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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (First Week of April 2015)
Since the last two to three weeks have been less than perfect I figured we could reminisce when times were better. There's a cool little story about and event that took place in Jamaica while on a Presidents Club trip with Dr. Feelgood. That link is below! Enjoy these awesome threads from five years ago this week! Konica Minolta acquires printing business of Monotech Systems Art Post · 4/7/1510:05 PM NEW DELHI: In a bid to have direct interface with its customers, Japanese printer firm...
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COVID19 "Remote Working" Day Nine of Sales
Sorry everyone, I'm going to make this short and sweet tonight. On a positive note today I receive and email from one of my clients that they like the first of 2 proposals that they reviewed and is looking at a May 1st timeline to move forward. Now I won't count my chickens yet, but that's the best news I've had all week. We scheduled a follow up in two weeks to see if we're still at square one with this virus. Oh ya, and this is a $60K opp. I had a chat with Greg Walters this AM and he told...
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COVID19 "Remote Working" Day Ten of Sales
Busy, busy day for me. I started at 7:30AM and it's now 9:45PM, I figure I still have another 30 minutes or so to go. One thing I noticed today is that the pace of industry press releases as slowed to a crawl. Tomorrow marks the last day of the year for most copier manufacturers, I can only image the deals that are available for dealers right now. Yes, it's one of those years that will go down in the history of the industry. Today was interesting to say the lease. I had 40-50 contacts in my...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago for the First Week of May 2005
Back in 2005 I was just 2 years into having a real web site for the copier industry. I started back in 2000 with an message forum with MSN communities. It was really cool because there was no on-line forum where sales people and principals could chat, share ideas, share war stories, share information, share competitive info and the list goes on and on. Twenty years later there is still no site like the Print4Pay Hotel. Did I do something right? We're still the only site that allows members...
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Color Label Press University "Glossary of Terms" Part Sixteen, Course One
Over the last few years I've blogged about the importance for dealers to diversify to other avenues of print. Especially if they want to stay in the "break and fix" model for servicing and selling devices that print. One of those opportunities is color label printing. The list of the types of color labels is enormous. Bumper stickers, political stickers, custom groceries, branding, safety, food labels, CBD, beer & wine, cannabis, the list goes on and on. Post COVID19 recovery will...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago for the Third Week of May 2015
Saturday morning here in Jersey. Looks like it's going to be a nice day while the we are still in lock down. I'm seeing more cars than every on the highway leading to Sandy Hook, thus the order of stay home is not being heeded by the regular people of NJ. Which is a good thing because people need to be living their lives as they want and not by what the government mandates. Enjoy our marvelous threads from five years ago this week! This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago for the Third Week of May 2010
Saturday night here is Jersey. Was a great day to get things done around the house. Enjoy these awesome threads from 10 years ago this week in the copier industry! Konica Minolta Contributes to Minimize Environmental Impact with a New MFP for Emergi Guest · 5/17/1011:27 PM design, and reduction of packaging materials. Having excellent eco-functions and featuring Simitri HD polymerized toner with superior image quality, Konica Minolta will provide this feature-rich 3-in-1 model -- printing,...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago for the Third Week of May 2005
Sunday and tomorrow starts the last 5 days before the end of the month. It can be bad or good, all depends on how you look at it. I see that I still have 20% of the month left to finish my goal. How do you look at it? Half full or half empty? Below were the most popular threads about copiers from 15 years ago this week! Re: KIP 3000 Guest · 5/23/0510:31 PM I was at the IRgA show in Las Vegas and saw the deom on the KIP3000. The machine looked good and the op panel looks like it is off of a...
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Re: Sharp Watch....It's Like Playing Battleship
Japan’s Sharp is making dull promises to reform, but it’s hard to see a path to recovery for the struggling electronics maker. The company on Tuesday reported a 7.2 billion yen ($61 million) net loss in the nine months to December, and now sees a 30 billion yen net loss for the full fiscal year ending in March. That is versus earlier guidance of a 30 billion yen profit. This is especially disappointing because it was only last fiscal year that Sharp raised fresh equity and posted a narrow...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The Last Week of February 2006
I had a good chuckle from one of the threads from ten years ago. The thread stated, "Envelopes should be a four letter word". Boy oh boy, do I remember when we couldn't print envelopes with our copiers and our printers. The frustration through the roof, because we knew that little crappy HP could print envelopes all day long! Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week!! New features on Sharp MFP's 2/24/06 5:07 PM built into the Web page I received this from my support person at Ricoh , I...
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How Did You Come Up with the Name of the Print4Pay Hotel?
Here's a question I received via email the other day. Though this would be good to share for all of the newbies on the site. Hi Art, I’ve had a couple of folks up here ask the origins of your name p4p hotel. I...
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MURATEC AMERICA, INC. LAUNCHES PRECISION LABEL SERIES OF DIGITAL PRESSES
CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Lou Stricklin Jan. 15, 2016 469-429-3481 Andrew Jones 469-429-3320 MURATEC AMERICA, INC. LAUNCHES PRECISION LABEL SERIES OF DIGITAL PRESSES PLANO, Texas—(Jan. 15, 2016)—Muratec America, Inc., manufacturer of multifunction office equipment and business productivity solutions, announces the Precision Label Series of digital presses, designed to...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of January 2006
Ten years ago this week KonicaMinolta exiting the camera business, and boy oh boy did they make the right move. A recent thread here on the Print4Pay Hotel forums mentioned KonicaMinolta's jump into the robotics industry. I believe the article stated KonicaMinolta needed to move towards "more fertile" ground as the imaging industry continues to contract. It's all about the consumables and I'm sure "bots" and robots will need plenty of those! Enjoy the threads from ten...
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What is Unstructured Document Scanning? Workflow Part IV
A recent press release from Konica Minolta SA (South Africa) prompted me to further explain why structured scanning is a must when scanning paper based documents. I would have to say that ninety percent of all SMB's (small, mid size business) are scanning the "old fashioned" way with multifunctional copiers. What is the "old fashioned" way? That would be scanning back to one's email address, scanning to a desktop folder, scanning back to "your" folder on a shared drive and even...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of January 2006
If you take a peek at some of the threads below, you will see that many of the threads were related to wide format. In another thread there were some references to the Seri Duplicator that used a separate device to cure the ink of the duplicator, this was necessary so that the ink would not wipe off of gloss stocks. Just recently I came across the need for this device with a pharmaceutical firm. Believe it or not, I called my contact in Europe and these devices and the ink...
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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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What is a Searchable PDF & Why it's Still Important with Copiers
Sometimes we need to educate right? At all of my appointments, I will mention that our devices will scan documents to searchable .pdf's. I will then follow up with, "do you know the benefits of being able to create...
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Health Care Email Security Still Needs Improving
Despite the fact that so many data breaches have impacted the health care sector in the past few years, and a high percentage of them have been traced back to poor email security, it does not seem as though industry players are really rising to the...
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To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas" 2015
Every year, I like to put some interesting tidbit about Christmas from other Countries around the world. Christmas in Russia: During the communist years St. Nicholas was transformed into Grandfather Frost. Other religious traditions were suppressed during the communist era. Before the revolution, a figure called Babouschka would bring gifts for the children. Like Italy's La Befana, the story is that Babouschka failed to give food and shelter to the three wise men during their journey to...
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New Ricoh W6700SP Wide Format Review
It's been more than five years since Ricoh has updated the Ricoh W3601 wide format printer/scanner/copier. I wasn't sure exactly how long, but googled it and found the press release for the MP 3601 that was dated March 10th, 2011. Far too long for me, but at least there is something new and different to offer our W3601 clients an upgrade path. Ricoh's wide digital wide format entry started with the MP W240 (4ppm), then the MP W2400 (4PPM), later came the MP W3600 (6ppm), and the last one of...
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“When I get old, I hope I remember my copier salesman days.”
I'm not sure if Ray and I have ever met, however, we've been connected on LinkedIn for quit a few years. Ray, is also one of those old copier dogs like me. Just the other day he posted a blog about the good old days of selling copiers. Thus, I asked Ray if I could re-post that blog here. We've got Ray's permission to re-post the blog. Enjoy! “When I get old, I hope I remember my copier salesman days.” I thought it might be fun to share some stories from my career as a copier guy. I will...
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Sometimes the Answer is Right at Your Finger Tips
Today, I had to do some research on the new HP PageWide XL 8000 system. For those of you that are not familiar with the HP PageWide XL 8000, plain and simply put, it's a beast! Able to print 30 "D" size full color pages in a minute!!...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Last Week of August 2005
It was interesting to read one of the threads that I posted below. It's been ten years since Ricoh changed from their old logo to the new logo which we see today. Hawaii, represented by Ewa Beach, Hawaii, defeats Willemstad, Curaçao 7-6...
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Masterpiece Graphix adds substrates for use on Ricoh and Konica Minolta digital presses
Masterpiece Graphix (St. Louis, MO), a leading manufacturer of digital printing media, has announced that more of its products have been tested and confirmed for use on Ricoh and Konica Minolta digital printing presses. Masterpiece Graphix .010 Synthetic Paper and .010 Matte White PVC substrates are now tested and confirmed for use on Konica Minolta Bizhub Press high-speed digital colour production printers. Both are now included in the Konica Minolta Substrate Throughput Assurance Guide. In...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Fourth Week of December 2005
Ten years ago, duplicators were still relevant. Today, not so much, I think I sold two of them this year. Enjoy these threads from ten years ago on the p4photel forums! Re: Riso MZ790 info Old Glory · 1/4/06 9:28 AM biggest objection to Ricoh is that they are trying to compete in a multi-color arena with next to no colors available standard and no color chart to show what the output is going to look like. I just sold a JP8500 with TCII and 5 drums and we are having a...
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HIPAA and cybersecurity: Is encryption necessary?
Cybersecurity remains an uphill battle for all fields. Healthcare has remained a high priority, due to the highly sensitive information generated and stored by organizations within the space. HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Fourth Week of October 2004
The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series title since 1918—and break the "Curse of the Bambino"—by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 3–0 in the fourth game of the 2004 World Series of baseball. Konica Minolta Launches the...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago First Week of November 2004
The United States presidential election of 2004 was the 55th quadrennial presidential election . It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John...
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UC Davis Health System experiences another email breach
Another healthcare organization has experienced a data breach, and this time it had nothing to do with electronic health records. Instead, the incident was caused by unauthorized access to an email account. The University of California at Davis Health...
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Print4Pay Hotel Adds 4 New Forum Moderators
I'm really excited to have these Print4Pay Hotel members on board as moderators. Our moderators will be there to post industry press releases, answer manufacturer product related questions, and drive content on the respective...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of May 2005
How cool is this? A time traveler convention. The Time Traveler Convention was held at MIT , in the hopes of making contact with time travelers from the future. The convention was organized by Amal Dorai with help from current and...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of May 2005
Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith reaches a record high at the box offices on opening day with $ 50 million on 9,400 screens at 3,661 theaters worldwide, edging out Spider-Man 2 ' s top opening day record of $40.4 million and Shrek 2 's top...
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How to Not Prospect for CEO's with Linkedin
I'm on LinkedIn every day, how about you? Some days it's a few minutes and other days I could spend a few hours. For me prospected is not about how many phone calls I make in a day to people who don't want to talk to me,...
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Cold calling isn’t dead it is just different
There is a huge tug-of-war and discussions flying around between sales experts citing cold calling is dying or better yet dead. For decades, cold calling has been the new business catalyst for salespeople all around the world. Heck, tenured...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of February 2005
This weeks links below was most interesting!! Ten years ago, I posted a thread about vertical market copiers. Copiers and solutions could be combined to develop for Medical Billing, Doctors and Attorneys. That thread is here . ...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Fourth Week of February 2005
WOW! It's been ten years since Toshiba introduced "erasable toner"? WoW! Check out the Toshiba thread was written by Mike Sasso (I worked with him for quite a few years). It's actually pretty funny!!!! How2Beat...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of February 2005
Wow. I really couldn't find anything for the "throw back" from ten years ago!! If you've been in this business long enough you can remember that no one manufacturer is on top for long. Thus the introduction of the KM Pro C500 was the start...
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This History of the Fax Machine According to Art
Go ahead, you can do it, no one will see you. It's ok to hug your fax, if you still have one. Funny, just today, I was at an office and they told me about one of their principals that was still using a computer with a 3.5 floppy drive. He...
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5 Internet and secure email tips
Hillary Clinton has certainly been under fire in the news recently for her insecure email usage. However, there are many strategies businesses can teach their employees and learn from Clinton's mistakes to ensure safe technology use in the workplace....
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of April 2005
Enjoy these top threads from ten years ago on the Print4Pay Hotel! Konica Minolta Cuts 05/06 Profit Target...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago First Week of December 2004
At 12:30 p.m. on December 8, 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt stood before Congress and gave what is now known as his "Day of Infamy" or "Pearl Harbor" speech. In this speech, Roosevelt declared that December 7, 1941, the day that...
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To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas"
For each of the past three years, I've included a small ditty about Christmas traditions. I've also included an awesome picture of mans best friend with a Santa's hat. Enjoy!! In Quebec Province , celebrations finish on January...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of December 2004
When I first posted this last night, I got mixed up with the dates, thinking yesterday was the 7th, Well, it actual was because it was 1AM in the morning. It was good to see that Pearl Harbor has not been forgotten and we owe what we have to the...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of December 2004
U.S. President George W. Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act , creating the office of the Director of National Intelligence to oversee the country's fifteen spy agencies. (Dang, we got 15 spy agencies!!). raises...
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Twelve Days of Selling "Day 6"
Tuesday!!! I started the day working from the home office. Spent some time in the AM answering emails. I had scheduled two appointments today, one at 10AM to get the paperwork signed for the small order that I got the other day and...
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I'm Back for the Start of 2015!!
It was an awesome time to relax a little. No phone calls, no emails, no updates, no shaving, no going to the cleaners, no following up and best of all afternoon naps!! I really needed to take some time off to get a chance to recharge. This week...
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The Beautiful Compensations of Corporate Philanthropy
The Beautiful Compensations of Corporate PhilanthropyBy Paul Joe Watson, ESP/SurgeX Corporate philanthropy isn’t a new idea, but it is often understated. It can be easy to forget that practicing generosity as a company can be good for...
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Toshiba Unveils World’s First Multifunction Product Incorporating Erasable Toner
IRVINE, Calif. — To help change the paradigm of how organizations print while...
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My Top 5 Likes with Buyers Lab Web Site
Just about a month ago I was invited by Cheryl to view and drive the new Buyers Lab web site. My first comment was, "this is incredible". I was able to search copiers by region, I then had the choice to pull a spec guide,...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of June 2004
Happy Father's Day! In just two weeks, we'll have run through the first half of the year. How time does fly! I've commented to my wife on many occasions that when your job comes down to monthly and quarterly numbers, it seems that...