Konica Minolta has signed to be the Platinum sponsor for the upcoming ON DEMAND trade show in Russia on 10/28-11/3/2009.
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Results of a survey conducted by the InfoPrint of IT Managers who are responsible for print/mailroom operations/CRDs:
- 2/3’s believe they are spending too much on postage
- More than half have not planned for or implemented Intelligent Mail barcoding for postal discounts
- Nearly half feel that their operations could be running more efficiently
- 90% feel pressure from management to lower costs
- 66% are trying to reduce print volumes
- 60% encouraging e-delivery of documents- 38% considering workforce reductions
- 77% believe they could benefit from more automation
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IDC released results of a survey of IT executives in regards to their company’s ability to comply with e-discovery rules (which relates to scanning and document management solutions)
- Companies must be ready for amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedures (FRCP) for electronic discovery
- New deadlines for responding to lawsuits imposed by Rule 26(f)
- 79% felt that on a scale of 1-5, that they could rate themselves a 4 for preparedness
- Corporations are only starting to address their potential legal liabilities
- 55% are still in early stages of automating litigation communication process
- 13 are still using paper based surveys
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Kodak taking a gamble with its booth at Print 09 Show in Chicago. For the first time, it will not display any of its production print systems (DigiMaster, NexPress, Prosper, Versamark, etc.). Instead, it will have a 24 foot long multi-media display to show videos of the equipment. In contrast, Xerox will apparently have at least 18 models on display running jobs.
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Xerox’s Chief Technology Officer, Sophie Vandebroek, announced that Xerox plans on launching a production color system using the wax technology used in the ColorQube.
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Oce’ announced that during the PRINT 09 trade show in Chicago, it will have a CS665 (relabeled Konica Minolta bizhub PRO C6501) printing free copies of a perfect bound book, titled “Where’s My Birthday Cake”. The photo book was created by professional photographer, Jason Lee, featuring his daughters, Kristin & Kayla.
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Peerless, maker of generic print controllers, provided its last quarter’s financials:
- Revenue of $2.1 million, down from $3.3 million last year
- Gross margin of 65.2% compared to 50.4% last year
- Net income of $2 million
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SpencerLab of Melville, NY reported that it recently tested a number of generic toner cartridges, and that all failed its test. Apparently all of the cartridges tested experienced toner leakage. Problems caused by toner leakage include:
- Print quality defects
- Contamination of fuser section
- Contamination of transfer rollers/belts
- Damage to imaging units/drums
- Damage to drive train gear teeth, which are used to feed paper
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IPEX, a production print group in Europe, announced that its “Champions in Print” award will be to the founders of Adobe and inventors of PostScript, Dr. John Warnock and Dr. Chuck Geschke.
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IBML, a dealer in Wyoming, won a document management bid from Wyoming Medical Center. Details:
- 5 year contract worth $200,000
- As a result of new software and scanners, hospital reduced its scanning/indexing staff by 33%
- Bid included ImageTrac software and scanners
- Hospital believes it will save $450,000 total over life of contract
- Hospital has 205 beds in Casper, WY
- Campus covers 719,000 square feet
- 150 physicians
- Will scan 52,000 pages per day
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Online Print Solutions, maker of web-to-print and VDP software, announced it now offers Multi-Touch Campaign software, which generates personalized URLs (PURL) for end users to respond to direct mail offerings.
XMPie, maker of variable data software, announced a new option called “Email Service”, which will send out and track email marketing messages to end users to supplement VDP direct mail offerings.
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Recent findings published by The CMO Council on chief marketing officers in the U.S.:
- average tenure of a CMO is 23.2 months
- 50% CMOs are hired to fix broken marketing departments
- 56% of marketers perceive themselves as being customer centric,
but only 12% of customers surveyed agree
- 83% of CMOs face change resistant corporate cultures
- 76% of companies are not realizing the full revenue potential of their customers
- On average, 31% of marketing budget is spent on print jobs
- Only 25% of CMOs know what TransPromo is
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GE Capital’s Leasing Director, Jim Kelly, gave out info in a recent interview:
- Has been in copier leasing for 20 years (started with acquisition of leasing
business from Chase Manhattan)
- Serves 8,000 dealers
- Has leases with 500,000 end users
- Is investing $3 million in “Touchless Initiative”
- “We’re trying to get that instant feel you have with a credit card”- “Our vision is one minute turn time. That’s one minute from application through funding. That’s a lofty, lofty goal, but that’s the vision we have for this.”
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Have customers that want to make business cards with their color MFP? Michael Business Machines (MBM) introduced the BC12. This desktop device takes thick stock from your color MFP, and slices it up into 12 business cards in a single pass, at a speed of 60 cards per minute (13 sheets per minute top speed)
GBC, a division of ACCO, announced a new binding system, called the “eBinder 200” featuring:
- up to 200 pages bound on the fly, complete in-line system with no user intervention
- uses new “GBC Elipse” binding element for 360 degree wrap around design
- choice of 4 different colors of binding element
- cassette holds up to 50 binding elements
- is 22.8” wide
- will be shown attached to Xerox production print systems at PRINT 09 show, no pricing yet
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eCopy won both the “Spring 2009 Pick Award” & “5 Star Award” from Buyers Labs, Inc. (BLI), and was the only document imaging software vendor to receive a “Pick” in this round of awards.
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