Copy Concurrency; User Productivity; Image Quality - Ricoh Aficio 3228C Manual

Ricoh Aficio 3228C
Copy
Within photo and text/photo modes you
can enhance output by selecting;
photographic print, press print and second
generation copy options.
The Ricoh Aficio 3228C comes with the
same copier functionality users would
expect to find on a monochrome device,
including: page numbering and stapling,
cover mode, shift/erase and book copying, N-
up copying, job interrupt, 25 to 400 percent
zoom, mixed original mode and more.

Copy Concurrency

To accommodate environments where
copy is an important workflow the Ricoh
Aficio 3228C includes a copy concurrency
capability. By this we mean that if a copy
job is already in progress, that a user can
scan a second copy job into the queue.
While restricting advance copy queue
capability to two jobs is more limited than
some rival devices, it should satisfy the
needs of most office environments.

User Productivity

While manufacturers may promote the
headline speed of a device, the most
important aspects of the device to many
copy users will not be the engine speed,
but is more likely to be areas such as:
•
First copy out time
•
Scanning speed
•
Maximum document feeder capacity
•
Simplicity of interface layout
These factors are all going to play a larger
part in the overall time a walk-up user
needs to spend at the device before they
can return to work with their single page
copy job or leave the device to run when
larger copy jobs are required. In all these
key areas of user productivity, the Ricoh
Aficio 3228C stands out as being a device
to beat.
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Image Quality

The image quality from the Ricoh Aficio
3228C was among the best we have seen
from a front office color MFP.
The overall appearance of the output was
a soft sheen due to the wax-impregnated
toner. This had a pleasing look without
suffering from the glare that a high gloss
finish can produce when being read in
offices with overhead lighting.
Fine lines and fonts were well reproduced
with no areas of concern. Grayscales were
reproduced well with none of the stepping
that we have seen on some devices.
Skin tones had a natural look and feel
while at the same time solid areas of color
had the vibrancy that office users
producing presentations need.
The biggest area of improvement that the
new PxP toner imaging system highlighted
versus previous Ricoh color MFPs was in
the reproduction of halftone images such
as photographs. While in the past some
output had a slightly grainy appearance
the output from the Ricoh Aficio 3228C
looked much more professional.
The only area of image quality concern
was in the reproduction of grayscales
when produced using CMYK. The problem
is not one unique to Ricoh. When
producing grayscale shades on a page
containing color data the Auto Color Mode
has to reproduce the grayscales using a
mix of CMYK toner. This can result, as in
the case of the Ricoh Aficio 3228C and
virtually all other devices, in a slight hint of
one color within the grey. In the case of the
Ricoh Aficio 3228C it was a slight hint of
cyan giving the 25 percent grayscale
shade a slightly bluish tint.
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