{"id":2478,"date":"2012-07-03T12:52:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T12:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theweekinimaging.com\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2012-07-03T12:52:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T12:52:01","slug":"reman-color-toner-is-it-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/feature-articles\/2012\/07\/reman-color-toner-is-it-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Reman Color Toner \u2013 Is It Ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Cameron<\/p><\/div>\n

If you had confidence that reman color toner would give a consistent quality experience at a >25% price advantage, would you use it?<\/p>\n

Color reman has been slow to mature.\u00a0 The market has been fragmented with many suppliers of various size and capability. Asian clones and reman products are flooding the market with low-priced substitutes. The range of price and quality are extreme.<\/p>\n

Is it any surprise that reman color has been slow to take root and grow market share?\u00a0 The early adopters had to sort through reliability, confidence and trust issues to find reliable sources.\u00a0 The mainstream market has avoided the risk waiting for stronger competitors to emerge.\u00a0 It is common to hear, \u201cI don\u2019t want to take the risk of losing a customer on unproven product.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the leading North American remanufacturers say they have corrected the issues and improved the quality and stability of the product.\u00a0 They say that the product is ready and that their numbers prove it.\u00a0 Are they really?<\/p>\n

One of the key question dealers have raised in the CCG study, 2012 Reman Color Toner Readiness Assessment\u2122\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> (click on link) is, \u201dCan remanufacturers demonstrate consistent performance over life that is comparable with an OEM supplies experience?\u201d \u00a0\u00a0This is a critical step necessary to gain confidence in the market.\u00a0 The study is designed to provide answers to questions like this and identify which remanufacturers are outperforming the market.<\/p>\n

The best way to validate product readiness is through understanding recent market field performance.\u00a0 We want to match current reman capability and quality with recent market experience to validate that improvements meet customer expectations.<\/p>\n

Collecting field results to make a fair assessment requires having a large number (>200) of dealers\/resellers complete a 10-minute online survey.\u00a0 This will give us the critical field-tested evidence with which to answer the burning question, \u201cIs aftermarket color toner ready for prime time?\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right, we need your input!\u00a0 Please take a few minutes to view the video and complete this important survey.<\/p>\n

Cameron Consulting Group has no dog in this fight. There are no toner sponsors or hidden agendas. Rather our study is designed to provide an unbiased perspective about the readiness of reman color toner. \u00a0We see it as an important market question that can best be addressed by assessing actual market experience.<\/p>\n

If you had confidence that there were known sources of reman color toner that could consistently deliver a quality experience, what impact might that have on your business?\u00a0 Would you want to try it?\u00a0\u00a0 With the help of leading channel providers we intend to assess the potential, identify reman leaders and give guidance in testing the decision for yourself.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in hearing more about the study and preliminary results, please attend my session on Thursday morning at World Expo, hosted by The Imaging Channel and Recharger Magazine<\/em> in Las Vegas, July 17-19. Hope to see you there.<\/p>\n

For more information about the study and other work by Dr. Cameron, please visit the CCG Website (www.ccg1.net<\/a>) or contact him by e-mail at\u00a0 david.cameron@ccg1.net or call (512) 638-1782.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

About the author:<\/strong> Dr. David Cameron has over 25 years experience in the hardcopy industry. He launched Cameron Consulting Group (CCG) in March 2011 to meet a market need for proprietary client advisory services, market research, and consulting for the printing and imaging industry, including managed print services.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 *2012<\/em>*Cameron Consulting Group Inc., All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.\u00a0 The market has been fragmented with many suppliers of various size and capability. Asian clones and reman products are flooding the market with low-priced substitutes. The range of price and quality are extreme. Is it any surprise that reman color has been slow to take root and grow market share?\u00a0 The early adopters had to sort through reliability, confidence and trust issues to find reliable sources.\u00a0 The mainstream market has avoided the risk waiting for stronger competitors to emerge.\u00a0 It is common to hear, \u201cI don\u2019t want to take the risk of losing a customer on unproven product.\u201d However, the leading North American remanufacturers say they have corrected the issues and improved the quality and stability of the product.\u00a0 They say that the product is ready and that their numbers prove it.\u00a0 Are they really? One of the key question dealers have raised in the CCG study, 2012 Reman Color Toner Readiness Assessment\u2122\u00a0 (click on link) is, \u201dCan remanufacturers demonstrate consistent performance over life that is comparable with an OEM supplies experience?\u201d \u00a0\u00a0This is a critical step necessary to gain confidence in the market.\u00a0 The study is designed to provide answers to questions like this and identify which remanufacturers are outperforming the market. The best way to validate product readiness is through understanding recent market field performance.\u00a0 We want to match current reman capability and quality with recent market experience to validate that improvements meet customer expectations. Collecting field results to make a fair assessment requires having a large number (>200) of dealers\/resellers complete a 10-minute online survey.\u00a0 This will give us the critical field-tested evidence with which to answer the burning question, \u201cIs aftermarket color toner ready for prime time?\u201d That\u2019s right, we need your input!\u00a0 Please take a few minutes to view the video and complete this important survey. Cameron Consulting Group has no dog in this fight. There are no toner sponsors or hidden agendas. Rather our study is designed to provide an unbiased perspective about the readiness of reman color toner. \u00a0We see it as an important market question that can best be addressed by assessing actual market experience. If you had confidence that there were known sources of reman color toner that could consistently deliver a quality experience, what impact might that have on your business?\u00a0 Would you want to try it?\u00a0\u00a0 With the help of leading channel providers we intend to assess the potential, identify reman leaders and give guidance in testing the decision for yourself. If you are interested in hearing more about the study and preliminary results, please attend my session on Thursday morning at World Expo, hosted by The Imaging Channel and Recharger Magazine in Las Vegas, July 17-19. Hope to see you there. For more information about the study and other work by Dr. Cameron, please visit the CCG Website (www.ccg1.net) or contact him by e-mail at\u00a0 david.cameron@ccg1.net or call (512) 638-1782.\u00a0 About the author: Dr. David Cameron has over 25 years experience in the hardcopy industry. He launched Cameron Consulting Group (CCG) in March 2011 to meet a market need for proprietary client advisory services, market research, and consulting for the printing and imaging industry, including managed print services. Copyright \u00a9 *2012*Cameron Consulting Group Inc., All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[82],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}