Ricoh

A couple of weeks ago we presented a news item on Applied Imaging, a Michigan office technology solutions dealership, entering into a strategic agreement with Ricoh to acquire various Ricoh accounts in Traverse City, MI and Northern Michigan. The agreement took effect May 1, 2013 Read More

BTA West to Host Capture the Magic Aug. 1-2 in Las Vegas  June 28, 2013 — On Aug. 1-2, 2013, the Business Technology Association’s (BTA; www.bta.org) West district will host Capture the Magic, its annual educational and networking event, at the Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas. The Read More

Every other year The Week in Imaging presents its Top 40 Most Influential People in the Imaging Industry. It’s a broad mix of individuals consisting of those who make the tough decisions either at the top or at various levels within their organizations, those who others in the Read More

This week Paul Kotan of Southwest Equipment Brokers, a copier wholesaler based in Tucson, AZ, shares what’s hot and what’s not of late when it comes to what his independent dealer customers are looking for. What’s hot? Kotan: Anything with low usage and low meters. Ricoh, Sharp, Read More

  MWA Intelligence Redefines Meter, Service and Toner Monitoring  May 22, 2013 — MWA Intelligence (MWAi) has announced a new iMPS print tracking sensor for the PRTG Network Monitor from Paessler AG. The iMPS sensor for PRTG Network Monitor automatically detects network MFP’s Read More

Spend any amount of time around office equipment dealers and there’s bound to be a fair amount of moaning and complaining about business, their manufacturers, customers, new technologies, economic conditions, and market changes. It’s not a knock. That’s just the way it is. Read More

This week Paul Kotan of Southwest Equipment Brokers, a copier wholesaler based in Tucson, AZ, shares what’s hot and what’s not of late when it comes to what his independent dealer customers are looking for. What’s hot? Kotan: Anything with low usage and low meters. Ricoh, Sharp, Read More

Following are the big and small news stories for the month of March. etfile Brings Content Management to Reseller Channel March 26, 2013 –Taking distribution of its premier content and workflow management solutions one step further, etfile today launched a new sales engagement Read More

It’s not every day a dealer makes a multi-million dollar investment in a new headquarters, and when they do, it’s a reflection of the success of the business. A perfect example is the new headquarters of Centric Business Systems in Owings Mills, Maryland which fulfills the vision Read More

Whew! I must say that the last 15 years selling for a Ricoh dealership has been interesting. When I first started with my dealership back in 1998, Ricoh had just purchased Savin, and Savin purchased Gestetner or something like that. It was a heck of a lot easier to sell copiers Read More

Following are the big and small stories for the month of February. FlexPrint Recognizes 20 Employees Feb. 4, 2013 – Twenty FlexPrint employees were recognized and rewarded for their “DRIVE” and focus on creating and maintaining a unique customer experience. Winners were Read More

We have one final trend that we somehow misplaced when putting together the various trends pieces for January that we’re running now. This is from Jim Coriddi, vice president, dealer division, Ricoh Americas Corp. I think you’ll find what he has to share particularly interesting. Read More

This week Larry Weiss, president of Atlantic, Tomorrows Office, in New York City, shares what’s hot and what’s not in his market. Atlantic sells Ricoh, Toshiba, Konica Minolta, and Kyocera devices and offers a range of services, including Managed IT, Document Management, MPS, and Read More

2012 a not so good year for the MFP copier industry or a good year for the MFP copier industry.  I’m thinking that most will answer a not so good year at least for the industry as a whole. I guess the biggest question that will need to be answered in 2013 is related to Read More

As 2012 comes to a close it’s time once again to recap the highlights or significant accomplishments of the year from the perspective of companies and organizations related to the imaging technology industry. Over the past month I’ve been presenting up to a dozen highlights Read More