LAS VEGAS, Oct. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — SGIA EXPO, Booth #3601 — Ricoh USA, Inc. today unveiled a new wide-format flatbed printer designed to deliver a broad set of applications for the sign, graphics and décor markets. The RICOH Pro TF6250 puts unmatched productivity within reach for sign shops and commercial printers alike due to its impressive print speeds, one-touch automated daily maintenance and diverse substrate flexibility. At a time when customers expect high quality and fast turnaround, this flatbed delivers both in an intuitive way that allows operators to hit the ground running and produce high impact products for their customers. SGIA EXPO attendees can take a look at the RICOH Pro TF6250 October 18-20 in booth 3601.

“In wide format, the difference between an application that stands out and one that does not often comes down to the inks that deliver the highest quality with adherence to a wide variety of substrates,” said John Fulena, Vice President, Commercial & Industrial Printing Business Group, Ricoh USA, Inc. “With the RICOH Pro TF6250, we developed a technology platform that can handle the wide range of applications our customers’ customers are seeking. Last year, we committed to making the right investments to help customers overcome challenges they face and expand their portfolios, and this printer is our latest example of just that.”

The TF6250 has true flatbed architecture, with a moving carriage and gantry over a 98.8″ x 51.5″ bed. Print providers who make their names on fast turns can benefit from its industry-leading production speeds, up to 1,391 ft2/hr. Furthermore, the TF6250 delivers incredible substrate flexibility to accommodate substrates up to 4.3 inches thick and ink sets available specifically for improved high adhesion to difficult and uncoated media. LED technology keeps power consumption down and cures at lower temperatures, allowing for use of thinner substrates without risk of melting or warping them. Additional ink sets, including one […]

CHICAGO, Oct. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — (PRINT 18, Booth #3011) — Ricoh USA, Inc.today announced a cloud-hosted, vendor-agnostic solution that empowers printers to accurately and quickly gather high-value data from across their operations to increase profitability and productivity. Scalable and secured, RICOH Supervisor collects, sorts and analyzes data from Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints and presents it in visual, intuitive, informative dashboards. These dashboards can be tailored to measure a variety of key performance indicators (KPIs), providing visibility into the most important performance drivers in a shop’s unique production environment.

“If production printers in 2018 understand one thing above all else, it’s the importance of data,” said John Fulena, Vice President, Commercial & Industrial Printing Business Group, Ricoh USA, Inc. “We understand, too. And we know that data delivers more actionable insights – which ultimately lead to more profits and productivity. The combination of Supervisor and our service experts leaves virtually no limit to what we can measure for our valued customers. Ultimately, Supervisor can be tailored any way that best suits customers’ unique business needs.”

Red Hot Technology award-winning Supervisor allows printers to better identify areas where automation can save time and money, and drive increased ROI on existing equipment. This comprehensive, granular information can provide decision makers with key insights into how their business runs day-to-day and moment-to-moment, empowering them to make better-informed decisions to meet their unique needs and requirements. Furthermore, Supervisor enables the comparison of actual throughput with what is scheduled, so users can analyze workflows and individual device and operator statistics to help optimize the performance of their processes and assets.

The solution provides detailed breakdowns of KPIs, both in real time and historically, that can help businesses identify and address bottlenecks, uncover patterns and trends, and more intelligently and accurately estimate jobs. It aggregates and analyzes key data, sourcing information from any device or software, including those not manufactured by Ricoh. From […]

CHICAGO, Oct. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — (PRINT 18, Booth #3011) – Ricoh USA, Inc.today unveiled a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that empowers print service providers (PSPs) to easily control, manage and report on digital and print channels. The scalable and secured RICOH Communications Manager is a standardized platform used to manage, view and report on job status and activity. At a time when PSPs have never had more to keep track of, Communications Manager helps make sense of it all, bringing different communication channels and their underlying technologies and processes under a single, unified monitoring and management umbrella. The platform is designed to augment and replace portions of homegrown workflow and communications delivery systems that have become difficult to maintain, hard to scale, exposed to security and compliance changes, and are traditionally limited in upgradeability. Constantly evolving, Communications Manager will soon become a collaboration tool with end customers, who can have access to their unique portal for up-to-the-minute job information and influence their actual workflows.

In recent years, PSPs, like all businesses, are looking to technology advancements to help them deliver exceptional customer experiences. Meeting diverse customer needs as a single service provider today requires mastery of disparate workflows, software and output devices. To manage it all efficiently and effectively, PSPs need a well-executed, overarching strategy that provides demonstrable results. That can be difficult, especially when collecting data and analytics from multiple sources that often have varied KPIs, or that don’t easily share information among them.

Communications Manager provides PSPs and their customers access to a scalable, configurable infrastructure that can be built on and leveraged to provide end-to-end insight into, and control over, communications. It can integrate, elevate and/or replace today’s communication workflows that may be costly to maintain and can expose systems to unnecessary risk as a result of their disparity. Over time, these risks can significantly impact a business’s ability to […]

CHICAGO, Oct. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — PRINT 18, Booth #3011 — Ricoh USA, Inc.today announced that  it, along with its subsidiary Avanti Systems, has received 12 “RED HOT Technology” and two Vanguard Awards. Spanning the Digital Presses, Marketing & Multi-channel Solutions, Sales & Management Systems and Workflow Automation Solutions categories, Ricoh’s winners are RICOH Supervisor, RICOH Communications Manager, Clickable Paper™, RICOH Pro C9200 Series, RICOH Pro C7200X Series and RICOH Pro VC70000, along with six of Avanti’s Print MIS solutions. The Pro VC70000 and Avanti Slingshot integration with BCC Software were also honored with the prestigious Vanguard Awards. The RED HOT designation, awarded by the Association for Print Technologies (APTechSM), the organizers of PRINT 18, recognizes important product and solution innovations on display at PRINT 18 that are new or significantly updated since last year. The program serves as a roadmap to “what’s new” in the PRINT 18 exhibit marketplace. These Ricoh innovations will be among those on full display at PRINT 18, September 30 to October 2 in booth 3011.

“Every solution or product we launch is aimed to help our customers secure more customers and address business challenges. Each of these RED HOT Technology submissions is the direct outcome of those commitments, and we are proud to see their impact in our market is being recognized,” said John Fulena, Vice President, Commercial & Industrial Printing Business Group, Ricoh USA, Inc. “We submitted six of our newest offerings. And we are bringing home six wins. It was a clean sweep. That doesn’t just feel good; it validates that we’re delivering what our customers need.”

As RED HOT Technologies, these products will have distinctive “RED HOT” signs posted in Ricoh’s booth 3011 for easy identification during the event, and the designation will be included in the onsite event guide directory and pre-event publicity.

From efficiency-minded software and services to disruptively flexible hardware to augmented reality, Ricoh’s six RED HOT Technologies each change the game in different […]

CHICAGO, Oct. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — (PRINT 18, Booth #3011) – Ricoh USA, Inc.today announced that it has received two Buyers Lab (BLI) 2019 PRO Awards for its new RICOH Pro C9200 and RICOH Pro C7210X sheet-fed presses from Keypoint Intelligence. These accolades follow quickly on the heels of Ricoh’s dominance of the RED HOT Technology award program, with Ricoh and Ricoh subsidiary Avanti Systems winning 14 awards, including two prestigious Vanguard Awards. Each of these awards are highlighted at PRINT 18, September 30 – October 2, 2018.

“Both the RICOH Pro C7210 Series and RICOH Pro C9200 offer commercial printers productive and reliable solutions that meet customer needs,” said David Sweetnam, Keypoint Intelligence’s Director of EMEA/Asia Research & Lab Services. “The C7210X sets itself apart by delivering fifth color applications that are not available from most devices in its segment, while the C9200 offers a cost-effective price point compared to its competitors and supports up to 470 gsm, which provides printers with a multitude of options. Both presses performed very well throughout testing and are extremely worthy recipients of Buyers Lab PRO awards, just shortly after they came to market.”

The PRO Award for Outstanding Mid-Volume Color Device was awarded to the RICOH Pro C7210X Graphic Arts Edition five-color digital press. This device brings best-in-class price performance and predictability to the most demanding production print environments. Boasting in-line sensors and calibration along with expanded 5th color capabilities, the C7210X 95 ppm sheet-fed device aids better front-to-back registration and color consistency without the need for lengthy specialized training. Able to print on paper lengths up to 49.6 inches and weights up to 360 gsm, the C7210X prints faster and more accurately than its predecessor while offering even greater media flexibility. Eye-catching toners – including white, clear, neon yellow, neon pink and Invisible Red options for the fifth color station – provide an incredible pop on a variety of media, including textured and synthetic […]

MALVERN, Pa., July 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ —  Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced the availability of an incredibly versatile sheet-fed series that builds on Ricoh’s successes of making unprecedented and unmatched color printing affordable. The RICOH Pro C7200 series, featuring Graphic Arts Edition and 5th color station models, brings best-in-class price performance and predictability to the most demanding production print environments. Boasting in-line sensors and calibration, these presses aid better front-to-back registration and color consistency without the need for lengthy specialized training. The 5th color station Pro C7210X and Pro C7210SX empower shops to produce high-value five color applications helping them to stay ahead of the competition. Built on the legacy of the RICOH Pro C7100X, these presses print five colors faster and more accurately while offering even greater media flexibility. Additionally, the new Invisible Red toner introduces even more ways to innovate, by producing designs only visible under ultraviolet light, perfect for security features such as those found on tickets or coupons.

“When the RICOH Pro C7100X series hit the market, it immediately changed the sheet-fed color landscape,” said John Fulena, Vice President, Commercial & Industrial Printing Business Group, Ricoh USA, Inc. “It brought these incredible, high-end capabilities – five-color printing, synthetic and textured media, outstanding quality – to everyday, ‘Main Street’ printers. With the competition for attention at an all-time high, many printers need new ways to stand out without having to spend like the big guys. The Pro C7200 series is the only platform in its class that delivers the ability to produce unique applications with a 5th color station, large format sheets up to 49.6 inches, higher print speeds in a more intuitive and reliable platform. That’s what our customers asked for, and that’s what we delivered with the RICOH Pro C7200 series.”

The RICOH Pro C7200 series prints at 2400 x 4800 dpi VCSEL image quality with a large color gamut without sacrificing speed or […]