BERTL Honors Ricoh Corporation With Eleven 'Best Awards'
Ricoh Corporation Receives Numerous Accolades for Continued Leadership in Imaging Technology and Innovation
PHILADELPHIA, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ricoh Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, announced today that it has received 11 BERTL's Best(R) 2006 Awards.
To select the winners for this year's Best Awards, BERTL took into consideration every new multifunction product (MFP), printer and other office equipment. The criteria for the awards focused on accessibility, design and build quality, standard functions, network management utilities, value-added software and sustainability.
Ricoh received awards in the following categories:
Innovation: Raising the bar for innovation, Ricoh was presented with three awards in this category. The Aficio 480W Wide Format Device was acknowledged for "fitting perfectly" into the growing niche of the decentralized office by "offering a great bang for the buck and a design that minimizes learning and delivers maximum productivity." The Color Dropout Feature on Color MFP Range won honors for being "the industry's first color dropout scanning feature." The Gel Sprinter Product Line was lauded for "offering devices with an inkjet price tag yet having the characteristics of a laser/LED.
In addition to these honors, Ricoh was also recognized in the following categories:
-- Best Color Printer Range
Ricoh stood out in this category because it "has built a color printer
range spanning personal to departmental, with multiple technologies
encompassing leading edge technology and productivity capabilities."
-- Best 20 to 30 ppm MFP: Aficio 3224C
"Aggressive pricing" and a "diverse range of features and functionality
for the occasional color user" made the Aficio 3224C a winner in this
category. Its "full suite of efficiency-enhancing utilities" certainly
had something to do with this victory.
-- Best 40 to 49 ppm Office Color MFP: Aficio 3260C
For its "versatile color solution for the general office environment,"
the Aficio 3260C was selected as the winner in this category because it
"encompasses a wealth of functions with new, innovative capabilities
including color dropout, which is sure to capture the attention of
buyers."
-- Best 30 to 30 ppm Monochrome Office MFP: Aficio 3035
The MFP was selected for its "feature-rich range of input/output
capabilities, making it a communication hub in the workgroup
environment. In addition to its out-of-box capabilities, Ricoh's
Embedded Software Architecture (ESA) allows for even greater
functionality and organization."
-- Best 40 to 49 ppm Monochrome Office MFP: Aficio 3045
"This all-around workgroup powerhouse delivers a feature-rich range of
input/output capabilities making it a true communication hub in the
workgroup environment."
-- Best 70 to 79 ppm Monochrome Office MFP: Aficio 2075
"By integrating its Next Generation open architecture into this unit,
Ricoh has effectively demonstrated that it can build even more value
into an already excellent system."
-- Best High Volume/Commercial Multi-Color Digital Duplicator Solution:
HQ9000 + TCII Production Printer + SeriPrinter Mode
"These products, in combination, stand apart from the rest of the
market by offering a unique method of producing low-cost, high-speed
color output in high volumes without having to spend six figure sums on
a press."
-- Best Low Volume/Corporate Digital Duplicator: Priport 4500
For the second year in a row, the Ricoh Priport 4500 stood out in the
traditional digital duplicator market, printing multi-color copies at a
relatively cost -- making this an ideal product solution for
cost-conscious institutions.
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