Ricoh Announces Technesis Print Control System Document Accounting Solution

RiSVP Member Software to Reduce Total Cost of Ownership

WEST CALDWELL, N.J., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Americas Corporation, a
leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced the release of
Technesis Print Control System, a document accounting software solution that
architectural and engineering firms can use to lower their wide format
printing costs and reduce waste. The software reduces printing overhead by
combining print assessments with rules-based messages promoting better
printing efficiency. Print Control System automatically analyzes all printing
and delivers summary reports by user, group and device. Technesis is also
integrated with Ricoh multifunction products (MFPs) to track and control
walkup copies, scans, faxes and is available to the Ricoh Channel through the
Ricoh Independent Solutions Vendor Program (RiSVP).

Technesis Print Control System is an integrated software solution that meets
the challenges of print management today, including cost recovery,
cost-efficient printing and print accountability. Technesis Print Control
System analyzes all printing (local and networked) and automatically delivers
usage reports summarized by user, group and device as well as distinguishing
between color and black & white pages in a single job. For cost accounting
initiatives, Technesis Print Control System integrates with ODBC compliant
databases, ERP systems and accounting software to retrieve account codes,
projects and billing data for accurate charge back reporting.

"It's a privilege to be aligned with Ricoh to deliver world-class total cost
of ownership solutions to the marketplace," said Paul Collart, president,
Technesis. "It is our assurance to continue to provide comprehensive solutions
that enable Ricoh customers to reduce consumable costs as well as maximize
their hardware investments."

One of three Ricoh Alliance programs, RiSVP, developed in cooperation with
Ricoh solution partners and Ricoh's direct and dealer channels, focuses on two
key areas: expansion of channel marketing opportunities for RiSVP members and
simplifying solution access for Ricoh sales channels. By providing RiSVP
member products directly from Ricoh, the direct and dealer channels have more
opportunities for new revenue growth combined and simplified sales operations.
In turn, RiSVP members enjoy faster and greater financial return on the
investments they have made in developing solutions that when combined with
Ricoh's award-winning product portfolio address customers' key concerns.

"In today's difficult economic times, controlling costs is a key concern for
our customers," said Ron Potesky, senior vice president, corporate
communications, product/solutions and channel marketing, Ricoh Americas
Corporation. "Together, our organizations will continue to offer solutions
that help our customers understand, manage and reduce operational costs across
their enterprise."

Ricoh recognized the MFP would become the focal point of all business
equipment and blazed a path to provide an open architecture platform to expand
the products usefulness. Through our patented "Embedded Software
Architecture" (ESA), developers have utilized the most extensive tool offering
in the industry to create unique solutions, which have far exceeded customer
expectations. Developers enjoy a wide range of individualized support options
that have allowed them to reduce development costs by speeding up the
development process. Customers have benefited from ESA through productivity
increases and the use of existing technology to solve the ever-changing myriad
of business challenges. Ricoh's MFP's running ESA have evolved from merely
printing, scanning and faxing to providing end users with the profound
realization they have truly purchased a full service business center.

For more information on RiSVP, please visit www.ricohalliances.com.

About Technesis
Technesis provides award-winning solutions for tracking and managing print,
copy, fax and scan activities from office and wide format MFPs. This
philosophy and vision is also embodied in the company name, Technesis. The
origin of this name comes from the Greek word 'Techne' for technology and the
Greek word 'Nesis' for motion. Together these words make Technesis, which
represents 'Technology in Motion'. Technesis, Inc. is headquartered in
Mountain View, CA, the heart of Silicon Valley, with distribution throughout
the world.

About Ricoh Americas Corporation
Ricoh Americas Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a
subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 73-year-old leading supplier of office
automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2007 sales in excess of
$22 billion, a 7.3 percent increase over the previous year.

Ricoh Americas Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions.
Ricoh's fully integrated hardware and software products help businesses share
information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the
input, management and output of documents. Ricoh's line of document management
devices include, color and black & white multifunction products, facsimile
products, printers, scanners, digital duplicators, production printing
products and wide format engineering systems. Additionally, Ricoh offers a
wide variety of document and printing solutions directly and through strategic
alliances enhancing office productivity and document workflow. Ricoh's
document management software enhances workgroup collaboration and offers
secure storage, retrieval and sharing of critical information.

Ricoh Americas Corporation directly or through its network of authorized
independent dealers markets and distributes products in North, Central and
South America. Ricoh brands in the U.S. include Ricoh, Lanier and Savin.

CONTACT: Linda Montefusco Jennifer Kuhl
Ricoh Americas Corporation Peppercom
(973) 882-2172 (212) 931-6111
linda.montefusco@ricoh-usa.com jkuhl@peppercom.com

Ricoh Web Site: www.ricoh-usa.com

All referenced product names are the trademarks of their respective companies.

SOURCE Ricoh Americas Corporation

Linda Montefusco of Ricoh Americas Corporation, +1-973-882-2172,
linda.montefusco@ricoh-usa.com; or Jennifer Kuhl of Peppercom,
+1-212-931-6111, jkuhl@peppercom.com, for Ricoh Americas Corporation