Ricoh SP 4100N Brochure & Specs page 9

SuPPoRtING teSt DAtA
Test Environment
Test Equipment
Test Duration
Tested Configuration
Test Procedures
Buyers Laboratory Inc. • 20 Railroad Avenue • Hackensack, NJ 07601 • USA • (201) 488-0404
Michael Danziger
CEO
Mark Lerch
COO
Anthony F. Polifrone
Managing Director
Daria M. Hoffman
Managing Editor
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The product has been tested in BLI's 10,000-square-foot test lab, in an environment
monitored by a Honeywell Temp/RH chart recorder, which replicates typical office
conditions.
BLI's dedicated test network, consisting of Windows 2000 servers, Windows XP work-
stations, 10/100BaseTX network switches and CAT5 cabling.
Products are tested for two months, a portion of which consists of a durability
test during which the product is run at its manufacturer-rated maximum monthly
volume, with daily volumes evenly divided over the course of the test.
SP 4100N configuration, which includes 192 MB of RAM, one 500-sheet paper drawer
and a 10/100BaseTX Ethernet interface, as well as the optional duplex unit and an
additional 500-sheet paper drawer.
The test methods and procedures employed by BLI in its lab testing include BLI's pro-
prietary procedures and industry-standard test procedures. In addition to a number
of proprietary test documents, BLI uses an industry-standard KATUN test original for
evaluating black image quality and test suites from Quality Logic to evaluate appli-
cations compatibility. In addition to a visual observation, density of black output
is measured using an X-Rite 428 Densitometer. Georgia-Pacific Spectrum Multi-Use
20-lb. bond is used in the tests, 10 percent of which is recycled paper containing
30 percent post-consumer content. Image quality is tested using Georgia-Pacific
Printing Paper (95 brightness, 22-lb. bond).
Lynn Nannariello Carl Schell
Assistant Managing Editor
Marlene Orr Lisa Reider
Printer Industry Analyst
Ben Curry Marc Bussanich
Associate Editor, Solutions
Tracie Hines Pete Emory
Associate Editor
George Mikolay
Associate Editor
contact BLI at (201) 488-0404 (x17) or at info@buyerslab.com.
Buyers LaBoratory
Pia Beddiges
Associate Editor Manager of Competitive Services
Ken Nardone
Research Editor Technical Manager, Field Testing
Anthony Marchesini
Technical Analyst IT Director
T. R. Patrick
Manager of Laboratory Art Director
Testing
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