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Originally posted by Art Post:
Was told last week by a Ricoh employee that Ricoh will be offering the InfoPrint (Lexmark) A4 machines soon.


I heard this rumor as well and confirmed it with my Lexmark DSM. He said, however, that the Ricoh-branded products will be somewhat stripped down and will not have some of the Lexmark solutions that are available.
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Originally posted by M138:
I wonder if that will work with reynolds and reynolds. Those bastards changed their print stream to only work with lexmark.


Reply from my Lexmark DSM regaring whether the BSD models are compatible with Reynolds & Reynolds and whether or not there would be embedded connectors available for RR:

"- There should be no compatibility issues with any of the BSD models
connecting to the R&R system. Their print streams are standard PCL.

- We have never done any work with any of the BSD apps and the R&R system.
While we have made numerous proposals to them over the years regarding a
variety of workflow solutions with MFP's, they have never moved forward
with them. I wish I could provide some helpful insight on this one, but
we really don't have any to offer."
there is something not standard about that stream.I've tried it before w/ RPCS, PCL/Universal Print Driver, PostScript and all were complete failures. I put in another box w/ emulated postscript and had some better results but still the output wasn't right and the trays wouldn't switch.. had an SE d/l print streams and send them up the line, on and on.. The thing that is really frustrating about it is to put yourself in the customer's shoes.. they are being pushed around pretty hard right now by auto mfg's and paying thru the nose already to either R&R or ADP and now R&R is further tightening the noose
Two guys I know were let go in marketing. I think the total number was 50 or 60 from across the US, however keep in mind that Ikon, and Infoprint are slowing being merged in.

Heard this today that a RBS branch is closing and it will be replaced with an IKON branch......CRAZY huh?
Who posted this last September 2009:

"In other news, Matt Espe (IKON) will be taking control of Ricoh, as President and CEO. I guess whoever said that IKON would begin to swallow Ricoh, was indeed correct. I once joked (April Fool's) that they were putting up an IKON sign at Ricoh HQ in NJ and taking down the Ricoh sign. They may not go so far as to make that cosmetic change, but the poloitcal change has just set sail. What will the Independent Rioch / Savin / Lanier Dealers think about this change? Time will tell."

The Ricoh e-mail went out at 8:02 AM today.
confirmed MATT Espe is now CEO of Ricoh Americas Corp, thus having Control of Ricoh Americas which includes Ricoh Canada and LAD (Latin American Division), Martin Brodigan is now CFO of Ricoh Americas and Jeff Hicklin (former IKON) is now President of Ricoh US!

Ricoh also created Ricoh Americas Holding Company which incororates all od the above or so I'm told!
I think this serves as a wake up call to all RFG (Ricoh / Savin / Lanier) Independent Dealers. The 'Dealer Talking Points' suggest that the new leadership structure will continue to provide strong support for the Dealer community. Utilizing the experiences and expertise accumulated thus far by RBS and IKON, the new integrated management team will minimize conflict in the marketplace.

By the way, Kiyo Shimuzu will continue to lead Ricoh’s U.S. Dealer channel, and the current RVPs will also remain the same. So, anyone hoping that The Sheriff and the Deputy would slide into new roles at the top will be disappointed.

So, who's ready to call the new IKON guys (I mean Ricoh senior management) for help?
I heard this the other day at the AIIM/OnDemand Show in Phili, by a former Ricoh employee. Ricoh Americas Corp which is headquartered in West Caldwell will be moving to Malvern, PA!!!!!

Isaid no, no,......can't be...however reasoning was Ricoh Americas is out of space in NJ, operating inb three seperate building I beleive. Senior reps are from the Malvern area, and the Malvern facility is huge!!

I still don't beleive it,however as we've stated he, ya never know!

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