Ricoh Brings Innovative Colour Laser Printers to Small Businesses

Fast and user-friendly colour printing for small office environments Malaysia, 2 June 2008 – Ricoh, a global leader in digital office solutions, today introduced Aficio SP C220N and SP C222DN, two new colour laser printers designed for small workgroup and single-user environments. Designed with contemporary elements featuring soft curve edges and two-tone gray colour, the Aficio SP C220N and SP C222DN complement the designs of today’s modern workplace effortlessly. With a small footprint, this printer series fits a desktop or space-restricted environment perfectly.

Equipped with advanced print features that are perfectly aligned to facilitate daily workflow, these sleek colour laser printers deliver impeccable colour prints at amazing speed. Its output speed for colour and black-and-white document is identical — SP C222DN generates documents at 20 ppm (pages per minute), while SP C220N clock at 16 ppm. Additionally, this printer series achieve short warm-up and recovery time, with the first print speed at a mere 14 seconds or less.

The quality, performance and reliability of the Aficio SP C220N and SP C222DN are unparalleled. Offering print resolutions of up to 2400 x 600 dpi, these laser printers produce consistent, vivid and high-quality colour reports, web pages and presentations with crisp text and sharp images. Furthermore, the robust SP C220N and SP C222DN models are outfitted with a straight paper path for reliable printing up to a stunning 30,000 pages per month.

Managing print tasks and supplies is made simple with the printers’ user-friendly control panel which flashes an alert light for error notification as well as warning light when supplies are low. Fitted with all-in-one cartridges with top–loading configuration, it is a fuss-free one-hand action to replace ink cartridges of the Aficio SP C220N and SP C222DN.

Despite the remarkably small footprint, the Aficio SP C220N and SP C222DN offer great flexibility in handling paper and other printable media, thus reducing the need for expensive outsourcing. These printers are able to accommodate a wide range of sizes, types and weights, including sheets of up to 160gsm, transparencies, glossy paper, envelopes and labels.

Print job processing at the Aficio SP C222DN is enhanced through a powerful 300 MHz controller coupled with its automatic duplex printing feature. This model also enables direct photo printing from digital cameras via PictBridge support. A sizeable paper capacity of 751 sheets also ensures uninterrupted productivity and workflow.

“Companies today face critical deadlines and demands for high quality work documents. To meet these challenges, they need robust, reliable and affordable solutions,” said Lim Eng Weng, Managing Director of Ricoh Malaysia. “Our latest Aficio SP C220N and SP C222DN desktop colour laser printers deliver reliable and economical colour laser printing for small workgroup environments.”

As with all Ricoh products, both the Aficio SP C220N and SP C222DN colour printers are environmental-friendly. Designed with low power consumption and zero waste features, these laser printers have minimal ozone emissions, low noise levels and easily recyclable parts.

Availability
Ricoh Aficio SP C220N and SP C222DN series are now available in Malaysia at a list price of RM 1,739 and RM 2,898 respectively. For further information about Ricoh's full range of Aficio colour products, please contact Ricoh at +603-5569 9555 or visit www.ricoh.com.my