Seiko Instruments USA signs distribution agreement with Ingram Micro; announces new reseller authorization program.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 1995--Seiko Instruments USA Inc., a leading diversified manufacturer of high quality color printers for Macintosh, DOS/Windows-based PCs and UNIX based Refers to a Unix operating system. The operating system may comply with the UNIX specifications governed by The Open Group, such as Sun's Solaris, or it may be an operating system based on the architecture and principles of Unix, such as Linux. workstations, Monday announced it has signed an agreement with Ingram Micro Ingram Micro, Inc. NYSE: IM a Fortune 100 company founded in 1979 and based in Santa Ana, California. It is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. making Ingram Micro the exclusive national distributor of Seiko Instrument's entire line of high performance PostScript color printers. Ingram Micro, one of the largest North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. distributors of computer equipment and peripherals was selected because of its ability to manage large quantities of product inventory and its reputation for rapid delivery and dealer-friendly credit structure. In addition, Seiko Instruments Seiko Instruments Inc. (セイコーインスツル株式会社 will offer a new reseller authorization program, which will provide a number of support benefits to qualified reseller on two levels depending upon their capabilities. These benefits include rebates, a special demo unit program, lead referral, training, incentive programs, and trade show support. Seiko Instruments will also provide sales support through the company's inside sales representatives. The new distribution agreement and authorized reseller qualification program apply to Seiko Instruments' PostScript based ColorPoint Colorpoint in cats, a light-colored body with darker pigmentation on the ears, face, legs and tail (points), as seen in Siamese cats from which this was genetically derived. It has been developed in shorthair and longhair varieties. 2 PSF, Professional ColorPoint 2 PSF and the Personal ColorPoint PSE PSE 1. pale soft exudative pork. 2. portosystemic encephalopathy. series printers, as well as consumables for the company's entire printer product line. "By introducing a new reseller authorization program, we've accomplished several things; we provide our authorized resellers with improved margins and protection against box movers, and we provide our customers with more efficient product delivery," said Craig Lynar, Seiko Instruments Color Graphics The ability to display graphic images in colors. Group Director of Marketing. "As a result, our authorized resellers can capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the growing need for color output in a wide variety of professional environments, as well as deliver better support than offered by competitive vendors." Key Reseller Benefits The following are key distribution plan benefits to Seiko Instruments authorized resellers: -- Rebates on printer and supplies will result in higher gross margins -- Authorized resellers will receive higher discounts than non-authorized channels -- protecting reseller margins and business from "box movers" -- Seiko Instruments will offer SPIFs, rental programs and special pricing on demo units -- Seiko Instruments will provide leads, customer referrals and assist in sales calls -- Seiko Instruments will offer training and sales support The Professional ColorPoint 2 PSF series is the first 300 dpi Adobe PostScript Level 2 color printer line with both dye sublimation sublimation, in chemistry sublimation (sŭblĭmā`shən), change of a solid substance directly to a vapor without first passing through the liquid state. and thermal wax transfer technologies in the same print engine. This makes the printer ideal for applications requiring high-end, photorealistic Having the image quality of a photograph. output such as graphic design, imaging, digital photography and color proofing, while offering users a low cost alternative for thermal transfer in the same printer. The ColorPoint 2 PSF series printers are ideal for environments where low-cost, thermal wax transfer color output is needed most. Delivering the same thermal wax output quality as the Professional ColorPoint 2 PSF series, the ColorPoint 2 PSF family is most appropriate for general business use, and color desktop presentation output. The Personal ColorPoint PSE is an entry level PostScript-language compatible printer based on thermal wax technology for cost-effective, high-quality color output. Seiko Instruments USA's Color Graphics Group, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., markets a full line of color printers. The product families include thermal wax transfer color printers and dye sublimation color printers that are available with PostScript, video and raster interface solutions. Seiko Instruments USA is part of Seiko Instruments Inc., a worldwide research, development and manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. -0- NOTES TO EDITORS: All products mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. Transparencies available upon request. CONTACT: Seiko Instruments USA Inc. Cheryl Landman, 408/922-5950 Craig Lynar, 408/922-5842 or The Benjamin Group Inc. Leigh Pesqueira/Andy Ramm, 408/559-6090 |
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