Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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Yesterday (March 21st), I did a post on this blog to share with reprographers that I’m going to attempt to do a “survey” of A/E/C firms to elicit their perspectives on “the future of print.” I explained in that post the reasons why I want to do this survey. (So, I won’t repeat the reasons…
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Even though it’s “kind-of-a-lead-in-for” an ad about PlanWell Collaborate, there are some interesting remarks – and good food for thought – in an article posted today on the PEiR Group Point of View blog. Here’s just the first part of the article; later on you’ll find a link that will whisk you away to the…
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Strangely enough, “Reprographics 101” has attracted visitors from many different countries outside the U.S. Sometimes I can tell “who” visited the blog, but most of the time, not. For example, the other day, someone from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, visited “Reprographics 101” and spent nearly 30 minutes reading articles. I suspect that this visitor is a…
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On March 1st, we did a post about Service Point Solutions results for the full-year 2010. At that time, Service Point Solutions had just released its full-year results, but, unfortunately, the only documents we found were in Spanish. This morning, I found that Service Point Solutions has, by now, posted an English-language version of its…
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Related to the previous post, I’m in the process of creating a “Survey of A/E/C firms” regarding “the future of print.” I decided to create and conduct a survey because: 1) – – – – There was a recent “discussion string”, in the “Apprentice” Discussion Group on LinkedIn, about the “future of print”. All of…
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In the latter part of 2010, the C.T.O. of the reprographics company we sold in December 2007 decided to change careers and moved to the I.T. industry. He is now a “sales engineer” for an I.T. company. Inasmuch as he had been in the reprographics industry for some 20 years (give or take a few…
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Here’s an interesting “white paper” on the Managed Print Services (MPS) deal HP did with The Walt Disney Company. You’ll find this white paper posted on my Google Docs site; here’s the link: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B81al4kFAU9JNDNmMThjYTEtMzY3Mi00MTIzLTk0OTYtZjRjN2VjMTFlZmM0&hl=en&authkey=CNjqtTA
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On February 28, 2011, the Beverly Hills (CA) Unified School District awarded a contract to “Image IV” (a Konica/Minolta dealer) for 20 small-format multifunction copier-printers. Bids were invited on a “monthly-lease-cost” (for each machine) PLUS “cost-per-click” for each copy/print (cost-per-copy/print to include toner and maintenance.) Vendors who submitted bids for this procurement included: – Image…
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According to a fairly recent article published in the “Washington Post”, the U.S. (Federal) Government is aiming to shift about one-quarter of federal government agency spending for I.T. to “cloud (web-based) computing”, in an effort to make the government more efficient and to save money. I would imagine that State, County and City governments will…
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In the previous post, I mentioned www.aecbytes.com. On that site, you’ll find a link to a “vendor hub”, which provides a list of vendors who offer A/E/C Technology Solutions and Services. I looked at that list and did not find any of the “technology solutions and services” offered by “reprographers”. What’s up with that? No…
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