Toshiba Ranks Best Overall

TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC. RANKS “BEST OVERALL” IN OFFICE PRODUCTS ANALYST’S ANNUAL COLOR END-USER SURVEY


End-User Survey Rates TABS MFPs Best in 12 of 20 Sub-Categories within Reliability, Image Quality, Functionality and Total Cost of Ownership


Irvine, California (December 18, 2006)


Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. (TABS), is proud to announce that it achieved the highest overall rating in the Office Products Analyst’s (OPA) Annual Color End-User Survey. Among the 20-plus competing brands, Toshiba ranked “Best Overall” with a cumulative rating of 9.3 out of 10. TABS also received the highest average ratings in both effectiveness and performance, as well as the four core survey categories including: Reliability, Image Quality, Operability & Functionality and Maintenance & Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).


“We congratulate Toshiba on this impressive achievement,” said Andy Slawetsky, president, Industry Analysts, Inc. “Based on the results of this study, anyone in the market for a color device should consider Toshiba products.”


The OPA Annual Color End-User Survey represents opinions from 128 verified end-user responses encompassing 253 installed devices including multifunction products (MFPs), copiers and printers. Participants rated devices in a variety of categories on a scale of 1 - 10 (one being lowest, 10 highest). TABS users consistently rated its full-color products higher than users of any other brand in the OPA survey, with a 15 percent gap between TABS and the lowest ranked brand, and a 3.3 percent gap over the second-highest-rated brand.


“We are thrilled to receive such rave reviews from Toshiba’s end-user customers through the OPA Survey,” said Kay Fernandez, director products & solutions marketing. “The show of continued satisfaction from our customers validates TABS technology leadership in the market and our commitment to developing only the highest-quality products.”