I started this week off in Dallas at the Sharp dealer meeting. I’ll report on that meeting in next week’s issue. For now the big news coming out of Dallas was the introduction of Sharp’s new production devices, an enhanced emphasis on the Pro AV space with its AQUOS Board Read More

Many business owners overlook the cash that is sitting idle within the business.  Too many of us have cash tied up in excess parts inventory.  Properly managing your parts inventory can have a dramatic effect on cash flow, rescheduled call rates, and ultimately affect the level Read More

Remember Crazy Eddie whose prices were insane? If you’re from the East Coast you may, if not this video is the perfect introduction. Either way, this video blast from the past is a hoot. And that brings us to the final installment of this three part series on the greatest threats Read More

Don’t look now, but the paperless office has arrived and it’s in large part thanks to cloud-based document storage solutions that the paperless office has grown in size and you can now access documents from wherever you want. One of the emerging players in the world of online Read More

Last week’s article on the three biggest threats to independent dealers was one of the most widely read articles since I’ve been publishing The Week in Imaging. However, as Andrew Ritschel pointed out to me last Friday, those threats aren’t just to independent dealers, they’re to Read More

This new department randomly asks a dealer what products and solutions are currently hot for them and what’s not. Here’s what Jim Oricchio, president of Coordinated Business Systems in Burnsville, Minnesota, has to say on the topic. What’s hot? Oricchio: We’re doing really well Read More

Last week Andrew Ritschel, president of Electronic Office Systems (EOS) in Fairfield, New Jersey, shared his thoughts on the three biggest threats to the independent dealer. As a point of clarification, he e-mailed me to say that these threats affect not only independent dealers Read More

If you’re looking for a roadmap of how to evolve your dealership to thrive and survive in the 21st century, look no further than Marco (www.marconet.com), a Minnesota-based dealership that has transformed themselves into a provider of networked solutions. The employee-owned Read More

It’s weird having a holiday stuck in the middle of the week even if we’ve all been there done that before. What that usually means is people end up taking either the entire week off or Wednesday through Friday. If you can do that, good for you—I hope you have a good one. As much Read More

I can always count on Andrew Ritschel, president of Electronic Office Systems (EOS) in Fairfield, New Jersey, to tell it like it is, and not only that, encourage me to print it. That’s always an offer I can’t refuse so when he e-mailed recently wanting to talk about the three Read More

Following are the big and small news stories for the month of July. PrintFleet Voted Best MPS Software in Recharger Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Awards July 25, 2012 – PrintFleet Inc. was awarded the title of Best MPS Software by Recharger Magazine Reader’s Choice Read More

This new department randomly asks a dealer what products and solutions are currently hot for them and what’s not. Here’s how Andrew Ritschel, president of Electronic Office Systems in Fairfield, New Jersey responds to those burning questions. What’s hot? Ritschel: Kyocera’s Read More

If you had confidence that reman color toner would give a consistent quality experience at a >25% price advantage, would you use it? Color reman has been slow to mature.  The market has been fragmented with many suppliers of various size and capability. Asian clones and reman Read More

Let me know when you’re tired of my pop music references. I tend to get on a rock and roll. Two things are on my mind this week. First is encouraging you to click on through to the other side or to continue to finish the articles started here on The Week in Imaging Website. Most Read More

If you’re like me NER Data’s Print4 MPS program is one of the best kept secrets in the MPS world. At least if you’re someone like me who writes frequently about the traditional copier industry and hasn’t had an opportunity to find out about them until now. Or if you’re a Read More