RiDP offers a three-tier membership model designed to meet the varying requirements of commercial developers. Each of these tiers offers differentiated access to development tools, engineering support, technical resources and training, and includes a wide range of marketing benefits to help commercial developers market their products in the most successful way. Following is a detailed description of each membership level. RiDP At A Glance provides tables of benefits and program fees for quick understanding.
Basic Membership
Basic Membership is free. By simply registering with RiDP Developers are provided access to various command sets and MIB's. Once the registration has been accepted Basic Members are permitted to access the RiDP website. There, they can find a detailed description of each available BASIC level development tool, as well as a variety of related documentation. Technical Support is not provided with this level of the Ricoh Developer Program.
Basic membership offers access to the following development tools:
- PCL Command Set
- PJL Command Set
- PostScript Local Operator
- Standard MIB Specification
- Private MIB Specification
Once Basic Membership has been granted incident support blocks may be purchased 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 $750 for each year of Membership.
The following tools are available to Premier Members:
- PCL Command Set
- PJL Command Set
- PostScript Local Operator
- Standard MIB Specification
- Private MIB Specification
- PC FAX 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 3 support incidents per year.
Premier Plus Membership
Exclusive program for Independent Software Vendors who derive 100% of company income from sales of their software developed products.
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 $3,500 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
- Embedded Software Architecture SDK/J
- Web BrowserNX
- Ricoh SmartSDK
These high-level SDKs allow Developers to create embedded applications which run on multifunction devices and printers. 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 sample code. In order to shorten the time to market new applications, Premier Plus members are also, by invitation, given access to beta versions of SDKs.
Marketing Resources available to Premier Plus members are:
- 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.