Look Out, Xerox

FORGET HOW MANY COPIES A MACHINE CAN MAKE WITHOUT jamming. RICOH has a new photocopier that automatically translates documents from English to Japanese, producing a subtitled copy within two minutes. Focusing on the key words in each sentence, the IMAGS530 prints Japanese equivalents under them and provides a backup sheet listing alternate meanings. It also sends faxes, serves as a digital printer, makes coffee . . .

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