Ricoh earns four product awards from Buyers Laboratory LLC

Ricoh Europe, London, 28 January – Ricoh Europe today announced it has won BLI’s A4 Printer Pick of the Year Awards for its SP C440DN, SP 4520DN and SP 6430DN printers and MP C306SP multifunctional device products.

BLI’s highly skilled technicians and editors have judged these models against the competition and recognised them for their outstanding performance at BLI’s lab testing facility.

“Twice a year with our ‘Pick’ awards BLI gives special recognition to the products that gave outstanding performances in BLI’s rigorous lab-based evaluations,” explained David Sweetnam, Director of Research and Lab Services for BLI EMEA/Asia. “These four Winter 2016 awards recognise how much further investment and innovation continues to go into developing Ricoh’s product range. These awards underline the strength in depth of the Ricoh product portfolio with their impressive reliability, excellent productivity, high quality output, strong security features and scan functionality.”

Olivier Vriesendorp, Vice President Product Marketing, Ricoh Europe, commented: “We consider these awards recognition of our leadership in bringing the best possible technologies and services to the market. This enables businesses operating in a cross section of industries to access and use information more effectively now and into the future.”

Ricoh’s workgroup solutions were awarded the following BLI awards:
Outstanding Colour Printer for Large Workgroups 
Ricoh SP C440DN
Outstanding Printer for Mid-Size Workgroups 
Ricoh SP 4520DN
Outstanding Colour MFP for Mid-Size Workgroups 
Ricoh MP C306 
Outstanding A3 Printer for Mid-Size Workgroups 
Ricoh SP 6430DN  

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