Editorial
Getting complete and detailed information about a multifunction product, a printer or a photocopier is often a long and complicated process.
A number of issues complicate this task, even for experienced sales professionnals in the printing industry:
- Very competitive market
- Convergence of offers originating both from copier manufacturers and printer manufacturers
- Shortened product life cycle due to the faster renewal of the product range by manufacturers
- High Tech products embedding a lot of features. The Sales Pitch will have to adapt to the customer's personnalized context and specificities.
For managers, these issues combined together sometimes lead to an important turn-over of their sales teams. One reason is that it is quite difficult for junior sales staff to get a broad understanding of the market, the products and the customers' requirements and needs in terms of printing solutions.
DataMaster and its team of experts provides you with concrete answers to these complex issues.
The information provided on the DataMaster Online (DMO) website is aimed to be as neutral as possible in order to be as credible as possible for our customers.
Training courses offered by DataMaster Training (DMT) also strive for objectivity : giving you the Tools and the Knowledge to help you master your Market. |
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Xerox soon to replace the WC7346, WC7755 and WC776501 September 2010
Xerox has announced the replacement of these three machines by the WorkCenter 7545 and 7556. Based on the engine o the WC74-- family, these MFPs use the LCD technology whihc is the flavour of the month at Xerox. They complete the A3 colour MFP range with a productivity of 45/45 and 55/55 ppm. The brand is highlighting the qualities of the process - environmentqlly friendl;y, quality, etc.
With these two new models, Xerox is lending a uniformity to its color range, particularly as regards the touch screen interface which will now be identical on all machines.
Compared to the junior WC74--, the WC7545 and WC7556 are better interms of:
- productivity as regards for example scanning (70/70 ipm) or warm-up time
- flexibility: paper weights up to 300gsm
DataMaster is looking for a Sales Consultant!30 August 2010 In order to accompany the continuing growth of DataMaster, we are seeking a Sales Consultant.
Reporting to the Sales Director, his or her responsibilities include but are not limited to::
- Manage customer portfolio and territory, and close opportunities to meet/exceed sales quota
- Ability to conduct web based interactive product demonstrations
- Keeping abreast of competition, competitive issues and products.
- Attending and participating in sales meetings, product seminars, and tradeshows
- Sell software access and training services
- Develop, prepare and drive training sessions
Qualifications:
- 5+ years successful experience selling printing solutions (copiers/MFP's)
- • Experience selling enterprise software solutions
If you think you have what it takes and want to join a young and dynamic team then contact us quickly by email to recrutement@datamaster.fr Back from the Ipex!31 May 2010 The Ipex exhibition in Birminham closed its doors on 25th May. A great sound and light show for our two consultants, and an opportunity for DataMaster to check out the leading machines of the exhibition.
- In honour of the exhibition, at the Konica-Minolta stand, the famous Press C8000 which, along with the C7000/6000, will have the hard task of replacing the C6501 and C6501e launched in 2008. Konica Minolta also used the Ipex to put a focus on its new Simitri HS toner on the Pro and HD+ Press versions as well as the S.E.A.D. imaging technology (Screen Enhancing Active Digital) which improves image quality, colour uniformity and text sharpness.
- On the color side at Canon, there was the new iR Advance C9070, ImagePress C6000VP and C7000VP coupled with the black and white ImagePress 1135 and the brand new iR Advance 8105 (the replacement for the iR7105). The brand is highlighting color, and announcing the renewal of the C6000VP and C7000VP. Watch out for the C6010VP and C7010VP coming soon ...
- The Color Press 800 and 1000 took the place of honour on the Xerox stand! mainly because of the fifth colour integrated on the machines. The clear toner Fuji Xerox presented at the exhibition can give prints a brilliance and glaze which works on presentations and texts. Another caracteristic of this toner is that it can integrate digital watermarks in the background of presentations, like a selective varnish.
- Lastly, Ricoh presented the new Pro C720s, a 72ppm digital press based on the engine of the now very famous Pro C900s. The stand highlighted the various printing media (plastic, magnetic, etc.)
The Ipex international fair opens its doors today in Birmingham!18 May 2010 The previous edition of Ipex in 2006 had attracted over 100,000 visitors from 150 countries around the world. 40% came from outside the UK.
The Ipex 2010 opens its doors this morning in the heart of Birmingham and has until May 25 to go over the 101,000 visitors!
This week is an opportunity for manufacturers such as Konica Minolta, Océ, Riso, Canon, Xerox, Ricoh to unveil to an expert audience their digital presses as well as associated software suites and finishers.
At the heart of this show, four distinct sectors:
- Printing / Press
- Creation & Design Solutions / Premedia / Digital
- Post-press Systems / Packaging and Processing
- The printing process: Prepress / Press / Post-Press / Used Equipment
DataMaster will be present at the show during the week to appreciate all the news and tell you everything you need to know for 2010 about production equipments !
To be continued ...
More information on www.ipex.org Konica Minolta launches its new digital press: the Bizhub C8000 PRESS22 April 2010 IPEX 2010 will take place in Birmingham next May 18. The international exhibition dedicated to printing, publishing and media is the opportunity for brands to present their 2010 novelties.
Xerox will feature its new Color 800 and Color 1000 presses (see 16/04/2010 news).
Konica Minolta will present its new Blue-designed Bizhub C8000 PRESS (80 ppm black and color) among the already known Pro C65hc and C6501.
The C8000 has a new toner Simitri HD that would ensure a print quality and finish comparable to offset technonology.
In addition, the manufacturer claims a maximum weight of 350 gsm in simplex and 300 gsm in duplex, which exceeds by far the 256 gsm of the other production presses of the brand.
The Bizhub C8000 PRESS will be available for sale in Australia and New Zealand in late September. Fuji Xerox launches two new digital presses 'Color 800' and 'Color 1000'16 April 2010 Announced late last year, the Fuji Xerox Color 1000 was officially launched on Asian soil in January 2010 and its counterpart, the Color 800 should be next (Spring 2010).
These new digital presses resp. 80 and 100ppm will be presented at the IPEX exhibition in Birmingham next May 18th.
In terms of design, they share the look of the iGen presses. In terms of quality and environment, the new 800 and 1000 Color use EA Toner hitherto seen on Nuvera.
Finally, these presses integrate a fifth color type glossy from a transparent toner called "Clear Toner" which will offer a complete varnish or selective finishing. Besides these differences, there is a weight ranging from 50 to 350gsm and a size max 330 x 488 mm. New Ricoh MPC6000 & MPC7500!26 March 2010 Ricoh renew part of their color production range and announce the release of the new MPC6501SP and MPC7501SP.
No change in speed for the MPC7501 which still boasts 70 ppm in color and 75 ppm in B & W.
The MPC6501SP gets an upgrade compared to the MPC6000 (55/60ppm) and features speed of 60/65ppm.
On the finishing side, known modules are aligned: 3,000 sheets booklet module (SR5000), coupled with two additional finishers from the Office range (MP6001, MP7001, MP8001).
To be noted: the ADF supports 50 sheets more and the new software solutions already in place on the MP4001-5001 MP2351-3351. No more PDF files, manage pro's and con's more Dynamically!22 February 2010 Here at DataMaster we are happy to present you our latest development: a whole new interface to display and manage the devices' strengths and weaknesses in Datamaster Online!
No more PDF files to download! In a single click you may now access all sales arguments for a given device in a flexible and dynamic way.
A s always our objective is to provide you with even more intuitive and efficient tools in order to help you save time when seeking relevant information.
You can access the Data +/- page from the main interface or from each product page.
When you click on the Data +/- icon for a particular machine, a new windows automatically opens up listing all the sales arguments.
This new page is a truly interactive tool created with the printing solutions sales professional in mind. "Show or hide sales arguments, filter out search and display only one type of argument, print only the expanded sales points..." each user can now fully personalize the analysis and adapt it to his particular sales context.
Do not hesitate to contact our Marketing team for more information.
Happy discovery !
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