Summary Ricoh's Embedded Software Architecture SDK (SDK/J) allows in-house developers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and systems integrators (SIs) to deliver customized Java-based solutions hosted on Ricoh MFPs and LPs. This robust software platform enables third parties to combine their own solutions with Ricoh's industry-leading hardware and extends Ricoh's leadership as the preferred document solution partner. This document describes the history, architecture, usage models, and development tools of this advanced technology from Ricoh.
History
Ricoh has lead the office equipment industry in providing solution platforms tailored for different customer requirements and segments. Since 2000, Ricoh adopted a standard UNIX-based architecture across its entire LPs and MFPs line. At that time, Ricoh had the future in mind and used these underpinnings to deliver a C-based solution development kit in 2002. Today Ricoh is augmenting this C-based API with a Java-based platform. Java was selected to support the rapid expansion of webbased solutions and services, to leverage the large number of engineers using the language, and toexploit the machine-independent Java architecture.
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