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22
Cover Story
Ricoh is the fastest growing printer
company in the UK and Europe. It has
only been selling printers via Channel
Partners for eight years, but is already
No 3 in colour lasers printer sales and
5th with mono lasers.
For buyers in business and the public
sector, Ricoh printers are an obvious
choice.With a 25% share of the MFP
market and a 51% share in production
print, Ricoh has extensive knowledge of
the requirements of professional users,
from low running costs and reliability to
ease of use and productivity.
The insight that Ricoh has gained
from manufacturing, selling and
servicing departmental MFPs has
shaped its printer range. Robust
design and long-lasting components,
low TEC ratings and high capacity
consumables, intuitive interfaces and
easy connectivity – all reflect Ricoh’s
experience in the business-to-business
market and underline its printers’
suitability for the most demanding
users.
Ricoh Pledge
Other manufacturers will no doubt make
similar claims about their devices, but
Ricoh is in the enviable position of being
able to back up its assertions with hard
facts.
Last year, as part of a strategy to
raise awareness of its printer range and
to demonstrate the confidence it has in
its products, Ricoh launched the Ricoh
Pledge.
Ricoh is encouraging businesses and public sector organisations to ‘Discover Ricoh’ and find out for
themselves why Ricoh is Europe’s fastest growing printer company.
Discover Ricoh
NEW: The new generation
Now extended for another year, this
gives any buyer of a mid-range Ricoh
printer who isn’t completely satisfied
with the product, the opportunity to
get their money back within 30 days of
purchase. Ricoh makes this incredibly
easy to do: just tell Ricoh you aren’t
happy and it will arrange collection from
your premises and refund the money in
full.
Since the Ricoh Pledge was
introduced nine months ago, less than
0.5% of customers have taken Ricoh up
on its offer and asked for a refund – and
some of these only did so because they
had chosen the wrong specification
model in error.
Incentives
To celebrate such high customer
satisfaction levels, Ricoh has launched a
new end user promotion for this quarter
– the 99% incentive.
Giving businesses and consumers yet
another reason to buy its printers, every
month until the end of September Ricoh
SPC340DN/SPC342DN
The Ricoh SPC340DN and SPC342DN (with 4.3 inch touch panel) are
Ricoh’s next generation A4 colour printers for small businesses and
small workgroups.
Suitable for print volumes of up to 6,000 pages a month, they have
print speeds of up to 25 pages per minute (ppm) with a first page out
time of less than 14 seconds. A high speed processor ensures that even
large jobs are completed quickly.
A print resolution of 1200 x 1200 dpi makes these printers ideal for
producing high quality professional colour output, while their small,
compact design means that they can even be used in a home office.
For high volume users, an optional 500-sheet paper tray keeps user
interventions to a minimum.
With wired and wireless connectivity and the ability to print from
USB and SD cards, these devices have flexibility built-in, with the
option of printing from a smartphone or tablet via Ricoh apps, Airprint
andWi-Fi Direct.
SP C440DN
For businesses that require high speed colour output, Ricoh recently
introduced the Ricoh SP C440DN, combining high quality, high speed
output – 40ppm even when printing on both sides of the page – with
advanced security features that help keep network and data safe.
These include an optional upgrade that enables a single printer to be
used on both a restricted closed internal network and the general office
network, thus saving the expense of buying separate printers for each
network, without compromising sensitive data.
With the lowest total cost of ownership in its class, the SP C440DN
features numerous cost-saving features, including an ECOnomy colour
mode, which uses less colour toner but maintains sharp, clear text
quality at all times.
For energy-efficiency, it has an on/off timer, an Eco night sensor and
an ultralow energy sleep mode that uses less than 1Watt of power.
Other useful features include a maximum paper capacity of 2,300
sheets and an XPS Direct Print Option that lets you print straight from
a PC or USB device without a driver.
QUALITY PLEDGE
SP C440DN
