Toshiba, Sharp Provide Competitive Solutions in the Light-Production Print Market

As promised, we are rounding up our April State of the Industry report with a couple more OEM offerings that address the light-production printing space. Previously, we featured manufacturer options from Ricoh, Xerox and Canon. Be sure to check out our April issue for in-depth
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KYOCERA Aims to Build a Winner for Dealers: A Conversation with Danielle Wolowitz

During the KYOCERA Innovate dealer meeting, held April 9-11 in not-so-sunny Orlando, FL (it rained much of the time), ENX Magazine was fortunate to carve out of a few minutes of valuable time from the schedule of Danielle Wolowitz, vice president of corporate marketing. Wolowitz
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On the Road: Teamwork Concept Drives Annual KYOCERA Dealer Meeting

The importance of teamwork and strategy behind constructing a winner made for an appropriate theme during the KYOCERA Innovate event, held April 9-11 at the Omni at ChampionsGate Hotel in Orlando, FL. The annual dealer meeting attracted more than 1,100 KYOCERA and Copystar
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Making the Jump to the Light Production Printing Market: Sage Advice

Entering a new product offering is often fraught with potential pitfalls. The allure of net-new business comes with a caveat for competency. Building from the ground up takes a commitment of not only time and money, but consideration. How will this offering fare among my customer
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Deason Suit Contends Xerox’s Jacobson Ignored Board’s Request to Stop Negotiating with Fujifilm

A lawsuit filed by one of the OEM’s shareholders alleges Jeff Jacobson, CEO of Xerox Corp., continued to seek a deal with Fujifilm despite being advised by Xerox’s board of directors to cease negotiations, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal. According to
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Market Offerings: Manufacturers Provide Sampling of the Leading Light Production Printers

As part of our state of the industry report for April, we have assembled a number of the more popular printing devices that office technology dealerships can provide to their customer base. Manufacturers including Ricoh, Xerox and Canon have multiple offerings to fit the various
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Changing the Way Work Gets Done: One Year Later, Xerox’s ConnectKey Workplace Assistants Still Making their Mark

It’s been a year since Xerox Corp. unveiled its most ambitious product launch in its century-plus existence with the release of the 29 ConnectKey-enabled AltaLink and VersaLink printers and multifunction devices. Xerox took to the road to promote its unprecedented product
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A Sneak Peek at the Stories behind our 2018 Difference Makers

By now, you have received your April issue of ENX Magazine in the mail. It’s a good one, packed with stories that review the role light production printing can play within your dealership (and by extension, the need for this type of equipment among your client base). It’s not all
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Spring Cleaning: Reviewing Customer Profiles for Light Production Print Opportunities

Spring is in the air…well, not really. Much of the country is still consumed by sub-seasonal temperatures, and even spates of snow as Mother Nature gives us a little attitude. But as the flowers blossom and allergies kick into high gear, this time of year is always one marked by
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Latest Filing of Canon Lawsuits Take Aim at New Builds: The Role of the Cartridge Dongle

With its latest round of patent-infringement suits targeting 49 manufacturers, distributors and resellers of toner cartridges as well as photosensitive drum units—complaints filed with both the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and various U.S. District Courts—Canon is
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Role of Women Continues to Grow in Office Technology Industry

At this time of year, our editorial focus concentrates on the annual Difference Maker edition. We canvass readers to find out who are the movers and shakers impacting the industry in a positive manner. I find this to be a refreshing diversion from the monthly overview of products
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Acquisitions, Organic Growth and Visual Edge Technology Partnership Propel Commonwealth Technology to the Next Level

Troy Turner is a living, breathing embodiment of the Southern Gentleman—he’s an entrepreneurial businessman with multiple interests, a family man, a lover of horses (after all, he hails from Kentucky) and a person who prioritizes the needs of others before his own. He has managed
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Well-crafted Infrastructure and Experienced Leadership Paves Avenue to Margin Opportunities with Light Production Printers

Lauren Hanna isn’t necessarily looking to invite new competition into her dealership’s markets. But the production print manager for Blue Technologies, based in Cleveland, sees an undeniable opportunity for dealers to not only go deeper with existing accounts, but generate
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Is there a Future for Production Inkjet in the Dealer Channel?

In 2015, Canon Solutions America (CSA) made a bold unveiling with the introduction of its Océ VarioPrint i300 color digital press, a sheetfed inkjet production printing system that gave commercial printers an outlet to markets and applications that were previously prohibitive due
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Case Study: Verticomm’s AEC Niche Promises Unlimited Ceiling for Managed IT

Verticomm, the managed IT division of Denver-based All Copy Products, has been providing the full range of managed network services since 1999. Nearly 20 years later, the full dossier of products and services may bear little resemblance to its original platform, but the core
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