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Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL
40 PPM Color Laser Printer
Test duration: Two months, including 100,000-impression
durability test.
ALSo INSIDe
Test Procedures
Specifications
Certificate of
Reliability
Ratings scale:
Excellent, Very
Good, Good, Fair
and Poor.
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Reliability .............................................. Excellent
Administrative Utilities .............................. Excellent
Feedback to Workstations .......................... Very Good
Ease of Network Setup .............................. Very Good
Print Drivers ........................................... Excellent
Applications Compatibility .......................... Excellent
Color Print Quality ................................... Very Good
Black Print Quality ................................... Very Good
Color Print Productivity ............................. Very Good
Black Print Productivity ............................. Very Good
Ease of Use ............................................ Very Good
Feature Set ........................................... Very Good
Toner Yield ............................................ Very Good
Cost per Page (Color/Black) ...................5.206¢/1.172¢
Value ................................................... Very Good
Manufacturer's recommended monthly volume: Up to 200,000 impressions.
BLI's recommended monthly volume for optimum performance: Up to 35,000 impressions.
More information on the Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL is available through bliQ (www.buyerslab.com/bliQ).
BLI ReCoMMeNDAtIoN
Offering a cost per page that is among the lowest for competitive models
tested to date, the Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL color laser printer demonstrated
an impressive performance during its 100,000-impression BLI evaluation,
completing the two-month test with no service calls and no paper jams
recorded, for a flawless reliability performance.
Using four-drum, single-pass technology to output at 40 ppm in both black and
color, the Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL produces very good color output due in
part to Ricoh's PxP Toner technology; the chemically-grown toner particles are
smaller and more uniform in size, which provides crisp, clear text, improved
definition and sharper images. Moreover, over the course of the two-month
test, the color output of this unit remained very consistent throughout the
test. Black output was also very good. BLI test technicians cited crisp, cleanly
contact BLI at (201) 488-0404 (x17) or at info@buyerslab.com.
Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL
A Comprehensive BLI Laboratory Evaluation
MAY 2007
Lab test Report
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Manufacturer’s recommended monthly volume: Up to 200,000 impressions. BLI’s recommended monthly volume for optimum performance: Up to 35,000 impressions. More information on the Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL is available through bliQ (www.buyerslab.com/bliQ). BLI ReCoMMeNDAtIoN Offering a cost per page that is among the lowest for competitive models... -
Page 2: Reliability
, — and represent positive, negative and neutral attributes, respectively. + The Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL is certified highly reliable by BLI, complet- ing a two-month, 100,000-impression durability test without experiencing a single misfeed and with no service calls required. -
Page 3: Feedback To Workstations
Buyers LaBoratory SmartDeviceMonitor For Admin – Device Discovery Web SmartDeviceMonitor is available for free download from the Ricoh Web site. Web SmartDeviceMonitor allows administrators to discover, monitor and manage Ricoh and compatible non-Ricoh devices on the network via a standard Web browser without needing to install additional software. -
Page 4: Smartdevicemonitor For Client
Properties screen for that driver will open and display infor- mation on device status, device configuration and job history. SmartDeviceMonitor For Client contact BLI at (201) 488-0404 (x17) or at info@buyerslab.com. Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL Lab TesT RepoRT... -
Page 5: Ease Of Network Setup
The Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL ships with four print drivers (a proprietary Ricoh RPCS, Adobe PostScript 3, PCL 5c and PCL 6). The drivers are well laid out and easy to use on the Windows XP platform tested and offer a feature set typical of most color printers. -
Page 6: Color Print Quality
Black Print Quality Black output produced by the Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL was very good over- all; text was excellent, with crisp and cleanly formed characters, even at 6-point font sizes. Line art was also produced very well; diagonal lines were clean and straight, with no stair-stepping evident. -
Page 7: Ease Of Use
Further enhancing ease of use is the excellent feedback on device and print job status provided by the SmartDeviceMonitor utility. Replacing the toner cartridges and drums in the Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL is a clean and straightforward procedure for and procedures for loading paper and removing misfeeds are very simple. -
Page 8: Feature Set
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 The standard paper capacity of the Ricoh SP C811DN, at 3,200 sheets, is more than twice the average when compared to the average for color print- ers in this class;... -
Page 9: Toner Yield
The tested yields for the black and color toner cartridges are higher than the average for tested printers in this class. The Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL is priced competitively with the average for competitive ledger-size network-ready single-pass color printers with simi- lar standard features (i.e., printers with a color speed from 35 to 45 ppm,... - Page 10 Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL model. The test methods and procedures employed by BLI in its lab testing include BLI’s proprietary procedures and industry-standard test procedures.
- Page 11 When using SmartDeviceMonitor for Admin, the administrator can create groups of printers, lock the control panel, config- ure printer settings and manage the Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN, as well as any other compatible device on the network—printer or multifunctional—with an embedded Web page. Energy-save contact BLI at (201) 488-0404 (x17) or at info@buyerslab.com.
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Page 12: Hard Drive
SmartDeviceMonitor for Client, which automatically creates the printer port on the client workstation, allows monitoring of the device and provides feedback regarding print job status and error and/or warning conditions to users. Print log details are accessible from SmartDeviceMonitor for Admin, SmartDe- viceMonitor for Client (only the user’s own print log) and the... - Page 13 Name, Status, Pages, Started At (date and time) and User ID. Embedded Web page: Yes. The Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN’s embedded Web page offers device status information, including paper size and a gauge representing the amount of paper in each drawer, a toner gauge and temporary job history, as well as a listing of cur- rent settings and error messages.
- Page 14 High Speed Yes / Yes Send once/print many: The file size sent to the printer from the PC did not increase when printing multiple collated sets regardless of whether collate was selected from the Windows print screen within an application or from within the drivers. Output was properly collated.
- Page 15 Color Test Target is read using the Minolta CM503I Spectropho- tometer and samples are analyzed using the CIE XY Chroma- ticity Diagram. The Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL uses an internal automatic color calibration, as well as a manual color calibra- tion procedure.
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Page 16: Print Density
First-Print Time All files are printed using the Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN’s PostScript driver at the default 600dpi. First-print time indicates the time it took to RIP, image and deliver the first page of the test document to the output tray. - Page 17 (e.g., if the vendor’s rated print speed is 20 ppm, 40 pages are printed). The Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN’s print speeds were tested at 600 dpi using the PostScript driver.
- Page 18 10 Sets 48.5 48.4 83.1 82.7 91.2 90.9 1 Set 5 Sets 10 Sets contact BLI at (201) 488-0404 (x17) or at info@buyerslab.com. Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL Lab TesT RepoRT 96.1 84.6 84.9 83.0 20 Sets Overall 96.3 96.2 79.8 79.5...
- Page 19 Yellow 358.3 Toner cost per page is based on Ricoh’s Web pricing for the toner cartridges and BLI’s tested toner yields using a toner yield test original with 5% page coverage per color. The supplies cost per page is based on Ricoh’s Web pricing and BLI’s tested toner yields for all four colors of toner (cyan, magenta, yellow and black), as well as Ricoh’s rated yields for the photoconductor units, waste toner container,...
- Page 20 SPeCIfICAtIoNS Ricoh Aficio SP C8111DN-DL 40 ppm/40 ppm (mono / color) Desktop Laser, electrostatic US release: January 2007 US SRP / Street: $5,799 None Color Type: 4-Color Controller: Ricoh CPU / Bits / MHz: Celeron/INA/866 Memory (std / max): 512 MB/512 MB...
- Page 21 BLI's in-house durability test. This is to certify that when subjected to a 100,000-impression Buyers Lab durability test in a networked environment, the Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN-DL proved to be a highly reliable product. 2007 ANTHONY F . POLIFRONE DATE ®...