Epson America Inc. announced Monday new suites of free, downloadable business templates that include business cards, brochures, business envelopes, CD/DVD labels, fliers, letterhead and other design and color-coordinated materials found at Epson CreativeZone.

"In light of today's economy and tight business budgets, small business owners need to get creative and search online for free resources that help their marketing," said Denise Shiffman, business consultant and author of The Age of Engage: Reinventing Marketing for Today's Connected, Collaborative, and Hyperinteractive Culture. "You don't need a big budget to make an impact, but you do need high quality, high value materials like the business card, brochure, letterhead and other templates you'll find free on the Epson CreativeZone."

The Production Printing Business Group (PPBG) of Ricoh Americas Corp. announced the official launch of the Ricoh Pro C900s, a production-class multi-functional color system designed to address customers’ needs to produce high-quality, efficient and affordable printing, scanning and copying in one system.

This flexible system is targeted at corporate and commercial professional print environments with demanding application needs and duty cycle requirements up to 400,000 color images per month. The Ricoh Pro C900s, with its scanning capability, is the next generation of the Ricoh Pro C900, which PPBG officially launched at GRAPH EXPO in October last year.