Kyocera 2160 R

sets them apart is good speed in color and black and the

extensive (for this end of the market) paper input options.

These Panasonic models have quite good consumables

costs.

Once again, Panasonic has come up with a color print-

er with reasonable consumables costs, a fairly low sticker

price, and good features.

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Panasonic WORKiO DP-CL22

22ppm full color

22ppm black & white

Sum-up: Same basic engine as the other Panasonic models,

but a little faster.

The WORKiO DP-CL22 is a somewhat faster version of

the DP-CL18 (above). It runs at 22ppm in color and

black-and-white. It also has a faster processor, at

600MHz, and a slightly faster first-page-out time. The

price is also a little higher,at $1,199 estimated street;oth-

erwise, its features are exactly the same. Paper capacity

tops out at 1,690 sheets if you add the two optional 530-

sheet trays,and duplexing is standard. Ether net and USB

are standard, wireless Ethernet optional. PostScript is an

option.

The consumables are the same as the DP-CL18 as well.

Like that model, it’s competitive and has a reasonable

price. It also has a good total paper input capacity and

very strong features.

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RICOH

West Caldwell,NJ

800 955 3453

www.ricoh-usa.com

Vendor Profile

Ricoh is at heart a copier and fax company,albeit a diver-

sified one. Up until a few years ago, its forays into the

monochrome printer market had been inconsistent,

although it has for some time offered decent printing

capabilities on its copier-based multifunctional machines.

But the company now sells a number of high-perform-

ance color laser printer models, which we cover in this

guide.Ricoh sells these color laser printers through its

network of dealers, as well as direct on the Internet

through its Ricoh Online Store. It also relabels them

through Gestetner, Lanier,and Savin, which are Ricoh

subsidiaries.

In 2004, Ricoh bought out Hitachi’s laser engine divi-

sion. While Hitachi did not sell color lasers directly in the

US, it has a number of resellers, including Ricoh itself.

Ricoh has an initiative it calls B2C, meaning black to

color.The idea is that most offices need just an occasion-

al color capacity mixed in with black-and-white capabili-

ty.Some Ricoh models offer far faster speed in black than

in color. It is as if the color printing is an extra add-on,

like networking or duplexing, that is thrown in with an

otherwise good black-and-white printer.

Ricoh also recently rolled out a new line of laser-quali-

ty ink jet printers using its GelSprint technology that

we’re covering with its laser machines.

Product Profiles

Ricoh Aficio CL1000N

8ppm full color

31ppm black & white

Note: This model has been discontinued.

Sum-up: Ricoh’s low-end color printer is remarkably speedy

in black-and-white.

The CL1000N is Ricoh’s entry-level color laser printer.It

has a list price of $899 and comes standard with

Ethernet. What’s remarkable is its 31ppm black-and-

white speed. A black-and-white-only printer running at

comparable speeds would be only a little less expensive.

Better Buys for Business

Panasonic WORKiO KX-CL400/DP-CL18/DP-CL22

Consumables costs at-a-glance

Price

Yield

Full-color cost per page

Black-and-whitecost per page

Black toner $42.00 6,000 $ 0.007 $ 0.007

Cyan toner $109.00 6,000 $ 0.018 N/A

Magenta toner $109.00 6,000 $ 0.018 N/A

Yellow toner $109.00 6,000 $ 0.018 N/A

Print cartridge/black $145.00 15,000 $ 0.010 $ 0.010

Print cartridges (3)/3-color $349.00 15,000 $ 0.023 N/A

Waste toner/black $25.00 56,000 $ 0.000 $ 0.000

Waste toner (3)/3-color $25.00 14,000 $ 0.002 N/A

Accumulator unit $129.00 100,000 $ 0.001 $ 0.001

Transfer roller $19.00 100,000 $ 0.000 $ 0.000

Fuser kit $209.00 100,000 $ 0.002 $ 0.002

TOTAL PER-PAGE COSTS $0.1002 $ 0.0207

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