RICOH CORPORATION INTRODUCES BLACK & WHITE LASER PRINTERS.

Ricoh Corporation, has introduced the Ricoh BP20 and BP20N, two top-of-the-line black-and-white laser printers designed to fit in any work environment. The BP20 and BP20N are dependable and cost-effective solutions that efficiently handle any task.

The BP20 and BP20N are engineered to deliver the type of output that keeps businesses in business. A straightforward and reliable solution, it produces everything from index cards to legal-size pages to create a wide variety of documents from one de vice. The standard 250-sheet paper tray minimizes paper handling, while the 50-sheet Stack Bypass speeds the printing of envelopes, transparencies, labels and more with minimal intervention.

"The BP20 and BP20N offer dependable and affordable laser printer options for businesses that need a reliable solution to get the job done," said Hede Nonaka, vice president of marketing for Ricoh Corporation. "Continuing to meet the varying needs of our users, Ricoh is proud to add this latest offering to our already wide variety of document management products and solutions."

The BP20 model offers standard USB 2.0 and parallel interfaces for direct connection to a Windows PC. The BP20N model adds a standard 10/100BaseTX Ethernet network card so multiple users can access the printer at once and drive down the cost of printing. The printers' fast processor and expandable memory capacities handle large files with ease and make short work of every job to eliminate data bottlenecks. Additionally, both models use the popular PCL6 page description language and driver for simple point-and-click operation for users.

The BP20 and BP20N are now available at a suggested retail price of $299.00 for the BP20 and $399.00 for the BP20N.

About Ricoh Corporation

Ricoh Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 69-year-old supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2004 sales in excess of $17 billion, a 1.9 percent increase over the previous year.

Ricoh Corporation is a provider of document solutions. Ricoh's fully integrated hardware and software products help businesses share information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the input, management and output of documents. Ricoh's line of document management devices include, color and black & white digital imaging systems, facsimile products, printers, scanners, digital duplicators and wide format engineering systems. Additionally, Ricoh offers a wide variety of document and printing solutions directly and through strategic alliances enhancing office productivity and document workflow. Ricoh's document management software enhances workgroup collaboration and offers secure storage, retrieval and sharing of critical information.

Ricoh Corporation directly or through its subsidiaries markets and distributes products in North, Central and South America. For fiscal year 2004, Ricoh Corporation sales exceeded $2.9 billion, an increase of 6.9 percent over the previous year.

Ricoh Corporation can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.ricoh-usa.com/.

For more information, call 973/882-2075 or 212/931-6111.