Ricoh Aficio GX5050N Brochure & Specs

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Ricoh Aficio GX5050N
15.5 PPM Color
Monochrome Inkjet Printer*
Test period duration: Two months, including a 16,500-
impression durability test.
ALso INsIDe
Specifications
Certificate of
Reliability
Ratings scale:
Excellent, Very
Good, Good, Fair
and Poor.
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ecuted to the fullest extent of the law. To purchase reprints of any BLI reports or articles, contact BLI at (201) 488-0404. Buyers Laboratory Inc., 20 Railroad Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Contact us at info@buyerslab.com.
19.5 PPM
Suggested retail price: $369
Manufacturer: Ricoh Corporation; West Caldwell, NJ; made in China.
Maximum monthly duty cycle: Up to 33,000 impressions.
BLI's recommended monthly volume for optimum performance: Up to 3,500 impressions.
Type: Desktop, color piezo inkjet printer.
GENERAL APPRAISAL
Offering flawless reliability and admirable productivity, the Ricoh Aficio
GX5050N provided an exceptional overall performance in BLI's tests. In
addition to completing its 16,500-impression test with no service required
and not even a single misfeed, the competitively priced unit proved to be
economical as well, featuring the a cost per page that is among the lowest
for comparable inkjet printers.
With a rated speed of 19.5 ppm in black and 15.5 ppm in color in the default
Standard mode (the unit features speeds of up to 30 ppm in black and color
when printing in High Speed Draft mode) and support for up to legal-size output,
contact BLI at (201) 488-0404 (x17) or at info@buyerslab.com.
Ricoh Aficio GX5050N
BuyeRs LABoRAtoRy INc.
A Comprehensive BLI Laboratory Evaluation
Reliability .............................................. Excellent
Misfeeds ...................................................... 0

Service Calls ................................................. 0

Print Quality .......................................... Very Good
Color Photographic Images ........................... Good
Color Business Graphics ............................... Good
Black Text ......................................... Very Good
Black Line Art ........................................... Good
Halftone Range .................................... Excellent
Halftone Fill ...................................... Very Good
Black Solids ....................................... Very Good
Wicking .................................................. Good
Ink Bleed ................................................ Good
Pricing Analysis ....................................... Very Good
Supplies Cost Per Page (Color/Black) ....9.218¢/1.612¢
Ease of Use ............................................. Excellent
Status Information .................................... Excellent
* In "Standard" mode, the unit's default setting. 30 ppm in color
and black in High Speed Draft mode.
MAY 2007
Lab test Report

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  • Page 1: Service Calls

    GENERAL APPRAISAL Offering flawless reliability and admirable productivity, the Ricoh Aficio GX5050N provided an exceptional overall performance in BLI's tests. In addition to completing its 16,500-impression test with no service required and not even a single misfeed, the competitively priced unit proved to be economical as well, featuring the a cost per page that is among the lowest for comparable inkjet printers.
  • Page 2 ADVANTAGES • The Ricoh Aficio GX5050N’s supplies cost per page for both black and color output are the second lowest for competitive inkjet products tested. • The first-print times for all five file types used in testing are faster than the average for inkjet products tested to date.
  • Page 3 20- to 30-ppm range, which have traditionally offered lower supplies cost than inkjet. Based on its excellent performance in BLI's tests, the Ricoh Aficio GX5050N is highly recommended by BLI for small workgroups with monthly print volumes of up to 3,500 impressions.
  • Page 4: Print Drivers

    Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4.0, 2000, XP , 2003 and Vista. Network operating system support: TCP/IP . Print drivers: The Ricoh Aficio GX5050N includes PCL 5c and PCL 6 print driv- ers, as well as a proprietary RPCS driver. Fonts: Host-based.
  • Page 5: Ease Of Operation

    Excellent. Users can receive pop-up messages for completed print jobs and device error conditions at their PCs, as well as icon alerts. Ricoh offers two device monitoring utilities for end users: Status Monitor and SmartDeviceMonitor for Client. Users can access the RCPS print driver’s Status Moni- tor by double-clicking an icon under the Maintenance tab of the driver.
  • Page 6: User-Replaceable Consumables

    Price, $57. Manufacturer’s rated yield, 3,000 pages at 5% cov- erage. Color ink cartridges (cyan, magenta, yellow): Price, $62 each. Manufacturer’s rated yield, 2,300 pages each at 5% coverage. contact BLI at (201) 488-0404 (x17) or at info@buyerslab.com. Ricoh Aficio GX5050N Lab TesT RepoRT...
  • Page 7: Print Quality

    (In Grams) Black Ink cost per page is based on Ricoh’s pricing for the ink cartridge and BLI’s tested ink yield based on the ISO 19752 an original with 5% page coverage. The supplies cost per page is based on Ricoh’s pricing and BLI’s tested yields for the black ink cartridge.
  • Page 8 CIE XY Chromaticity Diagram. Typical of inkjet printers, the Aficio GX5050N produced a smaller color gamut on regular bond paper than those pro- duced by color laser- and LED-based units tested by BLI to date.
  • Page 9 Two samples are tested (one at the default quality and one at the highest quality setting). Alkaline 0.02 contact BLI at (201) 488-0404 (x17) or at info@buyerslab.com. Ricoh Aficio GX5050N Lab TesT RepoRT Drip 2 .000 Acid 0.02...
  • Page 10: Print Productivity

    (e.g., if the vendor’s rated print speed is 20 ppm, 40 pages are printed). The Ricoh Aficio GX5050N’s print speeds were tested in the default Standard mode using the PCL 6 driver.
  • Page 11 Sec. 47.21 39.49 50.26 Print Sets originals Min. Sec. 55.81 14.23 20.61 contact BLI at (201) 488-0404 (x17) or at info@buyerslab.com. Ricoh Aficio GX5050N Lab TesT RepoRT black Efficiency Overall Efficiency 16.4 84.2% 84.2% 16.9 86.7% 85.4% 17.0 87.4% 86.1%...
  • Page 12 100 for each run length. All jobs are based on a 10-page document printed in the default Standard mode on the Ricoh Aficio GX5050N using the PCL 6 print driver. This report has been reproduced with the written permission of Buyers Laboratory Inc. Any duplication of this report, in whole or part, in any form or manner, ©...
  • Page 13 Print drivers: The Ricoh Aficio GX5050N ships with Ricoh RPCS, PCL 5c and PCL 6 print drivers for Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP and 2003. the PCL 6 Print Driver Send once/print many: Yes.
  • Page 14: Included Software

    To purchase reprints of any BLI reports or articles, contact BLI at (201) 488-0404. Buyers Laboratory Inc., 20 Railroad Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Contact us at info@buyerslab.com. Buyers LaBoratory General: The Ricoh Aficio GX5050N was connected to BLI’s test network via its standard 10/100BaseTX connection. Embedded Web page: Yes.
  • Page 15: Specifications

     sPecIFIcAtIoNs Ricoh Aficio GX5050N 30 ppm/30ppm (mono / color) Desktop Piezo Inkjet US release: June 2006 US SRP / Street: $369/ INA Color Type: 4-Color Controller: CPU / Bits / MHz: TMP R4956CXBG-400/INA/400 Memory (std / max): 64 MB/ 64 MB...
  • Page 16 BLI's in-house durability test. This is to certify that when subjected to a 16,500-impression Buyers Lab durability test in a networked environment, the Ricoh Aficio GX5050N proved to be a highly reliable product. 2007 ANTHONY F . POLIFRONE DATE ®...

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