New MicroPlex F40 Continuous Form Laser Printer with Flash Fusion

With a list price of under $25,000, the MicroPlex F40 is a great entry point to flash fusing printing. It can handle continuous labels and forms and media such as PE and PVC. It performs address printing and Cheshire Labels with USPS IMb with an affordable laser.

Impact Line Printers are often rated with their high-speed draft mode. The 1500 LPM Printronix P5215, P7215, and P8215 and the IBM 6400-015 and 6500-V15 line printers are actually 1125 LPM in DP data processing mode. It falls down to 600 LPM in Near Letter Quality if printing ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. It is even slower at 459 LPM if printing mixed cases with lower case characters. The MicroPlex F40 is four times that speed and with excellent 600 DPI clarity.

The low price of the MicroPlex SOLID F40 gives the customer a lot of site flexibility.  The F40 is a great backup machine for a higher-speed MicroPlex like the F90 or F166.  Current users appreciate that the MicroPlex Controller is the same across the product line. Some customers like to buy two of the same unit and split or alternate the workload. With the MicroPlex F40, the initial investment is much lower.

Check out chooseglmgroup.com/microplex-f40-laser-printer for specifications. Contact Warren Neeley at 817-430-6202 or wneeley@pciprinters.com for more information.

PCI and DASCOM have a great upgrade offer for line printer users

Printer Connection Inc. (aka PCI) is a recognized leader in high-speed business printers and has a long heritage as a reseller of TallyDASCOM, Tally, Genicom, and TallyGenicom printers. 

PCI and our vendor partner DASCOM Americas, the source of Tally and TallyDASCOM business transaction printers, now team up and announce a great offer to old-line printer users.

Line printer users can now get a $500 trade-in rebate when they purchase a new top-end Tally T2380 bundle for each of their older line matrix impact printers they trade into DASCOM. 

Many business users have experienced that parts are harder and harder to get for these old-line printers.  PCI has shared the news of how some line printers and parts are being discontinued by manufacturers.  Many PCI customers report they still rely on critical impact printing jobs, but their total volumes have dropped. Now, here's a great and straightforward answer available to these customers!

Printer Connection is one of the largest DASCOM reseller partners in the country.  To find out the particulars of this packaged offer and to order this special deal, call Warren Neeley toll-free at 866-430-6202. IT Resellers are welcome to team with PCI on this deal for their customers.

Thoughts on InfoPrint 75 and InfoPrint 100 CF Continuous Form Printers

Don't be captive in the Ricoh cage with the InfoPrint 75 or InfoPrint 100.

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2020 EDIT: RICOH WILL END SERVICE ON MARCH 31, 2021. RICOH TODAY SELLS NO REPAIR PARTS TO 3rd PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS. RICOH'S TONER SOLE-SOURCE SUPPLIER HAS ANNOUNCED TO CUSTOMERS THEIR END-OF-AVAILABILITY OF IP75/100 TONER PRODUCT 03/31/2021. RICOH ABANDONS IP75 AND IP100 INSTALL BASE.

NO NEW PRINTERS: The IP75 and IP100 are no longer sold new. Ricoh never let their Copier / "Office Solutions" dealers access sales or parts to deliver service. 

NO RESELLER CONTRACTS: You cannot buy a Ricoh service contract on a used IP75 from a printer reseller if you do not already have a contract with them.  You have to additionally go deal with Ricoh RPPS.

NO VENDOR SALES EXPERTS: Ricoh Production Print Solutions fired all the InfoPrint sales teams and resellers that sold into the Distribution and Manufacturing industries. Then, not surprisingly, IP75 and IP 100 sales dropped off to nearly none. The only folks that really understand these printers are the former resellers like Printer Connection.

NO UPGRADE PATH:  There is no Ricoh follow-on printer for the IP75. Now Ricoh RPPS concentrates on this enormous, million-dollar inkjet press-style print-for-profit equipment.

NO SERVICE CHOICES: You cannot get good third-party InfoPrint 75 service because not enough of these units were sold to put enough parts machines and used parts into the market, and Ricoh is a pain to deal with for parts.

CHOOSE A VENDOR THAT CARES: There are excellent choices for new CF Lasers, and you don't have to be captive to a Dead-End product, a 'Don't-Care' vendor, and a 'Don't-Want-to-be-Bothered' supply chain for toner.  We have some great solutions for CF printing.  Choose great support, excellent pre-sales consulting and testing, and Make Printing Great Again (sorry, got carried away...).

Contact Warren Neeley, Printer Connection at 817-430-6202 or wneeley@pciprinters.com.

Dry Erase Markers and the Problem with "Industry Standard"

We got a new dry erase board to replace the old one. The marks on the old one just would not erase, and it was discolored. It was time. So, we got a new board and guess what? Our new board didn't erase any better than the old one. Hmmm. Must be bad old markers, right?

We got new markers, just like everyone uses.  Just like you see everywhere you go.  The "EXPO" brand seems to be what everybody uses.  They are sold by everybody.

New markers on the new board just didn't erase very well. SHOOT! Now what? Did we waste our money on a defective board?

After just not working on the board for a while, I decided to try some no-name markers from another source.  WOW! They erase like my Dad would say "Slicker 'n a nickel!"  They are GREAT!

What does this have to do with Printers? Customers buy Zebra thermal printers, and WHY?  Everyone, everywhere, and everybody.  But then, ask.  Are Zebras as good as the BEST?  Did folks just GET USED TO THEM? Do Zebras work as WELL AS OTHER ONES?  Are they "Slicker 'n a nickel!"?

Other units understand and use the Zebra language perfectly, and have been for years. Ask us about thermal printers, and ones that just might work fine in your environment.

I'm sure glad I tried some other markers.  Now, back to my website planning on my dry erase board.