FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ricoh Web Site: www.ricoh-usa.com
CONTACT: Russell Marchetta Brendan Mullin
Ricoh Corporation Peppercom
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russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com bmullin@peppercom.com
RICOH ENHANCES WIDE FORMAT DEVICES
WITH NEW DRIVER COMPATIBILITY
West Caldwell, NJ, November 8, 2004 – Ricoh Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced its agreement with Bentley Systems, Incorporated, to develop printer drivers that enhance Ricoh’s wide format devices to meet the specific needs of the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. Bentley’s wide format output device printer drivers now support the Ricoh Aficio 470W and the Ricoh Aficio 240W.
As a part of its ProjectWise line of server products, Bentley offers a variety of drivers for printing AEC plan sets to wide format printers. The drivers are stand-alone products specifically developed for printing complex engineering drawings and high-density raster files, thereby providing options for improving the performance of new or existing enterprise-wide printing systems.
Bentley device drivers are completely integrated with the Microsoft Windows printing system and can be valuable additions to existing plotting systems. Drivers are packaged together in driver packs, each of which contains a selection of drivers that support printers of similar capacity and image characteristics. The driver for the Ricoh Aficio 470W, a mid volume device, is packaged in the InterPlot Mid-volume Driver Pack. The Ricoh Aficio 240W driver is delivered as part of the InterPlot Driver Pack.
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About Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the lifecycle of the world’s infrastructure. The company’s comprehensive portfolio for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets spans architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. With 2003 revenues reaching $260 million, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Design 500 and major owner-operators.
About Ricoh Corporation
Ricoh Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 68-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2003 sales in excess of $17.1 billion.
Ricoh Corporation is a leading provider of multifunctional document systems, including color and black & white digital imaging systems, facsimile products, printers, scanners, digital duplicators and wide format engineering systems. Additionally, Ricoh offers a wide variety of document and printing solutions directly and through partners that enhance office productivity and document workflow.
Ricoh Corporation directly or through its subsidiaries markets and distributes products in North, Central and South America. For fiscal year 2003, Ricoh Corporation sales exceeded $2.8 billion.
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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