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The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles

Ricoh Aficio CL7200

Ricoh Aficio CL7200D

Ricoh Aficio CL7200DT1

Ricoh Aficio CL7200DT2

Ricoh Aficio CL7200DL

28ppm color

32ppm black & white

Sum-up: Speedy, feature-rich ledger-size printer family with

low operating costs.

The Ricoh Aficio CL7200 family offers high speed and

excellent features, including the capability to print at

ledger size and produce folded booklets. Running at

28ppm in color and 32ppm in black-and-white, it offers

excellent paper handling at reasonable prices (starting at

$3,495) for the base model.

The CL7200 family has five configurations. They are:

lThe base model CL7200 ($3,495 list), which starts

with 1,100 sheets of input.

lThe CL7200D ($3,795), which adds a duplex unit.

lThe CL7200DT1 ($4,995), which adds a third 500-

sheet drawer for a total of 1,600 sheets.

lThe CL7200DT2 ($5,695), which adds a fourth 500-

sheet drawer for a total of 2,100 sheets.

lThe CL7200DL (also $5,695), which adds a 2,000-

sheet stacker (replacing two of the 500-sheet drawers)

for a total of 3,100 sheets.

All of the units arepowered by a 733MHz processor.

They start with 256MB of memory, expandable to

512MB. A 40GB hard disk is available. The estimated

monthly duty cycle is a maximum of 200,000 pages.

Ethernet and USB connectivity are standard for all

models.Among the options areWi-Fi, Bluetooth, gigabit

Ethernet, and even a parallel connection.

Input starts with a 100-sheet multipurpose tray and two

500-sheet trays. You can add up to two more 500-sheet

trays,or a 2,000-sheet large-capacity tray. The bypass will

handle up to 90lb. bond, while the standard drawers are

limited to up to 28lb.bond. As noted above, 11" x 17"

paper can be handled.

Output is where this model gets exciting. The standard

output is a 100-sheet bypass tray and a 500-sheet stan-

dard tray. The options include a multiposition finisher

thatcan handle up to 2,000 sheets and staple up to 50

sheets. Alternatively,there’s a 1,000-sheet booklet maker

that can create saddlestitched booklets of up to 50 sheets.

You can adda 2/3-hole punch to either unit.

As with other Ricoh printers, the costs per page are

quite low: around 1.3¢ in black and 6.6¢ in color. These

are excellent costs,with few rivals in the printing segment

doing better.

Ricoh has had a good track record in producing afford-

able, feature-laden ledger color laser printers. The

CL7200 models combine very good speed, strong paper

inputs, excellent finishing options, and a heavy-duty

cycle. In addition, the price is very reasonable compared

to far less able ledger printers. The CL7200 is a very good

buy that is deserving of our Editor’s Choice Award.

Chart entries — pages 107–108

Ricoh Aficio GX3000

Ricoh Aficio GX3050N

29ppm color

29ppm black & white

Ricoh Aficio GX5050N

30ppm color

30ppm black & white

Sum-up: New laser-quality GelSprint machines are out-

standing bargains.

With Ricoh’s rollout of three new color printers using its

revolutionaryGelSprint technology, the company has

taken a major leap in the industry-wide quest to develop

inexpensive laser-quality color machines with the low

purchase price of a low-end ink jet printer.

Ricoh Aficio CL7200/CL7300D

Consumables costs at-a-glance

Price

Yield

Full-color cost per page

Black-and-whitecost per page

Black toner $60.00 20,000 $ 0.003 $ 0.003

Cyan toner $134.00 10,000 $ 0.013 N/A

Magenta toner $134.00 10,000 $ 0.013 N/A

Yellow toner $134.00 10,000 $ 0.013 N/A

Drum/black $115.00 40,000 $ 0.003 $ 0.003

Drums (3)/3-color $365.00 40,000 $ 0.009 N/A

Developer/black $97.00 80,000 $ 0.001 $ 0.001

Developer/3-color $330.00 80,000 $ 0.004 N/A

Fuser $460.00 80,000 $ 0.006 $ 0.006

TOTAL PER-PAGE COSTS

$0.0663 $ 0.0128

6.63 1.28

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