New Ricoh Pro™ C9200 Series Graphic Arts Edition maximises revenue and delivers business growth

SINGAPORE, 1 May, 2018 – Ricoh Asia Pacific introduces the new Ricoh Pro C9200 series of digital sheet fed colour presses. With the Ricoh Pro C9200 series, Print Service Providers can expect enhanced revenue potential, reduced operational costs and empowered business growth opportunities.

Building on the highly successful Ricoh Pro™ C9100 technology platform, the Pro C9200 Series offers increased image quality with outstanding registration.  With the all-new Auto Colour Diagnosis technology, colour consistency and stability is assured through detecting and adjusting subtle toner fluctuations while printing.

Expanded media capability is delivered with enhanced long sheet capability of up to 1,030mm auto duplex, 1,260mm simplex and increased media support up to 450gsm.

Productivity is increased with models printing at up to 115ppm (A4) or 135ppm (A4) while streamlined production is enabled with inline options offering the versatility to produce a wide variety of applications. To provide ease of usability, a new, intuitive 17inch operator panel is designed to enhance customer experience, along with added features such as the Media Management Tool which simplifies sharing of media catalogue between printers and also LED guide for easier paper jam removal.

With improved purge control, Operator Replaceable Units and replenishable toner on the fly, continuous operation and maximum uptime is further enhanced.

The Pro C9200 series printing is controlled using an external Digital Front End (DFE). A range of DFE options are available, ranging from the EFI Fiery E-45 or E-85 to Ricoh’s high performance TotalFlow Print Server R-62 which offers excellent integration with various pre-press workflow solutions including Prinergy from Kodak and Apogee from Agfa. IPDS support for AFP datastream printing environments is available as option.

“There is no other digital colour sheet fed press that matches the value performance package of the Ricoh Pro C9200,” states Kenji Tasaki, General Manager of Production Printing Business Group, Ricoh Asia Pacific. “All these advances have been developed to flexibly support higher quality, on demand production of a wider range of services, printing on a wide range of substrate types that includes synthetics, carbonless paper, coated and uncoated stock and envelopes. They help Print Service Providers maximise production uptime and expand capabilities to more efficiently, cost effectively and profitably answer broadening market demands.” The Ricoh Pro C9200 series will be available across Asia Pacific and Oceania from June 2018.

For details on Ricoh’s full line of products, services and solutions for the production print market, please visit www.ricoh-ap.com. You may also contact your local sales representative for more information.

About Ricoh

Ricoh is empowering digital workplaces using innovative technologies and services enabling individuals to work smarter. For more than 80 years, Ricoh has been driving innovation and is a leading provider of document management solutions, IT services, commercial and industrial printing, digital cameras, and industrial systems.

Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in approximately 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ended March 2017, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,028 billion yen (approx. 18.2 billion USD).

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