MALVERN, Pa., Feb. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced new black and white multifunction printers (MFPs) and laser printers designed to empower users to produce quality output quickly and easily. Boasting a compact size, high print quality and a low total cost of ownership (TCO), the RICOH SP 377DNwX and RICOH SP 325DNw printers; and the RICOH SP 377SFNwX and RICOH SP 325SFNw MFPs are an economical solution that helps meet the unique document imaging and information sharing needs of small businesses and workgroups.

The affordable RICOH SP 377 and RICOH SP 325 series provide excellent print quality and speed in a small footprint – benefits that appeal particularly to small businesses, small office/home office (SOHO) and other business environments. Able to fit conveniently on or under desks and counters, these A4 devices print 30 pages per minute (ppm) at up to 1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution. Their powerful 360 MHz print controllers with 128 MB memory help to quickly process files, reducing lag time and driving increased productivity, while an Automatic Reversing Document Feeder (ARDF) streamlines copying, scanning and faxing of multipage originals.

Along with impressive speed capabilities, the RICOH SP 377 and RICOH SP 325 series are remarkably cost effective. Both RICOH SP 377 models offer an unmatched cost per page that is nearly fifty percent less than the competition on average. Additionally, their larger starter and replacement cartridges allow for a 6,400-page yield – more than double that of the closest competitor – giving users more uptime for sharing information and less time spent replacing consumables. For lower volume environments, both RICOH SP 325 models come at a low upfront cost making them a logical purchase for a small business or workgroup.

These simple-setup devices are designed to let workers print easily from their own devices. A streamlined, straightforward operation panel executes common tasks, navigates easily, releases jobs simply and authenticates […]

In Liguria in north west Italy, the owner of commercial printer Ligurgaf, Alessandro Dario, says: “This was a straightforward decision. The combination of high image quality plus the versatility the fifth station brings means we can enhance our offerings and reputation.”

The Ricoh Pro C7100 series was launched in December 2014. Among the features that have encouraged such quick and broad market adoption are the fifth colour station, long sheet printing up to 700mm and productivity that enables print speeds of up to 90ppm.

Benoit Chatelard, Vice President, Production Printing, Ricoh Europe, adds: “The Pro C7100 series is unique. No other press in this part of the market combines the fifth colour station and long sheet printing.  The series allows Print Service Providers to affordably differentiate with both value added creative designs and a broader range of application choices from poster work and six page A4 brochures to book covers. The Ricoh Pro C7100 series also enables them to develop stronger relationships with their clients by offering new and exciting applications that can deliver tremendous impact, and great results for them.

He continues: “The fact that seven out of every ten Pro C7100 models purchased in Europe have been fifth station versions demonstrates that creative and progressive PSPs are seizing this affordable opportunity to expand their capabilities and services.”

Fast drying times, the ability to print metallic colours in conjunction with ColorLogic software, and extended media options all give PSPs valuable benefits.

Another key attraction for PSPs is Ricoh’s sustained commitment to research and development. An example is neon yellow toner which extends still further the creative potential of the Ricoh Pro C7100 series.

MALVERN, Pa., Aug. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Ricoh today announced that it has maintained a leadership position for the sixth consecutive year in Managed Print Services (MPS), according to a report from analyst firm Quocirca entitled “Managed Print Services Landscape, 2017.”*1 Ricoh’s global infrastructure, long cited as one of the key factors in the company’s market leadership in empowering digital workplaces, has only improved, according to the report. Quocirca notes Ricoh’s greater global alignment and process consistency enforcement for its project management as one of the major enhancements to an already market-leading company.

In the report, Quocirca notes Ricoh’s use of one of the market’s largest service operations, with more than 30,000 service professionals operating in 198 countries and covering 95 percent of Fortune Global 500 customers. Among the reasons cited for Ricoh’s global service successes is its adaptive model, which is supported by solutions architects who leverage industry expertise to evaluate customer requirements in moving to environments that are less paper-dependent.

“This year, Ricoh continued to improve its credentials to serve the evolving workplace,” said Louella Fernandes, Associate Director, Quocirca. “Quocirca recognized Ricoh as a leader among MPS providers because of its work to align its global and regional strategies to address the diverse needs of both enterprises and SMBs by offering a wide range of scalable services, which both feature and build upon MPS.”

Ricoh’s MPS offerings operate under its Ricoh Managed Document Services (Ricoh MDS) portfolio, supported by five regional MDS competency centers to help provide continuity and quality of service. Ricoh works with its customers to adapt and optimize information processes to boost efficiency and address information security concerns, enabling enterprises to tackle the rising costs associated with an unmanaged print infrastructure.

The report spoke highly of Ricoh’s centrally managed multivendor infrastructure which enables real-time check-ins on print fleet status, gathering of important data and generation of […]

MALVERN, Pa., July 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Ricoh today announced significant enhancements to its signature RICOH Streamline NX application aimed to bring even more of the processes workers use every day under its single, simple interface. These updates further drive efficiencies for businesses around the world, such as improved automation in scanning and indexing documents, streamlined access via simple user authentication and reduced waste from “orphaned prints.”  This is made possible by leveraging workflow, device and information management capabilities built directly into the software platform. Streamline NX was designed to meet the diverse needs of customers of all sizes – and to scale accordingly as those needs change.

At a time when digital workplaces are growing rapidly, businesses tend to see an increasing adoption of disparate solutions to address specific needs. Streamline NX, available globally, enables users to work smarter by addressing those multiple needs with a single solution, helping reduce IT burden and simplify workers’ everyday activities. By embracing the versatility and efficiency of Streamline NX, organizations only need to train workers to use one software solution for device management, print, copy, scan, fax and related workflows. Users can simply walk up to a device, swipe their ID card, and securely scan to a variety of destinations with optical character recognition and metadata or retrieve sensitive print jobs without risking leaving them on the output tray. The user-friendly software also makes it quick and easy for users to print directly from their mobile device. Customizable workflows can reduce formerly complex tasks to a few taps as employees easily move information where it needs to be, when it needs to be there, in the format in which it is needed. Streamline NX can support up to 100,000 devices on the core server, and with the ability to add up to 250 additional delegation servers, organizations […]

MALVERN, Pa., June 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced improved scalability of its latest mail distribution innovation, RICOH Intelligent Delivery Services. The suite of services, which “unifies the inbox” by revolutionizing the way mail is handled and delivered, is now configured to match the volume demands and business challenges found in a broader range of organizations. Previously available only as a high-volume, enterprise-specific application, RICOH Intelligent Delivery Services empowers a whole new set of businesses to reduce costs from delivering undesired mail, measure the impact of return mail, and boost speed and efficiency by funneling relevant mail pieces to employees in their preferred format. The new offering is designed to streamline mail handling for any organization with mid-volume mailrooms including law firms, healthcare organizations, pharmaceutical companies and health insurance providers. It digitizes incoming mail and leverages robotic process automation to optimize mail management.

Just like its high-volume counterpart, which has helped provide a solution to the challenge of effectively delivering communications to employees while shifting to a remote workforce model, this more scalable version of RICOH Intelligent Delivery Services helps centralize incoming communications. That centralization streamlines the sharing of information and drives productivity in the modern workplace, where employees often hotdesk or work on-the-go, making reliably reaching a recipient at a single physical location a challenge. With this offering, when new mail arrives, recipients receive a notification email, from which they can choose their desired delivery options. These decisions can be made from any internet accessible device, so communications follow recipients wherever their work takes them.

Handling mail costs money. In fact, Madison Advisors reports that mail costs have spiked by 40 percent.* That cost, combined with the time required to evaluate mail pieces upon arrival, are factors that make RICOH Intelligent Delivery Services more appealing. By empowering recipients to digitally reject unwanted mail before it […]

ORLANDO, Fla. , June 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Ricoh (booth 2861) today announced a set of integrated collaborative room solutions and a newly created team of AV Solution Managers to help meet organizations’ specific needs in today’s faster, more connected workplaces. The new solutions leverage the latest technologies to provide easy to use, end-to-end collaboration enhancements for workplaces in the midst of digital transformation. Ricoh’s AV Solution Managers cumulatively leverage decades of experience to consult with customers and help them become more productive by designing solutions that will empower workers to work smarter and communicate better. And to make the process easier, Ricoh has also created pre-designed, pre-tested huddle room solution packages that combine interactive whiteboards, videoconferencing and ultra-short throw projectors.

At InfoComm 2017, Ricoh’s AV Solution Managers will be on site to demonstrate how these collaboration room bundles can help meet customers’ unique visual communication and mobile collaboration needs. These experts leverage the strengths of Ricoh’s services organization by assessing and consulting on the current pain points and future needs of businesses’ collaborative spaces, and then designing and fully integrating solutions into their work environment. Located throughout the United States, they can also provide onsite inspections, training and refinement, along with other services.

Integrated collaborative room solutions leverage technologies from Ricoh and leading AV providers to meet a wide variety of needs, empowering remote, mobile and physically present meeting participants to engage equally and effectively. These huddle room packages address a variety of use cases, taking advantage of products that have been tested and proven to work together seamlessly. AV Solution Managers can help implement and customize these packages to meet every customers’ specific communication needs.

“With our new AV Solutions team, we’re essentially giving customers the best of Ricoh’s proven solutions, combined with our experts who have in-depth experience tailoring bundles to address unique business challenges,” said John Brophy, Vice President, Product Marketing, Ricoh USA, […]

West Caldwell, NJ, July 2, 2012 – Ricoh Americas Corporation dealer partners across the country are reporting that they are successfully expanding their businesses by reselling Ricoh business information services.

The Ricoh ChaMPS program has given Ricoh, Savin and Lanier dealers a powerful menu of IT and professional services to offer to new and existing customers. With ChaMPS, the dealers have added more capabilities to their portfolio of offerings without the infrastructure startup costs required to create services from scratch.

“We use Ricoh to support and augment the solutions we market directly to our clients,” said Dexter Loeble, Senior Marketing Director, Edwards Business Systems, in Scranton, Pa. “We are able to offer extended services and have confidence in their ability to scale as demand grows. We have learned over the years that Ricoh is a great partner and are very comfortable working together on client engagements.”

Loeble and other dealers participated in a panel discussion at the Ricoh Convergence 2012 dealer event last month in Las Vegas, a year after Ricoh launched ChaMPS in Orlando. The program equips dealers to outsource Ricoh services such as:

• On-site professional services, including information capture, workflow, distribution
• Project management services
• Commercial imaging services, and
• IT services for proactive network monitoring and management

“These Ricoh managed services enable our dealers to expand their product offerings without startup and acquisition costs,” said Jim Coriddi, Vice President, Dealer Division, Ricoh Americas Corp. “The services also differentiate our dealers from their traditional copier/printer-only competitors. Customers benefit from the tighter relationship with the dealership, no longer needing multiple vendors to meet their business information services requirements.”

All in the Ricoh family
Unlike organizations that provide ad hoc solutions to dealer channels through acquisition, Ricoh has built and delivered its services portfolio from within. Ricoh’s services professionals are already a part of the company; understand the strategy, culture and business needs […]

Print Tracker™ is a non-invasive software solution for gathering meter reads from copiers and printers. In general, the installation requires little or no involvement from your onsite IT department. Meter data is passed securely through firewalls using the HTTPS protocol, similar to how a web browser communicates with a banking website. Print Tracker™ is proxy-compatible and does not create security vulnerabilities. It is used in banks, hospitals, schools- any place with high security needs.

Print  Tracker™  has a very small impact on network performance. It runs as a service that is usually asleep, and wakes up a few times during the day to perform required tasks.

Print  Tracker™  pulls the device description, IP address, serial number, location, page counts, and toner levels.  It can be setup to send toner and service alerts as well.  Printing devices that are compliant with the standard Printer MIB are supported, including Canon, HP, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Lanier, Lexmark, Ricoh, Sharp, Panasonic, and Xerox. Please contact us for a full list of devices and models.

Why use Print Tracker™?

• Print Tracker™ automatically gathers the meters and emails them as an Excel spreadsheet attachment when scheduled.

• Print Tracker™ ‘s installation program is under 4 MB in size, and it can be run from a USB drive, rather than installing it, if desired.

FAIRFIELD, NJ – November 5, 2010 –  BERTL, Inc. a leading independent testing laboratory for imaging devices and workflow solutions, is pleased to announce the winners of the BERTL’s Best Fall 2010 Awards.

BERTL’s Best Awards recognize individual devices, software, management utilities, and entire product lines. BERTL’s analysts review current product lines and new product introductions to identify the select group of devices and software that stand apart from the others.

BERTL combines its wide-ranging knowledge of the competitive landscape and contact with buyers about their product and supplier experiences to identify worthy products. BERTL analyzes network management utilities, concurrency and contention, print and copy productivity, image quality, return on investment, competitive advantages, accessibility, design and build quality, standard functions, modularity of design and upgrade path, installation, and more.

Here is a list of winners of the Fall 2010 BERTL’s Best Awards:

BERTL’s Best Desktop Awards:
Ricoh Aficio SP C431DN
Ricoh Aficio SP 6330N
Canon imageFORMULA P-150/P150M
Canon imageFORMULA DR 2020U
HP’s LaserJet Pro P1606dn
iVina BulletScan S300/S400

BERTL’s Best Wide Format Awards:
Contex XD 2490
KIP 7100m
KIP 700m
KIP Color 80
Colortrac Smart LF Ci24
HP Designjet L25500
Oce Arizona 550 GT Printer
Xerox 6622

BERTL’s Best Workgroup Awards:
Konica Minolta bizhub C35
Kyocera ECOSYS FS-2026/C2126MFP
Kyocera ECOSYS FS-3040/3140MFP
OKI B411/B431 Series
OKI C330/C530 Series
Ricoh Aficio MP 5001/MP 4001
Xerox WorkCentre 7755
Xerox WorkCentre 7775
Lexmark E462dtn
Copystar FS 2026/C2126 MFP
Copystar FS 3040/3140 MFP

BERTL’s Best Environmentally Conscious Award:
HP Latex Inks

BERTL’s Best Solution Award:
Sharp’s Sharpdesk® 3.3

BERTL’s Best Software and Utilities Awards:
Canon CaptureOnTouch Lite
Contex XD 2490
Konica Minolta MyTab
MWAi MPS Solutions
ARC PlanWell Collaborate
ARC AbascusPCR
ARC ishipdocs
ARC MetaPrint
ARC PlanWell Enterprise
Digital Gateway e-automate

BERTL’s Best Light/Mid Production Award:
InfoPrint 1357EX
Sharp MX-M753N

BERTL’s Best Value for Money Awards:
Lanier GX e5550N
Ricoh GX e5550N
Savin GC e5550N

Congratulations to all of the winners!

For a complete list of the awards, including the individual award titles, visit www.BERTL.com“>http://www.BERTL.com“>www.BERTL.com. NOTE: A current BERTL member login is required to view the awards. There is no subscription required or fee to register. If […]

Ricoh Europe, London, 03 November 2016 – Ricoh is collaborating with Switzerland-based Signracer Gmbh with its latest industrial inkjet printhead to enable the creation of an entirely new flexible production platform.

Signracer Gmbh chose the RICOH MH5220 as an extension to its existing agreement with Ricoh. The collaboration reflects broader industry demand for advanced high-resolution printing with excellent close-up detail. The smaller 2.5pl native drop size of the print head allows Signracer to offer its customers even finer visual graphics, improved flesh tones and subtle pastel shades.

The print head has a built in heating element that facilitates the jetting of high viscosity ink as well as providing great fluid stability. This provides Ricoh customers with a broad range of potential application, going from labels and packaging to wide format graphics where already new platforms are being developed.

Ricoh introduced the print head at drupa in June 2016 to provide support for industrial partners in meeting market demands. The innovation builds on 30 years of Ricoh printhead manufacturing expertise and an extensive patent portfolio.

Graham Kennedy, Head of Commercial Ink Jet Business, Ricoh Europe, said: “Inkjet innovators need to be supported with the most advanced and robust technology to grow their businesses. They also need to offer their customers increased flexibility with drop sizes, shorter delivery times and finer image quality. The RICOH MH5220 delivers all of this. With a stainless steel construction and anti-corrosion properties for multiple inks, it offers excellent durability and diverse application potential. This is all part of the rapid digitisation of industrial printing to deliver greater flexibility and productivity.”

Ricoh at Inprint 2016
Ricoh will showcase its latest inkjet technology innovations at the industrial print show, Inprint, which takes place at MiCo – Milano Congressi from 15-17 November. At stand E50 inkjet experts will demonstrate the company’s existing inkjet products and new technology. They will also discuss […]