Buyers Laboratory Presents Ricoh With Five "Pick Of The Year" Awards
Ricoh Products Recognized For Exemplary Performance And Quality
West Caldwell, NJ, August 4, 2003 -- Ricoh Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, announced today that it has received five "Pick of the Year" awards from Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI), the nation's leading independent office products test laboratory and business consumers advocate. BLI acknowledges the top performers in various categories, providing more choices from which business consumers can select the best machines for their specific needs.
All products considered by Buyers Laboratory are subjected to a comprehensive three-month in-house test, which covers a multitude of critical performance areas, including reliability, misfeed frequency, copy and print image quality, copy and print productivity and efficiency, ease of use and economy. Its extensive multitasking testing evaluates each unit's ability to initiate each function while others are already in progress. Additionally, Buyers Laboratory also assesses each unit's ability to handle multiple jobs in a networked environment by running various job matrixes on each device with various software programs, paper sizes, copy/print job sizes, and copy/print modes.
Ricoh has received five "Pick of the Year" awards in the following categories:
Ricoh Aficio 1027 with Print/Scan Controller- Awarded for Outstanding Segment 2, Multifunctional Imaging Systems.
Ricoh Aficio 1060 with Print/Scan Controller- Awarded for Outstanding Segment 4, Multifunctional Imaging Systems (56-69 PPM).
Ricoh Aficio 1075 with Print/Scan Controller- Awarded for Outstanding Segment 5, Multifunctional Imaging Systems.
Ricoh Priport JP8500 with Type 80 Controller- Awarded for Outstanding Digital Duplicators.
Ricoh FAX1160L- Awarded for Outstanding Low-Volume Fax-Centric Multifunction Imaging Systems.
"We are proud to have our products recognized as some of the most outstanding office document imaging products on the market by Buyers Laboratory since it is one of the most extensive and comprehensive testing labs in the industry," said Hede Nonaka, vice president of Marketing, Ricoh Corporation. "The 'Pick of the Year' awards exemplify Ricoh's commitment to providing office solutions that offer our customers unparalleled quality and reliability."
"Buyers Laboratory bestows the 'Pick of the Year' awards to products that perform exceptionally well throughout the extensive tests and clearly stand out above the competition, " said Anthony Polifrone, president of Buyers Laboratory. "Our testing process is the most extensive in the industry and confirms that the winning products can be counted on for high quality and superior performance."
Additional information on the specific models chosen and their respective awards can be found in Buyers Laboratory's June/July Digital Imaging Review newsletter.
About Buyers Laboratory
For over 40 years, Buyers Laboratory, the nation's leading independent office products testing laboratory, has published comprehensive test reports on office products, each representing months of rigorous hands-on testing in its 10,000 square-foot lab. The company also maintains comprehensive databases of specifications on copiers, printers, fax machines and multifunctional products and makes those specifications available to subscribers in the form of printed specification guides, product comparison software programs and fax-accessible database.
Buyers Laboratory's Custom Testing Division is housed in a 16,200 square-foot offsite facility. This ISO-compliant laboratory was moved to a separate location in 1994 to provide clients with completely confidential testing services for hire. In this facility, BLI's staff of engineers and test technicians can custom design any test for virtually any product, as per the client's requirements.
About Ricoh Corporation
Ricoh Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 67-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2002 sales in excess of $14.7 billion.
Ricoh Corporation is a leading provider of digital office equipment, including color and black & white digital imaging systems, facsimile products, printers, scanners, digital duplicators and wide format engineering systems.
Ricoh Corporation directly or through its subsidiaries market and distribute products under the Ricoh, Savin, Gestetner and Lanier brands in North, Central and South America. For fiscal year 2002, 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 www.ricoh-usa.com.
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