RiDP offers a five-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 details of benefits and program fees for quick understanding.
Basic Membership
Basic Membership is free.
By simply registering with RiDP Developers are provided information on development offerings and opportunities. 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 information and related documentation.
Please note that with this level of the Ricoh Developer Program:
- Technical Support is not provided
- Access to MIB documentation is not provided
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.
The following tools are available to Premier Members:
- PCL Command Set
- PJL Command Set
- PostScript Local Operator
- Standard MIB Specification in PDF Format (No direct access to the MIB itself is provided at any level of support)
- Private Ricoh Device MIB Specification in PDF Format
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 three (3) support incidents per year for questions related to Command Sets, PostScript, & private and public MIBs.
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 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.
- 10 support incidents per year (Additional Support ticket can be purchased separately)
- Eligible to purchase up to 1 MFDs at discounted prices for development purpose.
- Showcase in Ricoh USA website as Premier Plus Partner
Premier Plus members have access to the full set of RiDP development tools which include:
- All benefits offered in Premier Membership
- Web Browser NX
- 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 Development Resources section of the RiDP site. 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.
Premier Gold Membership
- All benefits offered in Premier Plus Membership
- 20 support incidents per year (Additional Support ticket can be purchased separately)
- Eligible to purchase up to 3 MFDs at discounted prices for development purpose.
- Showcase in Ricoh USA website as Premier Gold Partner
Premier Platinum Membership
- All benefits offered in Premier Gold Membership
- Unlimited support incidents per year
- Eligible to purchase up to 7 MFDs at discounted prices for development purpose.
- Showcase in Ricoh USA website as Premier Platinum Partner