Print; Rpcs Driver Design - Ricoh Aficio 3228C Manual

Ricoh Aficio 3228C

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Network printing is standard on the Ricoh
Aficio 3228C. This is a trend that is
commonplace in the office color MFP
market.
The controller is powered by an 600 MHz
processor, with an impressive 1 GB RAM
and an 80 GB hard drive.
Standard connectivity includes
10/100BaseT Ethernet and USB 2.0.
Parallel, Wireless 802.11b, BlueTooth and
FireWire (IEEE1394) connectivity are
available as optional upgrades.
We would have preferred to have seen the
faster IEEE 802.11g wireless option, but
were still impressed by the range of
connectivity options available.
PCL5c, PCL6 and Ricoh's own RPCS
printer drivers are all included as standard.
Genuine Adobe PostScript 3 and Direct
PDF printing are available for an additional
charge. True 1,200 x 1,200 dpi print output
is supported in all PDLs except PCL5c,
which is restricted to 600 dpi.
While readers will be accustomed to
seeing PCL and Post-
Script PDLs, RPCS may
be less familiar to those
considering Ricoh for the
first time.
RPCS (Refined Printer
Command Stream) is the
company's own
proprietary driver
software utilizing the
power of the desktop
CPU while taking much
of its printing technology
from PCL. This best of
both worlds offers,
according to Ricoh, a
speedier driver.
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In certain circumstances, we agree. For
example, it shaved 25 percent off of a 4
MB high-resolution image contained in a
Word file. However, this kind of
improvement is dependent on the speed of
the desktop CPU and the current
application load.
Productivity when measured in terms of
print submission to print output was very
good across all three drivers, with all three
drivers outperforming most competitors on
most standard office workloads. As
expected, PostScript lagged behind PCL
on most Microsoft applications, with RPCS
taking first place. PostScript however
proved to be more efficient at handling
PDF workflow.

RPCS Driver Design

The RPCS driver has a very different look
and feel compared to the PCL and
PostScript drivers.
This in itself has its pros and cons. RPCS
fans will say that the icon-based driver
offers greater ease of use and a higher
Ricoh's RPCS icon-driven RPCS driver
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