InfoPrint Announces Availability of InfoPrint Mailroom Integrity Solution

Bringing advanced automated reprint technology, as well as robust document management capabilities, to operations of all sizes.

BOULDER, Co – February 17, 2009

InfoPrint Solutions Company, a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, today announced worldwide availability of its InfoPrint Mailroom Integrity Solution, a cost-effective Automated Document Factory (ADF) product that automates mailroom printing and insertion workflow.

The Mailroom Integrity Solution brings advanced automated reprint technology, as well as robust document management capabilities, to operations of all sizes. The solution offers scalable technology to address the need for full integrity in the mailroom and lays a foundation for future workflow requirements, such as automating the inclusion of targeted marketing messages onto transactional documents. It is built on the InfoPrint ProcessDirector (IPPD) backbone; a software solution that helps control print and mail production processes, streamline operations, improve job-level process integrity, enhance customer service, reduce errors and lower costs

InfoPrint also announces two new versions of its InfoPrint Manager software: InfoPrint V4R3 for AIX and InfoPrint Manager V2R3 for Windows. The key benefits of InfoPrint Manager for AIX and InfoPrint Manager for Windows are:

• A centrally managed output environment which can help optimize device utilization
• The ability to intelligently schedule jobs to improve workload balance
• Conversion of paper to electronic output meaning jobs can be tracked more effectively and efficiently by producing easy to use data.
• Enhanced integration with IBM’s Print Services Facility for z/OS AFP
• Enhancement to the Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) color so that customers can support color management using either AFP or non-AFP workloads such as PDF and PostScript

These enhancements will future-proofing existing systems so that they can easily and quickly convert existing to using new techniques such as TransPromo, a marketing technique that combines must-read documents like bills and statements with targeted and relevant promotional materials. The new InfoPrint Manager versions integrate seamlessly with existing technologies and workflow systems, meaning clients can use it alongside light production and distributed products as well as high-volume, mission-critical print and mail applications that require end-to-end mail-piece tracking, without disruption.

These three products all integrate so that users can automate, control and manage print and mail processes in efforts to solve three common challenges: postal optimization, mailroom integrity and output management. Currently both InfoPrint Manager solutions are available in the United States and will be available on February 13, 2009 worldwide. For more information please visit www.infoprint.com

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.

Media and Industry Analyst Contact

Tracey Sheehy
Breakaway Communications for InfoPrint Solutions Company
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212-616-6003