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Review of Operations
Sales of Network Input/Output Systems
2001
(FY)
261.8
2002
344.2
2003
463.3
2004 2005
670.8
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ANNUAL REPORT 2005
Outline of Business Highlights
Performance
Network Iput/Output (I/O) Systems Segment
• Printing Systems:
Multifunctional printers (MFPs), laser
printers, related supplies and maintenance
services, related software, etc.
• Other I/O Systems:
Optical-disc products, scanners, etc.
Our sales promotions in the Printing
Systems area, in response to customer needs,
led to a 28.7% increase in total sales
compared with the previous fiscal year.
In the Other Input/Output Systems area,
however, total sales dropped 68.4%
compared with the previous year due to our
efforts to downsize operations for some
products (other than media) in the optical
disc business.
Accordingly, total sales for the entire
Network Input/Output systems segment, a
strategic field, increased 20.2% from the
previous fiscal year, reaching ¥670.8 billion
($6,269 million).
We launched new products in the Printing
Systems area to meet demand for higher
speeds, networking, and color printing. The
imagio Neo 752/602 series, imagio Neo
C245 and imagio Neo C385 color MFPs
were highly rated by customers in Japan, as
were the Aficio 2035/2045 and Aficio
2232C/2238C series overseas.
As for laser printers, sales of both
monochrome and color models increased
worldwide. The new company acquired last
year, Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd., also
contributed to business performance in this
area.
In addition, sales of the GELJET low-cost
business color printers continued to increase.
558.2
Digital color multifunction copier,
capable of printing or copying 35 ppm
in color and 45 ppm in black and white.
imagio Neo C455
High-speed color laser printer, capable
of printing 25 ppm in both color and
black and white.
IPSiO CX400
To Our Shareholders
and Customers
Review of Operations
(General Information by Business Area)
Technology Corporate Social
Responsibility Environment Financial Section
Nomination, the Italian inventor of the classic
COMPOSABLE bracelet, uses Aficio AP3800C and
Aficio CL7000 in their Communication and Adv Dept.
for perfect reproduction of their line of jewellery.
Ferrero, the world’s largest confectionery company, uses
more than 100 networked Aficio MFPs, complete with
software to control print and copy costs.