Summing Up; What We'd Like To See - Ricoh Aficio 3228C Manual

Ricoh Aficio 3228C

Summing Up

There is a lot to like about the Ricoh Aficio
3228C. Within a compact footprint lies a
device packed with features that leave
many competing units well behind.
While the seemingly endless list of
features may not have an underlying
benefit to everyone, the versatility offered
by the device makes it a strong contender
in most vertical and horizontal
environments.
The pedigree of Ricoh's Document Server
document storing technology is in
evidence within every aspect of the device,
providing time saving opportunities for both
walk-up and desktop users. That is not to
say that it is perfect. We would like to see
the ability to view the entire document from
within Web Image Viewer and would also
like to Ricoh take the next step and build in
the capability to convert files into a
searchable format so that users can
search files by content without having to
pull them back to the desktop.
Image quality, which in the past has been
an area that some competitors have
focused upon when attacking Ricoh color
products, is now an area most would be
best steering conversations away from
when trying to outgun the Ricoh Aficio
3228C. With the exception of grayscale
reproduction in full color mode the image
quality was impressive in both copy and
print modes.
Print and copy productivity are up to the
usual high speed we have come to expect
from Ricoh. There are a few potential
productivity bottleneck areas surrounding
the low supplies of legal and ledger/A3
paper and the copy concurrency limit of
only 2 jobs. These two factors might cause
certain environments to experience higher
than desired user intervention rates
compared to some rival units.
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Scan and fax functionality are both at the
top of the pile. The ability to attach pre-
scanned files with hard copy originals may,
in the right workflow environment, offer
significant time efficiency advantages
versus competitors.
With its color dropout scanning
functionality, Ricoh has yet again laid
down the gauntlet to other MFR
manufacturers and raised the bar in the
area of MFP scanning, moving beyond the
simplistic world of scan to email and scan
to desktop and now entering the realm of
being a genuine scanning workflow
solution provider.

What We'd Like to See

We would like to have seen the ability to
combine multiple destination types within a
single scan operation. This is a feature that
could again reduce user intervention time
and is a feature available on some rival
units without the need to purchase top end
scanning capabilities such as GlobalScan.
In closing, the Ricoh Aficio 3228C will be a
tough device to beat and will be a valuable
addition to most offices.
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