Advanced Copier Systems.

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To step boldly into the 21st century, Alaska companies need reliable yet sophisticated office equipment. That requires the services of an equipment dealer who knows Alaska's unique business needs and who can offer superior office equipment.

One Alaska company -- Advanced Copier Systems, a full-service fax and copier dealer based in Anchorage -- offers these advantages.

Advanced Copier Systems knows Alaska's business needs. Founded in 1993 in Anchorage, today the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pilot Station Inc. (PSI). PSI is a Native corporation established as part of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. PSI also owns apartment complexes in Anchorage and operates a retail fuel and grocery store in Pilot Station, Alaska.

Like other PSI activities, Advanced Copier Systems is staffed by longtime Alaskans. "Our service manager, Chris Nolting, has worked in the state in this profession for 17 years," says Tobin Bartholomew, president of Advanced Copier Systems and himself an Anchorage resident for more than 20 years. "All of our technicians have no less than six years experience in this business, mostly in Alaska."

Along with its dedicated, professional staff, Advanced Copier Systems offers the world's most powerful -- and affordable -- fax and copier equipment. In addition to products from Savin and Ricoh, Advanced Copier Systems provides the renowned fax and copier products of Konica Business Machines.

"For an unprecedented three years in a row, Konica was voted Manufacturer of the Year by members of the Business Technology Association in 1994," says Bartholomew. "Konica's equipment and service packages are also unprecedented."

At Advanced Copier Systems, you can discover some of these powerful faxes and copiers. For example, a multifunctional device -- a laser-digital Konica copier-fax machine-laser printer -- is the only one of its kind in the industry that sells for less than $4,000. Or a unique Konica software program can monitor your fax and copy machines from Advanced Copier System's office -- for the cost of a single phone line.

Konica's five-year customer confidence...