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workgroups. It compares well to similar offerings from

Ricoh’s competitors, including the Hewlett-Packard

Color LaserJet 3800, the Panasonic WORKiO DP-CL22,

and the Kyocera FS-C5025N.It has good paper handling

for a desktop model, and the 22ppm color speed is a com-

mendable improvement over past Ricoh color models in

this price range. This printer gets our Editor’s Choice

Award.

Chart entry — page 106

Ricoh Aficio SP C410DN

26ppm color

26ppm black & white

Ricoh Aficio SP C411DN

31ppm full color

31ppm black & white

Sum-up: Two new standout models in terms of cost per page.

The Aficio SP C410DN and Aficio SP C411DN are new

printers in the Ricoh line. The SP C410DN, which runs

at26ppm in color and black-and-white, has a $1,199 list

price. Besides their speed ratings, these models are iden-

tical.

These printersinclude automatic duplexing and an

Ethernet port. They are powered by a robust 600MHz

processor. Ricoh rates them for up to 150,000 pages per

month, making them solid workhorses for large work-

groups.

PostScript and PCL are supported, as you would

expect. These machines come with 256MB of memory,

which you can upgrade to 512MB. A 40GB hard disk is

an option for both.

Connectivity includes, besides standard USB and

Ethernet, optional Wi-Fi or Bluetooth wireless systems.

Mac and UNIX systems are supported as well as

Windows PCs.

Paper handling starts with a 100-sheet multipurpose

tray and a 550-page standard tray. All trays can handle

heavy card stock up to 110 lb index. You can add one or

two more 550-sheet trays for a maximum paper capacity

of 1,750 sheets. Output is limited to a 500-sheet tray.

In this speed range,you should also look at the Kyocera

FS-C5030N and Brother HL-4200CN, which can match

the SP C410DN’s speed. The main competition to the SP

C411DN is Hewlett-Packard’s Color LaserJet 4700 fami-

ly,which also r uns at 31ppm.

Printing costs are excellent. Black pages cost around

1.3¢; color costs are even better at 6.3¢. That’s one of the

best cost structures in the business, especially for a

midrange printer.

Ricoh offers an upgrade to these printers that adds scan-

ning functionality, including scan-to-email, scan-to-fold-

er, scan-to-FTP

, and scan-to-print.

These are fast workgroup-ready machines, and we

assume you can buy them for a few hundred dollars less

than their $1,199 and $1,599 respective list prices. With

their built-in duplex and low cost of operation, the SP

C410DN and SP C411DN are definitely models that

deserve a close look for busy workgroups.

Chart entries — pages 106–107

Better Buys for Business

Ricoh AficioSP C410DN/C411DN

Consumables costs at-a-glance

Price

Yield

Full-color cost per page

Black-and-whitecost per page

Blacktoner $90.00 15,000 $ 0.006 $ 0.006

Cyan toner $215.00 15,000 $ 0.014 N/A

Magenta toner $215.00 15,000 $ 0.014 N/A

Yellowtoner $215.00 15,000 $ 0.014 N/A

Drum/black $165.00 50,000 $ 0.003 $ 0.003

Drum/3-color $490.00 50,000 $ 0.010 N/A

Transfer unit $140.00 100,000 $ 0.001 $ 0.001

Waste toner bottle $45.00 125,000 $ 0.000 $ 0.000

Fuser unit $195.00 100,000 $ 0.002 $ 0.002

TOTAL PER-PAGE COSTS

$0.0658 $ 0.0130

6.58 1.30

Ricoh CL3500N

Consumables costs at-a-glance

Price

Yield

Full-color cost per page

Black-and-whitecost per page

Black toner $31.75 5,000 $ 0.006 $ 0.006

Cyan toner $85.75 5,000 $ 0.017 N/A

Magenta toner $85.75 5,000 $ 0.017 N/A

Yellow toner $85.75 5,000 $ 0.017 N/A

Drum/black $83.25 13,000 N/A $ 0.006

Drum/4-color $320.25 13,000 $ 0.025 N/A

Transfer unit $106.00 83,000 $ 0.001 $ 0.001

Waste toner bottle $22.00 36,000 $ 0.001 $ 0.001

Fuser unit $247.00 100,000 $ 0.002 $ 0.002

TOTAL PER-PAGE COSTS $0.0868 $ 0.0171

8.68 1.71