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Re: Sales Management
I think it is obvious what you do with people who don't want to work. It is just as obvious what to do with people who DO want to work! Incentives can be a great way to move a product or idea, but dis-incentives are more personal and can be very disruptive for that individual (ie: income tax, sales activity micromanagement). I am a firm believer that good salespeople like to behave as if they run their own business. When governing bodies try to enforce restrictions, penalties, and/or lessen...
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Re: Ricoh Pro C720
Do you think that this product will only be available to the limited number of previously authorized C900 dealers? Or have you heard that it will now be open to the general dealer community?
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Re: Ricoh Pro C720
Ricoh Americas Corporation announced today the official launch of the Ricoh Pro C720/C720s, a production class multi-functional color system and the latest addition to Ricoh’s Pro series of products, designed specifically for the production environment. This flexible system targets corporate and commercial professional print environments with demanding application needs. The Pro C720/C720s has a robust duty cycle of 320,000 images per month, and runs at 72 pages-per-minute (PPM) regardless...
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Re: Ricoh Pro C720
PPBG is planning on launching the Ricoh Pro C720 Series on February 1st. The Pro C720 has the same mainframe as the C900 and it's accessories are identical. This is a great addition to our product line, because it fills the gap between the Ricoh Pro C550/700EX and the Ricoh Pro C900. We really didn't have a product to compete directly against the bizhub PRO 6501 and this provides us with a much better offering. The only differences between the configurations of the Ricoh Pro C720 and the...
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Re: The Next One
Considering Samsung's penchant for allowing other manufacturer's to relabel there product (Xerox & Muratec already relabel their A4) I'm curious as to whether Ricoh's A4 will be made by Samsung or Ricoh, particularly since Ricoh already relabels some Samsung printers. The other relabel option could be Lexmark because of the relationship they have w/ the Ricoh InfoPrint division. I love the new Lexmark A4 products offered to their BSD partners, by the way.
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Re: Panasonic Canada discontinues A3 Copier Distribution March 2011
It will be interesting to see how long they stay in the A4, Fax market. Their faxes have tended to be a more premium product and we see them being replaced by MFP's from tier 1/2. Not much else for them to do in the print market.
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Re: Panasonic Canada discontinues A3 Copier Distribution March 2011
Panasonic Takes Aim at Fast-Growing A4 Class MFP Market Company to emphasize growing A4 MFP format in response to customer demands SECAUCUS, NJ (February 4, 2010) — Panasonic System Networks Company of America today announced plans to substantially increase its footprint in the burgeoning market for A4 multi-function products. The A4 market has undergone rapid growth and is emerging as the de facto standard in the marketplace. As a consequence the A3 market has been fading and will no longer...
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Re: Lexmark A4 lineup
I agree tell us more. Post a product lineup for us to see. What advantages do you see versus HP?
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Re: Lexmark A4 lineup
riso has this product on their new com color series and are pretty proud of it too!!
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Re: Where Do You see the Copier Industry in 5 years????
good stuff, hope to hear more from you soon!! Hope things in Maryland are good for you!! Art
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Re: PPDM from Ricoh, Questions
Art, this product works great. Comes with 1 licence, buy the 4 additional licences cheap. They must be installed on the desktop, not on the server.
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Re: PPDM from Ricoh, Questions
Hey all. I am one of the support reps from Ricoh for PPDM. The product is FABULOUS. The roll out has just started in the field, really, and we are learning the product. The only real problem we have been having is with the server. Those have been IIS issues, not PPDM issues. Also, watch for firewall conflicts. The product allows for BATES stamps, scan to almost anything, and 99% OCR. Once it is up, it appears highly stable. If it crashes, removal can be tricky, but we have a fix for that.
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Re: Matt Espe named CEO of Ricoh Americas Corp
It is surprising that they left Marty (The English Hammer) in America as Execeutive VP and CFO. As for the consolidation of locations and offices, the plan is for immediate synergy:
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Re: Ricoh Ikon Letter
Email I sent to the email address referenced above: How will the changes that were announced today affect the RFG Dealer Channel? I work for a Lanier Dealer that was formerly a Gestetner Dealer. One of our primary concerns over the past several years is that RBS & IKON consistently undercut us on price, not only for hardware but also for service & supplies, which is where we make our profit. Additionally, there are currently 9 other entities (including RBS & IKON) in the...
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Re: Konica Minolta’s new 240f multifunctional is a versatile performer
Lovely Muratec!Too bad it is not available in North America!
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Re: Konica Minolta’s new 240f multifunctional is a versatile performer
Considering the fact that Konica-Minolta makes a number of the Muratec systems, could it be that this is a product that KM manufactured this product for their own distribution channel? Wait, who cares? It's a friggin' desktop.
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Re: Ricoh Ikon Letter
It would seem that it all depends on where you structure your profitability. Since Ricoh is a Japanese manufacturer and sells its product to the US Ricoh company and then US Ricoh sells it to a dealer or direct, the profits can be structured to be very little if any in the US and very profitable in Japan. Ex: cost to manufacture is 10, sell to US mfg. sales concern for 20, US concern sells it for 22, dealers or direct sell it for 24. The cost of goods to the US is high and the profits remain...
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Re: CBS NEWS REPORT ON COPIER SECURITY
I have 21 machines (mpc3500) to be relocated to another acct. Don't want to purchase new HD(s) or DOSS options, can something be done like put them in a computer and run some of the utilities that do the multiple overwrites of various bit patterns to feel fairly confident that the existing data is impracticable to recover. Or as one person suggested run large enough documents with grey pages in each function scan, print, copy, fax to fill the hdd with such images. I bet a product...
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Re: matt espe quits
WEST CALDWELL, N.J., June 25, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment and advanced document management solutions and services, today announced that Kevin Togashi will assume the role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ricoh Americas Corporation effective July 1, 2010. Togashi takes on the role from Matthew J. Espe who has resigned his post as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ricoh Americas Corporation to become...
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Re: New Ricoh 430DN Color Cost Per Page @ .038? Video
so, what are you all thinking with a cpp for this product .08 less or more?
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Re: Colortrac Inc. Distributes its SmartLF Wide Format Scanners via Promark Technology
Colortrac Announces Financial Results and Growth in Scanner Sales Colortrac Inc. Colortrac has achieved record unit sales, revenue, and profit in their financial year ending April 30th 2010. Not including new business from OEM agreements, worldwide unit sales of Colortrac brand SmartLF large-format scanners increased by 24 percent over the previous year. Colortrac's consolidated result (unaudited) shows that group revenues increased by 42 percent to GBP £7.3 million, with a corresponding...
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Re: When was the last time you did a demo in your demo room?
When was the last time you did a demo in your demo room? Right now, I'm once a week, and one every two to three weeks in the field Do you make most of your sales from a brochure? probably 70% from brochures, not a good thing, we all need to do more demo's! Do you find it hard to get customers to come into your demo room? yes, it's easier to go to them with a unit Would you consider your demo room to be well stocked with current product and software solutions? Hardware, yes, solutions, we...
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Re: Ricoh Ends Relationship with Ratio
Here's what I heard. 1. Ricoh is not supporting the ratio controllers anymore, due to the fact that they find that thier embedded controller will meet the needs of the AEC market or something close to that effect (I really had to laugh when I heard that) 2. Ratio America which advertises on the P4P forums is selling and support the ratio controller (http://plotbasepm.com/rip_cube) with the rip cube. 3. Ratio.de website is still up and running http://www.ratio.de/ The truth of the matter is...
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Re: New Samsung 11 x 17" Colour MFPs due Oct 01 USA
Our dealer rep from Sammy was in late last week to discuss what we need to be able to handle the 11 x 17 release. In Canada they say it will be a 35 and 45 B&W and a 25 and 35 colour. Part of what they see is the ability to bid for larger deals where there is a need for SOME 11 x 17 but they can still do large part of deal with A4 product. He said they expect it for first quarter 2011. They know they are going to be an also ran in some ways but if they get the CPC in line then we know...
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Re: Ricoh Ends Relationship with Ratio
Let me further clarify my post. My understanding is this, Ratio Germany has filed for bankruptcy and no longer doing business. Ratio America is now its own entity and doing business seperately. They drive the Plotbase PM website and are selling Plotbase/Rip Cube etc. There is legal discussions that will allow Ratio to work with Ricoh. I think Ricoh recognizes the embedded is not sufficient but is tied legal on their actions. Also, Ricoh is still provide tech support for the controllers that...
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Re: Possibly moving to Ricoh....
Ricoh product ranks at the top of the industry. That being said, selling today is about far more than the box. What other value can you bring to the table with a given vendor/dealer? How about professional services, managed print services, software solutions, etc... I would take all of these into account when contemplating a move. If you are with or go to a dealer that only sells "boxes" you are limiting your self.
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Re: Possibly moving to Ricoh....
A couple of thoughts based on my lengthy experience with both Sharp and Ricoh. Ricoh is far and away a better product. No doubt about it. As stated above buyers buy the dealership and the relationship with the sales rep in my experience not the brand name on the front of the box. Take it from someone who spent years explaining to customers who "Gestetner" was that had never heard of them........and now "Lanier". Finally, in this market I would urge extreme caution making any sort of...
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Re: Lease Approvals
I thought we had a thread similar to this and maybe even a poll. I would say that 90% of my deals are getting approved by the likes of GE, DLL, Great America, etc, however I am pre-screening customers now and not even taking apps from some, due to thier industry and or financial status. Some have bought and others have tried elsewhere, thus the reason my approval rate is high is because of the pre-screening and I believe would be far lower than 90%.
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Re: The Effect Currency Evaluations have on the MFP industry
Toshiba recently revealed that it actually profited from the strengthening of the yen that took place during the first half of its fiscal year through September. The company has apparently moved much of its manufacturing and product sourcing outside of Japan since 2009, resulting in the yen's rise positively impacting its earnings. Toshiba made 48 percent of its products in Japan between April to September 2009 and bought 45 percent of its components from Japan-based suppliers. By the same...
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Re: Top 9 Blunders that B2B Sales Reps Make
Blunder #3: They ignore the competition. What they do: They never bother to discover who else is trying to sell to that prospect. Why they do it: They’re so excited at the opportunity that they don’t want to look too hard at something that might scuttle the deal. What happens: The competitor gets the inside track because they know what you’re pitching and they position their product to make sure that it’s more attractive to the prospect. Your Action Plan: To avoid this blunder, always ask...
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Re: Memjet Color Printers to the Rescue?
There is another product similar to this that we sell. It's from a company call Xante. It prints up to 13" x 22" sheets, envelopes, duplex, card stock to 14pt. It's call a digital envelope press. Interface is both USB and 10/100-TX Ethernet. It sell around 16k. You can view on ther web site xante.com.
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Re: Memjet Color Printers to the Rescue?
The speed is definitely impressive. I too would like to know how this clocks in for cost of consumables and the ink's scuff resistance- especially for mailing applications. I would have to see some samples to judge the print quality, but there are many companies who aren't too concerned about that when it comes to statement printing and certain direct mail campaigns. Either way, I am sure there is a large enough market for it to be a successful product.
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Re: Memjet Color Printers to the Rescue?
The continuous flow products are great. The volume levels are unbelieveable. As long as you have product that works flawlessly you will do well. If your equipment has any issues you will not be enjoying your life.
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Re: Memjet Color Printers to the Rescue?
It looks like a folding machine!!!!!! I think it will have a limited space in the market as a nitch product for mailing and invoicing. I wouldn't be worried about it.
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Re: New Samsung 11 x 17" Colour MFPs due Oct 01 USA
The ricoh A4's are slated for a December launch, however no product until Jan 2011.
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Re: First Look New Ricoh MPC2801_3301
We tried to order a Lanier LD533c (MP C3300) and were told that that the product has been discontinued. Has anyone seen pricing on the new models and Lanier model #'s for this series? The order was placed 2 weeks ago, and Ricoh just now told us that we can't get the product. As you can imagine, the customer is getting antsy, but we can't even re-sign the lease for the new model since Ricoh says info will be released this Friday.
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Re: ImageClass Question
Thanks Art, You know what though, dont sweat it. Turns out this is a retail product, so im better off asking at Staples. Thanks again.
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Re: Konica Minolta (US) Acquires IT Company
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, today announced the company has acquired All Covered, Inc. (All Covered), a leading provider of Managed IT Services to the small- and medium-size business (SMB) market. A nationwide technology services organization, All Covered delivers a diverse range of services including proactive server management, remote monitoring, cloud...
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Re: Digi Doc Flow vs NSI
We've found that for browsing folders from the MFP to select as scan destinations, DDF is a simpler product, but that's just personal preference. As long as you don't want to do any personalization within PPDM and/or require individual authentication, you only need one license.
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Re: Digi Doc Flow vs NSI
I, too, have only feedback regarding DDF. I have at least 6 placements who love it - easy to set-up and use. For the cost, which I cannot relate to the NSI product (Autostore, I assume), DDF has a nice bit of functionality - especially if sold as the basic + features package.
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Re: New Ricoh W3601 Prelim Brochure!!!
You are exactly correct, loser will be an understatment. We are already behind the 8 ball on wf technology and bringing this version with color scan, why bother, if they don't bring the pricing in line, there are very few opportunites out there. It's embarrassing when you compete against the other manufacturers with lower price product with more advanced features.
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Re: Competitive Copier Vendors
Lets get reaaaady to ruuumble! I know that not every statement I make is not true everywhere in North America. Hopefully, you will get a few "bullets for your gunbelt" on your next sales call.
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Re: Canon Merges Océ India Subsidiary
I am one of those. I'd be shocked if Canon continues the Océ name in the US. I have represented Océ products for over 17 years and while I can say without a doubt they are some of the best machines made, I've never had a customer choose the "Océ" name over others. To clarify, they choose the Océ PRODUCT, but not the name. I imagine most dedicated Océ customers would be thrilled to buy the product from a Canon direct outlet. Reasons people don't like Océ: They can't spell it and they can't...
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Re: Can you trust the Cloud?
...maybe they will give all P4P members a free one year NFR subscription to learn their product!
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Re: IKON steals University of Kentucky MPS contract from Lexmark!
I don't find this story surprising at all. Lexmark is a printer company that lacks a complete competitive product line. Ricoh has a complete product line to fit a major university from production machines down to desktop printers. You can bet this was a very profitable deal for Ricoh. I don't even think low bidder would be an issue regarding Lexmark given how weak they are on any product beyond a desktop printer. Loyalty would be the only thing Lexmark would have going for it in this...
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Re: MP201
At one time I would have said this series was the best built tabletop on the market. Three incarnations later this design is way past its prime. We need a completely new tabletop with speed and a touch screen. Ricoh is blowing it on A4. They took a hard line stance against A4 machines a few years back and now its biting them in the bottom. Ricoh is our main line but we are selling another manufacturers A4 probably 3 to 1 because Ricoh's product has fallen behind.
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Re: Can you trust the Cloud?
I was'nt able to work that out however UDOXC will be onboard as a P4P sponsor starting the second quarter of this year. We will also be hosting webinars for everyone to get everyon familiar with the features of UDOXC.