Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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Amid a torrent of troubling news overseas, U.S. home construction took a dive in February and new building permits set a record low, an indication that the battered sector continues to be a source of weakness for the economy. “There’s an employment component to housing starts. With the lack of new homes, the multiplier effect…
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Okay, okay, okay, I know this is boring, but it’s my hobby! I’ve always been interested in “government sector” bids for reprographics, and, courtesy of “Google” search (and “deep-throat”), I found a couple of bids from the great State of Wisconsin that I found fascinating – these two bids were for the same exact procurement;…
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Mar 15, 2011 15:18 ET ARC Southern California Opens Two New Locations: San Clemente and Carlsbad Strategic Locations Complete the Company’s Service Coverage Spanning From Orange County to Downtown San Diego IRVINE, CA–(Marketwire – March 15, 2011) – ARC Southern California Director of Operations Lisa Mawson announced today that the company has opened two new…
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I found an interesting article, on thedigitalnirvana.com, that I’d like to share with you. Although thedigitalnirvana is mostly about the printing business and industry, there is, of course, a cross-over to the reprographics business and industry. I’m going to share with you part of the article and then provide a click-on link so you can…
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So, after posting several articles on the blog pertaining to Xerox’s decision to stop selling wide-format equipment in 2011, in the U.S. and Canada, I received an e-mail from one Xerox dealer who’s already done something to give his equipment sales and service business some “life after Xerox”. Disclosure: John Laggy, the gent who wrote…
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Back-up my computer? Sure, NOT. At the ripe young age at 64, I consider myself only “somewhat” computer literate. Computer-literate enough to get myself in trouble. Which is what happens, when one doesn’t routinely do back-ups. So, on Friday evening, while I’m opening an Excel file, Excel freezes and ….. so does my six-month old…
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Construction employment in Florida is, absolutely, in the toilet In an article in the St Petersburg (FL) Times on Friday, March 11, 2011, entitled, “Gloom Returns to Job Picture” (and authored by Jeff Harrington, Staff Writer) – “the Tampa Bay Area lost 13,000 jobs in January after two months of gains” – the latest snapshot…
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Very recently, we did a post on the blog in which ARC’s ishipdocs software product (and service) was mentioned. Soon after that, one of our very-frequent blog visitors (he’s the President of a reprographics company, and his company is a member of The PEiR Group) sent me an e-mail in which he mentioned this: “By…
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Today, I noticed that Air Graphics (Boston, MA) posted – on LinkedIn – a “special” MARCH MADNESS SALE of Canon MFP (Multifunction) Systems – systems that plot, print, scan, copy and these systems handle both black & white and color! “Sale” prices range from $6,795 to $8,995. The “List” prices of these systems range from…
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On March 2, 2011, we posted an article that delved into Service Point Solutions’ (SPS) then recently announced results for 2010. In that same article, we looked at comparisons between SPS’ numbers and ARC’s numbers. We pointed out that, on an overall total Sales basis, SPS’s total Sales declined 5.16%, 2010 vs. 2009, whereas ARC’s…
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