The items are all Xerox products in varying quantities and sizes, including unusual stock such as large-format Colotech paper at a fraction of normal prices.
Interested parties can sign up free of charge to receive details on the auctions by e-mailing pauline.duggan@gbr.xerox.com.
Users then receive a password for access to a secure website address to bid for items.
The next auction, which is for paper, will be held across two days on 22 and 23 October. Around 250 customers registered for the first auction of specialised consumables.
Meanwhile, Distributec has joined the UK Xerox Advantage through Certified Third Parties partnership (XACT) marketing programme, as the supplier of ITEC Colorblind matching and ICC profiling software.
David Baldaro, XACT partner manager and Xerox production solutions manager, said the deal followed four months of intensive testing of the software, including internal training for pre-sales analysts.
ITEC’s Colorblind software creates ICC profiles for all capture and output devices, including colour scanners and digital printers.
The XACT programme links up with over 30 partners to develop joint business opportunities with selected third parties.
Its main targets are customers starting to get serious about colour, said Baldaro, particularly those with mixed litho and digital equipment.
Distributec managing director Greg Stone said he had approached Xerox for two reasons – its size, and the importance of colour.
Version five of the profiling software, which Stone said would be Mac- and PC-compatible, will be available within the next few months.
Story by Andy Scott
