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DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A COPIER INDUSTRY EXPERT?

Have your staff take this fun test at your next staff/committee meeting and find out who among you are true copier gurus!

1. What would be the proper Segment designation for a 105 page-per-minute copier/printer?

2. What is the most commonly used industry term to describe the process of producing a two-sided copy or print?

3. Name at least two consumable supply items that are normally replaced during a full preventive maintenance cycle on a digital multifunctional copier.

4. Xerox relabels its products and sells them under what company brand name?

5. Global Imaging was recently purchased by which copier/printer manufacturer?

6. In the late 1990s, what company challenged Xerox's dominance of the Segment 6 market?

7. Which company recently merged with Oce? Hint: This company was a spin-off of Pitney Bowes.

8. Lanier and which company are in the process of merging its branch office locations?

9. "PM" is a commonly used term amongst industry insiders. What do the initials stand for?

10. What is the family name given to HP's new line of office copiers?

Answer key:

1. Segment 6; 2. Duplexing; 3. Any two of the following are correct:  drum (photoconductor), fuser roller, scraper blade, pick-off finger and paper-feeding roller; 4. None (trick question!); 5. Xerox; 6. Heidelberg under a development agreement with Kodak; 7. Imagistics; 8. Ricoh Business Systems (RBS); 9. Preventive maintenance; 10. Edgeline.

Did you answer at least 9 out of the above 10 questions correctly? If so, congratulations, we would like to bestow upon you the unofficial title of "certified copier industry expert"! Fewer than 9 out of 10 correct? Sorry, but you can always try again next month as our questions are always changing!

Send us an email and tell us how you did, or feel free to suggest other questions. Send your email to:  jsmith@probuyersLLC.com.

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