Products that are not easy to use will not be chosen by customers, even if their energy-saving performance is good. Such products can neither contribute to energy conservation nor help prevent global warming. Ricoh is further developing its unique energy-saving QSU (Quick Start-Up) technology*, which enables quick recovery from energy-saving mode, allowing users to make copies whenever they need to. It is also expanding the product line of QSU-equipped machines. Meanwhile, reducing unnecessary paper consumption (indirect energy saving) is important since paper production consumes a lot of energy. Ricoh helps decrease the environmental impact caused by customers' paper consumption by offering user- friendly duplex copying functions, digitization, and promoting sales of recycled paper.
* Ricoh's original energy-saving technology that enables quick recovery from energy-saving standby mode.
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In the field of high-speed multifunctional color copiers, we have launched the imagio MP C7500 series,*1 with a warm-up time of less than 90 seconds,*2 and a recovery time from energy-saving mode of less than 45 seconds, and the Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)*3 of 9.91 kWh*4 (about 30% less energy consumption than the previous model*5).
These new features were achieved by adopting the low-temperature fixing toner and improving the fusing system. In addition, sales of copiers using QSU technology with a recovery time of less than 10 seconds from energy-saving mode are steadily increasing, thus reducing CO2 by approximately 50,400 tons a year (see Graph(4)).
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Printing speed of imagio MP C7500: color copies, 60 pages/min; monochrome copies, 75 pages/min. |
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When used at a room temperature of 20°C. This figure may vary depending on the conditions and history of use. |
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The measuring procedure is defined by the International ENERGY STAR Program. |
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The TEC of imagio MP C7500SP |
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imagio Neo C600 Model 75 |
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We will further improve QSU technology, so that more customers will use energy-saving mode, and pursue user-friendliness (shorter recovery time from energy-saving mode) and energy-saving for color copiers.
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Assessing the Impact on Global Warming by Phase of Product Lifecycle
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Assessing the Impact on Global Warming by Phase of Product
Lifecycle
Our assessment of the impact of our products on global warming shows that substantial levels of greenhouse gases (GHG) are emitted not only from Ricoh Group operations such as production, transportation, marketing, and maintenance, but also from product use by the customers.
We are therefore working to facilitate active reductions on the customer side as well as on the side of our own operations. Even if customers want to reduce energy consumption to address global warming, they will not be able to do so effectively if the equipment they use in the office has poor environmental performance. Likewise, even if great environmental technology is used in an office-use product, customers do not select the product if it is not user-friendly.
With this recognition, the Ricoh Group has continually been working to enhance the energy-saving features of its products and has been taking various steps to encourage more customers to use the energy-saving mode more often.
GHG Emissions over the Lifecycle of Ricoh Products
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Data
See more details about the data of Energy Conservation and Prevention of Global Warming.
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