Ricoh MP C6000, MP C7500 manual Black-Over-Print, CLP Colour Simulation, Bonjour

Mac environments and is advantageous where advanced Desktop Publishing Applications like Quark and Adobe InDesign are used.

Mail to Print (requires PS3 option)

Mail to Print is a new feature that enables users to send an email with attached data directly to the MFP for printing. Perfect for offices where staff don’t all have access to PC, this feature allows documents to be printed without the need to open them.

This feature might prove beneficial in a centralised administration centre where documents generated in regional offices can be printed directly to the centralised administration department’s MFP for action.

Mobile Driver (requires PS3 option)

A ‘mobile driver’ is a common driver that can be used for all Aficio MFPs and printers configured with the PS3 print option. The advantage of the driver is that a single easy- to-use print interface can be used across a number of different machines. Field based staff calling into branch offices with different Aficio devices do not need machine specific print drivers . Using the mobile driver they can print easily to any PS3 configured Aficio device.

PDF Direct Print (requires PS3 option)

A feature of the PostScript option, PDF Direct Print enables PDF documents to be printed without being opened at the PC, reducing network traffic and the time taken for data transfer. Although PDF files are relatively small, when changed to print data they become larger and can place unnecessary load on the network. A 325KB PDF file can, for example, become a 2.18MB print file when printed through a windows driver. PDF Print Direct solves this problem by allowing the printer controller to receive the PDF file directly from the PC and generate printable data in the controller. The network traffic (load transmission) will be reduced and productivity increased.

Black-Over-Print

The Black-Over-Print feature renders black toner over a full background image for litho quality overlays. It helps avoid unsightly print effects like haloing (where a white background is visible behind black text laid over an image).

CLP Colour Simulation

The Colour Simulation feature allows the Aficio MP C6000 and MP C7500 to emulate HP laser printer profiles for consistent colour output across multiple production devices. This feature may prove useful when selling into an environment where there are already HP Colour Laser Jet printers as it will show that the Aficio can produce output of similar appearance to the HP.

Bonjour

Bonjour is Apple Computer's version of ZeroConf (Zero Configuration Networking), a set of protocols that enables a device on an IP network to automatically recognize and connect with other devices on the network. To the end user, this means that when a new device connects to the network, every computer on the network is able to use it instantly without any setup or special configuration. Bonjour uses IETF standards for both Link Local Addressing (LLA) and Multicast DNS (mDNS). mDNS allows the new device to advertise its existence and the services it offers. LLA looks around, negotiates with other devices on the subnet, and picks a suitable IP address for the device.

Bonjour provides users with the following three solutions:

Addressing (allocating IP addresses to hosts)

Naming (using names to refer to hosts instead of IP addresses)

Service discovery (finding and using services on the network)