"We are pleased with this important recognition from the international community," said Michael Barnett, Marketing Product Manager at Ricoh South Africa. "FograVPS certification for the Ricoh Pro C900 gives our customers full confidence that these products are ideally suited to meet their most stringent colour requirements. With digital printing continuing to offer the highest growth rates within the commercial printing segment, certifications such as this will help printing business owners in their efforts to migrate more customer volume from conventional offset processes to digital printing technologies such as the Ricoh Pro C900."
Based on ISO 12647, which sets measurable process standard criteria for different printing processes such as sheet and web offset printing, coldset printing (newsprint), flexographic printing and digital printing, the FograCert Validation Printing System (VPS) defines exactly what "validation prints" must look like. The Ricoh Pro C900 meets all of the required criteria, giving customers’ confidence that the Ricoh Pro C900 range is fully capable of consistently delivering the highest colour quality.
"This is another positive outcome of our 15-year partnership with Ricoh, during which we have been collaborating to support the current and emerging needs of commercial and corporate printers," said Danny Morris, Regional Sales Manager, EFI Europe. "Both EFI and Ricoh are trusted brands in the production printing market, and we are working together to ensure that print service providers everywhere can print with predictable, measurable quality according to internationally recognised standards using the Ricoh Pro C900 range with the EFI Fiery controller."
With the tested system Ricoh has entered the top league in the area of single copy validation printing systems" said Andy Kraushaar of Fogra. "The Fogra certification process is an intensive two-day evaluation of a wide range of printer capabilities, including substrate colour and gloss, permanence and light-fastness, fading, rub resistance and colour accuracy based on a number of stringent tests. This also certifies the ability of the Ricoh Pro C900 range to produce consistent colour with both short- and long-term repeatability. We are pleased to grant the Ricoh ProC900 range this Fogra VPS certification in compliance with ISO draft standard 12647-8, which specifies the criteria and tolerances for the certification of Validation Printing Systems as well as for Validation Print Creation in the field."
The Ricoh Pro C900 range offers exceptional productivity at 90 pages per minute, with no reduction in speed when using heavy stock. Its native 1200 dpi print resolution and EFI print server controller deliversprofessional graphic arts quality at high speed with versatile paper handling and unique in-line finishing options at an affordable price. This includes enhanced graphic workflow for intuitive booklet making, automatic management of different paper stocks, a range of imposition features for folding and cutting, and a layout function for page alignment and creep adjustment.
About Ricoh
Ricoh Company, Ltd (“Ricoh Company”) is a global technology leader, specialising in the office and production printing markets. Ricoh works with organisations around the world to modernise work environments and optimise document efficiency. With over 108,500 employees worldwide, it operates in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, China and Japan.
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More information on the history of ISO 12647-8 and its relation to part 7 (Contract Proofing) visit www.fogra.org
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For further information, please contact:
Ricoh South Africa
Nicole Hinton
E-mail: Nicole.Hinton@ricoh.co.za
Tel: +27 11 723 5000
