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Ricoh Aficio GX3050N Supplementary Manual

Ricoh Aficio GX3050N Supplementary Manual

8.5 ppm color 10.5 ppm monochrome inkjet printer
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Ricoh GX3050N
8.5 PPM Color
•
Inkjet Printer*
Suggested retail price: $279
aLso INsIDe
Specifications
Certificate of
Reliability
Ratings scale:
Excellent, Very
Good, Good, Fair
and Poor.
© 2006 Buyers Laboratory Inc. WARNING: This material is copyrighted by Buyers Laboratory Inc. and is the sole property of Buyers Laboratory. Duplication of this proprietary report or excerpts from this report, in any man-

ner, whether printed or electronic (including, but not limited to, copying, faxing, scanning or use on a fax-back system), is illegal and strictly forbidden without written permission from Buyers Laboratory. Violators will be pros-
ecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 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.
10.5 PPM Monochrome
Test period duration: Two months, including a 12,500-impression durability test.
Manufacturer: Ricoh Corporation; West Caldwell, NJ; made in China.
Maximum monthly duty cycle: Up to 10,000 impressions.
BLI's recommended monthly volume for optimum performance: Up to 2,500 impressions.
Type: Desktop, color piezo inkjet printer.
GENERAL APPRAISAL
Offering flawless reliability and excellent productivity, the Ricoh GX3050N
provided an excellent overall performance in BLI's tests. In addition to
completing its 12,500-impression test with no service required and not even
a single misfeed, the unit proved to be economical, featuring the lowest
color cost per page for comparable inkjet printers.
With a rated speed of 10.5 ppm in black and 8.5 ppm in color in the default
High Speed mode (the unit features speeds of up to 29 ppm in black and
color when printing in High Speed Draft mode) and support for up to legal-
size stock, the Ricoh GX3050N demonstrated faster-than-average first page
times compared to similar tested inkjet printers. The unit, which employs
* In "High Speed" mode, the unit's default setting.
BuyeRs LaBoRatoRy INc.
A Comprehensive BLI Laboratory Evaluation
Reliability .............................................. Excellent
Misfeeds ....................................................... 0
Service Calls .................................................. 0
Print Quality ................................................ Good
Color Photographic Images ............................ Good
Color Business Graphics ................................ Good
Black Text ................................................ Good
Black Line Art ...................................... Very Good
Halftone Range ..................................... Excellent
Halftone Fill .............................................. Good
Black Solids............................................... Good
Wicking ................................................... Good
Ink Bleed .................................................. Good
Pricing Analysis ........................................ Excellent
Supplies Cost Per Page (Color/Black) ... 12.509¢/1.745¢
Ease of Use ............................................. Excellent
Status Information .................................... Excellent
DECEMBER 2006
Ricoh GX3050N
Lab test Report

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  • Page 1 Status Information ... Excellent Test period duration: Two months, including a 12,500-impression durability test. Manufacturer: Ricoh Corporation; West Caldwell, NJ; made in China. Maximum monthly duty cycle: Up to 10,000 impressions. BLI’s recommended monthly volume for optimum performance: Up to 2,500 impressions.
  • Page 2 AdVANTAGEs • The Ricoh GX3050N’s color supplies cost per page is 33.7% less than the average for competitive inkjet products, giving it the lowest color cost per page for supplies of any BLI-tested inkjet printer in its class. • The first-print times for all five file types used in testing are faster than the average for inkjet products tested to date.
  • Page 3 30-ppm range, which have traditionally offered lower supplies cost than inkjet. Based on its excellent performance in BLI's tests, the Ricoh GX3050N is highly recommended by BLI for small workgroups with monthly print volumes of up to 2,500 impressions.

  • Page 4: Print Drivers

    Client operating system support: Windows 95, 98, me, NT4.0, 2000, XP , 2003. Network operating system support: TCP/IP . Print drivers: The Ricoh GX3050N includes PCL 5c and PCL 6 print drivers, as well as a proprietary RPCS driver. Fonts: Host-based. Resolution modes:...

  • Page 5: Ease Of Operation

    Excellent. Users can receive pop-up messages for completed print jobs and device error conditions at their PCs, as well as icon alerts. Ricoh offers two device monitoring utilities for end users: Status Monitor and SmartDeviceMonitor for Client. Users can access the RCPs print driver’s status moni- tor by double-clicking an icon under the Maintenance tab of the driver.

  • Page 6: User-Replaceable Consumables

    Color Black Ink cost per page is based on Ricoh’s pricing for the ink cartridge and BLI’s tested ink yield based on an original with 5% page coverage. The supplies cost per page is based on Ricoh’s pricing and BLI’s tested yields for the black ink cartridge.

  • Page 7: Print Quality

    Halftone range: Clearly visible from the 1% to 100% dot-fill levels, with distinct transitions between levels. Typical halftone range for inkjet printers: 4% to 90%. Cyan Magenta 0.82 0.79 Ricoh GX3050N Lab TesT RepoRT Yellow 0.73...
  • Page 8 The sample is allowed to dry one hour before testing. Two samples are tested (one at the default quality and one at the highest quality setting). Alkaline 0.02 Ricoh GX3050N Lab TesT RepoRT Drip 2 .006 Acid...

  • Page 9: Print Productivity

    (e.g., if the vendor’s rated print speed is 20 ppm, 40 pages are printed). The Ricoh GX3050N’s print speeds were tested in the default High Speed mode using the PCL 6 driver.
  • Page 10 100 for each run length. All jobs are based on a 10-page document printed in the default High Speed mode on the Ricoh GX3050N using the PCL 6 print driver. © 2006 Buyers Laboratory Inc. WARNING: This material is copyrighted by Buyers Laboratory Inc. and is the sole property of Buyers Laboratory. Duplication of this proprietary report or excerpts from this report, in any man- ner, whether printed or electronic (including, but not limited to, copying, faxing, scanning or use on a fax-back system), is illegal and strictly forbidden without written permission from Buyers Laboratory.
  • Page 11 100 for each run length. All jobs are based on a 10-page document printed in the default High Speed mode on the Ricoh GX3050N using the PCL 6 print driver. © 2006 Buyers Laboratory Inc. WARNING: This material is copyrighted by Buyers Laboratory Inc. and is the sole property of Buyers Laboratory. Duplication of this proprietary report or excerpts from this report, in any man- ner, whether printed or electronic (including, but not limited to, copying, faxing, scanning or use on a fax-back system), is illegal and strictly forbidden without written permission from Buyers Laboratory.
  • Page 12 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 Print drivers: The Ricoh GX3050N ships with Ricoh RPCs, PCL 5c and PCL 6 print drivers for Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP and 2003.

  • Page 13: Included Software

    Buyers LaBoratory ricoh GX3050N’ s embedded Web Page Included software: The Ricoh GX3050N includes the PCL 6/5c, RPCs print driver and SmartDeviceMonitor utility on one CD-ROM. SmartDevice- monitor can be configured to start when the system boots and run minimized on the taskbar tray. The icon on the taskbar will give the user visual indications when there is an error or warning condition.

  • Page 14: Specifications

     sPecIFIcatIoNs Ricoh GX3050N 29 ppm/29 ppm (mono/color) Desktop Piezo Inkjet Us release: June 2006 US SRP / Street: $279/INA Color Type: Controller: CPU / Bits / mhz: TmP R4956CXBG-400/INA/400 memory (std / max): 64 mB/ 64 mB HDD: PdLs: RPCs Raster, PCL5c/6 ...
  • Page 15 Ricoh GX3050N throughout BLI's in-house durability test. This is to certify that when subjected to a 12,500-impression Buyers Lab durability test in a networked environment, the Ricoh GX3050N proved to be a highly reliable product. December 2006 ANTHONY F . POLIFRONE DATE ®...

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