Ricoh Corporation Wins Readers' Choice Award From BERTL

Ricoh Corporation Wins Readers' Choice Award From BERTL

Industry Survey Recognizes Overall Productivity of Ricoh MFPs

WEST CALDWELL, N.J., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, has received BERTL's Platinum Readers' Choice Award in the Overall Productivity category.

The Readers' Choice Awards are conducted each year to determine the most outstanding manufacturers in the digital imaging market. BERTL readers fill out an online survey providing feedback on 23 different manufacturers' copier, printer, and MFP devices in a variety of categories. Responses were received from technical professionals and enterprise buyers in 47 countries who are responsible for managing more than 175,000 devices. Based on the survey results, BERTL awarded Platinum and Gold Awards in six categories including Ease of Use, Overall Productivity, Monochrome Reliability, Color Reliability, Best Priced MFPs and Color Image Quality.

Ricoh was awarded BERTL's Platinum Readers' Choice Award for having the most productive MFP product line. Survey respondents recognized key criteria while selecting Ricoh MFPs in the Overall Productivity category, including advanced speed capabilities and significant savings in time and money. Ricoh boasts an extensive line of MFPs that provide users with a wide variety of standalone and networked printing and document management solutions. Standout MFPs such as the Aficio Color 3131, which provides the most advanced copying capabilities available and the Aficio 2051/2060/2075 series that effectively and efficiently manages every aspect of the document workflow process, contributed to Ricoh winning this award.

"The importance of receiving BERTL's Readers' Choice Award for Overall Productivity is due to the fact that Ricoh was selected by our toughest critics -- the people who actually buy and use digital copiers, printers and MFPs," said Hede Nonaka, vice president of marketing, Ricoh Corporation. "This achievement further demonstrates Ricoh's ability to enhance workflow for our customers and increase their bottom-line results."

About BERTL

BERTL published hundreds of in-depth product evaluation reports each year -- the most extensive library of information about digital copiers, printers, and MFPs in the world. BERTL is 100% independent. BERTL receives no funding from the industry and all product evaluations and reports are published at BERTL's own expense for the benefit of its subscribers. BERTL subscriber services include LabCheck, which reports on workgroup devices; Imaging At Work, covers high-volume production devices, as well as specialized output solutions like wide format and digital duplicators; and Color At Work, which is 100% devoted to the fast-growing color imaging marketplace. BERTL services also include DataCheck, a software tool that allows users to compare devices side-by-side, head to head, as well as DataCheck Portable, which can be loaded on to laptop computers for remote use. For more information about BERTL, visit http://www.bertl.com/ or call (1) 732-761-2311.

About Ricoh Corporation

Ricoh Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 69-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2003 sales in excess of $17.1 billion.

Ricoh Corporation is a leading provider of multifunctional document systems, including color and black & white digital imaging systems, facsimile products, printers, scanners, digital duplicators and wide format engineering systems. Additionally, Ricoh offers a wide variety of document and printing solutions directly and through partners that enhance office productivity and document workflow.

Ricoh Corporation directly or through its subsidiaries markets and distributes products in North, Central and South America. For fiscal year 2003, Ricoh Corporation sales exceeded $2.8 billion.

Information about Ricoh's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.ricoh-usa.com/.

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Source: Ricoh Corporation

CONTACT: Russell Marchetta of Ricoh Corporation, +1-973-882-2075,
russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com; Brendan Mullin of Peppercom, +1-212-931-6173,
bmullin@peppercom.com, for Ricoh Corporation

Web site: http://www.ricoh-usa.com/
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