Paper Handling Paper Input | Ricoh MP1350 manual

Paper Handling: Paper Input

Market Background Information:

Paper handling is a core requirement of every device. If a device cannot create documents a user wants on the paper they need, it does not matter how fast the print engine is, or how many pages it can produce in a month.

Paper handling comes down to three key attributes: weight, capacity, and size.

Weight

The majority of paper used in general circulation is graded between 20 lb. bond/80gsm and 28 lb. bond/105gsm. If a device cannot handle these weights through the main paper sources, users are forced to use the low capacity bypass tray. This results in a higher user intervention rate.

The straight paper path of the bypass tray lets it handle heavier paper stocks to create business cards, covers for reports, product brochures, menus, tickets, programs, and other special documents. Paper weights for this type of job usually start at 90 lb. index/163gsm with business card stocks often weighing more at 110 lb. index/200gsm.

Capacity

To reduce user intervention rates on long print runs, departmental and production devices come with higher standard paper capacity than the lower speed, lower volume workgroup devices. Devices with 3,000- to 4,000- sheet capacity as standard are commonplace, with some offering extensive upgrades of 7,000 to 8,000 sheets.

A device’s maximum capacity (without increasing the device footprint) depends upon the paper source configuration. Standard paper trays typically are universal or adjustable trays that can accommodate a wide range of paper supplies. Paper upgrade options on some devices include additional universal trays or a high-capacity tandem drawer.

A tandem drawer maximizes letter capacity by accommodating dual stacks of paper side-by-side. However, larger-sized paper supplies cannot be loaded. To raise capacity even further, some units can be equipped with a side-mounted large capacity unit. These trays are usually limited to letter sized paper supplies only.

Size

Letter size paper is used in the majority of day-to-day business operations. Legal and financial documents often are printed on the longer legal (8.5” x 14”) stock size. However, some environments also rely heavily on the larger ledger sizes for printing spreadsheets, schematics,

		Ricoh Aficio MP1350

	Paper Handling: Input Features Summary

	Standard Paper Capacity	3,000 sheets

	Maximum Paper Capacity	8,050 sheets

	Bypass Tray Capacity	500 sheets

	Maximum Paper Size (bypass)	13” x 18”

	Maximum Paper Size	13” x 18”
	(main trays)	13” x 18”
	(main trays)
	Min/Max Paper Weight (bypass)	16 lb Bond / 110 lb Index

	Min/Max Paper Weight	16 lb Bond / 110 lb Index
	(main trays)	16 lb Bond / 110 lb Index
	(main trays)
	Standard Legal Capacity	1,000 sheets

	Maximum Legal Capacity	5,500 sheets

	Standard Ledger Capacity	1,000 sheets

	Maximum Ledger Capacity	5,500 sheets

	Standard Paper Sources	3

	Maximum Paper Sources	7

	Post Process Insertion (PPI)	Optional, Dual Tray

	PPI Capacity	2 x 200 sheets

design layouts, plans, and for copying books or magazines.

Save Service Click Charges

Users with front office devices usually get charged a service click as part of the lease agreement. This click doubles when printing on ledger paper. However, due to their large volumes, production environments often pay the same click charge for ledger as they do letter. For that reason, many production departments print two letter documents onto one ledger-sized paper and guillotine the sets offline. This reduces service costs by as much as 50 percent. As such, many production buyers will be looking for high ledger capacity units to maximize this opportunity.

13 November 2006

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