RICOH Smart Device Connector

Ricoh Co., Ltd.

About this app

RICOH Smart Device Connector lets you quickly access a RICOH multifunction printer (MFP) or projector by registering it with a smart device via NFC, Bluetooth Low Energy, a QR code, or the IP address or hostname of an MFP.

Print-related features:
- Print or project documents and images stored on a smart device or on Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive.
- Print emails, file attachments, and webpages.
- Print from print server.

Scan-related features:
- Scan to a smart device or to Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, or Microsoft OneDrive.

Projection-related features:
- Project documents and images on a smart device or in Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, or Microsoft OneDrive to a RICOH projector and the RICOH Interactive Whiteboard.*
- Project emails, file attachments, and webpages.
- Save documents that have been annotated on the RICOH Interactive Whiteboard.

Other features:
- Conduct user authentication by using a smart device.
- Automatically search for available machines on the same network.**
Supported languages:
Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Czech, Denmark, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

Supported models:
https://www.ricoh.com/software/connector/

*RICOH Interactive White Board D6500/D5510 requires firmware v1.7 or later.
**Except for the RICOH Interactive Whiteboard.

Ratings and reviews

This is generally a pretty awesome app. It has all kinds of features. I'm not sure what happened with the last update, but the app seemed to just stop working. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app, and it seems to be working now. This is a pretty inconvenient hurdle, and when coupled with the constant notifications to allow the app to see my location and dig into my contacts, resulted in the 3 stars. It would be awesome if they stopped with the request after the fifth time I get them.

It's great being able to print from my phone. However, the app is a bit opaque at times. It also wants an absurd number of permissions it clearly doesn't need. The notifications reminding you that you haven't turned on certain permissions are obnoxious. App still works even if you don't turn said permissions on, so someone needs to fix this.

Most folks who complain about the app probably have not stopped to experiment with it. I have found that I can print almost anything by simply using the share function on my phone. Once I share the document with the Ricoh app it's smooth sailing. My only problem with the app is the lack of documentation showing how it actually works.

What's new

The latest update addresses the following issues:
・Fixed the problem of missing voice labels on the copy screen.
・Resolved the issue preventing the sending of emails with special characters in LF Print.
・Corrected the bug affecting the subject display in Exchange emails.
・Fixed the problem preventing photo selection on Android 13 and later devices.