InfoPrint Launches New Color Workgroup Solutions to Drive Cost Savings and Sustainability

Latest models boast high performance, increased flexibility, improved functionality and enhanced sustainability features.

Boulder, CO. - May 19, 2009

InfoPrint Solutions Company, the joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, today announced a further expansion of its portfolio of workgroup solutions. These latest models boast high performance, increased flexibility, improved functionality and enhanced sustainability features.

“Our ongoing goal is to enable our customers to simplify their daily work lives while reducing their spend on print. These new models provide clients of all sizes with a customizable offering that suits all of their business requirements,” said Paul Preo, Vice President of Distributed Print Solutions for InfoPrint. “Each of these brings high versatility, reliable security, improved performance and above-par sustainability features at a price point that is competitive in today’s economy.”

The new models launched today are:

• InfoPrint Color 1834
  A business-class solution ideal for workgroups of ten or less that require tools to help control color print access, produce consistent print quality and help keep confidential jobs secure
• InfoPrint Color 1854
  Offers lower cost-per-page and higher performance to businesses that desire more speed for general office requirements
• InfoPrint Color 1846 MFP
  Provides increased flexibility and functionality along with high quality color output
• InfoPrint Color 1856 MFP
  Allows for duplex scanning, low cost-per-page and high performance
• InfoPrint Color 1866 MFP
  Includes a standard hard drive and enhanced workflow performance

Continued technology leadership with a focus on sustainability

These newest offerings provide customers with faster color speeds, increased input and output capacity and advanced security features. The MFPs come with printing, faxing, copying and scanning capabilities as standard and provide higher print color quality via built-in temperature and humidity sensors.

These solutions are suitable for a large variety of customers from IT, marketing or communications departments, small to medium businesses (SMBs) and purchasers across nearly all industries.

Each model is developed with sustainable working practices in mind, as with the rest of the InfoPrint workgroup portfolio. A few highlights of these features are:

• Standard duplex printing on each model to help reduce the amount of paper waste
• ColorCare Technology to control color access and costs
• Quiet-mode to reduce noise emissions while the printer is not being used
• Unique “Eco-Mode” setting to further reduce energy

These solutions, alongside the entire InfoPrint workgroup line, are supported by its solutions professionals. This InfoPrint team assesses a customer’s total output environment, recommends the appropriate devices, and pinpoints ways these printers can be used to improve workplace operations and reduce costs.

About InfoPrint Solutions Company

InfoPrint Solutions Company, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, is a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh built on IBM’s nearly 50 years in the production print space and Ricoh’s excellence in technology innovation. Together, the two companies are bringing to market a portfolio that includes solutions for production printing for enterprises and commercial printers, as well as office workgroup environments and industrial segments.

Operating in 36 countries worldwide, InfoPrint holds more than 200 technology patents in the printing and output related industry including the invention of the Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) Architecture, which is a de-facto industry standard for production printing environments. In 2010, InfoPrint will become a fully owned subsidiary of The Ricoh Company, joining an extensive portfolio of innovative technology brands in the Ricoh family. Ricoh Company Ltd., is 72-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2007 sales in excess of $22 billion, a 7.3 percent increase over the previous year.

Please visit www.infoprint.com for more information.

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