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Ricoh - 14th June 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feltham, Middx, UK

Ricoh targets designers and copy shops with the world’s smallest wide format MFP

The Aficio 240W's compact design provides flexibility for upper floor offices.

The Aficio 240W has been developed for any design or pay-per-print environment in which space is of a premium. The compact design boasts the tiniest footprint on the market allowing many smaller office users to maximise the use of floorspace available. The machine's space saving ability is further enhanced by a full-frontal operational design, enabling the machine to be placed up against a wall.

The device also includes a tilting facility which allows the machine to be easily moved between floors without the need to reconfigure. As a result, many upper floor design offices, which have previously had to rely on either outsourcing their printing needs or navigating several flights of stairs to access the printer on a lower floor, are now able to bring all printing facilities in-house.

The device offers optional pre-configuration and boasts 600dpi printing and copying at speeds of 3.6 metres per minute. It is CAD supported and provides the highest quality scanning image on the wide format market with up to 256 greyscales. Paper stocks range from A4 to A0 and the various feeding options include 1/2 rolls and paper cassettes.

Product manager, Mark Griffin believes that the Aficio 240W's target market will be quick to realise the potential benefits: "Wide format manufacturers have long neglected the needs of smaller design environments. Some have resorted to buying a large device that over-services their needs, whilst others have had neither the space available nor the facility to get the printer into their office and have consequently relied upon the expensive option of outsourcing printing requirements. The Aficio 240W's tiny footprint and full frontal operation coupled with its manoeuvrability, means that this need no longer be the case."

The Aficio 240W is available now priced from £9,995 RRP.

For further information contact:

  • Mark Griffin, Ricoh UK
  • Tel: 0208 261 4000
  • Email: mgriffin@ricoh-uk.com

About Ricoh ...
Founded in 1936, Ricoh Company Ltd is one of the world's top ten IT companies and a leading global provider of office automation solutions. Ricoh UK is one of the leading pioneers of imaging technology, with a dedicated research and development programme that brought us the first DVD and RW drives and media, as well as innovations such as the first digital black and white copier.

Ricoh designs, develops, manufactures and markets hardware and software solutions, including industry-leading copier-printers, document management solutions and multifunctional devices. The company has also pioneered the development of colour capable multifunctional devices to bring affordable colour to the mass business market.

Environmental protection is a key company priority and Ricoh UK is proud to be accredited with ISO14001 for its environmental management systems.

Information on Ricoh and its products and services is available at http://www.ricoh.co.uk/

Ricoh UK Limited (Headquarters),
Ricoh House,
1 Plane Tree Crescent,
Feltham,
Middx TW13 7HG.
UK.

Telephone: 020 8261 4000
Fax: 020 8261 4288
Email: webmaster@ricoh-uk.com

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