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The Copier Sale Leaseback

If you're asking what is the copier sale leaseback, read on and find out. The copier sale leaseback is where you sell a company your copier equipment and then have it leased back to you at a pre-determined rate for a given time period.

Let's say you have a Xerox DocuColor 6060, you might sell it to a copier lessor. Your business receives a payment for the agreed upon sales price. The digital copier is then leased back to your organization. You then have three choices when the lease expires. You can renew your copier lease, ask the lessor to take back the equipment, or utilize the purchase option.

The copier sale leaseback is valuable because it frees up cash and resources for expansion. You're no longer locked into a copier, but instead can use the cash flow to pursue new products. In addition, you can adjust the length of the copier lease or structure it to match your sales cycle. This is a good avenue to look into if you're business model suddenly changes.

If you're considering a copier sale leaseback, please consider talking to JJ Bender.

Let's say you have a Xerox DocuColor 6060, you might sell it to a copier lessor. Your business receives a payment for the agreed upon sales price. The digital copier is then leased back to your organization. You then have three choices when the lease expires. You can renew your copier lease, ask the lessor to take back the equipment, or utilize the purchase option.

The copier sale leaseback is valuable because it frees up cash and resources for expansion. You're no longer locked into a copier, but instead can use the cash flow to pursue new products. In addition, you can adjust the length of the copier lease or structure it to match your sales cycle. This is a good avenue to look into if you're business model suddenly changes.

If you're considering a copier sale leaseback, please consider talking to JJ Bender.

Xerox Releases First Quarter 2006 Earnings

In news that surprised analysts on Wall Street, but probably not the digital copier market, Xerox reported a drop in revenue for the first quarter of 2006. Total revenue fell two percent to $3.70 billion from $3.78 billion in fiscal 2005.

Xerox showed a profit of $186 million, 20 cents a share, after preferred dividends compared to $196 million, 20 cents, last year. Wall Street analysts had predicted 21 cents a share in profits with revenue of $3.8 billion. 

At the same time, gross margins slipped 1.6 percentage points to 40.2 percent.

The numbers reflect the slowdown in the high volume black and white digital copier market. Xerox has not been able to move its high volume black and white equipment at the same impressive rate as its more popular Xerox DocuColor series, including models like the Xerox 6060 and Xerox iGen3.

Xerox is also facing strong competition from Canon with its Canon imageRUNNER 110, which runs on the same print engine as the Heidelberg 9110, Kodak NexPress 9110, and IBM Infoprint 2000. The high volume black-and-white models from Canon have a lower sticker price and found a strong following in the commercial print arena.

The full details of Xerox's quarter can be found here. If you're looking at a high volume, digital duplicator from Xerox, please consider talking to JJ Bender.

Fonts for High Volume Digital Duplicators

As front ends got more complex and the possibilities for printing on demand increases, the need for quality control in fonts and designs is critical to companies with high volume digital production presses.

COPI announced recently, that it is introducing FontTuneZ, a product designed to maintain the integrity of fonts when switching platforms or production machines. It's an interesting product designed to help ensure software compability and eliminate some of the issues when you upgrade from a Xerox 2060 to a Xerox 6060 for example.

With the automation of digital print runs and the prevalence of variable data printing, the development of an aftermarket that targets design and software issues was inevitable. It will be interesting to see what the digital copier market demands next and which major company will choose to step into the vacuum.

If you're looking for a digital copier like a Xerox iGen3, then please consider talking to JJ Bender.

Xerox iGen3 90 Digital Production Press

Get ready for the latest model to hit the showrooms, the Xerox iGen3 will soon be available in a 90 page per minute model.  The launch of the Xerox iGen3 90 Digital Production Press is scheduled for this summer.

At 90 pages a minute and with a sticker price of $499,000- this is meant to be a lower entry point for companies looking for a robust, digital color solution. The Xerox iGen3 90 comes just a year after the launch of the Xerox iGen3 110, which bumped up the production speed of the first model launched in 2002 to 110 pages per minute.

The Xerox iGen has become synonymous with the custom publishing world as commercial printers look to its ability to generate large print runs with minimal operator intervention. In addition, its been a profit generator for everything from variable data marketing to flipbooks.

If you're looking into purchasing or leasing a Xerox iGen3, please consider talking to JJ Bender.

Getting to the Finisher Line

It's not how you start, it's all about the finishing options on a digital copier. If you're looking at a Xerox 6100 or Kodak NexPress 9110, then you need to know the finishing options that are available. Sorters and staplers are often referred to as finishers on digital copiers.

The high end digital duplicators offer optional three-hole punches or folders. Make sure you always know the paper size limit for the optional sorters or folders. Sometimes, the finishers only work with manual input trays, limiting a print run to 100 copies at a time and creating an environment that requires a larger amount of operator intervention.

As digital production presses are used to replace offset presses, the finishing options are becoming more impressive and able to handle larger print volumes. The custom publishing industry is driving the market expansion of color digital copiers with the Xerox iGen3 becoming the standard bearer.

If you're wondering about different finishing options or available peripherals, please consider talking to JJ Bender.

Sorting Bins on a Digital Copier

In Harry Potter, the houses in which each wizard child will study are selected by a sorting hat; your digital copier has the equivalent in sorting bins. It's less dramatic but equally effective.

Sorting bins are considered peripherals on many digital copiers, limiting the number of copy sets you can do to the number of bins that you have available. The bin is where the copies are caught and collated. Sorter bins are usually additional items with a pricetag of potentially several thousand dollars, on top of the basic digital copier features. 

Digital copiers, like the Xerox iGen3 110 Production Press, offers electronic sorting. Here sets are produced at right angles to allow for quick differentiation and greater productivity. You are not limited to the number of bins that are currently attached to a machine.

If you're looking for more information about sorter bins on a Xerox 6060 for example, please consider talking to JJ Bender.

Image Editing Options on a Digital Copier

Ever wish you could fix a mistake while it was happening?

Thanks to image editing capabilities on a digital copier, your documents don't have to suffer the same fate. Machines like the Xerox DocuColor 2060 and Xerox iGen3,  have auto-correct features that look at image composition and make corrections in the middle of a print run.

This can reduce streaking and help copies appear more uniform in color and tone. Thanks to these features, you don't have to sacrifice quality when you leave your digital copier unattended. You can take on larger print runs and feel confident that when you spot check your finished pieces, you won't have to worry that time or ink was wasted.

In addition to improving image quality, high volume digital duplicators can number pages and print watermarks. This ultimately saves time and improves organization while protecting against fraud.

If you're looking for the right image on a high volume digital production press, please consider talking to JJ Bender.

Digital Copier With a Scanner

The ability to scan or not to scan, that should be your question for a digital copier salesman.

A majority of digital copiers have the capability to scan; however, not all of them can scan and store. A digital copier featuring a scanner with a large memory improves the efficiency of an office and reduces the need for operator intervention.

The most basic memory options will feature about 10 MB of memory, the rough equivalent of 50 letter-sized pages. That means, your digital copier can store up to 50 originals at a time, leaving you free to run jobs for weeks without having to find the original document you scanned. More memory obviously means that your copier can run unattended for longer periods of time, leaving you or an employee free to do other jobs.

If you're looking at high volume, digital copiers with or without a scanner, please consider talking to JJ Bender.

The Digital Difference: A Few Features on Digital Copiers

Digital copiers offer a number of standards options, which vary from mildly useful to sorely needed. The key is to figure out which features on a Xerox 6060 for example, are the ones you need and which will just serve as office dressing.

Enlarging & Reducing

The ability to manipulate a document can be critical for an office that is looking to create a digital storage system for paperwork. With the ability to enlarge an original up to 800 percent or reduce it to 25 percent of its original size- the right digital copier can drastically reduce the paper in an office.

Printing Watermarks

As copyright and piracy issues make daily headlines, a number of digital copiers allow you to print a watermark or stamp on copies to show the material's origin. This can be a company logo or even the word confidential. It's a way to protect sensitive material and can help deter or prove theft.

If you're considering a high volume, digital copier, please consider talking to JJ Bender.

Multifunction Copiers: The Multi-tasking Digital Equivalent of You

A multifunction copier is just like every other piece of digital equipment you own for your home or office. It's your TV/VCR, your clock radio, and your pen that doubles as a dictaphone.

A true multifunction copier offers you the ability to print, fax, and copy. A number of smaller Xerox phaser copiers come ready to operate out of the box with all three capabilities. As digital copiers get larger, the multifunction components come in the form of add-on peripherals. It can be in the form of a stacker or finishing option that allows you to.

In the Canon imageRUNNER 2800 for example, the print and fax options are enabled via a Canon print board and Super G3 Fax Board. These boards allow the copier to be used as a networked printer or fax machine.

Always look at what options come standard for a color digital copier and make sure that quality is not sacrificied in a given area because of a machine's multifunctionality.

If you're considering a digital copier, please consider talking to JJ Bender.