Kyocera 2160 RISO

The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles

above, though they are (of course) faster. What is out-

standing is the strong paper-handling capability, includ-

ing paper weights up to 90lb.index. These models handle

12" x 18" paper,so that you can print two pages at a time,

with room for trim marks and bleeds. All models have a

monthly duty cycle of up to 200,000 pages.

The CL7300 family has four variations and all units

come with automatic duplexing:

lThe base model CL7300D ($5,095 list), which starts

with 1,100 sheets of input

lThe CL7300DT1 ($5,995), which adds a third 500-

sheet drawer for a total of 1,600 sheets

lThe CL7300DT2 ($6,740), which adds a fourth 500-

sheet drawer for a total of 2,100 sheets

lThe CL7300DL (also $6,740), which adds a 2,000-

sheet stacker

As with the 7200 family, all of the 7300 printers are

of memory, expandable to 512MB. One unusual feature

is a 40GB hard disk standard on all models. That allows

you to run very complex jobs.

These machines come with Ethernet and USB connec-

tivity standard. You can get a parallel port as an option.

Wireless options are Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. There’s also a

Gigabit Ethernet option. In addition, there’s a PictBridge

option for direct connection to digital cameras.

PostScript and PCL printing are supported, as is direct

PDF printing.

Each machine has a 100-sheet multipurpose tray and

two 500-sheet trays to start with. All handle ledger-size

paper. There are four 500-sheet trays available, or a com-

bination of two 500-sheet trays and a 2,000-sheet feeder.

That adds up to a maximum of 4,100 sheets of input.

The options for output are better than those for many

color printers.You start with a 100-sheet bypass tray and

a500-sheet standard tray. You can then add a finisher

with a capacity of 2,000 sheets. It can staple up to 50

sheets at a time in several positions. Another option is a

1,000-sheet saddlestitcher/booklet maker. It can produce

booklets up to 50 sheets each. Ahole-punching unit,

capable of making two or three holes is another option,

but only if you have one of the finishers.

There is a scanner unit available, the SI3000, that lets

you upgrade this printer to a multifunctional.

As with the CL7200, color pages run at about 6.6¢,

while black pages cost around 1.3¢. These are among the

best costs-per-page in the industry.If cost-per-page is the

most critical issue,you should also look at the Kyocera

models in this guide.

While this is an excellent family,you should look close-

ly at Ricoh’s CL7200 printer. Those printers are a little

slower and have no standard hard disk,but otherwise are

pretty much the same machines.You may find that added

speed is not worth the extra money.If it’s raw speed that

you want, the OKI Printing Solutions C9800 models are

even a bit faster,with more memory. They don’t have the

booklet maker option, however, and cost more than the

CL7300 models.

This is an outstanding printer family with top-of-the-

line features. If you need a combination of top speed and

abooklet maker, it is the best choice on the market.

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RISO

Danvers, MA

978 777 7377

www.riso.com

Vendor Profile

RISO is a leader in the specialized world of digital dupli-

cators, but it has extended its product line to printers.The

company is a subsidiary of RISO Kagaku Corporation of

Japan. RISO was the original inventor of the digital

duplicating process, a process somewhere between copy-

ing and offset printing. (See our High-Volume Printer &

Digital Duplicator Guides for more on this process and

RISO’s other products.)

In the past few years,RISO has been selling convention-

al printers and multifunctional machines that are versions

of Lexmark products. Among their many features, they

offer a way to share a single controller between a printer

and a duplicator. Print jobs processed by the controller

that are within the duplicator’s cost-saving run-length

range are sent to the duplicator, while short-run jobs are

sent to the printer or multifunctional.

RISO distributes its digital duplicators through a broad-

based network of dealersand direct-sales branches.

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