Monday, May 24, 2010

New Printers Hitting the Market

The new season for new printers, copiers and fax machines is about to come upon us.  Here are a few of the new one that are soon to be released.  For all of you "Printer Supply Heads" (resellers that sell imaging supplies as a business) - we have loaded all of the supplies and cross referenced to all of the old and their newer models.  Try the largest database and cross-reference for Printer Supplies.

HEWLETT PACKARD DESIGNJET 111 24" (CQ532A)

HEWLETT PACKARD DESIGNJET Z5200 PS 44"(CQ113A)

DELL COMPUTER 1133

SAMSUNG CLX-8540 NX
SAMSUNG SCX 6545 NX
SAMSUNG SCX 6555 NX

SHARP MX-M753 N
SHARP MX-M753 U

EPSON TM T88 V (C31CA85014)

OKI C310 DN
OKI C330 DN
OKI C510 DN
OKI C530 DN

CANON IMAGERUNNER ADVANCE 8105
CANON IMAGERUNNER ADVANCE 8095
CANON IMAGERUNNER ADVANCE 8085
CANON IMAGERUNNER ADVANCE 6055
CANON IMAGERUNNER ADVANCE 6065
CANON IMAGERUNNER ADVANCE 6075
CANON IMAGERUNNER ADVANCE 6075I
CANON IMAGERUNNER ADVANCE 6055I
CANON IMAGERUNNER ADVANCE 6065I

Monday, May 17, 2010

Lexmark - On the Market???

We ran across some chatter about Lexmark putting itself on the market for potential buyers. Rumor or fact? We don't know. We're just reporting the chatter. But as we all know, where there's smoke, there's usually fire. And, if my gut proves me right then something is cooking in oven of the office supplies industry. Let's hope it doesn't take 9 months to reveal itself!
Who could a potential buyer be? Xerox, Samsung, Lenovo, Golden Gate, Canon, Hewlett Packard, Dell? This might be a huge conflict in the channel but what about Staples, Office Max, Office Depot OR will there be an Office Max/Office Depot merger to compete with Staples? Would Lexmark consider going private??

We'll just have to wait and see.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Hewlett Packard Designjet Z5200 PS

Something like this machine.
Hewlett Packard Designjet Z5200 PS, 44 Inches Wide - Reorder Number CQ113A. Market Price for this machine is around $6,500.00

Below is a list of the supplies for the Hewlett Packard Designjet Z5200 PS.


  • Hewlett Packard-HP #772 CN633A, Photo Black Inkjet Cartridge,300-ML
  • Hewlett Packard-HP #772 CN635A, Matte Black Inkjet Cartridge,300-ML
  • Hewlett Packard-HP #772 CN632A, Light Cyan Inkjet Cartridge,300-ML
  • Hewlett Packard-HP #772 CN631A, Light Magenta Inkjet Cartridge,300-ML
  • Hewlett Packard-HP #772 CN629A, Magenta Inkjet Cartridge,300-ML
  • Hewlett Packard-HP #772 CN636A, Cyan Inkjet Cartridge,300-ML
  • Hewlett Packard-HP #772 CN630A, Yellow Inkjet Cartridge,300-ML
  • Hewlett Packard-HP #772 CN634A, Light Grey Inkjet Cartridge,300-ML 
See what other machines take these Hewlett Packard Supplies.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

The digital copier's dirty little secret! Identity theft?

Destroy your copier?
I'm sure many of you know that the copiers you use in your office everyday are almost certainly leased from a provider. Those wonderful, fancy digital copiers that do everything but make your coffee in the morning have a dirty little secret - they all have a hard drive! Let me paint this picture for you...say you wake up sick and decide to go to the doctor. When you arrive they ask for a copy of your insurance card and drivers license. Nothing unusual about that. They make the appropriate copy, give your cards back and you sit down to begin your wait for the doctor. Fast forward 1-2 years down the road. The doctor's office decides that its time to change out or upgrade their copiers.

The company they lease the machines from come to pick up the old copiers and deliver the new ones. The old copiers go to a warehouse where they will be stored until they are sold or reconditioned. Let's say one of the copiers is sold at a warehouse sale. The person that bought the copier installs it in their office or home and begins to use it. Let's say this person is pretty thrifty with their IT skills. They decide to access the hard drive in the copier to see if anything is on it. Bodda bing, bodda boom - they print a copy of your drivers license and insurance card. Imagine what other vital information the previous owner, the doctor's office, copied that is now there for anyone and everyone to see. This could end up in an identity theft shopping spree if someone really put their brain into it. And, we are just using the example of a doctor's office!!

CBS news did an investigation on this topic and found some scary results very similar to what we just described. Let's all hope that the IT departments of our own companies, or the company we lease our copiers from, has the brains to purge the hard drives in our copiers before they ever leave our company's possession!

Office Products Related Stock Index

Holy moley did we stumble across the coolest tool on the web! Check this out...we created a stock index tracker for our industry; office supplies retail super stores , printer manufacturers and companies that sell imaging devices and wholesale distributors that service the resellers.



Just where did we found this cool feature? In Google Docs. It gives you the capability to get delayed quotes in an excel sheet. Watch closely; you'll see the stock prices of these companies change. On some browsers you might have to hit (F5) to refresh your screen.

We created a weighted average index for each sector category that is a combination of previous close price, current stock price and outstanding shares.

Are there any other publically traded companies we should track who are related to our industry of Office and Computer Supplies? If you know of some, email us (info at answerco dot com) and we'll add them to our list. This is a pretty cool tool Google is providing.  I haven't found aGet Quote function like this in Microsoft Excel.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

New Ricoh Part Numbers - Round 5!

Got more! Here ya go......

  • 406763 Print Cartridge for LP131n/LP136n/SP 4100 Series (Part of Collectible Program)- LP131n,LP131n-KP, LP131SF, LP136n, LP136SF, LP37N
  • 406763 Print Cartridge for LP131n/LP136n/SP 4100 Series (Part of Collectible Program)- LP131n,LP131n-KP, LP131SF, LP136n, LP136SF, LP37N
  • 406764 Print Cartridge SP 4100 for MLP30 Series/P7030 Series (Part of Collectible Program)- MLP31n, MLP31n-KP, MLP31SF MLP36n, MLP36SF, MLP37N
  • 412675 Type 1175 Black AIO Cartridge for AC017 (Part of Collectible Program)- AC017, 412681 All in One Cartridge LF115m
  • 430455 Toner AIO Cassette Type 5110 (Part of Collectible Program) LF510, LF515e
  • 430491 7560/70 Toner Cassette (Part of Collectible Program)
  • 430492 Toner Type - 150,3640,3680,3685,3690,3695
As always, we can show you how these new part numbers cross reference to the old part number!

Monday, May 10, 2010

New Ricoh Part Numbers - Round 4!

We got more part numbers for ya! Here you go......


  • 406642 Maintenance Kit SP 4100 (Fusing Unit and Transfer Roller)-LP131n LP131n-KP LP131nL LP131SF LP131SFL LP136n LP136SF LP37N
  • 406642 Maintenance Kit SP 4100 (Fusing Unit and Transfer Roller) LP131n LP131n-KP LP131nL LP131SF LP131SFL LP136n LP136SF LP37N
  • 406642 Maintenance Kit SP 4100 (Fusing Unit and Transfer Roller) SP 4100N SP 4100N-KP SP 4100NL SP 4100SF SP 4100SFL SP 4110N SP 4110SF SP 4210N
  • 406642 Maintenance Kit SP 4100 (Fusing Unit and Transfer Roller) MLP31n MLP31n-KP MLP31nL MLP31SF MLP31SFL MLP36n MLP36SF MLP37N
  • 406644 Maintenance Kit Type 410 (Fusing Unit, Transfer Roller, 3 Friction Pads, 3 Paper Feed Rollers) LP128 LP128n
  • 406644 Maintenance Kit Type 410 (Fusing Unit, Transfer Roller, 3 Friction Pads, 3 Paper Feed Rollers) AP410 AP410N
  • 406644 Maintenance Kit Type 410 (Fusing Unit, Transfer Roller, 3 Friction Pads, 3 Paper Feed Rollers) MLP28 MLP28n
  • 406644 Maintenance Kit Type 410 (Fusing Unit, Transfer Roller, 3 Friction Pads, 3 Paper Feed Rollers) LP128 LP128n
  • 406646 Maintenance Kit Type 400 (Fusing Unit, Transfer Roller, 3 Friction Pads, 3 Paper Feed Rollers) LP026 LP026n
  • 406646 Maintenance Kit Type 400 (Fusing Unit, Transfer Roller, 3 Friction Pads, 3 Paper Feed Rollers) AP400 AP400N
  • 406646 Maintenance Kit Type 400 (Fusing Unit, Transfer Roller, 3 Friction Pads, 3 Paper Feed Rollers) MLP25 MLP25n
  • 406646 Maintenance Kit Type 400 (Fusing Unit, Transfer Roller, 3 Friction Pads, 3 Paper Feed Rollers) LP026 LP026n


Need to know how the new part numbers cross reference to the old part numbers? We've got that as well.

Friday, May 7, 2010

OKI MPS-710C


OKI MPS-710C 43913836, DRUM, BLACK, 11,000 PAGE YIELD
OKI MPS-710C 43913835, DRUM, CYAN, 11,500 PAGE YIELD
OKI MPS-710C 43913834, DRUM, MAGENTA, 11,500 PAGE YIELD
OKI MPS-710C 43913833, DRUM, YELLOW, 11,500 PAGE YIELD

OKI MPS710C 43866144, TONER, BLACK, 30,000 PAGE YIELD
OKI MPS710C 43866143, TONER, CYAN, 30,000 PAGE YIELD
OKI MPS710C 43866142, TONER, MAGENTA, 30,000 PAGE YIELD
OKI MPS710C 43866141, TONER, YELLOW, 30,000 PAGE YELD

Thursday, May 6, 2010

New Hewlett Packard Inkjet Supplies

These new Hewlett Packard supplies have already hit the market and a few of our partners now have access to these supplies, but what machines will they go to? The announcement of the New Hewlett Packard Inkjet Printers is due May 14th. We shall see.

Hewlett Packard #61 Black Inkjet Cartridge
  • Hewlett Packard #61 Ink Cartridge-Black CH561WC#140
  • Hewlett Packard #61 Ink Cartridge-Black CH563WC#140
  • Hewlett Packard #61 Ink Cartridge-Black CH561WN#140
  • Hewlett Packard #61 Ink Cartridge-Black CH563WN#140
Hewlett Packard #61 Color Ink Cartridge
  • Hewlett Packard #61 Ink Cartridge-Color CH562WC#140
  • Hewlett Packard #61 Ink Cartridge-Color CH564WC#140
  • Hewlett Packard #61 Ink Cartridge-Color CH562WN#140
  • Hewlett Packard #61 Ink Cartridge-Color CH564WN#140


Pay close attention to the part numbers, WC is for Canada retailers, while the WN is for the US market.

New Ricoh Part Numbers - Round 3

Here's your next installment of new Ricoh part numbers...




  • 817157 Ink Type 3360 (Black)- 3350DNP, 817158, JP5000 Priport Ink (Black), LDD150
  • 817164 Black Ink LDD250, LDD280, 884914 Toner Type P1 (Magenta) - each LD228c
  • 885211 Toner for 5222/5227 Black 885215 Toner for 5265 - 4/ctn, 885240, 5455/70 Black Toner
  • 885530 Toner Type S13 (Black) 2513 2513f 885534 Toner Type S15 (Black) 3515, 3515f, 3515mf, 816, 816f, 816mf
Check out how these new part numbers cross reference to the old part numbers!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

OKI MPS-9650C


OKI MPS9650C TONER, BLACK, 43837128, 18,500 PAGES
OKI MPS9650C TONER, CYAN, 43837127, 16,500 PAGES
OKI MPS9650C TONER, MAGENTA, 43837126, 16,500 PAGES
OKI MPS9650C TONER, YELLOW, 43837125, 16,500 PAGES


OKI MPS9650C DRUM, BLACK, 42918196, 42,000 PAGES
OKI MPS9650C DRUM, CYAN, 42918195, 42,000 PAGES
OKI MPS9650C DRUM, MAGENTA, 42918194, 42,000 PAGES
OKI MPS9650C DRUM, YELLOW, 42918193, 42,000 PAGES

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

OKI MPS-6150C


OKI MPS-6150C TONER 43865772, BLACK, 8,000 PAGE YIELD

OKI MPS-6150C TONER 43865771, CYAN, 6,000 PAGE YIELD
OKI MPS-6150C TONER 43865770, MAGENTA, 6,000 PAGE YIELD
OKI MPS-6150C TONER 43865769, YELLOW, 6,000 PAGE YIELD

OKI MPS-6150C DRUM 43870032, BLACK, 20,000 PAGE YIELD
OKI MPS-6150C DRUM 43870031, CYAN, 20,000 PAGE YIELD
OKI MPS-6150C DRUM 43870030, MAGENTA, 20,000 PAGE YIELD
OKI MPS-6150C DRUM 43870029, YELLOW, 20,000 PAGE YIELD