Ricoh’s oddly Italian-sounding line of printers grew by two today with the release of the Aficio MP 4001 and MP 5001. The chief difference between them is that the MP 4001 can crank out black-and-white documents at 40 pages per minute, while the MP 5001 ups that to 50 pages per minute. Both are monochrome printers that can also scan in black-and-white or color.
Before your eyes glaze over, I should mention that they both offer useful technologies for customization and workflow. The Personal Paperless Document Manager (PPDM) lets you capture, combine, convert, and share paper, PDF, and Microsoft Office files. It also works with e-mails, FTP sites, and Microsoft SharePoint. Use it to turn paper documents into editable Office documents, for example, or extract data from forms and load it into .CSV files.
The printers’ App2Me tool lets users download widgets that work with installed applications to create automated workflows.
Ricoh doesn’t list prices for these printers, so you’ll have to call for a quote if you’re interested.
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