Re: Copiers

2011-04-19 Thread Roger Wright
+100 Your level of support is far more important than the feature set. I've worked with Canon, Sharp, Kyocera, Konica/Minota - they all need service too often. I've recommended setting up a cot or the service techs next to the worst offenders. One of our branches just switched to Xerox machi

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2011-04-19 Thread Jonathan Link
Or they've been used for performances... On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Jacob wrote: > Our Kyocera's suck.. but of course I bought the cheapest ones you can think > of... > > -Original Message- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 9

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2011-04-19 Thread Jacob
Our Kyocera's suck.. but of course I bought the cheapest ones you can think of... -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 9:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Copiers Do you guys like Sharp copiers? I'm talking with

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2011-04-19 Thread Sam Cayze
Or even get one of those cheap NAS drives that has SMB and FTP, etc. Aren't they like $100? From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copiers We have a SAN and VM Hosts in a data center. No need for th

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2011-04-19 Thread Jeff Brown
; > > > > > > > From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:00 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Copiers > > > > We are able to scan to a folder on a server, as long as it isn't a DC. > &g

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2011-04-19 Thread John Aldrich
r one from the other room. :-) -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Copiers Get one on trial and put it in the location that you get the most trouble with. Half the battle with som

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2011-04-19 Thread John Aldrich
n to go back to that very same VAR and ask them for their recommendation for hardware to do pretty much what they suggested several years ago. :D -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subje

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2011-04-19 Thread Joseph Heaton
t; > Thanks for the heads-up on the problems scanning to a DC. We'll have to > make > sure that works or find other options if we decide to go with the Sharp. > > > > From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:00 PM > To: NT System

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2011-04-19 Thread Paul Hutchings
x27;t understand is why you'd put something in their environment that's a PITA to use the 99% of the time that it's working. Paul -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: 19 April 2011 17:22 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: C

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2011-04-19 Thread Jeff Brown
he problems scanning to a DC. We'll have to > make > sure that works or find other options if we decide to go with the Sharp. > > > > From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:00 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Copiers &

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2011-04-19 Thread Jonathan Link
7;ll have to > make > sure that works or find other options if we decide to go with the Sharp. > > > > From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:00 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Copiers > > We are able to scan to a

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2011-04-19 Thread Joseph Heaton
rom: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copiers We are able to scan to a folder on a server, as long as it isn't a DC. On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:29 AM, John Aldrich wrote: Thanks for the info. Currently our Kyocera machin

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2011-04-19 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks for the heads-up on the problems scanning to a DC. We'll have to make sure that works or find other options if we decide to go with the Sharp. From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copiers We are

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2011-04-19 Thread John Aldrich
Oooh.that might be a problem.. John-AldrichThread-Count From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copiers We are able to scan to a folder on a server, as long as it isn't a DC. On Tue, Apr 19, 2011

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2011-04-19 Thread John Aldrich
esday, April 19, 2011 12:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Copiers Years ago, I remember a Kyocera contract that included toner resupply... have you factored consumables into the cost savings ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an o

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2011-04-19 Thread Jeff Brown
t; actually do the sharing off itself or does it scan to a server? > > > > From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:26 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Copiers > > The way you manage the shares is different, but you can

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2011-04-19 Thread Erik Goldoff
: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Copiers Well, I have to say I’ve been mostly happy with the service we’ve had on the Kyocera copiers, but we have WAY more copiers/printers than we need and the S

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2011-04-19 Thread John Aldrich
PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copiers The way you manage the shares is different, but you can scan to SMB folders.  It took several tries for us to get it all figured out.  Jury's still out as far as which I like better now that we have it working. On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:

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2011-04-19 Thread Jeff Brown
ifferent in the scan? Can they scan to SMB folders or > do > we have to email the scans or what? > > > > From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:13 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Copiers > > The Sharp machines

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2011-04-19 Thread John Aldrich
true, but I'm willing to give 'em a shot. :D From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Copiers Ditto (no pun intended, ok maybe a little) From: Jon

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2011-04-19 Thread John Aldrich
Ok... how are they different in the scan? Can they scan to SMB folders or do we have to email the scans or what? From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copiers The Sharp machines do not scan to network folders

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2011-04-19 Thread N Parr
Ditto (no pun intended, ok maybe a little) From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 11:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copiers All copiers suck. The service that goes along with them is the key... We have

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2011-04-19 Thread RichardMcClary
+1!!! -- richard Jonathan Link 04/19/2011 11:11 AM Please respond to "NT System Admin Issues" To "NT System Admin Issues" Press this button if the "To" is a fax number. Enter in the fax number like 123-456-7890. cc Subject Re: Copiers All copie

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2011-04-19 Thread Jeff Brown
The Sharp machines do not scan to network folders "the same way" the Kyocera machines do. Other than that we absolutely LOVE the sharp copiers. they are faster and require less maintenance, in our exprience. We have 10+ units at various locations. 4 sharp's introduced over the last 3 years. On

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2011-04-19 Thread Jonathan Link
All copiers suck. The service that goes along with them is the key... We have same day turnaround on all our copiers (3). We also use them as our primary printers. On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:06 PM, John Aldrich wrote: > Do you guys like Sharp copiers? I'm talking with the local Sharp rep abou

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2009-08-13 Thread James Kerr
st 13, 2009 4:53 PM Subject: RE: Copiers yeah, they told me only the "big boy" has 2... reason: if one doesn't work, you still have the other... yeah... right. -- From: John A

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2009-08-13 Thread Andrew S. Baker
has 2... > reason: if one doesn't work, you still have the other... yeah... right. > > > -- > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:49 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subj

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2009-08-13 Thread David Mazzaccaro
ues Subject: RE: Copiers That's interesting... We have a TaskAlfa, but ours is a 250 Ci, and it's got the same IP for both. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Copiers

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2009-08-13 Thread John Aldrich
That's interesting. We have a TaskAlfa, but ours is a 250 Ci, and it's got the same IP for both. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Copiers

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2009-08-13 Thread David Mazzaccaro
They are separate on the 820 (just confirmed w/ dealer) From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 1:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Copiers That was true on the 4050 and earlier. On the 5050&#

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2009-08-13 Thread Mike Gill
Our Xerox has an OCR feature built in as an option for PDF. I haven't used it though. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copiers On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:

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2009-08-13 Thread Peter van Houten
g on our "scans" folder on the server and it was exactly what you said would happen. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 1:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copiers On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:05 PM, John A

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2009-08-13 Thread John Aldrich
That was true on the 4050 and earlier. On the 5050's they have the same IP now, so that is no longer a concern. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 1:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Copiers Th

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2009-08-13 Thread John Aldrich
cott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 1:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copiers On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:05 PM, John Aldrich wrote: > Well, our Kyocera copiers do PDF as well. I've searched them. I'm not sure > what makes a PDF search

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2009-08-13 Thread Mike Gill
This is going to depend on your maintenance support contract and responsiveness as much as the unit itself. But as for units, Xerox hands down. I find the drivers and web UI for Kyocera MFP's to defy common sense on many levels. I think the web UI was written by a first year English student. On the

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2009-08-13 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:05 PM, John Aldrich wrote: > Well, our Kyocera copiers do PDF as well. I’ve searched them. I’m not sure > what makes a PDF searchable or not, so I can’t say for sure. Something has to run OCR against the scanned image and add the computer text equivalent. Otherwise the

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2009-08-13 Thread John Aldrich
ich are just over 5 years old (we extended our service past the lease). - Original Message - From: David Mazzaccaro <mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com> To: NT System Admin Issues <mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:39 AM

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2009-08-13 Thread James Kerr
rs old (we extended our service past the lease). - Original Message - From: David Mazzaccaro To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:39 AM Subject: RE: Copiers Thanks The Xerox place is directly across the street. The Kyocera is our current provider

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2009-08-13 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
+1. We love our iR's. From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Copiers I love our Canon IR's. Tried many different Brands over the years and always come back to Canon. Of course we have a good v

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2009-08-13 Thread John Aldrich
ile-Tools From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Copiers Well.. we have a Kyocera 1016. Slower than From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2

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2009-08-13 Thread Jacob
Well.. we have a Kyocera 1016. Slower than From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 7:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Copiers We are in the process of looking at a few different copiers. Anyone have any good/bad/ugly on t

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2009-08-13 Thread N Parr
I love our Canon IR's. Tried many different Brands over the years and always come back to Canon. Of course we have a good vendor also which makes all the difference. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009

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2009-08-13 Thread David Mazzaccaro
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copiers What are the issues with Sharp copiers? -ASB On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:39 AM, David Mazzaccaro wrote: Thanks The Xerox place is directly across the street. The Kyocera is our current provider (who isn't pushing Sharp

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2009-08-13 Thread Webb, Brian (Corp)
We have the Canons and they work pretty well. If you are talking about 1 or 2 of them then the management of the printer/scanner functions is ok, but we have over 100 of them and managing them is a royal pain. There isn't any way to script the configuration or make changes to more than one at a ti

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2009-08-13 Thread Maglinger, Paul
We have a couple of Xerox color copiers/printers and they've been okay. Most of the trouble was being unfamiliar with how to set them up (they're a little different from the Ricohs they replaced). The service reps here were really good about helping us get it set up. We were able to negotiate and

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2009-08-13 Thread Andrew S. Baker
t 3rd party software. > So I'm leaning towards Xerox, but anything will be better than our Sharps! > > > > -- > *From:* richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:33 AM > *To:* NT System Admin

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2009-08-13 Thread John Aldrich
[mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copiers If they seem to spec the same, I'd shop for which vendor provides the best service for your area. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology

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2009-08-13 Thread John Aldrich
We have both of the Kyocera printers and they work well for us. The only complaint I have about the Kyoceras is that the touch screen is a bit slow to respond sometimes when switching from copying to scanning and such. Other than that, it's all good for us. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Davi

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2009-08-13 Thread David Mazzaccaro
@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copiers If they seem to spec the same, I'd shop for which vendor provides the best service for your area. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S

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2009-08-13 Thread Tom Miller
We've used the Canon iR series, not those models. I don't recall any issues and the little screen on the copiers was easy to use. We now use Xerox WorkCentre copiers of various flavors. I think we have a few 5655. No issues. The on-copier screens are not as easy/nice looking at the Canons, bu

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2009-08-13 Thread Steve Ens
+1 for Imagerunners. +1 for Panasonic. On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:32 AM, David Mazzaccaro < david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com> wrote: > We are in the process of looking at a few different copiers. > Anyone have any good/bad/ugly on these? > > Kyocera TASKalfa 820 > Kyocera KM-5050 > > Canon

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2009-08-13 Thread RichardMcClary
If they seem to spec the same, I'd shop for which vendor provides the best service for your area. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-97