InfoPrint Solutions Company Boosts Global Workforce, Demonstrates Strong Growth

Boulder, CO July 30, 2007 – Three of the leading independent reviewers of document imaging equipment, Buyers Laboratory Inc., Better Buys for Business, and BERTL, have awarded prestigious accolades to the InfoPrint Solutions Company, a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh.

BERTL highlighted the InfoPrint 2190 and InfoPrint 2210 high-speed, modular, cut sheet multifunction printers (MFPs) as its “Best Light Production Monochrome MFP Range with Outstanding Scan Feature Set”. Buyers Laboratory honored InfoPrint with its “Pick of the Year” awards as a winner in the outstanding small workgroup monochrome printer category for the InfoPrint 1612 and InfoPrint 1622 express network printers. Finally, Better Buys for Business selected the InfoPrint 2190, InfoPrint 2210 and InfoPrint 1572 as winners of the Editor’s Choice awards in its annual High-Volume Printer and Digital Duplicator Guides 2007.

“This raft of awards confirms InfoPrint Solutions Company’s ongoing commitment to innovate and drive the market forward,” said Bob Kilcullen, Senior Vice President and General Manager, InfoPrint Solutions Management for InfoPrint. “Our drive to meet customers’ varying output needs in environments of all sizes means our teams share technical expertise across product lines – a tactic which is paying off. We are thrilled the industry has recognized us with these prestigious accolades, which highlight our leading edge products and output solutions.”

BERTL is a premier source for objective, independent product evaluation reports and comparative analyses on digital imaging devices and software. It has awarded the InfoPrint 2190 and InfoPrint 2210 high-speed,¹ modular, cut sheet MFPs as its “2007 Best Light Production Monochrome MFP Range with Outstanding Scan Feature Set.” BERTL tested light production MFPs based on a number of key criteria including common design attributes, service issues, device/network management and usability issues. In addition to print and copy speeds, BERTL also considered the feature set, functionality, performance and overall business process value of the products tested.

BERTL highlighted a number of the InfoPrint 2190 and InfoPrint 2210’s key attributes in its award, including: “The list of new features, options, and new third-party partners that have been added to the InfoPrint 2210, and its sister product, InfoPrint 2190 (90-ppm) is impressive” and “Productivity, as expected, was performed at the high standard we have come to expect from InfoPrint.”

InfoPrint Solutions was also named one of five companies honored with the esteemed “Pick of the Year” award from Buyers Laboratory in early June. InfoPrint was a winner in the outstanding small workgroup monochrome printer category - alongside parent company, Ricoh Corporation - for its InfoPrint 1612 and InfoPrint 1622 express network printers. During testing, BLI evaluated all critical performance areas such as reliability, productivity, ease of use, image quality, network setup and cost of ownership.

“The InfoPrint 1612 and InfoPrint 1622 offer an impressive combination of productivity, print quality and ease of use in a very compact footprint, making them an ideal choice for small workgroups,” said Paul DePaolo, Senior Test Engineer, Buyers Laboratory

Both small, desktop-sized workgroup printers, the InfoPrint 1612 and InfoPrint 1622, offer small businesses a low-priced, high performance laser printer that prints up to 35 pages per minute – proven high productivity and low cost of ownership machines. These sister printers are available in “eco-mode,” a power saving feature, and are Energy Star® qualified. The InfoPrint 1612 and InfoPrint 1622 are wireless-ready to help meet the needs of growing small businesses.

Better Buys for Business has also selected the InfoPrint 2190 and InfoPrint 2210 along with the InfoPrint 1572 as winners of its Editor’s Choice awards in its annual High-Volume Printer and Digital Duplicator Guides for 2007. The Editor’s Choice awards are given to exceptional models of ten different types of office equipment including printers and scanners.

The InfoPrint 1572 is a robust and highly flexible workgroup printer available with the option to upgrade to a MFP. With a customizable operator panel and modular paper-handling capabilities, the InfoPrint 1572 is ideal for larger workgroups who are looking to consolidate their printing. This model is also available with optional envelope feeders, large output stackers, multi-bin mailboxes and a StapleSmart finisher solution from Lexmark.

The InfoPrint 2190 and InfoPrint 2210 offer the ease-of-use associated with workgroup printers combined with the high speed, high performance and high duty cycle of production printers. They can operate as a centralized print solution with dedicated operators or as a departmental walk-up solution. These next-generation printers provide the functionality that can help customers optimize resources, lower operating costs and rapidly obtain a return on investment.

For more information about the InfoPrint 2190, InfoPrint 2210, InfoPrint 1612, InfoPrint 1622 and InfoPrint 1572 and the award reviews of the printers can be found at www.infoprint.com.

InfoPrint Solutions Company, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, brings to market the advantages IBM and Ricoh have in the development, manufacturing, marketing and building of strategic solutions for customers, creating a growth-oriented global enterprise that is strategically focused on the output market.

The InfoPrint Solutions Company portfolio includes solutions for production printing for enterprises and commercial printers as well as solutions for office workgroup environments and industrial segments. The company offers customers the highest quality output solutions that optimize productivity by providing efficient workflow and, at the same time, delivering low cost of ownership and high return on investment. The heritage of InfoPrint Solutions Company includes the development of the IBM Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) Architecture – now an industry standard – and Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS), which has since become the standard for mission critical business printing. The company also leads the industry in print management solutions with both InfoPrint Process Director and InfoPrint Manager. Please visit www.infoprint.com for more information.

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