Ricoh naming convention?

[Lagonda]

Named after cocktails! Cant wait 'till they release the "Slippery Nipple" and "Freddy Fudpucker"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[iMind]

Some of the ricoh ranges were named after cocktails

i.e.martini, bellini, russian.

Drives you mad when the manuals are listed as e.g model b310 instead of af2105 or 2118 etc.

By the way Aficio 2105 is a B071, the reason for his is simple, as Ricoh has so many brands to deal with like: nashuatec, savin, gestetner, lanier, rex rotary, ifotec, the only way possible was to create a model code that would suite all brands, Service manuals, parts manuals and parts stock management. the design name, come since ever: the Condor; eagle; falcon; kingfisher; grand kingfisher; thunderbird; bantam; swallow; penguin; plover; skylark, and then the digital, Azalea; lilly; A193-Adam-Aficio 200; NAD and so on. this was nice to remember the oldies, hehehe

[pspahr]

Thanks all for the responses.

Special Thanks to FridgeMagnet for the list.

Question has satisfactorily been answered.





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[service bod]

they have always given model numbers depending on label (Rex-rotary, gesetetner, lanier, ricoh and so on) but now they are giving a universal naming structure e.g. mp1350, mpc3500, mp5000, to avoid confusion.
but i still refer to the model name (appolen, athena, katana, kir, alex)
as these seem to be more universal than any other naming convention
my manuals have the feature of searching by product code so i always find
the correct one first time.

[KenB]

OK, here's another twist...

It would be nice to not only have the engineering names, but the "release dates" as well. F'rinstance 05A, 07S, etc...

Many machines are referred to this way, and I can find no other reference.

Thanks!

[FRIDGEMAGNET]

These numbers you refer to are the names of the controllers and when that controller was released eg: 05A is Autumn controller 2005, 07S is Spring controller 2007.

[Llama God]

NRG used to use the names but, of course, they are no more. Now that the model numbers have been standardized across the board it's a devil of a sight easier.

Nad - that's a funny name.

[zeeaxis]

well! At the factories, these names were initially used to identify the assemblies (frames/mechanical Parts) coming in packages and were common to different product codes. This helps in simplifying inventories and stock control. Later on these Brand names were assigned to these products. As u can see that each brand name maybe common to different products.

[KenB]

Thanks, Fridemagnet!

That hit the spot!

We've had a lot of frustration from time to time with specs or enabling features referring to ex. "07A models and newer", then not being able to decipher precisely which models are being mentioned.

It's not that we can't take an educated guess, but it's nice to be accurate.

For some reason, Ricoh seems to tightly guard this info. It's not like we're looking for, say "10S" models; we just want to know the current product line.

Thanks, again!

[Shadow1]

Personally, I'd be happy if Ricoh would utterly forget every name except the product code - I am sick of seeing the odd reference to Katana or Adonis C2 or Anorexia 3.14159. Now I have to get out my translation chart and figure out what model was being referred to - PICK A NAME AND STICK WITH IT - and the model code makes the most sense. When I say B234 you either know or can find out real quick that it's an MP9000, or LD190, or whatever it is for your brand line. It wouldn't be so bad if there was a Katana and a Katana 2.0 etc. but the next generation machine (the D101 or Pro906Ex) is a Bellini B-C3.5