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Ricoh Launches AFP2PDF Plus, Broadening Support for AFP Transforms and Multi-Channel Communications

New offering dynamically transforms Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) documents into PDFs for easy Web viewing MALVERN, PA, April 14, 2015 – Ricoh Americas Corporation today introduced AFP2PDF Plus, a new addition to the Ricoh Web Enablement solutions suite that enables
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Ricoh and Mimaki USA sign reseller agreement to bring high-performance flatbed printers to market via the Ricoh channel

Ricoh continues to show dedication to graphic communications providers’ various specialty printing needs, Mimaki JFX200-2513 and JFX500-2131 flatbed printers are now available in its portfolio MALVERN, PA, April 9, 2015 – Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced that it has
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How Vendors Support their Dealers Who Sell Light Production and Wide-Format Systems

In this month’s ENX magazine we examine what it takes to be successful selling light production and wide format as well as the pitfalls to avoid on the road to success. Here we identify what manufacturers can do to help their dealers be successful. (Note that the manufacturers
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Damn the Manufacturers’ Quotas, Full Speed with Generic Options

Today was awesome day, as long as you’re a Met fan!  First win of the season and just maybe, just maybe we won’t stink this year. Winning is an awesome thing, whether it’s winning at sport’s, winning with games or winning the sale. Winning breeds
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How to Be Successful Selling Light Production & Wide Format

As more dealers delve into the higher end production space, greater numbers are searching for opportunities with light production and wide format devices in not only traditional production environments, but within their traditional accounts as well. That’s because these devices
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Canon Business Systems Pulling a Ricoh

Heard from a friend who is a Canon dealer. That dealer states Canon Business Systems (CBS) is dumping machines to his existing base and selling in most cases for 20 percent less than his cost! He also went on to state that CBS and Canon Dealers have no “Rule of
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Ricoh Announces Availability of RICOH Pro C7100X Series at Graphics of the Americas

Five color production printer series equips customers with capabilities to create new applications, grow businesses, increase revenue streams and cut costs   MALVERN, PA, February 26, 2015 – Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced the availability of the RICOH Pro C7100X
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Technical Tips

Subject: Ricoh MP-5000 Tone Up Question: Hello there guys. Can anyone tell me the proper procedure to tone up an MP-5000 getting very light copies? Customer has put in a new toner cartridge but copies are still light. Thanks.  Answer: SP-2207 will do a forced toner supply, but I
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My Top Ten MFP/Copier Industry Predictions for 2015

  Looking back 2014 was one of my best years in the business. The fourth quarter of 2014 was the best quarter I’ve ever had!  I can only hope that 2015 will be as good as 2014 if not better. Last year’s Top Ten MFP Copier Industry Predictions for 2014 had me wondering
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Copier Makers Continue Assault on Low-End A4 Market with Mixed Results

While the market for digital imaging hardware and supplies is mature and various segments are declining, most copier companies have been reporting improved revenue for the past couple of years. The majority of copier makers are Japanese companies of course, and they’ve benefited
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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 man’s best friend with a Santa’s hat.  Enjoy! In Quebec Province, celebrations finish on January 6th, with the “Party of t
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Ricoh Acquires PTI Marketing Technologies, Helping Customers to Expand into Marketing Services

Acquisition Empowers Customers to Capitalize on the Benefits of Vertical Multichannel Marketing, Asset Management and Web-to-Print Solutions   Tokyo and Solana Beach, Calif. —December 9, 2014— Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Ricoh) today announced that it has acquired PTI® Marketing
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2014 Document Imaging Industry Highlights

Every year this time we ask the various players in the office imaging hardware, solutions, services, and supplies space to share with us their top highlight of the year. If you’re a dealer or reseller, this makes for a fascinating and succinct recap of what occurred throughout
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The Top 10 Stories of 2014

If it’s December, it must be time to look back over the past year and reminisce about the year’s Top 10 stories. As is often the case, some of these stories are big ones, some of them are not quite as big, and others are ongoing trends that continue to impact the office imaging
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EFI and Ricoh Partner to Bring Fiery Performance to New Ricoh Digital Presses

FREMONT, California — September 30, 2014 — EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced the launch of a new line of Fiery digital print servers driving two new families of Ricoh ® digital presses that were
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