copiers

That was the deal when I was in grammar school in the sixties. If you needed a copy of something, you went to the local library. I guess what I remember most about those machines is that a copy cost a nickel. The top of the copier had a rubber mat to put the original under and Read More

I was driving to Atlantic City last Friday with a buddy that owns a technology company and he asked me that question.  This guy is no dummy: Wharton MBA, has owned his technology company for 25+ years, so he has had to reinvent himself numerous times, owns 50+ rental houses and Read More

Every time I post “This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago,” I’m always thinking of what I was doing 10 years ago, with business and personal stuff.  It’s a rather gentle reminder of how fast time moves past us. My wife always tells Read More

A better year in 2014 for everyone right?  I still feel the economy here in the Northeast is not what is was and am wondering if we’ll ever get back to where we were in the mid 2000’s.  I’ve been in this crazy business for 33 years and not once was I ever faced Read More

Have you recently bought a new multifunctional copier with a finisher/stapler? If so, can you remember if the staples were included in the cost per page or not included in the cost per page? Very rarely have I ever seen staples included, and I never thought much about the cost of Read More

There was a recent post on the Print4Pay Hotel forums that was asking members if they inject humor in their copier/MFP demonstrations and if so what were some of those classic wits of humor that we use. Of course I added by two cents, but I also added a paragraph about some of Read More

This week John Kuchta, president of SolutionOne in Omaha, NE shares what’s hot & what’s not in his market. SolutionOne is primarily a Canon and Konica Minolta dealer. What’s hot? Kuchta: From a solutions perspective we are finding great customer acceptance of a PDF tool that Read More

This will be somewhat of a cut and paste from a previous blog I did labeled “The Hottest Little MFP from Texas”. A few weeks ago I attended the BTA East Grand Slam event in White Plains, N.Y. I recommend dealers and sales people find a way to get to these events in Read More

One of the hottest trends sweeping the office technology industry is IT services, which also encompasses managed networked services (MNS). To be fair, they’re related although they are not necessarily the same thing. Either way, not everybody sees these two related opportunities Read More

You could do nothing and keep stealing pages from other vendors and have other vendors steal your pages. There’s no growth in pages! Many traditional copier companies are now embracing and moving forward with Managed Network Services. At one time I asked why the heck would Read More

And now the end is near. Actually it’s more than near, it’s here as I present the final 12 2012 Elite Dealers, including the Elite Dealer of the Year. First a word about that and how that’s determined; I decided to do that for the first time last year after reading a number of Read More

FRASER ais West Reading, PA www.fraser-ais.com Year Founded: 1971 Approximate Yearly Revenues: $25+ million Most Significant Accomplishment of the Past 12 Months: Fraser sold, booked, and executed more than $4-million in equipment and services in the month of December of 2011. Read More

It’s my pleasure for the second consecutive year to present The Week in Imaging’s Elite Dealer Awards. This award honors the best and the brightest in the dealer community. The dealers being honored each week starting today and throughout the month of October aren’t necessarily Read More