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Ricoh Web Site: www.ricoh-usa.com
CONTACT: Russell Marchetta Jennifer Kuhl
Ricoh Americas Corporation Peppercom
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russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com jkuhl@peppercom.com
RICOH’S PRINT DIRECTOR SOFTWARE RECEIVES FIVE STAR RATING
FROM BUYERS LABORATORY INC.
West Caldwell, NJ, September 7, 2007 – Ricoh Americas Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, announced today that its Print Director cost accounting and print management software has received a “Five Star” overall rating from Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI), the leading global provider of critical test reports on document imaging products. Designed for billing customers and monitoring activity on a device or network, Print Director received the highest possible rating from BLI due to its wide range of features, overall flexibility and ease of use.
In the comprehensive evaluation performed by BLI, Print Director scored exceptionally well in the installation and ease-of-use categories. With a simple and flexible set-up process, the client software can be automatically pushed out to all workstations on local and remote networks with the push of a button. Moreover, the management utilities are extremely user-friendly, featuring simple check boxes to activate or configure most of the functionality.
Print Director demonstrated extraordinary compatibility among printers and multifunction products (MFPs), with both Ricoh and competitor devices. The software is able to track output on an unlimited number of printers and MFPs. In addition, the system recognizes when a new device has been added to the network, automatically integrating the new hardware into the database. This eliminates the need for dealer assistance when adding new hardware, reducing downtime and costs.
BLI’s report also cited exceptional reporting abilities due to the Job Manager and Analysis Reporting features. Reports can be customized to show device utilization, as well as detailed activity by user, department and client billing. This enables the user to easily perform a comprehensive analysis of their company’s activities, reducing costs spent on reporting and improving the overall efficiency of the company’s operations.
“Receiving a ‘Five Star’ rating from an industry-leading organization such as BLI reaffirms that Ricoh understands what organizations need when it comes to productivity and efficiency,” said Hede Nonaka, senior vice president of the Document Solutions and Services Division of Ricoh Americas Corporation. “By offering companies top-of-the-line solutions that streamline the document management process and contribute to a successful workflow, we are providing our customers with solutions that truly improve their bottom line.”
Print Director software serves several different purposes. Professionals who bill their clients for printing, photocopying, faxing and scanning services can easily track usage and produce invoices, while imaging hardware dealers can install the software onto potential customers’ networks to discover existing devices and determine output volumes. In addition, Print Director can also be used by companies to monitor their own activity and limit the number of copies, prints, faxes and scans employees can make. Print Director can even establish a print management plan based on established guidelines to help reduce printing costs.
Ricoh’s Print Director is currently available at the suggested retail price of $740 for a 10-seat license.
To learn more about Ricoh’s full line of products, please visit www.ricoh-usa.com.
About Buyers Laboratory
For 46 years, Buyers Laboratory has been the leading independent office-equipment testing lab and business consumer advocate. In addition to publishing the industry's most comprehensive and accurate test reports on office document imaging devices, each representing months of exhaustive hands-on testing in BLI's 10,000-square-foot lab, the company has been the leading source for extensive databases of specifications and pricing on copiers, printers, fax machines and multifunctional products. The company's databases cover more than 6,000 products and have a long-standing reputation for being the industry's most trustworthy and complete. They are available to BLI subscribers in the form of printed specification guides and online via the company's bliQ competitive information service. This encyclopedic resource also provides quick and easy access to BLI's First Look Reports, Field Test Reports, Lab Test Reports, Solutions Reports, Digital Imaging Review and Business Consumer's Advisor newsletters and OEM library.
In addition to the testing of office equipment for its subscribers, Buyers Laboratory provides a vast array of confidential for-hire private testing services that includes document imaging device beta and pre-launch testing, performance certification testing, consumables testing (such as paper, toner, ink and photoconductors) and print media testing (including virgin and recycled papers).
For more information on Buyers Laboratory, please visit www.buyerslab.com, call (201) 488-0404 or email info@buyerslab.com.
About Ricoh’s Document Solutions & Services Division
The Document Solutions & Services Division (DSS) of Ricoh Americas Corporation is leading the industry with a portfolio of solutions that transform paper documents into information that easily integrates into existing business workflows to measurably improve document workflow efficiencies. DSS is committed to creating new “document-centric” customer value that will revolutionize how individuals and businesses use digital and paper-based information.
DSS offers a complete package of products, services and support programs to all of our channels, comprising of direct and indirect operations under the Ricoh, Savin and Lanier brands.
Ricoh Americas Corporation, founded in 1962, is headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., and is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 71-year old leading supplier of office automation equipment.
Information about Ricoh's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.ricoh-usa.com.
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