BOULDER, CO, Apr 24, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Ricoh Production Print Solutions LLC (Ricoh), a leading provider of digital output solutions, today announced a broad range of new features and enhancements to its workflow software and solutions portfolio. These latest updates can now better address the multiple pain points that customers -- ranging from large transactional mailers to smaller commercial printers -- are facing everyday: errors with manual processes, increasing postal costs, lack of integrity for critical communications documents and much more. These new workflow offerings are available today to Ricoh customers.
"At Ricoh, we realize that print service providers today are seeking easy-to-use, cost-effective solutions that can help expand their business while maintaining operational flexibility and integrity. The wealth of regulations governing sensitive documents considered critical is always changing. It is ever more vital that organizations strive to implement a proven workflow backbone," said Theresa Lang, vice president, solutions and services, Ricoh. "Our new portfolio empowers print service providers to look their customers in the eye and say that they are indeed equipped with proven, effective and scalable workflow solutions."
Today's workflow portfolio enhancements include:
-- RICOH ProcessDirectorand RICOH ProcessDirector Express - this
award-winning software portfolio has been enhanced to feature a
completely redesigned visual interface for workflow building as well
as new printer connections. The enhancements support RICOH
ProcessDirector and RICOH ProcessDirector Express' ability to
streamline print operations, improve process integrity, increase
operator productivity and lower costs.
RICOH ProcessDirector's sweet spot is critical communications
production print operations that require precision but are hindered by
manual processes, little or no job tracking, no document-level
integrity and postal inefficiencies. With the new, simplified user
interface, customers are able to create job types and
simple-to-complex workflows using drag-and-drop icons, thus
alleviating previous pain points due to the superior ease-of-use.
Smaller enterprise customers leveraging RICOH ProcessDirector Express
will also be able to reap such benefits on a scale that is more
appropriate for their monthly volumes.
Support is now available for a wider array of cutsheet finishing
such as perfect, ring or ring punch; folding such as Z fold, C fold,
Gate, Saddle or Parallel; stapling and punching capabilities offering
printers the ability to tap into RICOH ProcessDirector and RICOH
ProcessDirector Express across more types of printers. These
enhancements also enable customers to:
-- Specify if media should be used for the whole job or for selected
pages of the job by media name
-- Request many of the finishing capabilities be installed and
available on that printing device
-- Set up media, finishing, and binding as RICOH ProcessDirector job
properties and set in the JDF job ticket for the job
To watch a video demo of the new RICOH ProcessDirector, click
here:
http://www.infoprint.com/inter...rector-demo-video_en
-- InfoPrint Manager - InfoPrint Manager provides enterprise output
management capabilities that reduce the total cost of operations (TCO)
and help companies manage output centrally. Recent releases have
further enhanced the following capabilities of InfoPrint Manager for
AIX and InfoPrint Manager for Windows:
-- Enabling the InfoPrint Manager administrators to manage enterprise
print, freeing enterprise application administrators for other
tasks
-- Delivering savings related to print server consolidation and IT
infrastructure simplification
-- Allowing enterprise-wide print to be brought under the control of
managed print services, and the help desk to have one point of
access and control
-- Supporting applications like ERP and CRM in addition to mainframe
and legacy print
-- Increasing output security while decreasing the costs of
distributed output with features such as Pull Print via our
Equitrac integration
-- Furnishing message, error and accounting logs to help diagnose
problems and providing audit tracking and accounting information
for chargeback purposes
-- And more here.
-- InfoPrint ADF Essentials - now offered via the cloud or as an
on-premise offering, InfoPrint ADF Essentials helps mailers streamline
print operations and maintain high-integrity environments while
implementing automated postal processing. As a new cloud-based
solution, ADF Essentials offers small to mid-sized mailers the
opportunity to operate workflow in a secure environment as a Software
as a Service (SaaS), giving them access to the same proven solutions
as companies with larger budgets. It combines both postal mail
optimization and workflow features to help customers cost-effectively
manage their mailrooms.
-- TEC Mailing Solutionstechnologypartnership - SaaS provider of name and
address hygiene along with bulk mail sortation services for
web-to-print, CRM, ERP, and variable digital printing solutions, TEC
Mailing Solutions, has teamed up with Ricoh to provide cloud-based
support for critical mailing output enabling cost-savings and
automated, streamlined workflow throughout a broad range of print and
mail operations.
For more information about Ricoh's workflow portfolio and its latest enhancements, please visit: http://www.infoprint.com/inter..._key-technologies_en
| About Ricoh |
Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,903 billion yen (approx. 23 billion USD).
The majority of the company's revenue comes from products, solutions and services that improve the interaction between people and information. Ricoh also produces award-winning digital cameras and specialized industrial products. It is known for the quality of its technology, the exceptional standard of its customer service and sustainability initiatives.
Under its corporate tagline, imagine.change. Ricoh helps companies transform the way they work and harness the collective imagination of their employees.
For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com/about/
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