Well, it’s new for those of us that sell the Ricoh product line. We had heard
Well, it’s new for those of us that sell the Ricoh product line. We had heard rumors on the Print4Pay Hotel forums for a few months that Ricoh was going to launch an envelope printer. Rumor had it that the print engine was going to be the same that is used in the Xante Impressia. I reported many months ago that the Ricoh SP C831dn printer is awesome for producing full-color envelopes.
I placed two of these systems into a print for pay environment and had about seven or eight demonstrations in total. The major drawbacks are that the SP C831dn did not have a Pre Press Workflow and there is no option for an envelope feeder and conveyor exit. Thus, we had to work within the existing Postscript print driver and jury rig #10 envelopes so they can print from the paper trays. The bypass tray was not a problem to configure, but a little tough tell someone they could only stack 30 or so envelopes at a time.
On Monday, a fellow Print4Pay Hotel member posted that he was on the Aficio League (Infocenter) and the documentation was posting with the pricing and the brochure. Of course, I was on the site in a flash.
I’m excited about having this product to sell. Personally, I believe that having this type of system presents endless opportunities to grow the production print side of the business.
Over the years, I’ve seen more local print shops disappear from my territory. The weaker shops have disappeared and the stronger shops are making investments to upgrade their technology to all digital. The Ricoh Color Envelope Printer allows us to place an entry level device that may lead to larger color and monchrome production systems.
If you have access to the Ricoh Infocenter, the information is there for pricing, along with the brochure. If you want to download the brochure you can go here. I’ll have more questions about this product, however, I’ll wait for the official launch. Once you’ve downloaded the brochure, I’m sure you’ll have your fair share of questions also.
Good selling!
