Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Service Point Norway has launched "AllPrinting" the greatest online store in Norway


Blog Publisher’s comment:

Well, someone help me with the math!  Below, it says that 48,000 visitors visited the “AllPrinting” web-site during the first two months it was in operation.  That’s an impressive number, for sure.  But, how many customers, who visited the web-site, actually placed orders?  If I multiply 85,000 Euros x 1.30, that comes out to around $110,000 USD.  If 48,000 visitors placed orders, and I divided $110,500 by 48,000, that would yield an average order value of $2.30 per order.  Or, if half of the visitors, say 24,000, placed orders, that would yield an average order value of $4.60 per order.  Is my math correct?  Am I missing something?

Here’s a link to the Spanish-language version of SP’s Press Release:

And, courtesy of Google Translate, here’s how that press release, according to Google Translate, translates into English.  (As always, keep in mind that Google Translate does not produce perfect translations!)
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“Service Point Norway has launched "AllPrinting" the greatest online store in Norway”

The website is receiving over 24,000 visits per month

€ 85,000 billed in the first two months

The online offer is promoted in its 21 stores

Barcelona, May 27, 2013. - Service Point Norway, under the brand Allkopi Service Point, just launch their new online print shop (www.allprinting.no). The online store, which is directed to all kinds of audiences, can choose from more than 25,000 templates to customize greeting cards,
reminders and invitations for all occasions, color and high quality.

With lead times of 48 hours and 21 outlets to promote the website, this online store is important step forward to achieve diversification plan Service Point in new markets.

In its first two months of operation, the website has achieved a turnover of
€ 85,000.

"For us it is a pilot program," said Carl Peter Clampit, Chief Marketing Officer at Service Point Solutions. "We want to build our production base to enter new markets growth and that means developing our online channel. Instead of just competing with other companies online using Google Ads, we will leverage our stores to complement our online offer promoting a model of touch and feel, which is to touch and feel the products and services. "

Customers can see in the stores all the information online www.allprinting.no supply. It offers discounts, bonuses and can discuss their doubts, which makes buying online.

"Allprinting" to experience the vast possibilities of personalization of the cards. Thanks to the digital printing revolution, customers can participate in an interactive and unleash their creativity. The customer satisfaction they get when they use the online store is very high, thus the usability of the application as the printing quality and service.

So much so, that customers are receiving visits from the business. Increasingly, are printed restaurant menus, complimentary cards, event invitations and other commercial and marketing.

Service Point has also launched a website for professional printing in Germany (http://shop.koebcke.de) for small and medium businesses, offering a quick online printing from your digital printing

Berlin, one of the most advanced production facilities in Europe and has become the third largest supplier of photo album of the continent.

"Although Service Point has been slow to launch its online service offering digital printing, we are recovering a lot of ground with very fast and effective development, "says Clampit. "We believe we are the
only company that can make an offer online services, with a portfolio of 44,000 customers, physical presence and shops 60 centers in Europe and a brand that is associated immediately print services to the largest companies in the world. "

For more information:
Luis G. Canomanuel
LUCA Corporate Communications
Tel: +34 91 435 December 17
lgcanomanuel@lucacom.com

Contex Expands Multifunction Product Offerings, Unveils Latest Bundles


Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Press release from the issuing company

Rockville, MD - Contex, the world's leader of wide format scanning and imaging solutions, today announces that it is working with HP to develop two wide format multifunction (MFP) products specifically designed to meet the needs of the technical and graphics markets. The new bundles are high-production MFPs, combining the HP Designjet T7100 Printer with either the award-winning Contex HD Ultra 3650 or Contex SD 3690. These new MFPs provide users with affordable, fast, high-quality imaging solutions for wide format scanning, copying and monochrome or color printing. The Contex and HP Designjet T7100 Printer bundles are specially priced until the end of June and available immediately through Contex and HP channel partners.

"The collaboration between Contex and HP offers a powerful and streamlined multifunction solution for mid-volume scanning, copying and printing, in monochrome and color, " states Steve Blanken, General Manager, Contex Americas. "This is a full-featured alternative to monochrome-only LED MFPs."

Production Scanning, Printing and Copying

Built for efficiency, the HP Designjet T7100 Printer provides low-cost, high-speed printing of monochrome CAD drawings and high-quality color documents. When paired with the Contex SD 3690 wide format scanner, which is designed to handle high volume projects while accurately capturing everything from new originals to faded blueprints, the MFP addresses all technical imaging demands from capture to output. 

Additionally, the HD Ultra 3650/HP Designjet T7100 MFP is suited for both the technical and graphic markets. Noted for its versatility, the award-winning HD Ultra is the fastest scanner available today. With xDTR2 technology and Gigabit Ethernet ensuring maximum throughput, the HD Ultra further elevates the scanning process with features such as 48-bit CCD technology and the widest color gamut possible, delivering highly detailed images unmatched in color reproduction quality.

For more information about the specially-priced Contex and HP Designjet T7100 Printer bundles, contact salesamericas@contex.com

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

P4PHotel.com, definitely worth signing up for



If you buy, sell, or lease imaging equipment or place imaging equipment under an MPS program format, then you owe it to yourself to sign up for membership to P4PHotel.com.  Basic membership is free. 

The owner/publisher of P4Photel.com, Art Post, has been involved in the “copier” industry for nearly all of his adult life, and his web-site and blog are very popular and are chock full of information.  I visit Art’s web-site and blog (and the forums) on a regular basis.  His web-site and blog have a large number of followers.


"Supporting the Dealer and Direct Channel for Copier and Printer Imaging Professionals"

Fuji Xerox Launches World's Fastest Wide-Format Color Inkjet Printer DocuWide C842


DocuWide C842 Contributes to Enhancing Productivity in Printing Large-Size Drawings 

TOKYO, May 20, 2013 — Targeting the large-size drawings printing market such as construction/civil engineering industries, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. today launches world's fastestNote1 wide-format color inkjet printer DocuWide C842, which realizes printing of A0 size sheets at seven pages per minute to contribute to enhanced productivity.
Unlike the moving-head method often employed in inkjet printers, Fuji Xerox has aligned high-definition, four-color (CMYKNote2) print heads that spray the inks to print on a single paper delivery, which has realized high-speed printing. In addition, the DocuWide C842 uses technology that sprays ink miniaturized to 1.4 picoliter to reproduce high gradation of color and half-tone outputs as well as realize high-resolution printing of fine lines in drawings.

The DocuWide C842 is capable of printing on various sizes and types of paper including a maximum of 42-inch wide-format sheets. As the printer can hold two or four rolls of sheet, it allows users to set both two-inch and three-inch core size roll paper, which differ depending on the type of paper, or set both regular and coated paper, thereby improving the efficiency and convenience of users' operating environment where they don't have to change the paper depending on what to print. Further, various security functions have been incorporated, such as encryption and overwriting of data accumulated in hard disk, to prevent unauthorized retrieval or copying of data recorded in hard disk.

While calls for speed are increasing regardless of the type of work or industry, construction/civil engineering industries and construction sites are facing greater needs to raise speed and efficiency in printing complex engineering drawings and electrical drawings that are often revised, along with increased size of data caused by colorization. Facility operations at public offices that utilize geographic information system (GIS) are also challenged to boost efficiency in sharing and using maps and drawings. When using GIS to manage urban design maps and facility layout drawings, high productivity and quality printing environment is especially in need to output line drawings in higher resolution and accuracy.

To further enhance the operational efficiency in copying, scanning and printing, DocuWide C842 can be upgraded by linking with Fuji Xerox's wide-format color scanners including DocuScan C1500 and DocuWide 6055 seriesNote4.
  • Note1-World's fastest wide-format color inkjet printer for large-size drawings as of May 2013 (based on a research by Fuji Xerox).
  • Note2-CMYK is a method to produce all colors by mixing varying percentages of cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks.
  • Note3-Requires an optional data security kit.
  • Note4-Requires optional software to be used as a network copier (scanner & printer).

Ricoh to Cut 13% of French Workforce


PARIS -- Japanese office equipment and digital camera maker Ricoh will cut 338 jobs in France, some 13% of its workforce in the country, union officials said Thursday.

"The management told us it intends to cut 338 posts among the 2,500 the company has in France," said CGT union representative Thang Doan following a meeting with company officials.

Hit hard by the 2008-09 global financial crisis and stiff competition, Ricoh announced two years ago that it planned to shed 10,000 jobs, a tenth of its global workforce, with the first major wave of cuts to take place in 2014.

Ricoh France spokesman, Eric Baudart, said the reorganization "is aimed at safeguarding the competitiveness" of the world's top office equipment manufacturer.

Fierce competition has squeezed margins on photocopiers "and we've arrived at the point where the company can't support the further collapse of margins," he added.

Doan said two previous rounds of job cuts since 2010 had seen over 200 employees leave the company in France.

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Reprographics 101 Blog to soon be relocated back to this blog-site


I first “launched” “Reprographics 101”, in early 2009, on this blog-site. 

On August 1st, 2012, when I assumed the role of Managing Director of the IRgA, I agreed to relocate Reprographics 101 to the IRgA web-site. 

As previously announced, I will be leaving the IRgA Managing Director position on May 31st.   And, in conjunction with that change, Reprographics 101 will no longer be published on the IRgA web-site; Reprographics 101 will be relocated back to this, its original, blog-site.

From the launch of Reprographics 101 in early 2009, we’ve put up more than 1,635 posts on Reprographics 101 (1,385 posts appear on this, the original blog-site and 250 appeared on the Reprographics 101 blog-page on the IRgA web-site.)

Thank you for visiting Reprographics 101. 

If you have any suggestions for articles that may be of interest to Reprographers or to financial analysts and investors who follow the reprographics industry, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Best regards,

Joel Salus
Publisher of “Reprographics 101”
Cell: 917-822-4164
e-mail:  joel.salus@mac.com

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

REPROGRAPHER SURVEY – WINTER 2012-2013

We'd like to thank the 73 reprographics firms who participated in the IRgA/Reprographics 101 Survey.

The survey is now closed.

The results of the survey and our comments about the survey results are contained in an Excel file, and, if you would like to receive a copy of the survey-results file, send an e-mail to joel.salus@mac.com