Category: Company News

Kyocera releases revamped Color and Black series MFP’s
Mobile print and advanced security features highlight the enhancements offered on Kyocera’s revamped color and black series of the HyPAS product line released last month. The sleek, updated product line’s output speeds include 30-55 pages per minute (black) and 30-50 ppm (color). The new line also touts an extremely impressive paper capacity of up to […]

Are Your Paper Documents a Liability?
Many businesses today are striving to use less paper and gain control over their paper and printing costs. But, the fact remains that we still have to print business documents on a daily basis—many of which contain confidential or privileged information. Though most businesses take care to safeguard their digital data with password-protected folders and […]

A Tech Talk Your CEO Can’t Miss
CEOs do not always have much interest in the inner workings of their business’ IT structure. Therefore, breaking through and explaining the importance of IT to some CEOs can be very difficult. Fortunately, there is a way for IT leaders to grab their CEO’s attention when it comes to this topic. Businesses that have adopted […]

Bring Your Scanned Documents to Life with OCR
As the business world continues to move closer toward the paper-free office, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is one of the technological advancements helping make this transition feasible and painless. OCR uses computer algorithms to convert scanned images of handwritten or printed text into machine-readable format. The process digitizes printed text into word processing files, making […]

Sprenkle moves to Sioux Falls office
Randy Sprenkle, a Solutions Analyst in Century Business Products’ (CBP) Pierre office, has re-located to Sioux Falls in order to be closer to family. With more than 30 years in the office equipment industry, Sprenkle has assisted many businesses in the Pierre area modernize their office document processes. Kevin Jergenson, President of CBP, said, “Randy […]

Eco-friendly Printing Practices
Always a hot topic in the office equipment industry, Eco-friendly printing is increasing in priority for many area businesses, including Century. As we continue to make our own office processes more “green”, we have compiled a list of tips to help your organization print with the environment in mind. Print Only What You Need – […]

Making the Pitch for In-House Color Printing
As color printing quality and capabilities continue to grow, there’s no reason why businesses of all sizes can’t take advantage of the opportunity to reduce their reliance on commercial print shops and bring affordable color into the workplace. According to the Institute for Color Research, when people look at a new product, up to 90 […]

Century attends ITEX conference in Las Vegas
Recognized as the industry’s premier event, ITEX showcases all aspects of the evolving office marketplace. At the intersection of cutting-edge technologies, education and networking opportunities, attendees gather to see the newest of the new and share best practices. The industry’s annual homecoming – ITEX brings together dealers, resellers, distributors, VARs, vendors, OEMs and associations to […]

Scanning Your Office to Efficiency
In today’s evolving office environment, technology is changing the way we manage and control our growing data needs. One of the more significant improvements available is digital imaging, which involves scanning documents into an electronic database for more efficient management. Scanning can help your company eliminate wastes of time and money associated with an office […]

Century attends Kyocera national convention
Several Century Business Products employees were lucky enough to escape the spring ice storm this week in South Dakota to attend the annual Kyocera Document Solutions national convention, held April 8-10 in Dallas, Texas. Dealers from around the nation had the opportunity to attend the general meeting, several seminars and a technology fair showcasing new […]