Print Management Solution from 10ZiG

New Secure Print Management Solution Available from 10ZiG
ProximityPrint Q allows companies to go green while cutting costs and increasing security

Phoenix, AZ - July 8, 2009 - 10ZiG Technology (formerly BOSaNOVA, Inc.), the market leader in development of Security Solutions, Thin Clients and Network Appliances today announces the addition of ProximityPrint Q (PPQ) to their line of security products. ProximityPrint Q is a secure print management solution designed to reduce waste, track printer output and increase security.

ProximityPrint Q helps companies cut costs and go green by reducing waste associated with abandoned printouts. The system is composed of a physical device and server software and boasts RFID technology for smart card authentication. Print jobs are securely held in the server until user authentication at the device. In addition, security is enhanced by ensuring no document is accessed by a person other than the intended recipient. Follow me printing is also included which allows users to pick up their print job at any printer regardless of where it was intended to be printed.

PPQ works with any printer, a wide range of copy machines and supports any printer driver. Print management is simple with an easy to use web interface. Reporting tools for print accountability allow activities to be monitored therefore reducing the amount of personal printing.

“Most companies are looking for ways to cut back, but oftentimes the result is that security is overlooked. With PPQ, security is enhanced while printing costs are cut,” says Martin Pladgeman, 10ZiG President. “One of the biggest cost savings is found by eliminating personal printers. With the PPQ, employees can securely print documents on regular network printers without the need for their own personal printer.”

ProximityPrint Q is available for purchase through 10ZiG’s resellers. For sales information contact 10ZiG Technology toll-free at (866) 865-5250, or send e-mail to info@10zig.com. For European inquiries contact +44 1509 276252 or email info@10zig.eu. For more details on the products, visit 10ZiG Technology online at www.theq3.com.

About 10ZiG Technology
10ZiG Technology (www.10zig.com), formerly BOSaNOVA, is a privately held company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The company is principally engaged in the design and development of thin clients, security solutions and network appliances. The company’s solutions include a highly refined user interface, remote management software, and performance optimization. The company’s products are sold through a worldwide network of IBM and CITRIX Business Partners. Industry affiliations include membership in VMware Technology Alliance Program, IBM's PartnerWorld for Developers, Citrix Ready Partner Program, and the Microsoft Partner Program. For more information, visit www.10zig.com.

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Ricoh SP C820/820 Spec Review

Ricoh now shipping an A3 floor-standing color laser printer, the Aficio SP C820/821 series offering:

- launched by Ricoh product manager, Ije Rodgers
- 4 tandem OPC drum design
- 50ppm top speed b/w or color for 821, 40ppm for 820 model
- 50 second warmup time
- 600x600dpi (4 bits per pixel) or 1200x1200dpi (2 bits per pixel)
- Comes standard with two 500 sheet paper drawers & 100 sheet bypass
- Can add either two more 550 sheet drawers, or a large capacity letter size paper deck
- Handles up to 140lb. index stock
- Auto duplex supports only up to 90lb. index
- supports printing up to 49” long banners
- Built-in print controller
- 1GHz processor for 821, 600MHz for 820
- 512MB RAM (can upgrade to 1GB)
- 80GB hard drive standard on 821, optional on 820
- PCL & PostScript print drivers
- Finishing options include; stapling, booklet-making & hole punching

Sharp MX-M363, MX-M453, MX-M503 Spec Review

Sharp now shipping several new b/w laser MFPs, the MX-363, MX-M453 and MX-M503:

- 36, 45 & 50ppm
- All are A3 models, offering up to 11”x17”
- Will replace the MX-M350 and M450 models
- Code-named “Jupiter III” design
- Base MSRPs range from $7990 to $9990 for M363
- Base MSRPs range from $9390 to $11,390 for M453
- Base MSRPs range from $11,990 to $13,990 for M503
- Black toner yield of 40,000 pages based on 5% coverage per page
- Drum and developer yield of 200,000 pages
- Outside of MFP has textured plastic and chrome accents
- 8.5” color touch screen LCD on “N” version models
- Optional retractable QWERTY keyboard
- “U” versions have b/w touch screen and no keyboard
- “U” models have 100 sheet document feeder that operates at 50opm
- “N” models have 150 sheet document feeder that scans both side of original at same time, up to 70opm
- Comes standard with two 500 sheet paper drawers and 100 sheet stack bypass
- Auto duplex standard
- $845 to add another 500 sheet drawer
- $1075 to add two 500 sheet drawers
- $196 for copy desk
- $1495 for side-mount 3,500 sheet paper deck
- $1295 for fax board
- Built-in print controller on “N” versions:
- 800MHz processor
- 320MB RAM standard (can upgrade to 1GB for $500)
- 80GB hard drive
- 10/100/1000BaseT & USB ports
- PCL print driver standard
- $745 for PostScript print driver
- $625 for Windows Vista XPS print driver (requires 1GB RAM)
- $399 data security kit
- Scans in b/w and color
- Comes standard with one license of Sharpdesk OCR
- additional licenses are $233 each
- $1795 for internal stapling finisher
- $2895 for bookletmaker, for up to 15 sheet booklets
- $2895 for 4,000 sheet stapling finisher
- Any finisher requires $425 relay unit
- $698 hole punch kit

Xerox WorkCentre 7400 series "Spec" Review

More info on the new color MFPs from Xerox, the WorkCentre 7400 series:

- Model 7425 offers 25ppm b/w and 20ppm color for $10,799 base MSRP
- Model 7428 offers 28ppm b/w or color for $11,899 base MSRP
- Model 7435 offers 35ppm b/w or color for $13,799 base MSRP
- Maximum monthly duty cycles of 60K, 80K & 105K respectively
- Print-only version called Phaser 7500, and offers 35ppm b/w or color for $2999 base MSRP
- Use a color LED engine instead of laser
- LED print head has 1200 diodes per inch for a total of 14,592 diodes across the array
- 4 tandem OPC drum design with polymerized toner
- Advertised as offering 1200x1200dpi print resolution (but does not offer true 8 bits per pixel)
- 600x600dpi copy resolution
- Comes standard with 120 sheet stack bypass and 500 sheet paper drawer
- Optional document feeder holds up to 75 originals
- Up to 12”x18” paper handing
- Standard print/scan controller
- 667MHz processor
- 1.5GB RAM
- 40GB hard drive
- PCL, XPS & PostScript print drivers standard
- 8.5” color LCD touch screen control panel
- Optional fax board
- Black toner yield of 26,000 pages (based on 5% coverage per page)
- Color toners yield of 15,000 pages each
- Optional finishing including stapling, booklet-making, hole-punching, v-folding
- Optional EFI Fiery for $4195
- Suggested cost per page is 1 cent for b/w and 7-8 cents for color clicks

Paradigm Imaging Group’s Award Winning Supra Gets Better!

Costa Mesa, CA – July 1, 2009 – Paradigm Imaging Group, a leading distributor of large-format scanning and printing solutions, announces the release of the enhanced EIS Supra multi-function system.

The Award-Winning Supra, the most popular of Paradigm’s line of large format scan-print-copy systems, has just gotten better! The Supra has been enhanced with new scanning and printing capabilities and a new, sleek design. The New Supra now features:

New! Graphtec SK280 36” color scanner
Scan speeds up to 6 inches per second in Grayscale and B/W and 2 inches per second in color @400 dpi
Up to 600 dpi true optical resolution, 1200 dpi interpolated
Convenient, face-up scanning
Improved document feeding
New power saving mode reduces power consumption to 5W or less
New! Canon iPF750 36” printer
Produces D-sized output in only 28 seconds on plain paper in fast mode, all in full color
New space-saving design with full front accessibility
Hassle-free, automatic top loading of paper
Sub-ink tank system allows for on-the-fly ink replacement
New print head incorporates a new nozzle shape to reduce satellite ink, producing cleaner lines and text and minimizing mist. The high-precision, high-density print head, with a total of 15,360 nozzles, lays down 4 picoliter-size ink droplets
New print job accounting manager
Rocket Scanner Controller
Includes Windows XP® Professional
Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 1.4Ghz processor
2GB DDR PC2-5300 memory
250GB SATA-150 (7200 rpm) 8MB cache hard drive
Exclusive Paradigm imageFLOW® scan-print-copy software
Touch screen and keyboard control
Interactive scan-print-copy controls
Over 550 printers supported
Includes over 325 ICC output profiles
Mini 101 keyboard with touch pad
15” touch screen panel
Paradigm’s sleek Ergo® Stand, a single-footprint solution for limited space requirements
One-year on-site warranty with an optional two-year warranty upgrade
“The enhancement of our popular EIS Supra reflects our customer driven philosophy of continually streamlining and perfecting our product offerings. This mindset flows throughout our organization, enabling us to provide the most technologically advanced products, at a competitive price point, with the highest level of customer support and service,” stated Randy Geesman, President of Paradigm Imaging Group.

About Paradigm Imaging Group
Paradigm Imaging Group is a large format solutions provider whose expertise extends from scanning and printing products to imaging systems integration, software development and product distribution. Paradigm counts among its clients companies in reprographics, architecture, engineering, construction and manufacturing, as well as numerous public agencies at all levels of government. Since 1989, Paradigm has grown to become a leading provider of large format scanning and printing solutions.

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PARADIGM IMAGING GROUP
1590 METRO DRIVE #116
COSTA MESA, CA 92626

Contact: Jane Hicks
Email: jane@paradigmimaging.com
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Ricoh MP 6001, 7001, 8001 & 9001 Spec Review

Ricoh now shipping the MP 6001, 7001, 8001 & 9001 models of b/w laser MFPs:

- replace the 6000, 7000 & 8000 models
- first two digits of model number denote speeds of 60, 70, 80 & 90ppm respectively
- Base MSRPs of $18K, $23K, $28K and $33K
- all models can scan in color
- 30 second warmup time for 6001/7001
- 300 second warmup time for 9001
- first copy out times range from 4.2 seconds to 3.3 seconds
- 4,300 sheet paper capacity
- comes standard with two 550 sheet drawers, and 1550 letter-size sheet drawer
- 100 sheet stack bypass
- Drawers can not hold card stock
- bypass accepts up to 110lb. index
- document feeder holds up to 150 originals
- scan speed of 80opm for b/w and 55opm for color
- document feeder can scan both sides at same time (but it slows down for this mode)
- 1200x1200dpi
- auto duplex standard
- 8.5” full color LCD touch screen
- Optional fax board
- scan to USB port
- Optional scan/print controller:
- actual maker unknown (most likely Oak Technology)
- 512MB RAM (can upgrade to 1.5GB)
- 160GB hard drive
- 1GHz processor
- PCL print driver standard
- Optional PostScript print driver
- 10/100BaseT & USB ports
- optional fax board
- optional FD5000 multi-fold unit (z-fold, tri-fold letter in, tri-fold letter out, gate fold, double parallel fold)
- optional GBC StreamPunch III
- optional BK5010 booklet maker with trimmer
- optional 50 sheet or 100 sheet stapling finisher
- optional cover inserter
- optional 2/3 hole punch
- Removable hard drive for security
- 1200x1200dpi
- maximum paper supply of 8,300 sheets
- drum yield of 1.2 million
- can embed applications into the control panel

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Toshiba eSTUDIO 205L, 255, 305 series Review

Toshiba announced a number of new A3 b/w MFPs:

- eSTUDIO 205L, 255, 305 series:
- 20ppm, 25ppm & 30ppm
- Base MSRPs of $5095, $6650 & $8,050
- Maximum monthly duty cycles of 80K, 100K & 120K
- Base MSRPs fo $8625 & $10,799
- 8.5” full color touch screen LCD control panel
- Optional fax board
- 600x600dpi (advertised as offering 2400dpi with interpolation)
- 20 second warmup time
- 4.7 second first copy out time
- 30,000 page toner yield based on 5% coverage
- USB direct scan and print
- Auto duplex
- Scans in color and b/w
- Two 550 sheet paper drawers standard hold up to 28lb. bond only
- 100 sheet stack bypass standard (up to 110lb. index)
- 3,200 sheet maximum paper capacity with options
- Optional document feeder that handles 100 originals and scans up to 57ipm
- Optional Smart Card reader
- Print/scan controller standard
- 1GB RAM & 60GB hard drive
- 10/100BaseT & USB ports
- PCL, XPS & PostScript print drivers standard
- eBRIDGE technology allowing embedded applications into control panel
- Optional embedded software allows for scan to MS Word, MS Excel and searchable PDF
- Optional finishers offer hole-punch, stapling and booklet making
- eSTUDIO 355, 455 series:
- 35ppm $ 45ppm
- Maximum monthly duty cycles of 125K & 150K
- Base MSRPs fo $8625 & $10,799
- 8.5” full color touch screen LCD control panel
- Optional fax board
- 600x600dpi (advertised as offering 2400dpi with interpolation)
- 20 second warmup time
- 3.7 second first copy out time
- 30,000 page toner yield based on 5% coverage
- USB direct scan and print
- Auto duplex
- Scans in color and b/w
- Two 550 sheet paper drawers standard hold up to 28lb. bond only
- 100 sheet stack bypass standard (up to 110lb. index)
- 3,200 sheet maximum paper capacity with options
- Optional document feeder that handles 100 originals and scans up to 57ipm
- Optional Smart Card reader
- Print/scan controller standard
- 1GB RAM & 60GB hard drive
- PCL, XPS & PostScript print drivers standard
- eBRIDGE technology allowing embedded applications into control panel
- Optional embedded software allows for scan to MS Word, MS Excel and searchable PDF
- Optional finishers offer hole-punch, stapling and booklet making

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10 Tips on How to Return a Leased Copy Machine!

Over the years, I would say that ninety percent of my clients leased their copiers with an option to buy the copier at the end of the term. Most of these leases had a buy out option for FMV (Fair Market Value). The general idea of an FMV lease is that the customer has no intention of ever owning the equipment and they will return it at the end of the lease.

Most leasing companies have been and still are very aggressive with FMV rates (interest), however most will have clauses in the leases that you must notify them in writing before the end of the term. All of the leasing companies have a "Window" clause, meaning you only have "x" amount of time when you can notify them, some are not more than 90 days prior to the end of the term and others are not more than 180 days and not less than 90 days. Make sure you read the lease!!!

Here's a few helpful tips for you:

1) Read the lease and be familiar with the return clause, Make sure you notify with in the parameters of the lease contract.

2) Set a reminder in MS Outlook or another contact management program to remind you to submit your LOI (Letter of Intent), state whether you will return or you wish to purchase.
3) Send all correspondence via certified mail oR Fedex, where you will get a signature that they received your letter.

4) Make sure that the system is in good condition, make sure the system makes a clean copy/print and make sure all of the accessories are working (some leases now have clauses that they will charge you for parts and labor if the system was not returned in good working order).

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Ricoh Introduction of the MP 6001 / MP 7001 / MP 8001 / MP 9001

Ricoh is pleased to announce the introduction of the new Aficio MP 6001/MP
7001/MP 8001 /MP 9001 Series black and white digital imaging systems. These
new systems copy and print at 60/70/80 and now 90-ppm, respectively. They
replace the Aficio MP 6000/MP 7000/MP 8000 and are designed to support the
document workflow and productivity needs of today's networked office
environments. With the addition of the new faster 90-ppm Aficio MP 9001,
these devices also fit well in lower volume Central Reproduction Department
(CRD) and Print for Pay environments.

The Aficio MP 6001/MP 7001/MP 8001/MP 9001 Series represents the latest
addition in Ricoh's formidable mid-high volume line-up, providing seamless
integration of copying, printing, faxing and scanning with document
storage. These systems combine complete scanning and document workflow
capabilities with versatile new finishing options to provide the most
comprehensive solution for even the most demanding environments.

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New Océ devices add professional color to office documents

The Océ VarioLink 5522c/6522c MFPs stylishly produce the documents businesses need


TRUMBULL, CONN. June 15, 2009 – Océ, an international leader in digital document management, introduced today the Océ VarioLink™ 5522c/6522c devices. With print, copy, scan and fax capabilities, these multifunction printers add professional color distinction to office documents. Regardless of the format, media or finishing needs, they elegantly produce color or black & white documents. By seamlessly integrating with office workflows, the Océ VarioLink 5522c/6522c MFPs will become a natural extension of any business.

"In today's economy, companies are looking for every advantage to stand out of the competitive crowd, reduce costs and improve operational efficiencies. The new Océ VarioLink 5522c and Océ VarioLink 6522c are affordable, productive additions to the Océ VarioLink line-up that help our customers do more in less time, control color usage and costs, yet add color impact and style to documents to improve readability, comprehension and impact," said Thomas O’Neill, Vice President, Product and Strategic Marketing, Océ North America, Document Printing Systems division. "With a host of copy, print and scan functions, these devices can handle virtually any kind of document distribution so users can concentrate on their core businesses. With our set of Océ PRISMAstart™ utilities, Océ PRISMAenterprise™ Suite and the Océ Extended Solutions Platform, users and administrators gain full control over advanced security, authentication, accounting and device management functions from a single MFP to the entire fleet. And through our commitment to sustainability, these devices are designed to help customers meet their own sustainability goals. Océ is excited to expand the new Océ VarioLink line with these two models."

Speeds up document workflows

With a print speed of up to 55/65 ppm in black & white and 45/50 ppm in color, simplex or duplex, the Océ VarioLink 5522c/6522c MFPs meet the most demanding office needs. Scanning will not slow business down either, as the system processes up to 78 originals per minute. The standard 1-GHz print/scan controller, to read rest of press release go here.