Ricoh to introduce vendor agnostic automated job onboarding solution at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Ricoh announced its latest production workflow technology – RICOH TotalFlowTM Producer – developed to resolve the leading workflow challenges around print job intake and preparation. It will be showcased at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023, February 27 to March 2, at the Messe Lucerne Exhibition Centre in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Its first time on display for the public globally, TotalFlow Producer funnels print jobs from multiple submission methods into a consolidated cloud-native location, and provides the ability to view and edit jobs, all in an easy to use, cost effective, and error-reducing solution that is completely vendor agnostic for seamless integration into existing client environments.

TotalFlow Producer allows users to:

• Automate the submission and consolidation of jobs coming from multiple sources, such as email, web to print, and file transfer services.
• Activate an automatic preflight function that helps to identify file issues, including missing fonts, inaccurate page size, poor image resolution, incorrect colour and more. This helps inhouse and commercial Print Service Providers (PSPs) to eliminate errors, reduce costly reruns, save valuable time, and improve client service levels.
• Improve the overall client experience by providing a personalised job uploading portal where job status can be viewed. A simple bidirectional communication method within the portal will eliminate the need for time consuming post-order follow up interactions.

Eef de Ridder, Vice President, Graphic Communications Group, Ricoh Europe, says “By hosting TotalFlow Producer in the RICOH TotalFlowTM Cloud, we can meet our clients’ growing needs to improve data security, efficiency, scalability, and affordability without requiring expensive IT infrastructure or expertise.”

TotalFlow Producer will be available to license through annual subscriptions and will offer free trials beginning in summer 2023.

Along with TotalFlow Producer, Ricoh will be showcasing two of its market leading vendor neutral solutions that empower printers to unleash the full potential of their business. Ricoh SupervisorTM, Ricoh’s first SaaS production workflow application, collects operational data and visualises it on web-based dashboards to optimise device utilisation and operation throughput.

Ricoh ProcessDirectorTM unterstützt Rollen- und Bogendrucker und wurde für die Automatisierung von datengesteuerten Workflows entwickelt. Und die preisgekrönte Integration zwischen Ricoh ProcessDirector und Ricoh Supervisor bietet erweiterte Transparenz bis hinunter auf die Dokumentenebene, einschließlich Einblick in das Produktionsvolumen. Ricoh wird auch die neueste Integration zwischen Ricoh Supervisor und den Vor- und Nachbearbeitungsgeräten von Hunkeler demonstrieren, die Gerätestatistiken sammelt und dann die Daten veranschaulicht, um Wege zur Effizienzsteigerung zu finden.

Zusätzlich zu den Aktivitäten auf der Messe wird Ricoh auf der DOXNET-Konferenz vor Ort, die am 28. Februar im Rahmen der Hunkeler Innovationdays stattfindet, Innovationen im Bereich der Workflow-Automatisierung in der digitalen Druckumgebung vorstellen.