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KYOCERA Mita America Enhances Interactive Tool To Analyze Enterprise Printing Costs

KYOCERA Partners with FMAudit to improve productivity of TCO Optimizer

Fairfield, New Jersey – January 18, 2006 -- Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world’s leading digital document imaging companies, and FMAudit, a business solution provider, announced a partnership to provide accurate assessments of enterprise printing costs for networked and local print devises. Kyocera’s TCO Optimizer and FMAudit’s Viewer and Viewer USB are integrated and available.

FMAudit’s product suite accelerates the network print environment analysis by allowing dealers to accurately measure print volume on all network MFPs and printers over any specific period of time without pre-installing software. This analysis is used to populate Kyocera’s TCO Optimzer and allow dealers to simulate proposed solutions by automatically generating a total cost of ownership report. Developed to complement Kyocera’s TCO Tracker and TCO Calculator, the TCO Optimizer identifies potential savings to determine device deployment scenarios based on utilizing Kyocera devices.

“Our partnership with FMAudit improves the print asset identification process,” said Victor Jacksier, software product manager, Kyocera Mita America. “By responding quickly to customer demands for improved output strategies, Kyocera’s dealers can address related cost issues by clearly illustrating how customers can manage expenditures and measure operating efficiency.”

The TCO Optimizer is absolutely free, and available only through authorized Kyocera independent dealers, and is intended to help maximize the productivity and efficiency of a customer’s document workflow by:

· Accurately measuring print volume on all network MFPs and printers over any specific period of time;

· Automatically generating reports simulating “before and after” device deployment scenarios based on actual business needs;  and

· Displaying the potential costs savings realized by replacing all or a portion of the current output fleet with Kyocera MFPs and printers.

Availability
The TCO Tracker is currently available on-line at www.kyoceramita.com. The TCO Calculator and TCO Optimizer are available through authorized Kyocera Mita America’s resellers and independent dealers. To find the nearest reseller or dealer, log on to Kyocera’s dealer locator at www.kyoceramita.com/us.

About FMAudit
FMAudit is a business solution provider specializing in Print and Supply Management software solutions. FMAudit has experience assisting the business community with the implementation and utilization of this technology and integrating it with various business system software and processes. For more information on FMAudit and the Viewer product line, call (573)-632-2461, or visit the FMAudit Website at www.fmaudit.com.

About Kyocera Mita America, Inc.
Kyocera Mita America, Inc. (www.kyoceramita.com/us), headquartered in Fairfield, N.J., is a leading provider of computer-connectable peripherals, including network-ready digital copiers/printers, laser printers, color copiers/printers, digital laser facsimiles, and multifunctional and wide format imaging solutions. Kyocera Mita America is a group company of Kyocera Corporation, the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of advanced ceramics and associated products, including telecommunications equipment, semiconductor packages and electronic components. Kyocera Mita America, the only document solutions company with third-party certified sales data, has earned numerous honors for its products’ high performance, reliability and cost efficiency. Kyocera Corporation’s consolidated net revenues totaled $11 billion during the year ending on March 31, 2005.

Kyocera Mita America: Awards and Recognition
Kyocera has earned numerous honors and distinctions for its products’ high performance, reliability and cost efficiency along with superior customer service. Kyocera was named “#1 Copier/Multifunctional Product in Overall Customer Satisfaction Among Business Users” by J.D. Power and Associates in their 2005 Copier Customer Satisfaction Study.SM 2 In additional, Buyers Laboratory Inc. awarded both a Fall “Pick of the Year” Award and “Highly Recommended” distinction to the KM-1820, KM-6030, and KM-8030. Kyocera printers and copiers/multifunctional products (MFPs) have also been recognized by Industry Analysts for outstanding reliability. Kyocera has also been honored with a BERTL’s Best Award for the most cost-efficient digital imaging product line as well as a 4-star “Highly Recommended” Award for the KM-8030.