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Commercial Membership Plans

Basic Membership

Basic Membership is free, so by simply registering to RiDP, Developers obtain a series of benefits.

Registration gives Basic Members access to a private area of the RiDP web site, where they can find a detailed description of each available development tool, as well as a variety of related documentation, such as white papers. 

Basic membership also offers access to the following development tools:

 

PCL Command Set

PJL Command Set

PostScript Local Operator

Standard MIB Specification

Private MIB Specification

 

 

Developers automatically receive an e-mail notification each time a new version of a development tool is released.

Technical support is available to Basic Members through the RiDP Technical Q&A Database, where they can search for technical information or Q&As related to each development tool. Incident support blocks may also be purchased as necessary and utilized by up to three (3) developers.

Premier Membership

For more advanced development requirements, Premier Membership provides developers with access to Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) along with extended technical support and resources.

Premier Membership is priced at $500 for each year of Membership.

The following tools are available to Premier Members (including automatic e-mail notification of updates):

 

PCL Command Set

PJL Command Set

PostScript Local Operator

Standard MIB Specification

Private MIB Specification

PC FAX API

RPCS Driver API

SmartDeviceMonitor API

 

In addition to RiDP Technical Q&A Database access, developers can count on e-mail support from our Engineering team to help solve development issues. Premier Members are offered 10 support incidents per year.

Marketing benefits are also available to Premier Members, namely use of the "RiDP Premier Member" logo on their company web site and/or communication materials.  Premier Members may also be invited by Ricoh to advertise their solutions on the RiDP Online Catalogue, or to participate in Ricoh press releases, publications and events.

 

Premier Plus Membership

Premier Plus is the highest level of Membership and comprises access to powerful Software Development Kits (SDKs), as well as extensive support, technical resources and training. Premier Plus Membership provides Developers the best resources to market their products and opens the way to plentiful commercial opportunities.

In order to become a Premier Plus Member, companies will be required to pay an initial membership fee of $4,500 for the first year, and $3,000 for each additional year.

Premier Plus members have access to the full set of RiDP development tools which include:

 

PCL Command Set

PJL Command Set

PostScript Local Operator

Standard MIB Specification

Private MIB Specification

PC FAX API

GlobalScan SDK

Embedded Software Architecture SDK

 

These high-level SDKs allow Developers to create embedded applications which run on multifunction devices and printers, or to integrate GlobalScan with Document/Content Management Systems. Detailed information on these SDKs is available in the Tools section.

To support the advanced development needs of Premier Plus Members, Members are allowed unlimited e-mail support incidents from the RiDP Engineering team. They may also search through the RiDP Technical Q&A Database, or make use of technical resources such as white papers and available sample code.

Premier Plus Members are automatically notified by e-mail of updated tool releases, and in order to shorten the time to market new applications, members are also, by invitation, given access to beta versions of SDKs.

Members are also entitled to attend one session per year of classroom training on the Embedded Software Architecture SDK and/or the GlobalScan SDK. Each company may enroll a maximum of 3 developers per class. Training will take place in West Caldwell, NJ.

It is Ricoh’s objective to help Premier Plus Members achieve not only an efficient development cycle, but also a successful market launch of their products. Marketing Resources available to Premier Plus members are:

 

 -  Posting of Member company logo on the RiDP public home page

 -  Advertising of Member solution(s) on the RiDP Online Catalogue

 -  Using the "RiDP Premier Plus Member" logo for promotional activities

 

Premier Plus Members may also be invited to participate in Ricoh press releases, Ricoh supported tradeshows and exhibitions, as well as publications and advertising materials.

DocumentMall™ Member

Businesses run on documents and the RiDP DocumentMall™ member level gives software developers the tools to add on-demand document management capabilities to their solutions.    DocumentMall™ is Ricoh’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) document management solution which provides companies with the ability to store, retrieve, manage and share electronic as well as scanned paper documents using the Internet.   The DocumentMall Member level provides access to a powerful SDK from which to customize applications for the DocumentMall™ on-demand platform.

DocumentMall™ membership fee is $1,000 annually which includes up to 7 email support system incidents.  Additional email support incident blocks may be purchased as necessary and utilized by up to three (3) in-house developers.  Ricoh will conduct a verification of developers’ skills prior to program acceptance and a signed contract is required.