Ricoh MP1350 manual Paper Handling Paper Output/Finishing

Paper Handling: Paper Output/Finishing

Ricoh Aficio MP1350

Market Background Information:

The paper output handling options can range from duplex output to saddle-stitch booklet making capabilities. Many devices offer a choice of finishers providing a low cost, minimum footprint solution, or a high-

capacity, fully-featured solution.

Stapling

Departmental and light production class devices should offer finishers with at least 50-sheet capabilities with some offering 100-sheet capabilities. They can usually handle corner and double stapling. Saddle-stitch heads up the finishing capabilities, allowing users to create folded, center-stapled booklets.

Offset Output and Offline finishing

All light production devices offer offset stacking (where each set is offset from the next) to make it easier to separate jobs. In addition to offline stacking, front office devices offer a diverse range of finishing capabilities. This creates a one-stop document creation solution.

While many production devices offer extensive inline finishing features, many production environments use offline dedicated finishing solutions. This leaves the print devices to just focus on creating the printed sheets. In this workflow, the stacking becomes more critical with production buyers looking for tight document alignment. So, sets can be picked up and loaded into the finisher unit

Paper Handling: Output /Finishing Features Summary

Maximum Output Capacity	3,500 sheets
Duplex Capability	Standard
Maximum Paper Weight	80 lb cover
Through Duplex Unit
Maximum Stapling Capacity	100 sheets
Maximum Booklet/Saddle-stitch	30 sheets (120 page booklet)
Capacity
	GBC StreamPunch III, which
Hole Punch Options	offers CombBind, ColorCoil,
	VeloBind, WireBind and Pro-
	Click punch dies, 3-hole
Physical Mail Bin Option	Not Available
Folding Options	Z-fold, V-fold (booklet)

Finishing Options

The Ricoh Aficio MP1350 comes with a wealth of finish- ing and document output options. A 3,000 sheet finisher with 100-sheet, multi-position stapling will be the option added to the vast majority of units. In addition, the device can be equipped with a Plockmatic saddle-stitch booklet- maker, a Z-fold unit (that allows legal and ledger stocks to be incorporated into letter-sized documents), a twin

cover inserter (for including pre-printed materials after the fusing process) and the GBC StreamPunch III inline, multi- die set professional punch unit.

Finisher Productivity

There was minimal slowdown when workflow was switched from standard simplex to duplex or single corner sta- ple modes. Dual stapling added a slight delay, with saddle-stitch adding a further delay but neither should be re- garded as significant and are better than the results we have seen from some competing units. The Z-fold fea- ture had a significant effect on through ledger engine speed, which dropped by 42 percent.

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