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RICOH AMERICAS CORPORATION
WINS EIGHT “BEST AWARDS” FROM BERTL
Ricoh recognized for quality and innovation in digital imaging
West Caldwell, NJ, May 8, 2007 – Ricoh Americas Corporation, the leading provider of document and printing solutions, announced today that it is the recipient of eight of BERTL’s Best® 2007 Awards. The first industry Multifunction Product (MFP) awards to focus on the end-user, BERTL’s Best Awards are recognized as the most prestigious awards in the digital imaging marketplace.
BERTL judges the awards based on a wide range of criteria that recognizes each function individually. All devices are analyzed across several parameters such as accessibility, design and build quality, standard functions, network management utilities, value-added software and more.
Ricoh received awards in the following categories:
· Best Workgroup Color MFP Range With an Outstanding Print Feature Set: The Aficio MP C2500/C3000/C3500/C4500 Series was acknowledged for its expansive print features including the secure print-send function, advanced print clustering capabilities via SmartDeviceMonitor and the DesktopBinder utility, among others.
· Best Workgroup Color MFP Range With an Outstanding Scan Feature Set: The Aficio MP C2500/C3000/C3500/C4500 Series was also recognized for its wide range of scanning features including a large responsive touch screen, embedded and server-based third party scanning applications, batch job build, and color dropout capabilities.
· Best Front Office Duplicator Range: The Priport DX 3340 and DX 4542 were acknowledged for being the most productive digital duplicators for front office operations. BERTL cited several features including how heavy media is supported through all main supplies rather than just the bypass tray allowing longer uninterrupted printing. In addition, the devices were also praised for the desktop queue manager, large memory resources and user-friendly Refined Printer Command Stream (RPCS) driver.
· Best Back Office Production Duplicator: The Priport HQ7000/9000 Series won for being the best duplicator for managing back office operations. The printers were praised for the 11x17 platen, Windows/GDI technology, high speed local USB 2.0 and overall ease of use.
· Best Departmental Ledger Color Printer: The Aficio SP C811DN has been acknowledged as the premier departmental ledger color printer. The printer’s extensive features include high capacity paper input and output capabilities, user-friendly interface, Document Server print-on-demand utility and networking and desktop management capabilities via SmartDeviceMonitor, DesktopBinder Lite and Web Image Monitor.
· Best Production Monochrome MFP Range With Outstanding Print Feature Set: The Aficio MP 9000/1100/1350 Series has been awarded as the best light production black-and-white MFP in its class due to its extensive print features, including the jogger unit and GBC StreamPunch III, queue manager, secure print-send capabilities, and powerful print processor and large memory resources.
· Best Departmental Monochrome MFP Range With Outstanding Print Feature Set: The Aficio MP 5500/6500/7500 Series was recognized as having the best print feature set in its class. Features include a tab sheet and a cover inserter that extend the MFP’s document production capabilities, a jogger unit and GBC StreamPunch III, advanced print clustering capabilities and a large memory resource.
· Most Productive Color Print Range: The Aficio SP C410DN/C411DN Series won the award for the most productive color print range in its class. BERTL cited the large memory and powerful print processor, the ability to support heavy media through all main supplies and the Job Binding feature as a few of the series’ outstanding qualities.
“Ricoh is extremely honored to have been recognized by BERTL in eight different categories for the 2007 BERTL Best Awards,” said Ron Potesky, vice president of Product Marketing for Ricoh Americas Corporation. “Being acknowledged as ‘The Best’ by an industry leader like BERTL truly reinforces the innovation and excellence of Ricoh’s products and is a distinction we are very proud of as a company.”
Currently in its 12th year, the BERTL Best Awards are the premier honor in the industry. BERTL analysts rigorously review current product lines and new product introductions in order to identify the finest MFPs in the marketplace.
“Ricoh is a perennial winner of BERTL’s Best Awards, which is a testament to the company’s ability to produce exceptional products year after year,” said Margie Davis, managing director of BERTL. “Ricoh’s MFPs continue to impress our analysts with ground-breaking features and outstanding quality that the company passes on to the end-user.”
About BERTL
BERTL® Inc. is the source for objective, independent product evaluation reports and comparative analyses on digital imaging devices and workflow solutions. BERTL’s evaluation reports, customer satisfaction research, awards and product ratings are undertaken entirely at BERTL’s expense for the benefit of its international subscriber base.
At all times, BERTL’s primary focus is the end user. Covering all major digital imaging manufacturers, BERTL publishes the world’s most extensive Web site of evaluation reports, comparisons data, vertical market research, news and more on copiers, printers, MFPs, production and workgroup scanners, fax machines, color and production equipment and wide format devices. BERTL reports, research and other industry informative services are available in a range of specialized subscription services. To learn more about BERTL, visit www.BERTL.com or telephone 1.732.761.2311.
About Ricoh Americas Corporation
Ricoh Americas Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 71-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2006 sales in excess of $17.5 billion, a 8.4 percent increase over the previous year.
Ricoh Americas Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions. Ricoh’s fully integrated hardware and software products help businesses share information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the input, management and output of documents. Ricoh’s line of document management devices include, 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 strategic alliances enhancing office productivity and document workflow. Ricoh’s document management software enhances workgroup collaboration and offers secure storage, retrieval and sharing of critical information.
Ricoh Americas Corporation directly or through its network of independent dealers markets and distributes products in North, Central and South America. For fiscal year 2006, Ricoh Corporation sales exceeded $3.3 billion, an increase of 7.4 percent over the previous year.
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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