Editors Blog

Between the Lines: A Subtle Sign Your Company Might Not Be Such a Great Place to Work

Last week I mentioned how I’ve been reading the Elite Dealer nomination forms that have been arriving daily as we prepare to make this year’s selections. (In case you missed it, I announced last
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Between the Lines: Good Reads

I’ve been spending the past few weeks reading the Elite Dealer nomination forms that are rolling in. As the summer months wind down, they’re good summer reads. I find it fascinating to learn how
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Between the Lines: Service & Operations Manager Salaries Predicted to Decline

If  a recent prediction from Copier Careers, the Minneapolis-based recruiting firm for the document imaging industry, comes to fruition then dealerships across the country will be paying lower
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Between the Lines: Canon’s Press & Analysts Day

Last week Canon U.S.A. hosted an event for press and analysts at their new Melville headquarters. For many it was the first opportunity to see the new digs, a 700,000 square foot building located
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Between the Lines: Who Needs Copier Dealers?

I saw this article online, “Do We Really Need Car Dealerships Anymore?” from Popular Mechanics and it got me wondering whether or not anyone could ask that same question of copier dealers. The
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Between the Lines: Mixed Messages about MPS

After interviewing MPSA President Greg Walters and attending Photizo Transform back in the Spring, I get the feeling that managed print services is alive and well and continues to present an
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Between the Lines: While I Was Away on Vacation…

Sometimes you owe it to yourself to just get away. Don’t know why I feel guilty about taking five work days off to go on vacation, but I did. I was even planning on writing this column while
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Between the Lines: A Vanishing Legacy

As some of you know I’ve been writing about this industry for 27 years now. That’s a long time. Time sure does fly when you’re having fun even if you don’t realize you’ve been having fun. I
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Between the Lines: Not Dazed and Confused at My High School Reunion

A few weeks ago I wrote about what sometimes happens in social situations when I discuss what I do and half jokingly mentioned how saying I wrote about the office technology and imaging industry
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Between the Lines: A Not-So-Subtle Reminder

I cannot tell you how many times I have to remind my son to clean his room before it actually happens.  I don’t understand it. As a kid, I always cleaned my room. I couldn’t stand the disorder.
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Between the Lines: Yesterday and Today

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the more things change, the more things change. Having covered this industry as a journalist for 27 years now, I’ve seen a lot of changes as have many
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Between the Lines: Copier Careers Technician Salary Survey Offers Food for Thought

Have you had an opportunity to look over the results of the 2013 Copier Careers Technician Salary Survey yet? I’ve been following and writing about their surveys for years and although the
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