West Caldwell, N.J., January 17, 2008 � Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced that its Print Director software has won a Fall 2007 �Pick of the Year� award from Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) in the �Outstanding Print Management and Cost Recovery Solution� category.

As part of the evaluation process, the Print Director software performed extremely well during BLI�s in-depth lab tests, especially in the installation and ease-of-use categories. With its simple and flexible set-up process, the client software can be automatically pushed out to all workstations on local and remote networks in one quick step. In addition, Print Director demonstrated extraordinary compatibility among printers and multifunction products (MFPs), with both Ricoh and competitor devices.

�Ricoh has gained a great understanding of what Total Cost of Ownership solutions are needed to improve a business�s bottom line,� said Hede Nonaka, senior vice president, Document Solutions and Services Division, Ricoh Americas Corporation. �Being recognized by BLI with a Fall 2007 �Pick of the Year� award truly validates our hard work and is a tribute to the world-class solutions Ricoh offers.�

The BLI �Pick of the Year� awards are presented semi-annually to the products and software solutions that perform best in their respective categories based on in-depth lab tests performed by BLI experts. In the case of the awards for solutions, each product is evaluated in all critical performance areas including value, ease of use, ease of administration, hardware compatibility, software integration, security and support.