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InfoPrint Solutions Company (IPS), the joint venture printing company announced in early 2007 by IBM and Ricoh, began operations with 1,200 employees around the world on June 1, 2007. Tony Romero, formerly the IBM Printing Systems Division general manager, has become CEO and President of InfoPrint Solutions Company. InfoPrint Solutions Company, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, brings to market the advantages IBM and Ricoh have in the development, manufacturing, marketing and building of strategic solutions for customers, creating a growth-oriented global enterprise that is strategically focused on the output market. Launched with 40 years in the printing industry and more than 20 years of joint innovation and development between IBM and Ricoh, the InfoPrint Solutions Company offers output solutions for general office, industrial, enterprise and commercial printing environments across the world for customers of all sizes – from small businesses to large enterprises. InfoPrint Solutions Company has operations in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK and the U.S., and has plans to expand to other countries in the third quarter of this year InfoPrint Solutions Company produces IT output solutions such as high-speed continuous forms printing solutions, light production cut sheet, printing systems for workgroups and industrial printing, plus print and printer management software, professional services and the maintenance contracts associated with IBM's installed printer base and consumables. The company offers customers the highest quality output solutions that optimize productivity by providing efficient workflow and, at the same time, delivering low cost of ownership and high return on investment. The heritage of InfoPrint Solutions Company includes the development of the IBM Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) Architecture – now an industry standard – and Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS), which has since become the standard for mission critical business printing. The company also leads the industry in print management solutions with both InfoPrint Process Director and InfoPrint Manager IPS continues to show that printing is not just about a box – to do it right and cost-effectively, a complete end-to-end solution is necessary. The InfoPrint Solutions Company offers a complete solution that helps customers increase productivity, reduce printing costs and leverage marketability with transpromo options. Please visit www.infoprint.com for more information. |