LONDON, April 27 /PRNewswire/ --     Ricoh Europe (http://www.ricoh-europe.com) is offering
businesses increased opportunities to achieve cost savings, increase
productivity and reduce environmental impact, with the expansion of its
Managed Print Services. The enhanced services are available as a global or
local implementation and stand out in the market by offering a full lifecycle
approach to document management. The holistic solution can be embedded into
the workflow of an organisation to meet its unique and specific needs. It
includes consultancy, hardware, software, maintenance, management services,
office solutions and document process outsourcing throughout the entire
document lifecycle.

Ricoh Managed Print Services will help customers lower
operating costs and optimise their document management workflows. By working
in partnership with its customers, Ricoh can initiate savings up to 30% plus
additional timely benefits and improvements into the future.

As well as a complete service to assess and define the current
document output, security risks, and document bottlenecks, Ricoh Managed
Print Services will unlock the hidden costs and environmental impact of
energy and paper consumption.

Ricoh Managed Print Services improves upon existing Managed
Print Service offerings due to its fully comprehensive approach. Once the
installation is complete and customers have gained the initial savings, the
solution is monitored to ensure that it achieves the agreed performance and
further improvements are generated into the future. This is achieved using
defined service levels and key performance indicators. Processes are also
implemented to maintain the benefits, keep costs under control and provide
continuous management and service activities reporting.

For maximum impact, Ricoh will partner closely with its
customers to understand their needs, and provide recommendations to transform
their document workflows. Customers gain more transparency over their
document costs, can reduce the workload of their IT support and drive
productivity.

Using the capabilities of Ricoh Global Services, which has one
of the largest direct operations in the industry, Ricoh can expand the
document solution from one customer site to all locations in a region or to
across global sites. Multi-layered security ensures secure printing, for
example, file encryption and removable hard drives can be integrated to
protect information across business sites.

Jim Potter, Executive Vice President, Operations, Ricoh
Europe, says, "It's a time for businesses to change the way they view their
document output. As the volumes of digital information continue to grow, the
necessity to more closely manage the document increases. Transparency and
governance are crucial if businesses are to make the best use of their
document technology. Our expanded Managed Print Services helps businesses to
keep one step ahead and effectively manage their document workflows."

Ricoh's Managed Print Services are available across Europe or
from Ricoh Global Services globally from April 2009.

To receive a copy of Ricoh's Managed Print Services whitepaper
or to request further information email mps@ricoh-europe.com or visit
http://www.ricoh-europe.com

Note to Editors

Ricoh Europe PLC is the EMEA Headquarters of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 
leading global manufacturer of office equipment, located in London, United 
Kingdom and Amstelveen, the Netherlands. Ricoh's EMEA operations comprise 35 
sales subsidiaries and affiliates. In the fiscal year ended 31 March 2008, 
revenues from Ricoh's EMEA operations totalled over Yen 603.2 Billion 
accounting for 27.2% of the company's global revenues. Ricoh's worldwide 
sales increased by 7.3% totalling Yen 2,219.9 billion ($ 22.2 billion).

For further information, please contact:
    Ricoh Europe PLC
    Janice Gibson
    Tel.: +44(0)20-7465-1153
    E-mail: press@ricoh-europe.com
    Home page: http://www.ricoh-europe.com