple iManage Work systems to be combined as documents and structures are migrated from one system to another. "We continue to see an increase in the amount of merger activity in law firms," said David Kiefer , CEO at DocAuto, "Merging multiple iManage systems is increasingly common, and is becoming more nuanced. We have had the ability to translate metadata...
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Roland DGA Announces its First Direct-to-Garment Printer for On-Demand Personalization
IRVINE, Calif. (PRWEB) January 17, 2019 Roland DGA Corporation, a leading provider of wide-format inkjet printers and 3D devices, has released the VersaSTUDIO BT-12 – an affordable direct-to-garment desktop printer ideal for printing directly on cotton-based products. The new VersaSTUDIO BT-12 makes printing directly on cotton* apparel and accessories easy, efficient, and cost-effective. With the BT-12, users can print full-color graphics, including photos, logos and text, directly on...
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Epson Unveils Four of the Fastest and Lightest Mobile Document Scanners
Epson America, a leading provider of digital imaging solutions, today expanded its portable scanning portfolio with the WorkForce ES-50 and 60W document scanners, as well as the WorkForce ES-55R and ES-65WR receipt scanners equipped with advanced accounting management tools. Boasting extraordinary speeds, both the ES-50 and ES-55R scan a single page in as fast as 5.5 seconds, while the ES-60W and ES-65WR scan a single page in as fast as 4 seconds. The new, extremely fast and lightweight...
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Fuji Xerox Launches multifunction devices, designed for the Future of Work
SYDNEY, Australia – 05 February, 2019 – Fuji Xerox Australia today announced the launch of its newest digital colour multifunction device in the Australian market: The ApeosPort-VII and DocuCentre-VII series. The new range was unveiled at Fuji Xerox Australia’s showroom in Macquarie Park. The new device aligns with Fuji Xerox’s Smart Work Gateway which recognises that office work is moving from the age of analog to the digital age as businesses prepare to be future ready. To do this the Fuji...
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3 Dead Giveaways That You Are An Empty Suit
A true sales professional thinks before they act. They plan, prepare and practice as they build a structure of success. They lead with intention, and become the example. A great sales professional is precise with their decisions by aligning their vision and values to earn the respect of their clients. With purposeful intent, they engage in heartfelt activities benefitting those around them. And this is what your clients and prospects crave, right? They deserve a sales professional who is...
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3 Ingredients To Custom Fit The Empty Sales Suit
A custom fitted suit has a unique, empowering feel as it sits comfortably against your body. It's the statement you make about who you are and what you value regarding your appearance. Anyone can stroll into their local department store and pull a suit off the rack, but to truly “pull off” the suited look, one visits a tailor. A custom tailor is able to enhance all of the best features through the fit of the suit. Off-the-rack department store suits don't offer much in a variety of style,...
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Document Storage Vendor Sues Greenspoon Marder for $471K
A New Jersey-based document storage company sued Florida-based Greenspoon Marder in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday, claiming the law firm has refused to pick up its documents or pay $471,000 in bills. Cityside Archives said it had long done business with Jacob Medinger & Finnegan, a nine-lawyer firm that was acquired by Greenspoon in 2016, and continued to move Greenspoon’s files in and out of storage at its request after the tie-up. After 22 months, however, Greenspoon stopped...
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Canon Expands Color A4 Portfolio to Deliver a Cohesive Lineup Equipped to Help Meet Growing Market Demands
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Lexmark named a leader in Quocirca MPS Vendor Landscape seventh consecutive year
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Xerox Fails In Bid To Dodge Fujifilm's $1B Federal Merger Suit
https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1131875/xerox-fails-in-bid-to-dodge-fujifilm-s-1b-federal-merger-suit
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Are You Building Relationships Or Burning Bridges?
You can be credible, reliable and loving but if it’s painfully obvious you only have your own interests at heart people will see through your charade. They will call you out for what you are, an empty suit. Whatever the position you have in sales, you’re the face of the company. You're the living testament of the corporate brand and its values. This places you in a unique position whether you believe or not. I encourage everyone in sales to think about the following... all of you have blind...